Marian Hall Seldes (1928 - 2014)

Born 23 Aug 1928 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Julian Arnold Claman — married 1953 (to 1961) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Wife of Garson Kanin — married 19 Jun 1990 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Died 6 Oct 2014 at age 86 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Marian Hall Seldes (August 23, 1928 – October 6, 2014) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress whose career spanned over 60 years. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for A Delicate Balance in 1967, and received subsequent nominations for Father's Day (1971), Deathtrap (1978–82), Ring Round the Moon (1999), and Dinner at Eight (2002). She also won a Drama Desk Award for Father's Day. Her other Broadway credits included Equus (1974–77), Ivanov (1997), and Deuce (2007). She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1995 and received the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2010.

Seldes was born in Manhattan, the daughter of Alice Wadhams Hall, a socialite, and Gilbert Seldes, a journalist, author, and editor. Her uncle was journalist George Seldes. She had one brother, Timothy.

"Marian Seldes and Garson Kanin plan to get married Tuesday morning in a private ceremony in New York. Then Seldes will rush back to the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn., where she is appearing in "Annie 2." The two have known each other "for centuries," said a spokeswoman for Kanin, 77. Seldes, who will not reveal her age, appeared in Kanin's play "A Gift of Time" in 1962. She also was a friend of this wife, Ruth Gordon, who died in 1985."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Times-Picayune, Friday, June 15, 1990, New Orleans, LA, page 17.

• Wikipedia: Marian Seldes

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X42K-5YP : accessed 30 April 2020), Marion H Seldes in household of Gilbert Seldes, Manhattan (Districts 0501-0750), New York, New York, United States; citing enu...

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3YN-5BM : 27 July 2019), Marian Seldes in household of Gilbert Seldes, Assembly District 15, Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States; citing ...

• "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSR-3YH2 : 19 June 2017), Julian A Claman and Marian H Seldes, 1953, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States;Marriage, Manhattan, N...

• "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSL-GXDW : 19 June 2017), Garson Kanin and Marian Seldes, 1990, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States;Marriage, Manhattan, New Yo...

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 April 2020), memorial page for Marian Seldes (23 Aug 1928–6 Oct 2014), Find A Grave: Memorial #136920097, ; Maintained by Find A Grave Cremated, Ashes scattered.