In Memoriam: Elia Kazan
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Named Desire, On the Waterfront, A Face in the Crowd and East of
Eden, has died. He was 94.
radicalizing American acting and infamous for naming members of the Communist
Party during the McCarthy era.” Despite his lifetime of controversy, the
director with a diminutive frame and a dynamic eye won Tony Awards for All My
Sons, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Dark at the Top of the
Stairs, Death of a Salesman, and J.B. and Oscars for Gentleman’s
Agreement and On the Waterfront.
mixed reception at the Awards.
Katherine Athena Kazan and Leo Kazan; and two stepchildren.
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