Cheryl Crawford Biography (1902-1986)

Born September 24, 1902, in Akron, OH; died after a long hospitalization as aresult of a fall in New York City, October 7, 1986; daughter of Robert K. (arealtor) and Luella Elizabeth (Parker) Crawford.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Birth Details: September 24, 1902; Akron, Ohio, United States
Death Details: October 7, 1986; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

Credits
STAGE DEBUT--Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Central High School, 1917.
Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
Madame Barrio (also assistant stage manager), Juarez and Maximilian, Guild Theatre, New York City, 1926.
Brothers Karamazov, Guild Theatre, 1927.
Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK
Casting director for the Theatre Guild, 1928-30.
Director, The House of Connelly, Group Theatre company, Martin Beck Theatre, 1931.
Director, Big Night, Group Theatre company, Maxine Elliott's Theatre, 1933.
Director, Till the Day I Die, Group Theatre company, Longacre Theatre, 1935.
Director, Weep for the Virgins, Group Theatre company, 46th Street Theatre, 1935.
With Eva Le Gallienne and Margaret Webster, founded the American Repertory Theatre and was managing director of its following productions, all at theInternational Theatre, New York City: Henry VIII, 1946, What Every Woman Knows, 1946, John Gabriel Borkman, 1946, Androcles and the Lion, 1946, A Pound onDemand, 1946, Alice in Wonderland, 1947, Through the Looking Glass, 1947.
As joint general director (with Robert Breen), presented the American National Theatre Academy (ANTA) play series at theANTA Playhouse New York City which included The Tower Beyond Tragedy, 1950 and Peer Gynt, 1951.
Credits; PRODUCER
With the Group Theatre, New York City, 1931-37: Men in White, Waiting forLefty, Awake and Sing, Golden Boy, and Bury the Dead.
(With John Stillman) All the Living, Fulton Theatre, New York City, 1938.
(with Day Tuttle and Richard Skinner) Family Portrait, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1939.
Another Sun, National Theatre, New York City, 1940.
with John Wildberg, founded the Maplewood (NJ) Theatre, where they presented revival, Porgy and Bess, then transferred to the Majestic Theatre, New York City, 1942.
The Flowers of Virtue, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1942.
(with Richard Krakeur) A Kiss for Cinderella, Music Box Theatre, New YorkCity, 1942.
(with Wildberg) Porgy and Bess, 44th Street Theatre, New York City, 1943.
(with Wildberg) One Touch of Venus, Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1943.
(with Wildberg) Porgy and Bess, City Center, New York City, 1944.
The Perfect Marriage, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1944.
The Tempest, Alvin Theatre, then New York City Center, 1945.

Brigadoon, Ziegfeld Theatre, New York City, 1948.
Skipper Next to God and (with T. Edward Hambleton) A Temporary Island, both Maxine Elliott's Theatre, New York City, 1948.
Love Life, 46th Street Theatre, New York City, 1948.
(with Clinton Wilder) Regina, 46th Street Theatre, 1949.
The Closing Door, Empire Theatre, New York City, 1949.
Brigadoon, City Center, New York City, 1950.
The Rose Tattoo, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1951.
(with E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy) Flahooley, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1951.
Paint Your Wagon, Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1951.
(with Ethel Reiner) Camino Real, National Theatre, New York City, 1953.
(with Anderson Lawler) Oh, Men! Oh, Women!, Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City, 1953.
The Honeys, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1955.
pre-Broadway tryout, Reuben Reuben, 1955.
(with Robert Lewis) Mister Johnson, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1956.
Girls of Summer, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1956.
(with William Myers) Good as Gold, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1957.
(with Alan Pakula) Comes a Day, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1958.
(with Joel Schenker) The Shadow of a Gunman, Bijou Theatre, New York City, 1958.
(with Schenker) The Rivalry, Bijou Theatre, 1959.
Sweet Bird of Youth, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1959.
(With Schenker) The Long Dream, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1960.
(with Schenker) Kula, Burr, and Ollie, Hotel Astor, New York City, 1960.
Period of Adjustment, Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1960.
Brecht on Brecht, Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1961.
(with Roger L. Stevens) Andorra, Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1963.
(with Jerome Robbins) Mother Courage and Her Children, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1963.
(with Richard Halliday) Jennie, Majestic Theatre, New York City, 1963.
(with Roger L. Stevens) Double Talk, Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1964.
(with Mitch Leigh) Chu Chem, Locust Theatre, Philadelphia, 1966.
(with Carl Schaeffer) The Freaking Out of Stephanie Blake, Eugene O'NeillTheatre, New York City, 1967.
(with Richard Chandler) Celebration, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1969.
(with Mary W. John) Colette (original production and return engagement),Ellen Stewart Theatre, New York City, 1970.
(with Konrad Matthaei, Hale Matthews, and Robert Weinstein) The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks, ANTA Theatre, New York City, 1972.
(with Jean Dalrymple) The Web and the Rock, Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1972.
Also: Yentl, 1975; Do You Turn Somersaults, 1978; co-producer, So Long onLonely Street, 1985; Legends, 1986.
In addition, founded the Actors Studio with Elia Kazan, Lee Strasberg, and Robert Lewis where she was member of the board of directors and executive producer of the producing unit; produced for the Actors Studio Theatre, New York City, 1962-65: Blues for Mister Charlie, Baby Want a Kiss, and The Three Sisters (also produced in London).
Writings;BOOKS
One Naked Individual: My Fifty Years in the Theater (autobiography), Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1977.

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