George Abbott

 George Abbott

George Abbott was an actor, producer, director, and screenwriter in the 1900s. Abbott was impressive because he started as a young actor and gradually kept learning throughout his life. A person who had enthusiasm and loved to be self-didactic, he kept learning about plays and movies so much so that he became a director, producer, and a screenwriter in his older age.

Abbott was noticed to be different from other individuals. Abbott did not own a car despite having the means. George Abbott walked everywhere instead of using a car. When invited to parties with alcohol, Abbott abstained and did not go to parties. Abbott also repudiated and avoided false individuals who were fake. Abbott did not want to know anything about fake people and avoided the phony fakes. To all of this, you would think that he was hated by actresses (judging by the parameters used by socialists in these times after the 2010s). Instead Abbott was regarded being dependable and industrious, and actresses actually respected George Abbott. Instead of hating or envying him, the actresses of the 1900s were elated that he was industrious producing, directing, and screenwriting new plays and actually respected him. Tallulah Bankhead respected and admired Abbott. (Afterall Abbott's industriousness produced a large number of plays and movies that allowed other actors to have work and stability.)

This is interesting because in acting it has been noted that individuals need to socialize and be a part of the party scene to be important and not ostracized. Abbott did neither of these things and was still impressive being dependable, sought after, and industrious in his 80 years in the acting profession. George Abbott did not adhere to the party scene dogma and instead decided to be different and distinct. 

George Abbott would be considered among the best actors of his time and all time and also would have the distinction of being unique for working eight decades in the acting industry. Abbott got better with time and even improved. In his 70s, he began to be a scriptwriter and wrote multiple plays. At a specific time, he had three new plays going on different stages. Abbott lived to 107 years of age and was still revising scripts and being industrious in his 107th birthday. He may have been a Christian due to his work ethic, avoiding fake people, being self-didactic, not being materialistic, and for improving with age. George Abbott instructed us similar to our grandparents about the need to be industrious with our time, not be slothful, not be a busybody, and to avoid fake people.