Monty Woolley

Birth Name:

Edgar Montillon Woolley

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

Won second place at the 1943 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Won the 1942 National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
Earned degrees from Yale University and Harvard University
Was best recognized for his performance in the stage play "The Man Who Came to Dinner․"
Once worked as an assistant professor of English at Yale University
Was a college classmate of composer and songwriter Cole Porter
Was once a teacher of writers Thornton Wilder and Stephen Vincent Benet

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