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Also Known As Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky
Born November 6, 1931 • Berlin • Germany
Died November 19, 2014 (aged 83) • New York City • New York • (Anniversary in 6 days)
Awards And Honors Tony Awards (2012) • Tony Awards (2005) • Emmy Award (2004) • Kennedy Center Honors (2003) • Emmy Award (2001) • Tony Awards (1984) • Tony Awards (1972) • Academy Award (1968) • Tony Awards (1968) • Tony Awards (1965) • Tony Awards (1964) • Grammy Award (1961)
Notable Works “Angels in America” • “Biloxi Blues” • “Carnal Knowledge” • “Charlie Wilson’s War” • “Closer” • “Postcards from the Edge” • “Primary Colors” • “Silkwood” • “The Birdcage” • “The Day of the Dolphin” • “The Graduate” • “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” • “Working Girl”
Notable Family Members spouse Diane Sawyer

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Mike Nichols, wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, stands smiling at a podium with a star-shaped award in front of him at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock stands barefoot in a room, looking at a woman's outstretched leg in the foreground, in a scene from The Graduate (1967).
Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, and Carol Kane sit in a modern living room with large windows in a scene from the film Carnal Knowledge (1971), directed by Mike Nichols.
Meryl Streep as Hannah Pitt stands beside Al Pacino as Roy Cohn, who lies in a hospital bed with an oxygen tube, in a scene from HBO's Angels in America.
Charlie Wilson's War
Katharine Ross in a wedding dress and Dustin Hoffman run from a church, with guests watching through glass doors, in a scene from The Graduate (1967).
Director Mike Nichols, wearing sunglasses, sits beside a film camera at a pool's edge, directing Dustin Hoffman, who is lying on a swim float, during filming of The Graduate.
Anne Bancroft, wearing a leopard print coat, and Dustin Hoffman, in a suit, sit together at a hotel bar table in a scene from the 1967 film The Graduate.
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Mel Brooks in a tuxedo smiles widely and points at his Emmy Award trophy while posing in front of a blue Emmy Awards backdrop.
Mel Brooks
American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
Rita Moreno smiles and holds up her memoir featuring a black-and-white portrait of herself on the cover at a book signing event in Los Angeles.
Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican-born American actress, dancer, and singer
Matthew Broderick wearing glasses, a dark suit, white shirt, and striped tie, smiling at the camera in a formal portrait taken in 2017.
Matthew Broderick
American actor
Robert Redford as Bill McKay stands at a microphone in a suit and striped tie, with a large campaign poster of himself in the background, in the film The Candidate.
Robert Redford
American actor and director
Elia Kazan stands on a docked ship set with arms outstretched, directing a scene for Panic in the Streets in New Orleans, with crew members and rigging visible behind him.
Elia Kazan
American director and author
Viola Davis stands at a microphone in a white and black gown, holding her Emmy Award while accepting the outstanding lead actress in a drama series honor.
Viola Davis
American actress
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Bette Midler
American actress and singer
Stephen Sondheim smiling at the camera, wearing a light blue shirt and a brown plaid jacket at the Paramount Theatre.
Stephen Sondheim
American composer and lyricist
Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson
American actress
Julie Harris stands holding an open parasol above her head, wearing a high-collared blouse and looking directly at the camera.
Julie Harris
American actress
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
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
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer
James Earl Jones smiling and wearing a black tuxedo with a bow tie and glasses at an event in 1997.
James Earl Jones
American actor
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Trey Parker
American screenwriter, actor, and producer
Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack
American director, producer, and actor
Meryl Streep smiles on the red carpet in a long red gown with a deep V neckline, holding a silver clutch at the Academy Awards.
Meryl Streep
American actress
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda
American actor, composer, lyricist, and writer
Charlton Heston as Taylor faces Kim Hunter as Zira and Roddy McDowall as Cornelius, both in ape makeup and costumes, in a cave setting from Planet of the Apes (1968).
Franklin J. Schaffner
American director
Robert Goulet smiling in a black-and-white studio portrait, wearing a plaid suit jacket, white shirt, and tie, circa early 1960s.
Robert Goulet
American singer and actor

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