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ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
A&EMon, Nov 9, 7:00 AMCrossing JordanBuy
FLIXeMon, Nov 9, 9:35 AMCritical CareBuy
HBO2eTue, Nov 10, 12:45 PMThe Curse of the Jade ScorpionBuy
FLIXeTue, Nov 10, 1:15 PMStrange InvadersBuy
DISXDTue, Nov 10, 5:00 PMA Goofy MovieBuy
HBO2eWed, Nov 11, 4:00 PMI Could Never Be Your WomanBuy
TMCeThu, Nov 12, 10:00 PMNew York City SerenadeBuy
ENCFri, Nov 13, 2:05 AMSouthland TalesBuy
WGNAMESun, Nov 15, 2:00 PMChicken LittleBuy
FLIXeSun, Nov 15, 8:05 PMCritical CareBuy
FLIXeMon, Nov 16, 4:45 AMStrange InvadersBuy
USAMon, Nov 16, 11:00 AMLaw & Order: Criminal IntentBuy
ENCTue, Nov 17, 4:35 AMAll Dogs Go to Heaven 2Buy
MOMAXeTue, Nov 17, 7:15 AMMom and Dad Save the WorldBuy
HBO2eTue, Nov 17, 1:15 PMI Could Never Be Your WomanBuy
TBSWed, Nov 18, 3:00 AMVegas VacationBuy
BETWed, Nov 18, 1:00 PMThe Meteor ManBuy
ENCThu, Nov 19, 3:30 AMSouthland TalesBuy
HBO2eFri, Nov 20, 6:00 AMKit Kittredge: An American GirlBuy
HBO2eFri, Nov 20, 7:45 AMThe Curse of the Jade ScorpionBuy
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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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