Eli Wallach

Also known as Eli Herschel Wallach

American actor (1915–2014)

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Eli Wallach was an American male artist whose professional career spanned from 1945 to 2010. Born on December 7, 1915, he passed away on June 24, 2014. Wallach had three children during his lifetime.

His recorded works include *Rhinoceros*, *The teahouse of the August moon*, *Luv*, and *The Good, the Bad, and Me*. Associated tags for his audio content include spoken word, shakespeare, and Coincidence Detector.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1915
Works: 4

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Rhinoceros
The teahouse of the August moon
Luv
The Good, the Bad, and Me

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1915-12-07
Active to: 2014-06-24

Discography

Ellis Island: The Dream of America2005

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 32
Total plays: 105

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5 total works indexed

Inhibited Spontaneous Emission in Solid-State Physics and Electronics
· 1987 · cited 12,450x
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Deep Features as a Perceptual Metric
· 2018 · cited 12,441x
The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,207x
Radiative transfer for inhomogeneous atmospheres: RRTM, a validated correlated‐k model for the longwave
· 1997 · cited 7,073x
Electrophoretic analysis of the major polypeptides of the human erythrocyte membrane
· 1971 · cited 6,440x

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Instance of: human
Given name: Eli
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Red Hook
Place of death: Manhattan
Spouse: Anne Jackson
Occupation: military officer
Educated at: City College of New York
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Student of: Robert Lewis
Genre: Spaghetti Western
Conflict: World War II
Military rank: lieutenant
Image: Eli Wallach - publicity.jpg
Number of children: 3
Residence: Brooklyn

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date of death: 2014-06-24
date of birth: 1915-12-07
nominated for: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Commons category: Eli Wallach
manner of death: natural causes
start of work period: 1945-00-00
name in native language: Eli Wallach
end of work period: 2010-00-00
time period: 20th century
archives at: Harry Ransom Center
writing language: English language

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Encyclopedic overview

Eli Herschel Wallach (/ˈiːlaɪ ˈwɒlək/ EE-ly WOL-ək; December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014) was an American film, television, and stage actor from New York City. Known for his character actor roles, his entertainment career spanned over six decades. He received a BAFTA Award, a Tony Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. He also was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1988 and received the Academy Honorary Award in 2010.

Originally trained in stage acting, he garnered over 90 film credits. He and his wife Anne Jackson often appeared together on stage, eventually becoming a notable acting couple in American theater. Wallach initially studied method acting under Sanford Meisner and later became a founding member of the Actors Studio, where he studied under Lee Strasberg. He played a wide variety of roles throughout his career, primarily as a supporting actor. He won the Tony Award for Best Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play for The Rose Tattoo (1951).

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