Vincent Sherman(1906-2006)
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Vincent Sherman was born on 16 July 1906 in Vienna, Georgia, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Counsellor at Law (1933), Affair in Trinidad (1952) and All Through the Night (1942). He was married to Hedda Comoraw. He died on 18 June 2006 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Director
Actor
Writer
- Official site
- Born
- Died
- June 18, 2006
- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(natural causes)
- Spouse
- Hedda ComorawMarch 7, 1931 - September 9, 1984 (her death, 2 children)
- Children
- Other worksStage: Appeared (as "Chorus"; Broadway debut) in"Marco Millions" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Eugene O'Neill. Incidental music by Emerson Whithorne. Musical Director: Max Weiser. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Guild Theatre: 9 Jan 1928-Mar 1928 (closing date unknown/92 performances). Cast: Marochka Anisfeld (as "Chorus"), Mary Arbenz (as "Chorus"), Mary Bell (as "Chorus"), Mary Blair, Natalie Browning, Morris Carnovsky (as "Tedaldo Ghazan, Khan of Persia"), Ernest Cossart (as "Maffeo"), George Cotton, Graham Dale, John C. Davis, Dudley Digges, William Edmonson (as "Chorus"), John Franklin, Eugene Gevsont, Margalo Gillmore, John Henry, Felix Jacoves (as "Chorus"), Louisa James (as "Chorus"), Max Leavitt, Philip Leigh, George Lester (as "Chorus"), Bruce Logan (as "Chorus"), Alfred Lunt (as "Marco Polo"), Sanford Meisner, McKay Morris (as "Kublai, the Great Kaan"), Leonard Perry (as "Chorus"), Billie Ruddell (as "Chorus"), Mark Schweid (as "Magian Traveller" / "Older Ali Brother" / "A Confucian Priest"), Lucian Scott (as "Chorus"), Henry Travers (as "Nicolo"), Albert Dekker (credited as Albert Van Dekker; as "A Dominican Monk" / "Emissary from Kublai" / "A Mahometan Captain of Ghazan's Army"), Louis Veda (as "Buddhist Traveler" / "One Ali" / "A Taoist Priest"), Harry Wise (as "Chorus"), Beryl Wright (as "Chorus"). Produced by the Theatre Guild.
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- TriviaDuring the early 1950s his thriving career foundered as he was dropped without explanation by Warner Bros., after a federal agent had told the studio Sherman was suspected of Communist ties. He said he wasn't a Communist, but he knew people like John Garfield who'd been blacklisted, and he stood beside them. His film career was seriously damaged by Hollywood's Communist "red scare," but he later rebounded as a successful director of such television series as 77 Sunset Strip (1958), The Waltons (1972), Doctors' Hospital (1975), Baretta (1975) and Trapper John, M.D. (1979).
- Quotes[on Joan Crawford and the book "Mommie Dearest"] Christina [Crawford's daughter, Christina Crawford] hurt her mother's image a lot, but at least not while Joan was still alive. Bette Davis wasn't so fortunate, or maybe I should say she was more fortunate. She had to endure the hurt, but anyway she was there to defend herself and to go on the offensive. I think I knew Joan as well as anyone ever did, but I honestly don't know how Joan would have handled "Mommie Dearest" if Christina had published it while she was still alive. She would have been heartbroken, but I don't think she would have just fallen apart. She was strong, but the Joan I knew was a very, very vulnerable person. I think it would have depended on her health, but because she cared so much about what her fans thought, she would have done something if she could.
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