| LC control no. | n 82224979 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Browne, Roscoe Lee |
| Variant(s) | Brown, Roscoe Lee |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 19250502 |
| Death date | 20070411 |
| Place of birth | Woodbury (N.J.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Affiliation | Lincoln University (Pa.) Schenley Industries Long Wharf Theatre (New Haven, Conn.) Pittsburgh Playhouse Amateur Athletic Union of the United States American Conservatory Theater |
| Profession or occupation | Actors Radio producers and directors Television producers and directors Authors |
| Found in | Data from AIMS Media for Is everybody happy but me? [MP] 1983 (Roscoe Lee Browne; actor) Wikipedia, Apr. 11, 2007 (Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1925-Apr. 11, 2007); American actor) IMDb, Mar. 26, 2008 (Roscoe Lee Browne; b. May 2, 1925, Woodbury, N.J.; d. Apr. 11, 2007, Los Angeles, Calif.; alternate name: Roscoe Brown) Marcus Garvey, c2003: title frame (Roscoe Lee Brown, reader) African American National Biography, accessed December 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Browne, Roscoe Lee; actor, radio/television producer/director, writer; born 2 May 1925 in Woodbury, New Jersey, United States; graduated with a literature degree from Lincoln University of Pennsylvania (1946); taught English, French, and literature at Lincoln University and had a sales position at the Schenley Import Corporation (1946); worked at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, Connecticut (1952); was an artist in residence at London's Old Globe Theater; earned a Best Actor Obie Award for an Off-Broadway adaptation of Melville's Benito Cereno (1965); worked at the Pittsburgh Playhouse (1966-1967); joined American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco; received an Emmy Award for his role in the episode "The Card Game" on The Cosby Show (1986); for his role of Holloway in Two Trains Running at Broadway (1992) he earned a Tony nomination for best performance by the lead actor in a play, and a Circle Award for the third time; died 11 April 2007 in Los Angeles, California, United States) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | no2007066017 |
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