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Robert Ashley(1930-2014)

  • Director
  • Actor
  • Composer
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Robert Ashley was born on 28 March 1930 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley (1974), Wear (2015) and Cry Dr. Chicago (1971). He was married to Mimi Johnson and Mary Tsaltas. He died on 3 March 2014 in New York City, New York, USA.
BornMarch 28, 1930
DiedMarch 3, 2014(83)
BornMarch 28, 1930
DiedMarch 3, 2014(83)
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Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley
6.9
TV Mini Series
  • Director
  • 1974
Chris Kerson and Rachel Lynn Jackson in Wear (2015)
Wear
Movie
  • Soundtrack("Automatic Writing, or Fathers and Sons Exposed in Little Light")
  • 2015
Cry Dr. Chicago
6.6
Movie
  • Sound Department
  • 1971
Perfect Lives (1984)
Perfect Lives
7.2
TV Movie
  • 'R' - the Narrator
  • 1984

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Director

  • Atalanta Strategy (1984)
    Atalanta Strategy
    Short
    • Director
    • 1984
  • Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley
    6.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1974

Actor

  • Perfect Lives (1984)
    Perfect Lives
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • 'R' - the Narrator
    • 1984
  • Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley
    6.9
    TV Mini Series
    • 1974

Composer

  • Perfect Lives (1984)
    Perfect Lives
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1984
  • Four American Composers (1983)
    Four American Composers
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1983

Personal details

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  • Born
    • March 28, 1930
    • Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
  • Died
    • March 3, 2014
    • New York City, New York, USA(cirrhosis of the liver)
  • Spouses
      Mimi Johnson1979 - March 3, 2014 (his death)

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    Best known for his operas and other theatrical works which incorporate electronics and extended techniques.

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