George Abbott
American writer and director (1887-1995) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 107
George Francis Abbott was an American theatre producer, director, playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer whose career spanned eight decades.
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Claudette Colbert George directed Secrets of a Secretary (1931)
Lucille Ball George produced Room Service (1938)
Tallulah Bankhead George directed The Cheat and My Sin
Evelyn Brent George directed Why Bring That Up? (1929)
Carl Laemmle Jr. Produced Broadway (1929)
Ann Miller George produced Room Service (1938)
Doris Day George directed The Pajama Game (1957)
Groucho Marx George produced Room Service (1938)
Bob Fosse George directed Damn Yankees (1958)
Stanley Donen Also in The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees
Ray Walston George directed Damn Yankees (1958)
Louis Calhern George directed Stolen Heaven (1931)
Herbert Marshall George directed Secrets of a Secretary (1931)
Virginia Bruce George directed Why Bring That Up? (1929)
Carl Laemmle Produced All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Frances Langford Also in Too Many Girls and Beat the Band
A. Edward Sutherland Directed The Boys from Syracuse (1940)
Barbara Nichols George directed The Pajama Game (1957)
Reta Shaw George directed The Pajama Game (1957)
Malcolm St. Clair Directed Night Parade (1929)- Rae Allen George directed Damn Yankees (1958)
Charles Halton George produced Room Service (1938)
John H. Auer Directed Beat the Band (1947)
Adelqui Migliar Icardi Directed Shadows of the Circus (1931)
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He received numerous honors including six Tony Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1982, the National Medal of Arts in 1990, and was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
