Director

Elizabeth Swados

Writing

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 17

TMDB ID: 1486321

IMDb ID: nm0841422

Known for: Writing

Born: February 5, 1951

Died: January 5, 2016

Age: 64

Place of birth: Buffalo, NY

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1977 - 2014

Years active: 38

Average TMDB rating: 5.89

Wikidata: Q5363595

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Director (1)Music (8)Original Music Composer (7)Songs (1)

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Biography

Elizabeth Swados was an American writer, composer, musician, and theatre director. Swados received Tony Award nominations for Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Choreography. She was nominated for Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Director of a Musical, Outstanding Lyrics, and Outstanding Music, and won an Obie Award for her direction of 'Runaways' in 1978. In 1980, the Hobart and William Smith Colleges awarded her an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters.

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