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Samuel Wanamaker, CBE, (born Wattenmacker; June 14, 1919 – December 18, 1993) was an American actor and director who moved to the United Kingdom after becoming fearful of being blacklisted in Hollywood due to his communist views in the 1950s.
Actor: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Actor and director Sam Wanamaker was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, Molly (Babell) and Maurice Wattenmaker, a tailor.
Actor: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Actor and director Sam Wanamaker was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, Molly (Babell) and Maurice Wattenmaker, a tailor.
Jun 14, 2019 · Sam Wanamaker, Founder of Shakespeare’s Globe, with the impossible dream. FINIS. This post originally appeared as The impossible dream in the Summer 2019 edition of Globe Magazine and is one of the benefits of being a Member at Shakespeare’s Globe .
In 1970 the American actor Sam Wanamaker, who was driven by the notion of reconstructing a replica of the Globe, established the Shakespeare Globe Playhouse Trust. Seventeen years later a groundbreaking ceremony was held on a Bankside site near that of the original Globe, and in 1989 the foundations of….
Dec 20, 1993 · Actor and director Sam Wanamaker died at his London home Saturday as his long-held dream of rebuilding Shakespeare’s Globe Theater finally neared reality. He was 74. He died after a five-year...
Samuel Wanamaker, CBE, (born Wattenmacker; June 14, 1919 – December 18, 1993) was an American actor and director who moved to the United Kingdom after becoming fearful of being blacklisted in Hollywood due to his communist views in the 1950s.
Jun 14, 2018 · In July 1993, Sam Wanamaker was made an Honorary Commander of the British Empire (CBE) by the Queen, in recognition of the remarkable contribution that he had made to relations between Britain and the United States and, of course, for all he has done on behalf of the Shakespeare Globe project.
Dec 19, 1993 · Sam Wanamaker, the American actor-director who campaigned to rebuild Shakespeare's Globe Theater on the banks of the Thames, died yesterday at his home in London. He was 74...
Biography. Was an American film director and actor and is credited as the person most responsible for the modern recreation of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. He is father to actress Zoë Wanamaker.