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Garson Kanin (November 24, 1912 – March 13, 1999) was an American writer and director of plays and films.
Garson Kanin. Writer: Adam's Rib. Garson Kanin has worked as an actor on stage and as a director on Broadway and in Hollywood, but his best-known work is as a writer. During the Great Depression, he dropped out of high school to help support his family by working as a musician and later as a comedian.
Playwright Garson Kanin was a 20th Century Renaissance Man: a musician, burlesque comedian, actor, stage and film director, writer, and raconteur. He wrote plays, essays, screenplays, short stories, novels, memoirs, songs, and a libretto, and directed plays, musicals, documentaries and films.
Garson Kanin (born November 24, 1912, Rochester, New York, U.S.—died March 13, 1999, New York, New York) was an American writer and director who was perhaps best known for several classic comedies written with his wife, the actress-writer Ruth Gordon, and for the play Born Yesterday (1946).
Welcome to the Official Website of the Garson Kanin. Playwright Garson Kanin was a 20th Century Renaissance Man: a musician, burlesque comedian, actor, stage and film director, writer, and raconteur.
Garson Kanin has worked as an actor on stage and as a director on Broadway and in Hollywood, but his best-known work is as a writer. During the Great Depression, he dropped out of high school to help support his family by working as a musician and later as a comedian.
May 17, 2018 · KANIN, GARSON (1912–1999), U.S. playwright and director. Kanin, born in Rochester, New York , became a Hollywood director for Samuel Goldwyn at 25. He directed John Barrymore in A Great Man Votes (1939) and Ginger Rogers in both Bachelor Mother (1939) and Tom, Dick and Harry (1941).
Mar 14, 1999 · Garson Kanin, who broke into show business as a saxophone-playing high school dropout and went on to write ''Born Yesterday,'' direct ''The Diary of Anne Frank'' and become the co-writer of two...
Mar 14, 1999 · Garson Kanin, a prolific playwright who created the Broadway and Hollywood classic “Born Yesterday,” died Saturday. He was 86. Kanin died of heart failure at his Manhattan home after a long ...
Mar 15, 1999 · Tape and copy obituary for playwright, director and screenwriter Garson Kanin, who wo died Saturday. Kanin co-wrote several movies with his first wife of 43 years, actress Ruth Gordon, who died...
