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Garson Kanin (November 24, 1912 – March 13, 1999) was an American writer and director of plays and films.
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.
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.
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).
Mar 14, 1999 · Garson Kanin, who broke into show business as a saxophone-playing high school dropout and went on to write ''Born Yesterday,'' direct ''The Diary of Anne Frank'' and become the co-writer of two...
Garson Kanin. Writer: Adam's Rib. 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, 86, a dropout from a Brooklyn high school who became a major force on Broadway and in Hollywood as writer or director of some of the most appealing and applauded films and plays...
May 26, 1999 · GARSON KANIN wrote and directed one of Broadway's classic comedies, Born Yesterday, which made a star of Judy Holliday, and with his wife Ruth Gordon he wrote for the screenplays of two of ...
Mar 15, 1999 · Tape and copy obituary for playwright, director and screenwriter Garson Kanin, who wo died Saturday. Kanin co-wrote several movies with his first wife of 43 years, actress Ruth Gordon, who died...
