Dean, Tunis F. (Tunis Ferdinand), 1865-1939

Tunis Dean, theatrical manager and fashionable civic leader in Baltimore, Maryland, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana ca. 1865. Affiliated for years with the David Belasco organization, Dean acted as Belasco's personal representative and press agent, and served as tour manager for a number of prominent actors including Blanche Bates, Mrs. Leslie Carter, David Warfield, Frances Starr and James O'Neill. Dean was, at various times, the manager of the Baltimore Academy of Music and the Grand Opera House in Pittsburgh, and agent for firms such as Nixon & Zimmerman, Klaw & Erlanger, Liebler & Co. and Harry Davis. He was also a promoter of beach parades and carnivals.

From the guide to the Tunis Dean papers, 1875-1939, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.)

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