S9.com / Biographies /
Kanin, Garson
1912 - Born in Rochester, New York on the 24th of November.
1938 - His first film A Man to Remember, listed as one of the best top ten film by The New York Times.
1942 - In collaboration with his wife, actress Ruth Gordon, writing the classic Spencer Tracy/Katharine Hepburn film comedies
1955 - Directing the play The Diary of Anne Frank, which ran for 717 performances.
1964 - Directing the musical Funny Girl, which ran for 1348 performances.
- He was a colleague of Thornton Wilder, who mentored him, and an admirer of the work of Frank Capra. Kanin said "I'd rather be Capra than God, if there is a Capra."
1990 - The widower Kanin married the actress Marian Seldes, who survives him. Kanin died at age 86 in New York City of undisclosed causes.
1999 - Died on the 13th of March.
1938 - His first film A Man to Remember, listed as one of the best top ten film by The New York Times.
1942 - In collaboration with his wife, actress Ruth Gordon, writing the classic Spencer Tracy/Katharine Hepburn film comedies
1955 - Directing the play The Diary of Anne Frank, which ran for 717 performances.
1964 - Directing the musical Funny Girl, which ran for 1348 performances.
- He was a colleague of Thornton Wilder, who mentored him, and an admirer of the work of Frank Capra. Kanin said "I'd rather be Capra than God, if there is a Capra."
1990 - The widower Kanin married the actress Marian Seldes, who survives him. Kanin died at age 86 in New York City of undisclosed causes.
1999 - Died on the 13th of March.
  | Page last updated: 3:48pm, 02nd May '07 |
Related Books
  |
Born Yesterday. by Garson Kanin (Paperback - Jan 17, 1951)  Usually ships in 24 hours |
 |
  |
My Side: The Autobiography of Ruth Gordon by Ruth Gordon (Paperback - May 2, 1986)  |
|
  |
Hollywood by Garson Kanin (Hardcover - Sep 23, 1974)  |
|
 |
Smash by Garson Kanin (Paperback - Jan 1, 1982) |
|
 |
A thousand summers by Garson Kanin (Unknown Binding - May 17, 1974) |
|
 |
Peccadillo: A new comedy by Garson Kanin (Unknown Binding - May 17, 1990) |
|
Related DVDs
  |
The Cary Grant Signature Collection (Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House / Destination Tokyo / The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer / My Favorite Wife / Night and Day) (DVD) Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House The Bachelor and The Bobby-Soxer My Favorite Wife Destination Tokyo Night and DayFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
My Favorite Wife (DVD) All aboard for a spinning marriage-go-round! Cary Grant the screen's ideal combination of romantic hunk and comedy buffoon plays flabbergasted Nick. Radiant Irene Dunne Grant's The Awful Truth and... Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
The Hollywood Collection - Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman (DVD) John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III, was born on February 8, 1925. An only child, he was raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and was that rarity among Hollywood stars, a man with affectionate memories of his... Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
