[T1S1] Respondent provides family background: paternal grandfather, Enoch Rauh, father, Richard Solomon Rauh: associated with Bankers Lithograph. Respondent notes no siblings; mother, Helen Wayne Rauh: actress, graduated Carnegie Institute of Technology (now CMU), married, 1935. Respondent discusses Pittsburgh Playhouse: formed by father and other civic leaders; mother acted at Pittsburgh Playhouse: 1934-1972, names several shows mother appeared in; reflects on father's death: 1954 at age 60, depicts father's love of theater. Respondent describes grandmother, Bertha Florsheim Rauh; notable visitors who came to her home; her death in 1952 at age 87 and grandfather's death in 1919, notes grandfather served on city council: 9 years, among first to suggest subway for Pittsburgh. Respondent discusses family religious life; attended Shadyside Academy, graduation, 1958, attended University of Pittsburgh, B.A. and M.A. degrees, Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude. Respondent comments on starting radio station at University of Pittsburgh, attended graduate school, did not complete dissertation on Mark Twain; discusses job as film director at Pittsburgh Playhouse, teaching position at Robert Morris Business College (English composition); lists other job opportunities, notes Pittsburgh Playhouse out of business: 1973, declared bankrupt: 1974. Respondent continues detailing acting career: began in 1966; lists various plays he acted in, mentions membership in several organizations; recalls popularity of Pittsburgh Playhouse in 1940s; father's involvement with theater; dispels misconception that father built Playhouse for Respondent's mother.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.360_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.360
"Rauh, Richard E. - 1994; 1998" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Rauh, Richard E. - 1994; 1998
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
Respondent actor, theater philanthropist; born 1940.
Contributor
Rauh, Richard E. (interviewee), Belov, Leonard;Fleishman;Dinman, Gabrielle;Harrison, Mary (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1994/1998
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.360
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