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(1913-1996) Writer. Walter Kerr was born in Evanston, Illinois, and died in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He was married to Jean Kerr and the father of author, John Michael Kerr.

Full Name

Walter Kerr

Locations

Westchester

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Walter and Jean Kerr lived in Larchmont, New York, for many years.

1913

BIRTH

Walter Francis Kerr was born in Evanston, Illinois, on July 8, 1913.

1949

LITWORK

Touch And Go


Play, written with Jean Kerr.

1954

LITWORK

King Of Hearts


Play, written with Jean Kerr.

1955

LITWORK

How Not to Write a Play
Simon and Schuster

Nonfiction.

1958

LITWORK

Goldilocks
Doubleday & Company.

Musical, written with Jean Kerr.

1962

LITWORK

The Decline Of Pleasure
Simon and Schuster

Nonfiction.

1963

LITWORK

Theatre in Spite of Itself
Simon & Schuster
0671715208 / 978-0671715205
Nonfiction.

1969

LITWORK

Thirty Plays Hath November
Simon & Schuster

Nonfiction.

1971

LITWORK

God on the Gymnasium Floor and Other Theatrical Adventures
Simon and Schuster
0671210181 / 978-0671210182
Nonfiction.

1975

LITWORK

The Silent Clowns
Alfred A. Knopf.

Nonfiction.

1979

LITWORK

Journey to the Center of the Theater
Alfred A. Knopf
0394503600 / 978-0394503608
Nonfiction.

1996

DEATH

Walter Kerr died in Dobbs Ferry, New York, on October 9, 1996.

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