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Daniel Massey

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Actor 1933–1998 On stage 19571996

Daniel Raymond Massey (10 October 1933 – 25 March 1998) was an English actor and performer. He is possibly best known for his starring role in the British TV drama The Roads to Freedom, as Daniel, alongside Michael Bryant. He is also known for his role in the 1968 American film Star!, as Noël Coward (Massey's godfather), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar nomination.

On stage 4 productions, 39 years

1957 Small War on Murray Hill Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by Garson Kanin 12 perf.
1963 She Loves Me Eugene O'Neill Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Prince 301 perf.
1973 Gigi Uris Theatre · Revival · directed by Joseph Hardy 103 perf.
1996 Taking Sides Brooks Atkinson Theatre · Original · directed by David Jones 85 perf.

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Worked with more than once1 names

Joe Ross 2 productions

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In the literature7 passages

  • London cast (1987) : Diana Rigg, Julia McKenzie, Daniel Massey, David Healy, Dolores Gray, Martin Koch (conductor). Geffen 24183–4. Includes “Ah, but Underneath” (replacing “The Story of Lucy and Jessie”), “Country House” (replacing “The Road You Didn’t Take”), “Make the Most of Your Music” (replacing “Live, Laugh, Love”)ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • Cast: Barbara Cook, Daniel Massey, Barbara Baxley, Jack Cassidy, Ludwig Donath, Nathaniel Frey, Ralph Williamsebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Barbara Cook (Amalia), Gino Conforti (Violinist), and Daniel Massey (Georg) in SheLoves Me (1963) (Photofest )ebooks/Lambert, Philip/B00590X4L8 EBOK - Philip Lambert.txt
  • There were several problems with this stage Gigi. While it offered enjoyable performances from Alfred Drake, Agnes Moorehead, Daniel Massey, and Maria Karnilova, the Gigi, Karin Wolfe, unlike her film predecessor, Leslie Caron, was not able to hold her own with her fellow stars: Wolfe was adequate but bland. Further, though the show’s boo…ebooks/Mandelbaum, Ken/Not Since Carrie_ Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops - Ken Mandelbaum.txt
  • Make Me an Offer Theatre Royal, Stratford East, 17 October 1959 for 36 performances. New Theatre, 16 December 1959. PC: Daniel Massey, Dilys Laye, Sheila Hancock, Martin Miller, Diana Coupland, Victor Spinetti. MN: The Pram Song; Portobello Road; Dog Eat Dog; First Needle Recitative; I Want a Lock-Up; If I Was a Man; Business Is Business;…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • Andrews and Daniel Massey in the otherwise appalling Gertrude Lawrence film biography Star! If the reviews found Oh, Kay! rather thin, they Julietheatre-pdfs/Gertrude Lawrence - Sheridan Morley.txt

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