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Vicki Hirsch | |
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| Born | Vicki E. Hirsch |
| Died | (aged 59) New York City, New York, U.S. |
Resting place | St. James Cemetery Newport, Delaware, U.S. |
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| Awards | Obie Award |
Vicki E. Hirsch (died September 11, 2010) was an American theater instructor and actress.
Early life
[edit]Vicki E. Hirsch was born to Ruth L. (née Sidwell) and Fred A. Hirsch.[1][2] Her father was a printer and served in the U.S. Army in World War II.[2] Her mother was a secretary of a high school in Wilmington, Delaware.[3] She graduated from Mount Pleasant High School.[4] She later graduated with a degree in theatre from the University of Delaware.[4] She graduated with a master's degree from Villanova University. She studied at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts in Moscow.[1] She trained with World Master Gennadi Bogdanov in Russian Classical Biomechanics.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]Hirsch was a New York City and regional theater actress. She also worked in film, television, industrials, print, and in commercials.[1] In 1976, Hirsch was cast as Lanie Robertson in The Insanity of Mary Girard, a televised play on WPVI-TV. That same year, she was also cast in Back Country Crimes, a play directed by David Chambers on Stage Three at Temple University.[4] She was a member of the Philadelphia Company and the Stage Union Theater Company. She was a director for The Theater Center.[4] In 1977, she acted in the Philadelphia Company's production of 27 Wagons Full of Cotton.[5]
Hursch taught at the Piero Dusa Acting Conservatory, the Ward Acting Studio, Actors Creative Experience, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.[1] She was a casting director and an artistic associate for the Kings County Shakespeare Company.[1] She was also a private acting coach.[6] She also worked at the Lincoln Center and with Dick Cavett on "One Life to Live".[1] In 1995, she acted in the Kings County Shakespeare Company's production of Twelfth Night.[7] In 1997, she played Eunice in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire at Gretna Theater in Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Hirsch died on September 11, 2010, aged 59, at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City.[1] She was buried in St. James Cemetery in Newport, Delaware.[1]
Awards
[edit]Hirsch won an Obie Award for her work in Josephine the Mouse Singer.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Vicki Hirsch". The News Journal. September 13, 2010. p. B8. Retrieved August 2, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Fred A. Hirsch". The News Journal. September 28, 2005. p. B4. Retrieved August 2, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Ruth Sidwell Hirsch". The News Journal. August 6, 2003. p. B4. Retrieved August 2, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 4 "Area Resident in Television Play". The News Journal. November 12, 1976. p. 39. Retrieved August 2, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Crosland, Philip F. (April 17, 1977). "'Guys and Dolls' Undulled by Age". The Morning News. p. 17. Retrieved August 2, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Mount Pleasant Grad Cast in 'Streetcar'". The News Journal. June 26, 1997. p. BW7. Retrieved August 2, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Outdoor Shakespeare Festival Scheduled for Prospect Park". Canarsie Courier. August 10, 1995. p. 18. Retrieved August 2, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
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