Irish American acting legend Brian Dennehy, 72, will be awarded the Eugene O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award for 2010 by the Irish American Writers and Artists group at a ceremony in Rosie O'Grady's in Times Square on October 18, just two blocks from where O'Neill was born. Dennehy, who has been nominated six times for Emmys, won a Golden Globe in 2000 for his performance in "Death of a Salesman," and earned a Tony Award in 2003 for his performance in Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night." "Getting this award is nice," Dennehy told the press this week. "But double-edged. Nice to be recognized for your work, but they always give you these things when you're too old to do any more damage." Dennehy attended Columbia University, where he discovered his love for the theater, but he soon returned to Brooklyn to drive a meat truck out of the Fort Greene Meat Market. The...
- 10/13/2010
- IrishCentral
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