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Helen Hanft (April 4, 1934 – May 30, 2013) was an American actress. Early life. Hanft was born in the Bronx, the eldest of three daughters born to Esther and Benjamin Hanft. Her father was a prominent public relations executive for several national Jewish organizations.
Actress: Arthur. Helen Hanft was born in The Bronx in New York City in 1934. She began her career on the stage in the late 1950s in theatre productions after studying drama at The Performing Arts High School.
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Helen Hanft, an actress whose mastery of camp humor, surreal scenarios and roles too risqué for mainstream comfort made her the acknowledged queen of the Off Off Broadway stage during a golden...
Jun 4, 2013 · Helen Hanft, the comedic actress who became a favorite of such writer-directors as Woody Allen, Paul Mazursky and Tom Eyen, died of intestinal complications on May 30 in New York. She was 79.
Helen Hanft was known in the 1960s and 1970s as "the Ethel Merman of Off-Off Broadway." The greatest star of underground drama, she was the favorite leading lady of playwright Tom Eyen (who later wrote the Broadway smash "Dreamgirls").
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Jun 2, 2013 · Helen Hanft was a leading star of the experimental theater movement of the 1960s and 70s, known as the "Helen Hayes of Off-Off Broadway". She appeared in plays such as "Why Hanna's Skirt Won't Stay Down" and movies such as "Manhattan" and "Next Stop Greenwich Village".
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Jun 2, 2013 · Helen Hanft, the Bronx-born comedic actress who was a leading star of the off-off Broadway theater movement of the 1960s and ‘70s, has died in New York City. She was 79.
