Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry

female, deceased (1965)
University of Wisconsin, Hansberry v. Lee, Hansberry v. Lee, 311 U.S. 32, supreme court, United States Supreme Court, white…supreme court of the united states, araisininthesun, from the United States
Lorraine Hansberry (May 19, 1930 - January 12, 1965) was an American playwright and litigant in the United States Supreme Court case, "Hansberry v....
Audra McDonald

Audra McDonald

female, 39 years old
California actor, actor-singer, Juilliard School of Music alumni, juilliard, Musical theatre actor, wit…araisininthesun, Homicide Life on the Street
Audra McDonald (born July 3, 1970) is a four-time Tony Award-winning American actress and singer.
Kenny Leon

Kenny Leon

male, 53 years old
Theatre director, Alliance Theatre Company, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Tony Award, American Broadcasting Company, Broadway theatre…The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Gem of the Ocean, araisininthesun
Kenny Leon is an African-American director notable for his work on Broadway and in regional theater. His success on Broadway has made him one of...
Daniel Petrie

Daniel Petrie

male, deceased (2004)
Buster and Billie, araisininthesun, cancer, Canadian, golden palm, donald…inherit the wind, Fort Apache, The Bronx, Cocoon The Return, Raisin in the Sun
Daniel M. Petrie (November 26, 1920, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada - August 22, 2004, Los Angeles, California, United States of America) was a...
Lloyd Richards

Lloyd Richards

male, deceased (2006)
died on his 87th birthday, Canadian of Caribbean descent, Jamaican Canadian, Black Canadian, actor, Theatre director…araisininthesun
Lloyd Richards was an American actor and director best known for staging the original production of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun",...
John Fiedler

John Fiedler

male, deceased (2005)
cancer death, American, character actor, stage actor, voice actor, television actor…jack the ripper, Star Trek The Original Series actor, araisininthesun, the twilight zone, winnie the pooh
John Donald Fiedler (February 3, 1925 - June 25, 2005) was an American voice actor and character actor in stage, film, television and radio....
Gloria Foster

Gloria Foster

female, deceased (2001)
The Matrix, The Oracle, theater, Death from diabetes, araisininthesun, African-American…The Matrix Reloaded, In White America
Gloria Foster (November 15, 1933 - September 29, 2001) was an American actress born in Chicago, Illinois. She was perhaps best known as The Oracle...
Philip Rose

Philip Rose

male
Harlem, Civil Liberty and Human Friendship, Purlie, Gilbert & Sullivan, Shenandoah, theatrical producer…the owl and the pussycat, araisininthesun
Philip Rose (born July 4, 1921 in New York) is a prolific Broadway Theatrical Producer of such notable productions as A Raisin in the Sun, The Owl...
Laurence Rosenthal

Laurence Rosenthal

male, 83 years old
Rochester, Michelangelo The Last Giant, Broadway theatre, The Music Man, Sherry!, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles…A Patriot for Me, Young Indiana Jones And The Hollywood Follies, Anastasia The Mystery of Anna, peter the great, the bourne identity
Laurence Rosenthal (born November 4 1926) is an American composer, arranger, and conductor for theater, television, and films. Born in Detroit,...
Arielle Tepper

Arielle Tepper

female
Syracuse University, Summer Play Festival, Spamalot, off-Broadway, Broadway theatre, theatrical producer…araisininthesun
Arielle Tepper is a Broadway and Off-Broadway theatrical producer. Some of her credits include: Monty Python's Spamalot, The Pillowman, Democracy,...