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Profile of Leo Penn
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Leo Penn |
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27th August 1921 |
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Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA |
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Leo Penn (born August 27, 1921 in Lawrence, Massachussetts; died September 5, 1998 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor and Emmy Award-winning director of such popular television shows as "St. Elsewhere", "Kojak" and "Trapper John, M.D.". He was married to Eileen Ryan, and is the father of singer Michael Penn and actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn.
In the late 1940s, during the early part of his career, film studio executives placed Leo Penn on the Hollywood blacklist after he attended a pro-union meeting with other actors. Unable to work in film, Penn turned to Broadway where the Actors' Equity Association had refused to go along with the ban. In 1954, he won the Theatre World Award for his performance in the play "The Girl on the Via Flaminia".
He died of lung cancer at the age of 77 in Los Angeles, California.
External link
- Leo Penn at the Internet Movie Database
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