Edward Albee Net Worth
Edward Albee Net Worth is
$7 Million
Edward Albee Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Edward Franklin Albee III (/ˈɔːlbiː/ AWL-bee; born March 12, 1928) is an American playwright who is known for works such as The Zoo Story (1958), The Sandbox (1959), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), and a rewrite of the book for the unsuccessful musical Breakfast at Tiffany's (1966), an adaptation of Truman Capote's 1958 novella of the same name. His works are considered well-crafted, often unsympathetic examinations of the modern condition. His early works reflect a mastery and Americanization of the Theatre of the Absurd that found its peak in works by European playwrights such as Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, and Jean Genet. Younger American playwrights, such as Paula Vogel, credit Albee's daring mix of theatricality and biting dialogue with helping to reinvent the post-war American theatre in the early 1960s. Albee continues to experiment in works such as The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (2002). | Full Name | Edward Albee |
| Date Of Birth | March 12, 1928 |
| Died | September 16, 2016, Montauk, New York, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Profession | Writer, Actor |
| Education | Valley Forge Military Academy and College, Lawrenceville School, Choate Rosemary Hall, Trinity College, Rye Country Day School |
| Nationality | American |
| Parents | Reed A. Albee, Frances Cotter |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award for Best Play |
| Nominations | Virgin Atlantic Best New Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play, Tony Award for Best Author, New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play (American) |
| Movies | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, A Delicate Balance, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, Judy Garland |
| Star Sign | Pisces |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [when asked why he writes] It's what I do. |
| 2 | You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are. |
| 3 | If Attila the Hun were alive today, he'd be a drama critic. |
| 4 | American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He was awarded the 2005 Back Stage Garland Award for Best Playwriting for "The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. |
| 2 | His play, "The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?," at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 2005 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Production. |
| 3 | He was awarded the 2005 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Playwriting for "The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. |
| 4 | His play, "The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 2005 Back Stage Garland Award for Best Production. |
| 5 | His play, "The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?," at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 2005 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Play (Large Theatre). |
| 6 | His play, "The Sandbox," was awarded the 1990 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Production at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. |
| 7 | His play, "The Zoo Story," was awarded the 1990 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Production at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. |
| 8 | In 2014, his first one-act play "The Zoo Story" was staged in Athens, Greece, by THE.AM.A. (Theatre for People with Disabilities), the only professional Greek theatre composed mainly by actors and actresses with physical disabilities as well as by Thespians with no disabilities, such as Michalis Tamboukas who played Jerry. The park bench (where Peter meets Jerry) was theatrically 'transcribed' in the wheelchair used by Panos Zournatzidis, the excellent actor who played Peter, and the production was noted as an acclaimed performance, brilliantly directed by Vassilis Oikonomou, an actor with a physical disability and renowned director who founded this theatre group in 2010. After the performances in Athens, the production continued on tour in other cities of Greece with a fine cast which also included Vassilis Oikonomou, Christina Toumba, Giorgos Iliakis, Maria Mourelatou, Efi Toumba, Aimiliani Avraam and Marina Besiri in roles of persons that come from Jerry's narration, and in their way of existing in his state of being, they get life on stage, some of them in animal figures. The documentary THE.AM.A. (2014), directed by Eliana Perifanou and Maria Sidiropoulou, was filmed mainly during the rehearsals and the performance of "The Zoo Story", depicting the work of this exquisite theatre group. On the occasion of World Theatre Day (WTD) March 27, the documentary was broadcast that day in 2015 by the Greek TV network of Public Television. |
| 9 | His play, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", at the Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois, was nominated for the 2011 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Production of a Play (Large). |
| 10 | His play, "The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?", at the Remy Bumppo Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois, was awarded the 2011 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Production of a Play (Midsize). |
| 11 | His play, "A Delicate Balance", at the Redtwist Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, was nominated for the 2011 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Production of a Play. |
| 12 | Edward Albee won the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "A Delicate Balance", the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "Seascape" and the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "Three Tall Women" He was nominated for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "The Play about the Baby" and the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?". |
| 13 | Was nominated for the 1965 Tony Award (New York City) for the Author (Drama) for "Tiny Alice". |
| 14 | His favorite actress (his muse) is Marian Seldes. She has appeared in nearly all of his performed plays and also holds the world record for most performances of the same role. |
| 15 | 1996: Awarded the American National Medal of the Arts by the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, DC. |
| 16 | Served as a guest instructor in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University in the early to mid-1980s. |
| 17 | Adopted as an infant, he was the scion of one of America's most distinguished theatrical families. His paternal grandfather, E.F. Albee, was a legendary vaudeville impresario, and his father, George Sumner Albee, was a playwright and occasional screenwriter. |
| 18 | Won two Tony Awards as author of Best Play winners: in 1963 for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and in 2002 for "Edward Albee's The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?" He has also been Tony-nominated five other times: in 1964 as author of Best Play nominee "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe;" in 1965 as Best Author (Dramatic) and as author of Best Play nominee "Tiny Alice;" and, also as author of a Best Play nominee, in 1967 for "A Delicate Balance" and in 1975 for "Seascape". |
| 19 | 1/92: Was arrested on a beach in Key Biscayne, FL, for indecent exposure. Charges were dropped when it was determined that he had removed his swimming trunks only to rinse out the sand that was in them, and had not done anything that could result in criminal charges. |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Performances | 1976 | TV Series play - 1 episode | |
| A História do Jardim Zoológico | 1974 | TV Movie play | |
| A Delicate Balance | 1973 | play | |
| Wie is er bang voor Virginia Woolf? | 1973 | TV Movie play | |
| Nijinsky: Unfinished Project | 1970 | ||
| New York Television Theatre | 1970 | TV Series play - 1 episode | |
| Zoo Story | 1968 | TV Movie | |
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 1966 | play - uncredited | |
| Den amerikanske drøm | 1966 | TV Movie | |
| ITV Play of the Week | TV Series writer - 1 episode, 1965 play "The Death of Bessie Smith" - 1 episode, 1965 | ||
| Eläintarhatarina | 1965 | TV Movie play "The Zoo Story" | |
| Zoo Story | 1964 | TV Movie | |
| Camera Three | 1963 | TV Series 2 episodes | |
| Die Zoogeschichte | 1963 | TV Movie novel | |
| Bessie Smiths død | 1962 | TV Movie based on play | |
| Der amerikanische Traum | 1962 | TV Movie | |
| Playwright at Work | 1961 | TV Mini-Series play excerpt - 1 episode | |
| Festival | 1961 | TV Series play "The Zoo Story" - 1 episode | |
| ITV Television Playhouse | 1961 | TV Series play "Zoo Story" - 1 episode | |
| Performance by Edward Albee | 1999 | Video documentary short | |
| Tre långa kvinnor | 1997 | TV Movie play | |
| Cui i-e frica de Virginia Woolf? | 1995 | TV Movie play | |
| The Ballad of the Sad Cafe | 1991 | play | |
| I dyrehagen | 1989 | TV Movie play | |
| Vem är rädd för Virginia Woolf? | 1985 | TV Movie | |
| Zoo story | 1980 | TV Movie play | |
| Alles im Garten | 1979 | TV Movie play | |
| Au théâtre ce soir | 1979 | TV Series play - 1 episode |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| De plantage | 1999 | TV Series | Gesprek met de regisseur |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applaus | 2009 | grateful thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marian | 2016 | Documentary short post-production | |
| Geraldine Page: Stages of a Dream | Documentary post-production | Himself (rumored) | |
| The Stages of Edward Albee | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| Kart Across America | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Making the Boys | 2011 | Documentary | Himself - Playwright, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2010 | TV Special | Himself |
| Masterclass | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
| Broadway Beat | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Jack Mitchell: My Life Is Black and White | 2006 | Documentary | Himself |
| Jeopardy! | 2006 | TV Series | Himself - Video Clue Presenter / Himself - Clue Giver |
| The Ballad of Greenwich Village | 2005 | Documentary | Himself |
| Distinguished Artists | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Charlie Rose | 1996-2005 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| Breakfast with the Arts | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 59th Annual Tony Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Working in the Theatre | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Joe Chaikin's Life in the Theatre | 2004 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2002 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 56th Annual Tony Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Play |
| James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times | 2000 | Documentary | Himself |
| Performance by Edward Albee | 1999 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Great Performances | 1985-1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1996 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Honoree |
| The 50th Annual Tony Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Regional Theatre Award |
| The South Bank Show | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| American Masters | 1994 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Waiting for Beckett | 1993 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1986 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 29th Annual Tony Awards | 1975 | TV Special | Himself |
| Dinah! | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| The David Frost Show | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| Today | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 57th Annual Tony Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Evelyn F. Burkey Award | Writers Guild of America, USA |
Known for movies
A Delicate Balance (1973)
as Writer
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)
as Writer
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
as Writer
Making the Boys (2011)
as Himself - Playwright, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?