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Moses Gunn (October 2, 1929 – December 16, 1993) [1] was an American actor of stage and screen. An Obie Award -winning stage player, he is an alumnus of the Negro Ensemble Company. [2] His 1962 off-Broadway debut was in Jean Genet 's The Blacks, [2] and his Broadway debut was in A Hand is on the Gate, an evening of African-American poetry.
Dec 20, 1993 · Moses Gunn, an actor whose career of more than three decades included roles ranging from Othello to Booker T. Washington, died on Friday at his home in Guilford, Conn. He was 64.
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Dec 16, 2013 · Moses Gunn was an award-winning actor on stage and screen. ... News editor, Legacy.com. Named 2017's Obituary Writer of the Year by the Society of Professional Obituary Writers. Quoted by CNN, the ...
Moses Gunn 1929-1993. Actor. At a Glance …. Worked on Roots. Decried Limited Roles for Black Actors. Sources. Moses Gunn was a leading actor of his generation who played a wide variety of roles on the stage, in films, and on television in a career that spanned more than 30 years.
Moses Gunn was born on 2 October 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Shaft (1971), Rollerball (1975) and Heartbreak Ridge (1986). He was married to Gwendolyn Mumma Landes.
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Nov 3, 2005 · November 3, 2005 12:00 AM EST. DIED. MOSES GUNN, 64, actor; from complications of asthma; in Guilford, Connecticut. Cofounder of the Negro Ensemble Company, Gunn, the oldest of seven children of a ...
Nov 3, 2005 · Follow @TIME. DIED. MOSES GUNN, 64, actor; from complications of asthma; in Guilford, Connecticut. Cofounder of the Negro Ensemble Company, Gunn, the oldest of seven children of a St. Louis, Missouri, laborer, made his off-Broadway debut in the legendary New York premiere of Jean Genet's provocative The Blacks (1962).
