1. Joseph Anthony made his film acting debut in the 1934 film Hat, Coat, and Glove and his theatrical acting debut in a 1935 production of Mary of Scotland.
14 Facts About Joseph Anthony
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Joseph Anthony married Perry Wilson on August 2,1942, in New York City.
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Joseph Anthony prepared for the stage at the Pasadena Playhouse from 1931 to 1935 and at the Daykarhanova School from 1935 to 1937.
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Joseph Anthony trained at Camp Ritchie and its Composite School Unit.
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On January 20,1993, Joseph Anthony died at the age of 80 in a nursing home in Hyannis, Massachusetts.
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Joseph Anthony, then appearing under his original name of Joseph Deuster, made his professional acting debut in 1935 playing the role of Rizzio in a production of Mary of Scotland.
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Joseph Anthony went on to make his first New York City appearance two years later with the Federal Theatre Project Company playing the title role in a production of Professor Mamlock at Daly's 63rd Street Theatre.
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Joseph Anthony first performed under the name Joseph Anthony in January 1948 at the Maxine Elliott Theatre in a production of Skipper Next to God.
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Joseph Anthony continued to perform under this name through the 1950s, appearing in such original Broadway theatre productions as "The Country Girl", 1951, at the Lyceum Theatre, NYC, Flight into Egypt in 1952, Camino Real in 1953, and Anastasia in 1954.
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Joseph Anthony made his New York City directorial debut in April 1948 directing a production of Celebration at the Maxine Elliott Theatre.
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In 1954, Joseph Anthony directed the original production of The Rainmaker, and, in 1955, The Lark.
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From March 1960 through March 1961, Joseph Anthony successfully opened the original Broadway productions of four shows which ran simultaneously: The Best Man at the Morosco Theatre, Under the Yum Yum Tree at Henry Miller's Theatre, Rhinoceros at the Longacre Theatre, and Mary, Mary at the Helen Hayes Theatre.
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Joseph Anthony went on to appear in She in 1935, Shadow of the Thin Man in 1941, and Joe Smith, American in 1942.
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Joseph Anthony directed such films as The Matchmaker in 1958, Career in 1959, All in a Night's Work in 1961, and Tomorrow in 1972.