George C. Jenkins
Production Designer, Film production designer
1908 – 2007
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Who was George C. Jenkins?
George Clarke Jenkins was an Academy Award-winning American production designer and three-time Tony Award nominee.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he studied architecture at University of Pennsylvania before leaving to build sets. One Tony nomination was for his set for the 1959 Broadway drama The Miracle Worker.
He shared his Academy Award with George Gaines for the 1976 film All the President's Men. He later taught at University of California, Los Angeles. Jenkins died at his home in Santa Monica, California.
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- Born
- Nov 19, 1908
Baltimore - Also known as
- George Clarke Jenkins
- Spouses
- Phyllis Adams
(1955 - 2004) - Barbara Wylie
(1943 - 1950)
- Phyllis Adams
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania
- Died
- Apr 6, 2007
Santa Monica
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on July 23, 2013
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