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): A. N. R. Robinson • Antonio Vega (singer) • Billy Gibbons • Elizabeth Carter • George Ignatieff • James Nash (racing driver) • Mame Biram Diouf • Margaret Mead • Mark Heard • Mats Hummels • Morris Dees • Nigel Hayes-Davis • Noël Coward • Pat Van Den Hauwe • Paul McGinley • Scott Storch • Stuart Donaldson • Zoltán Kovács (footballer, born 1986)
Born in the same month (December 1900): Agnes Moorehead • Ants Oras • Evelyn Bark • Hans Stuck • Herta Hammerbacher • Joey Smallwood • Jonel Perlea • Karna Maria Birmingham • Lissy Arna • Mary Cartwright • Richard Kuhn • Ted Lyons • Ulrich Inderbinen • V. S. Pritchett