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Marilyn Clark Langner
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"Marilyn Clark Langner-
great lady of the American Theatre."
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Remembering Marilyn Clark Langner:
A Great Lady of the American Theatre
By: Joel Vig |
On June 22, 2024, just a few months
before her 100th birthday,
Marilyn Clark Langner died in her
Central Park West apartment overlooking
the Dakota. |
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Born Marilyn Clark on September 28,
1924, in Spokane, Washington, Marilyn
was drawn to the theatre even as a
child. |
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Marilyn's theatre studies at UCLA, where
she was the student head of the Drama
Department, gave Marilyn the training
and confidence to move to New York City
to pursue a theatrical career. |
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH, starring Tom Ewell,
gave Marilyn
her first Broadway break. |
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Also in the cast was Gena Rowlands,
who became a life long friend.
Gena Rowland's husband, John
Cassavetes, would go on to write and
direct a number of films which Gena
and Marilyn would be featured in.
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Marilyn met, fell in love with, and
married Philip Langner, the only
child of Theatre Guild founder
Lawrence Langner and his wife,
Armina Marshall. Lawrence Langner
and Armina Marshall are considered
the giants of the American Theatre.
For the rest of her life, Marilyn
Clark Langner was in the epicenter
of the American Theatre
In the late 1970's, Marilyn and
Philip Langner and Armina Marshall
created Theatre At Sea, which
brought legendary stars to perform
theatrical evenings on cruise ships
around the world. Not only did the
passengers on board ships enjoy
these evenings, but many of these
plays then moved to Broadway,
Off- Broadway, and theatres around
the country.
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" Stars on board the Thratre At Sea
cruise up the Amazon River in January of
1996 include Joy Behar, Don Correia,
Sandy Duncan, Chris Groenendaal, Lady
Rachel Kempson, Patrice Munsel, Patricia
Neal, Dame Lynn Redgrave, Jean
Stapleton, Sinthea Starr, Guy Stroman,
and Mary Louise Wilson" |
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"Loretta Swit played
SHIRLEY VALENTINE for THEATRE AT SEA
as well as in theatres across the country" |
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" Developed on board ship
for THEATRE AT SEA, Ed Asner played
Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the play FDR" |
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"Jean Stapleton had a
great success as First Lady Eleanor
Roosevelt
both on land and sea" |
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"Patricia Neal and Joel
Vig performed Truman Capote's
A CHRISTMAS MEMORY to great acclaim on
land and at sea" |
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"THEATRE AT SEA director
and actor Lee Roy Reams with
Marilyn and Philip Langner" |
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In December of 2010, the Natuonal
Arts Club in New York City bestowed
the Gold Medal on Marilyn and Philip
Langner for achievement
in the arts.
Black Tie International Magazine
photographer Rose Billings was there
with a large number of Tony Award,
Academy Award, and Emmy Award
winners, who toasted the great
legacy of the Langners on land and
sea.
We share these Rose Billings photos
to salute Marilyn Clark Langner
and her theatrical life well lived.
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Please click on the link below to view
the entire page...Thank you! |
Black Tie International:
The National Arts Club Gold Medal Award |
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Photos by: Rose P. Billings |
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