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Director, Producer Born: September 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, PA Biography:Once the vanguard of 1960s-1970s Hollywood New Wave, director "Arthur Penn" saw his cinematic fortunes decline with the mid-'70s rise of more straightforward blockbuster entertainment. Even as he struggled through the '80s and '90s, however, Penn's legacy was assured by such films as "Little Big Man" (1970), "Night Moves" (1975), and the pivotal masterwork "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967).
Born in Philadelphia, Penn was trained to follow in his father's footsteps as a watchmaker, but by high school, he knew he preferred theater. While stationed at Fort Jackson, SC, during World War II, Penn formed a small drama circle with his fellow infantrymen, and continued his education as an actor at school in North Carolina and Italy after the war. Though Penn acted in "Joshua Logan"'s theater company and studied with "Michael Chekhov" at the Actors Studio's Los Angeles branch, he opted for a career behind the scenes... Full Biography
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