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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>".25 lin. ft. (1 box)."}
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1996-025", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21359", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"Tony Randall papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498</span></div>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Tony Randall Papers, *T-Mss 1996-025, The Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Randall, Tony", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Tony Randall, actor and director, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 26, 1920. He began his career as a stage actor in productions such as <span class=\"title\">Candida</span>, <span class=\"title\">Caesar and Cleopatra</span>and <span class=\"title\">Oh, Men! Oh, Women!</span>, to name a few. His films include: <span class=\"title\">Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Mating Game</span>, <span class=\"title\">Pillow Talk</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao</span>, <span class=\"title\">Lover Come Back</span>, <span class=\"title\">Send Me No Flowers</span>and <span class=\"title\">The Brass Bottle</span>, among others. His television credits include: <span class=\"title\">Mr. Peepers</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Tony Randall Show</span>, <span class=\"title\">Love, Sidney</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Odd Couple</span> in which he played Felix Unger, winning an Emmy for that role in 1975. He founded the National Actors' Theatre in 1991 and has directed and starred in many of its productions to date.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Tony Randall Papers were donated to the Billy Rose Theatre Division by Tony Randall sometime after 1981.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Tony Randall papers contain correspondence, awards and clippings about his career from 1957-1981. Most of the material relates to films of the 1950's and 1960's. Titles included are: <span class=\"title\">The Mating Game</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Brass Bottle</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</span>, <span class=\"title\">Lover Come Back</span>and <span class=\"title\"> The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao</span> . There is also correspondence regarding the television series <span class=\"title\">Love, Sidney</span>. There is no information about the television program <span class=\"title\">The Odd Couple</span> for which he won an Emmy Award.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Tony Randall papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21359#c297769'>Series I: Correspondence,.</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1957-1981</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>11 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains letters from fans and business associates regarding primarily work on films in the 1950s and 1960s. Some titles include: <span class=\"title\"> The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao</span>, <span class=\"title\">Lover Come Back</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Mating Game</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Brass Bottle</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</span>. There is also correspondence for the television program <span class=\"title\">Love, Sidney</span>and a play entitled <span class=\"title\">UTBU (Unhealthy to be Unpleasant)</span>by James Kirkwood which was performed at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21359#c297781'>Series II: Awards,.</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1959-1964</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>3 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains three Boxoffice Blue Ribbon Awards for the motion pictures: <span class=\"title\">The Mating Game</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Brass Bottle</span>.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<ul> <li>Series I: Correspondence</li> <li>Series II: Awards</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Photocopying prohibited.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1957-1981", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1957/1981"}
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1957
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1981
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"THE-MSS 1996-025"}
{"date"=>"1996", "source"=>"Tony Randall", "address"=>"See donor file", "method"=>"Gift", "extent"=>".21 o", "value"=>"Gift, Tony Randall, 1996"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Tony Randall papers contain correspondence, awards and clippings about his career from 1957-1981. Most of the material relates to films of the 1950s and 1960s. Titles included are: THE MATING GAME, THE BRASS BOTTLE, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, LOVER COME BACK and THE SEVEN FACES OF DR. LAO. There is also correspondence regarding the television series LOVE, SIDNEY. There is no information about the television program THE ODD COUPLE for which he won an Emmy Award."}
- keydate
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1957
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Mary Ellen Rogan.</p>"}
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1957
- date_end
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1981