What is Martin Ritt?
{{Infobox person | name = Martin Ritt | image =Martin Ritt (cropped).jpg | caption = at Schiphol, 1965 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|3|2}} | birth_place = [[New York City, New York]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|12|8|1914|3|2}} | death_place = [[Santa Monica, California]] }} '''Martin Ritt''' (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an [[Americans|American]] [[movie director]] and [[actor]]. He worked in both movies and theater. He directed many movies including ''[[The Long, Hot Summer]]'' (1958), ''[[Norma Rae]]'' (1979) and ''[[Stanley & Iris]]'' (1990). Ritt was born in [[New York City]]. He died from [[heart disease]] in [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Martin Ritt Dead at Age 76|publisher=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/11/obituaries/martin-ritt-director-dead-at-76-maker-of-socially-conscious-films.html|access-date=Aug 23, 2015}}</ref> ==References== <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT:Ritt, Martin}} [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American movie directors]] [[Category:Actors from New York City]] [[Category:1914 births]] [[Category:1990 deaths]] {{us-actor-stub}}