Elia Kazan

@Producer, Career and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Elia Kazan was a Greek-American film and stage director known for many hit plays and movies American Greek Turkish Williams College Yale University Film & Theater Personalities Actors Directors Theater Personalities T V & Movie Producers Virgo Celebrities Elia Kazan was a Greek-American film and stage director known for many hit plays and movies. He was also a successful actor in many Broadway plays and had produced plays as well. He was known both as a great director as well as controversial person who had named eight people of the disbanded ‘Group Theatre’ in New York to be members of the Communist Party to the ‘House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)’. He also admitted that he had been one of the members himself but had left the party a long time ago. This led to the blacklisting of these eight people who could no longer work in films. This incident gave rise to a great deal of resentment against Kazan which followed him till his death. People resented his action and expressed the feeling that Eliza could have found work on the Broadway as there was a great demand for him as a great director there. They argued that he could have defied the HUAC instead of giving in as one of his best friends Arthur Miller did for which Miller was jailed for time. It was a controversy that continued for many years after his death.

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Birthday: September 7, 1909 Died on: September 28, 2003 Nationality: Greek, Turkish, American Famous: Movie Producers, Producer, T V, Williams College, Yale University, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Directors, Theater Personalities, T V & Movie Producers Spouses: Barbara Loden (m. 1967–1980; her death), Frances Rudge (m. 1982–2003; his death), Molly Day Thacher (m. 1932–1963; her death) Known as: Elias Kazantzoglou Childrens: 5 including Nicholas Kazan (son) Information Detail Birthday September 7, 1909 Died on September 28, 2003 Nationality Greek, Turkish, American Famous Movie Producers, Producer, T V, Williams College, Yale University, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Directors, Theater Personalities, T V & Movie Producers Spouses Barbara Loden (m. 1967–1980; her death), Frances Rudge (m. 1982–2003; his death), Molly Day Thacher (m. 1932–1963; her death) Known as Elias Kazantzoglou Childrens 5 including Nicholas Kazan (son) Universities Williams College,Yale University Notable Alumnis Williams College Yale University Birth Place Constantinople, Greece (modern day Istanbul, Turkey) Born Country Turkey Gender Male Father George Kazanjoglous Mother Athena Sishmanoglou Sun Sign Virgo Born in Constantinople, Greece (modern day Istanbul, Turkey) Famous as Director, Actor, Producer Died at Age 94

Constantinople, Greece (modern day Istanbul, Turkey)

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He married playwright Molly Day Thatcher on December 5, 1932. He had four children from this marriage - Judy, Christopher, Nicholas and Katharine. Unsplash Personal Life

He married actress Barbara Loden on June 5, 1967. He had two children from this marriage - Leo and Marco. Unsplash Personal Life

He married Frances Rudge in 1982. Unsplash Personal Life

Elia Kazan was born as Elia Kazanjoglous in Istanbul, Turkey on September 7, 1909. His father was George Kazanjoglous and his mother was Athena Sishmanoglou. He had a younger brother, Avraam. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

The family moved to New York City in 1913 and shortened the last name to ‘Kazan’. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Elia studied at public schools in New York City and graduated from the ‘New Rochelle High School’ in New Rochelle, New York. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

After finishing high school he enrolled at the ‘Williams College’ and graduated from there in 1930. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He studied acting at the ‘Yale University’ from 1930 to 1932. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He joined the experimental ‘Group Theater’ in New York in the 1932. Unsplash Career

He started directing plays when the ‘Group Theater’ was disbanded in 1941. Unsplash Career

In 1942 he directed the play ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ written by Thornton Wilder. Unsplash Career

He directed his first film ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’ in 1945. His next film was ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ in 1947. Unsplash Career

In 1947 he co-founded the ‘Actors Studio’ in New York with Cheryl Crawford and Robert Lewis. Unsplash Career

Elia Kazan wrote many novels such as ‘America America’ and ‘The Arrangement’ during the 1960s and the 1970s. Unsplash Major Works

He published his biography ‘Elia Kazan: A Life’ in 1988. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	September 7, 1909
Died on	September 28, 2003
Nationality	Greek, Turkish, American
Famous	Movie Producers, Producer, T V, Williams College, Yale University, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Directors, Theater Personalities, T V & Movie Producers
Spouses	Barbara Loden (m. 1967–1980; her death), Frances Rudge (m. 1982–2003; his death), Molly Day Thacher (m. 1932–1963; her death)
Known as	Elias Kazantzoglou
Childrens	5 including Nicholas Kazan (son)
Universities	Williams College,Yale University
Notable Alumnis	Williams College Yale University
Birth Place	Constantinople, Greece (modern day Istanbul, Turkey)
Born Country	Turkey
Gender	Male
Father	George Kazanjoglous
Mother	Athena Sishmanoglou
Sun Sign	Virgo
Born in	Constantinople, Greece (modern day Istanbul, Turkey)
Famous as	Director, Actor, Producer
Died at Age	94

Elia Kazan

Greek

Sep 7, 1909

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Constantinople, Greece (modern day Istanbul, Turkey)