James Lipton, animated host of 'Inside the Actors Studio,' dies at 93
by Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times
Mar 02, 2020
4 minutes
Emmy Award winner James Lipton, the influential drama dean who for more than two decades hosted revealing conversations about the acting craft on "Inside the Actors Studio," has died. He was 93.
Lipton died Monday morning at home after a battle with bladder cancer, his wife, Kedakai Mercedes Lipton, told the New York Times.
The loquacious host was both exalted and lampooned for his hyperbole and over-the-top enthusiasm. He welcomed actors, filmmakers and writers on his long-running Bravo series to pull back the curtain on tricks of the trade, presenting professional questions to members of Hollywood's elite.
"It was my child, it was my love!" Lipton told the L.A.
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