James Lipton
James Lipton (born September 19, 1926 in Detroit , † March 2, 2020 in New York City ) was an American author , talk show host , actor and acting teacher. He became known through his interviews with filmmakers broadcast on television from 1994 to 2018 under the title Ungeschminkt (original title: Inside the Actors Studio ).
biography
Lipton was born in Detroit in 1926. His mother was a teacher, his father the journalist and writer Lawrence Lipton . Lipton was the couple's only child who divorced in the late 1930s. Lipton's career began in the early 1940s when he was involved in radio productions, including voicing the Lone Ranger's nephew . After the Second World War he lived in Paris for a few years .
He returned to the United States and worked as an actor on various television series. In the 50s, 60s and 70s he was a writer on the production of several soap operas , including Springfield Story . In 1967 he worked on a Broadway musical, produced Jimmy Carter's inaugural gala for television in 1977 and several birthday specials for and with Bob Hope, and wrote Barry Manilow's 1985 television film Copacabana .
In the 1990s he became dean of the Actors Studio Drama School, a collaboration between the Actors Studio and New School colleges in New York City . As part of a course offered there, Lipton began interviewing actors, directors and other filmmakers. The recorded interviews Inside the Actors Studio are broadcast in many countries, for example in Central Europe on 3sat under the title Ungeschminkt .
Private
In 1954 he married the actress Nina Foch , the marriage lasted until 1958. He was married to his second wife Kedakai Turner from 1970 onwards. He died of bladder cancer in early March 2020 at the age of 93 .
Works (selection)
- An exaltation of larks, or, The venereal game. 3rd ed. Penguin Books, New York 1993, ISBN 0-14-017096-0 (reprint of the New York 1968 edition).
- An Exaltation of Romance & Revelry. Random house, New York 1995, ISBN 978-0-517-16472-3 .
- Inside Inside. Dutton, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-525-95035-6 (autobiography).
- Mirrors. New English Library, New York 1981, ISBN 0-450-04852-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nettie Lipton (1983): Lawrence Lipton ( Memento of May 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), biography from the Dictionary of Literary Biography , Vol. 16: The Beats: Literary Bohemians in Postwar America. Ed .: Ann Charters, University of Connecticut. Gale Research, pp. 352-356. Accessed December 9, 2008 on University of Southern California website
- ^ Nathan Southern: James Lipton , biography at allemovie.com, accessed December 9, 2008
- ^ Anita Gates: Nina Foch, Actress in Sophisticated Roles, Dies at 84 ; Article in the New York Times, December 8, 2008
- ↑ James Lipton, Interviewer Who Let Stars Shine, Dies at 93
Web links
- James Lipton in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Website Inside the Actors Studio
- Interview with the New York Post on December 31, 2006
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lipton, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American interviewer, actor and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 2nd 2020 |
| Place of death | New York City |