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Brief
Biography
Born: November
24, 1912
Died: March 13, 1999
“Garson Kanin Interview.”
Interview by
Mike Wood. Camera by Rick
Pepin. Edit by Steve Worley. March 5, 1987. Beverly
Hills, California. Site hosted by
The William Inge Center for the Arts.
Video hosted by
Wichita State University.
Garson Kanin has been called
"The Man-for-All-Theatre Seasons." He is a celebrated
playwright, (Born Yesterday, The Rat Race, The Gift of
Time), director, (Idiot's Delight, Funny Girl, The Diary of
Anne Frank), librettist, (Fledermaus), film writer and
director, (Bachelor Mother, Adam's Rib, Pat and Mike, The
True Glory, for which he won the Academy Award). He has
written numerous articles which have been published in
newspapers and periodicals as well as non-fiction, (Tracy
and Hepburn) and fiction, (Moviola, Smash).
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