New York University: Emmy Award Winners
by Sylviastel | created - 19 Sep 2014 | updated - 19 Sep 2014 | Public1. Woody Allen
Writer | Annie Hall
Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.
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1957 Emmy Award winner; TSOA 1953.
2. Vinnette Carroll
Actress | The Reivers
Vinnette Carroll was born on March 11, 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress and director, known for The Reivers (1969), The American Parade (1974) and ITV Play of the Week (1955). She died on November 5, 2002 in Lauderhill, Florida, USA.
GSAS 1946 MA; Emmy Award 1964
3. Cy Coleman
Soundtrack | Reminiscence
Songwriter ("Witchcraft", "Big Spender", "Hey, Look Me Over"), composer and pianist, educated at the High School of Music and Art and the New York College of Music. He also studied with Rudolph Gruen (on scholarship) and Adele Marcus. He gave his first piano recitals at age six in Steinway Hall and...
4. Tony Kushner
Writer | West Side Story
Tony Kushner's play "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes" earned him the Pulitzer Prize, among many other awards. His other acclaimed plays include "Slavs", "Homebody/Kabul" and "Caroline, or Change". He has collaborated with children's author and illustrator Maurice Sendak on ...
TSOA 1984 MFA;
6. Jonathan G. Meath
Producer | Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Jonathan G. Meath was born on September 16, 1955. He is a producer and director, known for Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1991), Zoom (1997) and Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time (1999).
TSOA 1979 BA.
7. Debra Messing
Actress | Will & Grace
Debra Messing was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, the daughter of Jewish American parents, Sandra (née Simons), who has worked as a professional singer, banker, travel and real estate agent, and Brian Messing, a sales executive for a jewelry manufacturer. When Messing was three, she ...
2003 Emmy Award
8. Camryn Manheim
Actress | The Practice
Camryn grew up in Peoria, Illinois before moving to Long Beach California for middle school. She went on to receive a B.F.A. from U.C. Santa Cruz and then went on to earn a M.F.A from New York University in 1987. Her mother, Sylvia (Nuchow), was a schoolteacher, and her father, Jerry, was a math ...
TSOA 1987 MFA
9. Terry Moran
Actor | The Heartbreak Kid
Terry Moran was born on December 9, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for The Heartbreak Kid (2007), ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (1953) and ABC News: Inauguration 2009 (2009).
Steinhardt 1964 BA; MA 1965; Ph.D. 1971.
10. Jeffrey Wright
Actor | American Fiction
Born and raised in Washington DC, Jeffrey Wright graduated from Amherst College in 1987. Although he studied Political Science while at Amherst, Wright left the school with a love for acting. Shortly after graduating he won an acting scholarship to NYU, but dropped out after only two months to ...
TSOA: 2003 Emmy Award
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