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- Birth nameFrank Joseph Galati
- Frank Galati was born on November 29, 1943 in Highland Park, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Accidental Tourist (1988), American Playhouse (1980) and National Theatre at Home: The Grapes of Wrath (2025). He was married to Peter Amster. He died on January 2, 2023 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
- SpousePeter Amster(? - January 2, 2023) (his death)
- In 1990, won two Tony Awards for "The Grapes of Wrath:" as author of the Best Play winner and as Best Director (Play). In 1998, he was also nominated as Best Director (Musical) for "Ragtime."
- An ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
- The January 25, 1988 draft of the script for My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) credits Jerico Stone as writer, with revisions by Frank Galati, Richard Benner, Susan Rice, Herschel Weingrod & Timothy Harris, Paul Rudnick, and Debra Frank & Carl Sautter, and a further rewrite by Jonathan Reynolds. Only four of the ten writers received credits in the final film.
- He was nominated for a 1972 Joseph Jefferson Award for his performance in "The National Health" at the Candelight Forum Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
- He was awarded the 1973 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Work for "Boss" at the Candlelight Forum Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
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