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Jun 6, 2013 · Helen Hanft, an actress whose mastery of camp humor, surreal scenarios and roles too risqué for mainstream comfort made her the acknowledged queen of the Off Off Broadway stage during a golden...
- Paul Vitello
Early life. Hanft was born in the Bronx, the eldest of three daughters born to Esther and Benjamin Hanft. Her father was a prominent public relations executive for several national Jewish organizations.
Helen Hanft, an actress whose mastery of camp humor, surreal scenarios and roles too risqué for mainstream comfort made her the acknowledged queen of the Off Off Broadway stage during a golden age for experimental theater in New York, died on May 30 in Manhattan. She was 79.
Jan 21, 2020 · January 21, 2020. Liam Craig Julia Olgilvie Kathryn Hunter Gerry Goodstein. Director Simon Godwin’s staging of Timon of Athens officially opened at Theatre for a New Audience January 19. The...
Jun 4, 2013 · Helen Hanft, the comedic actress who became a favorite of such writer-directors as Woody Allen, Paul Mazursky and Tom Eyen, died of intestinal complications on May 30 in New York. She was 79.
Feb 3, 2008 · And contend she must, with the wild and willful Helen, played opening night by an enormously gifted 10-year-old named Meredith Lipson. (Lily Maketansky alternates in the role.)
Jun 2, 2013 · NEW YORK — Helen Hanft, the Bronx-born comedic actress who was a leading star of the off-off Broadway theater movement of the 1960s and 70s, has died in New York City. She was 79. Her longtime publicist and friend Alan Eichler said Saturday she died from intestinal complications Thursday at Roosevelt Hospital.
