Robert LuPone’s net worth was approximately $12 million at the time of his death.
Robert LuPone was an American actor and artistic director. He worked on stage, film and television.
He was born on July 29, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York to Angela Louise (known as Pat), a housewife, and Orlando Joseph LuPone, a school principal.
His passion for the arts began at an early age. In the sixth grade at his North Port, Long Island elementary school, he saw his younger sister Patti dance at a PTA Dance Concert in a colorful hula skirt. This led him to start taking tap lessons after school before enrolling in the Martha Graham Studio, where he studied under Antony Tudor, José Limon and Graham herself, from ages 15 to 18.
Robert LuPone graduated with a BFA in Dance in 1968.
LuPone served as the director of the MFA drama program at the New School for Drama from 2005 to 2011, as well as the president of the board of directors of A.R.T./New York.
He featured in several films including Funny Games (2007), Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), The Doors (1991), All My Children (1970), A Thousand Clowns (2001), True West (2000), A View from the Bridge (1997), and many more.
LuPone was also the founder of the off-Broadway MCC Theatre.
He died on August 27, 2022, at age 76 in New York, USA after battling pancreatic cancer.
Robert LuPone is survived by his wife Virginia, his son Orlando, sister Patti and brother William.