As per our current Database, Lorraine Hansberry is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Lorraine Hansberry is 93 years, 11 months and 0 days old. Lorraine Hansberry will celebrate 94rd birthday on a Sunday 19th of May 2024. Below we countdown to Lorraine Hansberry upcoming birthday.
Popular As | Lorraine Hansberry |
Occupation | Playwright |
Age | 93 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
Born | May 19, 1930 (Chicago, IL) |
Birthday | May 19 |
Town/City | Chicago, IL |
Nationality | IL |
Lorraine Hansberry’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Lorraine Hansberry was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.
Remembered for being the first African-American to write a Broadway play. A Raisin in the Sun debuted on Broadway in 1959.
When she was about 18 years-old, she worked on Henry A. Wallace's presidential campaign and a year later spent some time in Mexico studying painting at the University of Guadalajara.
She was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2013.
She was married to Robert Nemiroff was 1953 until 1962.
A 2004 Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun featured P. Diddy as Walter Lee.