Robert C. Schnitzer

Robert C. Schnitzer
Born	September 8, 1906(1906-09-08) New York City, New York
Died	January 2, 2008(2008-01-02) (aged 101) Stamford, Connecticut
Occupation	Stage actor

Robert C. Schnitzer (8 September 1906 – 2 January 2008) was an American actor, producer, educator, and theater administrator. Schnitzer, a former Weston, Connecticut resident, was active in the Westport-Weston Arts Council and later the Westport Arts Center. He was also a longtime member of the board of directors of the Players Club.

Born in New York City, he attended Horace Mann School and Columbia College, later served on the faculties of Vassar, Smith, Columbia, and the University of Michigan, where he chaired the theater department. Schnitzer and his late wife, Marcella Cisney, an actress, organized seminars and operated play readings during the 1980s.

While a young actor in New York City, Schnitzer appeared in or helped manage The Brothers Karamazov, Hamlet, An Enemy of the People, Richelieu, Henry V, Richard III, Caponsacchi, Macbeth, and Cyrano de Bergerac. From 1936 to 1939, Schnitzer was Delaware's State Director and Deputy Director of the WPA's Federal Theatre Project.

Schnitzer died on January 2, 2008 at a nursing home in Stamford, aged 101.^[1] At the time of his death, he was the oldest surviving member of the Philolexian Society of Columbia University.

References

1. ^ Robert C. Schnitzer, Arts Center Activist, Dies at 101

External links

• Robert C. Schnitzer at the Internet Broadway Database
• Biography

Persondata
Name	Schnitzer, Robert C.
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	1906-09-08
Place of birth	New York City, New York
Date of death	2008-01-02
Place of death	Stamford, Connecticut