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Penn, Arthur Hiller
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......studied Black Mountain College and the Actors' Studio, Los Angeles. Penn, who...alienation in American life, began directing dramas for live television during the early 1950s. His Broadway...the Kid, was also an adaptation of a television drama and dealt with a social outsider......
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Pinter, Harold
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......stage, in films, and on radio and television. His first produced effort as a playwright...By and large, Pinter's later dramas, often more overtly political than his...plays as well as of several films and television dramas.A longtime political activist, Pinter......
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Vidal, Gore
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......political interests—he ran unsuccessfully for the House (1960) and the Senate (1982). He also wrote screenplays and television dramas. Vidal's sharply argued, stylish, and often controversial essays, which some critics consider his finest works......
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Ishiguro, Kazuo
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......Unconsoled (1995), When We Were Orphans (2000), and Never Let Me Go (2005); his later short stories include Nocturnes (2009). He also has written television dramas. See studies by B. W. Shaffer (1998) and M. Petry (1999)....
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Miller, Arthur
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......Broken Glass (1994), and Resurrection Blues (2002). He also wrote the screenplay for The Misfits (1961); the television dramas Playing for Time (1980) and Clara (1991); a novel, Focus (1945); and two books of short stories (1967, 2007......
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Streep, Meryl
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......of Madison County (1995), The Hours (2002), and The Devil Wears Prada (2006). She has also appeared in several television dramas, e.g., Angels in America (2003). Streep returned to the New York theater in 2006 to star in Bertolt Brecht's......
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Blades, Rubén
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......War (1988), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Cradle Will Rock (1999), and All the Pretty Horses (2000) and in several television dramas. Blades ran for president of Panama in 1994 but came in third after leading briefly in early polls. See biographies by......
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Quinn, Anthony
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......like figure in The Greek Tycoon (1978). He made more than 100 additional films and appeared in several plays and television dramas. He was also an accomplished visual artist. See his autobiographies, The Original Sin (1972) and One Man Tango (1995......
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Hopkins, Sir Anthony
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......British National Theatre. A brilliant and versatile performer, he has acted in more than 25 plays, 30 films, and 40 television dramas. Although he has performed an enormous variety of roles, Hopkins is especially adept at portraying eccentric characters......
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Close, Glenn
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......winning Tony Awards for both. She has also appeared in such films as as Jagged Edge (1985), Hamlet (1990), and Reversal of Fortune (1990), as well as in television dramas, e.g., the legal thriller Damages (2007–)....