| Birth: | May 19, 1930
Chicago
Illinois, USA | | Death: | Jan. 12, 1965 | 
Playwright. She wrote "A Raisin In The Sun" which was made into a movie starring Ruby Dee, Beah Richards and Sidney Portier. The first African American, and the youngest winner of the New York Drama Critic Circle Award (1959).
Search Amazon for Lorraine Hansberry | | | Burial:
Bethel Cemetery
Croton-on-Hudson
Westchester County
New York, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 01, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 443 |
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