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Dennis Letts (September 5, 1934 – February 22, 2008) was an American college professor, and later, in a second career, an actor. As the latter, he originated the critically successful role of Beverly Weston in the Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of the Tony-winning play August: Osage County in the summer of 2007, the writing ...
Feb 25, 2008 · Feb. 25, 2008. TULSA, Okla. (AP) Dennis Letts, a retired professor and an actor who made his Broadway debut this season in his son’s acclaimed play “August: Osage County,” died here on Friday. He...
Dennis Letts (1934-2008) was an American actor who appeared in movies such as Cast Away, Secondhand Lions and Passenger 57. He was also the father of playwright Tracy Letts and died of lung cancer while starring in his son's play "August: Osage County".
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Feb 25, 2008 · Dennis Letts was a retired professor and actor who made his Broadway debut this season in his son Tracy's acclaimed production of August: Osage County.
Feb 25, 2008 · Dennis Letts, a college professor and a Broadway actor who played the lead role in his son's play "August: Osage County", passed away in 2008. He was diagnosed with lung cancer after the Chicago run of the show, but decided to continue with the New York production.
Nov 6, 2007 · A shared streak of free-spiritedness led Dennis to abandon academia at 50 to become an actor he's been in some 40 films and Tracy to write a pair of compelling, disturbing hit plays Killer Joe...
Feb 24, 2008 · Dennis Letts, who made his Broadway debut earlier this season as the patriarch of son Tracy Letts' acclaimed August: Osage County, died on February 22 of cancer in his home city of Tulsa,...
