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Actress, Alfred Drake, was born Alfred Capurro on Oct 7, 1914 in The Bronx, NY. Drake died at the age of 77 on Jul 25, 1992 in New York City, NY .

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Won Broadway's 1954 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "Kismet," as well as a Special Tony Award in 1990 "for excellence in the Theatre." Was also nominated two other times for Best Actor (Musical) Tony Awards: in 1962 for "Kean" and in 1974 for "Gigi."

Created the roles of Curley in "Oklahoma", Fred in "Kiss Me Kate" and the Beggar Poet in "Kismet" in the original Broadway productions.

His salary of $5000 per week for the 1954 Broadway production of "Kismet" made him the highest-paid leading man in Broadway history, until Jackie Gleason demanded (and was given) $5,050 per week in the 1959 production of "Take Me Along".

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