Larry Howard Shue (July 23, 1946 â€" September 23, 1985) was an
American playwright and actor, best known for writing two
oft-performed farces, The Nerd and The Foreigner.Shue was born in New
Orleans, Louisiana, and grew up in Kansas and Glen Ellyn, Illinois. He
graduated cum laude from Illinois Wesleyan University, where he
received a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He served in the United States Army
at Fort Lee, Virginia from 1968-1972. He then began his career as a
professional actor and playwright with the Harlequin Dinner Theatre in
both Washington, D.C. and Atlanta. He worked in repertory theater and
on the New York stage, and appeared in television's One Life to Live.
Film appearances include the shorts A Common Confusion; Another Town;
and The Land of the Blind: or The Hungry Leaves; and the
feature-length Sweet Liberty.As a member of Milwaukee Repertory
Theater, Shue played the sailor Joe in the 1980 premiere of Lakeboat
by David Mamet. Mamet dedicated the play to Shue and the production's
director, John Dillon.Shue married Linda Faye Wilson in 1968; they
were divorced in 1977.
American playwright and actor, best known for writing two
oft-performed farces, The Nerd and The Foreigner.Shue was born in New
Orleans, Louisiana, and grew up in Kansas and Glen Ellyn, Illinois. He
graduated cum laude from Illinois Wesleyan University, where he
received a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He served in the United States Army
at Fort Lee, Virginia from 1968-1972. He then began his career as a
professional actor and playwright with the Harlequin Dinner Theatre in
both Washington, D.C. and Atlanta. He worked in repertory theater and
on the New York stage, and appeared in television's One Life to Live.
Film appearances include the shorts A Common Confusion; Another Town;
and The Land of the Blind: or The Hungry Leaves; and the
feature-length Sweet Liberty.As a member of Milwaukee Repertory
Theater, Shue played the sailor Joe in the 1980 premiere of Lakeboat
by David Mamet. Mamet dedicated the play to Shue and the production's
director, John Dillon.Shue married Linda Faye Wilson in 1968; they
were divorced in 1977.
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