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Collection Data
- Description
- The Luther Adler collection contains clippings, contracts, correspondence, photographs, programs, scripts and other material that document Mr. Adler's career on stage, screen and television. It includes information about Mr. Adler's problems with blacklisting, his involvement with The Group Theatre and his family both on and off stage.
- Names
- Adler, Luther, 1903-1984 (Creator)
- Dates / Origin
- Date Created: 1890 - 1984
- Library locations
- Billy Rose Theatre Division
- Shelf locator: *T-MSS 1986-003
- Genres
- Photographs
- Notes
- Biographical/historical: Luther Adler, an actor, was born May 4, 1903 in New York City. He began his career at the age of five when he joined his parents, Jacob P. and Sarah Adler, stars of the Yiddish theater, and his brothers and sisters on stage. Mr. Adler performed on Broadway, in stock and on tour. He appeared in over twenty-five films and on television. He was a founding member of the Group Theatre.
Luther Adler died December 8, 1984.
- Physical Description
- Extent: 3.25 lin. ft. (9 boxes).
- Type of Resource
- Text
- Still image
- Identifiers
- NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11260284
- MSS Unit ID: 21240
- Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 71e36ee0-c6b3-012f-8525-58d385a7bc34
