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Hugh Leonard (9 November 1926 – 12 February 2009) was an Irish dramatist, television writer, and essayist. In a career that spanned 50 years, Leonard wrote nearly 30 full-length plays, 10 one-act plays, three volumes of essay, two autobiographies, three novels, numerous screenplays and teleplays, and a regular newspaper column.
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Feb 13, 2009 · Hugh Leonard, the prolific Irish playwright, memoirist, travel writer and dyspeptic newspaper columnist whose autobiographical play “Da” won four Tony Awards in 1978, including best play,...
Feb 13, 2009 · Michael Coveney. Thu 12 Feb 2009 19.01 EST. For a time, in the mid- to late 1970s, Hugh Leonard (a pseudonym for John Keyes Byrne), who has died aged 82, was hailed as the best living Irish...
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IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Hugh Leonard was born on 9 November 1926 in Dublin, Ireland. He was a writer and actor, known for Da (1988), Late Night Horror (1968) and Maupassant (1963). He was married to Kathy Bateson and Paule Jacquet. He died on 12 February 2009 in Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland.
- Hugh Leonard
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- November 9, 1926
Feb 13, 2009 · Associated Press. DUBLIN —. Irish playwright and commentator Hugh Leonard, who won a Tony Award in 1978 for his bittersweet father-and-son drama “Da,” died Thursday. He was 82 and had been ...
Feb 13, 2009 · Irish playwright and commentator Hugh Leonard, who won a Tony Award in 1978 for his bittersweet father-and-son drama “Da,” died Thursday. He was 82 and had been hospitalized for more than a ...
Hugh Leonard Active - 1968 - 1994 | Born - Nov 9, 1926 | Died - Feb 12, 2009 | Genres - Comedy , Drama , Historical Film Filmography ↓
