Wallace Shawn
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| Nickname: |
Wallace Shawn / Wally Shawn / |
| Known for: |
The Princess Bride, Toy Story, The Incredibles |
| Birthday: |
12 November 1943, New York, New York, USA |
| Height: |
5' 2" (1.57 m) |
Trivia

Brother is
Allen Shawn, American composer

Sister-in-law is
Jamaica Kincaid, West Indian author

Father was William Shawn, editor of The New Yorker, 1952-1987.

Does not own a television set.

Shawn met
Andre Gregory, his co-star in
My Dinner with Andre, by arranging to attend every performance of Gregory's New York staging of "Alice in Wonderland" in 1970 -- a run which lasted for a year. The two have been friends and occasional collaborators ever since.

In 2005 he received a career achievement award from the PEN/Laura Pels Foundation. The writers organizations gave him this honor for his work in the theater.

He wrote an adaptation of the Threepenny Opera, which opened on Broadway on April 20, 2006 at Studio 54. Its many stars include Alan Cumming, Ana Gasteyer and Cyndi Lauper.
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