Joanna Roos
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January 11, 1901 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died |
May 13, 1989 (aged 88) Medical Center at Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress, Playwright |
| Nationality | American |
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Joanna Roos (January 11, 1901 – May 13, 1989) was an American Broadway, radio, and television actress and a playwright. She was born in Brooklyn in 1901 and attended Syracuse University[1] as well as Yvette Guilbert's School in New York and Paris.[2]
In 1930 Roos performed the role of Sofya Alexandrovna in a classic performance of the Anton Chekhov play "Uncle Vanya" at the Cort Theatre in New York City, a production that one critic called "unforgettable".[1][3] The show ran for seventy-one performances.[4]
She retired in 1978 from her role as Sarah Dale Caldwell McCauley on the soap opera Love of Life. She had played the role from 1968-1978, which marked her second role on the series, which became her best known role. In 1955-1957, she had originally played the role of compassionate Althea Raven, the first mother in-law of heroine, Vanessa Dale.[5]
She was a founding member of the New Dramatists Committee. Several of the plays she wrote for the group won awards.[1]
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Joanna Roos and fellow actor Osgood Perkins during a 1930 performance of the Chekhov play "Uncle Vanya".
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References
- 1 2 3 "Joanna Roos, 88, Dies; Actress and Playwright", New York Times, 1989-05-25, retrieved 2010-08-20
- ↑ "Ezra Stone, Joanna Roos, Highlight Eight-week Summer Theatre Session", The Cavalier Daily, 1948-05-22, retrieved 2010-08-20
- ↑ Houston, Levin (1978-12-16), "Durable 'Uncle Vanya' has problems at Kennedy Center", The Free Lance-Star, p. 22, retrieved 2010-08-20
- ↑ Mantle, Burns, ed. (1946), The best Plays of 1945 - 46 and the year book of the drama in America, New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, p. 443, OCLC 255390252
- ↑ Scheuer, Stephen H. (1979-01-12), "From Soaps to Stardom", Sarasota Herald-Tribune, p. 5D, retrieved 2010-08-20