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Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American actor and director. He resisted playing stereotypically black roles, instead performing in several productions with New York City's Shakespeare Festival Theater, Leland Hayward's satirical NBC series That Was the Week That Was , and a poetry performance tour of the United States ...
At the time of his death of cancer on April 11, 2007, the never-married octogenarian was still omnipresent, more heard than seen perhaps. Among his last works was his narrations of a Garfield film feature and the most recent movie spoof Epic Movie (2007). Born May 2, 1922.
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- Woodbury, New Jersey, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Acting titan Roscoe Lee Browne was born to a Baptist minister and his wife on May 2, 1922, in Woodbury, New Jersey. He attended Lincoln University, an historically black university in Pennsylvania until 1942, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II, where he served in Italy with the Negro 92nd Infantry Division and organized the ...
- May 2, 1922
- April 11, 2007
Actor Roscoe Lee Browne, whose rich voice and dignified bearing brought him an Emmy Award and a Tony nomination, has died. He was 81. Browne died early Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical...
Apr 12, 2007 · ABC. By Campbell Robertson. April 12, 2007. Roscoe Lee Browne, a stage, film and television actor known for his rich voice, died early yesterday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los...
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Jun 8, 2018 · Born May 2, 1925, in Woodbury, NJ; died April 11, 2007, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Sylvanus Browne and Lovie Lee. Military Service: U.S. Army, World War II. Education: Lincoln University, BA, 1946; studied at Middlebury College, Columbia University, University of Florence.
Oct 5, 2005 · Tony and Emmy award winning theatre, film and television actor Roscoe Lee Browne was born on May 2, 1922 in Woodbury, New Jersey. He attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania until 1942, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war, he graduated from Lincoln in 1946.
