Worthington Miner (November 13, 1900 â€" December 11, 1982) was an
American film producer, screenwriter, actor and director. He was
married to actress Frances Fuller, with whom he had three children,
including producer/director Peter Miner. He was the paternal
grandfather of actress Rachel Miner.Prior to his work in television,
Mr. Miner - known as 'Tony' - directed more than 30 plays in about 10
years, starting with Up Pops the Devil in 1929 and including Reunion
in Vienna, starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne; Both Your Houses, a
Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Maxwell Anderson; On Your Toes, the Ray
Bolger musical; Jane Eyre (starring Katharine Hepburn), and For Love
or Money.In 1939, after more than 10 years in the theater, Mr. Miner
publicly criticized it as "highly undemocratic". At a Theatre Guild
panel discussion in Williamstown, Massachusetts, he said: "When we
speak of the theater, we speak of one city - New York. Yet even within
the confines of that one city, the theater isn't democratic. It is a
Park Avenue nightclub, a luxury for a selective few with the price of
admission. It is for the rich in the richest city of this country, and
I believe this situation is deplored by every author, actor and
manager in the business."[citation needed]
American film producer, screenwriter, actor and director. He was
married to actress Frances Fuller, with whom he had three children,
including producer/director Peter Miner. He was the paternal
grandfather of actress Rachel Miner.Prior to his work in television,
Mr. Miner - known as 'Tony' - directed more than 30 plays in about 10
years, starting with Up Pops the Devil in 1929 and including Reunion
in Vienna, starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne; Both Your Houses, a
Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Maxwell Anderson; On Your Toes, the Ray
Bolger musical; Jane Eyre (starring Katharine Hepburn), and For Love
or Money.In 1939, after more than 10 years in the theater, Mr. Miner
publicly criticized it as "highly undemocratic". At a Theatre Guild
panel discussion in Williamstown, Massachusetts, he said: "When we
speak of the theater, we speak of one city - New York. Yet even within
the confines of that one city, the theater isn't democratic. It is a
Park Avenue nightclub, a luxury for a selective few with the price of
admission. It is for the rich in the richest city of this country, and
I believe this situation is deplored by every author, actor and
manager in the business."[citation needed]
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