Luther Berryhill Davis Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
For the former University of Alabama Football Player, see Luther Davis (Football Agent)Luther Davis (August 29, 1916 – July 29, 2008) was an American play- and screenwriter. He attended Culver Academies, received a BA from Yale and rose to the rank of major in the US Air Force. He was the father of two daughters and was married to soap opera actress Jennifer Bassey, his companion since 1978, from 2004 until his death.In collaboration with Charles Lederer, Robert Wright, and George Forrest, Luther Davis wrote Kismet, Timbuktu!, and two different treatments of Vicki Baum’s novel Grand Hotel (At the Grand for the Los Angeles and San Francisco Light Opera Association and the Broadway musical version, Grand Hotel, The Musical).He received two Tony Awards in 1954 (with Lederer) for Kismet as Best Author (Musical) and as co-author of the book contributed to the Best Musical win. He was nominated again in 1978, for Most Innovative Production of a Revival, as producer of Timbuktu!, and in 1990 as author of the Best Book (Musical) for Grand Hotel, The Musical.He wrote fifteen movies, many television specials and co-produced Stephen MacDonald’s play, Not About Heroes, Off-Broadway.He won two Mystery Writers of America Edgar Awards and was nominated many times by the Writers Guild of America and the League of American Theatres and Producers.
Charles Lederer and his musical, "Kismet," at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 1997 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Production.
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He served the United States Army Air Corps in both Asia and Europe during World War II.
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He attended Culver Military Academy in Indiana and graduated from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in 1938.
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Longtime companion (since 1978) of actress Jennifer Bassey before their 2005 marriage.
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In 1954, won two Tony Awards with collaborator Charles Lederer for "Kismet:" as Best Author (Musical) and as co-author of the book who, with several collaborators, contributed to the Best Musical win. He also received two other Tony nominations: in 1978, for Most Innovative Production of a Revival, as producer of "Timbuktu!;" and in 1990 as Best Book (Musical) for "Grand Hotel, The Musical."
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