Editing Cris Alexander (section)

== Early life and education ==
Cris Alexander was born in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], in 1920. He began using the name Christopher, which he thought more distinguished, in his teens. On the advice of a spiritualist, he removed the "h" and went by Cris from then on.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/arts/cris-alexander-actor-and-photographer-dies-at-92.html|title=Cris Alexander, Actor and photographer, Dies at 92|last=Martin|first=Douglas|date=March 24, 2012|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 7, 2018|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Alexander attended the [[University of Oklahoma]] while working as a radio announcer in [[Oklahoma City]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f0fbSlGN8uUC&q=biographical+dictionary+women+american+theater|title=The Gay & Lesbian Theatrical Legacy: A Biographical Dictionary of Major Figures in American Stage History in the Pre-Stonewall Era|last1=Harbin|first1=Billy J.|last2=Marra|first2=Kim|last3=Schanke|first3=Robert A.|date=2005|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=047206858X|pages=24|language=en}}</ref> He moved to New York City in 1938 to study at the [[Feagin School of Dramatic Art]].<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://www.masterworksbroadway.com/artist/cris-alexander|title=Cris Alexander|work=The Official Masterworks Broadway site|access-date=August 14, 2013}}</ref>