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Donald LeRoy LaFontaine (August 26, 1940 – September 1, 2008) was an American voice actor who recorded more than 5,000 film trailers and hundreds of thousands of television advertisements, [1] [2] network promotions, and video game trailers over four decades.
The Perfect Game is a 2009 American drama film directed by William Dear, based on the 2008 book of the same name written by W. William Winokur. [1] The film is based on the events leading to the 1957 Little League World Series, which was won by the first team from outside the United States, the Industrial Little League of Monterrey, Mexico, who defeated the heavily favored U.S. team. [2 ...
Raisin was born on July 15, 1881, in Nesvizh, Minsk Governorate, Russia, the son of Aaron Solomon Raisin and Taube Slutzky. His brother was Rabbi Jacob S. Raisin. [1] Raisin immigrated to America in 1892. In 1903, he received an A.B. from the University of Cincinnati and was ordained a rabbi by Hebrew Union College.
At the end of the 1950s, standing 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall, he was offered the opportunity to play for the New York Knicks; he turned down the offer to instead accept a role in A Raisin in the Sun. [15] In 1959, continuing his Broadway career, Gossett played the role of George Murchison in A Raisin in the Sun.
Clybourne Park is a 2010 play by Bruce Norris inspired by Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun (1959). It portrays fictional events set during and after the Hansberry play, and is loosely based on historical events that took place in the city of Chicago.
A Raisin in the Sun is a 1961 American drama film directed by Daniel Petrie, and starring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Roy Glenn, and Louis Gossett Jr. (in his film debut), and based on the 1959 play of the same name by Lorraine Hansberry. It follows a black family that wants a better life away from the city.
The California Raisin Show is a 1989 American animated television series based on the claymation advertising characters The California Raisins. [1] The show is based on the claymation special, Meet the Raisins!, which originally aired on CBS in 1988. After the show's 13-episode run, a sequel to the original special, Raisins: Sold Out!:
Fiedler died of cancer on June 25, 2005, at age 80, in Englewood, New Jersey, at the Lillian Booth Actors Home, a residence for retired entertainers sponsored by the Actors' Fund of America. [8] He was cremated and his ashes were scattered on Long Island, New York. [13] Fiedler died a day after Paul Winchell, Tigger's original voice actor.