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Cliff Gorman
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Actor Born: October 13, 1936 in Jamaica, New York City, NY Death: September 5, 2002 in New York City, NY Biography:The world was a different place in 1968, the year that actor "Cliff Gorman" created a sensation with his all-stops-out portrayal of "screaming queen" Emory in the off-Broadway hit "The Boys in the Band". At that time, Gorman's agents found it expedient to assure playgoers that their client was not the sashaying homosexual he played in "Band" and to that end commissioned newspaper and magazine pieces detailing Gorman's previous manly-man jobs as trucker, ambulance driver and probation officer; there were also photos aplenty of Gorman's wife and children. The same protecting-our-investment publicity blitz occurred when Gorman repeated his Emory characterization for the 1970 film version of "Band". By the time Gorman won his Tony award for his virtuoso portrayal of "Lenny Bruce" in the 1972 Broadway production "Lenny", however, no one really cared about his sexual orientation; it was enough to know that... Full Biography
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