Joseph Kramm

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{{Short description|American playwright, actor, director (1907–1992)}}

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Joseph A. Kramm (September 30, 1907 – May 8, 1991) was an American playwright, actor, and director. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1951 for his play The Shrike, later adapted into a motion picture of the same title in 1955. His wife, stage actress Isabel Bonner, died of a brain hemorrhage while performing his play in 1955.{{Cite news|title=Actress Drops Dead on Cathay Circle Stage: Collapses in Hospital Bed Scene Incomplete Source|date=July 2, 1955|work=Los Angeles Times|page=1}}{{Cite news|title=With Laughter on Her Lips: Dane Clark Tells How Actress Died in His Arms at Carthay Circle|date=July 3, 1955|work=Los Angeles Times|page=1}}