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- Birth nameRussel McKinley Crouse
- Russel Crouse was born on February 20, 1893 in Findlay, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for The Sound of Music (1965), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938). He was married to Anna Erskine and Dorothy Alison Greene (Alison Smith). He died on April 3, 1966 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesAnna Erskine(June 29, 1945 - April 3, 1966) (his death, 2 children)Dorothy Alison Greene (Alison Smith)(March 17, 1923 - December 7, 1943) (her death)
- Children
- Father of actress Lindsay Crouse, her full name (Lindsay Ann Crouse) being a pun on Russel Crouse normally being billed with his writing partner Howard Lindsay as "Lindsay And Crouse".
- Won a 1959 Special Tony Award (New York City) for the collaboration of Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse that lasted longer than Gilbert and Sullivan.
- Russel Crouse won the 1946 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "State of the Union" collaborating with Howard Lindsay.
- Former father-in-law of David Mamet.
- Grandfather of Zosia Mamet and Willa Mamet.
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