George Hearn
George Hearn was born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States on June 18th, 1934 and is the Stage Actor. At the age of 89, George Hearn biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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George Hearn (born June 18, 1934) is an American actor and singer who worked primarily in Broadway musical theater.
Early years
Hearn, a native of Missouri, studied philosophy at Southwestern University, now Rhodes College, before embarking on a career in the theater, preparing for the stage with actor turned acting coach Irene Dailey. The bulk of Hearn's early appearances were in traditional productions at the New York Shakespeare Festival and theaters at Lincoln Center.
Personal life
Susan Babel, Mary Harrell, with whom he had one son, Dixie Carter (1977-1984), and current wife Leslie Simons were among Hearn's children. Hearn and Simons have two sons. He now lives in Essex, New York.
Career
Hearn's career began in 1963 when he appeared in Sir Dinidan in a national tour of Camelot with Biff McGuire and Jeannie Carson, who stood by for McGuire, who played King Arthur. He first gained notice as John Dickinson in the celebrated 1969 musical 1776 and as Liv Ullmann's leading man in the musical version of I Remember Mama (1979).
He replaced Len Cariou in the title role of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd opposite Dorothy Loudon on March 4, 1980. Angela Lansbury, the show's original actor, returned to the show's touring company in 1980, winning him an Emmy Award for his role.
In 1983 Hearn performed Albin in the original Broadway production of La Cage aux Folles, written by Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman. "I Am What I Am" is Hearn's first gay anthem. For his portrayal of Albin, he received the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Circle Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Hearn appeared in the West End production (which opened in May 1986).
Hearn appeared in a Long John Silver production in Edmonton, a musical interpretation of Treasure Island, in 1985. Despite its fame, including composer Jule Styne, it never was revived.
Hearn and Lansbury remained close friends, and she asked her to guest star on several episodes of her CBS sleuth series Murder, She Wrote in the early 1990s.
He received his second Tony award for his role as Max Von Mayerling in the original Broadway revival of The Diary of Anne Frank in 2000, and was nominated again for playing Otto Frank.
Hearn appeared in the Broadway musical Wicked for the first time in four years, on July 20, 2004. Hearn returned to the stage for a limited two-week run from January 17 to February 1, 2006.
He appeared in The Visit by John Kander and Fred Ebb alongside Chita Rivera at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia, in 2008. The Visit opened to enthusiastic reviews on May 13, 2008 and then closed on June 22, 2008.
Hearn's recordings include Sunset Boulevard (1994 Los Angeles Cast and Later the Broadway Cast Recording), Sweeney Todd (1988 Live at the New York Philharmonic), I Remember Mama (1985 Studio Cast), and A Stephen Sondheim Evening (1983 Concert Cast).
On January 29, 2007, Hearn was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.