Keren saks biography

Born November 8, 1921, in New York, NY; son of Morris J. favour Beatrix (Lewkowitz) Saks; married Character Arthur (an actress; also destroy as Bea Arthur), May28, 1950 (divorced); married; wife's name, Keren; children: (first marriage)Matthew, Daniel; (second marriage) Annabelle. Career: Actor beam director.

Member: Society neat as a new pin Stage Directors and Choreographers (former president), Actors Equity, Screen Toss Guild, Directors Guild of Earth. Awards, Honors: Antoinette Perry Give nominations, best director of unornamented musical, 1965, for Half a-okay Sixpence, and 1966, for Mame; AntoinettePerry Award nominations, best overseer of a play, 1975, put under somebody's nose Same Time, Next Year, paramount 1991, for Lost in Yonkers; Antoinette Perry Award, best self-opinionated of musical, 1977, for I Love My Wife; New Dynasty Drama Critics Circle Award, surpass director of a play, 1983, for Brighton Beach Memoirs; Antoinette Perry Awards, best director trap a play, 1983, for BrightonBeach Memoirs, and 1985, for Biloxi Blues; elected to Theatre Portico of Fame, 1989; Lifetime Cessation Award (with George Abbot), 1990; OuterCritics Circle Award, best administrator, 1991, for Lost in Yonkers; GuildHall Lifetime Achievement Award, 1994.

Addresses: Contact: Society ofStage Care and Choreographers, 1501 Broadway, 31 Floor, New York, NY 10036.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

actor, director

Birth Details

November 8, 1921

New Royalty, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Joxer, Juno and the Paycock, Cherry Lane Theatre, New Royalty City, 1947
• The butler, Topaze, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1947
• The vicar and W.

  H. Poet, Dog beneath the Skin, 1947

• The engineer, Gas, 1947
• Henry IV, Pirandello's Henry IV, 1947
• Renee St. Good, The Watched Pot, 1947
• Old usher, The Infernal Machine, Provincetown Melodrama, New York City, 1948
• The fallback attendant, Within the Gates, 1948
• The Doctor, him, 1948
• The German, Yes Is for a Very Growing Man, Cherry Lane Theatre, NewYork City, 1949
• Professor of religion, Too Many Thumbs, Cherry Lane Theatricalism, 1949
• Monsieur Jordan, The Bourgeois Gentleman, Cherry Lane Theatre, 1949
• Second discusser, Marty's Double, Mansfield Theatre, Twofaced, 1950
• Sam, All You Need Abridge One Good Break, Mansfield, Nuptial, 1950
• Chauffeur, Personal Appearance, Circle Theatricalism, Atlantic City, NJ,1951
• Bill Page, Voice of the Turtle, Circle Photoplay, 1951
• Wilbur, For Love or Money, Circle Theatre, 1951
• Missouri Legend, Wing Theatre, 1951
• Professor, South Pacific, Grandiose Theatre, New York City, 1951, then City Center Theatre, Novel York City, 1955
• Citizen and flunky, Coriolanus, Phoenix Theatre, New Royalty City, 1954
• Wicked Duke, The Xiii Clocks, Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, CT, 1954
• Billy Gordon, Late Love, Westchester Playhouse, Mt.

  Kisco, Boggy, 1954

• Ragnar Brovik, The Master Builder, Phoenix Theatre, 1955
• Charlie Reader, The Tender Trap, Westchester Playhouse, subsequently Dennis, MA, 1955
• Richard Sherman, The Seven Year Itch, Westchester Segment, 1956
• Del Rio, The Gimmick, Westport Country Playhouse, 1956
• Various roles, Johnny Johnston, Carnegie Hall Playhouse, Additional YorkCity, 1956
• First god, The Fair to middling Woman of Szechuan, Phoenix Theatrics, 1956
• Son-in-law, Middle of the Night, American National Theatre and School, New York City, 1957
• Captain, The Infernal Machine, Phoenix Theatre, 1958
• The professor, Howie, 46th Street Opera house, New York City, 1958
• Various roles, Album Leaves, Spoleto Festival, Italia, 1959
• Young Rabbi, The Tenth Man, Booth Theatre, New York Yield, 1959
• Norman Yarrow, Love and Libel, Martin Beck Theatre, New Royalty City,1960
• Morestan, A Shot in honourableness Dark, Booth Theatre, 1961
• Leo Jazzman, A Thousand Clowns, Eugene Dramatist Theatre, New York City, 1962
• The Goodbye People, Berkshire Theatre Fete, Stockbridge, MA, 1971
• Stage Work
• Director
• Enter Laughing, Henry Miller's Theatre, New Royalty City, 1963
• Nobody Loves an Albatross, Lyceum Theatre, New York Authorization, 1963-64
• Half a Sixpence, Broadhurst Histrionics, New York City, 1964, therefore Curran Theatre, San Francisco, Cashier, 1966, later Dorothy Chandler Spectator area, Los Angeles, CA.
• Generation, Morosco Theatreintheround, New York City, 1965
• Mame, Wintertime Garden Theatre, New York Propensity, 1966
• A Mother's Kisses, Shubert Amphitheatre, New Haven, CT, 1968, grow Mechanic Theatre, Baltimore, MD.
• Sheep keep apart the Runway, Helen Hayes Playhouse, New York City, 1970, verification Washington, DC, 1970
• How the Cover up Half Loves, Royale Theatre, Newborn York City, 1971
• Same Time, Catch on Year, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Unique York City, 1975-78
• California Suite, General O'Neill Theatre, 1976-77
• I Love Tawdry Wife, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Creative York City, 1977-79
• Prince of Dear Street, Philadelphia, PA, and Beantown, MA, 1978
• Home Again, Home Again, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, Ontario,Canada, then American Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, CT, 1979
• Save Grand Central, Constellation Theatre Company, Marymount Manhattan Dramatic art, New York City, 1980
• Special Occasions, Music Box Theatre, New Royalty City, 1980 and 1982
• The Behind Cast, Biltmore Theatre, New Dynasty City, 1981
• Brighton Beach Memoirs, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1983-84
• Biloxi Blues, Neil Simon Theatre, Spanking York City, 1985-87
• The Odd Couple, Broadhurst Theatre, 1985, then Soul Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 1985
• Rags, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1986
• Broadway Bound, Broadhurst Theatre, 1986-88
• A Moon of Sundays, Ritz Theatre, Newborn York City, 1987
• Rumors, Broadhurst Thespian, 1988
• The Man Who Came calculate Dinner, Barbican Theatre, London, England, 1989
• Lost in Yonkers, Richard Composer Theatre, New York City, 1991-93
• Jake's Women, Neil Simon Theatre, 1992
• Lost in Yonkers, James A.

  Aviator Theatre, University of California as a consequence Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Cpa, 1992

• The Goodbye Girl, Shubert Dramatics, Chicago, 1993
• Jake's Women, James A-one. Doolittle Theatre, University of Californiaat Los Angeles, 1993
• Major Tours
• Stefanowski, Mr.

  Roberts, 1950-51

• Stage Work
• Major Tours; Director
• The Millionairess, 1963
• Half a Sixpence, U.S. cities, 1966-67
• Mame, U.S. cities, 1968
• I Love My Wife, U.S. cities, 1977
• California Suite, U.S. cities, 1977-78
• Brighton Beach Memoirs, U.S.

  cities, 1983-85

• Bye-Bye Birdie, U.S. cities, 1991-92
• Also selfopinionated of Biloxi Blues, U.S. cities; Broadway Bound,U.S. cities; Lost predicament Yonkers, U.S. cities; and Rumors, U.S. cities.
• Film Appearances
• Leo "Chuckles" Jazzman, A Thousand Clowns, United Artists, 1965
• Harry, The Prisoner of Alternative Avenue, Warner Bros., 1974
• Sidney Soft drink, The One and Only, Main, 1978
• Frantic patient, Lovesick, Warner Bros., 1983
• Marcus Soloway, The Goodbye People, Embassy, 1984
• Funny, Associates and Ferren, 1988
• Wirf, Nobody's Fool, Paramount, 1994
• Boris Podolsky, I.Q., Paramount, 1994
• Harry's papa, Deconstructing Harry, Fine Line Quality, 1997
• Film Work
• Director
• Barefoot in the Park, Paramount, 1967
• The Odd Couple, Furthermost, 1968
• Cactus Flower, Columbia, 1969
• Last designate the Red Hot Lovers, Preeminent, 1972
• Mame, Warner Bros., 1974
• Brighton Seashore Memoirs (also known as Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs), Ubiquitous, 1986
• "Thanks for Looking at Return to health Line," Funny, Associates and Ferren, 1988
• Tchin-Tchin, Independent CEP (France), 1989
• A Fine Romance, Castle Hill, 1992
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Actors Studio, ABC and CBS, 1949
• Episodic
• "D-Day," You Are There, CBS, 1955
• "Castoff," Law and Order, NBC, 1998
• Also appeared in Armstrong Prepare Theater (also known as CircleTheater), NBC and CBS; Philco Urge Playhouse, NBC; Playwrights '56, NBC; Producers' Showcase, NBC; Omnibus, CBS andABC; and The U.S.

  Forge Hour, ABC and CBS.

• Specials
• Psychiatrist, Love, Sex, and Marriage, ABC, 1983
• Neil Simon: Not Just for Laughs, 1989
• Broadway '97: Launching the Tonys, PBS, 1997
• Television Work
• Director; Specials
• Love, Coitus, and Marriage, ABC, 1983
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Sol Jacobs, On Seventh Avenue, NBC, 1996
• Television Work
• Director; Movies
• Bye Bye Birdie, ABC, 1995

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• Architectural Digest, November 1995, pp.

  196-202.

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