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George Coe

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Actor 1929–2015 On stage 1964–1993

George Coe (born George Julian Cohen; May 10, 1929 – July 18, 2015) was an American actor, known for Saturday Night Live. Coe was a regular actor on stage from the late 1950s, most notably having his big break with the 1963 cabaret show Money, which saw Coe play 22 different roles that ran for a year. He was a part of the original cast for Broadway shows such as What Makes Sammy Run? and Mame, with the latter seeing him do over a thousand performances. He served as a co-director and co-producer in the parody short The Dove, which garnered him an Academy Award nomination. Coe was also a regular in small roles for television since the late 1960s before Coe was cast in the starting cast of the…

On stage 5 productions, 29 years

1964 What Makes Sammy Run? 54th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Abe Burrows 540 perf.
1966 Mame Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Gene Saks 1,508 perf.
1970 Company Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Prince 705 perf.
1978 On the Twentieth Century St. James Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Prince 449 perf.
1993 Company Vivian Beaumont Theater · Revival · directed by Harold Prince 2 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Susan Browning 2 productions
Steve Elmore 2 productions
Stanley Grover 2 productions
Pamela Myers 2 productions
Merle Louise 2 productions
Lee Goodman 2 productions
John Cunningham 2 productions
Elaine Stritch 2 productions
Donna McKechnie 2 productions
Dean Jones 2 productions
Charles Kimbrough 2 productions
Charles Braswell 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking.

In the literature6 passages

  • Cast: John Cullum, Madeline Kahn, Imogene Coca, George Coe, Dean Dittman, Kevin Kline, Judy Kaye, George Lee Andrewsebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Hal Prince, Sondheim, and George Coe, who plays David, discussing Coe’s song “Sorry-Grateful” from Company (Illustration Credit 13)ebooks/Secrest, Meryle/Stephen Sondheim - Meryle Secrest.txt
  • starring Anthony Rober Marlyn Mason, and Brenda Vaccaro with Hiram Sherman, ree Hughes, James Congdon eee _ George Coe), Sammy Smith, Charlotte Jones, and Rex Everhart opened December 7, 1 967°theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • with Joseph Harris and Ira Bernstein starring Madeline Kahn, John Cullum, and Imogene Coca with George Coe, Dean Dittman, Kevin Kline, Rufus Smith,theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • (front) George Coe, Jonathan Goldstein, Corey Glover, Shannon Conley, Susan Gibney, (rear) Van Romaine, Winston Roye, Derek Boshart, Allison Carnell in Fallen Angel (William Gibson)theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1993-94 Season, v. 50 (Willis).txt
  • THE MODEL APARTMENT by Donald Margulies; Director, Mark Rucker; Set. Christopher Acebo; Lighting, Blake Burba; Costumes, Katherine Roth CAST: George Coe, Akili Prince, Rosemary Prinz, Roberta Wallach.theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1996-97 Season, v. 53 (Willis).txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

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  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — actor — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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