1. Cris Alexander began using the name Christopher, which he thought more distinguished, in his teens.
15 Facts About Cris Alexander
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Cris Alexander attended the University of Oklahoma while working as a radio announcer in Oklahoma City.
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Cris Alexander moved to New York City in 1938 to study at the Feagin School of Dramatic Art.
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Cris Alexander was cast as Chip, a naive sailor, in the original Broadway cast of Leonard Bernstein's On the Town in 1944.
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Cris Alexander performed the song "Come Up to My Place" in a duet with Nancy Walker in the role of Hildy.
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Cris Alexander returned to Broadway in 1946 in Present Laughter opposite Clifton Webb.
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In 1953, Cris Alexander was cast in Wonderful Town, another Bernstein musical, with Rosalind Russell.
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Cris Alexander moved next into performances for Auntie Mame, again with Russell.
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Cris Alexander's last acting role was in Lanford Wilson's 1966 play The Madness of Lady Bright.
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Cris Alexander continued to be involved in theatrical productions and created projection slides for the 1970 production of Richard Rodgers's Two by Two.
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Cris Alexander had a career as a photographer, and opened a photo studio in the late 1930s when he first moved to New York City.
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Cris Alexander was noted for his portraits of celebrities and performers, many of whom were his personal friends.
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Cris Alexander worked as chief photographer at Andy Warhol's Interview magazine, and as the official photographer for the New York City Ballet.
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Cris Alexander contributed hundreds of original and altered photographs to two of Patrick Dennis's best selling books.
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Cris Alexander became involved with New York City Ballet dancer Shaun O'Brien in the 1940s, beginning a relationship that would last nearly 60 years.