Simple Gifts Cast and Crew

Simple Gifts

Plot: A collection of animated Christmas shorts: An original Maurice Sendak piece about a boy with nothing to give for Christmas -- An excerpt from the early part of Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" set in a time of extreme cold in Tudor England -- A short based on the Toonerville Trolley -- A bittersweet excerpt from Moss Hart's autobiography "Act One" narrated by Jose Ferrer -- A reading from the Christmas day entry from the diary of 11-year-old Teddy Roosevelt -- A reading of a letter by Captain Edward James Hulse describing the surprising Christmas Truce of 1914 -- An animated version by R. O

Release Date: Saturday, December 3 1977
47 years ago

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Cast

Colleen Dewhurst. Colleen Dewhurst was 53 in Simple Gifts as 'Self - Host'.

Birthday: Tue, Jun 03 1924 –
Died: Thu, Aug 22 1991

Hermione Gingold. Hermione Gingold was 79 in Simple Gifts as 'Narrator (segment "The Great Frost") (voice)'.

Birthday: Thu, Dec 09 1897 –
Died: Sun, May 24 1987

José Ferrer. José Ferrer was 65 in Simple Gifts as 'Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)'.

Birthday: Mon, Jan 08 1912 –
Died: Sun, Jan 26 1992

Dean Wareham. Dean Wareham was >> in Simple Gifts as 'Narrator (segment "My Christmas") (voice)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

David Jones. David Jones was >> in Simple Gifts as 'Narrator (segment "December 25, 1914") (voice)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Paul Dooley. Paul Dooley was 49 in Simple Gifts as '(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)'.

Birthday: Wed, Feb 22 1928

Claudette Sutherland. Claudette Sutherland was 38 in Simple Gifts as '(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)'.

Birthday: Thu, Jul 13 1939

Crew

R.O. Blechman. R.O. Blechman was >> in Simple Gifts as 'Director, Writer, Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Phillip Schopper. Phillip Schopper was >> in Simple Gifts as 'Director'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Steven Parton. Steven Parton was >> in Simple Gifts as 'Assistant Director'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Michael Sporn. Michael Sporn was 31 in Simple Gifts as 'Assistant Director'

Birthday: Tue, Apr 23 1946 –
Died: Sun, Jan 19 2014

Maurice Sendak. Maurice Sendak was 49 in Simple Gifts as 'Writer'

Birthday: Sun, Jun 10 1928 –
Died: Tue, May 08 2012

Joe Canestro. Joe Canestro was >> in Simple Gifts as 'Editor'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Arnold Black. Arnold Black was >> in Simple Gifts as 'Music'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt would have been no older than 60 in Simple Gifts as 'Original Concept'

Birthday: Wed, Oct 27 1858 –
Died: Mon, Jan 06 1919

Virginia Woolf. Virginia Woolf would have been no older than 59 in Simple Gifts as 'Novel'

Birthday: Wed, Jan 25 1882 –
Died: Fri, Mar 28 1941

Moss Hart. Moss Hart would have been no older than 57 in Simple Gifts as 'Novel'

Birthday: Mon, Oct 24 1904 –
Died: Wed, Dec 20 1961

Fontaine Fox. Fontaine Fox would have been no older than 80 in Simple Gifts as 'Original Story'

Birthday: Wed, Jun 04 1884 –
Died: Sun, Aug 09 1964

Edward Hulse. Edward Hulse was >> in Simple Gifts as 'Original Concept'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday