Sam Levene
Sam Levene
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About Sam Levene
A proud member of Actor's Equity for 54 years, Sam Levene starred in 37 Broadway productions; dozens of plays in various national tours and 2 West End productions. Theatre audiences remember Sam Levene's legendary performances in the original Broadway productions of 33 Broadway Productions, including such legendary productions of: Guys & Dolls; The Sunshine Boys; Three Men On A Horse; Light Up The Sky; Room Service; Dinner At Eight; the 1975 Broadway revival of The Royal Family and original West End productions of Guys & Dolls and Thorton Wilder's The Matchmaker. Sam Levene was the first Broadway Star to appear in a Las Vegas Broadway Musical, when he recreated his Original Broadway performance as Nathan Detroit in Guys & Dolls, the first Broadway Musical to transfer to Las Vegas. Sam Levene co-starred in 50 Films, and made his motion picture debut in 1936 when he recreated his legendary Broadway role of Patsy in the film version of Three Men On A Horse. Notable films with Sam Levene include The Thin Man; The Sweet Smell of Success; Purple Heart; Crossfire; The Babe Ruth Story; The Killers; Jonathan Demme's The Last Embrace. On film, Sam Levene worked with numerous film legends, including, Louis B. Mayer; Edward G. Robinson, Robert Ryan, Burt Lancaster, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart. Best known as a Broadway Comedy Star, hardly a Guys & Dolls revival is complete without reference to Sam Levene's legendary performance as Nathan Detroit. Listen to the Original Broadway recording of Guys & Dolls, and Sam Levene will break your heart when Sam Levene tells Vivian Blaine to "Sue Me". A photograph of Sam Levene & Vivian Blaine is featured on the cover of Universal/Decca's original Broadway Recording and continues to sell well on Amazon and iTunes. In David Denby's New York Magazine review of Woody Allen’s “Everyone Says I Love You”, David Denby recalled "Sam Levene couldn’t sing a note, but his gruff, toneless outbursts could break your heart." "Levene was not cautious, and that made all the difference.” In a 1976 letter published in New York Magazine, Joseph K. Levene, Sam Levene's Son, wrote, “There were no Tony’s in Sam Levene’s career, but thanks for the “Denby”. In 1961, Sam Levene was nominated for a Best Actor Tony Award for The Devil's Advocate, losing to his best friend, Zero Mostel. http://pittsburgh.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsyear.cfm?year=1961 In 1984, Sam Levene was inducted in the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Joseph K. Levene, Sam Levene's Son, accepted the award on his Father's behalf, and said “if my Dad were here today; he would want to know one thing: why did it take you guys such a long time to give me this award?" The audience laughed! Sam Levene Broadway Theatre http://bit.ly/SamLeveneBroadwayTheatre Sam Levene Playbill Vault: http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/19807/Sam-Levene Sam Levene Films: 1936-1980: http://bit.ly/SamLeveneIMDB Sam Levene Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/112000695007083946811/about Sam Levene Facebook: www.facebook.com/MrSamLevene Sam Levene MusicBrainz: http://musicbrainz.org/artist/8aaca920-68f1-40d5-a9db-d1638766f94c/relationships
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