Personal History
Jed Harris was born in Vienna, Austria, on February 25, 1900.
By the time he was 28, Harris had produced a record four consecutive Broadway hits, over the course of eighteen months.
Harris was married three times, first to Anita Green (December 11, 1925–1929), then to Louise Platt (1939–1941) — with whom he collaborated on The Traitor and Spring Dance, and finally to Beatrice Allen (April 1, 1957 – December 1957). His romances included one with the American fashion designer Pauline Fairfax Potter, and he had a son, Jones, with renowned actress and playwright Ruth Gordon born in 1929. He also had a daughter, Abigail, with Louise Platt in 1943. He had a relationship with Henry Fonda's first wife Margaret Sullavan around 1932/4.
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