Biography
Louis "Studs" Terkel (May 16, 1912 – October 31, 2008) was an American writer, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1985 for The Good War and is best remembered for his oral histories of common Americans, and for hosting a long-running radio show in Chicago.
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Filmography
all 29
Movies 23
self 19
TV Shows 6
Voice 1
Narrator 1
Self
Algren (2021)
Movie
Self
Chicago Stories (2020)
TV
Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All... (2015)
Movie
Self - Writer
Prohibition (2011)
TV
6
Self
Soul of a People: Writing America's Story (2009)
Movie
Himself
Studs Terkel: Listening to America (2009)
Movie
Self
Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago (2007)
Movie
self
Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street (2006)
Movie
Self
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (2005)
Movie
Self
The Culture Show (2004)
TV
Other Voices (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
Movie
Himself - Author / Radio Host
The Big One (1997)
Movie
Self
Anthem (1997)
Movie
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (1997)
Movie
Self
The Daily Show (1996)
TV
6.75
Self / Various
Baseball (1994)
TV
Poetry Reader
To Write and Keep Kind (1992)
Movie
Self / Narrator
Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union (1992)
Movie
Benjamin Butler / Various
The Civil War (1990)
TV
5.33
Narrator
Ridin' the Dog (1989)
Movie
Hugh Fullerton
Eight Men Out (1988)
Movie
10
Self
Studs Terkel's Chicago (1985)
Movie
Actor
Route 66 (1985)
Movie
Taxi Driver
The Dollmaker (1984)
Movie
Himself
The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War (1984)
Movie
Self - Host
Working (1982)
Movie
Self
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time (1982)
Movie
Self
Chicago Blues (1972)
Movie
Swimming Coach
Beginning to Date (1953)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.78
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1996
2021
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1912-05-16
Deathday2008-10-31 (96 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
Religionatheism
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsLouis Terkel
AwardsHugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award, Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, National Humanities Medal, George Polk Award, Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, Eugene V. Debs Award, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech, Heartland Prize, Paul Robeson Award, Peabody Awards, Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, Thomas Merton Award
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