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Having convincingly played everything from a killer barber to a drag queen to a man who loses his family in the Holocaust, George Hearn has come to be considered as one of the stage's most honored and respected actors. Perhaps best-known for his Tony-winning performances in "La Cage aux Folles" and "Sunset Boulevard" , the actor has appeared in dozens of Broadway and regional productions, as well as countless TV shows and films such as "Sneakers" and "The Devil's Own" , since he began his acting career in the early s.

Born in St Louis, Missouri, Hearn studied philosophy at Southwestern University before he embarked on a career in the theater, training for the stage with legendary acting coach Irene Dailey. Most of Hearn's early performances were in traditional productions at the New York Shakespeare Festival and theaters at Lincoln Center. He first garnered a bit of notice as John Dickinson in the acclaimed award-winning musical "" and as Liv Ullmann's leading man in "I Remember Mama" Ironically, Hearn was to grab headlines later that year, when he replaced Len Cariou in the title role of Stephen Sondheim's dark musical "Sweeney Todd" on Broadway, opposite Dorothy Louden as a woman who bakes his character's murder victims into pies.

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Hearn and original star Angela Lansbury later headed the show's touring company, then reprised their roles for a Showtime production of the musical, which brought him an Emmy for his chilling portrayal of the demon barber of Fleet Street. Hearn and Lansbury remained friends and the actress invited him to guest star on several episodes of her CBS sleuth series "Murder, She Wrote" in the early s.

Although Hearn followed up "Sweeney Todd" with Tony-nominated performances in "Watch on the Rhine" and "A Doll's Life" , it wasn't until he played flamboyant drag queen Albin in "La Cage aux Folles" that he got to actually take home one of the coveted prizes. The actor earned his second Tony when he played the creepy butler Max von Mayerling in "Sunset Boulevard.

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