Lucille Lortel

Lucille Lortel was an American actress, artistic director, and theatrical producer. In the course of her career Lortel produced or co-produced nearly 500 plays, five of which were nominated for Tony Awards: As Is by William M. Hoffman, Angels Fall by Lanford Wilson, Blood Knot by Athol Fugard, Mbongeni Ngema's Sarafina!, and A Walk in the Woods by Lee Blessing. She also produced Marc Blitzstein's adaptation of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera, a production which ran for seven years and according to The New York Times "caused such a sensation that it...put Off-Broadway on the map."

16 December 1900

Born on the same birth date (16 December 1900): V. S. Pritchett

Born on the same birth day (16 December): Antonio Vega (singer) • Eulalio González • Hristo Tatarchev • Joyce Bulifant • Marie Hall Ets • Michelle Smith • Olavo Bilac • Patti Deutsch • Pärt Uusberg • Rafael Alberti • Rebecca Forstadt

Born in the same month (December 1900): Agnes Moorehead • Albert Weisbord • Ants Oras • Elisa Godínez Gómez de Batista • Gabby Hartnett • Hans Stuck • Jimmy Dimmock • Joey Smallwood • Jonel Perlea • Karna Maria Birmingham • Kateryna Bilokur • Luis Arturo González López • Merle Barwis • Otto Soglow • Richard Kuhn