Wilson Mizner
Wilson Mizner
Wilson Miznerwas an American playwright, raconteur, and entrepreneur. His best-known plays are The Deep Purple, produced in 1910, and The Greyhound, produced in 1912. He was manager and co-owner of The Brown Derby restaurant in Los Angeles, California, and was affiliated with his brother, Addison Mizner, in a series of scams and picaresque misadventures that inspired Stephen Sondheim's musical Road Show...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth19 May 1876
CountryUnited States of America
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The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more.
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Over in Hollywood they almost made a great picture, but they caught it in time.