Houseman, John.
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Born Jacques Haussmann in Bucharest, Romania on Sept. 22, 1902, of a Alsatian father and English mother; attended Clifton College Preparatory School, Bristol, England, 1916-1918; moved to US in 1924; was grain export businessman while doing freelance writing and translating plays; entered theatrical production and direction upon collapse of stock market; by early 1930s was writing, producing and directing for NY stage; supervised Federal Theatre Project's Negro Theatre Project; taught at Vassar; founded Mercury Theater with Orson Welles in 1937, and collaborated with Welles on the radio series The Mercury theatre of the air; collaborated on screenplay of Citizen Kane, and in 1941 became vice-president of David O. Selznick productions; chief of overseas radio division, Bureau of the Office of War Information, 1942-43; producer of film, TV, and stage productions; artistic director of American Shakespeare Festival Theatre and Academy in Stratford, CT, 1956-1959; artistic director of Theatre Group of LA in 1960s, which became nucleus of Center Theatre Group of LA; director of drama division of Juilliard School, NYC, 1967-1976; founder of the Acting Company in NYC, 1972; received Oscar for role in Paper chase; acted in TV show of same name; died Oct. 31, 1988.
From the description of Papers, 1930-1989. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38272850
Producer, director.
From the description of Reminiscences of John Houseman : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131714
From the description of Reminiscences of John Houseman : oral history, 1974. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309740369
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Subjects:
- Theater
- Acting
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Motion pictures
- Theatrical producers and directors
- Theatrical producers and directors
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- United States (as recorded)
