biography
pronunciation:
[luh galyuhn]
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| female
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| lived:
| (1899–1991)
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| biography:
| Stage actress, born in London, UK, the daughter of Richard Le Gallienne. Making her stage debut in London at 15, she moved to the USA the next year and thereafter spent most of her professional career in America, both as a versatile actress in serious plays and as a director and producer. She founded the Civic Repertory Theater in New York City (1926–32), and later the American Repertory Theater Company. In addition to translations and stage adaptations, she published her memoirs and a study of Eleonora Duse. |
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