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Spalding Gray (June 5, 1941 – c. January 11, 2004) was an American actor, novelist, playwright, screenwriter and performance artist. He is best known for the autobiographical monologues that he wrote and performed for the theater in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as for his film adaptations of these works, beginning in 1987.
Oct 17, 2022 · The actor and playwright Spalding Gray, famous for his monologues about life on the East Coast, was found dead in New York's East River in March 2004. He'd been missing since that January. As Today reported, it was assuredly a suicide.
Spalding Gray was born on 5 June 1941 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Swimming to Cambodia (1987), Kate & Leopold (2001) and Beaches (1988). He was married to Kathleen Russo and Renée Shafransky. He died on 10 January 2004 in New York City, New York, USA.
Apr 20, 2015 · Oliver Sacks on whether Spalding Gray’s brain injury from a catastrophic car accident played a role in his decline.
Jan 10, 2014 · It's been 10 years since the writer and monologist Spalding Gray went missing from his home in New York. Two months later, his body was found in the East River in an apparent suicide.
Dec 9, 2010 · With: Spalding Gray. (Recommended) In a particularly manic passage from one of Spalding Gray's extended autobiographical monologues, the actor and writer relates the story of...
Spalding Gray was born on 5 June 1941 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Swimming to Cambodia (1987), Kate & Leopold (2001) and Beaches (1988). He was married to Kathleen Russo and Renée Shafransky. He died on 10 January 2004 in New York City, New York, USA.
Mar 8, 2004 · Spalding Gray, the wry monologuist and actor who transformed his personal experiences, fascinations and traumas into such acclaimed pieces as "Swimming to Cambodia" and "Monster in...
Oct 6, 2011 · Oct. 6, 2011. Spalding Gray moved to New York City in 1967, shortly after his mother’s suicide, when he was 26. He lived with his girlfriend, Elizabeth LeCompte, in an apartment on Sixth Street...
Dec 14, 2010 · Steven Soderbergh directed Spalding Gray in the film "King of the Hill," and now he's made a documentary about the master of the monologue. Karen Michel reports.
