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Joanna Roos

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Joanna Roos

Birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Death
13 May 1989 (aged 88)
Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Somewhere in New Jersey Add to Map
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Actress and Playwright.

Founding member of the New Dramatists Committee.

Several of the plays she wrote for the group won awards.

Worked on Radio, Theatre, and movie/television.

Out of all the plays she was in, her 1930 performance in "Uncle Vanya" at the Cort Theatre in New York City, a production that one critic called "unforgettable".

Movies she appeared in are: The Skull Murder Mystery (1932 short), Patterns (1956), The Master Builder (1960 TV), Splendor in the Grass (1961), Two Weeks in Another Town (1962), and Inherit the Wind (1965 TV).

TV episodes she appeared in include: The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, Kraft Theatre (including the famous 1956 episode about the sinking of the RMS Titanic), Studio One in Hollywood, and Hallmark Hall of Fame.

Joanna Roos passed away in 1989.
Actress and Playwright.

Founding member of the New Dramatists Committee.

Several of the plays she wrote for the group won awards.

Worked on Radio, Theatre, and movie/television.

Out of all the plays she was in, her 1930 performance in "Uncle Vanya" at the Cort Theatre in New York City, a production that one critic called "unforgettable".

Movies she appeared in are: The Skull Murder Mystery (1932 short), Patterns (1956), The Master Builder (1960 TV), Splendor in the Grass (1961), Two Weeks in Another Town (1962), and Inherit the Wind (1965 TV).

TV episodes she appeared in include: The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, Kraft Theatre (including the famous 1956 episode about the sinking of the RMS Titanic), Studio One in Hollywood, and Hallmark Hall of Fame.

Joanna Roos passed away in 1989.

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