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Elisabeth Fraser papers

Title
Elisabeth Fraser papers, 1920-1999.
Author
Fraser, Elisabeth
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Box 6Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1999-025 Box 6Offsite
Box 5Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1999-025 Box 5Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Box 4Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1999-025 Box 4Offsite
Box 3Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1999-025 Box 3Offsite
Box 2Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1999-025 Box 2Offsite
Box 1Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1999-025 Box 1Offsite

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Additional Authors
  • Goldman, James
  • Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966.
  • Maddow, Ben, 1909-
  • Hanley, William, 1931-2012
Description
2.44 lf. (4 boxes, 2 scrapbooks)
Summary
The Elisabeth Fraser papers span 1920-1999, and consist of correspondence, a diary, a journal, clippings, scripts, screenplays, photographs, programs, contracts, and other items relating to her stage, screen, and television roles.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Diaries.
  • Journals.
  • Scripts.
  • Motion picture plays.
  • Television scripts.
Access (note)
  • Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
Source (note)
  • McDonald, Liza
Biography (note)
  • Actress Elisabeth Fraser (b. 1920) made her Broadway debut in 1940, her motion picture debut the following year, and worked steadily in theater, movies and television for the next four decades.
Processing Action (note)
  • Processed
Call Number
*T-Mss 1999-025
OCLC
NYPW01-A64
Author
Fraser, Elisabeth.
Title
Elisabeth Fraser papers, 1920-1999.
Restricted Access
Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
Biography
Actress Elisabeth Fraser (b. 1920) made her Broadway debut in 1940, her motion picture debut the following year, and worked steadily in theater, movies and television for the next four decades. Born Elisabeth Fraser Jonker in Brooklyn, New York, she attended school in Haiti and France before returning to New York to graduate from Washington Irving High School, having learned several languages in her travels. Summer stock performances in Vermont led to a supporting role in the Broadway production of Robert E. Sherwood's THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT, opposite Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, and Montgomery Clift. She went from the national tour of this production into her screen debut in ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN, with Fredric March. Other film roles included THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, THE COMMANDOS STRIKE AT DAWN, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, THE TUNNEL OF LOVE, THE GLASS BOTTOM BOAT, SECONDS, THE WAY WEST, THE GRADUATE and NINE TO FIVE. Elisabeth Fraser's television appearances include THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW (a.k.a. YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH and SERGEANT BILKO), in which she played Sgt. Joan Hogan from 1955 to 1958, and also ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, RAWHIDE, PERRY MASON, THE JACK BENNY SHOW, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., THE MONKEES, MAUDE, and the made-for-television movie THE SCARLETT O'HARA WAR.
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Added Author
Goldman, James. Blood, sweat, and Stanley Poole.
Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966. Tunnel of love.
Maddow, Ben, 1909- Way west.
Hanley, William, 1931-2012 Scarlet O'Hara war.
Research Call Number
*T-Mss 1999-025
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