Luther Greene

Luther Greene (1909–1987) was an American theatrical producer and landscaper.^[1] He was also active in landscaping business and designed rooftop gardens countrywide.^[1]

Luther Greene
Born	1909
Died	June 1987 (aged 77–78)
Occupation	Theatrical producer

Personal life

He was born in Virginia and received his education the University of Virginia.^[1]

He married an actress, Judith Anderson in July 1946 and divorced in 1951.^[1][2]

Career

Greene started his career as a producer with a play, Ghosts, starring, Alla Nazimova.^[1]

Between around 1959 and 1987, Luther Greene, who lived and had a workshop and garden at a ground apartment at 444 East 58th Street. The apartment was featured at Architectural Digest in November 1979, where it was described as "... a shell grotto quite worthy of eighteenth-century Bayreuth or nineteenth-century Bavaria" and the article finishes with "... remarkable underground New York apartment. The wonders will no doubt continue."^[3]

In June 1987, he died at the age of 78.^[1]

Filmography

• Farewell to Manzanar (1976)^[4]
• Hardware Wars (1978)^[4]
• Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985)^[4]
• Mark Twain (1985)^[4]