Lawrence, Jerome
From Astro-Databank
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| born on | 14 July 1915 at 00:00 (= 12:00 midnight ) | ||
| Place | Cleveland OH, USA, 41n29, 81w41 | ||
| Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   20°41'   11°21 Asc. 24°42'
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Biography
American writer, a playwright in collaboration with Robert E. Lee from 1942. They were known as the highly successful team of Lawrence and Lee Inc, "the thinking man's playwrights." Their most successful drama was "Inherit the Wind," which opened on Broadway 4/21/1955, winning a Tony and many other awards. They also wrote the screenplay. Their most successful comedy was "Auntie Mame," which opened on Broadway on 10/31/1956 and ran over 700 shows. They traveled to over a hundred countries promoting the theater.
Lawrence is the author of "Actor: The Life and Times of Paul Muni," 1974. He was named to the national Theatre Hall of Fame in 1990.
On February 29, 2004, the playwright died at his Malibu home of complications from a stroke that he suffered in 2002.
Relationships
- business associate/partner relationship with Lee, Robert E. (1918) (born 15 October 1918)
Events
- Work : New Career 1942 (Playwright)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 21 April 1955 ("Inherit the Wind")
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 31 October 1956 ("Auntie Mame")
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1974 (Author of "Actor: The Life and Times of Paul Muni")
- Work : Prize 1990 (Elected to the Theatre Hall of Fame)
- Health : Medical diagnosis 2002 (suffered a stroke)
- Death by Disease 29 February 2004 (died of complications from his stroke)
- Death of Significant person 1994 (Robert Lee, his co-author, died)
Source Notes
Contemporary American Horoscopes
Categories
- Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script
- Vocation : Writers : Biographer
- Notable : Awards : Tony
- Lifestyle : Work : Work in team/ Tandem (Robert E. Lee)
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Stroke
