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Director Born: August 27, 1921 in Lawrence, MA Death: September 5, 1998 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:Over his career as a television director, "Leo Penn" helmed well over 400 primetime hours on a wide variety of series, ranging from "Star Trek" to "I Spy" to "Diagnosis Murder". In 1973, he received an Emmy for directing a two-hour episode of Columbo titled "Any Port in a Storm." Before becoming a director, he acted on stage and in a few feature films, beginning with "Shame" (1945). His film career had just begun when Penn was blacklisted after attending a pro-union meeting with other actors. That the group was actively supporting the first blacklistees, the Hollywood Ten, only worsened matters. Unable to work in film, he turned to Broadway; there, along with his wife "Eileen Ryan", he starred in several productions, including The Iceman Cometh, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Of Mice and Men. He also found acting jobs on television. In 1959, he returned to the screen in "The Story on Page One", but by then... Full Biography
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