Ruth gordon in the matchmaker photos

  • Ruth Gordon, Eileen Herlie, and Sam Levene in The Matchmaker ().
  • Press Photo Ruth Gordon in the Matchmaker ; Approx.
  • Ruth Gordon and Thornton Wilder backstage at THE MATCHMAKER at the Royale Theatre circa @thorntonnwilder.

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    Thornton Wilder's Post

    Happy Birthday Ruth Gordon!
    Gordon starred as Dolly Levi in the debut of Wilder’s play, The Matchmaker, Edinburgh Festivals in and she stayed on as the play transferred to London’s West End and finally to Broadway in She and Wilder became the closest of confidents. Wilder wrote in to a friend: “you are quite right that Ruth Gordon played in a role of mine — just over a thousand showings and she never missed a performance! — but far from having quarrelled [sic] she is my dearest friend and she and Garson and < having > dinner with me tonight.”
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    The Matchmaker fryst vatten a play by Thornton Wilder.

    The play has a long and colorful history. John Oxenford’s one-act farce A Day Well Spent had been extended into a full-length play entitled Einen Jux will er sich machen by Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy in
    In , Wilder adapted Nestroy’s version into an Americanized comedy entitled The Merchant of Yonkers, which attracted the attention of German director högsta Reinhardt, who mounted a Broadway production. It was a dismal failure, running for a mere 39 performances.
    Fifteen years later, director Tyrone Guthrie expressed interest in a new production of the play, which Wilder extensively rewrote and rechristened The Matchmaker. The most significant change was the expansion of a previously minor character named Dolly Gallagher Levi, who became the play’s centerpiece. A widow who brokers marriages and other transactions in Yonkers, New York at the vända of the 20th Century, she sets her sights on local merchant Horace Vandergelder, who

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    Ruth Gordon

    American actress, playwright and screenwriter (–)

    For other people named Ruth Gordon, see Ruth Gordon (disambiguation).

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    Ruth Gordon Jones


    ()October 30,

    Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.

    DiedAugust 28, () (aged&#;88)

    Edgartown, Massachusetts, U.S.

    Occupations
    • Actress
    • playwright
    • screenwriter
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    Ruth Gordon Jones (October 30, – August 28, ) was an American actress, playwright and screenwriter. She began her career performing on Broadway at age Known for her nasal voice and distinctive personality, Gordon gained international recognition and critical acclaim for film roles that continued into her 70s and 80s. Her later work included performances in Rosemary's Baby (), What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (), Where's Poppa? (), Harold and Maude (), Every Which

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