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Gail Cronauer Oral History
Gail Cronauer Oral History

Gail Cronauer Oral History

Object number2019.001.0104
Date08/21/2019
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Gail Cronauer
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 55 Minutes
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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Gail Cronauer. An award-winning stage and screen actress and longtime theater teacher, Cronauer portrayed "Janet Williams," a character based on Ruth Paine, in Oliver Stone's JFK (1991). Ironically, she attended the same college as Paine, Antioch College in Ohio, and was a student activist in the 1960s. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 21, 2019 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-five minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
In addition to Oliver Stone's 1991 film JFK, Gail Cronauer has appeared in some fifty films and television series since 1987, including Walker, Texas Ranger and Dallas. - Stephen Fagin, Curator