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Dec 16, 1993 · Read More. Authoritative black character actor of film and TV also enjoyed a successful career on stage. Gunn made his NY stage debut in the original off-Broadway production of Jean Genet's "The Blacks" (1962). A co-founder of the celebrated Negro Ensemble Company, he distinguished himself in many of their productions, notably "The First Breeze ...
Dec 16, 1993 · Moses Gunn (October 2, 1929 – December 17, 1993) was an American actor. An Obie Award-winning stage player, he co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company in the 1960s. His 1962 Broadway debut was in Jean Genet's The Blacks. He was nominated for a 1976 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for The Poison Tree and played Othello on Broadway in 1970.
The widely acclaimed actor Moses Gunn enjoyed a thriving career that encompassed stage, film, and TV. An original member of the Negro Ensemble Company, Gunn won a 1968 Obie award for his work with that company and, later, a 1975 Obie for his performance in the NEC’s production of The First Breeze of Summer by Leslie Lee. Gunn also gained ...
Birthday: Oct 2, 1929. Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Authoritative black character actor of film and TV also enjoyed a successful career on stage. Gunn made his NY stage debut in the ...
Dec 16, 1993 · Find a Grave Memorial ID: 6465148. Source citation. Actor. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he made his debut on Broadway in 1962, was an Obie Award-winning stage player and co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company in the 1960s. A veteran a many feature films, some of his most memorable roles were in Shaft (1971), Roller Ball (1975), Ragtime (1981, as ...
Dec 20, 1993 · Gunn is survived by his wife, Gwendolyn, daughter Kirsten Landes Mudd and son Justin Moses Gunn.NEWLN: -----In lieu of flowers his family asked that contributions be made to Amistad Foundation ...
Nov 3, 2005 · 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 ...
