Biography
Louis "Studs" Terkel (May 16, 1912 – October 31, 2008) was an American writer, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1985 for The Good War and is best remembered for his oral histories of common Americans, and for hosting a long-running radio show in Chicago.
Filmography
all 31
Movies 25
self 20
TV Shows 6
Narrator 2
Voice 1
Self - Writer
Prohibition (2011)
TV
6
Interview
Sacco and Vanzetti (2006)
Movie
Other Voices (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
Movie
Himself - Author / Radio Host
The Big One (1997)
Movie
Poetry Reader
To Write and Keep Kind (1992)
Movie
Benjamin Butler / Various
The Civil War (1990)
TV
5.33
Narrator
Ridin' the Dog (1989)
Movie
Hugh Fullerton
Eight Men Out (1988)
Movie
10
Actor
Route 66 (1985)
Movie
Taxi Driver
The Dollmaker (1984)
Movie
Self - Host
Working (1982)
Movie
Swimming Coach
Beginning to Date (1953)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1912-05-16
Deathday2008-10-31 (96 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York, New York, U.S
Religionatheism
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsLouis Terkel
AwardsHugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award, Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, National Humanities Medal, George Polk Award, Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, Eugene V. Debs Award, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech, Heartland Prize, Paul Robeson Award, Peabody Awards, Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, Thomas Merton Award
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