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Lugar y fecha de nacimiento. Monty Woolley (1888 - 1963) Biography from Katz's Film Encyclopedia Occupation: Actor Born As: Edgar Montillion Woolley Born: August 17, 1888, New York, NY Died: 1963 The son of a Saratoga Springs hotel proprietor, he studied at both Yale and Harvard and returned to the former as an English instructor and coach of graduate dramatics. Among his students were Thornton Wilder and Stephen Vincent Benét. He gave up the academic life in 1936 when he made his debut on the Broadway stage. The following year he appeared in the first of many films in which he typically played shrewd, gregarious character leads and supporting parts. Nicknamed The Beard for his neat whiskers by Yale classmate Cole Porter, Woolley remains most memorable for his stage and screen interpretation of the title role in EL HOMBRE QUE VINO A CENAR (1941). He was nominated for an Oscar as best actor for THE PIED PIPER (1942) and as best supporting actor for SINCE YOU WENT AWAY (1944). He portrayed himself in the film biography of Cole Porter, NIGHT AND DAY (1946). 1936 LADIES IN LOVE performer 1937 LIVE, LOVE AND LEARN performer 1937 NOTHING SACRED performer 1938 ARSENE LUPIN RETURNS performer 1938 ARTISTS AND MODELS ABROAD performer 1938 EVERYBODY SING performer 1938 THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST performer 1938 LORD JEFF performer 1938 THREE COMRADES performer 1938 YOUNG DR. KILDARE performer 1939 DANCING CO-ED performer 1939 HONEYMOON IN BALI/MY LOVE FOR YOURS performer 1939 MAN ABOUT TOWN performer 1939 MIDNIGHT performer 1939 NEVER SAY DIE performer 1942 LIFE BEGINS AT EIGHT-THIRTY performer 1942 THE PIED PIPER performer 1943 HOLY MATRIMONY performer 1944 IRISH EYES ARE SMILING performer 1944 SINCE YOU WENT AWAY performer 1945 MOLLY AND ME performer 1946 NIGHT AND DAY performer 1947 THE BISHOP'S WIFE performer 1948 MISS TATLOCK'S MILLIONS performer 1951 AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL performer 1955 KISMET performer Monty Woolley (1888 - 1963) Academy Awards® Nominated for Actor 1942: THE PIED PIPER Nominated for Supporting Actor 1944: SINCE YOU WENT AWAY
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