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José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón (January 8, 1912 – January 26, 1992), best known as José Ferrer, was a Puerto Rican actor, as well as a theater and film director. He was the first Puerto Rican, as well as the first Hispanic actor to win an Academy Award. Jose Ferrer donated his Academy Award to the University of Puerto Rico as a tribute to his roots. The prolific and distinguished thespian also won numerous Tony Awards: In 1947 he won a Tony Award for his theatrical performance of Cyrano de Bergerac, and in 1952 Ferrer won the Distinguished Dramatic Actor Award for The Shrike, plus the Outstanding Director Award for The Shrike, The Fourposter, and Stalag 17. Jose Ferrer's contributions to American theatre were recognized in 1981 when he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Further honors came in 1985 when he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
Ferrer was born in the Santurce, Puerto Rico, the son of Maria Providencia Cintron and Rafael Ferrer, an attorney and writer. He studied in the Swiss boarding school Institut Le Rosey. In 1933, he graduated from Princeton University, where he wrote a senior thesis "French Naturalism and Pardo Bazán"; he was also a member of the Princeton Triangle Club.
José Ferrer na IASD Boqueirão
Palestra de saúde com José Ferrer na IASD Central de Laranjeiras
Palestra de saúde com José Ferrer na IASD Central de Laranjeiras
Palestra de saúde com José Ferrer na IASD Central de Laranjeiras
JOSE FERRER: "LIBRE"
Jose Ferrer Medley De Salmos
Jose Ferrer El Talento Que Te Di
José Ferrer Wins Best Actor: 1951 Oscars
José Ferrer - Tratamentos Naturais - 1/5
What's My Line? - Jose Ferrer; Betty White [panel] (Jun 26, 1955)
Jose Ferrer - Naturalista - em Bela Aurora
Jose Ferrer Medley Salmos II
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