Gender
Male
Born
Sep 07, 1909
Constantinople, TURKEY
Died
Sep 28, 2003
New York, New York, USA
Director Stage Manager Theatre Owner/Operator Performer Producer Presenter
Also Known As
E. Kazan
Elia Kazanjoglous [Birthname]
Gadge
Relations
Grandfather of
Zoe Kazan
Husband of
Frances Rudge (1982 - 2003) his death
Husband of
Barbara Loden (1967 - 1980) her death
Husband of
Molly Day Thacher (1932 - 1963) her death
See Also
  • CREDITS
    Salome (Apr 30, 2003 - Jun 12, 2003)
    Play, Revival
    • This production was developed at The Actors Studio
    Tartuffe (Jan 14, 1965 - May 22, 1965)
    Play, Original
    • Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan)
    Incident at Vichy (Dec 03, 1964 - May 07, 1965)
    Play, Original
    • Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan)
    The Changeling (Oct 29, 1964 - Dec 23, 1964)
    Play, Original
    • Directed by Elia Kazan
    • Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan)
    The Three Sisters (Jun 22, 1964 - Oct 03, 1964)
    Play, Revival
    • Produced by The Actors Studio (Lee Strasberg: Artistic Director; Cheryl Crawford: Executive Producer; Roger L. Stevens: General Administrator)
    Blues for Mister Charlie (Apr 23, 1964 - Aug 29, 1964)
    Play, Original
    • Produced by The Actors Studio
    • Originally produced by The Actors Studio Theatre
    Baby Want a Kiss (Apr 19, 1964 - Aug 22, 1964)
    Play, Original
    • Produced by The Actors Studio
    But For Whom Charlie (Mar 12, 1964 - Jul 02, 1964)
    Play, Original
    • Directed by Elia Kazan
    • Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan)
    Marco Millions (Feb 20, 1964 - Jun 18, 1964)
    Play, Revival
    • Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan)
    After The Fall (Jan 23, 1964 - May 29, 1965)
    Play, Original
    • Directed by Elia Kazan
    • Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan)
    Marathon '33 (Dec 22, 1963 - Feb 01, 1964)
    Play, Original
    • Produced by The Actors Studio
    Strange Interlude (Mar 11, 1963 - Jun 29, 1963)
    Play, Revival
    • Theatre Owned / Operated by The Actors Studio (Lee Strasberg: Artistic Director; Cheryl Crawford: Executive Producer; Roger L. Stevens: General Administrator)
    • Produced by The Actors Studio (Lee Strasberg: Artistic Director; Cheryl Crawford: Executive Producer; Roger L. Stevens: General Administrator)
    Sweet Bird of Youth (Mar 10, 1959 - Jan 30, 1960)
    Play, Original
    • Directed by Elia Kazan
    J.B. (Dec 11, 1958 - Oct 24, 1959)
    Play, Original
    • Directed by Elia Kazan
    The Shadow of a Gunman (Nov 20, 1958 - Jan 03, 1959)
    Play, Revival
    • Produced by arrangement with The Actors Studio
    The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (Dec 05, 1957 - Jan 17, 1959)
    Play, Original
    • Directed by Elia Kazan
    • Produced by Elia Kazan
    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Mar 24, 1955 - Nov 17, 1956)
    Play, Original
    • Staged by Elia Kazan
    Tea and Sympathy (Sep 30, 1953 - Jun 18, 1955)
    Play, Original
    • Staged by Elia Kazan
    Camino Real (Mar 17, 1953 - May 09, 1953)
    Play, Original
    • Directed by Elia Kazan
    Flight Into Egypt (Mar 18, 1952 - Apr 19, 1952)
    Play, Original
    • Staged by Elia Kazan
    A Streetcar Named Desire (May 23, 1950 - Jun 11, 1950)
    Play, Revival
    • Staged by Elia Kazan
    Death of a Salesman (Feb 10, 1949 - Nov 18, 1950)
    Play, Original
    • Staged by Elia Kazan
    Love Life (Oct 07, 1948 - May 14, 1949)
    Musical, Original
    • Directed by Elia Kazan
    Sundown Beach (Sep 07, 1948 - Sep 11, 1948)
    Play, Original
    • Staged by Elia Kazan
    • Produced by The Actors Studio
    A Streetcar Named Desire (Dec 03, 1947 - Dec 17, 1949)
    Play, Original
    • Directed by Elia Kazan
    All My Sons (Jan 29, 1947 - Nov 08, 1947)
    Play, Original
    • Produced by Elia Kazan
    • Staged by Elia Kazan
    Truckline Cafe (Feb 27, 1946 - Mar 09, 1946)
    Play, Original
    • Produced by Elia Kazan
    Dunnigan's Daughter (Dec 26, 1945 - Jan 26, 1946)
    Play, Original
    • Staged by Elia Kazan
    Deep Are the Roots (Sep 26, 1945 - Nov 16, 1946)
    Play, Original
    • Directed by Elia Kazan
    Harriet (Sep 27, 1944 - Oct 05, 1944)
    Play, Revival
    • Staged by Elia Kazan
    Jacobowsky and the Colonel (Mar 14, 1944 - Mar 10, 1945)
    Play, Original
    • Staged by Elia Kazan
    One Touch of Venus (Oct 07, 1943 - Feb 10, 1945)
    Musical, Original
    • Staged by Elia Kazan
    Harriet (Mar 03, 1943 - Apr 01, 1944)
    Play, Original
    • Staged by Elia Kazan
    The Skin of Our Teeth (Nov 18, 1942 - Sep 25, 1943)
    Play, Original
    • Directed by Elia Kazan
    The Strings, My Lord, Are False (May 19, 1942 - May 30, 1942)
    Play, Original
    • Directed by Elia Kazan
    Cafe Crown (Jan 23, 1942 - May 23, 1942)
    Play, Original
    • Staged by Elia Kazan
    Five Alarm Waltz (Mar 13, 1941 - Mar 15, 1941)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Elia Kazan
      • Adam Boguris - Original
    Liliom (Mar 25, 1940 - May 11, 1940)
    Play, Revival
    • Performer: Elia Kazan
      • Ficzur - Original
    Night Music (Feb 22, 1940 - Mar 09, 1940)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Elia Kazan
      • Steve Takis - Original
    Thunder Rock (Nov 14, 1939 - Dec 02, 1939)
    Play, Original
    • Staged by Elia Kazan
    The Gentle People (Jan 05, 1939 - May 06, 1939)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Elia Kazan
      • Eli Lieber - Original
    Casey Jones (Feb 19, 1938 - Mar 1938)
    Play, Original
    • Staged by Elia Kazan
    Golden Boy (Nov 04, 1937 - Jun 1938)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Elia Kazan
      • Eddie Fuselli - Original
    Johnny Johnson (Nov 19, 1936 - Jan 16, 1937)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Elia Kazan
      • Private Kearns - Original
      • Dr. Frewd - Original
    Case of Clyde Griffiths (Mar 13, 1936 - Mar 1936)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Elia Kazan
      • Working Man - Original
    Paradise Lost (Dec 09, 1935 - Feb 1936)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Elia Kazan
      • Kewpie - Original
    Waiting For Lefty (Sep 09, 1935 - Sep 1935)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Elia Kazan
      • Agate Keller - Original
    The Young Go First (May 28, 1935 - Jul 1935)
    Play, Original
    • Staged by Elia Kazan
    Till the Day I Die/Waiting for Lefty (Mar 26, 1935 - Jul 13, 1935)
    Till the Day I Die
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Elia Kazan
      • Baum - Original
      • Other Prisoner - Original
    Waiting For Lefty
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Elia Kazan
      • Agate Keller - Original
    Gold Eagle Guy (Nov 28, 1934 - Jan 1935)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Elia Kazan
      • Polyziodes - Original
    Men in White (Sep 26, 1933 - Jul 1934)
    Play, Original
    • Stage Manager: Elia Kazan
    • Performer: Elia Kazan
      • Orderly - Original
    • Performer: Elia Kazan
      • Dr. Vitale - Replacement
    Chrysalis (Nov 15, 1932 - Dec 03, 1932)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: E. Kazan
      • Louis - Original
  • AWARDS

    Tony Award®

     

    Best Producer of a Play

    1965 | Nominee  | Tartuffe
    Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan)
     

    Best Producer of a Play

    1963 | Nominee  | Strange Interlude
    Produced by The Actors Studio (Lee Strasberg: Artistic Director; Cheryl Crawford: Executive Producer; Roger L. Stevens: General Administrator)
     

    Best Direction of a Play

    1960 | Nominee  | Sweet Bird of Youth
    Directed by Elia Kazan

    Best Direction

    1959 | Winner  | J.B.
    Directed by Elia Kazan
     

    Best Director

    1958 | Nominee  | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
    Directed by Elia Kazan
     

    Best Play

    1958 | Nominee  | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
    Produced by Elia Kazan
     

    Best Director

    1956 | Nominee  | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
    Staged by Elia Kazan

    Best Director

    1949 | Winner  | Death of a Salesman
    Staged by Elia Kazan

    Best Direction

    1947 | Winner  | All My Sons
    Staged by Elia Kazan
Salome (Apr 30, 2003 - Jun 12, 2003)
Play, Revival
  • This production was developed at The Actors Studio
Tartuffe (Jan 14, 1965 - May 22, 1965)
Play, Original
  • Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan)
Incident at Vichy (Dec 03, 1964 - May 07, 1965)
Play, Original
  • Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan)
The Changeling (Oct 29, 1964 - Dec 23, 1964)
Play, Original
  • Directed by Elia Kazan
  • Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan)
The Three Sisters (Jun 22, 1964 - Oct 03, 1964)
Play, Revival
  • Produced by The Actors Studio (Lee Strasberg: Artistic Director; Cheryl Crawford: Executive Producer; Roger L. Stevens: General Administrator)
Blues for Mister Charlie (Apr 23, 1964 - Aug 29, 1964)
Play, Original
  • Produced by The Actors Studio
  • Originally produced by The Actors Studio Theatre
Baby Want a Kiss (Apr 19, 1964 - Aug 22, 1964)
Play, Original
  • Produced by The Actors Studio
But For Whom Charlie (Mar 12, 1964 - Jul 02, 1964)
Play, Original
  • Directed by Elia Kazan
  • Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan)
Marco Millions (Feb 20, 1964 - Jun 18, 1964)
Play, Revival
  • Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan)
After The Fall (Jan 23, 1964 - May 29, 1965)
Play, Original
  • Directed by Elia Kazan
  • Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan)
Marathon '33 (Dec 22, 1963 - Feb 01, 1964)
Play, Original
  • Produced by The Actors Studio
Strange Interlude (Mar 11, 1963 - Jun 29, 1963)
Play, Revival
  • Theatre Owned / Operated by The Actors Studio (Lee Strasberg: Artistic Director; Cheryl Crawford: Executive Producer; Roger L. Stevens: General Administrator)
  • Produced by The Actors Studio (Lee Strasberg: Artistic Director; Cheryl Crawford: Executive Producer; Roger L. Stevens: General Administrator)
Sweet Bird of Youth (Mar 10, 1959 - Jan 30, 1960)
Play, Original
  • Directed by Elia Kazan
J.B. (Dec 11, 1958 - Oct 24, 1959)
Play, Original
  • Directed by Elia Kazan
The Shadow of a Gunman (Nov 20, 1958 - Jan 03, 1959)
Play, Revival
  • Produced by arrangement with The Actors Studio
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (Dec 05, 1957 - Jan 17, 1959)
Play, Original
  • Directed by Elia Kazan
  • Produced by Elia Kazan
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Mar 24, 1955 - Nov 17, 1956)
Play, Original
  • Staged by Elia Kazan
Tea and Sympathy (Sep 30, 1953 - Jun 18, 1955)
Play, Original
  • Staged by Elia Kazan
Camino Real (Mar 17, 1953 - May 09, 1953)
Play, Original
  • Directed by Elia Kazan
Flight Into Egypt (Mar 18, 1952 - Apr 19, 1952)
Play, Original
  • Staged by Elia Kazan
A Streetcar Named Desire (May 23, 1950 - Jun 11, 1950)
Play, Revival
  • Staged by Elia Kazan
Death of a Salesman (Feb 10, 1949 - Nov 18, 1950)
Play, Original
  • Staged by Elia Kazan
Love Life (Oct 07, 1948 - May 14, 1949)
Musical, Original
  • Directed by Elia Kazan
Sundown Beach (Sep 07, 1948 - Sep 11, 1948)
Play, Original
  • Staged by Elia Kazan
  • Produced by The Actors Studio
A Streetcar Named Desire (Dec 03, 1947 - Dec 17, 1949)
Play, Original
  • Directed by Elia Kazan
All My Sons (Jan 29, 1947 - Nov 08, 1947)
Play, Original
  • Produced by Elia Kazan
  • Staged by Elia Kazan
Truckline Cafe (Feb 27, 1946 - Mar 09, 1946)
Play, Original
  • Produced by Elia Kazan
Dunnigan's Daughter (Dec 26, 1945 - Jan 26, 1946)
Play, Original
  • Staged by Elia Kazan
Deep Are the Roots (Sep 26, 1945 - Nov 16, 1946)
Play, Original
  • Directed by Elia Kazan
Harriet (Sep 27, 1944 - Oct 05, 1944)
Play, Revival
  • Staged by Elia Kazan
Jacobowsky and the Colonel (Mar 14, 1944 - Mar 10, 1945)
Play, Original
  • Staged by Elia Kazan
One Touch of Venus (Oct 07, 1943 - Feb 10, 1945)
Musical, Original
  • Staged by Elia Kazan
Harriet (Mar 03, 1943 - Apr 01, 1944)
Play, Original
  • Staged by Elia Kazan
The Skin of Our Teeth (Nov 18, 1942 - Sep 25, 1943)
Play, Original
  • Directed by Elia Kazan
The Strings, My Lord, Are False (May 19, 1942 - May 30, 1942)
Play, Original
  • Directed by Elia Kazan
Cafe Crown (Jan 23, 1942 - May 23, 1942)
Play, Original
  • Staged by Elia Kazan
Five Alarm Waltz (Mar 13, 1941 - Mar 15, 1941)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Elia Kazan
    • Adam Boguris - Original
Liliom (Mar 25, 1940 - May 11, 1940)
Play, Revival
  • Performer: Elia Kazan
    • Ficzur - Original
Night Music (Feb 22, 1940 - Mar 09, 1940)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Elia Kazan
    • Steve Takis - Original
Thunder Rock (Nov 14, 1939 - Dec 02, 1939)
Play, Original
  • Staged by Elia Kazan
The Gentle People (Jan 05, 1939 - May 06, 1939)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Elia Kazan
    • Eli Lieber - Original
Casey Jones (Feb 19, 1938 - Mar 1938)
Play, Original
  • Staged by Elia Kazan
Golden Boy (Nov 04, 1937 - Jun 1938)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Elia Kazan
    • Eddie Fuselli - Original
Johnny Johnson (Nov 19, 1936 - Jan 16, 1937)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Elia Kazan
    • Private Kearns - Original
    • Dr. Frewd - Original
Case of Clyde Griffiths (Mar 13, 1936 - Mar 1936)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Elia Kazan
    • Working Man - Original
Paradise Lost (Dec 09, 1935 - Feb 1936)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Elia Kazan
    • Kewpie - Original
Waiting For Lefty (Sep 09, 1935 - Sep 1935)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Elia Kazan
    • Agate Keller - Original
The Young Go First (May 28, 1935 - Jul 1935)
Play, Original
  • Staged by Elia Kazan
Till the Day I Die/Waiting for Lefty (Mar 26, 1935 - Jul 13, 1935)
Till the Day I Die
Play, Original
  • Performer: Elia Kazan
    • Baum - Original
    • Other Prisoner - Original
Waiting For Lefty
Play, Original
  • Performer: Elia Kazan
    • Agate Keller - Original
Gold Eagle Guy (Nov 28, 1934 - Jan 1935)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Elia Kazan
    • Polyziodes - Original
Men in White (Sep 26, 1933 - Jul 1934)
Play, Original
  • Stage Manager: Elia Kazan
  • Performer: Elia Kazan
    • Orderly - Original
  • Performer: Elia Kazan
    • Dr. Vitale - Replacement
Chrysalis (Nov 15, 1932 - Dec 03, 1932)
Play, Original
  • Performer: E. Kazan
    • Louis - Original

Tony Award®

 

Best Producer of a Play

1965 | Nominee  | Tartuffe
Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan)
 

Best Producer of a Play

1963 | Nominee  | Strange Interlude
Produced by The Actors Studio (Lee Strasberg: Artistic Director; Cheryl Crawford: Executive Producer; Roger L. Stevens: General Administrator)
 

Best Direction of a Play

1960 | Nominee  | Sweet Bird of Youth
Directed by Elia Kazan

Best Direction

1959 | Winner  | J.B.
Directed by Elia Kazan
 

Best Director

1958 | Nominee  | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Directed by Elia Kazan
 

Best Play

1958 | Nominee  | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Produced by Elia Kazan
 

Best Director

1956 | Nominee  | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Staged by Elia Kazan

Best Director

1949 | Winner  | Death of a Salesman
Staged by Elia Kazan

Best Direction

1947 | Winner  | All My Sons
Staged by Elia Kazan

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