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Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American actor and director. He resisted playing stereotypically black roles, instead performing in several productions with New York City's Shakespeare Festival Theater, Leland Hayward's satirical NBC series That Was the Week That Was , and a poetry performance tour of the United States ...
Blessed with rich, mellifluous tones and an imposing, cultured air, Roscoe became a rare African-American fixture on the traditionally white classical stage. In 1961 he appeared notably with James Earl Jones in the original off-Broadway cast of Jean Genet 's landmark play "The Blacks".
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- Woodbury, New Jersey, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Blessed with rich, mellifluous tones and an imposing, cultured air, Roscoe became a rare African-American fixture on the traditionally white classical stage. In 1961 he appeared notably with James Earl Jones in the original off-Broadway cast of Jean Genet 's landmark play "The Blacks".
- May 2, 1922
- April 11, 2007
Actor Roscoe Lee Browne, whose rich voice and dignified bearing brought him an Emmy Award and a Tony nomination, has died. He was 81. Browne died early Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ...
Oct 5, 2005 · Tony and Emmy award winning theatre, film and television actor Roscoe Lee Browne was born on May 2, 1922 in Woodbury, New Jersey. He attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania until 1942, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Roscoe Lee Browne, a multi-talented actor of dignified bearing and stentorian voice, died April 11 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, The New York Times reported.
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Jun 8, 2018 · Roscoe Lee Browne 1925–2007. Actor, director, writer. Roscoe Lee Browne's rich and soothing baritone was instantly recognizable to many film and television viewers who did not know his name.
