Glynn Turman
Glynn Turman, born in New York on January 31, 1946, is an American stage, television and film actor, writer, director and producer. His representative works include the movie "The Diving in the Sea" and so on. He won the Sixtieth Emmy Award for Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series with the American drama "Pick Your Heart".
Early Experience
Born in 1947. When he was 13 years old, he was fortunate to be on the Broadway stage and played a role in the classic drama "A Raisin in the Sun". He has a record of juvenile crime. Fortunately, his mother saved him by not giving up. Later, after graduating from the prestigious performing arts high school in New York, he participated in various theater troupes throughout the United States, performing popular repertoires in the late 1960s and was well received. In 1974, "The Wine Sellers" won Los Angeles. Nomination for Comment Award. His performance on the Broadway stage earned him the first Image Award from NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
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Performing Experience
In the late 1960s, he began to switch to TV shows, starring in Lew Miles in the TV series "Peyton Place" and guest appearances in "Room 222". In the 1970s, he took advantage of the black cultural craze at the time (the Vietnam War issue) to enter film performances, such as "Five on the Black Hand Side", "Together Brothers", "Thomasine & Bushrod", "Dragon Tiger Youth Cooley High", " "The River Niger", "A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich", the mini-series "Centennial", "Attica" and so on have allowed him to win two image awards from NAACP.
In 1987, he directed and starred in six seasons of black-themed comedy TV series "A Different World". Since then, he has also acted in the highly acclaimed "Elf Gremlins", "Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad", and "Buffalo Warriors". "Buffalo Soldiers", "How Stella Got Her Groove Back", "Burlesque", "Super 8" and other movies.
In 2004, he joined the "FireWire The Wire" crew and played the mayor Clarence V. Royce from time to time. In 2008, the veteran Alex Prince in "In Treatment" won the Emmy Award for Best Guest Actor. In 2012, he played Jeremiah Kaan in "House of Lies"
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Personal Life
He has been married three times, and his second wife is the famous soul song queen Aretha Franklin! 1967-1973 was the peak of her singing. She is the second female artist to win multiple Grammy Awards in history, with a total of 19, and is also the first female singer to be selected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Grammy also awarded her a lifetime achievement award. In 2008, the most influential American music magazine "Rolling Stone" selected the 100 greatest singers. Aretha ranked first, Elvis was third, and John Lennon was fifth. Their marriage lasted for 6 years and divorced in 84 years. In 1992, he married his third wife, Jo-Ann Allen, and they also established a non-profit organization to help poor children
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