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Gene Saks
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American stage and film director (1921–2015)
Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
Gene Saks (born Jean Michael Saks; November 8, 1921 – March 28, 2015) was an American director and actor. As a stage director, he was nominated for seven Tony Awards, winning three for his direction of I Love My Wife, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and Biloxi Blues. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Saks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Deconstructing Harry — Harry's Father1997
- Nobody's Fool — Wirf Wirfley1994
- I.Q. — Boris Podolsky1994
- The Good Policeman1991
- Law & Order — Carl Samuel1990
- Funny — Self1988
- The Goodbye People — Marcus Soloway1984
- Lovesick — Mr. Houseman, Frantic Patient1983
- The One and Only — Sidney Seltzer1978
- The Prisoner of Second Avenue — Harry Edison1975
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 74
- Total plays
- 132
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- East Hampton
- Spouse
- Bea Arthur
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Erwin Piscator
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- date of birth
- 1921-11-08
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
- date of death
- 2015-03-28
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Gene Saks
- start of work period
- 1949-00-00
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