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Also Known As Elia Kazanjoglous
Born September 7, 1909 • Istanbul • Turkey
Died September 28, 2003 (aged 94) • New York City • New York
Founder The Actors Studio
Awards And Honors Tony Awards • Academy Award (1999) • Kennedy Center Honors (1983) • Academy Award (1955) • Academy Award (1948)
Notable Works “A Face in the Crowd” • “A Streetcar Named Desire” • “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” • “America, America” • “Baby Doll” • “East of Eden” • “Elia Kazan: A Life” • “Gentleman’s Agreement” • “Man on a Tightrope” • “On the Waterfront” • “Panic in the Streets” • “Splendor in the Grass” • “Viva Zapata!”

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James Dunn and Peggy Ann Garner in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
scene from Gentleman's Agreement
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scene from A Streetcar Named Desire
Hunter, Kim; Brando, Marlon: A Streetcar Named Desire
Marlon Brando and Jean Peters in Viva Zapata!
Thomas Handley, Marlon Brando, and Eva Marie Saint in On the Waterfront
Lee J. Cobb and Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront
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