Michael Shawn
Acting
Biography
Michael Shawn was born on 3 July 1944 in Springfield, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Goodbye Girl (1977), Aijou monogatari (1984) and Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980). He died on 28 April 1990 in New York, New York, USA.
Known For

After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.
The Goodbye Girl

Miho Nakamichi, an orphan adopted by Haruko, dreams to star in a musical. One day, Haruko promised Miho that she could go on a journey to find her real father, "Daddy-Long-Legs", who sends a bouquet of flowers every birthday, once she can wear a special pair of pointe shoes. The day finally arrives and Miho's small adventure begins.
Curtain Call

Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old.
Jane Austen in Manhattan

The First Nine Months are the Hardest a musical comedy produced by the legendary team of Bill Persky and Sam Denoff with music written by Ray Charles and staring the iconic Sonny and Cher with Dick Van Dyke.
The First Nine Months Are the Hardest

The second television adaptation of Once Upon a Mattress was broadcast on December 12, 1972, on CBS. This production, videotaped in color, included original Broadway cast members Burnett, Gilford and White, and also featured Bernadette Peters as Lady Larken, Ken Berry as Prince Dauntless, Ron Husmann as Harry, and Wally Cox as The Jester. It was directed by Ron Field and Dave Powers. Again, several songs were eliminated and characters were combined or altered. Since the parts of the Minstrel and the Wizard were cut from this adaptation, a new prologue was written with Burnett singing "Many Moons Ago" as a bedtime story.
Once Upon a Mattress

Disgraced ex-homicide detective Carrie Blass is enlisted to hunt down an elusive vampire who's murdered 16 women in two months, but matters become complicated when she uses herself as bait for the killer.