Encyclopedia > American Theatre Hall of Fame

• George Abbott
• Maxwell Anderson
• Judith Anderson
• Julie Andrews
• Ethel Barrymore
• John Barrymore
• Lionel Barrymore
• Barbara Bel Geddes ^{[citation needed]}
• Michael Bennett (1986)
• Eric Bentley (1998)
• Leonard Bernstein
• Eubie Blake
• Shirley Booth
• Richard Burton
• Mrs. Patrick Campbell
• Len Cariou (2004)
• Kitty Carlisle Hart
• Mrs. Leslie Carter
• Carol Channing
• Ruth Chatterton
• Ina Claire
• Noel Coward
• Jose Ferrer
• Zelda Fichandler (1999)
• Minnie Maddern Fiske
• Geraldine Fitzgerald (1986)
• Lynn Fontanne
• George Gershwin
• Ira Gershwin
• William Gibson (2005)
• George Grizzard
• A. R. Gurney
• Uta Hagen (1981)

• Julie Harris
• Rosemary Harris (1986)
• Oscar Hammerstein II
• Moss Hart
• Katharine Hepburn
• Jerry Herman (1986)
• Gregory Hines (2004)
• Alan Jay Lerner
• John Lithgow (2005)
• Frank Loesser
• Dorothy Loudon (2005)
• Alfred Lunt
• Raymond Massey (1986)
• Ian McKellen (2004)
• Ethel Merman
• Judith Malina (2003)
• Liza Minnelli
• Brian Murray (2004)
• Estelle Parsons (2004)
• Bernadette Peters
• Christopher Plummer (1986)
• Michael Redgrave (1986)
• George C. Scott (1986)
• Marian Seldes (1996)
• George Bernard Shaw
• Robert E. Sherwood
• Jean Stapleton
• Maureen Stapleton (1981)
• Roger L. Stevens (1986)
• Barbra Streisand
• Dorothy Stickney
• Sada Thompson
• Mae West
• Oscar Wilde
• Tennessee Williams

George Abbott (June 25, 1887 - January 31, 1995) was a theatre producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned more than seven decades. ... James Maxwell Anderson (15 December 1888 – 28 February 1959), better known as Maxwell Anderson was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, poet, reporter and lyricist, and a founding member of The Playwrights Company (which included, at various times, Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard... Dame Judith Anderson, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 Dame Judith Anderson, AC DBE (February 10, 1897–January 3, 1992), born Frances Margaret Anderson-Anderson, was an Tony award and Emmy winning stage and film actress who was also nominated for a Grammy and an Oscar. ... Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells[1] on 1 October 1935[2]) is a BAFTA, Emmy, Grammy and Academy Award-winning English actress, singer, author and cultural icon. ... Ethel Barrymore (August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an Academy Award-winning American actress and a member of the famous Barrymore family. ... John Sidney Blyth Barrymore (February 15, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – May 29, 1942 in Los Angeles, California), was an American actor. ... Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe on April 28, 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 15, 1954 in Van Nuys, California) was an American Academy Award Winning actor of stage, radio and film. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Bennett on the cover of his 1990 biography by Kevin Kelly Michael Bennett (April 8, 1943 - July 2, 1987) was a Tony Award-winning American musical theater director, writer, choreographer, and dancer. ... Eric Bentley Eric Bentley, (September 14, 1916 -) born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, became an American citizen in 1948. ... Leonard Bernstein in 1971 Leonard Bernstein (IPA pronunciation: )[1] (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, and pianist. ... James Hubert Blake (February 7, 1887 - February 12, 1983), composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. ... Shirley Booth (August 30, 1898 – October 16, 1992) was an acclaimed American actress. ... Richard Burton CBE (November 10, 1925 – August 5, 1984) was a Welsh actor. ... Mrs Patrick Campbell (February 9, 1865 - April 9, 1940) was a British stage actress, the most successful of her generation. ... Len Cariou (born September 30, 1939 in Saint Boniface, Manitoba) is a Canadian actor. ... Kitty Carlisle Hart (also billed as Kitty Carlisle) (September 3, 1910 – April 17, 2007)[1][2][3] was an American singer, actress and spokeswoman for the arts. ... Mrs Leslie Carter as Mme. ... Carol Elaine Channing (born on January 31, 1921 in Seattle, Washington) is an American singer and actress. ... Ruth Chatterton Ruth Chatterton (December 24, 1893 - November 24, 1961) was an American actress. ... Ina Claire (15 October, 1893 - 21 February 1985) was an actress. ... Sir Noël Peirce Coward (December 16, 1899 – March 26, 1973) was an Britain/British actor, playwright, and composer of popular music. ... José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintron, known as José Ferrer (January 8, 1912-January 26, 1992), was an actor and director, born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. ... Zelda Fichandler (born September 18, 1924) is an American stage producer, director, and educator, best known as cofounder and longtime artistic director of the Arena Stage theatre in Washington, D.C. Fichandler, her husband Thomas C. Fichandler, and Edward Mangum cofounded Arena Stage in 1950. ... Minnie Maddern Fiske (December 19, 1865 – February 15, 1932), was one of the leading American actresses of the early twentieth century. ... Geraldine Fitzgerald Geraldine Fitzgerald (24 November 1913 - 17 July 2005) was an Irish-American actress. ... Lynn Fontanne (December 6, 1887 – July 30, 1983) was an Emmy Award winning actress who was a major stage star for over 40 years and who with her husband Alfred Lunt was part of the most acclaimed acting team in the history of the American theater. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 – 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century. ... William Gibson (1964) William Gibson (born 13 November 1914) is a Tony Award-winning American playwright. ... George Grizzard (b. ... A.R. Gurney (November 1, 1930 - ) is an American playwright and novelist. ... Uta Hagen with Paul Robeson in the Theatre Guild production of Othello, which ran on Broadway from 1943 to 1945. ... Actress Julie Harris photo taken by Carl Van Vechten 1952 Julie Harris (born Julia Ann Harris on December 2, 1925 in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan) is an American actress. ... Rosemary Harris (born September 19, 1930[1] in Ashby, Suffolk, England) is an Academy Award nominated English actress and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. ... For work done with Richard Rodgers, see Rodgers and Hammerstein Oscar Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was a New-York born writer, producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years. ... Moss Hart (October 24, 1904 – December 20, 1961) was an American playwright and director of plays and musical theater. ... Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an iconic American star of film, television and stage, widely recognized for her sharp wit, New England gentility and fierce independence. ... Jerry Herman Jerry Herman (born Gerald Herman on July 10, 1933 in New York City) is an American composer/lyricist of the Broadway musical theater. ... Gregory Hines (February 14, 1946 – August 9, 2003) was a Tony Award-winning American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer. ... Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American Broadway lyricist and librettist. ... John Arthur Lithgow (IPA: [ˈʤɔn ˈlɪθɡaÊŠ]) (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor perhaps best-known for his starring role as Dick Solomon in the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. ... Image:FrankLoesser1. ... Dorothy Loudon (September 17, 1933 - November 15, 2003) was a Broadway actress noted for her comedy and belting singing voice, which she used to deliver a wide range of musical comedy and Roaring Twenties songs. ... Alfred Lunt photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 Alfred Lunt (August 12, 1892–August 3, 1977) was an American actor. ... Raymond Massey photographed by Carl Van Vechten Raymond Hart Massey (August 30, 1896 – July 29, 1983) was a Canadian actor. ... Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CBE (born May 25, 1939) is a veteran English stage and screen actor, the recipient of a Tony Award and two Oscar nominations. ... Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was a Tony Award winning star of stage and film musicals, well known for her powerful voice and vocal range. ... Judith Malina (born June 4, 1926) is an American theater and film actor, writer, and director, who is one of the founders and leaders of The Living Theatre. ... Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. ... This article should belong in one or more categories. ... Estelle Margaret Parsons (born November 20, 1927 in Marblehead, Massachusetts) is an Academy Award-winning American theater, film and television actress of Jewish descent. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood in The Lady Vanishes (1938) Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave, KBE (March 20, 1908 — March 21, 1985) was an English actor and the son of the Australian silent film star Roy Redgrave and the actress Margaret Scudamore. ... George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 - September 22, 1999) was a stage and film actor, director, and producer. ... Marian Seldes (born August 23, 1928 in New York City) is an award-winning American stage, film, radio, and television actress whose career has spanned six decades and who was elected to the American Theatre Hall of Fame. ... George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856–2 November 1950) was an Irish dramatist, literary critic, and socialist. ... Robert Emmet Sherwood (4 April 1896–14 November 1955) American playwright, editor, and screenwriter. ... Jean Stapleton Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray on January 19, 1923 in New York City) is an American actress of stage, television and film. ... Maureen Stapleton. ... Barbra Joan Streisand (born April 24, 1942) She is an American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. ... Dorothy Stickney was a Broadway actress in the long running Life with Father, co-starring her husband, Howard Lindsay. ... Sada Thompson (September 27, 1929 in Des Moines, Iowa) is an acclaimed American stage, film and television actress. ... MAE-West is a major Internet peering point located in San Jose, California. ... Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. ... Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), better known by the pseudonym Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright and one of the prominent playwrights of the twentieth century. ...