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Dennis franz memorial day speech9/17/2023 ![]() Later in 1951, Hagen returned to Broadway in the title role of the Theatre Guild's production of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan. Hagen originated the role of Georgie Elgin in The Country Girl, written and directed by Clifford Odets (also starring Paul Kelly and Steven Hill) (1950), winning her first Tony Award in 1951, although this award is not included in the papers. Hagen also took the show on tour with Anthony Quinn and then back to Broadway, followed by another tour (1948 - 1950). The 1948 production of Angel Street with José Ferrer at City Center (their last show together) garnered Hagen her longtime agent, Lucy Kroll also, after seeing Hagen in this production, Elia Kazan hired her to replace Jessica Tandy in A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway during Tandy's summer vacation. Hagen also began teaching acting at Berghof's studio that same year. During this production, she met Herbert Berghof when he replaced the romantic lead. (Hagen made her film debut in The Other in 1972.) In 1947, Hagen appeared in The Whole World Over, directed by Harold Clurman. Although courted by Hollywood studios, the couple declined to appear in films. They appeared in several productions together, most notably the Theatre Guild production of Othello with Paul Robeson, on Broadway and on tour (1942 - 1945). The two were married until 1948 and had one daughter Leticia ("Letty") in 1940. The same year marked the death of Hagen's mother, as well as Hagen's marriage to actor and director José Ferrer on December 8, 1938. In 1938, Hagen played Nina in a Broadway revival of The Sea Gullstarring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. ![]() In 1937, Hagen wrote to Eva Le Gallienne requesting an audition, and won her first professional role as Ophelia in Le Gallienne's production of Hamletat the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts. Also around this time, Hagen attended the University of Wisconsin (Madison) for one term. ![]() After her graduation from Wisconsin High School (of the University of Wisconsin) in 1936, Hagen attended London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for one semester. Determined to be an actress from an early age, she performed in school plays and read the works of playwrights such as Shakespeare, Goethe, and Moliere. Hagen grew up in Madison and attended public schools there. However, the Hagens continued to travel to Europe in the summers. In 1924, the family moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where Oskar Hagen founded the art history department. (Her brother Holger, was several years older.) Her father had begun the Handel Opera Festival in Göttingen and her mother was a Danish opera singer and teacher. Legendary actress, teacher, and author Uta Thyra Hagen was born on Jin Göttingen, Germany the second child of Oskar and Thyra Leisner Hagen. ![]()
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