Cris Alexander(1920-2012)
- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
- Actor
Born in 1920, Mr. Alexander was raised by his devoted father and
attended Central High School in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He and
Tony Randall (then Leonard Rosenberg) along with several other
exceptionally talented classmates, performed on their own weekly radio
show in 1937-8. Multi-talented, Mr. Alexander acts, sings, dances,
paints, and is a world-renowned photographer. On Broadway, in his
twenties and thirties, he starred as "Chip" opposite Nancy Walker in
the original production of Leonard Bernstein's,"On The Town;" versus
Clifton Webb in Noel Coward's, "Present Laughter;" with Rosalind
Russell in "Wonderful Town;" and again with Miss Russell and life-long
friend, Peggy Cass, in both the stage and movie versions of "Auntie
Mame." He has maintained a photography studio for many years and was
the official photographer for the New York City Ballet. In 1961, he
collaborated with his friend and "Mame" author, Patrick Dennis, on the
mock autobiography of the worst actress in the world, Miss Belle
Poitrine, called, "Little Me," and in 1964, he repeated that success
with Mr. Dennis (this time with Peggy Cass in the mix) on the very
funny mock autobiography, "First Lady." He is a long-time resident of
Saratoga Springs, New York.
