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Garson Kanin was born in Rochester, New York; his Jewish family later relocated to Detroit then to New York City. He attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn, dropping out to take up a career on the theatre stage. He subsequently became a professional saxophone player and leader of his own band that went by the name Garson Kanin and His ...
December 4, 1942 to (Actress/ Writer) Ruth Gordon (deceased August 28, 1985) June 19, 1990 to (Actress) Marian Seldes (deceased October 6, 2014) Death: March 13, 1999, NYC . Playwright Garson Kanin was a 20th Century Renaissance Man: a musician, burlesque comedian, actor, stage and film director, writer, and raconteur.
Jul 1, 2009 · Ruth Gordon wins the Oscar for Supporting Actress for Rosemary's Baby at the 41st Academy Awards. Presented by Tony Curtis.See more 1969 Oscar highlights: ht...
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A distinguished stage actress through much of the first half of the century, Gordon was also a prolific playwright and screenwriter. Married to writer-director Garson Kanin in 1942, she collaborated with him on several George Cukor films, including the Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn classics "Adam's Rib" (1949) and "Pat and Mike" (1952).Though ...
Dec 20, 1971 · Harold and Maude: Directed by Hal Ashby. With Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack. Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.
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Ruth Gordon Jump to Academy Awards, USA (5) Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA (1) Primetime Emmy Awards (4) Golden Globes, USA (3) Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards (1) Laurel Awards (1) Photoplay Awards (6) Women in Film Crystal Awards (1) Writers Guild of America, USA (5) The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards (1)
Ruth Gordon Jones was born on October 30, 1896, in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA, to Clinton Jones and Annie Tapley. When she was an infant, her photograph was used in an advertising campaign for a company called ‘Mellin's Food for Infants & Invalids’ where her father was employed at the time.
