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Herta Ware
Born
Herta Schwartz

June 9, 1917
Wilmington, Delaware
DiedAugust 15, 2005 (aged 88)
Topanga, California

Herta Ware (June 9, 1917 – August 15, 2005) was an American actress and political activist.

Early life

Ware was born Herta Schwartz in Wilmington, Delaware, the daughter of Helen Ware, a musician and violin teacher, and Lazlo Schwartz, an actor who was born in Budapest.[1] Her mother's brother was activist Harold Ware and her maternal grandmother was labor organizer and socialist Ella Reeve Bloor. Her father was Jewish and her mother was from a Christian background.[2]

Career

Ware made her Broadway debut in "Let Freedom Ring", co-starring Will Geer, whom she married in 1934. The couple appeared together in other New York plays as well, including "Bury the Dead" (1936), "Prelude" (1936), "200 Were Chosen" (1936) and "Journeyman (1938).

Ware was probably best known for her performance as the ailing wife of embittered Jack Gilford in Cocoon.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ http://www.wargs.com/family/0014.html
  2. ^ http://www.lastagetimes.com/2011/08/theatricum-opens-a-controversy-and-a-new-space-with-rachel-corrie/

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