Eva Le Gallienne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eva Le Gallienne

British actress

Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1899

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 03-Jun-1991

Profession: screenwriter, stage actor, theater director, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Eva Le Gallienne (January 11, 1899 – June 3, 1991) was a British-born American stage actress, producer, director, translator, and author.
A Broadway star by age 21, Le Gallienne consciously ended her work on Broadway to devote herself to founding the Civic Repertory Theatre, in which she was both director, producer, and lead actress.
Noted for her boldness and idealism, she became a pioneering figure in the American Repertory Movement, which enabled today's Off-Broadway.
A versatile and eloquent actress herself (playing roles ranging from Peter Pan to Hamlet), Le Gallienne also became a respected stage coach, director, producer and manager. Le Gallienne consciously devoted herself to the art of the theatre as opposed to the show business of Broadway and dedicated herself to upgrading the quality of the stage.
She ran the Civic Repertory Theatre Company for 10 years (1926–1936), producing 37 plays during that time.
She managed Broadway's 1100-seat Civic Repertory Theatre at 107 West 14th Street (formerly the Fourteenth Street Theatre) from 1926 to 1932, which was home to her company whose actors included herself, Burgess Meredith, John Garfield, J.
Edward Bromberg, Paul Leyssac, Florida Friebus, David Manners, and Leona Roberts.