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Born September 16, 1893 • Pittsburgh • Pennsylvania
Died June 17, 1948 (aged 54) • near Mount Carmel • Pennsylvania
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American theatrical manager
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Arthur Penn
American director
Ames, Winthrop
Winthrop Ames
American theatrical producer and director
Walter Hampden, c. 1919.
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American actor
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American playwright, theatrical manager, and journalist
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François-Joseph Talma
French actor and theatrical manager
Sir Squire Bancroft.
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British actor and manager
Frank Benson, 1882
Sir Frank Benson
British actor
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Sir Charles Blake Cochran
British theatrical producer
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John Rich
British theatrical manager and actor
George II, duke of Saxe-Meiningen, 1900.
George II
duke of Saxe-Meiningen
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George Black
British theatrical manager
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Jesse Lasky
American producer
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Lee Shubert
American theatrical manager
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Jacob J. Shubert
American theatrical manager
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Jack Webb
American actor and director
Master of suspense
Alfred Hitchcock
English-born American director
Steven Spielberg wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, smiling at the camera on the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Steven Spielberg
American film director and producer
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
American actor, director, and writer
Martin Scorsese smiling in a tuxedo and bow tie, holding an Oscar statuette at the Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background.
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker