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Samuel Wanamaker, CBE, (born Wattenmacker; June 14, 1919 – December 18, 1993) was an American actor and director who moved to the United Kingdom after becoming fearful of being blacklisted in Hollywood due to his communist views in the 1950s.
Sam Wanamaker. Actor: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Actor and director Sam Wanamaker was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, Molly (Babell) and Maurice Wattenmaker, a tailor.
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Sam Wanamaker was an American actor and director who played an instrumental role in reconstructing the New Globe Theatre in London. A native of Chicago, he was trained at Goodman Theater before starting his acting career by performing in traveling shows.
Zoë Wanamaker was born in New York City on 13 May 1949, [4] [5] the daughter of Canadian actress and radio performer Charlotte Holland and American actor, film director, and radio producer Sam Wanamaker (born Samuel Wattenmacker).
Dec 20, 1993 · Actor and director Sam Wanamaker died at his London home Saturday as his long-held dream of rebuilding Shakespeare’s Globe Theater finally neared reality. He was 74. He died after a five-year...
Mar 9, 2021 · Samuel Wattenmacker, more commonly known as Sam Wanamaker, was born in Chicago in 1919. He was known as London’s favorite American actor and director. Wanamaker trained at the prestigious Goodman Theatre in Chicago and began his career as an actor with traveling shows and Broadway at the age of 17.
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Feb 15, 2024 · The story of how Shakespeare's Globe was brought back to life. Upon his first visit to London in 1949, Sam Wanamaker realised that there was scant recognition of the first and second...
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