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| Born | Glynn Russell Turman January 31, 1946 New York, New York,  United States |
Glynn Turman (born January 31, 1946 in New York, New York) is a stage, television, and film actor as well as a writer, director, and producer. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York He was married to singer Aretha Franklin (1978 - 1984) and now is married to Jo-An with whom he has a daughter. Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25 1942 Franklin has had a total of twenty number-one singles on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart, two of which became #1 hits on the Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) He is perhaps known for his role in the Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun as well as the role of the young African-American man Lew Miles on the ABC serial-drama Peyton Place during that show's final season. A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959 (He was one of the show's writers also. )
Career
Glynn Turman had his first prominent acting role at the age of 12 as Travis Younger in the Broadway play of Lorraine Hansberry's classic A Raisin in the Sun, opposite Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil and Diana Sands. Lorraine Hansberry ( May 19, 1930 - January 12, 1965) was an African American LGBT Playwright and Author A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959 Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (ˈpwɑːtie born February 20, 1927) is an Oscar - Golden Globe - BAFTA - and Grammy Ruby Dee (born October 27, 1924) is an American Actress, Poet, Playwright, Screenwriter, Journalist Claudia McNeil (born August 13 1917 - died November 25 1993 was an actress best known for premiering the role of Matriarch Lena Younger in both the stage and screen productions of Diana Sands ( August 22, 1934 - September 2, 1973) was an African-American dramatic actress perhaps most famous for her portrayal While he did not play the role when it transferred to film in 1961, he intensified his studies at Manhattan's School of Performing Arts. Upon graduation he apprenticed in regional and repertory companies throughout the country including Tyrone Guthrie's Repertory Theatre in which he performed in late 60s productions of "Good Boys," "Harper's Ferry," "The Visit" and "The House of Atreus. Sir William Tyrone Guthrie ( 2 July 1900 &ndash 15 May 1971) was an Anglo-Irish Tony Award -winning theatrical director " He made his Los Angeles stage debut in Vinnette Carroll's "Slow Dance on the Killing Ground. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Vinette Justine Carroll ( March 11, 1922 — November 5, 2002) was an American Playwright, and the first African American " An impressive 1974 performance in "The Wine Sellers" earned him a Los Angeles Critics Award nomination and a Dramalogue Award. The play was also produced on Broadway as "What The Wine Sellers Buy. " He won his first NAACP Image Award for his work in the play "Eyes of the American. The NAACP Image Awards is an award presented annually by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding People of color "
A stage director as well, he received his second NAACP Image award for his directing of "Deadwood Dick" at the Inner City Cultural Center. He segued these directing talents to TV where he helmed several episodes of The Parent 'Hood, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, and "The Wayans Bros," among others. The Parent 'Hood is an American sitcom that aired from 1995 until 1999 on The WB. Hangin' with Mr Cooper is an American Television Sitcom that originally aired on ABC from 1992 to 1997 The Wayans Bros is a Situation comedy that aired from 1995 to 1999 on The WB. He also directed during his seasons of steady employment on A Different World, in which he played the role of Colonel Taylor for five seasons (1988-1993). The show's theme song was sung by his ex-wife, legendary "Queen of Soul" artist Aretha Franklin. Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25 1942 Franklin has had a total of twenty number-one singles on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart, two of which became #1 hits on the They divorced in 1984 after six years.
He began his film career in the 1970s with such blaxploitation flicks as Five on the Black Hand Side and Together Brothers, then progressed to roles in the cult classic Cooley High in 1975, plus The River Niger and A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Blaxploitation is a Film genre that emerged in the United States in the early 1970s when many Exploitation films were made that targeted the urban For the unrelated real-life high school in Detroit Michigan, see Cooley High School. TV-movies included the prestigious "Centennial", 1978 mini-series, Attica, and [[Minstrel Man]], for which he won his third NAACP Image Award. The quality of Glynn's work has shown over the decades with his participation in such prominent TV-movies as Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in 1994, Buffalo Soldiers and Freedom Song. Buffalo Soldiers is a Nickname originally applied to the members of the U More notable films include Gremlins, and How Stella Got Her Groove Back. Gremlins is a American dark comedy horror Movie directed by Joe Dante and released in 1984 by Warner Bros How Stella Got Her Groove Back is a 1998 Romance film, directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan. In 2004 he joined the series The Wire portraying the recurring role of Mayor Clarence Royce becoming full-time regular in 2006. Clarence V Royce is a Fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by Glynn Turman Biography Mayor His portrayal of Mayor Royce has given him an NAACP Image award nomination for Outstanding Support Actor in a Drama Series for the 2007 awards ceremony. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [1]
He is currently performing and producing a one-man show, Movin' Man, about his life and plans a book as well.
External links
- Glynn Turman at the Internet Movie Database
- Glynn Turman at the Internet Broadway Database
- Glynn Turman on Yahoo! movies
References
- ^ 2007 Image Award nominees and winners. The Internet Broadway Database ( IBDB) is an online Database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel Hollywood Reporter (2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany)
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