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Garson Kanin began his show-business career as a jazz musician, burlesque comedian, and actor. He graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City and made his Broadway debut in Little Ol' Boy (1933). In 1935, Kanin was cast in a George Abbott play and soon became Abbott's assistant.
IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Garson Kanin has worked as an actor on stage and as a director on Broadway and in Hollywood, but his best-known work is as a writer. During the Great Depression, he dropped out of high school to help support his family by working as a musician and later as a comedian.
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. He wrote plays, essays, screenplays, short stories, novels, memoirs, songs, and a libretto, and directed plays, musicals, documentaries and films.
Playwright Garson Kanin was a 20th Century Renaissance Man: a musician, burlesque comedian, actor, stage and film director, writer, and raconteur. He wrote plays, essays, screenplays, short stories, novels, memoirs, songs, and a libretto, and directed plays, musicals, documentaries and films.
Mini Bio. Garson Kanin has worked as an actor on stage and as a director on Broadway and in Hollywood, but his best-known work is as a writer. During the Great Depression, he dropped out of high school to help support his family by working as a musician and later as a comedian.
Mar 14, 1999 · Garson Kanin, writer and director of movies and plays, including two classic Tracy-Hepburn films, dies at age 86; photos (M)
Apr 29, 2024 · Garson Kanin (born November 24, 1912, Rochester, New York, U.S.—died March 13, 1999, New York, New York) was an American writer and director who was perhaps best known for several classic comedies written with his wife, the actress-writer Ruth Gordon, and for the play Born Yesterday (1946).
