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In an interview shortly before his death, Harris spoke of the ephemeral nature of the theatre. "The beauty of it is that you can create a whole world in a few weeks of rehearsal. But then the whole thing disappears like a breath of air. Nothing remains after your audience has gone. All it represents
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when she and Harris began a long romance. She became pregnant and their son, Jones Harris, was born in Paris later that year. Although they never married, Gordon and Harris provided their son with a normal upbringing, and his parentage became public knowledge as social conventions changed. In 1932,
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recalled her immediate attraction to Harris in her memoirs. Although she was a virgin, she willingly submitted to him, and the two began a brief affair, casual on his part but passionate on hers. She realized she was not an important part of his life when she called him at the office and overheard
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has described the mixture of deadly cruelty and ineffable charm of which Harris was capable; when he really wanted something or somebody — and even when he did not — no effort was too great, no means too elaborate or circuitous if it helped to satisfy his craving for personal power."
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his talking with Ruth Gordon on the phone. Unfortunately and unknown to her at the time, she was pregnant with his child. Barondess elected to undergo an illegal abortion without telling him about the baby.
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in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, on February 25, 1900, to Meyer and Esther Scherz Horowitz. His family moved to the United States in 1901. He attended school in Monmouth County, New Jersey and entered
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Harris produced and directed 31 shows between 1925 and 1956. By age 28, he had produced a record four consecutive Broadway hits over the course of 18 months and was on the cover of
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as "a flamboyant man of intermittent charm", Harris was famous for his self-confidence, appeal to women, and sometimes outrageous and abusive behavior. Playwright and director
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While many of his hit plays were translated into film versions, Harris was hesitant to make the jump to working on films. His first foray into motion pictures was when
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at age 17. Although he was studious, he dropped out in 1920, telling a professor "I'm neither rich enough nor dull-witted enough to endure this awful place."
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agreed with Olivier: "That's Harris's face. I mean made into an animal...There was venom in the man." Years later Olivier discovered that
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the family was living discreetly in a small, elegant New York City brownstone. Harris's other romances included
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However despised he may have been in the theatrical community, Harris directed and produced actors including
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wrote that "every aspiring playwright's prayer was: 'Please God, let Jed Harris do my play!'"
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magazine. Over the course of his career, his productions gained seven awards, including a
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Barondess MacLean, Barbara. One Life Is Not Enough. Hippocrene Books: New York, 1986.
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Harris recalled his life and career in five consecutive 30-minute episodes taped for
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This article is about the theatrical producer and director. For the musician, see
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were based on Harris, whom Olivier called "the most loathsome man I'd ever met".
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Some ten duplicate productions in the U.S. and abroad supervised by
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Harris was married three times: to Anita Green in 1925; to actress
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is Jed Harris, based on him as the director of the Broadway play
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Laurence Olivier believed that the physical features of the
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Jed Harris and screenwriter Tom Reed were nominated for an
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indeed had used Harris as his basis for the Big Bad Wolf.
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received scathing reviews in the New York production of
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Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States
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Knopf. pp.  1386: 1362:Downtown Strut: an Edna Ferber Mystery 1302: 16:American theatre director and producer 2826:The Collected Works of Harold Clurman 1854:"Plan 10 Companies to Act 'Broadway'" 1597: 1433: 197:Producer Jed Harris on the cover of 2990:20th-century American screenwriters 1671:10.31390/gradschool_disstheses.3224 1557: 847:Martin Beck Theatre, New York City 13: 2985:20th-century American male writers 2879: 1267:Best Writing, Motion Picture Story 1210:Best Writing, Motion Picture Story 1093:Martin Beck Theatre, New York City 1040:December 4, 1948 – March 12, 1949 863:Broadhurst Theatre, New York City 729:Broadhurst Theatre, New York City 466: 14: 3001: 2900: 1396:Vallance, Tom (October 1, 2003). 923:Morosco Theatre from February 14 636:August 14, 1928 – April 13, 1929 2681:Writers Guild Foundation Library 1434:Pace, Eric (November 16, 1979). 1035:Biltmore Theatre, New York City 1017:Biltmore Theatre, New York City 834:December 26, 1933–February 1934 589:November 8, 1927–September 1928 418: 2813: 2730:Herman, Jan (January 2, 2014). 2723: 2698: 2669: 2640: 2615: 2590: 2565: 2535: 2514: 2493: 2472: 2451: 2430: 2409: 2388: 2367: 2346: 2325: 2304: 2283: 2262: 2241: 2220: 2199: 2178: 2151: 2123: 2102: 2081: 2060: 2039: 2018: 1997: 1976: 1955: 1934: 1913: 1892: 1871: 1846: 1821: 1773: 1752: 1728: 1712:"Jed Harris, March 24–28, 1980" 1704: 1677: 1654: 1598:Wada, Karen (August 29, 1985). 900:Morosco Theatre, New York City 610:December 28, 1927–October 1928 1618: 1591: 1582: 1487: 1315:is modeled in part on Harris. 1284:Writers Guild of America Award 1248:Writers Guild of America Award 1113:Royale Theatre, New York City 1: 2970:Jewish American screenwriters 1380: 1297:American Theatre Hall of Fame 1102:November 13–December 1, 1956 1006:October 16–November 16, 1946 905:February 4–November 19, 1938 713:Booth Theatre, New York City 360:is a few moments of escape." 172: 96:Theatrical producer, director 2627:AFI Catalog of Feature Films 2602:AFI Catalog of Feature Films 2577:AFI Catalog of Feature Films 2548:AFI Catalog of Feature Films 2503:. 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