Biography
The Rochester, NY, native dropped out of high school in 1929 and worked in vaudeville as a musician and comic. After training at NYC's American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he made his Broadway acting debut in "Little Ol' Boy" (1934), directed by George Abbott. Kanin left acting to serve as Abbott's production assistant, working on "Room Service" (1937), among others. He moved to directing with 1937's "Hitch Your Wagon" which landed him a …
LATEST CREDITS
Cary Grant: The Leading Man | Interviewee |
Mia Farrow: The E! True Hollywood Story | Interviewee |
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Actor |
Bachelor Mother | Musician in Night Club, Director |
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Actor |
An Evening With Alan Jay Lerner | Actor |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Actor |
My Favorite Wife | Director |
Where It's At | Director, Screenplay |
Some Kind of a Nut | Director, Screenplay |
The Rat Race | Screenplay, Play as Source Material |
Hardhat and Legs | Screenplay |
It Should Happen to You | Screenplay, From Story |
The Marrying Kind | Screenplay |
Born Yesterday | adaptation |
Moviola: This Year's Blonde | Source Material (from novel) ("Moviola" ) |
Smash | Source Material (from novel) |
Adam's Rib | Screenplay |
Pat and Mike | Screenplay |
Moviola: The Silent Lovers | Source Material (from novel) ("Moviola" ) |
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