Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard (born November 5, 1943) is an American playwright, writer and actor. He was born Samuel Shepard Rogers in Fort Sheridan, Illinois. His works are known for being especially frank and often absurd, and particularly for having an authentic sense of the style and sensibility of the gritty modern American west. Shepard is also a well respected actor of stage and motion pictures. Among his many works, Buried Child is considered one of his most prominent and received a Pulitzer Prize in 1979. Among his other works for the stage are Curse of the Starving Class in 1978, True West in 1980 and A Lie of the Mind in 1985. Shepard currently lives with his common-law wife, actress Jessica Lange. Major works
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Shepard currently lives with his common-law wife, actress Jessica Lange. Franchot Tone has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6558 Hollywood Blvd. Among his other works for the stage are Curse of the Starving Class in 1978, True West in 1980 and A Lie of the Mind in 1985. His remains were cremated and his ashes were scattered. Among his many works, Buried Child is considered one of his most prominent and received a Pulitzer Prize in 1979. He died in New York City. Shepard is also a well respected actor of stage and motion pictures. He co-starred in the Ben Casey medical series from 1965 to 1966 as Casey's supervisor. His works are known for being especially frank and often absurd, and particularly for having an authentic sense of the style and sensibility of the gritty modern American west. In the 1950s he moved to television and returned to Broadway, where he had begun his career. He was born Samuel Shepard Rogers in Fort Sheridan, Illinois. He worked steadily through the 1940s without breaking through as a major star. Sam Shepard (born November 5, 1943) is an American playwright, writer and actor. He married and divorced three more times: to fashion model turned actress Jean Wallace (1941-48, two sons; she next married Cornel Wilde), actress Barbara Peyton (1951-52), and actress Dolores Dorn (1956-59). 2004 The God of Hell. He was married October 11, 1935 in New Jersey to actress Joan Crawford; they were divorced in 1939. 2000 The Late Henry Moss. In 1935 he starred in Mutiny on the Bounty (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor), The Lives of a Bengal Lancer and Dangerous opposite Bette Davis. 1993 Simpatico. President of the Dramatic Club at Cornell University, he went to Hollywood in 1932, achieving fame in 1933, when he made seven movies in a single year. 1985 A Lie of the Mind. Frank Jerome Tone, the president of the Carborundum Company, and his wife, Gertrude Franchot. 1980 True West. He was born Stanislas Pascal Franchot Tone in Niagara Falls, New York, eldest son of Dr. 1978 Curse of the Starving Class. Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American actor. 1979 Buried Child. 1971 Mad Dog Blues. 1969 Oh! Calcutta! (contributed sketches). 1967 La Turista. 1964 Cowboys. |