Byrne Piven

Born September 24, 1929· Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

† Died February 18, 2002

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Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania to Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants, Bernard Piven moved to Chicago in the mid-1950s, where he helped launch the Playwrights Theatre Club alongside Paul Sills and David Shepard, a venture that seeded the later Second City comedy troupe. After a stint in New York, he refined his craft under Uta Hagen and performed lead roles for the New York Shakespeare Festival, later joi…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources