Lincoln Maazel (February 12, 1903 â€" September 15, 2009) was an
American singer and actor of stage and screen.Maazel was born on
February 12, 1903, in New York City to Russian Jewish parents. In
1920, aged 17, he and 30 other young people were picked to perform at
the Shubert Theater on Broadway, where he sang the Prologue to
Pagliacci. He later moved to Los Angeles, California and developed
into a performer at nightclubs and for local television.As an actor,
the elder Maazel did not start an onstage career until he was 56 but
proceeded to appear in stage plays for the Pittsburgh Playhouse, the
Civic Light Opera, Little Lake Theater, Mountainview Playhouse, Odd
Chair Playhouse and White Barn Theatre. In 1976, he appeared in the
screen role for which he is best known in George A. Romero's Martin.
Maazel's only other screen role was in an episode of NET Playhouse as
a Chauffeur.In 1928 he married his wife Marie (died 1993) in Paris. On
March 6, 1930, his son, conductor Lorin Maazel (1930â€"2014) was born.
In 2003 he became a centenarian. He died six years later on September
15, 2009, in Castleton, Virginia, United States, at the age of 106.
American singer and actor of stage and screen.Maazel was born on
February 12, 1903, in New York City to Russian Jewish parents. In
1920, aged 17, he and 30 other young people were picked to perform at
the Shubert Theater on Broadway, where he sang the Prologue to
Pagliacci. He later moved to Los Angeles, California and developed
into a performer at nightclubs and for local television.As an actor,
the elder Maazel did not start an onstage career until he was 56 but
proceeded to appear in stage plays for the Pittsburgh Playhouse, the
Civic Light Opera, Little Lake Theater, Mountainview Playhouse, Odd
Chair Playhouse and White Barn Theatre. In 1976, he appeared in the
screen role for which he is best known in George A. Romero's Martin.
Maazel's only other screen role was in an episode of NET Playhouse as
a Chauffeur.In 1928 he married his wife Marie (died 1993) in Paris. On
March 6, 1930, his son, conductor Lorin Maazel (1930â€"2014) was born.
In 2003 he became a centenarian. He died six years later on September
15, 2009, in Castleton, Virginia, United States, at the age of 106.
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