Samuel Wanamaker (14 June 1919 – 18 December 1993) was an American film director and actor, credited as the person most responsible for the modern recreation of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.
Wanamaker was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Ukranian Jewish immigrants from Nikolayev, tailor Morris Wanamaker (Manes Watmacher) and Molly Bobele. Wanamaker trained at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, and began working with summer stock theatre ...
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Samuel Wanamaker (14 June 1919 – 18 December 1993) was an American film director and actor, credited as the person most responsible for the modern recreation of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.
Wanamaker was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Ukranian Jewish immigrants from Nikolayev, tailor Morris Wanamaker (Manes Watmacher) and Molly Bobele. Wanamaker trained at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, and began working with summer stock theatre companies in Chicago and northern Wisconsin, where he helped build the stage of the Peninsula Players Theatre in 1937.
Wanamaker began his acting career in travelling shows, and worked on Broadway. In 1940, he married Charlotte Holland, a Canadian radio soap star of the 1940s and later an actress.
In 1943, Wanamaker was part of the cast of the play Counterattack at the National Theatre, Washington D.C.. During the play he became struck by the ideals of Communism and joined the American Communist Party. He attended Drake University prior to...
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