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Jerry Zaks (born September 7, 1946) is an American stage and television director, and actor. He won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play and Drama Desk Award for directing The House of Blue Leaves (1986), Lend Me a Tenor (1989), and Six Degrees of Separation (1991) and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and Drama Desk Award ...
- Theatre, film director
- Jill Rose (2 children)
Jun 16, 2023 · Jerry Zaks BIO. Jerry won four Tony Awards, four Drama Desk Awards, two Outer Critics Circle Awards and an Obie Award. Mr. Zaks directed many Broadway shows including Sister Act, Guys and...
Mini Bio. Jerry Zaks was born on September 7, 1946 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is a director and actor, known for Marvin's Room (1996), Who Do You Love (2008) and Everybody Loves Raymond (1996). He has been married to Jill Rose since January 14, 1979. They have two children.
- September 7, 1946
Jerry Zaks was born on 7 September 1946 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is a director and actor, known for Marvin's Room (1996), Who Do You Love (2008) and Everybody Loves Raymond (1996). He has been married to Jill Rose since 14 January 1979. They have two children.
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- Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
As the director of 24 Broadway shows, including long-running musicals such as Guys and Dolls, Anything Goes, and Smokey Joe’s Cafe and plays such as The House of Blue Leaves and Six Degrees of Separation, he’s won four Tony awards and last year earned his eighth nomination for Hello, Dolly!
Nov 5, 2019 · By Simi Horwitz | Last Updated: November 5, 2019. The son of Holocaust survivors who made it to the States in the late 1940s, director Jerry Zaks, a Stuttgart native, recalls growing up...
Zaks was born in Stuttgart, Germany, to parents who were Holocaust survivors. They moved to the Bronx in 1948, then to East Paterson, NJ. Through high school, he had no interest in theatre.
