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Date of Birth
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29-August-1919
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Place of Birth
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Pittsburgh
(United States of America, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Area code 412, Area code 878)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Ernest H. Markowitz, Feuer and Martin
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Profession
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Theatrical producer, Businessperson, Entrepreneur, Film Producer
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Ernest H. Martin was a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer who wrote the book for a musical, owned a Broadway theater and produced motion pictures, including A Chorus Line.
Martin, singly or with Cy Feuer, was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical five times with Walking Happy; Skyscraper, Little Me; How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Guys and Dolls. Little Me and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying also garnered them nominations for the Tony Award for Best Producer of a Musical. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Guys and Dolls won the Tony Award for Best Musical, while "Business" also won the Best Producer Tony and the Pulitzer Prize. Feuer and Martin owned the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre from 1960 to 1965.
Martin managed the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera from 1976 to 1980. He was married three times. One of his wives was the actress Nancy Guild, to whom he was married from 1951 to 1975.
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