1. Jed Harris later directed the original Broadway productions of The Heiress and The Crucible.
12 Facts About Jed Harris
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Jed Harris was born Jacob Hirsch Horowitz in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, on February 25,1900, to Meyer and Esther Scherz Horowitz.
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Jed Harris's family moved to the United States in 1901.
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Jed Harris attended school in Monmouth County, New Jersey and entered Yale College at age 17.
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Jed Harris directed four actors in award-winning roles in Child of Fortune, The Crucible, The Traitor, The Heiress and Our Town.
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Jed Harris extricated herself from the contract by offering Harris all the money she had, $13,675.75; "I'll take it," he said.
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Jed Harris was married three times: to Anita Green in 1925; to actress Louise Platt, with whom he had a daughter, in 1938; and to actress Bebe Allen briefly in 1957.
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Jed Harris realized she was not an important part of his life when she called him at the office and overheard his talking with Ruth Gordon on the phone.
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Jed Harris became pregnant and their son, Jones Harris, was born in Paris later that year.
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Jed Harris lived with Patricia Lynn Burroughs for the last 3 years of his life.
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Jed Harris died November 15,1979, aged 79, at University Hospital in New York City after a long illness.
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Jed Harris was posthumously inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981.