Richard Aldrich Biography (1902-1986)
Born August 17, 1902, in Boston, MA; died in Williamsburg, VA, March 31, 1986; married Gertrude Lawrence (an actress), 1940 (died, 1952); married Elizabeth Boyd; children: Richard, David, Susan, Mary.
Richard Aldrich was director of the Economic Aid Mission and minister of theembassy for Economic Affairs in Madrid, Spain, from 1955-62; he was also U.S.aid director to Morocco, 1962-65.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Birth Details
- August 17, 1902
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Death Details
- March 31, 1986
- Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Famous Works
- Credits
- FIRST STAGE WORK--Producer, Art and Mrs. Bottle, 1930.
- PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; PRODUCER,BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS La Gringa.
- Lean Harvest.
- Springtime for Henry.
- Three Cornered Moon.
- By Your Leave.
- Pure in Heart.
- Petticoat Fever.
- Fresh Fields.
- Aged 26.
- Tide Rising.
- Be So Kindly.
- Lorelei.
- The Importance of Being Earnest.
- My Dear Children.
- The Devil and Daniel Webster.
- Margin for Error.
- Cue for Passion.
- Plan M.
- Pygmalion.
- The Playboy of the Western World.
- It Takes Two.
- Macbeth.
- Volpone.
- The Alchemists.
- Goodbye My Fancy.
- Caesar and Cleopatra.
- The Guardsman.
- Four Twelves Are 48.
- The Moon Is Blue.
- The Gypsies Wore High Hats.
- The Love of Four Colonels.
- A Girl Can Tell.
- Dear Charles.
- Sailor's Delight.
- Little Glass Clock.
- Sponsored U.S. performances of The Old Vic Theatre Company of London, England, Habimah Players from Tel Aviv, Israel, Dublin Gate Theatre Company, Dublin, Ireland.
- Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
- Advisor, Star!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968.
- Writings;BOOKS
- Gertrude Lawrence as Mrs. A: An Intimate Biography of a Great Star, Greystone Press, 1955.