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George Abbott
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Play Author Born: June 25, 1887 in Forestville, NY Death: January 31, 1995 in New York City, NY Biography:Born in rural New York, "George Abbott" was 11 when he moved with his family to Wyoming. Despite a fairly wild and wooly upbringing, Abbott had little trouble adapting to the bookish atmosphere of Harvard. Having developed an interest in drama while an undergraduate at Rochester University, Abbott studied playwriting with Harvard's George Pierce Baker, who taught the aspiring writer to dispense with such excess baggage as motivation and subtext and to get down to "the practical matter of how to make a show." And that, for the next 80 years, is what Abbott did best: He made shows, thousands of them, as an actor, writer, and director. He made his acting bow in 1913's The Misleading Lady, the first of several Broadway appearances, including the leading role in the 1924 Pulitzer Prize-winner Hell Bent for Heaven. Abbott began dabbling in playwriting during this period, scoring his first success as... Full Biography
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