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Cliff Gorman (October 13, 1936 - September 5, 2002), a native of New York City, was an American actor on stage and screen.
He played many diverse roles during his career.
He won an Obie award in 1968 for the stage presentation of The Boys in the Band, and went on to reprise his role in the film version.
He won a Tony award in 1972 for playing Lenny Bruce in the play Lenny. Although the film version, directed by Bob Fosse, featured Dustin Hoffman, Gorman was recruited to portray a Lenny-like character in a side-story in Fosse's film All That Jazz.
He died from leukemia in 2002, though his last film, Kill the Poor, wasn't released until 2006. He was survived by his wife, Gayle Gorman.
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