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Gene Saks
Sign in to saveAlso known as Saks, Jean Michael, 1921-2015
American stage and film director (1921–2015)
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Vinony's link graph records 249 inbound references to Gene Saks, and connects out to Neil Simon Theatre, Richard Rodgers Theatre and New York City.
Vinony files it under 1921 births, 2015 deaths and 21st-century American Jews.
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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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