Lonny Chapman

Geboren am
1. Oktober 1920 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Verstorben
12. Oktober 2007 · Sherman Oaks, Kalifornien, USA (Herzkrankheiten und Lungenentzündung)
Geburtsname
Lon Leonard Chapman

A memorial was held for Lonny on December 4, 2007, at his Group Repertory Theatre in North Hollywood. Among those in attendance were actress Barbara Bain, director Mark Rydell, actor Jim Antonio and his brother, actor/director Lou Antonio. Sean Penn and Jennifer Tilly, plus nonagenarians Karl Malden and R.G. Armstrong gave their respective tributes via written notes of appreciation.
A member of The Actors' Studio, it was there that he met and became life-long friends with Mark Rydell, Martin Landau, Salome Jens, R.G. Armstrong, Pat Hingle and Logan Ramsey.
With the late Curt Conway, he operated the Fishkill Summer Playhouse in upper New York state for many years, where such stars as Barbra Streisand, Dustin Hoffman and Robert Duvall got their start. Hoffman got his Equity card there with a production of "The Diary of Anne Frank." Streisand did her first musical there playing Hortense in "The Boy Friend" and a legit role in the play "Separate Tables.".
Was named "Outstanding Alumnus" at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri in 2005. Lonny graduated from Joplin High School and, in 1940, Joplin Junior College, Missouri Southern's predecessor institution.
Reliable, gruff-toned character actor on stage screen and TV for over six decades who, following service in the South Pacific during World War II, graduated from the University of Oklahoma, then moved to New York City, where he landed the role of Turk in "Come Back, Little Sheba.".

The theatre is a place of sharing. At its best, it is audience, play and actor participating at the same given moment in an experience. The theatre is unique in that respect. All three of the elements above must be involved for this to come about. One of them, by itself, cannot exist. So we are dependent upon each other; we must share the experience.

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