Frankie Hewitt
- Category : 1931-births
- Type : MGE
- Profile : 4/6 - Opportunistic / Role Model
- Definition : Split - Small (10,33,45)
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Eden 2
Biography
American theater producer and founder in 1967 of the Ford's Theatre Society, responsible for restoring and reopening the historic site as a working theater. The theater reopened with a production of John Brown's Body by Stephen Vincent Benet on 12 February 1968. She produced over 150 shows and network television specials at the theater. For her work with the theater she was awarded a 2002 National Humanities Medal.
Hewitt died on 28 February 2003.