Fred Coe

Frederick Hayden Hughs Coe (December 23, 1914 – April 29, 1979) was an American director and producer, of theatre, television, and film. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play a total of six times, winning in 1960 for the original production of The Miracle Worker. To television audiences, he was known for his contributions to dramatic anthology programs during the Golden Age of Television. He won two Emmy Awards, out of six total nominations. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture for the film A Thousand Clowns (1965), which he both produced and directed.

Frederick Hayden Hughs Coe (December 23, 1914 – April 29, 1979) was an American director and producer, of theatre, television, and film. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play a total of six times, winning in 1960 for the original production of The Miracle Worker. To television audiences, he was known for his contributions to dramatic anthology programs during the Golden Age of Television. He won two Emmy Awards, out of six total nominations. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture for the film A Thousand Clowns (1965), which he both produced and directed. ==Early life== Frederick Hayden Hughs Coe was born on December 23, 1914, in Alligator, Mississippi. His father, F. H. H. Coe, was an attorney; his mother, Annette Harrell Coe, was a nurse. Coe grew up in Buckhorn, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee. He attended Peabody Demonstration School in Nashville and Peabody College, before studying at the Yale Drama School. While he lived in Nashville he was active with the Nashville Community Playhouse and founded the Hillsboro Players. Coe went to Columbia, South Carolina, in 1940 after his graduate work at Yale. There he was director and manager of the Town Theater, which he developed into a venue for new plays. Coe served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. ==Personal life== Coe was married to, and divorced from, Alice Griggs, and they had two children. At the time of his death he was legally separated from his second wife, Joyce Beeler, with whom he had two children. ==Filmography== The Left Handed Gun (1958) (producer) The Miracle Worker (1962) (producer) A Thousand Clowns (1965) (director, producer) Me, Natalie (1969) (director) ==External links== Finding Aid for the Fred Coe Papers at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research Museum TV profile

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