Yale Drama became tuition-free and was rebranded the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University
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Julie Harris
Julia Ann Harris was an American actress. Widely regarded as one of the greatest actresses of the American theater, she earned numerous accolades including a record five Tony Awards for Best Lead Actress in a Play, as well as three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in…
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entertainment · American actress (1925–2013) · stage actor · film actor · television actor · actor · also Julie Harris, Harris
Born 2 December 1925 · Died 24 August 2013 · Q236708
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2021· 1 entry
2013· 4 entries
Joan Van Ark announced at a Broadway memorial service the creation of the Julie Harris Scholarship, which provides annual support to an actor studying at the Yale School of Drama
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Broadway theaters dimmed their lights for one minute in honor of Harris
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Of congestive heart failure at her home in West Chatham, Massachusetts
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Died 2013-08-24.
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2007· 2 entries
Yale bestowed an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree upon Harris
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When the company built a new, additional theater, also in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, Ms Harris declined to have the building named for her
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2005· 2 entries
Harris was named a Kennedy Center Honoree
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Awarded Kennedy Center Honors (2005).
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2000· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for Not for Ourselves Alone (2000).
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For Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for her voice role of Susan B
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1999· 1 entry
A stroke in 2001, and a second stroke in 2010
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1992· 1 entry
Of Lettice and Lovage in the lead part originated by Maggie Smith on Broadway
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1983· 1 entry
Harris became a company member of The Mirror Theater Ltd's Mirror Repertory Company
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1980· 1 entry
Harris guest starred in the series Knots Landing as country singer Lilimae Clements, the eccentric and protective mother of Valene Ewing (Joan Van Ark); she returned to the series as a regular character from 1981 to 1987
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1979· 1 entry
Received the National Medal of Arts in 1994, the Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 2002, and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2005
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1977· 2 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (1977).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording (1977).
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1976· 1 entry
And subsequently appeared in other solo shows, including Luce's Brontë
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1973· 1 entry
Awarded Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (1973).
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1969· 1 entry
Awarded Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (1969).
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1966· 1 entry
Harris won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre
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1965· 1 entry
And the entire book for a two-record set in 1979
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1962· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Hallmark Hall of Fame (1962).
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1959· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Hallmark Hall of Fame (1959).
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1956· 1 entry
Awarded Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (1956).
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1952· 3 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (1952).
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Repeating her Broadway success as the lonely teenaged girl Frankie in Carson McCullers's The Member of the Wedding, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress
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Harris won her first Best Actress Tony Award for originating the role of insouciant Sally Bowles in I Am a Camera, the stage version of Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin (later adapted as the Broadway musical Cab
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1949· 1 entry
Awarded Theatre World Award (1949).
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1945· 1 entry
Harris went on to win five Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play for her roles in I Am a Camera (1952), The Lark (1956), Forty Carats (1969), The Last of Mrs
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1925· 2 entries
Born 1925-12-02.
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In Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, the daughter of Elsie L
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