1952Nominee
Best Performance
Viva Zapata!
Florenz Ames
Actor
Rochester, New York, USA
September 6, 1883
Biography
A relative newcomer to television at a time when most people would be looking toward retirement, Florenz Ames started out as a song and dance man in vaudeville, often performing on smaller stages with his wife Alice "Adelaide" Winthrop; as "Ames and Winthrop" they appeared in a revue called "Alice in Blunderland" with Winthrop in the title role and Ames playing the other roles. He moved onto the Broadway stage and appeared in a number of shows from before World War I until the Korean War, including the original productions of "Of Thee I Sing" and "Oklahoma!" as well as a number of Gilbert & Sullivan operas.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1955Nominee
Best Performance
Man with the Gun
1955Nominee
Best Performance
Texas Lady
Career Highlights
1956Highlight
Best Performance
The King and Four Queens
1958Highlight
Best Performance
Teacher's Pet
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Viva Zapata!
Man with the Gun
The King and Four Queens