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Eva Le Gallienne

Eva Le Gallienne (January 11, 1899 – June 3, 1991) was a British-born American stage actress, producer, director, translator, and author. A Broadway star by age 21, in 1926 she left Broadway behind to found the Civic Repertory Theatre, where she served as director, producer, and lead actress. Noted for her boldness and idealism, she was a pioneering figure in the American theater, setting the stage for the Off-Broadway and regional theater movements that swept the country later in the 20th century.

Eva Le Gallienne

(1899-01-11)January 11, 1899

London, England

June 3, 1991(1991-06-03) (aged 92)

Weston, Connecticut, U.S.
  • Actress
  • producer
  • director
  • translator
  • author

1914–1984

Mary "Mimsey" Benson (née Duggett)
Mercedes de Acosta
Josephine Hutchinson
Marion Gunnar Evensen-Westlake
Margaret Webster

Gwen Le Gallienne (step-sister)

Le Gallienne devoted herself to the art of the theater as opposed to the show business of Broadway. She felt strongly that high-quality plays should be affordable and accessible to all people who wanted to see them. She ran the Civic Repertory Theatre for 7 years (1926–1934), producing 37 plays during that time with a company whose actors included Burgess Meredith, John Garfield, Norman Lloyd, J. Edward Bromberg, Paul Leyssac, Florida Friebus, David Manners, Josephine Hutchinson, Alla Nazimova, Joseph Schildkraut, and Leona Roberts.

Sheehy, Helen (1996). Eva Le Gallienne. A Biography. Alfred A. Knopf.  0-679-41117-8.

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Bibliography

at IMDb 

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at the Internet Broadway Database

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at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

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at Playbill Vault

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from a Chautauqua circuit collection at the Library of Congress

Items featuring Le Gallienne

Photographs at George Eastman House: [2] [3]

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held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Eva Le Gallienne papers, 1903-1986

The Legacy of Eva Le Gallienne