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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Patricia Elliott, Tony Winner and Soap Opera Star, Dies at 77 by Sam Roberts

Ms. Elliott won a Tony for best featured actress in a musical (and a Drama Desk Award) in 1973 for playing a Swedish countess in the original production of Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little N…

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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Rev. Rick Curry, 72, Dies; Used Stagecraft to Help the Wounded and Disabled by Sam Roberts

Father Curry, who was born without a right forearm, embraced stagecraft as his vehicle to overcome what others viewed as a handicap.

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Sunday, November 29, 2015

James Prideaux, Writer for Stage and for Television, Dies at 88 by Sam Roberts

Mr. Prideaux wrote television movies that starred Katharine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor and a play for which Julie Harris won a Tony for best actress.

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Monday, September 14, 2015

William Becker, Who Transformed Janus Films, Dies at 88 by Sam Roberts

Mr. Becker, a culturally minded businessman, acquired Janus Films in 1965 with a partner, and they vastly expanded its library and broadened its distribution.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Betsy von Furstenberg, Baroness and Versatile Actress, Dies at 83 by Sam Roberts

Ms. von Furstenberg made her debut in the movies and on the Broadway stage in the early 1950s as a teenager and later reinvented herself as a television actress, writer and philanthropist.

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