| re: Tony and Emmy nominee and Lifetime Achievement Obie Award winner Earle Hyman dies at 91; best known as Bill Cosby's dad on 'Cosby Show' | |
| Posted by: MFeingold 11:39 pm EST 11/19/17 | |
| In reply to: Tony and Emmy nominee Earle Hyman dies at 91; best known as Bill Cosby's dad on 'Cosby Show' - WaymanWong 11:27 pm EST 11/19/17 | |
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| He received the Lifetime Achievement Obie Award in 2009, and gave a beautiful, memorable speech that included his memory of seeing Nazimova play GHOSTS on the "subway circuit" when he was 12. The NYT obit, linked below, omits mention of the Obie, but puts the rest of his career in excellent perspective, emphasizing his artistic achievements in Scandinavia over his TV fame as Grandpa Huxtable. In the Obie citation - read by Anne Hathaway who presented him with the award - we wrote, "He has played Othello in Swedish more times than most of us have seen it in English." So amazing to think he could play that role in four languages - English, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian. btw, he was also one of the very first Obie guest judges - in 1956. |
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| Link | NYT Obit for Earle Hyman |
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