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“I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.”
 
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Nationality:   American
 
Date of Birth:   May 6, 1915
 
Date of Death:   Oct 10,  1985
 
Profession:   Actor
 
 
 
 
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