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Gene Saks
American stage and film director (1921-2015) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 93
Gene Saks was an American director and actor. An inductee of the American Theater Hall of Fame, his acting career began with a Broadway debut in 1949. As a director, he was nominated for seven Tony Awards, winning three for his direction of I Love My Wife, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues.
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BarrymoreFilm, Producer1997
Deconstructing HarryFilm, Harry's Father1994
I.Q.Film, Boris Podolsky1991
A Fine RomanceFilm, Director1990
Law & OrderSeries, Carl Samuel1986
Brighton Beach MemoirsFilm, Director1985Tony Award for Best Direction of a PlayAward1984
The Goodbye PeopleFilm, Marcus Soloway1983Tony Award for Best Direction of a PlayAward
LovesickFilm, 1983Mr. Houseman, Frantic Patient1977Tony Award for Best Direction of a MusicalAward1975
The Prisoner of Second AvenueFilm, Harry Edison1974
MameFilm, Director1972
Last of the Red Hot LoversFilm, Director1968
The Odd CoupleFilm, Director1967
Barefoot in the ParkFilm, Director1960
The DybbukFilm, Mikoel1958
Three Plays by Tennessee WilliamsFilm, Bob Harper (Segment "The Last of My Solid Gold Watches")1955Playwrights '56Series1921Born8 November 1921People around Gene
Erwin Piscator Taught Gene
Walter Matthau Gene directed Cactus Flower and The Odd Couple
Neil Simon Also in Barefoot in the Park and The Odd Couple
Woody Allen Directed Deconstructing Harry (1998)
Scott Rudin Produced Nobody's Fool and I.Q.
Herb Edelman Gene directed Barefoot in the Park (1967)- Billie Bird Gene directed Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Howard W. Koch Produced The Odd Couple (1968)
Letty Aronson Produced Deconstructing Harry (1998)
Jack Lemmon Gene directed The Odd Couple (1968)
Renée Taylor Gene directed Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972)- David V. Picker Produced The One and Only (1980)
Ingrid Bergman Gene directed Cactus Flower (1969)
Jane Fonda Gene directed Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Julie Andrews Gene directed A Fine Romance (1991)
Marcello Mastroianni Gene directed A Fine Romance (1991)
Robert Redford Gene directed Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Goldie Hawn Gene directed Cactus Flower (1969)
Jason Alexander Gene directed Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
Charles Boyer Gene directed Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Blythe Danner Gene directed Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
Doris Roberts Gene directed Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Jonathan Silverman Gene directed Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)- Alice Drummond Also in Nobody's Fool and I.Q.
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The Odd Couple 1968
Deconstructing Harry 1997
Cactus Flower 1969
Barefoot in the Park 1967
Nobody's Fool 1994
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Television 2
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He also directed a number of films during his career. He was married to Bea Arthur from 1950 until 1978, and subsequently to Keren Saks from 1980 to his death in 2015.
