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First Name

Eva

Last Name

Le Gallienne

Build

Slim

Place of Birth

London

Star Sign

Capricorn

Date of Death

03 June 1991

Place of Death

Weston, Connecticut, USA

Cause of Death

heart attack

Ethnicity

White

Claim to Fame

Resurrection

Nationality

English

Gender

Female

Wikipedia Text

Eva Le Gallienne (January 11, 1899 � June 3, 1991) was a well-known actress, producer, and director, during the first half of the 20th century.

Couple Profile

Legendary stage actress Eva Le Gallienne`s life began just as grandly as the daughter of poet Richard Le Gallienne. Sarah Bernhardt was her idol growing up and, at age 18, was brought to New York by her mother. Making her London debut with "Monna Vanna" in 1914, she proved a star in every sense of the word. She appeared on Broadway first in "Liliom" in 1921 and lastly at the Biltmore Theatre in 1981 with "To Grandmother`s House We Go," which won her a Tony nomination at age 82. Noted for her extreme boldness and idealism, she became a director and muse for theatre`s top playwrights, a foremost translater of Henrik Ibsen, and a founder of the civic repertory movement in America. A respected stage coach, director, producer and manager over her six decades, Ms. Le Gallienne consciously devoted herself to the Art of the Theatre as opposed to the Show Business of Broadway and dedicated herself to upgrading the quality of the stage. She ran the Civic Repertory Theatre for 10 years (1926-1936), producing 37 plays during that time. Her gallery of theatre portrayals would include everything from Peter Pan to Hamlet. Sadly, she almost completely avoided film and TV during her lengthy career. However, toward the end of her life, she did appear in a marvelous 1977 stage version of "The Royal Family" on TV and rendered a quietly touching performance as Ellen Burstyn`s grandmother in Resurrection (1980), for which she received an Oscar nomination.

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www.imdb.com/name/nm0499170/bio

Full Name at Birth

Eva Le Gallienne

Count - Awards

Father

Richard Le Gallienne

Mother

Julie Norregard

Friend

Tallulah Bankhead, Estelle Winwood, Blyth Daly, Cheryl Crawford, Robert Lewis

Date of Birth