Chandler Cowles
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Chandler Cowles | |
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Born | Chandler Ruel Cowles September 29, 1917 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
Died | February 1, 1997 New York City, U.S. | (aged 79)
Occupation | Actor, theatrical producer |
Children | Matthew Cowles |
Chandler Ruel Cowles[1] (September 29, 1917 – February 1, 1997) was an American actor, producer, and co-producer in at least eleven New York theatrical productions from 1946 through 1960.
Early life[]
Cowles was born in 1917 in New Haven, Connecticut.[1]
Career[]
Cowles collaborated closely with Gian-Carlo Menotti and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. on many of these and also was a lifelong friend of ballet legend George Balanchine, with whom he worked on the 1947 Broadway production of The Telephone/The Medium. He also wrote the 1983 television program I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind.
Personal life and death[]
He was the father of actor Matthew Cowles.[1]
Chandler Cowles died in 1997 in Manhattan, New York City, at the age of 79.[1] He was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Westmore, Vermont.[1]
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Categories:
- American theatre managers and producers
- Male actors from New Haven, Connecticut
- 1917 births
- 1997 deaths
- 20th-century American actors
- Burials in Vermont
- Writers from New Haven, Connecticut
- American television writers
- 20th-century American screenwriters