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ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
HBOSGeMon, Jul 6, 6:00 AMMom and Dad Save the WorldBuy
TCMMon, Jul 6, 8:00 PMManhattanBuy
IFCTue, Jul 7, 5:45 AMMelinda and MelindaBuy
IFCTue, Jul 7, 1:15 PMMelinda and MelindaBuy
IFCTue, Jul 7, 6:30 PMMelinda and MelindaBuy
A&EFri, Jul 10, 8:00 AMCrossing JordanBuy
A&EFri, Jul 10, 2:00 PMCrossing JordanBuy
HBO2eSat, Jul 11, 7:45 AMThe Curse of the Jade ScorpionBuy
TBSSat, Jul 11, 10:30 AMCluelessBuy
TBSSun, Jul 12, 2:00 AMCluelessBuy
A&EMon, Jul 13, 8:00 AMCrossing JordanBuy
A&EMon, Jul 13, 2:00 PMCrossing JordanBuy
CWMon, Jul 13, 9:00 PMGossip GirlBuy
DISXDTue, Jul 14, 5:00 PMThe IncrediblesBuy
ABCFAMTue, Jul 14, 9:00 PMThe Princess BrideBuy
HBO2eWed, Jul 15, 7:45 AMThe Curse of the Jade ScorpionBuy
ENCWed, Jul 15, 7:45 AMTeacher's PetBuy
DISXDWed, Jul 15, 10:00 AMThe IncrediblesBuy
TCMThu, Jul 16, 3:00 AMShadows and FogBuy
IFCThu, Jul 16, 9:15 AMMelinda and MelindaBuy
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Wallace Shawn Biography

  • Birth Place: New York, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 11/12/1943, Scorpio
  • Profession: Actor; playwright; screenwriter
Wallace Shawn Fast Facts:
  • Son of William Shawn, the legendary editor of The New Yorker.
  •  As a child, staged musical puppet shows with his brother, Allen, for their parents and friends.
  • Before breaking into acting, taught drama and Latin at the Trevor Day School in New York City.
  • Our Late Night, the first play he wrote that was produced, was initially booed by Off-Broadway audiences but went on to win the Obie award in 1975; later won Obies for 1986's Aunt Dan and Lemon and 1990's The Fever.
  • First appeared on stage in the 1977 production of his translation of Niccolo Machiavelli's The Mandrake.
  • Big-screen debut was in Woody Allen's romantic comedy Manhattan (1979); his best-known film role, in Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride, followed in 1987.
  • Has appeared on numerous and varied TV series, including The Cosby ShowMurphy Brown, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Crossing Jordan, The L Word and Gossip Girl.
    Wallace Shawn Relationships:
  • Allen Shawn - Brother
  • Benjamin W. Chon - Grandfather
  • Cecille Shawn - Mother
  • Deborah Eisenberg - Significant Other
  • William Shawn - Father

  • College:
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (BA in History); attended University of Oxford, Magdalen College, Oxford, England
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