What is Mark Medoff?
'''Mark Medoff''' (March 18, 1940 – April 23, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] [[playwright]], [[screenwriter]], [[movie director|movie]] and [[theatre director]], [[actor]], and [[professor]]. He was born in [[Mount Carmel, Illinois]]. His play ''[[Children of a Lesser God (play)|Children of a Lesser God]]'' won both the [[Tony Award]] and the [[Olivier Award]] in 1980. He was nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] and a Writers Guild of America Best Adapted Screenplay Award for the movie script of ''[[Children of a Lesser God (movie)|Children of a Lesser God]]''. He also won an [[Obie Award]] for his play ''[[When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?]]''. Medoff died on April 23, 2019, from problems caused by a fall and [[cancer]] in [[hospice care]] in [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]] at age 79.<ref>[https://eu.lcsun-news.com/story/news/2019/04/23/dramatist-and-educator-mark-medoff-of-las-cruces-dies-79/3513019002/ Dramatist and educator Mark Medoff, author of 'Children of a Lesser God,' dies at 79]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Medoff, Mark}} [[Category:Tony Award winners]] [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:American playwrights]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:Educators from Illinois]] [[Category:Screenwriters from Illinois]] [[Category:Actors from Illinois]] [[Category:Movie directors from Illinois]] {{US-bio-stub}}