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Larry Kramer

Acting Born Jun 25, 1935 Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA 23 credits

Biography

Laurence David Kramer (June 25, 1935 – May 27, 2020) was an American playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate, and gay rights activist. He began his career rewriting scripts while working for Columbia Pictures, which led him to London, where he worked with United Artists. There he wrote the screenplay for the film Women in Love (1969) and received an Academy Award nomination for his work.

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  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Winner
  • Gay Sex in the 70s (2005) as Himself
  • Burden of Genius (2017) as Self – Writer/Activist/Liver Transplant Patient
  • Every Act of Life (2018) as Self
  • Howard (2018) as Self (archive footage)
  • Positive (1990) as Self
  • After Stonewall (1999) as Self
  • Larry Kramer In Love & Anger (2015) as Himself
  • The Out List (2013) as Himself
  • How to Survive a Plague (2012) as Self
  • Vito (2011) as Self
  • Sex Positive (2009) as Self
  • Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989) as Self (archive footage)
  • Voices from the Front (1992) as Himself
  • The Books of James: Director's Cut (2006) as Self
  • Making the Boys (2011) as Self
  • Joe Papp in Five Acts (2012) as Self
  • Outrage (2009) as Self
  • Look at Life: All in a Day's Work (1969) as Self
  • Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption (2013) as Self
  • Stories from the Plague (2012)
  • 30 Years from Here (2011) as Himself
  • The Man on the Fifth Floor