Morton DaCosta

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Morton DaCosta (real life Morton Tecosky ; born March 7, 1914 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † January 26, 1989 in Redding , Connecticut ) was an American dramaturge , but also a film director , producer and actor .

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DaCosta graduated from Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania , with the future career goal of trying the theater.

First he found his first acting position in 1937 in a theater in Dayton, Pennsylvania, and made his debut on Broadway in November 1942 . In the mid-1940s, DaCosta changed sides, initially as an arranger and from 1954 as a theater director . His best-known play was the musical The Music Man from 1957, for which he received the Tony Award a year later . He also received an honorary doctorate from Temple University in 1958.

Also in 1958, DaCosta stood behind a film camera for the first time as a director in the film comedy The Great Aunt . Although his film career spanned only three feature films, he was lucky in his choice of works. In 1962 he adapted the play The Music Man into a feature film and was nominated for both an Oscar in the category of best film and a Golden Globe Award in 1963 . But as early as 1963 DaCosta ended the excursion into the world of film and returned to Broadway.

DaCosta worked as a director for the theater until his retirement in 1986. He died of heart failure three years later, at the age of 74 .

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SURNAME DaCosta, Morton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tecosky, Morton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American dramaturge, film director, film producer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, USA
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1989
Place of death Redding (Connecticut) , Connecticut , USA