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Samuel Wanamaker, CBE, (born Wattenmacker; June 14, 1919 – December 18, 1993) was an American actor and director who moved to the United Kingdom after becoming fearful of being blacklisted in Hollywood due to his communist views in the 1950s.
Actor: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Actor and director Sam Wanamaker was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, Molly (Babell) and Maurice Wattenmaker, a tailor.
Actor: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Actor and director Sam Wanamaker was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, Molly (Babell) and Maurice Wattenmaker, a tailor.
Sam Wanamaker was an American actor and director who played an instrumental role in reconstructing the New Globe Theatre in London. A native of Chicago, he was trained at Goodman Theater before starting his acting career by performing in traveling shows.
Dec 20, 1993 · Actor and director Sam Wanamaker died at his London home Saturday as his long-held dream of rebuilding Shakespeare's Globe Theater finally neared reality. He was 74. He died after a five-year...
Jun 14, 2019 · Sam Wanamaker, Founder of Shakespeare’s Globe, with the impossible dream. FINIS. This post originally appeared as The impossible dream in the Summer 2019 edition of Globe Magazine and is one of the benefits of being a Member at Shakespeare’s Globe .
Mar 9, 2021 · Samuel Wattenmacker, more commonly known as Sam Wanamaker, was born in Chicago in 1919. He was known as London’s favorite American actor and director. Wanamaker trained at the prestigious Goodman Theatre in Chicago and began his career as an actor with traveling shows and Broadway at the age of 17.
