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Tony-Winning Director Anthony Page Dies at 90
19 Sep
Summary
- Anthony Page, Tony Award winner, died September 11.
- He directed acclaimed 1970s TV movies and Broadway plays.
- Page was known for directing 'A Doll's House' and 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'.
Acclaimed British director Anthony Page, celebrated for his work on stage, film, and television, died on September 11 at a London care home. He was 90 years old.
Page received a Tony Award for his 1997 Broadway production of "A Doll's House" and earned two Emmy nominations for his direction of notable 1970s television movies. These included "Pueblo" (1973), detailing the capture of an American spy ship, and "The Missiles Of October" (1975), a drama about the Cuban missile crisis.
His filmography also features the 1977 Oscar-nominated "I Never Promised You A Rose Garden." On Broadway, Page directed acclaimed productions such as revivals of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (2003) and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (2005).
Born in British India in 1935, Page began his career in New York before developing a long association with London's Royal Court Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in 1965 with "Inadmissible Evidence."
His career extended to television, directing "The Lady Vanishes" (1979) and various other TV films and miniseries, with his final credit being the 2008 British TV film "My Zinc Bed."
