Lucille Lortel

Lucille Lortel was an American actress, artistic director and producer. In the course of her career Lortel produced or coproduced nearly 500 plays,of which were nominated for Tony Awards As Is by William M. Hoffman, Angels Fall by Lanford Wilson, Blood Knot by Athol Fugard, Mbongeni Ngemas Sarafina and A Walk in the Woods by Lee Blessing. She also produced Marc Blitzsteins adaptation of Bertolt Brechts, and Kurt Weills Threepenny Opera, a production which ran for seven years and according to The New York Times caused such a sensation that it...put Off Broadway on the map.

Lortel was born Lucille Wadler on December 16, 1900 at 153 Attorney Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, one of four siblings born to Anny and Harris Wadler, Jewish immigrants of Polish descent. Her father was a manufacturer of womens clothes and frequently traveled to Europe to buy designs that he would copy. She had two brothers, Mayo and Seymour, and a sister, Ruth. She was raised in both The Bronx and New York City. She was home schooled and after attended school at Adelphi University in Brooklyn, New York. She was remembered by her friends for being vivacious, outgoing, flirtatious and was known to be found dancing at parties well into her 80s.

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