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Kathe Feist predeceased him. She died from [[breast cancer]], aged 77, on March 7, 2005. Gene Feist died at the age of 91 in March of 2014 . He is survived by two daughters, a grandson and a granddaughter.<ref>[http://www.thevillager.com/villager_106/elizabethowens77.html Notice of Elizabeth Owens' death]</ref> |
Kathe Feist predeceased him. She died from [[breast cancer]], aged 77, on March 7, 2005. Gene Feist died at the age of 91 in March of 2014 . He is survived by two daughters, a grandson and a granddaughter.<ref>[http://www.thevillager.com/villager_106/elizabethowens77.html Notice of Elizabeth Owens' death]</ref><ref>http://m.playbill.com//news/article/188956-Gene-Feist-Founder-of-Roundabout-Theatre-Company-Dies-at-91</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:15, 20 March 2014
Gene Feist (January 16, 1923 – March 17, 2014, New York City)[1] was an American playwright, theatre director and co-founder of the Roundabout Theater Company. He authored fifteen plays or adaptations, of which two were published by Samuel French Inc. — James Joyce's Dublin and The Lady from Maxim's.
Marriage
Feist married stage actress Irma "Kathe" Schneider (February 26, 1928 – March 7, 2005; known professionally as Elizabeth Owens) on February 10, 1957; they had two daughters. They revived the New Theater in Nashville, Tennessee, and, in 1965, Gene and Kathe Feist founded the Roundabout Theatre Company, first located in the basement of a supermarket building owned by the housing development in Manhattan where the Feists lived, known as Penn South. Owens appeared in more than 30 plays over the next 25 years. Gene Feist remains as the Roundabout's Founding Director.
Death
Kathe Feist predeceased him. She died from breast cancer, aged 77, on March 7, 2005. Gene Feist died at the age of 91 in March of 2014 . He is survived by two daughters, a grandson and a granddaughter.[2][3]
References
- ^ Although 1930 is usually cited as Gene Feist's year of birth, both Intelius and 1930 census records show he was actually born in 1923.
- ^ Notice of Elizabeth Owens' death
- ^ http://m.playbill.com//news/article/188956-Gene-Feist-Founder-of-Roundabout-Theatre-Company-Dies-at-91
External links
- IBDb profile for Gene Feist
- IBDb profile for Elizabeth Owens
- Gene Feist Film Reference biography
- New York Times theater section
- Gene Feist papers, 1930s-2000, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
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