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Mark Medoff (March 18, 1940 – April 23, 2019) was an American playwright, screenwriter, film and theatre director, actor, and professor. His play Children of a Lesser God received both the Tony Award and the Olivier Award.
Apr 24, 2019 · April 24, 2019. Mark Medoff, whose acclaimed play “Children of a Lesser God,” featuring a deaf central character, won the Tony Award for best play in 1980 and was turned into a 1986...
Mark Medoff was born on 18 March 1940 in Mt. Carmel, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Children of a Lesser God (1986), Children on Their Birthdays (2002) and The Heart Outright (2016).
- Writer, Producer, Actor
- March 18, 1940
- Mark Medoff
- April 23, 2019
Apr 25, 2019 · Medoff wrote 30 plays and 19 movies, including the Tony-winning drama about a deaf woman and a speech teacher. He also taught at New Mexico State University and co-founded the Creative Media Institute.
Apr 25, 2019 · Mark Medoff, whose Tony Award-winning play Children of a Lesser God opened the stage for deaf actresses, died Tuesday at his home in Las Cruces, N.M., at the age of 79. He had...
Apr 25, 2019 · Mark Medoff, a provocative playwright whose “Children of a Lesser God” won Tony and Olivier awards and whose screen adaptation of his play earned an Oscar nomination, has died in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was 79.
Apr 25, 2019 · The Tony-winning author of the 1980 play, which starred Phyllis Frelich and John Rubinstein, passed away at 79 from cancer. He also wrote more than 30 other plays and co-wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for the 1986 film adaptation.
