Ann Shanks papers. 1979-1996.

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Ann Shanks papers. 1979-1996.

The collection consists of producer's files for two shows: LILLIAN, which opened at the Cleveland Playhouse in 1985, moved to the Kennedy Center and then opened on Broadway in January 1986 and S.J. PERELMAN IN PERSON, which premiered in 1988.

1.5 lin. ft. (4 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6805982

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Shanks, Bob, 1924-

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Author, screenwriter, television and film producer. Bob Shanks's credits in television as a creator, writer and/or producer include "Tonight Show" starring Jack Paar for NBC-TV, "The Morning Program" for CBS-TV, "Good Morning America" and "20/20" for ABC-TV, "Merv Griffin Show" for both NBC-TV and CBS-TV, as well as PBS's "The Great American Dream Machine." He received Emmys for the latter in 1970 and 1971 and for segments of "20/20" in 1978. He is the author of several ...

Luce, William

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William Luce, playwright. From the description of The divine Orlando (Orlando di Lasso): typescript, 1986. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485811 From the description of Zelda: a solo portrait of Zelda Fitzgerald: typescript: fifth draft, stage version, 1980. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652491 From the description of The last flapper: typescript, 1988. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122531652 From the ...

Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984

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Dramatist. From the description of The autumn garden : playscript, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131544 Lillian Hellman (1905-1984), playwright and screenwriter. From the description of These three : (Hellman story), 1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702193196 Lillian Hellman, America’s most significant woman playwright of the twentieth century, was born on June 20, 1905, in New Orleans to Max and Julia Newhouse Hellman. Her e...

Shanks, Ann Zane, 1927-

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Producer and director for theater, film and television, Ann Shanks produced Lillian, a one-woman show about Lillian Hellman by William Luce starring Zoe Caldwell and directed and produced S. J. Perelman in Person, a one-man show written by her husband, Bob Shanks. She also directed and/or produced various TV movies of the week for CBS and NBC, produced and directed a PBS special on French impressionism and wrote, produced and directed various award-winning short films. Ann Shanks was also an aut...

Perelman, S.J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904-1979

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American cartoonist, author, and screenwriter; d. 1979. From the description of S.J. Perelman collection, 1942-1977. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969554 Brown class of 1925. Humorist, screenwriter, dramatist, and cartoonist. Much of his work was in the form of short pieces for the New Yorker magazine. From the description of Papers, 1914-1987. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122639378 S.J. Perelman and Will B. Johnstone, screenwrite...