Margo Jones, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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theater director
Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1911
Place of Birth: Livingston, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 26-Jul-1955
Profession: theater director
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Margo Jones
- Margo Jones (December 12, 1913 – July 24, 1955), nicknamed "The Texas Tornado," was an American stage director and producer best known for launching the American regional theater movement and for introducing the theater-in-the-round concept in Dallas, Texas.
- In 1947, she established the first regional professional company when she opened Theatre '47 in Dallas.
- Of the 85 plays Jones staged during her Dallas career, 57 were new, and one-third of those new plays had a continued life on stage, television and radio.
- Jones played an important role in the early careers of a range of playwrights such as Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Joseph Hayes, Jerome Lawrence, and Robert E.
- Lee.
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