Vinie Burrows (1924 - 2023)

Born 15 Nov 1924 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Dean Kenneth Harrison — married 1953 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States

Died 25 Dec 2023 at age 99 in Queens, New York, United States

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Biography

Vinie Burrows is Notable.

Vinie Veronica Burrows was an American stage actor.^[1]

Vinie Burrows was born in 1924. She was the daughter of George Burrows and Phillis Edwards.

In 1953, she married Dean Harrison.^[2]

The New York Times newspaper online said: "Ms. Burrows made the first Broadway appearance of her seven-decade career in 1950 alongside Helen Hayes and Ossie Davis in “The Wisteria Trees,” a reimagining of Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard” by the writer and director Joshua Logan that shifted the drama from an aristocratic Russian estate to a 19th-century Louisiana plantation."

In 2020 Burrows was given an Obie Lifetime Achievement Award.

Ms. Burrows, the critic Clive Barnes wrote in a review in The New York Times, “wounds and hurts, giving some of Black America’s most excoriating literature the whiplash impetus of a relentless performance.

“Yet,” he added, “while angry, she is not bitter. She is all woman and all fundamental charm. She is a magnificent performer.”

Ms. Burrows was a physically tiny woman with enormous presence and grace. She donated her time and talents to the parish of St. Mark's In The Bowery, Manhattan, New York for special events. I was a witness to her stirring and spiritual performances and dramatic readings in support of worship there. Gahn-22

She passed away in 2023.

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinie_Burrows
2. ↑ Record of Vinie Burrows: "New York, New York, U.S., Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018"
   New York City Municipal Archives; New York, New York; Borough: Manhattan
   Ancestry Record 61406 #904351743
   Name: Vinie Burrows; Gender: Female; Marriage License Date: 1953; Marriage License Place: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA; Spouse: Dean K Harrison; License Number: 20861.

• 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1940; Census Place: New York, New York, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02645; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 31-911
  Ancestry Record 2442 #11506219
  Venie Burrows (15), single daughter, in household of Phillip Burrows (42) in New York, New York, New York. Born in New York.
• "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XTB-ZGMR : Wed Oct 04 19:22:53 UTC 2023), Entry for Phyllis Burrows and Vinnie Burrows, 12 April 1950.

• https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/theater/vinie-burrows-dead.html
• https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/the-many-lives-of-vinie-burrows

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q7932565, en:Wikipedia