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Eva Le Gallienne was an actress, director, and producer, one of the outstanding figures of the 20th-century American stage. The daughter of the British poet Richard Le Gallienne, Eva Le Gallienne felt a vocation for the theatre from the age of seven, when she saw Sarah Bernhardt perform. She made.
Le Gallienne, who died on June 3, 1991, called acting "writing on water," but her indelible legacy remains. Her pioneering work helped shape the 20th century American theatre.
Nov 20, 1996 · By Helen Sheehy. Knopf, 529 pages, $37.50. Eva Le Gallienne became a Broadway star in 1921. Even though she was only 22, she knew already that she didn’t want to act much longer in the ...
One of the 20th century's most prominent and prolific theatre artists, Eva Le Gallienne was born in London in 1899 to poet Richard Le Gallienne and his wife Julie Norregaard. After a childhood spent largely in Paris-where she met legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt-Le Gallienne became an overnight success in the London theatre at the age of ...
Eva Le Gallienne (January 11, 1899 – June 3, 1991) was a British-born American stage actress, producer, director, translator, and author. A Broadway star by age 21, in 1926 she left Broadway behind to found the Civic Repertory Theatre, where she served as director, producer, and lead actress.
Jun 5, 1991 · By BURT A. FOLKART. June 5, 1991 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Eva Le Gallienne, who carved for herself one of most prominent niches in American theatrical history, has died. The Associated Press ...
Jan 11, 1984 · As an actress, Miss Le Gallienne became famous for roles that ranged from Juliet to Peter Pan to Camille, and was particularly renowned for her interpretations of Chekhov; indeed, at the Civic ...
