Moses Gunn

Actor, Film actor

1929 – 1993

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Who was Moses Gunn?

Moses Gunn was an American actor. An Obie Award-winning stage player, he co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company in the 1960s. His 1962 Off-Broadway debut was in Jean Genet's The Blacks, and his Broadway debut was in A Hand is on the Gate, an evening of African-American poetry. He was nominated for a 1976 Tony Award as Best Actor for The Poison Tree and played Othello on Broadway in 1970.

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Born
Oct 2, 1929
St. Louis
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Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
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Education
  • Tennessee State University
  • University of Kansas
Lived in
  • St. Louis
Died
Dec 16, 1993
Guilford

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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