Eugenie Leontovich

Actress

Female

Born Mar 21, 1900

Died Apr 2, 1993

Eugenie Leontovich was a Russian-born stage actress with a distinguished career in theatre, film and television. She was described as "[o o]ne of the most colourful figures of the 20th-century theatre, a successful actress, producer, playwright and teacher."… Read More

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Gregory Ratoff
Married 1923 - 1949
Paul A. Sokolov

Married 1916 - 1922

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Eugenie Leontovich, 93, Actress, Playwright And Teacher, Is Dead
NYTimes - Apr 03, 1993

Eugenie Leontovich, an actress, playwright, director and teacher who created memorable roles on Broadway in "Grand Hotel," "Twentieth Century" and "Anastasia," died yesterday at the Kateri Nursing Home in Manhattan. She was 93. The cause was cardiac arrest and pneumonia, said Dr. Joseph Klager, a doctor at the nursing home. Miss Leontovich was born
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Stage View; Two Musicals We Needed Have Checked In
NYTimes - Dec 17, 1989

LEAD: I think we can tell ourselves that it's going to be all right now. I think we can tell ourselves that it's going to be all right now. We did need two things rather desperately in this curious crapshoot we call the American theater. We very much needed an old musical that would remind us of how good we'd been. And we needed a new musical that
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Two Directors Reshape Classics From The 20's; 'Grand Hotel'
NYTimes - Sep 10, 1989

LEAD: THE ROOMS AT THE HOTEL DIPLOMAT ON West 43d Street in Manhattan go for $45 a night. In the lobby, the paint is peeling from the walls and ceiling. There are holes in the sofas, the cashiers and the clerks are imprisoned behind glass and a sign informs new guests that the maximum stay is 28 days. THE ROOMS AT THE HOTEL DIPLOMAT ON West 43d
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'Anastasia,' A New Version, On Nbc
NYTimes - Dec 05, 1986

RARELY has so much talent been so lavishly expended on a project that remains so steadfastly inert. ''Anastasia: The Story of Anna,'' a four-hour production on NBC at 9 P.M. Sunday and Monday, was directed and produced by Marvin J. Chomsky (''Roots,'' ''Holocaust,'' ''Peter the Great''), written by James A. Goldman (the films ''The Lion in
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1900 Birth Born on March 21, 1900.

TWENTIES

1922 22 Years Old 1 More Event

In 1922, she "found her way to New York and set about mastering the English language". … Read More

1923 23 Years Old … Her second husband was actor, producer, and director Gregory Ratoff, whom she married in 1923; they lived in California until their divorce.

THIRTIES

1932 32 Years Old She played the role from December 29, 1932 until May 20, 1933. … Read More

1935 35 Years Old It was in this play that she made a highly successful London debut at the Lyric Theatre in 1935, with Cedric Hardwicke as her co-star. … Read More

1936 36 Years Old In 1936, she had played Shakespeare's Cleopatra at the New Theatre, returning to London in 1947 as a female Russian general in a farce which she co-authored, Caviar To The General, which temporarily displaced Phyllis Dixey at the Whitehall. … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

1972 72 Years Old In 1972, she adapted Anna Karenina for off-Broadway, calling it Anna K. and appearing in it with success.

1993 93 Years Old Died on April 3, 1993.

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