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Richard Aldrich Biography (1902-1986)

Born August 17, 1902, in Boston, MA; died in Williamsburg, VA, March 31, 1986; married Gertrude Lawrence (an actress), 1940 (died, 1952); married Elizabeth Boyd; children: Richard, David, Susan, Mary.

Richard Aldrich was director of the Economic Aid Mission and minister of theembassy for Economic Affairs in Madrid, Spain, from 1955-62; he was also U.S.aid director to Morocco, 1962-65.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

August 17, 1902

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Death Details

March 31, 1986

Williamsburg, Virginia, United States

Famous Works

• Credits
• FIRST STAGE WORK--Producer, Art and Mrs. Bottle, 1930.
• PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; PRODUCER,BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS La Gringa.
• Lean Harvest.
• Springtime for Henry.
• Three Cornered Moon.
• By Your Leave.
• Pure in Heart.
• Petticoat Fever.
• Fresh Fields.
• Aged 26.
• Tide Rising.
• Be So Kindly.
• Lorelei.
• The Importance of Being Earnest.
• My Dear Children.
• The Devil and Daniel Webster.
• Margin for Error.
• Cue for Passion.
• Plan M.
• Pygmalion.
• The Playboy of the Western World.
• It Takes Two.
• Macbeth.
• Volpone.
• The Alchemists.
• Goodbye My Fancy.
• Caesar and Cleopatra.
• The Guardsman.
• Four Twelves Are 48.
• The Moon Is Blue.
• The Gypsies Wore High Hats.
• The Love of Four Colonels.
• A Girl Can Tell.
• Dear Charles.
• Sailor's Delight.
• Little Glass Clock.
• Sponsored U.S. performances of The Old Vic Theatre Company of London, England, Habimah Players from Tel Aviv, Israel, Dublin Gate Theatre Company, Dublin, Ireland.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
• Advisor, Star!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968.
• Writings;BOOKS
• Gertrude Lawrence as Mrs. A: An Intimate Biography of a Great Star, Greystone Press, 1955.