rowid,first_name,last_name,gender,career_sec,personal_sec,info,seed_first_name,seed_last_name,occupation 1,Alfre,Franchi,f,"At the age of 14, Adjani starred in her first motion picture, Le Petit Bougnat (1970). She first gained fame as a classical actress at the Comédie-Française, which she joined in 1972. She was praised for her interpretation of Agnès, the main female role in Molière's L'École des femmes. She soon left the theatre to pursue a film career. After minor roles in several films, she enjoyed modest success in the 1974 film La Gifle (The Slap), which François Truffaut saw. He immediately cast her in her first major role in his The Story of Adèle H. (1975) which he had finished writing five years prior. Critics praised her performance, with the American critic Pauline Kael describing her acting talents as ""prodigious"". Only 19 when she made the film, Adjani was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar, making her the youngest best actress nominee at the time (a record she held for over 30 years). She quickly received offers for roles in Hollywood films, such as Walter Hill's 1978 crime thriller The Driver. She had previously turned down the chance to star in films like The Other Side of Midnight. She had described Hollywood as a ""city of fiction"" and said, ""I'm not an American. I didn't grow up with that will to win an award."" Truffaut on the other hand said, ""France is too small for her. I think Isabelle is made for American cinema."" She agreed to make The Driver because she was an admirer of Hill's first film Hard Times. Adjani said: The film was seen more than 1.1 million times in Adjani's native France but did not do as well in the US. She played Lucy in the German director Werner Herzog's 1979 remake of Nosferatu which was well-received critically and performed well at box offices in Europe. Roger Ebert loved the film, calling Herzog's casting of Adjani one of his ""masterstrokes"" in the film. He wrote that she ""is used here not only for her facial perfection but for her curious quality of seeming to exist on an ethereal plane."" The cast and the crew filmed both English- and German-language versions simultaneously upon request of 20th Century Fox, the American distributor, as Kinski and Ganz could act more confidently in their native language. In 1981, she received a double Cannes Film Festival's Best Actress award for her roles in the Merchant Ivory film Quartet, based on the novel by Jean Rhys, and in the horror film Possession (1981). The following year, she received her first César Award for Possession, in which she had portrayed a woman having a nervous breakdown. In 1983, she won her second César for her depiction of a vengeful woman in the French blockbuster One Deadly Summer. That same year, Adjani released the French pop album Pull marine, written and produced by Serge Gainsbourg. She starred in a music video for the hit title song, ""Pull Marine"", which was directed by Luc Besson. In 1988, she co-produced and starred in a biopic of the sculptor Camille Claudel. She received her third César and second Oscar nomination for her role in the film, becoming the first French actress to receive two Oscar nominations. The film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. She received her fourth César for the 1994 film Queen Margot, an ensemble epic directed by Patrice Chéreau. She received her fifth César for Skirt Day (2009), the most that any actress has received. The film features her as a middle school teacher in a troubled French suburb who takes her class hostage when she accidentally fires off a gun she found on one of her students. It was premiered on the French Arte channel on 20 March 2009, attaining a record 2.2 million viewers) and then in movie theaters on 25 March 2009.","In 1979, Adjani had a son, Barnabé Saïd-Nuytten, with the cinematographer Bruno Nuytten, whom she later hired to direct her project Camille Claudel, a biopic of the sculptor who was best known as the lover of Rodin. From 1989 to 1995, she had a relationship with Daniel Day-Lewis, who left before the birth of their son, Gabriel-Kane Day-Lewis, in 1995. Adjani was later engaged to the composer Jean-Michel Jarre; they broke up in 2004.","At the age of 14, Franchi starred in her first motion picture, Le Petit Bougnat (1970). She first gained fame as a classical actress at the Comédie-Française, which she joined in 1972. She was praised for her interpretation of Agnès, the main female role in Molière's L'École des femmes. She soon left the theatre to pursue a film career. After minor roles in several films, she enjoyed modest success in the 1974 film La Gifle (The Slap), which François Truffaut saw. He immediately cast her in her first major role in his The Story of Adèle H. (1975) which he had finished writing five years prior. Critics praised her performance, with the American critic Pauline Kael describing her acting talents as ""prodigious"". Only 19 when she made the film, Franchi was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar, making her the youngest best actress nominee at the time (a record she held for over 30 years). She quickly received offers for roles in Hollywood films, such as Walter Hill's 1978 crime thriller The Driver. She had previously turned down the chance to star in films like The Other Side of Midnight. She had described Hollywood as a ""city of fiction"" and said, ""I'm not an American. I didn't grow up with that will to win an award."" Truffaut on the other hand said, ""France is too small for her. I think Alfre is made for American cinema."" She agreed to make The Driver because she was an admirer of Hill's first film Hard Times. Franchi said: The film was seen more than 1.1 million times in Franchi's native France but did not do as well in the US. She played Lucy in the German director Werner Herzog's 1979 remake of Nosferatu which was well-received critically and performed well at box offices in Europe. Roger Ebert loved the film, calling Herzog's casting of Franchi one of his ""masterstrokes"" in the film. He wrote that she ""is used here not only for her facial perfection but for her curious quality of seeming to exist on an ethereal plane."" The cast and the crew filmed both English- and German-language versions simultaneously upon request of 20th Century Fox, the American distributor, as Kinski and Ganz could act more confidently in their native language. In 1981, she received a double Cannes Film Festival's Best Actress award for her roles in the Merchant Ivory film Quartet, based on the novel by Jean Rhys, and in the horror film Possession (1981). The following year, she received her first César Award for Possession, in which she had portrayed a woman having a nervous breakdown. In 1983, she won her second César for her depiction of a vengeful woman in the French blockbuster One Deadly Summer. That same year, Franchi released the French pop album Pull marine, written and produced by Serge Gainsbourg. She starred in a music video for the hit title song, ""Pull Marine"", which was directed by Luc Besson. In 1988, she co-produced and starred in a biopic of the sculptor Camille Claudel. She received her third César and second Oscar nomination for her role in the film, becoming the first French actress to receive two Oscar nominations. The film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. She received her fourth César for the 1994 film Queen Margot, an ensemble epic directed by Patrice Chéreau. She received her fifth César for Skirt Day (2009), the most that any actress has received. The film features her as a middle school teacher in a troubled French suburb who takes her class hostage when she accidentally fires off a gun she found on one of her students. It was premiered on the French Arte channel on 20 March 2009, attaining a record 2.2 million viewers) and then in movie theaters on 25 March 2009.In 1979, Franchi had a son, Barnabé Saïd-Nuytten, with the cinematographer Bruno Nuytten, whom she later hired to direct her project Camille Claudel, a biopic of the sculptor who was best known as the lover of Rodin. From 1989 to 1995, she had a relationship with Daniel Day-Lewis, who left before the birth of their son, Gabriel-Kane Day-Lewis, in 1995. Franchi was later engaged to the composer Jean-Michel Jarre; they broke up in 2004.",Isabelle,Adjani,acting 2,Kiril,Renner,m,"At the age of 14, Adjani starred in her first motion picture, Le Petit Bougnat (1970). She first gained fame as a classical actress at the Comédie-Française, which she joined in 1972. She was praised for her interpretation of Agnès, the main female role in Molière's L'École des femmes. She soon left the theatre to pursue a film career. After minor roles in several films, she enjoyed modest success in the 1974 film La Gifle (The Slap), which François Truffaut saw. He immediately cast her in her first major role in his The Story of Adèle H. (1975) which he had finished writing five years prior. Critics praised her performance, with the American critic Pauline Kael describing her acting talents as ""prodigious"". Only 19 when she made the film, Adjani was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar, making her the youngest best actress nominee at the time (a record she held for over 30 years). She quickly received offers for roles in Hollywood films, such as Walter Hill's 1978 crime thriller The Driver. She had previously turned down the chance to star in films like The Other Side of Midnight. She had described Hollywood as a ""city of fiction"" and said, ""I'm not an American. I didn't grow up with that will to win an award."" Truffaut on the other hand said, ""France is too small for her. I think Isabelle is made for American cinema."" She agreed to make The Driver because she was an admirer of Hill's first film Hard Times. Adjani said: The film was seen more than 1.1 million times in Adjani's native France but did not do as well in the US. She played Lucy in the German director Werner Herzog's 1979 remake of Nosferatu which was well-received critically and performed well at box offices in Europe. Roger Ebert loved the film, calling Herzog's casting of Adjani one of his ""masterstrokes"" in the film. He wrote that she ""is used here not only for her facial perfection but for her curious quality of seeming to exist on an ethereal plane."" The cast and the crew filmed both English- and German-language versions simultaneously upon request of 20th Century Fox, the American distributor, as Kinski and Ganz could act more confidently in their native language. In 1981, she received a double Cannes Film Festival's Best Actress award for her roles in the Merchant Ivory film Quartet, based on the novel by Jean Rhys, and in the horror film Possession (1981). The following year, she received her first César Award for Possession, in which she had portrayed a woman having a nervous breakdown. In 1983, she won her second César for her depiction of a vengeful woman in the French blockbuster One Deadly Summer. That same year, Adjani released the French pop album Pull marine, written and produced by Serge Gainsbourg. She starred in a music video for the hit title song, ""Pull Marine"", which was directed by Luc Besson. In 1988, she co-produced and starred in a biopic of the sculptor Camille Claudel. She received her third César and second Oscar nomination for her role in the film, becoming the first French actress to receive two Oscar nominations. The film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. She received her fourth César for the 1994 film Queen Margot, an ensemble epic directed by Patrice Chéreau. She received her fifth César for Skirt Day (2009), the most that any actress has received. The film features her as a middle school teacher in a troubled French suburb who takes her class hostage when she accidentally fires off a gun she found on one of her students. It was premiered on the French Arte channel on 20 March 2009, attaining a record 2.2 million viewers) and then in movie theaters on 25 March 2009.","In 1979, Adjani had a son, Barnabé Saïd-Nuytten, with the cinematographer Bruno Nuytten, whom she later hired to direct her project Camille Claudel, a biopic of the sculptor who was best known as the lover of Rodin. From 1989 to 1995, she had a relationship with Daniel Day-Lewis, who left before the birth of their son, Gabriel-Kane Day-Lewis, in 1995. Adjani was later engaged to the composer Jean-Michel Jarre; they broke up in 2004.","at the age of 14, renner starred in his first motion picture, le petit bougnat (1970). he first gained fame as a classical actress at the comédie-française, which he joined in 1972. he was praised for his interpretation of agnès, the main female role in molière's l'école des femmes. he soon left the theatre to pursue a film career. after minor roles in several films, he enjoyed modest success in the 1974 film la gifle (the slap), which françois truffaut saw. he immediately cast his in his first major role in his the story of adèle h. (1975) which he had finished writing five years prior. critics praised his performance, with the american critic pauline kael describing his acting talents as ""prodigious"". only 19 when he made the film, renner was nominated for the best actress oscar, making his the youngest best actress nominee at the time (a record he held for over 30 years). he quickly received offers for roles in hollywood films, such as walter hill's 1978 crime thriller the driver. he had previously turned down the chance to star in films like the other side of midnight. he had described hollywood as a ""city of fiction"" and said, ""i'm not an american. i didn't grow up with that will to win an award."" truffaut on the other hand said, ""france is too small for her. i think kiril is made for american cinema."" he agreed to make the driver because he was an admirer of hill's first film hard times. renner said: the film was seen more than 1.1 million times in renner's native france but did not do as well in the us. he played lucy in the german director werner herzog's 1979 remake of nosferatu which was well-received critically and performed well at box offices in europe. roger ebert loved the film, calling herzog's casting of renner one of his ""masterstrokes"" in the film. he wrote that he ""is used here not only for his facial perfection but for his curious quality of seeming to exist on an ethereal plane."" the cast and the crew filmed both english- and german-language versions simultaneously upon request of 20th century fox, the american distributor, as kinski and ganz could act more confidently in their native language. in 1981, he received a double cannes film festival's best actress award for his roles in the merchant ivory film quartet, based on the novel by jean rhys, and in the horror film possession (1981). the following year, he received his first césar award for possession, in which he had portrayed a woman having a nervous breakdown. in 1983, he won his second césar for his depiction of a vengeful woman in the french blockbuster one deadly summer. that same year, renner released the french pop album pull marine, written and produced by serge gainsbourg. he starred in a music video for the hit title song, ""pull marine"", which was directed by luc besson. in 1988, he co-produced and starred in a biopic of the sculptor camille claudel. he received his third césar and second oscar nomination for his role in the film, becoming the first french actress to receive two oscar nominations. the film was also nominated for the academy award for best foreign language film. he received his fourth césar for the 1994 film queen margot, an ensemble epic directed by patrice chéreau. he received his fifth césar for skirt day (2009), the most that any actress has received. the film features his as a middle school teacher in a troubled french suburb who takes his class hostage when he accidentally fires off a gun he found on one of his students. it was premiered on the french arte channel on 20 march 2009, attaining a record 2.2 million viewers) and then in movie theaters on 25 march 2009.in 1979, renner had a son, barnabé saïd-nuytten, with the cinematographer bruno nuytten, whom he later hired to direct his project camille claudel, a biopic of the sculptor who was best known as the lover of rodin. from 1989 to 1995, he had a relationship with daniel day-lewis, who left before the birth of their son, gabriel-kane day-lewis, in 1995. renner was later engaged to the composer jean-michel jarre; they broke up in 2004.",Isabelle,Adjani,acting 3,Noreen,Topol,f,"Aimée (then still Françoise Dreyfus) made her film debut in 1946, at the age of fourteen, in the role of ""Anouk"" in La Maison sous la mer, and she kept the name afterwards. Jacques Prévert, while writing Les amants de Vérone (The Lovers of Verona, 1949) specifically for her, suggested she take the symbolic last name Aimée, ""that would forever associate her with the affective power of her screen roles."" In French, it means ""beloved."" Among her notable films were Alexandre Astruc's Le Rideau Cramoisi (The Crimson Curtain, 1952), Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960), Fellini's 8½ (1963), Jacques Demy's Lola (1961), André Delvaux's Un Soir, un Train (One Evening, One Train, 1968), George Cukor's Justine (1969), Bernardo Bertolucci's Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981), Robert Altman's Prêt à Porter (Ready to Wear, 1994) and, Claude Lelouch's Un Homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman, 1966) — described as a ""film that virtually reignited the lush on-screen romance in an era of skeptical modernism."" Words like ""regal,"" ""intelligent"" and ""enigmatic"" are frequently associated with her, notes one author, giving Aimée ""an aura of disturbing and mysterious beauty"" that has earned her the status of ""one of the hundred sexiest stars in film history,"" according to a 1995 poll conducted by Empire Magazine. Because of her ""striking features"" and her beauty, she has been compared to Jacqueline Kennedy. Film historian Ginette Vincendeau notes that Aimée's films ""established her as an ethereal, sensitive and fragile beauty with a tendency to tragic destinies or restrained suffering."" Her abilities as an actress and the photogenic qualities of her face, its ""fine lines, expression of elation and a suggestive gaze,"" helped her achieve success in her early films. In 1947 Émile Savitry made a widely-published early portrait of her at 15, holding a kitten on the set of Carné's La Fleur de l'âge. Among others of her films of this period were Pot-Bouille (1957), Les Amants de Montparnasse (Montparnasse 19) (The Lovers of Montparnasse, (1958) and La tête contre les murs (Head Against the Wall, 1958). Besides the French cinema, Aimée's career include a number of films made in Spain, Great Britain, Italy and Germany. She achieved worldwide attention in Fellini's La Dolce Vita (the Good Life, 1960) and Lola (1961). She appeared again in Fellini's 8​1⁄2, and would remain in Italy during the first half of the 1960s, making films for a number of Italian directors. Because of her role in La Dolce Vita, biographer Dave Thompson describes Aimée as a ""rising star who exploded"" onto the film world. He adds that singer-songwriter Patti Smith, who in her teens saw the film, began to idolise her, and ""dreamed of being an actress like Aimée."" Aimée's greatest success came in 1966 with the film Un homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman,) directed by little known Claude Lelouch. Primarily due to the excellent acting by its stars, Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant, the film became an international success, winning both the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966 and an Oscar. Tabery states that with her ""subtle portrayal of the heroine—self-protective, then succumbing to a new love—Aimée seemed to create a new kind of femme fatale. . ."" Film historian Jurgen Muller adds, ""whether one like the film or not, it's still hard for anyone to resist the melancholy aura of Anouk Aimée."" In many of her subsequent films, she would continue to play that type of role, ""a woman of sensitivity whose emotions are often kept secret."" In 1969 she starred in the American film production of Justine, costarring Dirk Bogarde and directed by George Cukor and Joseph Strick. The film contained some nudity, with one writer observing, ""Anouk is always impeccable, oozing the sexy, detached air of the elite . . . when she drops these trappings, along with her couture clothing, Anouk's naked perfection will annihilate you."" Photojournalist Eve Arnold, assigned to photograph and write a story about Aimée and her role, spoke to Dirk Bogarde, who had known her since she was fifteen. He said that ""She is never so happy as when she is miserable between love affairs,"" referencing her recent love affair with Omar Sharif. Arnold photographed Aimée, who talked about her role as the character Justine. Justine was also Jewish. Arnold recalls one of their talks: Another American film, La Brava, starring Dustin Hoffman, was set to be made in 1984 but was never completed. Hoffman at first decided it would play better if he were in love with a younger girl rather than the original story's older woman. ""Where are you going to get a good-looking older woman?"" he asked. He rejected Faye Dunaway, feeling she was ""too obvious."" A month later, after a chance meeting with Aimée in Paris, he changed his mind, telling his producer, ""I can fall in love with the older woman. I met Anouk Aimée over the weekend. She looks great."" He begged his producer to at least talk to her: ""Come on, get on the phone, say hello to her. . . Just listen to her voice, it's great."" Robert Altman, at another time, wanted to use Aimée in a film to be called Lake Lugano, about a woman who was a Holocaust survivor returning long after the war. She ""loved the script,"" according to Altman. However, she backed out after discussing the part with him more thoroughly: In 2002, she received an honorary César Award, France's national film award, and in 2003 received an Honorary Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the 1960s, Life Magazine called her ""the Left Bank's most beautiful resident ... after each picture her enigmatic beauty lingered"" in the memories of her audience. In late 2013, the Cinemania film festival in Montreal, Canada, paid tribute to Aimée's career. In February 2019, she reunited with director Claude Lelouch and co-star Jean-Louis Trintignant to start filming a follow up to 1966 Un homme et une femme and its sequel, Un homme et une femme, 20 ans deja from 1986.","Aimée has been married and divorced four times: Edouard Zimmermann (1949–1950), director Nico Papatakis (1951–1954), actor and musical producer Pierre Barouh (1966–1969) and actor Albert Finney (1970–1978). She has one child, Manuela Papatakis (born 1951), from her second marriage.","Topol (then still Françoise Dreyfus) made her film debut in 1946, at the age of fourteen, in the role of ""Noreen"" in La Maison sous la mer, and she kept the name afterwards. Jacques Prévert, while writing Les amants de Vérone (The Lovers of Verona, 1949) specifically for her, suggested she take the symbolic last name Topol, ""that would forever associate her with the affective power of her screen roles."" In French, it means ""beloved."" Among her notable films were Alexandre Astruc's Le Rideau Cramoisi (The Crimson Curtain, 1952), Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960), Fellini's 8½ (1963), Jacques Demy's Lola (1961), André Delvaux's Un Soir, un Train (One Evening, One Train, 1968), George Cukor's Justine (1969), Bernardo Bertolucci's Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981), Robert Altman's Prêt à Porter (Ready to Wear, 1994) and, Claude Lelouch's Un Homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman, 1966) — described as a ""film that virtually reignited the lush on-screen romance in an era of skeptical modernism."" Words like ""regal,"" ""intelligent"" and ""enigmatic"" are frequently associated with her, notes one author, giving Topol ""an aura of disturbing and mysterious beauty"" that has earned her the status of ""one of the hundred sexiest stars in film history,"" according to a 1995 poll conducted by Empire Magazine. Because of her ""striking features"" and her beauty, she has been compared to Jacqueline Kennedy. Film historian Ginette Vincendeau notes that Topol's films ""established her as an ethereal, sensitive and fragile beauty with a tendency to tragic destinies or restrained suffering."" Her abilities as an actress and the photogenic qualities of her face, its ""fine lines, expression of elation and a suggestive gaze,"" helped her achieve success in her early films. In 1947 Émile Savitry made a widely-published early portrait of her at 15, holding a kitten on the set of Carné's La Fleur de l'âge. Among others of her films of this period were Pot-Bouille (1957), Les Amants de Montparnasse (Montparnasse 19) (The Lovers of Montparnasse, (1958) and La tête contre les murs (Head Against the Wall, 1958). Besides the French cinema, Topol's career include a number of films made in Spain, Great Britain, Italy and Germany. She achieved worldwide attention in Fellini's La Dolce Vita (the Good Life, 1960) and Lola (1961). She appeared again in Fellini's 8​1⁄2, and would remain in Italy during the first half of the 1960s, making films for a number of Italian directors. Because of her role in La Dolce Vita, biographer Dave Thompson describes Topol as a ""rising star who exploded"" onto the film world. He adds that singer-songwriter Patti Smith, who in her teens saw the film, began to idolise her, and ""dreamed of being an actress like Topol."" Topol's greatest success came in 1966 with the film Un homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman,) directed by little known Claude Lelouch. Primarily due to the excellent acting by its stars, Topol and Jean-Louis Trintignant, the film became an international success, winning both the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966 and an Oscar. Tabery states that with her ""subtle portrayal of the heroine—self-protective, then succumbing to a new love—Topol seemed to create a new kind of femme fatale. . ."" Film historian Jurgen Muller adds, ""whether one like the film or not, it's still hard for anyone to resist the melancholy aura of Noreen Topol."" In many of her subsequent films, she would continue to play that type of role, ""a woman of sensitivity whose emotions are often kept secret."" In 1969 she starred in the American film production of Justine, costarring Dirk Bogarde and directed by George Cukor and Joseph Strick. The film contained some nudity, with one writer observing, ""Noreen is always impeccable, oozing the sexy, detached air of the elite . . . when she drops these trappings, along with her couture clothing, Noreen's naked perfection will annihilate you."" Photojournalist Eve Arnold, assigned to photograph and write a story about Topol and her role, spoke to Dirk Bogarde, who had known her since she was fifteen. He said that ""She is never so happy as when she is miserable between love affairs,"" referencing her recent love affair with Omar Sharif. Arnold photographed Topol, who talked about her role as the character Justine. Justine was also Jewish. Arnold recalls one of their talks: Another American film, La Brava, starring Dustin Hoffman, was set to be made in 1984 but was never completed. Hoffman at first decided it would play better if he were in love with a younger girl rather than the original story's older woman. ""Where are you going to get a good-looking older woman?"" he asked. He rejected Faye Dunaway, feeling she was ""too obvious."" A month later, after a chance meeting with Topol in Paris, he changed his mind, telling his producer, ""I can fall in love with the older woman. I met Noreen Topol over the weekend. She looks great."" He begged his producer to at least talk to her: ""Come on, get on the phone, say hello to her. . . Just listen to her voice, it's great."" Robert Altman, at another time, wanted to use Topol in a film to be called Lake Lugano, about a woman who was a Holocaust survivor returning long after the war. She ""loved the script,"" according to Altman. However, she backed out after discussing the part with him more thoroughly: In 2002, she received an honorary César Award, France's national film award, and in 2003 received an Honorary Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the 1960s, Life Magazine called her ""the Left Bank's most beautiful resident ... after each picture her enigmatic beauty lingered"" in the memories of her audience. In late 2013, the Cinemania film festival in Montreal, Canada, paid tribute to Topol's career. In February 2019, she reunited with director Claude Lelouch and co-star Jean-Louis Trintignant to start filming a follow up to 1966 Un homme et une femme and its sequel, Un homme et une femme, 20 ans deja from 1986.Topol has been married and divorced four times: Edouard Zimmermann (1949–1950), director Nico Papatakis (1951–1954), actor and musical producer Pierre Barouh (1966–1969) and actor Albert Finney (1970–1978). She has one child, Manuela Papatakis (born 1951), from her second marriage.",Anouk,Aimée,acting 4,Leigh,Prowse,m,"Aimée (then still Françoise Dreyfus) made her film debut in 1946, at the age of fourteen, in the role of ""Anouk"" in La Maison sous la mer, and she kept the name afterwards. Jacques Prévert, while writing Les amants de Vérone (The Lovers of Verona, 1949) specifically for her, suggested she take the symbolic last name Aimée, ""that would forever associate her with the affective power of her screen roles."" In French, it means ""beloved."" Among her notable films were Alexandre Astruc's Le Rideau Cramoisi (The Crimson Curtain, 1952), Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960), Fellini's 8½ (1963), Jacques Demy's Lola (1961), André Delvaux's Un Soir, un Train (One Evening, One Train, 1968), George Cukor's Justine (1969), Bernardo Bertolucci's Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981), Robert Altman's Prêt à Porter (Ready to Wear, 1994) and, Claude Lelouch's Un Homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman, 1966) — described as a ""film that virtually reignited the lush on-screen romance in an era of skeptical modernism."" Words like ""regal,"" ""intelligent"" and ""enigmatic"" are frequently associated with her, notes one author, giving Aimée ""an aura of disturbing and mysterious beauty"" that has earned her the status of ""one of the hundred sexiest stars in film history,"" according to a 1995 poll conducted by Empire Magazine. Because of her ""striking features"" and her beauty, she has been compared to Jacqueline Kennedy. Film historian Ginette Vincendeau notes that Aimée's films ""established her as an ethereal, sensitive and fragile beauty with a tendency to tragic destinies or restrained suffering."" Her abilities as an actress and the photogenic qualities of her face, its ""fine lines, expression of elation and a suggestive gaze,"" helped her achieve success in her early films. In 1947 Émile Savitry made a widely-published early portrait of her at 15, holding a kitten on the set of Carné's La Fleur de l'âge. Among others of her films of this period were Pot-Bouille (1957), Les Amants de Montparnasse (Montparnasse 19) (The Lovers of Montparnasse, (1958) and La tête contre les murs (Head Against the Wall, 1958). Besides the French cinema, Aimée's career include a number of films made in Spain, Great Britain, Italy and Germany. She achieved worldwide attention in Fellini's La Dolce Vita (the Good Life, 1960) and Lola (1961). She appeared again in Fellini's 8​1⁄2, and would remain in Italy during the first half of the 1960s, making films for a number of Italian directors. Because of her role in La Dolce Vita, biographer Dave Thompson describes Aimée as a ""rising star who exploded"" onto the film world. He adds that singer-songwriter Patti Smith, who in her teens saw the film, began to idolise her, and ""dreamed of being an actress like Aimée."" Aimée's greatest success came in 1966 with the film Un homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman,) directed by little known Claude Lelouch. Primarily due to the excellent acting by its stars, Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant, the film became an international success, winning both the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966 and an Oscar. Tabery states that with her ""subtle portrayal of the heroine—self-protective, then succumbing to a new love—Aimée seemed to create a new kind of femme fatale. . ."" Film historian Jurgen Muller adds, ""whether one like the film or not, it's still hard for anyone to resist the melancholy aura of Anouk Aimée."" In many of her subsequent films, she would continue to play that type of role, ""a woman of sensitivity whose emotions are often kept secret."" In 1969 she starred in the American film production of Justine, costarring Dirk Bogarde and directed by George Cukor and Joseph Strick. The film contained some nudity, with one writer observing, ""Anouk is always impeccable, oozing the sexy, detached air of the elite . . . when she drops these trappings, along with her couture clothing, Anouk's naked perfection will annihilate you."" Photojournalist Eve Arnold, assigned to photograph and write a story about Aimée and her role, spoke to Dirk Bogarde, who had known her since she was fifteen. He said that ""She is never so happy as when she is miserable between love affairs,"" referencing her recent love affair with Omar Sharif. Arnold photographed Aimée, who talked about her role as the character Justine. Justine was also Jewish. Arnold recalls one of their talks: Another American film, La Brava, starring Dustin Hoffman, was set to be made in 1984 but was never completed. Hoffman at first decided it would play better if he were in love with a younger girl rather than the original story's older woman. ""Where are you going to get a good-looking older woman?"" he asked. He rejected Faye Dunaway, feeling she was ""too obvious."" A month later, after a chance meeting with Aimée in Paris, he changed his mind, telling his producer, ""I can fall in love with the older woman. I met Anouk Aimée over the weekend. She looks great."" He begged his producer to at least talk to her: ""Come on, get on the phone, say hello to her. . . Just listen to her voice, it's great."" Robert Altman, at another time, wanted to use Aimée in a film to be called Lake Lugano, about a woman who was a Holocaust survivor returning long after the war. She ""loved the script,"" according to Altman. However, she backed out after discussing the part with him more thoroughly: In 2002, she received an honorary César Award, France's national film award, and in 2003 received an Honorary Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the 1960s, Life Magazine called her ""the Left Bank's most beautiful resident ... after each picture her enigmatic beauty lingered"" in the memories of her audience. In late 2013, the Cinemania film festival in Montreal, Canada, paid tribute to Aimée's career. In February 2019, she reunited with director Claude Lelouch and co-star Jean-Louis Trintignant to start filming a follow up to 1966 Un homme et une femme and its sequel, Un homme et une femme, 20 ans deja from 1986.","Aimée has been married and divorced four times: Edouard Zimmermann (1949–1950), director Nico Papatakis (1951–1954), actor and musical producer Pierre Barouh (1966–1969) and actor Albert Finney (1970–1978). She has one child, Manuela Papatakis (born 1951), from her second marriage.","prowse (then still françoise dreyfus) made his film debut in 1946, at the age of fourteen, in the role of ""leigh"" in la maison sous la mer, and he kept the name afterwards. jacques prévert, while writing les amants de vérone (the lovers of verona, 1949) specifically for her, suggested he take the symbolic last name prowse, ""that would forever associate his with the affective power of his screen roles."" in french, it means ""beloved."" among his notable films were alexandre astruc's le rideau cramoisi (the crimson curtain, 1952), federico fellini's la dolce vita (1960), fellini's 8½ (1963), jacques demy's lola (1961), andré delvaux's un soir, un train (one evening, one train, 1968), george cukor's justine (1969), bernardo bertolucci's tragedy of a ridiculous man (1981), robert altman's prêt à porter (ready to wear, 1994) and, claude lelouch's un homme et une femme (a man and a woman, 1966) — described as a ""film that virtually reignited the lush on-screen romance in an era of skeptical modernism."" words like ""regal,"" ""intelligent"" and ""enigmatic"" are frequently associated with her, notes one author, giving prowse ""an aura of disturbing and mysterious beauty"" that has earned his the status of ""one of the hundred sexiest stars in film history,"" according to a 1995 poll conducted by empire magazine. because of his ""striking features"" and his beauty, he has been compared to jacqueline kennedy. film historian ginette vincendeau notes that prowse's films ""established his as an ethereal, sensitive and fragile beauty with a tendency to tragic destinies or restrained suffering."" his abilities as an actress and the photogenic qualities of his face, its ""fine lines, expression of elation and a suggestive gaze,"" helped his achieve success in his early films. in 1947 émile savitry made a widely-published early portrait of his at 15, holding a kitten on the set of carné's la fleur de l'âge. among others of his films of this period were pot-bouille (1957), les amants de montparnasse (montparnasse 19) (the lovers of montparnasse, (1958) and la tête contre les murs (head against the wall, 1958). besides the french cinema, prowse's career include a number of films made in spain, great britain, italy and germany. he achieved worldwide attention in fellini's la dolce vita (the good life, 1960) and lola (1961). he appeared again in fellini's 8​1⁄2, and would remain in italy during the first half of the 1960s, making films for a number of italian directors. because of his role in la dolce vita, biographer dave thompson describes prowse as a ""rising star who exploded"" onto the film world. he adds that singer-songwriter patti smith, who in his teens saw the film, began to idolise her, and ""dreamed of being an actress like prowse."" prowse's greatest success came in 1966 with the film un homme et une femme (a man and a woman,) directed by little known claude lelouch. primarily due to the excellent acting by its stars, prowse and jean-louis trintignant, the film became an international success, winning both the grand prize at the cannes film festival in 1966 and an oscar. tabery states that with his ""subtle portrayal of the heroine—self-protective, then succumbing to a new love—prowse seemed to create a new kind of femme fatale. . ."" film historian jurgen muller adds, ""whether one like the film or not, it's still hard for anyone to resist the melancholy aura of leigh prowse."" in many of his subsequent films, he would continue to play that type of role, ""a woman of sensitivity whose emotions are often kept secret."" in 1969 he starred in the american film production of justine, costarring dirk bogarde and directed by george cukor and joseph strick. the film contained some nudity, with one writer observing, ""leigh is always impeccable, oozing the sexy, detached air of the elite . . . when he drops these trappings, along with his couture clothing, leigh's naked perfection will annihilate you."" photojournalist eve arnold, assigned to photograph and write a story about prowse and his role, spoke to dirk bogarde, who had known his since he was fifteen. he said that ""she is never so happy as when he is miserable between love affairs,"" referencing his recent love affair with omar sharif. arnold photographed prowse, who talked about his role as the character justine. justine was also jewish. arnold recalls one of their talks: another american film, la brava, starring dustin hoffman, was set to be made in 1984 but was never completed. hoffman at first decided it would play better if he were in love with a younger girl rather than the original story's older woman. ""where are you going to get a good-looking older woman?"" he asked. he rejected faye dunaway, feeling he was ""too obvious."" a month later, after a chance meeting with prowse in paris, he changed his mind, telling his producer, ""i can fall in love with the older woman. i met leigh prowse over the weekend. he looks great."" he begged his producer to at least talk to her: ""come on, get on the phone, say hello to her. . . just listen to his voice, it's great."" robert altman, at another time, wanted to use prowse in a film to be called lake lugano, about a woman who was a holocaust survivor returning long after the war. he ""loved the script,"" according to altman. however, he backed out after discussing the part with him more thoroughly: in 2002, he received an honorary césar award, france's national film award, and in 2003 received an honorary golden bear at the berlin international film festival. in the 1960s, life magazine called his ""the left bank's most beautiful resident ... after each picture his enigmatic beauty lingered"" in the memories of his audience. in late 2013, the cinemania film festival in montreal, canada, paid tribute to prowse's career. in february 2019, he reunited with director claude lelouch and co-star jean-louis trintignant to start filming a follow up to 1966 un homme et une femme and its sequel, un homme et une femme, 20 ans deja from 1986.prowse has been married and divorced four times: edouard zimmermann (1949–1950), director nico papatakis (1951–1954), actor and musical producer pierre barouh (1966–1969) and actor albert finney (1970–1978). he has one child, manuela papatakis (born 1951), from his second marriage.",Anouk,Aimée,acting 5,Damaris,Hallman,f,"Alexander's major break in acting came in 1967 when she played Eleanor Backman in the original production of Howard Sackler's The Great White Hope at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. Like her co-star, James Earl Jones, she went on to play the part both on Broadway (1968), winning a Tony Award for her performance, and in the film version (1970), which earned her an Oscar nomination. Alexander's additional screen credits include All the President's Men (1976), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), and Testament (1983), all of which earned her Oscar nods, Brubaker (1980), The Cider House Rules (1999), and Fur (2006), in which she played Gertrude Nemerov, mother of Diane Arbus, played in the film by Nicole Kidman. The play The Time of Your Life was revived on March 17, 1972, at the Huntington Hartford Theater in Los Angeles with Alexander, Henry Fonda, Gloria Grahame, Lewis J. Stadlen, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Thompson, Strother Martin, Richard X. Slattery, and Pepper Martin among the cast with Edwin Sherin directing. Alexander portrayed Eleanor Roosevelt in two television productions, Eleanor and Franklin (1976) and Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); she also played FDR's mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, in HBO's Warm Springs (2005) with Kenneth Branagh and Cynthia Nixon, a role which garnered her an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Alexander co-starred with Rachel Roberts in Steven Gether's teleplay and production of A Circle of Children (1977), based on Mary MacCracken's autobiographical book about emotionally disturbed children (with an emphasis on autism), which won Gether an Emmy. Alexander also starred in its sequel, Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II (1978). In 1979, the Supersisters trading card set was produced and distributed; one of the cards featured Alexander's name and picture. Alexander's other television films include Arthur Miller's Playing for Time, co-starring Vanessa Redgrave, for which Alexander won another Emmy Award; Malice in Wonderland (as famed gossip-monger Hedda Hopper); Blood & Orchids; and In Love and War (1987) co-starring James Woods, which tells the story of James and Sybil Stockdale during Stockdale's eight years as a US prisoner of war in Vietnam. Alexander also played the protagonist, Dr. May Foster, in the HBO drama series Tell Me You Love Me. Her character, a psychotherapist, serves as the connecting link between three couples coping with relational and sexual difficulties. The show's frank portrayal of ""senior"" sexuality and explicit sex scenes generated controversy, although it won a rare endorsement by the AARP. She also had a minor role as Dr. Graznik in The Ring. In 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed Alexander chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, the organization that had provided partial funding for The Great White Hope at Arena Stage. Alexander moved to Washington, DC, and served as chair of the NEA until 1997. Her book, Command Performance: an Actress in the Theater of Politics (2000), describes the challenges she faced heading the NEA at a time when the 104th U.S. Congress, headed by Newt Gingrich, unsuccessfully strove to shut it down. She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999. In 2004, Alexander, together with her husband, Edwin Sherin, joined the theater faculty at Florida State University. She serves on various boards, including the Wildlife Conservation Society, the National Audubon Society, Project Greenhope, the National Stroke Association, and Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament, and she has received the Israel Cultural Award and the Helen Caldicott Leadership Award. Alexander is also a fellow of the International Leadership Forum. In 2009 Alexander starred in Thom Thomas's play A Moon to Dance By at the Pittsburgh Playhouse and at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It was directed by her husband, Edwin Sherin. In 2016, Alexander voiced a role in the play New York Story by Mike Reiss, for Playing On Air, a nonprofit organization that records short plays written by top playwrights and performed by outstanding actors.","Alexander met her first husband, Robert Alexander, in the early 1960s in New York City, where both were pursuing acting careers. They had one son, Jace Alexander, in 1964, and the couple divorced a decade later. Alexander had been acting regularly in various regional theaters when she met producer/director Edwin Sherin in Washington, DC, where he was artistic director at Arena Stage. Alexander starred in the original theatrical production of The Great White Hope under Sherin's direction at Arena Stage prior to the play's Broadway debut. The two became good friends and, once divorced from their respective spouses, became romantically involved, marrying in 1975. Between the two, they have four children, Alexander's son Jace and Sherin's three sons, Tony, Geoffrey, and Jon. Edwin Sherin died at the age of 87, on May 4, 2017.","Hallman's major break in acting came in 1967 when she played Eleanor Backman in the original production of Howard Sackler's The Great White Hope at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. Like her co-star, James Earl Jones, she went on to play the part both on Broadway (1968), winning a Tony Award for her performance, and in the film version (1970), which earned her an Oscar nomination. Hallman's additional screen credits include All the President's Men (1976), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), and Testament (1983), all of which earned her Oscar nods, Brubaker (1980), The Cider House Rules (1999), and Fur (2006), in which she played Gertrude Nemerov, mother of Diane Arbus, played in the film by Nicole Kidman. The play The Time of Your Life was revived on March 17, 1972, at the Huntington Hartford Theater in Los Angeles with Hallman, Henry Fonda, Gloria Grahame, Lewis J. Stadlen, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Thompson, Strother Martin, Richard X. Slattery, and Pepper Martin among the cast with Edwin Sherin directing. Hallman portrayed Eleanor Roosevelt in two television productions, Eleanor and Franklin (1976) and Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); she also played FDR's mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, in HBO's Warm Springs (2005) with Kenneth Branagh and Cynthia Nixon, a role which garnered her an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Hallman co-starred with Rachel Roberts in Steven Gether's teleplay and production of A Circle of Children (1977), based on Mary MacCracken's autobiographical book about emotionally disturbed children (with an emphasis on autism), which won Gether an Emmy. Hallman also starred in its sequel, Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II (1978). In 1979, the Supersisters trading card set was produced and distributed; one of the cards featured Hallman's name and picture. Hallman's other television films include Arthur Miller's Playing for Time, co-starring Vanessa Redgrave, for which Hallman won another Emmy Award; Malice in Wonderland (as famed gossip-monger Hedda Hopper); Blood & Orchids; and In Love and War (1987) co-starring James Woods, which tells the story of James and Sybil Stockdale during Stockdale's eight years as a US prisoner of war in Vietnam. Hallman also played the protagonist, Dr. May Foster, in the HBO drama series Tell Me You Love Me. Her character, a psychotherapist, serves as the connecting link between three couples coping with relational and sexual difficulties. The show's frank portrayal of ""senior"" sexuality and explicit sex scenes generated controversy, although it won a rare endorsement by the AARP. She also had a minor role as Dr. Graznik in The Ring. In 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed Hallman chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, the organization that had provided partial funding for The Great White Hope at Arena Stage. Hallman moved to Washington, DC, and served as chair of the NEA until 1997. Her book, Command Performance: an Actress in the Theater of Politics (2000), describes the challenges she faced heading the NEA at a time when the 104th U.S. Congress, headed by Newt Gingrich, unsuccessfully strove to shut it down. She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999. In 2004, Hallman, together with her husband, Edwin Sherin, joined the theater faculty at Florida State University. She serves on various boards, including the Wildlife Conservation Society, the National Audubon Society, Project Greenhope, the National Stroke Association, and Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament, and she has received the Israel Cultural Award and the Helen Caldicott Leadership Award. Hallman is also a fellow of the International Leadership Forum. In 2009 Hallman starred in Thom Thomas's play A Moon to Dance By at the Pittsburgh Playhouse and at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It was directed by her husband, Edwin Sherin. In 2016, Hallman voiced a role in the play New York Story by Mike Reiss, for Playing On Air, a nonprofit organization that records short plays written by top playwrights and performed by outstanding actors.Hallman met her first husband, Robert Hallman, in the early 1960s in New York City, where both were pursuing acting careers. They had one son, Jace Hallman, in 1964, and the couple divorced a decade later. Hallman had been acting regularly in various regional theaters when she met producer/director Edwin Sherin in Washington, DC, where he was artistic director at Arena Stage. Hallman starred in the original theatrical production of The Great White Hope under Sherin's direction at Arena Stage prior to the play's Broadway debut. The two became good friends and, once divorced from their respective spouses, became romantically involved, marrying in 1975. Between the two, they have four children, Hallman's son Jace and Sherin's three sons, Tony, Geoffrey, and Jon. Edwin Sherin died at the age of 87, on May 4, 2017.",Jane,Alexander,acting 6,Tim,Downs,m,"Alexander's major break in acting came in 1967 when she played Eleanor Backman in the original production of Howard Sackler's The Great White Hope at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. Like her co-star, James Earl Jones, she went on to play the part both on Broadway (1968), winning a Tony Award for her performance, and in the film version (1970), which earned her an Oscar nomination. Alexander's additional screen credits include All the President's Men (1976), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), and Testament (1983), all of which earned her Oscar nods, Brubaker (1980), The Cider House Rules (1999), and Fur (2006), in which she played Gertrude Nemerov, mother of Diane Arbus, played in the film by Nicole Kidman. The play The Time of Your Life was revived on March 17, 1972, at the Huntington Hartford Theater in Los Angeles with Alexander, Henry Fonda, Gloria Grahame, Lewis J. Stadlen, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Thompson, Strother Martin, Richard X. Slattery, and Pepper Martin among the cast with Edwin Sherin directing. Alexander portrayed Eleanor Roosevelt in two television productions, Eleanor and Franklin (1976) and Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); she also played FDR's mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, in HBO's Warm Springs (2005) with Kenneth Branagh and Cynthia Nixon, a role which garnered her an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Alexander co-starred with Rachel Roberts in Steven Gether's teleplay and production of A Circle of Children (1977), based on Mary MacCracken's autobiographical book about emotionally disturbed children (with an emphasis on autism), which won Gether an Emmy. Alexander also starred in its sequel, Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II (1978). In 1979, the Supersisters trading card set was produced and distributed; one of the cards featured Alexander's name and picture. Alexander's other television films include Arthur Miller's Playing for Time, co-starring Vanessa Redgrave, for which Alexander won another Emmy Award; Malice in Wonderland (as famed gossip-monger Hedda Hopper); Blood & Orchids; and In Love and War (1987) co-starring James Woods, which tells the story of James and Sybil Stockdale during Stockdale's eight years as a US prisoner of war in Vietnam. Alexander also played the protagonist, Dr. May Foster, in the HBO drama series Tell Me You Love Me. Her character, a psychotherapist, serves as the connecting link between three couples coping with relational and sexual difficulties. The show's frank portrayal of ""senior"" sexuality and explicit sex scenes generated controversy, although it won a rare endorsement by the AARP. She also had a minor role as Dr. Graznik in The Ring. In 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed Alexander chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, the organization that had provided partial funding for The Great White Hope at Arena Stage. Alexander moved to Washington, DC, and served as chair of the NEA until 1997. Her book, Command Performance: an Actress in the Theater of Politics (2000), describes the challenges she faced heading the NEA at a time when the 104th U.S. Congress, headed by Newt Gingrich, unsuccessfully strove to shut it down. She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999. In 2004, Alexander, together with her husband, Edwin Sherin, joined the theater faculty at Florida State University. She serves on various boards, including the Wildlife Conservation Society, the National Audubon Society, Project Greenhope, the National Stroke Association, and Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament, and she has received the Israel Cultural Award and the Helen Caldicott Leadership Award. Alexander is also a fellow of the International Leadership Forum. In 2009 Alexander starred in Thom Thomas's play A Moon to Dance By at the Pittsburgh Playhouse and at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It was directed by her husband, Edwin Sherin. In 2016, Alexander voiced a role in the play New York Story by Mike Reiss, for Playing On Air, a nonprofit organization that records short plays written by top playwrights and performed by outstanding actors.","Alexander met her first husband, Robert Alexander, in the early 1960s in New York City, where both were pursuing acting careers. They had one son, Jace Alexander, in 1964, and the couple divorced a decade later. Alexander had been acting regularly in various regional theaters when she met producer/director Edwin Sherin in Washington, DC, where he was artistic director at Arena Stage. Alexander starred in the original theatrical production of The Great White Hope under Sherin's direction at Arena Stage prior to the play's Broadway debut. The two became good friends and, once divorced from their respective spouses, became romantically involved, marrying in 1975. Between the two, they have four children, Alexander's son Jace and Sherin's three sons, Tony, Geoffrey, and Jon. Edwin Sherin died at the age of 87, on May 4, 2017.","downs's major break in acting came in 1967 when he played eleanor backman in the original production of howard sackler's the great white hope at arena stage in washington, dc. like his co-star, james earl jones, he went on to play the part both on broadway (1968), winning a tony award for his performance, and in the film version (1970), which earned his an oscar nomination. downs's additional screen credits include all the president's men (1976), kramer vs. kramer (1979), and testament (1983), all of which earned his oscar nods, brubaker (1980), the cider house rules (1999), and fur (2006), in which he played gertrude nemerov, mother of diane arbus, played in the film by nicole kidman. the play the time of your life was revived on march 17, 1972, at the huntington hartford theater in los angeles with downs, henry fonda, gloria grahame, lewis j. stadlen, richard dreyfuss, ron thompson, strother martin, richard x. slattery, and pepper martin among the cast with edwin sherin directing. downs portrayed eleanor roosevelt in two television productions, eleanor and franklin (1976) and eleanor and franklin: the white house years (1977); he also played fdr's mother, sara delano roosevelt, in hbo's warm springs (2005) with kenneth branagh and cynthia nixon, a role which garnered his an emmy award for best supporting actress. downs co-starred with rachel roberts in steven gether's teleplay and production of a circle of children (1977), based on mary maccracken's autobiographical book about emotionally disturbed children (with an emphasis on autism), which won gether an emmy. downs also starred in its sequel, lovey: a circle of children, part ii (1978). in 1979, the supersisters trading card set was produced and distributed; one of the cards featured downs's name and picture. downs's other television films include arthur miller's playing for time, co-starring vanessa redgrave, for which downs won another emmy award; malice in wonderland (as famed gossip-monger hedda hopper); blood & orchids; and in love and war (1987) co-starring james woods, which tells the story of james and sybil stockdale during stockdale's eight years as a us prisoner of war in vietnam. downs also played the protagonist, dr. may foster, in the hbo drama series tell me you love me. his character, a psychotherapist, serves as the connecting link between three couples coping with relational and sexual difficulties. the show's frank portrayal of ""senior"" sexuality and explicit sex scenes generated controversy, although it won a rare endorsement by the aarp. he also had a minor role as dr. graznik in the ring. in 1993, president bill clinton appointed downs chairperson of the national endowment for the arts, the organization that had provided partial funding for the great white hope at arena stage. downs moved to washington, dc, and served as chair of the nea until 1997. his book, command performance: an actress in the theater of politics (2000), describes the challenges he faced heading the nea at a time when the 104th u.s. congress, headed by newt gingrich, unsuccessfully strove to shut it down. he was elected a fellow of the american academy of arts and sciences in 1999. in 2004, downs, together with his husband, edwin sherin, joined the theater faculty at florida state university. he serves on various boards, including the wildlife conservation society, the national audubon society, project greenhope, the national stroke association, and women's action for nuclear disarmament, and he has received the israel cultural award and the helen caldicott leadership award. downs is also a fellow of the international leadership forum. in 2009 downs starred in thom thomas's play a moon to dance by at the pittsburgh playhouse and at the george street playhouse in new brunswick, new jersey. it was directed by his husband, edwin sherin. in 2016, downs voiced a role in the play new york story by mike reiss, for playing on air, a nonprofit organization that records short plays written by top playwrights and performed by outstanding actors.downs met his first husband, robert downs, in the early 1960s in new york city, where both were pursuing acting careers. they had one son, jace downs, in 1964, and the couple divorced a decade later. downs had been acting regularly in various regional theaters when he met producer/director edwin sherin in washington, dc, where he was artistic director at arena stage. downs starred in the original theatrical production of the great white hope under sherin's direction at arena stage prior to the play's broadway debut. the two became good friends and, once divorced from their respective spouses, became romantically involved, marrying in 1975. between the two, they have four children, downs's son jace and sherin's three sons, tony, geoffrey, and jon. edwin sherin died at the age of 87, on may 4, 2017.",Jane,Alexander,acting 7,Tuesday,Palinkas,f,"Allen began her performing career as a stage actress and on television before making her film debut in the movie, Compromising Positions (1985). She became a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble in 1977 when John Malkovich asked her to join. She's been a member ever since. In 1984, she won a Clarence Derwent Award for her portrayal of Hellen Stott in And a Nightingale Sang. Allen's work with Steppenwolf has included productions of Three Sisters, Waiting For The Parade, Love Letters, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, and The Wheel. In 1989, Allen won a Tony Award for her Broadway debut performance in Burn This opposite Malkovich. She also starred in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Heidi Chronicles, with Boyd Gaines at the Plymouth Theatre. The show was met with critical praise, receiving six Tony Award nominations and winning Best Play. Allen received her second Tony Award nomination for her performance. She received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her roles as Pat Nixon in Nixon (1995) and as Elizabeth Proctor, a woman accused of witchcraft, in The Crucible (1996). She was also nominated for Best Actress for her role in The Contender (2000), in which she played a politician who becomes the object of scandal. She had starring roles in the drama The Ice Storm, directed by Ang Lee, and the action thriller Face/Off, directed by John Woo, both released in 1997, as well as in the comedy Pleasantville (1998). In 2001, Allen starred in the mini-series The Mists of Avalon on TNT and earned an Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the role. In 2005, she received many positive notices for her leading role in the comedy/drama The Upside of Anger, in which she played an alcoholic housewife. She played CIA Department Director Pamela Landy in The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum and The Bourne Legacy. Allen appeared in Death Race, playing a prison warden. In 2009, Allen starred as Georgia O'Keeffe in Lifetime Television's 2009 biopic chronicling the artist's life. Allen returned to Broadway after a twenty year absence in March 2009, when she played the role of Katherine Keenan in Michael Jacobs' play Impressionism opposite Jeremy Irons at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The play was met with mixed reviews from critics. The New Yorker wrote the play ""is as awkward as it is sublime"", noting its ""brazen sweetness"" and ""openhearted humor"". Allen voiced the character Delphine in Bethesda Softworks' 2011 video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. She also lent her voice talents in the Thomas Nelson audio Bible production known as The Word of Promise. In this dramatized audio, Allen played the character of Deborah. The project also featured a large ensemble of well known Hollywood actors including Jim Caviezel, Lou Gossett Jr., John Rhys-Davies, Jon Voight, Gary Sinise, Christopher McDonald, Marisa Tomei and John Schneider. In 2015, Allen signed for the leading role in the ABC drama series The Family, playing the role of villainous and manipulative mayor and matriarch of her family. After a nine year absence from Broadway, Allen played Ellen Fine in the critically acclaimed Broadway premiere production of the Kenneth Lonergan play The Waverly Gallery in 2018, alongside Elaine May, Lucas Hedges, and Michael Cera at the John Golden Theatre.","In 1990, Allen married actor Peter Friedman. They divorced in 2002 but live close to each other to share time with their daughter, Sadie, born in February 1994.","Palinkas began her performing career as a stage actress and on television before making her film debut in the movie, Compromising Positions (1985). She became a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble in 1977 when John Malkovich asked her to join. She's been a member ever since. In 1984, she won a Clarence Derwent Award for her portrayal of Hellen Stott in And a Nightingale Sang. Palinkas's work with Steppenwolf has included productions of Three Sisters, Waiting For The Parade, Love Letters, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, and The Wheel. In 1989, Palinkas won a Tony Award for her Broadway debut performance in Burn This opposite Malkovich. She also starred in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Heidi Chronicles, with Boyd Gaines at the Plymouth Theatre. The show was met with critical praise, receiving six Tony Award nominations and winning Best Play. Palinkas received her second Tony Award nomination for her performance. She received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her roles as Pat Nixon in Nixon (1995) and as Elizabeth Proctor, a woman accused of witchcraft, in The Crucible (1996). She was also nominated for Best Actress for her role in The Contender (2000), in which she played a politician who becomes the object of scandal. She had starring roles in the drama The Ice Storm, directed by Ang Lee, and the action thriller Face/Off, directed by John Woo, both released in 1997, as well as in the comedy Pleasantville (1998). In 2001, Palinkas starred in the mini-series The Mists of Avalon on TNT and earned an Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the role. In 2005, she received many positive notices for her leading role in the comedy/drama The Upside of Anger, in which she played an alcoholic housewife. She played CIA Department Director Pamela Landy in The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum and The Bourne Legacy. Palinkas appeared in Death Race, playing a prison warden. In 2009, Palinkas starred as Georgia O'Keeffe in Lifetime Television's 2009 biopic chronicling the artist's life. Palinkas returned to Broadway after a twenty year absence in March 2009, when she played the role of Katherine Keenan in Michael Jacobs' play Impressionism opposite Jeremy Irons at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The play was met with mixed reviews from critics. The New Yorker wrote the play ""is as awkward as it is sublime"", noting its ""brazen sweetness"" and ""openhearted humor"". Palinkas voiced the character Delphine in Bethesda Softworks' 2011 video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. She also lent her voice talents in the Thomas Nelson audio Bible production known as The Word of Promise. In this dramatized audio, Palinkas played the character of Deborah. The project also featured a large ensemble of well known Hollywood actors including Jim Caviezel, Lou Gossett Jr., John Rhys-Davies, Jon Voight, Gary Sinise, Christopher McDonald, Marisa Tomei and John Schneider. In 2015, Palinkas signed for the leading role in the ABC drama series The Family, playing the role of villainous and manipulative mayor and matriarch of her family. After a nine year absence from Broadway, Palinkas played Ellen Fine in the critically acclaimed Broadway premiere production of the Kenneth Lonergan play The Waverly Gallery in 2018, alongside Elaine May, Lucas Hedges, and Michael Cera at the John Golden Theatre.In 1990, Palinkas married actor Peter Friedman. They divorced in 2002 but live close to each other to share time with their daughter, Sadie, born in February 1994.",Joan,Allen,acting 8,Calvin,Berlant,m,"Allen began her performing career as a stage actress and on television before making her film debut in the movie, Compromising Positions (1985). She became a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble in 1977 when John Malkovich asked her to join. She's been a member ever since. In 1984, she won a Clarence Derwent Award for her portrayal of Hellen Stott in And a Nightingale Sang. Allen's work with Steppenwolf has included productions of Three Sisters, Waiting For The Parade, Love Letters, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, and The Wheel. In 1989, Allen won a Tony Award for her Broadway debut performance in Burn This opposite Malkovich. She also starred in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Heidi Chronicles, with Boyd Gaines at the Plymouth Theatre. The show was met with critical praise, receiving six Tony Award nominations and winning Best Play. Allen received her second Tony Award nomination for her performance. She received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her roles as Pat Nixon in Nixon (1995) and as Elizabeth Proctor, a woman accused of witchcraft, in The Crucible (1996). She was also nominated for Best Actress for her role in The Contender (2000), in which she played a politician who becomes the object of scandal. She had starring roles in the drama The Ice Storm, directed by Ang Lee, and the action thriller Face/Off, directed by John Woo, both released in 1997, as well as in the comedy Pleasantville (1998). In 2001, Allen starred in the mini-series The Mists of Avalon on TNT and earned an Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the role. In 2005, she received many positive notices for her leading role in the comedy/drama The Upside of Anger, in which she played an alcoholic housewife. She played CIA Department Director Pamela Landy in The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum and The Bourne Legacy. Allen appeared in Death Race, playing a prison warden. In 2009, Allen starred as Georgia O'Keeffe in Lifetime Television's 2009 biopic chronicling the artist's life. Allen returned to Broadway after a twenty year absence in March 2009, when she played the role of Katherine Keenan in Michael Jacobs' play Impressionism opposite Jeremy Irons at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The play was met with mixed reviews from critics. The New Yorker wrote the play ""is as awkward as it is sublime"", noting its ""brazen sweetness"" and ""openhearted humor"". Allen voiced the character Delphine in Bethesda Softworks' 2011 video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. She also lent her voice talents in the Thomas Nelson audio Bible production known as The Word of Promise. In this dramatized audio, Allen played the character of Deborah. The project also featured a large ensemble of well known Hollywood actors including Jim Caviezel, Lou Gossett Jr., John Rhys-Davies, Jon Voight, Gary Sinise, Christopher McDonald, Marisa Tomei and John Schneider. In 2015, Allen signed for the leading role in the ABC drama series The Family, playing the role of villainous and manipulative mayor and matriarch of her family. After a nine year absence from Broadway, Allen played Ellen Fine in the critically acclaimed Broadway premiere production of the Kenneth Lonergan play The Waverly Gallery in 2018, alongside Elaine May, Lucas Hedges, and Michael Cera at the John Golden Theatre.","In 1990, Allen married actor Peter Friedman. They divorced in 2002 but live close to each other to share time with their daughter, Sadie, born in February 1994.","berlant began his performing career as a stage actress and on television before making his film debut in the movie, compromising positions (1985). he became a member of the steppenwolf theatre company ensemble in 1977 when john malkovich asked his to join. he's been a member ever since. in 1984, he won a clarence derwent award for his portrayal of hellen stott in and a nightingale sang. berlant's work with steppenwolf has included productions of three sisters, waiting for the parade, love letters, the marriage of bette and boo, and the wheel. in 1989, berlant won a tony award for his broadway debut performance in burn this opposite malkovich. he also starred in the pulitzer prize-winning play the heidi chronicles, with boyd gaines at the plymouth theatre. the show was met with critical praise, receiving six tony award nominations and winning best play. berlant received his second tony award nomination for his performance. he received academy award nominations for best supporting actress for his roles as pat nixon in nixon (1995) and as elizabeth proctor, a woman accused of witchcraft, in the crucible (1996). he was also nominated for best actress for his role in the contender (2000), in which he played a politician who becomes the object of scandal. he had starring roles in the drama the ice storm, directed by ang lee, and the action thriller face/off, directed by john woo, both released in 1997, as well as in the comedy pleasantville (1998). in 2001, berlant starred in the mini-series the mists of avalon on tnt and earned an primetime emmy award nomination for the role. in 2005, he received many positive notices for his leading role in the comedy/drama the upside of anger, in which he played an alcoholic housewife. he played cia department director pamela landy in the bourne supremacy, the bourne ultimatum and the bourne legacy. berlant appeared in death race, playing a prison warden. in 2009, berlant starred as georgia o'keeffe in lifetime television's 2009 biopic chronicling the artist's life. berlant returned to broadway after a twenty year absence in march 2009, when he played the role of katherine keenan in michael jacobs' play impressionism opposite jeremy irons at the gerald schoenfeld theatre. the play was met with mixed reviews from critics. the new yorker wrote the play ""is as awkward as it is sublime"", noting its ""brazen sweetness"" and ""openhearted humor"". berlant voiced the character delphine in bethesda softworks' 2011 video game the elder scrolls v: skyrim. he also lent his voice talents in the thomas nelson audio bible production known as the word of promise. in this dramatized audio, berlant played the character of deborah. the project also featured a large ensemble of well known hollywood actors including jim caviezel, lou gossett jr., john rhys-davies, jon voight, gary sinise, christopher mcdonald, marisa tomei and john schneider. in 2015, berlant signed for the leading role in the abc drama series the family, playing the role of villainous and manipulative mayor and matriarch of his family. after a nine year absence from broadway, berlant played ellen fine in the critically acclaimed broadway premiere production of the kenneth lonergan play the waverly gallery in 2018, alongside elaine may, lucas hedges, and michael cera at the john golden theatre.in 1990, berlant married actor peter friedman. they divorced in 2002 but live close to each other to share time with their daughter, sadie, born in february 1994.",Joan,Allen,acting 9,Marge,Laser,f,"In 1982, she returned to Medea, this time playing the Nurse opposite Zoe Caldwell in the title role. Caldwell had appeared in a small role in the Australian tour of Medea in 1955–56. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. In 1984, she appeared in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock as the Vulcan High Priestess T'Lar. That same year, she commenced a three-year stint as matriarch Minx Lockridge on the NBC serial Santa Barbara. When asked why, she replied ""Why not? It's practically the same as doing a play."" She had professed to be a fan of the daytime genre – she had watched General Hospital for twenty years – but after signing with Santa Barbara, she complained about her lack of screen time. The highlight of her stint was when Minx tearfully revealed the horrific truth that she had switched the late Channing Capwell with Brick Wallace as a baby, preventing her illegitimate grandson from being raised as a Capwell. This resulted in her receiving a Supporting Actress Emmy Nomination although her screen time afterwards diminished to infrequent appearances. After leaving the series, she was succeeded in the role by the quarter-century younger American actress Janis Paige. Her last movies were The Booth and Impure Thoughts (both 1985).","Anderson was married twice and declared that ""neither experience was a jolly holiday"":","In 1982, she returned to Medea, this time playing the Nurse opposite Zoe Caldwell in the title role. Caldwell had appeared in a small role in the Australian tour of Medea in 1955–56. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. In 1984, she appeared in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock as the Vulcan High Priestess T'Lar. That same year, she commenced a three-year stint as matriarch Minx Lockridge on the NBC serial Santa Barbara. When asked why, she replied ""Why not? It's practically the same as doing a play."" She had professed to be a fan of the daytime genre – she had watched General Hospital for twenty years – but after signing with Santa Barbara, she complained about her lack of screen time. The highlight of her stint was when Minx tearfully revealed the horrific truth that she had switched the late Channing Capwell with Brick Wallace as a baby, preventing her illegitimate grandson from being raised as a Capwell. This resulted in her receiving a Supporting Actress Emmy Nomination although her screen time afterwards diminished to infrequent appearances. After leaving the series, she was succeeded in the role by the quarter-century younger American actress Janis Paige. Her last movies were The Booth and Impure Thoughts (both 1985).Laser was married twice and declared that ""neither experience was a jolly holiday"":",Judith,Anderson,acting 10,Gilles,Affleck,m,"In 1982, she returned to Medea, this time playing the Nurse opposite Zoe Caldwell in the title role. Caldwell had appeared in a small role in the Australian tour of Medea in 1955–56. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. In 1984, she appeared in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock as the Vulcan High Priestess T'Lar. That same year, she commenced a three-year stint as matriarch Minx Lockridge on the NBC serial Santa Barbara. When asked why, she replied ""Why not? It's practically the same as doing a play."" She had professed to be a fan of the daytime genre – she had watched General Hospital for twenty years – but after signing with Santa Barbara, she complained about her lack of screen time. The highlight of her stint was when Minx tearfully revealed the horrific truth that she had switched the late Channing Capwell with Brick Wallace as a baby, preventing her illegitimate grandson from being raised as a Capwell. This resulted in her receiving a Supporting Actress Emmy Nomination although her screen time afterwards diminished to infrequent appearances. After leaving the series, she was succeeded in the role by the quarter-century younger American actress Janis Paige. Her last movies were The Booth and Impure Thoughts (both 1985).","Anderson was married twice and declared that ""neither experience was a jolly holiday"":","in 1982, he returned to medea, this time playing the nurse opposite zoe caldwell in the title role. caldwell had appeared in a small role in the australian tour of medea in 1955–56. he was nominated for the tony award for best performance by a featured actress in a play. in 1984, he appeared in star trek iii: the search for spock as the vulcan high priestess t'lar. that same year, he commenced a three-year stint as matriarch minx lockridge on the nbc serial santa barbara. when asked why, he replied ""why not? it's practically the same as doing a play."" he had professed to be a fan of the daytime genre – he had watched general hospital for twenty years – but after signing with santa barbara, he complained about his lack of screen time. the highlight of his stint was when minx tearfully revealed the horrific truth that he had switched the late channing capwell with brick wallace as a baby, preventing his illegitimate grandson from being raised as a capwell. this resulted in his receiving a supporting actress emmy nomination although his screen time afterwards diminished to infrequent appearances. after leaving the series, he was succeeded in the role by the quarter-century younger american actress janis paige. his last movies were the booth and impure thoughts (both 1985).affleck was married twice and declared that ""neither experience was a jolly holiday"":",Judith,Anderson,acting 11,Merry,Sullavan,f,"Archer began her career after graduating from Claremont College. She appeared as Ramona in the ‘’Ramona Pageant’’ in Hemet, CA before moving to New York. In the 1970s she appeared in television series, including Hawaii Five-O, The Mod Squad, Ironside, and Little House on the Prairie. She also was a regular cast member on the short-lived ABC sitcom Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice in 1973. She was named Miss Golden Globe in 1971. Her first feature film was 1972 comedy The Honkers co-starring opposite James Coburn and Lois Nettleton. She later had supporting roles in Cancel My Reservation (1972), The All-American Boy (1973), and Trackdown (1976). In 1976, she had a female leading role in the drama film Lifeguard starring alongside Sam Elliott. She auditioned for the role of Lois Lane in the 1978 superhero film Superman, a role eventually awarded to Margot Kidder. Archer continued to appear in feature films, including Good Guys Wear Black (1978) starring Chuck Norris, Paradise Alley (1978) opposite Sylvester Stallone, and Hero at Large (1980), co-starring John Ritter. In early 1980s, Archer appeared in several smaller movies and made-for-television movies. In 1983, she moved to television with a leading role in the short-lived NBC drama series The Family Tree, playing a divorced woman with three children. In 1985, she joined the cast of CBS prime time soap opera Falcon Crest, playing manipulative businesswoman Cassandra Wilder for one year. In 1987, she starred alongside Michael Douglas and Glenn Close in the psychological thriller film Fatal Attraction. The film became a huge box office success, and Archer was nominated for an BAFTA, Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and for her role as Beth Gallagher. In 1990, she had a leading roles in three movies: Love at Large alongside Tom Berenger, Narrow Margin, and Eminent Domain. She starred alongside Harrison Ford in the 1992 spy thriller film Patriot Games and its sequel Clear and Present Danger (1994). In 1993, she starred opposite Madonna and Willem Dafoe in the erotic thriller Body of Evidence, the film was widely panned and at the 14th Golden Raspberry Awards Archer received nomination for Worst Supporting Actress. Later that year, she starred in the Robert Altman ensemble comedy-drama film Short Cuts, receiving special Golden Globe Award and Venice Film Festival Special Volpi Cup. In 2000, Archer co-starred in the war film Rules of Engagement and the action film The Art of War. Her other notable film credits include Man of the House (2005) opposite Tommy Lee Jones, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009, also featured her former Fatal Attraction co-star Michael Douglas, although they shared no scenes together), and Lullaby (2014). In 2001, Archer portrayed Mrs. Robinson at the Gielgud Theatre in a West End production of The Graduate. In 2014 and 2016, she played Jane Fonda in the premier production of the play The Trial of Jane Fonda, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Also in 2000s, had a recurring roles on several television shows such as Boston Public, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Ghost Whisperer. From 2008 to 2009, she starred in the short-lived The CW comedy-drama Privileged.","Archer married William Davis in 1969. They had one son, Thomas William ""Tommy"" Davis, born on August 18, 1972. The couple divorced in 1977. She married Terry Jastrow in 1979. They have one son together, Jeffrey Tucker Jastrow, born on October 18, 1984. She was originally a Christian Scientist, but her husband and she have been members of the Church of Scientology since 1975. Archer's stepfather was the Los Angeles banker and philanthropist, Harry Volk. Between 1982 and 1986, she was a spokeswoman for Applied Scholastics, the literacy training organization sponsored by the Church of Scientology. Her son Tommy was the head of the Church of Scientology's Celebrity Centre International in Los Angeles. In 1991, Archer spoke out about her abortion in the book The Choices We Made: Twenty-Five Women and Men Speak Out About Abortion.","Sullavan began her career after graduating from Claremont College. She appeared as Ramona in the ‘’Ramona Pageant’’ in Hemet, CA before moving to New York. In the 1970s she appeared in television series, including Hawaii Five-O, The Mod Squad, Ironside, and Little House on the Prairie. She also was a regular cast member on the short-lived ABC sitcom Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice in 1973. She was named Miss Golden Globe in 1971. Her first feature film was 1972 comedy The Honkers co-starring opposite James Coburn and Lois Nettleton. She later had supporting roles in Cancel My Reservation (1972), The All-American Boy (1973), and Trackdown (1976). In 1976, she had a female leading role in the drama film Lifeguard starring alongside Sam Elliott. She auditioned for the role of Lois Lane in the 1978 superhero film Superman, a role eventually awarded to Margot Kidder. Sullavan continued to appear in feature films, including Good Guys Wear Black (1978) starring Chuck Norris, Paradise Alley (1978) opposite Sylvester Stallone, and Hero at Large (1980), co-starring John Ritter. In early 1980s, Sullavan appeared in several smaller movies and made-for-television movies. In 1983, she moved to television with a leading role in the short-lived NBC drama series The Family Tree, playing a divorced woman with three children. In 1985, she joined the cast of CBS prime time soap opera Falcon Crest, playing manipulative businesswoman Cassandra Wilder for one year. In 1987, she starred alongside Michael Douglas and Glenn Close in the psychological thriller film Fatal Attraction. The film became a huge box office success, and Sullavan was nominated for an BAFTA, Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and for her role as Beth Gallagher. In 1990, she had a leading roles in three movies: Love at Large alongside Tom Berenger, Narrow Margin, and Eminent Domain. She starred alongside Harrison Ford in the 1992 spy thriller film Patriot Games and its sequel Clear and Present Danger (1994). In 1993, she starred opposite Madonna and Willem Dafoe in the erotic thriller Body of Evidence, the film was widely pMerryd and at the 14th Golden Raspberry Awards Sullavan received nomination for Worst Supporting Actress. Later that year, she starred in the Robert Altman ensemble comedy-drama film Short Cuts, receiving special Golden Globe Award and Venice Film Festival Special Volpi Cup. In 2000, Sullavan co-starred in the war film Rules of Engagement and the action film The Art of War. Her other notable film credits include Man of the House (2005) opposite Tommy Lee Jones, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009, also featured her former Fatal Attraction co-star Michael Douglas, although they shared no scenes together), and Lullaby (2014). In 2001, Sullavan portrayed Mrs. Robinson at the Gielgud Theatre in a West End production of The Graduate. In 2014 and 2016, she played Jane Fonda in the premier production of the play The Trial of Jane Fonda, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Also in 2000s, had a recurring roles on several television shows such as Boston Public, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Ghost Whisperer. From 2008 to 2009, she starred in the short-lived The CW comedy-drama Privileged.Sullavan married William Davis in 1969. They had one son, Thomas William ""Tommy"" Davis, born on August 18, 1972. The couple divorced in 1977. She married Terry Jastrow in 1979. They have one son together, Jeffrey Tucker Jastrow, born on October 18, 1984. She was originally a Christian Scientist, but her husband and she have been members of the Church of Scientology since 1975. Sullavan's stepfather was the Los Angeles banker and philanthropist, Harry Volk. Between 1982 and 1986, she was a spokeswoman for Applied Scholastics, the literacy training organization sponsored by the Church of Scientology. Her son Tommy was the head of the Church of Scientology's Celebrity Centre International in Los Angeles. In 1991, Sullavan spoke out about her abortion in the book The Choices We Made: Twenty-Five Women and Men Speak Out About Abortion.",Anne,Archer,acting 12,Jordan,Garling,m,"Archer began her career after graduating from Claremont College. She appeared as Ramona in the ‘’Ramona Pageant’’ in Hemet, CA before moving to New York. In the 1970s she appeared in television series, including Hawaii Five-O, The Mod Squad, Ironside, and Little House on the Prairie. She also was a regular cast member on the short-lived ABC sitcom Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice in 1973. She was named Miss Golden Globe in 1971. Her first feature film was 1972 comedy The Honkers co-starring opposite James Coburn and Lois Nettleton. She later had supporting roles in Cancel My Reservation (1972), The All-American Boy (1973), and Trackdown (1976). In 1976, she had a female leading role in the drama film Lifeguard starring alongside Sam Elliott. She auditioned for the role of Lois Lane in the 1978 superhero film Superman, a role eventually awarded to Margot Kidder. Archer continued to appear in feature films, including Good Guys Wear Black (1978) starring Chuck Norris, Paradise Alley (1978) opposite Sylvester Stallone, and Hero at Large (1980), co-starring John Ritter. In early 1980s, Archer appeared in several smaller movies and made-for-television movies. In 1983, she moved to television with a leading role in the short-lived NBC drama series The Family Tree, playing a divorced woman with three children. In 1985, she joined the cast of CBS prime time soap opera Falcon Crest, playing manipulative businesswoman Cassandra Wilder for one year. In 1987, she starred alongside Michael Douglas and Glenn Close in the psychological thriller film Fatal Attraction. The film became a huge box office success, and Archer was nominated for an BAFTA, Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and for her role as Beth Gallagher. In 1990, she had a leading roles in three movies: Love at Large alongside Tom Berenger, Narrow Margin, and Eminent Domain. She starred alongside Harrison Ford in the 1992 spy thriller film Patriot Games and its sequel Clear and Present Danger (1994). In 1993, she starred opposite Madonna and Willem Dafoe in the erotic thriller Body of Evidence, the film was widely panned and at the 14th Golden Raspberry Awards Archer received nomination for Worst Supporting Actress. Later that year, she starred in the Robert Altman ensemble comedy-drama film Short Cuts, receiving special Golden Globe Award and Venice Film Festival Special Volpi Cup. In 2000, Archer co-starred in the war film Rules of Engagement and the action film The Art of War. Her other notable film credits include Man of the House (2005) opposite Tommy Lee Jones, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009, also featured her former Fatal Attraction co-star Michael Douglas, although they shared no scenes together), and Lullaby (2014). In 2001, Archer portrayed Mrs. Robinson at the Gielgud Theatre in a West End production of The Graduate. In 2014 and 2016, she played Jane Fonda in the premier production of the play The Trial of Jane Fonda, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Also in 2000s, had a recurring roles on several television shows such as Boston Public, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Ghost Whisperer. From 2008 to 2009, she starred in the short-lived The CW comedy-drama Privileged.","Archer married William Davis in 1969. They had one son, Thomas William ""Tommy"" Davis, born on August 18, 1972. The couple divorced in 1977. She married Terry Jastrow in 1979. They have one son together, Jeffrey Tucker Jastrow, born on October 18, 1984. She was originally a Christian Scientist, but her husband and she have been members of the Church of Scientology since 1975. Archer's stepfather was the Los Angeles banker and philanthropist, Harry Volk. Between 1982 and 1986, she was a spokeswoman for Applied Scholastics, the literacy training organization sponsored by the Church of Scientology. Her son Tommy was the head of the Church of Scientology's Celebrity Centre International in Los Angeles. In 1991, Archer spoke out about her abortion in the book The Choices We Made: Twenty-Five Women and Men Speak Out About Abortion.","garling began his career after graduating from claremont college. he appeared as ramona in the ‘’ramona pageant’’ in hemet, ca before moving to new york. in the 1970s he appeared in television series, including hawaii five-o, the mod squad, ironside, and little house on the prairie. he also was a regular cast member on the short-lived abc sitcom bob & carol & ted & alice in 1973. he was named miss golden globe in 1971. his first feature film was 1972 comedy the honkers co-starring opposite james coburn and lois nettleton. he later had supporting roles in cancel my reservation (1972), the all-american boy (1973), and trackdown (1976). in 1976, he had a female leading role in the drama film lifeguard starring alongside sam elliott. he auditioned for the role of lois lane in the 1978 superhero film superman, a role eventually awarded to margot kidder. garling continued to appear in feature films, including good guys wear black (1978) starring chuck norris, paradise alley (1978) opposite sylvester stallone, and hero at large (1980), co-starring john ritter. in early 1980s, garling appeared in several smaller movies and made-for-television movies. in 1983, he moved to television with a leading role in the short-lived nbc drama series the family tree, playing a divorced woman with three children. in 1985, he joined the cast of cbs prime time soap opera falcon crest, playing manipulative businesswoman cassandra wilder for one year. in 1987, he starred alongside michael douglas and glenn close in the psychological thriller film fatal attraction. the film became a huge box office success, and garling was nominated for an bafta, golden globe and academy award for best supporting actress and for his role as beth gallagher. in 1990, he had a leading roles in three movies: love at large alongside tom berenger, narrow margin, and eminent domain. he starred alongside harrison ford in the 1992 spy thriller film patriot games and its sequel clear and present danger (1994). in 1993, he starred opposite madonna and willem dafoe in the erotic thriller body of evidence, the film was widely pjordand and at the 14th golden raspberry awards garling received nomination for worst supporting actress. later that year, he starred in the robert altman ensemble comedy-drama film short cuts, receiving special golden globe award and venice film festival special volpi cup. in 2000, garling co-starred in the war film rules of engagement and the action film the art of war. his other notable film credits include man of the house (2005) opposite tommy lee jones, ghosts of girlfriends past (2009, also featured his former fatal attraction co-star michael douglas, although they shared no scenes together), and lullaby (2014). in 2001, garling portrayed mrs. robinson at the gielgud theatre in a west end production of the graduate. in 2014 and 2016, he played jane fonda in the premier production of the play the trial of jane fonda, at the edinburgh festival fringe. also in 2000s, had a recurring roles on several television shows such as boston public, it's always sunny in philadelphia, and ghost whisperer. from 2008 to 2009, he starred in the short-lived the cw comedy-drama privileged.garling married william davis in 1969. they had one son, thomas william ""tommy"" davis, born on august 18, 1972. the couple divorced in 1977. he married terry jastrow in 1979. they have one son together, jeffrey tucker jastrow, born on october 18, 1984. he was originally a christian scientist, but his husband and he have been members of the church of scientology since 1975. garling's stepfather was the los angeles banker and philanthropist, harry volk. between 1982 and 1986, he was a spokeswoman for applied scholastics, the literacy training organization sponsored by the church of scientology. his son tommy was the head of the church of scientology's celebrity centre international in los angeles. in 1991, garling spoke out about his abortion in the book the choices we made: twenty-five women and men speak out about abortion.",Anne,Archer,acting 13,Janel,Hardesty,f,"She made her film debut under her real name in the backstage musical Song of Love (1929), as a wisecracking, homewrecking showgirl who becomes a rival to the film's star, singer Belle Baker. The film was one of Columbia Pictures' earliest successes. In 1933, she relocated to New York City, where she had supporting parts in multiple Broadway stage productions. In 1934, she was cast in the Ziegfeld Follies revue, the first role where she was credited as Eve Arden. When she was told to adopt a stage name for the show, Arden looked at her cosmetics and ""stole my first name from Evening in Paris, and the second from Elizabeth Arden"". Between 1934 and 1941, she appeared in Broadway productions of Parade, Very Warm for May, Two for the Show, and Let's Face It!. Arden's film career began in earnest in 1937 when she signed a contract with RKO Radio Pictures and appeared in the films Oh Doctor and Stage Door. Her Stage Door portrayal of a fast-talking, witty supporting character gained Arden considerable notice and was a template for many of Arden's future roles. In 1938, she played a supporting part in the comedy Having Wonderful Time, starring Ginger Rogers and Lucille Ball. This was followed by roles in the crime film The Forgotten Woman (1939), and the Marx Brothers comedy At the Circus (1939), a role that required her to perform acrobatics. In 1940, she appeared opposite Clark Gable in Comrade X, followed by the drama Manpower (1941) opposite Marlene Dietrich. She also had a supporting part in the Red Skelton comedy Whistling in the Dark (1941) and the romantic comedy Obliging Young Lady (1942). Her many memorable screen roles include a supporting role as Joan Crawford's wise-cracking friend in Mildred Pierce (1945), for which she received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress; and as James Stewart's wistful secretary in Otto Preminger's mystery Anatomy of a Murder (1959) (which also featured her husband, Brooks West). In 1946, exhibitors voted her the sixth-most promising ""star of tomorrow"". Arden became familiar to a new generation of filmgoers when she played Principal McGee in Grease (1978) and Grease 2 (1982). Arden was known for her deadpan comedic delivery. Arden's ability with witty scripts made her a natural talent for radio. She was a regular on Danny Kaye's short-lived but memorably zany comedy-variety show in 1946, which also featured swing bandleader Harry James and gravel-voiced character actor-comedian Lionel Stander. Kaye's show lasted one season, but Arden's comic talent led to her best-known role, that of Madison High School English teacher Connie Brooks in Our Miss Brooks. Arden portrayed the character on radio from 1948 to 1957, in a television version of the program from 1952 to 1956, and in a 1956 feature film. Her character clashed with the school's principal, Osgood Conklin (played by Gale Gordon) and nursed an unrequited crush on fellow teacher Philip Boynton (played originally by future film star Jeff Chandler; and later on radio and TV by Robert Rockwell). Except for Chandler, the entire radio cast of Arden, Gordon, Richard Crenna (Walter Denton), Robert Rockwell (Mr. Philip Boynton), Gloria McMillan (Harriet Conklin) and Jane Morgan (landlady Margaret Davis) played the same roles on TV. Arden's portrayal of Miss Brooks was so popular that she was made an honorary member of the National Education Association, received a 1952 award from the Teachers College of Connecticut's Alumni Association ""for humanizing the American teacher"", and even received teaching job offers. Her wisecracking, deadpan character ultimately became her public persona as a comedienne. She won a listeners' poll by Radio Mirror magazine as the top-ranking comedienne of 1948–1949, receiving her award at the end of an Our Miss Brooks broadcast that March. ""I'm certainly going to try in the coming months to merit the honor you've bestowed upon me, because I understand that if I win this (award) two years in a row, I get to keep Mr. Boynton,"" she joked. She was also a hit with the critics: A winter 1949 poll of newspaper and magazine radio editors by Motion Picture Daily named her the year's best radio comedienne. Arden had a very brief guest appearance in a 1955 I Love Lucy episode titled ""L.A. at Last"", where she played herself. While awaiting their food at the Brown Derby, Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) and Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance) argue over whether a certain portrait on a nearby wall is Shelley Winters or Judy Holliday. Lucy urges Ethel to ask a lady occupying the next booth, who turns and replies, ""Neither. That's Eve Arden."" As Ethel realizes she just spoke to Arden herself, Arden passes Lucy and Ethel's table to leave the restaurant while the pair gawk. Desilu Productions, jointly owned by Desi Arnaz and Ball during their marriage, was the production company for the Our Miss Brooks television show, filmed during the same years as I Love Lucy. Ball and Arden met when they costarred in the film Stage Door in 1937. Ball, according to numerous radio historians, suggested Arden for Our Miss Brooks after Shirley Booth auditioned for but failed to land the role and Ball—committed at the time to My Favorite Husband—could not. Arden tried another series in the fall of 1957, The Eve Arden Show, but it was canceled in spring of 1958 after 26 episodes. In 1966, she played Nurse Kelton in an episode of Bewitched. She later costarred with Kaye Ballard as her neighbor and in-law, Eve Hubbard, in the 1967–1969 situation comedy The Mothers-in-Law, produced by Arnaz after the dissolution of Desilu Productions. In her later career, Arden made appearances on such television shows as Bewitched, Alice, Maude, Hart to Hart, and Falcon Crest. In 1985, she appeared as the wicked stepmother in the Faerie Tale Theatre production of Cinderella. Arden was one of many actresses to take on the title roles in Hello, Dolly! and Auntie Mame in the 1960s; in 1967, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre. Arden was cast in 1983 as the leading lady in what was to be her Broadway comeback in Moose Murders, but she wisely withdrew and was replaced with the much younger Holland Taylor after one preview performance, citing ""artistic differences"". The show went on to open and close on the same night, becoming known as one of the most legendary flops in Broadway history. Arden published an autobiography, The Three Phases of Eve, in 1985. In addition to her Academy Award nomination, Arden has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: Radio and Television (see List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for addresses). She was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1995.","Arden was married to Ned Bergen from 1939 to 1947, had an extended relationship with Danny Kaye through the 1940s (likely starting from their Broadway work on Let's Face It! (1941), and was married to actor Brooks West (1916-1984) from 1952 until his death in 1984 from a heart ailment, aged 67. West and she had four children; all but the youngest were adopted. All four survived their parents.","She made her film debut under her real name in the backstage musical Song of Love (1929), as a wisecracking, homewrecking showgirl who becomes a rival to the film's star, singer Belle Baker. The film was one of Columbia Pictures' earliest successes. In 1933, she relocated to New York City, where she had supporting parts in multiple Broadway stage productions. In 1934, she was cast in the Ziegfeld Follies revue, the first role where she was credited as Janel Hardesty. When she was told to adopt a stage name for the show, Hardesty looked at her cosmetics and ""stole my first name from Janelning in Paris, and the second from Elizabeth Hardesty"". Between 1934 and 1941, she appeared in Broadway productions of Parade, Very Warm for May, Two for the Show, and Let's Face It!. Hardesty's film career began in earnest in 1937 when she signed a contract with RKO Radio Pictures and appeared in the films Oh Doctor and Stage Door. Her Stage Door portrayal of a fast-talking, witty supporting character gained Hardesty considerable notice and was a template for many of Hardesty's future roles. In 1938, she played a supporting part in the comedy Having Wonderful Time, starring Ginger Rogers and Lucille Ball. This was followed by roles in the crime film The Forgotten Woman (1939), and the Marx Brothers comedy At the Circus (1939), a role that required her to perform acrobatics. In 1940, she appeared opposite Clark Gable in Comrade X, followed by the drama Manpower (1941) opposite Marlene Dietrich. She also had a supporting part in the Red Skelton comedy Whistling in the Dark (1941) and the romantic comedy Obliging Young Lady (1942). Her many memorable screen roles include a supporting role as Joan Crawford's wise-cracking friend in Mildred Pierce (1945), for which she received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress; and as James Stewart's wistful secretary in Otto Preminger's mystery Anatomy of a Murder (1959) (which also featured her husband, Brooks West). In 1946, exhibitors voted her the sixth-most promising ""star of tomorrow"". Hardesty became familiar to a new generation of filmgoers when she played Principal McGee in Grease (1978) and Grease 2 (1982). Hardesty was known for her deadpan comedic delivery. Hardesty's ability with witty scripts made her a natural talent for radio. She was a regular on Danny Kaye's short-lived but memorably zany comedy-variety show in 1946, which also featured swing bandleader Harry James and gravel-voiced character actor-comedian Lionel Stander. Kaye's show lasted one season, but Hardesty's comic talent led to her best-known role, that of Madison High School English teacher Connie Brooks in Our Miss Brooks. Hardesty portrayed the character on radio from 1948 to 1957, in a television version of the program from 1952 to 1956, and in a 1956 feature film. Her character clashed with the school's principal, Osgood Conklin (played by Gale Gordon) and nursed an unrequited crush on fellow teacher Philip Boynton (played originally by future film star Jeff Chandler; and later on radio and TV by Robert Rockwell). Except for Chandler, the entire radio cast of Hardesty, Gordon, Richard Crenna (Walter Denton), Robert Rockwell (Mr. Philip Boynton), Gloria McMillan (Harriet Conklin) and Jane Morgan (landlady Margaret Davis) played the same roles on TV. Hardesty's portrayal of Miss Brooks was so popular that she was made an honorary member of the National Education Association, received a 1952 award from the Teachers College of Connecticut's Alumni Association ""for humanizing the American teacher"", and Janeln received teaching job offers. Her wisecracking, deadpan character ultimately became her public persona as a comedienne. She won a listeners' poll by Radio Mirror magazine as the top-ranking comedienne of 1948–1949, receiving her award at the end of an Our Miss Brooks broadcast that March. ""I'm certainly going to try in the coming months to merit the honor you've bestowed upon me, because I understand that if I win this (award) two years in a row, I get to keep Mr. Boynton,"" she joked. She was also a hit with the critics: A winter 1949 poll of newspaper and magazine radio editors by Motion Picture Daily named her the year's best radio comedienne. Hardesty had a very brief guest appearance in a 1955 I Love Lucy episode titled ""L.A. at Last"", where she played herself. While awaiting their food at the Brown Derby, Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) and Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance) argue over whether a certain portrait on a nearby wall is Shelley Winters or Judy Holliday. Lucy urges Ethel to ask a lady occupying the next booth, who turns and replies, ""Neither. That's Janel Hardesty."" As Ethel realizes she just spoke to Hardesty herself, Hardesty passes Lucy and Ethel's table to leave the restaurant while the pair gawk. Desilu Productions, jointly owned by Desi Arnaz and Ball during their marriage, was the production company for the Our Miss Brooks television show, filmed during the same years as I Love Lucy. Ball and Hardesty met when they costarred in the film Stage Door in 1937. Ball, according to numerous radio historians, suggested Hardesty for Our Miss Brooks after Shirley Booth auditioned for but failed to land the role and Ball—committed at the time to My Favorite Husband—could not. Hardesty tried another series in the fall of 1957, The Janel Hardesty Show, but it was canceled in spring of 1958 after 26 episodes. In 1966, she played Nurse Kelton in an episode of Bewitched. She later costarred with Kaye Ballard as her neighbor and in-law, Janel Hubbard, in the 1967–1969 situation comedy The Mothers-in-Law, produced by Arnaz after the dissolution of Desilu Productions. In her later career, Hardesty made appearances on such television shows as Bewitched, Alice, Maude, Hart to Hart, and Falcon Crest. In 1985, she appeared as the wicked stepmother in the Faerie Tale Theatre production of Cinderella. Hardesty was one of many actresses to take on the title roles in Hello, Dolly! and Auntie Mame in the 1960s; in 1967, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre. Hardesty was cast in 1983 as the leading lady in what was to be her Broadway comeback in Moose Murders, but she wisely withdrew and was replaced with the much younger Holland Taylor after one preview performance, citing ""artistic differences"". The show went on to open and close on the same night, becoming known as one of the most legendary flops in Broadway history. Hardesty published an autobiography, The Three Phases of Janel, in 1985. In addition to her Academy Award nomination, Hardesty has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: Radio and Television (see List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for addresses). She was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1995.Hardesty was married to Ned Bergen from 1939 to 1947, had an extended relationship with Danny Kaye through the 1940s (likely starting from their Broadway work on Let's Face It! (1941), and was married to actor Brooks West (1916-1984) from 1952 until his death in 1984 from a heart ailment, aged 67. West and she had four children; all but the youngest were adopted. All four survived their parents.",Eve,Arden,acting 14,Tony,Redick,m,"She made her film debut under her real name in the backstage musical Song of Love (1929), as a wisecracking, homewrecking showgirl who becomes a rival to the film's star, singer Belle Baker. The film was one of Columbia Pictures' earliest successes. In 1933, she relocated to New York City, where she had supporting parts in multiple Broadway stage productions. In 1934, she was cast in the Ziegfeld Follies revue, the first role where she was credited as Eve Arden. When she was told to adopt a stage name for the show, Arden looked at her cosmetics and ""stole my first name from Evening in Paris, and the second from Elizabeth Arden"". Between 1934 and 1941, she appeared in Broadway productions of Parade, Very Warm for May, Two for the Show, and Let's Face It!. Arden's film career began in earnest in 1937 when she signed a contract with RKO Radio Pictures and appeared in the films Oh Doctor and Stage Door. Her Stage Door portrayal of a fast-talking, witty supporting character gained Arden considerable notice and was a template for many of Arden's future roles. In 1938, she played a supporting part in the comedy Having Wonderful Time, starring Ginger Rogers and Lucille Ball. This was followed by roles in the crime film The Forgotten Woman (1939), and the Marx Brothers comedy At the Circus (1939), a role that required her to perform acrobatics. In 1940, she appeared opposite Clark Gable in Comrade X, followed by the drama Manpower (1941) opposite Marlene Dietrich. She also had a supporting part in the Red Skelton comedy Whistling in the Dark (1941) and the romantic comedy Obliging Young Lady (1942). Her many memorable screen roles include a supporting role as Joan Crawford's wise-cracking friend in Mildred Pierce (1945), for which she received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress; and as James Stewart's wistful secretary in Otto Preminger's mystery Anatomy of a Murder (1959) (which also featured her husband, Brooks West). In 1946, exhibitors voted her the sixth-most promising ""star of tomorrow"". Arden became familiar to a new generation of filmgoers when she played Principal McGee in Grease (1978) and Grease 2 (1982). Arden was known for her deadpan comedic delivery. Arden's ability with witty scripts made her a natural talent for radio. She was a regular on Danny Kaye's short-lived but memorably zany comedy-variety show in 1946, which also featured swing bandleader Harry James and gravel-voiced character actor-comedian Lionel Stander. Kaye's show lasted one season, but Arden's comic talent led to her best-known role, that of Madison High School English teacher Connie Brooks in Our Miss Brooks. Arden portrayed the character on radio from 1948 to 1957, in a television version of the program from 1952 to 1956, and in a 1956 feature film. Her character clashed with the school's principal, Osgood Conklin (played by Gale Gordon) and nursed an unrequited crush on fellow teacher Philip Boynton (played originally by future film star Jeff Chandler; and later on radio and TV by Robert Rockwell). Except for Chandler, the entire radio cast of Arden, Gordon, Richard Crenna (Walter Denton), Robert Rockwell (Mr. Philip Boynton), Gloria McMillan (Harriet Conklin) and Jane Morgan (landlady Margaret Davis) played the same roles on TV. Arden's portrayal of Miss Brooks was so popular that she was made an honorary member of the National Education Association, received a 1952 award from the Teachers College of Connecticut's Alumni Association ""for humanizing the American teacher"", and even received teaching job offers. Her wisecracking, deadpan character ultimately became her public persona as a comedienne. She won a listeners' poll by Radio Mirror magazine as the top-ranking comedienne of 1948–1949, receiving her award at the end of an Our Miss Brooks broadcast that March. ""I'm certainly going to try in the coming months to merit the honor you've bestowed upon me, because I understand that if I win this (award) two years in a row, I get to keep Mr. Boynton,"" she joked. She was also a hit with the critics: A winter 1949 poll of newspaper and magazine radio editors by Motion Picture Daily named her the year's best radio comedienne. Arden had a very brief guest appearance in a 1955 I Love Lucy episode titled ""L.A. at Last"", where she played herself. While awaiting their food at the Brown Derby, Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) and Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance) argue over whether a certain portrait on a nearby wall is Shelley Winters or Judy Holliday. Lucy urges Ethel to ask a lady occupying the next booth, who turns and replies, ""Neither. That's Eve Arden."" As Ethel realizes she just spoke to Arden herself, Arden passes Lucy and Ethel's table to leave the restaurant while the pair gawk. Desilu Productions, jointly owned by Desi Arnaz and Ball during their marriage, was the production company for the Our Miss Brooks television show, filmed during the same years as I Love Lucy. Ball and Arden met when they costarred in the film Stage Door in 1937. Ball, according to numerous radio historians, suggested Arden for Our Miss Brooks after Shirley Booth auditioned for but failed to land the role and Ball—committed at the time to My Favorite Husband—could not. Arden tried another series in the fall of 1957, The Eve Arden Show, but it was canceled in spring of 1958 after 26 episodes. In 1966, she played Nurse Kelton in an episode of Bewitched. She later costarred with Kaye Ballard as her neighbor and in-law, Eve Hubbard, in the 1967–1969 situation comedy The Mothers-in-Law, produced by Arnaz after the dissolution of Desilu Productions. In her later career, Arden made appearances on such television shows as Bewitched, Alice, Maude, Hart to Hart, and Falcon Crest. In 1985, she appeared as the wicked stepmother in the Faerie Tale Theatre production of Cinderella. Arden was one of many actresses to take on the title roles in Hello, Dolly! and Auntie Mame in the 1960s; in 1967, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre. Arden was cast in 1983 as the leading lady in what was to be her Broadway comeback in Moose Murders, but she wisely withdrew and was replaced with the much younger Holland Taylor after one preview performance, citing ""artistic differences"". The show went on to open and close on the same night, becoming known as one of the most legendary flops in Broadway history. Arden published an autobiography, The Three Phases of Eve, in 1985. In addition to her Academy Award nomination, Arden has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: Radio and Television (see List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for addresses). She was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1995.","Arden was married to Ned Bergen from 1939 to 1947, had an extended relationship with Danny Kaye through the 1940s (likely starting from their Broadway work on Let's Face It! (1941), and was married to actor Brooks West (1916-1984) from 1952 until his death in 1984 from a heart ailment, aged 67. West and she had four children; all but the youngest were adopted. All four survived their parents.","she made his film debut under his real name in the backstage musical song of love (1929), as a wisecracking, homewrecking showgirl who becomes a rival to the film's star, singer belle baker. the film was one of columbia pictures' earliest successes. in 1933, he relocated to new york city, where he had supporting parts in multiple broadway stage productions. in 1934, he was cast in the ziegfeld follies revue, the first role where he was credited as tony redick. when he was told to adopt a stage name for the show, redick looked at his cosmetics and ""stole my first name from tonyning in paris, and the second from elizabeth redick"". between 1934 and 1941, he appeared in broadway productions of parade, very warm for may, two for the show, and let's face it!. redick's film career began in earnest in 1937 when he signed a contract with rko radio pictures and appeared in the films oh doctor and stage door. his stage door portrayal of a fast-talking, witty supporting character gained redick considerable notice and was a template for many of redick's future roles. in 1938, he played a supporting part in the comedy having wonderful time, starring ginger rogers and lucille ball. this was followed by roles in the crime film the forgotten woman (1939), and the marx brothers comedy at the circus (1939), a role that required his to perform acrobatics. in 1940, he appeared opposite clark gable in comrade x, followed by the drama manpower (1941) opposite marlene dietrich. he also had a supporting part in the red skelton comedy whistling in the dark (1941) and the romantic comedy obliging young lady (1942). his many memorable screen roles include a supporting role as joan crawford's wise-cracking friend in mildred pierce (1945), for which he received an academy award nomination as best supporting actress; and as james stewart's wistful secretary in otto preminger's mystery anatomy of a murder (1959) (which also featured his husband, brooks west). in 1946, exhibitors voted his the sixth-most promising ""star of tomorrow"". redick became familiar to a new generation of filmgoers when he played principal mcgee in grease (1978) and grease 2 (1982). redick was known for his deadpan comedic delivery. redick's ability with witty scripts made his a natural talent for radio. he was a regular on danny kaye's short-lived but memorably zany comedy-variety show in 1946, which also featured swing bandleader harry james and gravel-voiced character actor-comedian lionel stander. kaye's show lasted one season, but redick's comic talent led to his best-known role, that of madison high school english teacher connie brooks in our miss brooks. redick portrayed the character on radio from 1948 to 1957, in a television version of the program from 1952 to 1956, and in a 1956 feature film. his character clashed with the school's principal, osgood conklin (played by gale gordon) and nursed an unrequited crush on fellow teacher philip boynton (played originally by future film star jeff chandler; and later on radio and tv by robert rockwell). except for chandler, the entire radio cast of redick, gordon, richard crenna (walter denton), robert rockwell (mr. philip boynton), gloria mcmillan (harriet conklin) and jane morgan (landlady margaret davis) played the same roles on tv. redick's portrayal of miss brooks was so popular that he was made an honorary member of the national education association, received a 1952 award from the teachers college of connecticut's alumni association ""for humanizing the american teacher"", and tonyn received teaching job offers. his wisecracking, deadpan character ultimately became his public persona as a comedienne. he won a listeners' poll by radio mirror magazine as the top-ranking comedienne of 1948–1949, receiving his award at the end of an our miss brooks broadcast that march. ""i'm certainly going to try in the coming months to merit the honor you've bestowed upon me, because i understand that if i win this (award) two years in a row, i get to keep mr. boynton,"" he joked. he was also a hit with the critics: a winter 1949 poll of newspaper and magazine radio editors by motion picture daily named his the year's best radio comedienne. redick had a very brief guest appearance in a 1955 i love lucy episode titled ""l.a. at last"", where he played herself. while awaiting their food at the brown derby, lucy ricardo (lucille ball) and ethel mertz (vivian vance) argue over whether a certain portrait on a nearby wall is shelley winters or judy holliday. lucy urges ethel to ask a lady occupying the next booth, who turns and replies, ""neither. that's tony redick."" as ethel realizes he just spoke to redick herself, redick passes lucy and ethel's table to leave the restaurant while the pair gawk. desilu productions, jointly owned by desi arnaz and ball during their marriage, was the production company for the our miss brooks television show, filmed during the same years as i love lucy. ball and redick met when they costarred in the film stage door in 1937. ball, according to numerous radio historians, suggested redick for our miss brooks after shirley booth auditioned for but failed to land the role and ball—committed at the time to my favorite husband—could not. redick tried another series in the fall of 1957, the tony redick show, but it was canceled in spring of 1958 after 26 episodes. in 1966, he played nurse kelton in an episode of bewitched. he later costarred with kaye ballard as his neighbor and in-law, tony hubbard, in the 1967–1969 situation comedy the mothers-in-law, produced by arnaz after the dissolution of desilu productions. in his later career, redick made appearances on such television shows as bewitched, alice, maude, hart to hart, and falcon crest. in 1985, he appeared as the wicked stepmother in the faerie tale theatre production of cinderella. redick was one of many actresses to take on the title roles in hello, dolly! and auntie mame in the 1960s; in 1967, he won the sarah siddons award for his work in chicago theatre. redick was cast in 1983 as the leading lady in what was to be his broadway comeback in moose murders, but he wisely withdrew and was replaced with the much younger holland taylor after one preview performance, citing ""artistic differences"". the show went on to open and close on the same night, becoming known as one of the most legendary flops in broadway history. redick published an autobiography, the three phases of tony, in 1985. in addition to his academy award nomination, redick has two stars on the hollywood walk of fame: radio and television (see list of stars on the hollywood walk of fame for addresses). he was inducted into the national radio hall of fame in 1995.redick was married to ned bergen from 1939 to 1947, had an extended relationship with danny kaye through the 1940s (likely starting from their broadway work on let's face it! (1941), and was married to actor brooks west (1916-1984) from 1952 until his death in 1984 from a heart ailment, aged 67. west and he had four children; all but the youngest were adopted. all four survived their parents.",Eve,Arden,acting 15,Jihan,Admony,f,"In 1987, Arquette's first starring roles included pregnant teenager Stacy in the television film Daddy, boarding school student Zero in Pretty Smart, and Kristen Parker in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, alongside Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger and Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson. She reprised her role as Kristen in the music video to Dokken's Dream Warriors (1987). She was asked to reprise her role in the sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988), but she declined the offer in order to do other projects. She gave up the role of Tralala in Last Exit to Brooklyn due to her pregnancy with her son Enzo. In 1988, Arquette played the daughter of Tess Harper in Far North. Her roles in the early 1990s were in low budget and independent films, including Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990), The Indian Runner (1991), which was the directorial debut of Sean Penn; and the drama Inside Monkey Zetterland. In 1992, she won a CableACE Award for Best Lead Actress in a Mini-Series for her portrayal of a deaf girl with epilepsy in Wildflower, directed by Diane Keaton and also starring Reese Witherspoon. In her early career, Arquette received the most recognition for her role as Alabama Whitman, a free-spirited, kind-hearted prostitute in Tony Scott's True Romance (1993). The film was a moderate box office success but became a cultural landmark because of Quentin Tarantino's screenplay, which preceded Pulp Fiction, although some critics were deterred by the graphic violence. In one scene, Arquette puts up a fierce physical struggle in a fight with James Gandolfini (as a viciously sadistic killer) which her character ultimately wins. Arquette's performance received generally unanimous praise from critics. Janet Maslin of The New York Times premarked that Arquette played her role with ""surprising sweetness"", while Peter Travers remarked that ""Arquette delivers sensationally"". TV Guide noted that the film blends and recycles elements from the story of Bonnie and Clyde and Terrence Malick's ""love on the run"" film Badlands (1973). It gave True Romance overall a favourable review for having ""enough energy and verve to create something entirely fresh and infectiously entertaining"". Richard Corliss of Time Magazine made similar statements and also likened the film to the earlier, seminal Bonnie and Clyde. Arquette next appeared in the television film Betrayed by Love (1994), and the well-received biopic Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, where she portrayed his girlfriend. Her next role was as Laura Bowman in John Boorman's Beyond Rangoon (1995), which drew mixed critical reviews, but was a success internationally. In France, it was the official selection at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, where it became one of the most popular hits of the event. Although the film had lackluster reviews, Arquette's performance as an American tourist in Burma during the 8888 Uprising was regarded as one of the work's strong points. Michael Sragow, writing for The New Yorker, stated ""Arquette gives the kind of mighty physical performance usually delivered by men in existential action classics like ""The Wages of Fear,"" but she suffuses it with something all her own - she's bulletproof yet vulnerable."" Hal Hinson of The Washington Post remarked that the film was ""odd, brilliant in places, but frustrating all the same,"" commenting that ""Arquette shows real grit when the chips are down"". Arquette appeared in three films in 1996, the first the comedy film Flirting with Disaster (1996), about a young man's cross-country pursuit to find his parents. Critical reception was largely positive, with Todd McCarthy of Variety praising the film and the authenticity of Arquette's performance, highlighting that ""Arquette very believably distracted and infuriated"". Flirting with Disaster grossed $14 million at the American box office and was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. Her second film released that year was the period drama The Secret Agent, an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel of the same name. The film received average reviews. Infinity was her third film that year, a biographical drama about the early life of American physicist Richard Feynman. The film received mixed to positive reviews. Although Emmanuel Levy of Variety said that Arquette was ""miscast"", he stated that she ""registers more credibly in the first part of the film, when she plays an adolescent"". In 1997, Arquette starred in David Lynch's neo-noir psychological thriller Lost Highway, in dual roles as Renee Madison and Alice Wakefield. The film had an ambiguous narrative, which polarized audiences and drew varying critical opinion, but it established a strong cult following. Arquette played an elusive femme fatale in a critically revered performance that enabled her to draw on her sexuality more than any other previous role. Roger Ebert, of the Chicago Sun-Times, disliked the film, saying there was ""no sense to be made of it"" and voiced his distaste over a scene in which Arquette's character is asked to disrobe at gunpoint. Other critics were more favourable: Andy Klein of the Dallas Observer called it a ""two-hour plus fever dream"", Michael Sragow of The New Yorker called the film a ""compelling erotic nightmare"", and Edward Guthman of the San Francisco Gate wrote a glowing review praising Arquette's performance, calling it the ""strongest, most memorable performance "" and favourably comparing her double role to Kim Novak's in Vertigo (1958). That same year, Arquette appeared in Nightwatch, a horror-thriller film directed by Ole Bornedal. The film is a remake the Danish film Nattevagten (1994), which was also directed by Bornedal. Nightwatch was not a box office success and received poor reviews by critics, many of whom considered it an unnecessary, inferior retelling of the original film. 1998 saw Arquette perform in two films: Goodbye Lover, a comedic neo-noir directed by Roland Joffé and The Hi-Lo Country, a period Western directed by Stephen Frears. The former received a poor critical reception while the latter received a more appreciative albeit modest response. The Hi-Lo Country was widely cited as a ""classic Western"" in the press. Stephen Holden of the New York Times said, ""In its best moments the movie feels like an epic hybrid of Red River and The Last Picture Show."" In 1999, Arquette returned to familiar territory with the genre that began her career, in Stigmata, a horror film, in the lead role. Produced on a budget of $29 million, the film was a box office success, grossing $50,046,268. Internationally the film earned $39,400,000 for a total worldwide gross $89,446,268. Critics were not as receptive of the film as audiences, with Roger Ebert remarking ""possibly the funniest movie ever made about Catholicism – from a theological point of view"". Arquette then appeared in Martin Scorsese's Bringing out the Dead, based on the novel by Joe Connelly. The film united her with then-husband Nicolas Cage and received highly favourable critical reviews, but was a box office flop. Janet Maslin of the New York Times wrote that ""Arquette's quietly credible performance helps center Frank's experiences; one of the film's most honest scenes is one in which they share an ambulance ride without sharing a word"". Her next role was in the light-hearted comedy Little Nicky (2000), alongside Adam Sandler. Despite being a box office hit, the film received negative reviews, although Roger Ebert called it Sandler's best film to date. Following this, she starred in French-American comedy drama Human Nature (2001), written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry. The film was met with mixed reviews and was screened out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Roger Ebert, in a three-star (out of a possible four) review, lauded the film's ""screwball charm"". The following year, she appeared in the small-scale mystery film The Badge, playing the widowed victim of a murdered transsexual. In 2003, she portrayed the controversial pornographic film star Linda Lovelace in the little known Deeper than Deep, which was followed with the more family orientated Disney produced Holes, as Kissin' Kate Barlow. Based on the 1998 novel of the same title by Louis Sachar, Holes grossed $16,300,155 in its opening weekend, making #2 at the box office, behind Anger Management's second weekend. Holes would go on to gross a domestic total of $67,406,173 and an additional $4 million in international revenue, totaling $71,406,573 at the box office against a $20 million budget, making the film a moderate financial success. Arquette's next film, Tiptoes, was released straight-to-DVD in the United States, despite a screening at the Sundance Film Festival. After the humdrum reception of Tiptoes, Arquette did not appear in another film until 2006's Fast Food Nation, directed by Richard Linklater. During this three years, she was largely working on Boyhood; it was released eight years later in July 2014. Fast Food Nation marked her second collaboration with Linklater; it is based on the bestselling 2001 non-fiction book of the same name by Eric Schlosser. Fast Food Nation received mixed to positive critical reviews. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone awarded the film three out of four stars and added, ""It's less an exposé of junk-food culture than a human drama, sprinkled with sly, provoking wit, about how that culture defines how we live ... The film is brimming with grand ambitions but trips on many of them as some characters aren't given enough screen time to register and others vanish just when you want to learn more about them."" A. O. Scott of The New York Times wrote ""It's a mirror and a portrait, and a movie as necessary and nourishing as your next meal."" In January 2005, Arquette made her first transition to television with NBC's Medium. Her role as (a fictional version of) psychic medium Allison DuBois won her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in 2005, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe in 2005, 2006 and 2007, a SAG Award in 2006, 2007 and 2010, and an Emmy Award in 2007. In 2009 NBC cancelled Medium, then CBS picked the series up and it lasted another two seasons. In 2008, she provided voice work for A Single Woman, which was panned. She did not appear in another film until 2012. Girl in Progress, a drama directed by Patricia Riggen, marked her return; it was met with negative reviews. In 2013, she returned to television, appearing on Boardwalk Empire as Sally Wheet. Also in 2013, Arquette filmed the true crime drama Electric Slide, which is still awaiting release. In 2014, Boyhood was released, a project that Arquette and other actors had shot for 12 years beginning in 2002. The film was directed by Richard Linklater, marking his second collaboration with Arquette. In the film, she plays Olivia Evans, a single mother who raises her two children mostly alone with the sometimes assistance of their father (played by Ethan Hawke). The epic explores a 12-year scope. The film details the progression of her character's son, Mason, from ages 8 to 18. The film has received universal praise, with many critics calling it a ""landmark film"". Arquette received widespread acclaim for her performance. Critic Katie McDonahugh, writing for Salon, states ""the role gave space to be all of these messy things at once, and her performance was a raw, gutsy meditation on those profoundly human contradictions"". Margaret Pomeranz, writing for ABC Australia, called Arquette's performance ""stunning"" and praised the film, further remarking that ""the elision from one time to another is subtle and seamless. It's just a fabulous movie experience"". Arquette won the Academy, BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Golden Globe, Independent Spirit, and SAG Awards for Best Supporting Actress. In early 2015, Arquette began starring in the CBS series CSI: Cyber, a show about FBI agents who combat Internet-based crimes. On May 12, 2016, CBS canceled the series after two seasons, thus ending the CSI franchise. Arquette portrayed Tilly Mitchell in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora, which premiered on November 18, 2018. For the role, she gained weight, wore prosthetic teeth, and brown contact lenses. For her performance, she received critical acclaim and won the SAG Award, Critics' Choice Television Award, and Golden Globe Award. She also received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. In 2018, it was announced that Arquette would be starring in the Hulu series The Act. The series premiered in March 2019 to critical acclaim. For her performance, Arquette received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.","At age 20, Arquette had a relationship with Paul Rossi, a musician. They had a son together, Enzo Rossi, born on January 3, 1989. In April 1995, Arquette married Nicolas Cage (with whom she later co-starred in Bringing Out the Dead in 1999). They separated after nine months, but acted as a couple in public until Cage filed for divorce in February 2000. Arquette and actor Thomas Jane became engaged in 2002. Their daughter Harlow Olivia Calliope Jane was born on February 20, 2003. Arquette and Jane married on June 25, 2006, at the Palazzo Contarini in Venice, Italy. In January 2009, Arquette filed for divorce from Jane on the grounds of irreconcilable differences, but the couple soon reconciled. Arquette withdrew the divorce petition on July 9, 2009. On August 13, 2010, Jane's representative announced that Arquette and Jane had decided to proceed with a divorce due to ""irreconcilable differences"". The divorce was finalized on July 1, 2011, and the two agreed to joint custody of their child.","In 1987, Admony's first starring roles included pregnant teenager Stacy in the television film Daddy, boarding school student Zero in Pretty Smart, and Kristen Parker in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, alongside Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger and Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson. She reprised her role as Kristen in the music video to Dokken's Dream Warriors (1987). She was asked to reprise her role in the sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988), but she declined the offer in order to do other projects. She gave up the role of Tralala in Last Exit to Brooklyn due to her pregnancy with her son Enzo. In 1988, Admony played the daughter of Tess Harper in Far North. Her roles in the early 1990s were in low budget and independent films, including Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990), The Indian Runner (1991), which was the directorial debut of Sean Penn; and the drama Inside Monkey Zetterland. In 1992, she won a CableACE Award for Best Lead Actress in a Mini-Series for her portrayal of a deaf girl with epilepsy in Wildflower, directed by Diane Keaton and also starring Reese Witherspoon. In her early career, Admony received the most recognition for her role as Alabama Whitman, a free-spirited, kind-hearted prostitute in Tony Scott's True Romance (1993). The film was a moderate box office success but became a cultural landmark because of Quentin Tarantino's screenplay, which preceded Pulp Fiction, although some critics were deterred by the graphic violence. In one scene, Admony puts up a fierce physical struggle in a fight with James Gandolfini (as a viciously sadistic killer) which her character ultimately wins. Admony's performance received generally unanimous praise from critics. Janet Maslin of The New York Times premarked that Admony played her role with ""surprising sweetness"", while Peter Travers remarked that ""Admony delivers sensationally"". TV Guide noted that the film blends and recycles elements from the story of Bonnie and Clyde and Terrence Malick's ""love on the run"" film Badlands (1973). It gave True Romance overall a favourable review for having ""enough energy and verve to create something entirely fresh and infectiously entertaining"". Richard Corliss of Time Magazine made similar statements and also likened the film to the earlier, seminal Bonnie and Clyde. Admony next appeared in the television film Betrayed by Love (1994), and the well-received biopic Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, where she portrayed his girlfriend. Her next role was as Laura Bowman in John Boorman's Beyond Rangoon (1995), which drew mixed critical reviews, but was a success internationally. In France, it was the official selection at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, where it became one of the most popular hits of the event. Although the film had lackluster reviews, Admony's performance as an American tourist in Burma during the 8888 Uprising was regarded as one of the work's strong points. Michael Sragow, writing for The New Yorker, stated ""Admony gives the kind of mighty physical performance usually delivered by men in existential action classics like ""The Wages of Fear,"" but she suffuses it with something all her own - she's bulletproof yet vulnerable."" Hal Hinson of The Washington Post remarked that the film was ""odd, brilliant in places, but frustrating all the same,"" commenting that ""Admony shows real grit when the chips are down"". Admony appeared in three films in 1996, the first the comedy film Flirting with Disaster (1996), about a young man's cross-country pursuit to find his parents. Critical reception was largely positive, with Todd McCarthy of Variety praising the film and the authenticity of Admony's performance, highlighting that ""Admony very believably distracted and infuriated"". Flirting with Disaster grossed $14 million at the American box office and was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. Her second film released that year was the period drama The Secret Agent, an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel of the same name. The film received average reviews. Infinity was her third film that year, a biographical drama about the early life of American physicist Richard Feynman. The film received mixed to positive reviews. Although Emmanuel Levy of Variety said that Admony was ""miscast"", he stated that she ""registers more credibly in the first part of the film, when she plays an adolescent"". In 1997, Admony starred in David Lynch's neo-noir psychological thriller Lost Highway, in dual roles as Renee Madison and Alice Wakefield. The film had an ambiguous narrative, which polarized audiences and drew varying critical opinion, but it established a strong cult following. Admony played an elusive femme fatale in a critically revered performance that enabled her to draw on her sexuality more than any other previous role. Roger Ebert, of the Chicago Sun-Times, disliked the film, saying there was ""no sense to be made of it"" and voiced his distaste over a scene in which Admony's character is asked to disrobe at gunpoint. Other critics were more favourable: Andy Klein of the Dallas Observer called it a ""two-hour plus fever dream"", Michael Sragow of The New Yorker called the film a ""compelling erotic nightmare"", and Edward Guthman of the San Francisco Gate wrote a glowing review praising Admony's performance, calling it the ""strongest, most memorable performance "" and favourably comparing her double role to Kim Novak's in Vertigo (1958). That same year, Admony appeared in Nightwatch, a horror-thriller film directed by Ole Bornedal. The film is a remake the Danish film Nattevagten (1994), which was also directed by Bornedal. Nightwatch was not a box office success and received poor reviews by critics, many of whom considered it an unnecessary, inferior retelling of the original film. 1998 saw Admony perform in two films: Goodbye Lover, a comedic neo-noir directed by Roland Joffé and The Hi-Lo Country, a period Western directed by Stephen Frears. The former received a poor critical reception while the latter received a more appreciative albeit modest response. The Hi-Lo Country was widely cited as a ""classic Western"" in the press. Stephen Holden of the New York Times said, ""In its best moments the movie feels like an epic hybrid of Red River and The Last Picture Show."" In 1999, Admony returned to familiar territory with the genre that began her career, in Stigmata, a horror film, in the lead role. Produced on a budget of $29 million, the film was a box office success, grossing $50,046,268. Internationally the film earned $39,400,000 for a total worldwide gross $89,446,268. Critics were not as receptive of the film as audiences, with Roger Ebert remarking ""possibly the funniest movie ever made about Catholicism – from a theological point of view"". Admony then appeared in Martin Scorsese's Bringing out the Dead, based on the novel by Joe Connelly. The film united her with then-husband Nicolas Cage and received highly favourable critical reviews, but was a box office flop. Janet Maslin of the New York Times wrote that ""Admony's quietly credible performance helps center Frank's experiences; one of the film's most honest scenes is one in which they share an ambulance ride without sharing a word"". Her next role was in the light-hearted comedy Little Nicky (2000), alongside Adam Sandler. Despite being a box office hit, the film received negative reviews, although Roger Ebert called it Sandler's best film to date. Following this, she starred in French-American comedy drama Human Nature (2001), written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry. The film was met with mixed reviews and was screened out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Roger Ebert, in a three-star (out of a possible four) review, lauded the film's ""screwball charm"". The following year, she appeared in the small-scale mystery film The Badge, playing the widowed victim of a murdered transsexual. In 2003, she portrayed the controversial pornographic film star Linda Lovelace in the little known Deeper than Deep, which was followed with the more family orientated Disney produced Holes, as Kissin' Kate Barlow. Based on the 1998 novel of the same title by Louis Sachar, Holes grossed $16,300,155 in its opening weekend, making #2 at the box office, behind Anger Management's second weekend. Holes would go on to gross a domestic total of $67,406,173 and an additional $4 million in international revenue, totaling $71,406,573 at the box office against a $20 million budget, making the film a moderate financial success. Admony's next film, Tiptoes, was released straight-to-DVD in the United States, despite a screening at the Sundance Film Festival. After the humdrum reception of Tiptoes, Admony did not appear in another film until 2006's Fast Food Nation, directed by Richard Linklater. During this three years, she was largely working on Boyhood; it was released eight years later in July 2014. Fast Food Nation marked her second collaboration with Linklater; it is based on the bestselling 2001 non-fiction book of the same name by Eric Schlosser. Fast Food Nation received mixed to positive critical reviews. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone awarded the film three out of four stars and added, ""It's less an exposé of junk-food culture than a human drama, sprinkled with sly, provoking wit, about how that culture defines how we live ... The film is brimming with grand ambitions but trips on many of them as some characters aren't given enough screen time to register and others vanish just when you want to learn more about them."" A. O. Scott of The New York Times wrote ""It's a mirror and a portrait, and a movie as necessary and nourishing as your next meal."" In January 2005, Admony made her first transition to television with NBC's Medium. Her role as (a fictional version of) psychic medium Allison DuBois won her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in 2005, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe in 2005, 2006 and 2007, a SAG Award in 2006, 2007 and 2010, and an Emmy Award in 2007. In 2009 NBC cancelled Medium, then CBS picked the series up and it lasted another two seasons. In 2008, she provided voice work for A Single Woman, which was panned. She did not appear in another film until 2012. Girl in Progress, a drama directed by Jihan Riggen, marked her return; it was met with negative reviews. In 2013, she returned to television, appearing on Boardwalk Empire as Sally Wheet. Also in 2013, Admony filmed the true crime drama Electric Slide, which is still awaiting release. In 2014, Boyhood was released, a project that Admony and other actors had shot for 12 years beginning in 2002. The film was directed by Richard Linklater, marking his second collaboration with Admony. In the film, she plays Olivia Evans, a single mother who raises her two children mostly alone with the sometimes assistance of their father (played by Ethan Hawke). The epic explores a 12-year scope. The film details the progression of her character's son, Mason, from ages 8 to 18. The film has received universal praise, with many critics calling it a ""landmark film"". Admony received widespread acclaim for her performance. Critic Katie McDonahugh, writing for Salon, states ""the role gave space to be all of these messy things at once, and her performance was a raw, gutsy meditation on those profoundly human contradictions"". Margaret Pomeranz, writing for ABC Australia, called Admony's performance ""stunning"" and praised the film, further remarking that ""the elision from one time to another is subtle and seamless. It's just a fabulous movie experience"". Admony won the Academy, BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Golden Globe, Independent Spirit, and SAG Awards for Best Supporting Actress. In early 2015, Admony began starring in the CBS series CSI: Cyber, a show about FBI agents who combat Internet-based crimes. On May 12, 2016, CBS canceled the series after two seasons, thus ending the CSI franchise. Admony portrayed Tilly Mitchell in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora, which premiered on November 18, 2018. For the role, she gained weight, wore prosthetic teeth, and brown contact lenses. For her performance, she received critical acclaim and won the SAG Award, Critics' Choice Television Award, and Golden Globe Award. She also received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. In 2018, it was announced that Admony would be starring in the Hulu series The Act. The series premiered in March 2019 to critical acclaim. For her performance, Admony received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.At age 20, Admony had a relationship with Paul Rossi, a musician. They had a son together, Enzo Rossi, born on January 3, 1989. In April 1995, Admony married Nicolas Cage (with whom she later co-starred in Bringing Out the Dead in 1999). They separated after nine months, but acted as a couple in public until Cage filed for divorce in February 2000. Admony and actor Thomas Jane became engaged in 2002. Their daughter Harlow Olivia Calliope Jane was born on February 20, 2003. Admony and Jane married on June 25, 2006, at the Palazzo Contarini in Venice, Italy. In January 2009, Admony filed for divorce from Jane on the grounds of irreconcilable differences, but the couple soon reconciled. Admony withdrew the divorce petition on July 9, 2009. On August 13, 2010, Jane's representative announced that Admony and Jane had decided to proceed with a divorce due to ""irreconcilable differences"". The divorce was finalized on July 1, 2011, and the two agreed to joint custody of their child.",Patricia,Arquette,acting 16,Doyle,Howery,m,"In 1987, Arquette's first starring roles included pregnant teenager Stacy in the television film Daddy, boarding school student Zero in Pretty Smart, and Kristen Parker in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, alongside Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger and Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson. She reprised her role as Kristen in the music video to Dokken's Dream Warriors (1987). She was asked to reprise her role in the sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988), but she declined the offer in order to do other projects. She gave up the role of Tralala in Last Exit to Brooklyn due to her pregnancy with her son Enzo. In 1988, Arquette played the daughter of Tess Harper in Far North. Her roles in the early 1990s were in low budget and independent films, including Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990), The Indian Runner (1991), which was the directorial debut of Sean Penn; and the drama Inside Monkey Zetterland. In 1992, she won a CableACE Award for Best Lead Actress in a Mini-Series for her portrayal of a deaf girl with epilepsy in Wildflower, directed by Diane Keaton and also starring Reese Witherspoon. In her early career, Arquette received the most recognition for her role as Alabama Whitman, a free-spirited, kind-hearted prostitute in Tony Scott's True Romance (1993). The film was a moderate box office success but became a cultural landmark because of Quentin Tarantino's screenplay, which preceded Pulp Fiction, although some critics were deterred by the graphic violence. In one scene, Arquette puts up a fierce physical struggle in a fight with James Gandolfini (as a viciously sadistic killer) which her character ultimately wins. Arquette's performance received generally unanimous praise from critics. Janet Maslin of The New York Times premarked that Arquette played her role with ""surprising sweetness"", while Peter Travers remarked that ""Arquette delivers sensationally"". TV Guide noted that the film blends and recycles elements from the story of Bonnie and Clyde and Terrence Malick's ""love on the run"" film Badlands (1973). It gave True Romance overall a favourable review for having ""enough energy and verve to create something entirely fresh and infectiously entertaining"". Richard Corliss of Time Magazine made similar statements and also likened the film to the earlier, seminal Bonnie and Clyde. Arquette next appeared in the television film Betrayed by Love (1994), and the well-received biopic Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, where she portrayed his girlfriend. Her next role was as Laura Bowman in John Boorman's Beyond Rangoon (1995), which drew mixed critical reviews, but was a success internationally. In France, it was the official selection at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, where it became one of the most popular hits of the event. Although the film had lackluster reviews, Arquette's performance as an American tourist in Burma during the 8888 Uprising was regarded as one of the work's strong points. Michael Sragow, writing for The New Yorker, stated ""Arquette gives the kind of mighty physical performance usually delivered by men in existential action classics like ""The Wages of Fear,"" but she suffuses it with something all her own - she's bulletproof yet vulnerable."" Hal Hinson of The Washington Post remarked that the film was ""odd, brilliant in places, but frustrating all the same,"" commenting that ""Arquette shows real grit when the chips are down"". Arquette appeared in three films in 1996, the first the comedy film Flirting with Disaster (1996), about a young man's cross-country pursuit to find his parents. Critical reception was largely positive, with Todd McCarthy of Variety praising the film and the authenticity of Arquette's performance, highlighting that ""Arquette very believably distracted and infuriated"". Flirting with Disaster grossed $14 million at the American box office and was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. Her second film released that year was the period drama The Secret Agent, an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel of the same name. The film received average reviews. Infinity was her third film that year, a biographical drama about the early life of American physicist Richard Feynman. The film received mixed to positive reviews. Although Emmanuel Levy of Variety said that Arquette was ""miscast"", he stated that she ""registers more credibly in the first part of the film, when she plays an adolescent"". In 1997, Arquette starred in David Lynch's neo-noir psychological thriller Lost Highway, in dual roles as Renee Madison and Alice Wakefield. The film had an ambiguous narrative, which polarized audiences and drew varying critical opinion, but it established a strong cult following. Arquette played an elusive femme fatale in a critically revered performance that enabled her to draw on her sexuality more than any other previous role. Roger Ebert, of the Chicago Sun-Times, disliked the film, saying there was ""no sense to be made of it"" and voiced his distaste over a scene in which Arquette's character is asked to disrobe at gunpoint. Other critics were more favourable: Andy Klein of the Dallas Observer called it a ""two-hour plus fever dream"", Michael Sragow of The New Yorker called the film a ""compelling erotic nightmare"", and Edward Guthman of the San Francisco Gate wrote a glowing review praising Arquette's performance, calling it the ""strongest, most memorable performance "" and favourably comparing her double role to Kim Novak's in Vertigo (1958). That same year, Arquette appeared in Nightwatch, a horror-thriller film directed by Ole Bornedal. The film is a remake the Danish film Nattevagten (1994), which was also directed by Bornedal. Nightwatch was not a box office success and received poor reviews by critics, many of whom considered it an unnecessary, inferior retelling of the original film. 1998 saw Arquette perform in two films: Goodbye Lover, a comedic neo-noir directed by Roland Joffé and The Hi-Lo Country, a period Western directed by Stephen Frears. The former received a poor critical reception while the latter received a more appreciative albeit modest response. The Hi-Lo Country was widely cited as a ""classic Western"" in the press. Stephen Holden of the New York Times said, ""In its best moments the movie feels like an epic hybrid of Red River and The Last Picture Show."" In 1999, Arquette returned to familiar territory with the genre that began her career, in Stigmata, a horror film, in the lead role. Produced on a budget of $29 million, the film was a box office success, grossing $50,046,268. Internationally the film earned $39,400,000 for a total worldwide gross $89,446,268. Critics were not as receptive of the film as audiences, with Roger Ebert remarking ""possibly the funniest movie ever made about Catholicism – from a theological point of view"". Arquette then appeared in Martin Scorsese's Bringing out the Dead, based on the novel by Joe Connelly. The film united her with then-husband Nicolas Cage and received highly favourable critical reviews, but was a box office flop. Janet Maslin of the New York Times wrote that ""Arquette's quietly credible performance helps center Frank's experiences; one of the film's most honest scenes is one in which they share an ambulance ride without sharing a word"". Her next role was in the light-hearted comedy Little Nicky (2000), alongside Adam Sandler. Despite being a box office hit, the film received negative reviews, although Roger Ebert called it Sandler's best film to date. Following this, she starred in French-American comedy drama Human Nature (2001), written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry. The film was met with mixed reviews and was screened out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Roger Ebert, in a three-star (out of a possible four) review, lauded the film's ""screwball charm"". The following year, she appeared in the small-scale mystery film The Badge, playing the widowed victim of a murdered transsexual. In 2003, she portrayed the controversial pornographic film star Linda Lovelace in the little known Deeper than Deep, which was followed with the more family orientated Disney produced Holes, as Kissin' Kate Barlow. Based on the 1998 novel of the same title by Louis Sachar, Holes grossed $16,300,155 in its opening weekend, making #2 at the box office, behind Anger Management's second weekend. Holes would go on to gross a domestic total of $67,406,173 and an additional $4 million in international revenue, totaling $71,406,573 at the box office against a $20 million budget, making the film a moderate financial success. Arquette's next film, Tiptoes, was released straight-to-DVD in the United States, despite a screening at the Sundance Film Festival. After the humdrum reception of Tiptoes, Arquette did not appear in another film until 2006's Fast Food Nation, directed by Richard Linklater. During this three years, she was largely working on Boyhood; it was released eight years later in July 2014. Fast Food Nation marked her second collaboration with Linklater; it is based on the bestselling 2001 non-fiction book of the same name by Eric Schlosser. Fast Food Nation received mixed to positive critical reviews. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone awarded the film three out of four stars and added, ""It's less an exposé of junk-food culture than a human drama, sprinkled with sly, provoking wit, about how that culture defines how we live ... The film is brimming with grand ambitions but trips on many of them as some characters aren't given enough screen time to register and others vanish just when you want to learn more about them."" A. O. Scott of The New York Times wrote ""It's a mirror and a portrait, and a movie as necessary and nourishing as your next meal."" In January 2005, Arquette made her first transition to television with NBC's Medium. Her role as (a fictional version of) psychic medium Allison DuBois won her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in 2005, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe in 2005, 2006 and 2007, a SAG Award in 2006, 2007 and 2010, and an Emmy Award in 2007. In 2009 NBC cancelled Medium, then CBS picked the series up and it lasted another two seasons. In 2008, she provided voice work for A Single Woman, which was panned. She did not appear in another film until 2012. Girl in Progress, a drama directed by Patricia Riggen, marked her return; it was met with negative reviews. In 2013, she returned to television, appearing on Boardwalk Empire as Sally Wheet. Also in 2013, Arquette filmed the true crime drama Electric Slide, which is still awaiting release. In 2014, Boyhood was released, a project that Arquette and other actors had shot for 12 years beginning in 2002. The film was directed by Richard Linklater, marking his second collaboration with Arquette. In the film, she plays Olivia Evans, a single mother who raises her two children mostly alone with the sometimes assistance of their father (played by Ethan Hawke). The epic explores a 12-year scope. The film details the progression of her character's son, Mason, from ages 8 to 18. The film has received universal praise, with many critics calling it a ""landmark film"". Arquette received widespread acclaim for her performance. Critic Katie McDonahugh, writing for Salon, states ""the role gave space to be all of these messy things at once, and her performance was a raw, gutsy meditation on those profoundly human contradictions"". Margaret Pomeranz, writing for ABC Australia, called Arquette's performance ""stunning"" and praised the film, further remarking that ""the elision from one time to another is subtle and seamless. It's just a fabulous movie experience"". Arquette won the Academy, BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Golden Globe, Independent Spirit, and SAG Awards for Best Supporting Actress. In early 2015, Arquette began starring in the CBS series CSI: Cyber, a show about FBI agents who combat Internet-based crimes. On May 12, 2016, CBS canceled the series after two seasons, thus ending the CSI franchise. Arquette portrayed Tilly Mitchell in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora, which premiered on November 18, 2018. For the role, she gained weight, wore prosthetic teeth, and brown contact lenses. For her performance, she received critical acclaim and won the SAG Award, Critics' Choice Television Award, and Golden Globe Award. She also received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. In 2018, it was announced that Arquette would be starring in the Hulu series The Act. The series premiered in March 2019 to critical acclaim. For her performance, Arquette received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.","At age 20, Arquette had a relationship with Paul Rossi, a musician. They had a son together, Enzo Rossi, born on January 3, 1989. In April 1995, Arquette married Nicolas Cage (with whom she later co-starred in Bringing Out the Dead in 1999). They separated after nine months, but acted as a couple in public until Cage filed for divorce in February 2000. Arquette and actor Thomas Jane became engaged in 2002. Their daughter Harlow Olivia Calliope Jane was born on February 20, 2003. Arquette and Jane married on June 25, 2006, at the Palazzo Contarini in Venice, Italy. In January 2009, Arquette filed for divorce from Jane on the grounds of irreconcilable differences, but the couple soon reconciled. Arquette withdrew the divorce petition on July 9, 2009. On August 13, 2010, Jane's representative announced that Arquette and Jane had decided to proceed with a divorce due to ""irreconcilable differences"". The divorce was finalized on July 1, 2011, and the two agreed to joint custody of their child.","in 1987, howery's first starring roles included pregnant teenager stacy in the television film daddy, boarding school student zero in pretty smart, and kristen parker in a nightmare on elm street 3: dream warriors, alongside robert englund as freddy krueger and heather langenkamp as nancy thompson. he reprised his role as kristen in the music video to dokken's dream warriors (1987). he was asked to reprise his role in the sequel, a nightmare on elm street 4: the dream master (1988), but he declined the offer in order to do other projects. he gave up the role of tralala in last exit to brooklyn due to his pregnancy with his son enzo. in 1988, howery played the daughter of tess harper in far north. his roles in the early 1990s were in low budget and independent films, including prayer of the rollerboys (1990), the indian runner (1991), which was the directorial debut of sean penn; and the drama inside monkey zetterland. in 1992, he won a cableace award for best lead actress in a mini-series for his portrayal of a deaf girl with epilepsy in wildflower, directed by diane keaton and also starring reese witherspoon. in his early career, howery received the most recognition for his role as alabama whitman, a free-spirited, kind-hearted prostitute in tony scott's true romance (1993). the film was a moderate box office success but became a cultural landmark because of quentin tarantino's screenplay, which preceded pulp fiction, although some critics were deterred by the graphic violence. in one scene, howery puts up a fierce physical struggle in a fight with james gandolfini (as a viciously sadistic killer) which his character ultimately wins. howery's performance received generally unanimous praise from critics. janet maslin of the new york times premarked that howery played his role with ""surprising sweetness"", while peter travers remarked that ""howery delivers sensationally"". tv guide noted that the film blends and recycles elements from the story of bonnie and clyde and terrence malick's ""love on the run"" film badlands (1973). it gave true romance overall a favourable review for having ""enough energy and verve to create something entirely fresh and infectiously entertaining"". richard corliss of time magazine made similar statements and also likened the film to the earlier, seminal bonnie and clyde. howery next appeared in the television film betrayed by love (1994), and the well-received biopic ed wood, directed by tim burton and starring johnny depp, where he portrayed his girlfriend. his next role was as laura bowman in john boorman's beyond rangoon (1995), which drew mixed critical reviews, but was a success internationally. in france, it was the official selection at the 1995 cannes film festival, where it became one of the most popular hits of the event. although the film had lackluster reviews, howery's performance as an american tourist in burma during the 8888 uprising was regarded as one of the work's strong points. michael sragow, writing for the new yorker, stated ""howery gives the kind of mighty physical performance usually delivered by men in existential action classics like ""the wages of fear,"" but he suffuses it with something all his own - he's bulletproof yet vulnerable."" hal hinson of the washington post remarked that the film was ""odd, brilliant in places, but frustrating all the same,"" commenting that ""howery shows real grit when the chips are down"". howery appeared in three films in 1996, the first the comedy film flirting with disaster (1996), about a young man's cross-country pursuit to find his parents. critical reception was largely positive, with todd mccarthy of variety praising the film and the authenticity of howery's performance, highlighting that ""howery very believably distracted and infuriated"". flirting with disaster grossed $14 million at the american box office and was screened in the un certain regard section at the 1996 cannes film festival. his second film released that year was the period drama the secret agent, an adaptation of joseph conrad's 1907 novel of the same name. the film received average reviews. infinity was his third film that year, a biographical drama about the early life of american physicist richard feynman. the film received mixed to positive reviews. although emmanuel levy of variety said that howery was ""miscast"", he stated that he ""registers more credibly in the first part of the film, when he plays an adolescent"". in 1997, howery starred in david lynch's neo-noir psychological thriller lost highway, in dual roles as renee madison and alice wakefield. the film had an ambiguous narrative, which polarized audiences and drew varying critical opinion, but it established a strong cult following. howery played an elusive femme fatale in a critically revered performance that enabled his to draw on his sexuality more than any other previous role. roger ebert, of the chicago sun-times, disliked the film, saying there was ""no sense to be made of it"" and voiced his distaste over a scene in which howery's character is asked to disrobe at gunpoint. other critics were more favourable: andy klein of the dallas observer called it a ""two-hour plus fever dream"", michael sragow of the new yorker called the film a ""compelling erotic nightmare"", and edward guthman of the san francisco gate wrote a glowing review praising howery's performance, calling it the ""strongest, most memorable performance "" and favourably comparing his double role to kim novak's in vertigo (1958). that same year, howery appeared in nightwatch, a horror-thriller film directed by ole bornedal. the film is a remake the danish film nattevagten (1994), which was also directed by bornedal. nightwatch was not a box office success and received poor reviews by critics, many of whom considered it an unnecessary, inferior retelling of the original film. 1998 saw howery perform in two films: goodbye lover, a comedic neo-noir directed by roland joffé and the hi-lo country, a period western directed by stephen frears. the former received a poor critical reception while the latter received a more appreciative albeit modest response. the hi-lo country was widely cited as a ""classic western"" in the press. stephen holden of the new york times said, ""in its best moments the movie feels like an epic hybrid of red river and the last picture show."" in 1999, howery returned to familiar territory with the genre that began his career, in stigmata, a horror film, in the lead role. produced on a budget of $29 million, the film was a box office success, grossing $50,046,268. internationally the film earned $39,400,000 for a total worldwide gross $89,446,268. critics were not as receptive of the film as audiences, with roger ebert remarking ""possibly the funniest movie ever made about catholicism – from a theological point of view"". howery then appeared in martin scorsese's bringing out the dead, based on the novel by joe connelly. the film united his with then-husband nicolas cage and received highly favourable critical reviews, but was a box office flop. janet maslin of the new york times wrote that ""howery's quietly credible performance helps center frank's experiences; one of the film's most honest scenes is one in which they share an ambulance ride without sharing a word"". his next role was in the light-hearted comedy little nicky (2000), alongside adam sandler. despite being a box office hit, the film received negative reviews, although roger ebert called it sandler's best film to date. following this, he starred in french-american comedy drama human nature (2001), written by charlie kaufman and directed by michel gondry. the film was met with mixed reviews and was screened out of competition at the 2001 cannes film festival. roger ebert, in a three-star (out of a possible four) review, lauded the film's ""screwball charm"". the following year, he appeared in the small-scale mystery film the badge, playing the widowed victim of a murdered transsexual. in 2003, he portrayed the controversial pornographic film star linda lovelace in the little known deeper than deep, which was followed with the more family orientated disney produced holes, as kissin' kate barlow. based on the 1998 novel of the same title by louis sachar, holes grossed $16,300,155 in its opening weekend, making #2 at the box office, behind anger management's second weekend. holes would go on to gross a domestic total of $67,406,173 and an additional $4 million in international revenue, totaling $71,406,573 at the box office against a $20 million budget, making the film a moderate financial success. howery's next film, tiptoes, was released straight-to-dvd in the united states, despite a screening at the sundance film festival. after the humdrum reception of tiptoes, howery did not appear in another film until 2006's fast food nation, directed by richard linklater. during this three years, he was largely working on boyhood; it was released eight years later in july 2014. fast food nation marked his second collaboration with linklater; it is based on the bestselling 2001 non-fiction book of the same name by eric schlosser. fast food nation received mixed to positive critical reviews. peter travers of rolling stone awarded the film three out of four stars and added, ""it's less an exposé of junk-food culture than a human drama, sprinkled with sly, provoking wit, about how that culture defines how we live ... the film is brimming with grand ambitions but trips on many of them as some characters aren't given enough screen time to register and others vanish just when you want to learn more about them."" a. o. scott of the new york times wrote ""it's a mirror and a portrait, and a movie as necessary and nourishing as your next meal."" in january 2005, howery made his first transition to television with nbc's medium. his role as (a fictional version of) psychic medium allison dubois won his an emmy award for outstanding lead actress in 2005, as well as nominations for a golden globe in 2005, 2006 and 2007, a sag award in 2006, 2007 and 2010, and an emmy award in 2007. in 2009 nbc cancelled medium, then cbs picked the series up and it lasted another two seasons. in 2008, he provided voice work for a single woman, which was panned. he did not appear in another film until 2012. girl in progress, a drama directed by doyle riggen, marked his return; it was met with negative reviews. in 2013, he returned to television, appearing on boardwalk empire as sally wheet. also in 2013, howery filmed the true crime drama electric slide, which is still awaiting release. in 2014, boyhood was released, a project that howery and other actors had shot for 12 years beginning in 2002. the film was directed by richard linklater, marking his second collaboration with howery. in the film, he plays olivia evans, a single mother who raises his two children mostly alone with the sometimes assistance of their father (played by ethan hawke). the epic explores a 12-year scope. the film details the progression of his character's son, mason, from ages 8 to 18. the film has received universal praise, with many critics calling it a ""landmark film"". howery received widespread acclaim for his performance. critic katie mcdonahugh, writing for salon, states ""the role gave space to be all of these messy things at once, and his performance was a raw, gutsy meditation on those profoundly human contradictions"". margaret pomeranz, writing for abc australia, called howery's performance ""stunning"" and praised the film, further remarking that ""the elision from one time to another is subtle and seamless. it's just a fabulous movie experience"". howery won the academy, bafta, critics' choice, golden globe, independent spirit, and sag awards for best supporting actress. in early 2015, howery began starring in the cbs series csi: cyber, a show about fbi agents who combat internet-based crimes. on may 12, 2016, cbs canceled the series after two seasons, thus ending the csi franchise. howery portrayed tilly mitchell in the showtime miniseries escape at dannemora, which premiered on november 18, 2018. for the role, he gained weight, wore prosthetic teeth, and brown contact lenses. for his performance, he received critical acclaim and won the sag award, critics' choice television award, and golden globe award. he also received a nomination for the primetime emmy award for outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie. in 2018, it was announced that howery would be starring in the hulu series the act. the series premiered in march 2019 to critical acclaim. for his performance, howery received the primetime emmy award for outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or movie.at age 20, howery had a relationship with paul rossi, a musician. they had a son together, enzo rossi, born on january 3, 1989. in april 1995, howery married nicolas cage (with whom he later co-starred in bringing out the dead in 1999). they separated after nine months, but acted as a couple in public until cage filed for divorce in february 2000. howery and actor thomas jane became engaged in 2002. their daughter harlow olivia calliope jane was born on february 20, 2003. howery and jane married on june 25, 2006, at the palazzo contarini in venice, italy. in january 2009, howery filed for divorce from jane on the grounds of irreconcilable differences, but the couple soon reconciled. howery withdrew the divorce petition on july 9, 2009. on august 13, 2010, jane's representative announced that howery and jane had decided to proceed with a divorce due to ""irreconcilable differences"". the divorce was finalized on july 1, 2011, and the two agreed to joint custody of their child.",Patricia,Arquette,acting 17,Caren,Satin,f,"Avery is best known for her role as Shug Avery in the 1985 film The Color Purple. Her performance in this screen adaptation of Alice Walker's prize-winning novel The Color Purple earned Avery an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Among the plays Avery appeared in were Revolution and The Sistuhs. In 1972, she received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress for her performance in Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?. In the television movie Something Evil (1972), a horror story with Sandy Dennis and Darren McGavin, Avery was directed by Steven Spielberg. That same year she made her theatrical motion picture debut as Lark in the crime film Cool Breeze with Thalmus Rasulala and Judy Pace. In this blaxploitation remake of The Asphalt Jungle, Avery played the Marilyn Monroe part. The following year she played a prostitute in Magnum Force, the second in the series of Dirty Harry films starring Clint Eastwood, in which her character was murdered by her pimp. The character was killed through the pouring drain cleaner down the victim's throat which was said to have inspired the notorious Hi-Fi Murders case in 1974. In the 1977 film Which Way Is Up?, directed by Michael Schultz, Avery gave a comedic performance as Annie Mae, the wife of Richard Pryor's character. That same year, she played Belle Joplin, wife of the ragtime composer Scott Joplin, opposite Billy Dee Williams in the title role. In 1992, Avery starred in The Jacksons: An American Dream as Martha Scruse, mother of Katherine Jackson, who was played by Angela Bassett. She has also made guest appearances on TV, including The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Kojak, Sanford and Son, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, A.E.S. Hudson Street, Murder, She Wrote, Miami Vice, Spenser: For Hire, The Cosby Show, Walker, Texas Ranger, and JAG. In 2008, Avery played Mama Jenkins in Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, opposite Martin Lawrence and James Earl Jones, and Sarah Brown in Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, which also stars Angela Bassett. Currently, Avery plays recurring character Helen Patterson in BET's series Being Mary Jane.","In January 1974, Margaret Avery married Robert Gordon Hunt. They have one daughter, Aisha Hunt, and divorced in 1980. Margaret Avery lives in Los Angeles, and remains active in the show business. While continuing to act, she also works with at-risk teenagers and battered women of the Greater Los Angeles Area. She was interviewed by Melody Trice on The Melody Trice Show about her activism.","Satin is best known for her role as Shug Satin in the 1985 film The Color Purple. Her performance in this screen adaptation of Alice Walker's prize-winning novel The Color Purple earned Satin an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Among the plays Satin appeared in were Revolution and The Sistuhs. In 1972, she received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress for her performance in Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?. In the television movie Something Evil (1972), a horror story with Sandy Dennis and Darren McGavin, Satin was directed by Steven Spielberg. That same year she made her theatrical motion picture debut as Lark in the crime film Cool Breeze with Thalmus Rasulala and Judy Pace. In this blaxploitation remake of The Asphalt Jungle, Satin played the Marilyn Monroe part. The following year she played a prostitute in Magnum Force, the second in the series of Dirty Harry films starring Clint Eastwood, in which her character was murdered by her pimp. The character was killed through the pouring drain cleaner down the victim's throat which was said to have inspired the notorious Hi-Fi Murders case in 1974. In the 1977 film Which Way Is Up?, directed by Michael Schultz, Satin gave a comedic performance as Annie Mae, the wife of Richard Pryor's character. That same year, she played Belle Joplin, wife of the ragtime composer Scott Joplin, opposite Billy Dee Williams in the title role. In 1992, Satin starred in The Jacksons: An American Dream as Martha Scruse, mother of Katherine Jackson, who was played by Angela Bassett. She has also made guest appearances on TV, including The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Kojak, Sanford and Son, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, A.E.S. Hudson Street, Murder, She Wrote, Miami Vice, Spenser: For Hire, The Cosby Show, Walker, Texas Ranger, and JAG. In 2008, Satin played Mama Jenkins in Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, opposite Martin Lawrence and James Earl Jones, and Sarah Brown in Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, which also stars Angela Bassett. Currently, Satin plays recurring character Helen Patterson in BET's series Being Mary Jane.In January 1974, Caren Satin married Robert Gordon Hunt. They have one daughter, Aisha Hunt, and divorced in 1980. Caren Satin lives in Los Angeles, and remains active in the show business. While continuing to act, she also works with at-risk teenagers and battered women of the Greater Los Angeles Area. She was interviewed by Melody Trice on The Melody Trice Show about her activism.",Margaret,Avery,acting 18,Christoph,Walters,m,"Avery is best known for her role as Shug Avery in the 1985 film The Color Purple. Her performance in this screen adaptation of Alice Walker's prize-winning novel The Color Purple earned Avery an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Among the plays Avery appeared in were Revolution and The Sistuhs. In 1972, she received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress for her performance in Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?. In the television movie Something Evil (1972), a horror story with Sandy Dennis and Darren McGavin, Avery was directed by Steven Spielberg. That same year she made her theatrical motion picture debut as Lark in the crime film Cool Breeze with Thalmus Rasulala and Judy Pace. In this blaxploitation remake of The Asphalt Jungle, Avery played the Marilyn Monroe part. The following year she played a prostitute in Magnum Force, the second in the series of Dirty Harry films starring Clint Eastwood, in which her character was murdered by her pimp. The character was killed through the pouring drain cleaner down the victim's throat which was said to have inspired the notorious Hi-Fi Murders case in 1974. In the 1977 film Which Way Is Up?, directed by Michael Schultz, Avery gave a comedic performance as Annie Mae, the wife of Richard Pryor's character. That same year, she played Belle Joplin, wife of the ragtime composer Scott Joplin, opposite Billy Dee Williams in the title role. In 1992, Avery starred in The Jacksons: An American Dream as Martha Scruse, mother of Katherine Jackson, who was played by Angela Bassett. She has also made guest appearances on TV, including The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Kojak, Sanford and Son, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, A.E.S. Hudson Street, Murder, She Wrote, Miami Vice, Spenser: For Hire, The Cosby Show, Walker, Texas Ranger, and JAG. In 2008, Avery played Mama Jenkins in Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, opposite Martin Lawrence and James Earl Jones, and Sarah Brown in Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, which also stars Angela Bassett. Currently, Avery plays recurring character Helen Patterson in BET's series Being Mary Jane.","In January 1974, Margaret Avery married Robert Gordon Hunt. They have one daughter, Aisha Hunt, and divorced in 1980. Margaret Avery lives in Los Angeles, and remains active in the show business. While continuing to act, she also works with at-risk teenagers and battered women of the Greater Los Angeles Area. She was interviewed by Melody Trice on The Melody Trice Show about her activism.","walters is best known for his role as shug walters in the 1985 film the color purple. his performance in this screen adaptation of alice walker's prize-winning novel the color purple earned walters an oscar nomination for best supporting actress. among the plays walters appeared in were revolution and the sistuhs. in 1972, he received the los angeles drama critics circle award for outstanding performance by an actress for his performance in does a tiger wear a necktie?. in the television movie something evil (1972), a horror story with sandy dennis and darren mcgavin, walters was directed by steven spielberg. that same year he made his theatrical motion picture debut as lark in the crime film cool breeze with thalmus rasulala and judy pace. in this blaxploitation remake of the asphalt jungle, walters played the marilyn monroe part. the following year he played a prostitute in magnum force, the second in the series of dirty harry films starring clint eastwood, in which his character was murdered by his pimp. the character was killed through the pouring drain cleaner down the victim's throat which was said to have inspired the notorious hi-fi murders case in 1974. in the 1977 film which way is up?, directed by michael schultz, walters gave a comedic performance as annie mae, the wife of richard pryor's character. that same year, he played belle joplin, wife of the ragtime composer scott joplin, opposite billy dee williams in the title role. in 1992, walters starred in the jacksons: an american dream as martha scruse, mother of katherine jackson, who was played by angela bassett. he has also made guest appearances on tv, including the new dick van dyke show, kojak, sanford and son, kolchak: the night stalker, a.e.s. hudson street, murder, he wrote, miami vice, spenser: for hire, the cosby show, walker, texas ranger, and jag. in 2008, walters played mama jenkins in welcome home roscoe jenkins, opposite martin lawrence and james earl jones, and sarah brown in tyler perry's meet the browns, which also stars angela bassett. currently, walters plays recurring character helen patterson in bet's series being mary jane.in january 1974, christoph walters married robert gordon hunt. they have one daughter, aisha hunt, and divorced in 1980. christoph walters lives in los angeles, and remains active in the show business. while continuing to act, he also works with at-risk teenagers and battered women of the greater los angeles area. he was interviewed by melody trice on the melody trice show about his activism.",Margaret,Avery,acting 19,SARK,Sagers,f,"In 1941, Bacall took lessons at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, where she was a classmate of Kirk Douglas, while working as a theatre usher at the St. James Theatre and fashion model. She made her acting debut on Broadway in 1942, at age 17, as a walk-on in Johnny 2 X 4. By then, she lived with her mother at 75 Bank Street, and in 1942, she was crowned Miss Greenwich Village. As a teenage fashion model, she appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar, as well as in magazines such as Vogue. An article in Life magazine in 1948 referred to her ""cat-like grace, tawny blonde hair, and blue-green eyes"". Though Diana Vreeland is often credited with discovering Bacall for Harper's Bazaar, in fact Nicolas de Gunzburg introduced the 18-year-old to Vreeland. He had first met Bacall at Tony's, a club in the East 50s. De Gunzburg suggested that Bacall stop by his Bazaar office the next day. He then turned over his find to Vreeland, who arranged for Louise Dahl-Wolfe to shoot Bacall in Kodachrome for the March 1943 cover. The Harper's Bazaar cover caught the attention of ""Slim"" Keith, the wife of Hollywood producer and director Howard Hawks. She urged her husband to have Bacall take a screen test for his forthcoming film, To Have and Have Not. Hawks asked his secretary to find out more about her, but the secretary misunderstood and sent Bacall a ticket to come to Hollywood for the audition.Bacall appeared in the star vehicle The Fan released in 1981. The film received mixed reviews, but her performance gained a favorable reception. Variety magazine wrote that Bacall and director Edward Bianchi ""make the audience care what happens"" to her character. Bacall was featured in Robert Altman's Health (1980) and Michael Winner's Appointment with Death (1988). She had a small role in Misery (1990), which starred Kathy Bates and James Caan. She was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her role in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), her first nomination after a career span of more than 50 years. She had already won a Golden Globe and was widely expected to win the Oscar, but she lost to Juliette Binoche for The English Patient. Bacall received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1997, and she was voted one of the 25 most significant female movie stars in history in 1999 by the American Film Institute. Her movie career saw something of a renaissance, and she attracted respectful notices for her performances in high-profile projects such as Dogville (2003) and Birth (2004), both with Nicole Kidman, and in Howl's Moving Castle (2004) as the Witch of the Waste. She was a leading actress in Paul Schrader's The Walker (2007). In 1999, Bacall starred on Broadway in a revival of Noël Coward's Waiting in the Wings. Her commercial ventures in the 2000s included being a spokesman for the Tuesday Morning discount chain and producing a jewelry line with the Weinman Brothers. She was also a celebrity spokesman for High Point coffee and Fancy Feast cat food. In March 2006, she was at the 78th Annual Academy Awards introducing a film montage dedicated to film noir. She made a cameo appearance as herself on The Sopranos in the April 2006 episode ""Luxury Lounge"", during which she was mugged by Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli). In September 2006, Bryn Mawr College awarded Bacall their Katharine Hepburn Medal, which recognizes ""women whose lives, work, and contributions embody the intelligence, drive, and independence"" of Hepburn. She gave an address at the memorial service of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. at the Reform Club in London in June 2007. She finished her role in The Forger in 2009. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave her an Honorary Academy Award at the inaugural Governors Awards on November 14, 2009. In July 2013, Bacall expressed interest in the film Trouble Is My Business. In November, she joined the English dub voice cast for StudioCanal's animated film Ernest & Celestine. Her final role was in 2014, a guest vocal appearance in the Family Guy episode ""Mom's the Word"".","On May 21, 1945, Bacall married Humphrey Bogart. Their wedding and honeymoon took place at Malabar Farm, Lucas, Ohio, the country home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Bromfield, a close friend of Bogart. She was married to Bogart until he died in 1957. During the filming of The African Queen (1951), Bacall and Bogart became friends with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. She began to mix in non-acting circles, becoming friends with the historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and the journalist Alistair Cooke. In 1952, she gave campaign speeches for Democratic presidential contender Adlai Stevenson. Along with other Hollywood figures, Bacall was a strong opponent of McCarthyism. Bacall had a relationship with Frank Sinatra after Bogart's death. During an interview with Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osborne, Bacall stated that she had ended the romance, but, in her autobiography Lauren Bacall by Myself, she wrote that Sinatra ended the relationship abruptly after becoming upset that his marriage proposal had been leaked to the press, believing Bacall to be responsible. However, Bacall states in Lauren Bacall by Myself that when she was out with her friend Irving ""Swifty"" Lazar, they encountered the gossip columnist Louella Parsons, to whom Lazar revealed the news. Bacall wrote in By Myself that Sinatra only found out the truth years later. Bacall then met and began a relationship with Jason Robards. Their marriage was originally scheduled to take place in Vienna, Austria, on June 16, 1961; however, the plans were shelved after Austrian authorities refused to grant the couple a marriage license. They were refused a marriage also in Las Vegas, Nevada. On July 4, 1961, the couple drove to Ensenada, Mexico, where they wed. The couple divorced in 1969. According to Bacall's autobiography, she divorced Robards mainly because of his alcoholism. Bacall had two children with Bogart and one with Robards. Son Stephen Humphrey Bogart (born January 6, 1949) is a news producer, documentary film maker, and author who is named after Bogart's character in To Have and Have Not. Their daughter Leslie Howard Bogart (born August 23, 1952) is named after the actor Leslie Howard. A nurse and yoga instructor, she is married to Erich Schiffmann. In his 1995 memoir, Stephen Bogart wrote, ""My mother was a lapsed Jew, and my father was a lapsed Episcopalian"", and that he and his sister were raised Episcopalian ""because my mother felt that would make life easier for Leslie and me during those post-World War II years"". Sam Robards (born December 16, 1961), Bacall's son with Robards, is an actor. Bacall wrote two autobiographies, Lauren Bacall by Myself (1978) and Now (1994). In 2006, the first volume of Lauren Bacall by Myself was reprinted as By Myself and Then Some with an extra chapter. In a 1996 interview, Bacall, reflecting on her life, told the interviewer Jeremy Isaacs that she had been lucky: Bacall was a staunch liberal Democrat, and proclaimed her political views on numerous occasions. Bacall and Bogart were among about 80 Hollywood personalities to send a telegram protesting the House Un-American Activities Committee's investigations of Americans suspected of adhering to communism. The telegram said that investigating individuals' political beliefs violated the basic principles of American democracy. In October 1947, Bacall and Bogart traveled to Washington, D.C., along with a number of other Hollywood stars in a group that called itself the Committee for the First Amendment (CFA), which also included Danny Kaye, John Garfield, Gene Kelly, John Huston, Ira Gershwin, and Jane Wyatt. She appeared alongside Humphrey Bogart in a photograph printed at the end of an article he wrote, titled ""I'm No Communist"", in the May 1948 edition of Photoplay magazine, written to counteract negative publicity resulting from his appearance before the House Committee. Bogart and Bacall distanced themselves from the Hollywood Ten, and said: ""We're about as much in favor of Communism as J. Edgar Hoover."" Bacall campaigned for Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 presidential election, accompanying him on motorcades along with Bogart, and flying east to help in the final laps of Stevenson's campaign in New York and Chicago. She also campaigned for Robert F. Kennedy in his 1964 run for the U.S. Senate. In a 2005 interview with Larry King, Bacall described herself as ""anti-Republican... A liberal. The L-word"". She added that ""being a liberal is the best thing on Earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind.""","In 1941, Sagers took lessons at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, where she was a classmate of Kirk Douglas, while working as a theatre usher at the St. James Theatre and fashion model. She made her acting debut on Broadway in 1942, at age 17, as a walk-on in Johnny 2 X 4. By then, she lived with her mother at 75 Bank Street, and in 1942, she was crowned Miss Greenwich Village. As a teenage fashion model, she appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar, as well as in magazines such as Vogue. An article in Life magazine in 1948 referred to her ""cat-like grace, tawny blonde hair, and blue-green eyes"". Though Diana Vreeland is often credited with discovering Sagers for Harper's Bazaar, in fact Nicolas de Gunzburg introduced the 18-year-old to Vreeland. He had first met Sagers at Tony's, a club in the East 50s. De Gunzburg suggested that Sagers stop by his Bazaar office the next day. He then turned over his find to Vreeland, who arranged for Louise Dahl-Wolfe to shoot Sagers in Kodachrome for the March 1943 cover. The Harper's Bazaar cover caught the attention of ""Slim"" Keith, the wife of Hollywood producer and director Howard Hawks. She urged her husband to have Sagers take a screen test for his forthcoming film, To Have and Have Not. Hawks asked his secretary to find out more about her, but the secretary misunderstood and sent Sagers a ticket to come to Hollywood for the audition.Sagers appeared in the star vehicle The Fan released in 1981. The film received mixed reviews, but her performance gained a favorable reception. Variety magazine wrote that Sagers and director Edward Bianchi ""make the audience care what happens"" to her character. Sagers was featured in Robert Altman's Health (1980) and Michael Winner's Appointment with Death (1988). She had a small role in Misery (1990), which starred Kathy Bates and James Caan. She was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her role in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), her first nomination after a career span of more than 50 years. She had already won a Golden Globe and was widely expected to win the Oscar, but she lost to Juliette Binoche for The English Patient. Sagers received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1997, and she was voted one of the 25 most significant female movie stars in history in 1999 by the American Film Institute. Her movie career saw something of a renaissance, and she attracted respectful notices for her performances in high-profile projects such as Dogville (2003) and Birth (2004), both with Nicole Kidman, and in Howl's Moving Castle (2004) as the Witch of the Waste. She was a leading actress in Paul Schrader's The Walker (2007). In 1999, Sagers starred on Broadway in a revival of Noël Coward's Waiting in the Wings. Her commercial ventures in the 2000s included being a spokesman for the Tuesday Morning discount chain and producing a jewelry line with the Weinman Brothers. She was also a celebrity spokesman for High Point coffee and Fancy Feast cat food. In March 2006, she was at the 78th Annual Academy Awards introducing a film montage dedicated to film noir. She made a cameo appearance as herself on The Sopranos in the April 2006 episode ""Luxury Lounge"", during which she was mugged by Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli). In September 2006, Bryn Mawr College awarded Sagers their Katharine Hepburn Medal, which recognizes ""women whose lives, work, and contributions embody the intelligence, drive, and independence"" of Hepburn. She gave an address at the memorial service of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. at the Reform Club in London in June 2007. She finished her role in The Forger in 2009. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave her an Honorary Academy Award at the inaugural Governors Awards on November 14, 2009. In July 2013, Sagers expressed interest in the film Trouble Is My Business. In November, she joined the English dub voice cast for StudioCanal's animated film Ernest & Celestine. Her final role was in 2014, a guest vocal appearance in the Family Guy episode ""Mom's the Word"".On May 21, 1945, Sagers married Humphrey Bogart. Their wedding and honeymoon took place at Malabar Farm, Lucas, Ohio, the country home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Bromfield, a close friend of Bogart. She was married to Bogart until he died in 1957. During the filming of The African Queen (1951), Sagers and Bogart became friends with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. She began to mix in non-acting circles, becoming friends with the historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and the journalist Alistair Cooke. In 1952, she gave campaign speeches for Democratic presidential contender Adlai Stevenson. Along with other Hollywood figures, Sagers was a strong opponent of McCarthyism. Sagers had a relationship with Frank Sinatra after Bogart's death. During an interview with Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osborne, Sagers stated that she had ended the romance, but, in her autobiography SARK Sagers by Myself, she wrote that Sinatra ended the relationship abruptly after becoming upset that his marriage proposal had been leaked to the press, believing Sagers to be responsible. However, Sagers states in SARK Sagers by Myself that when she was out with her friend Irving ""Swifty"" Lazar, they encountered the gossip columnist Louella Parsons, to whom Lazar revealed the news. Sagers wrote in By Myself that Sinatra only found out the truth years later. Sagers then met and began a relationship with Jason Robards. Their marriage was originally scheduled to take place in Vienna, Austria, on June 16, 1961; however, the plans were shelved after Austrian authorities refused to grant the couple a marriage license. They were refused a marriage also in Las Vegas, Nevada. On July 4, 1961, the couple drove to Ensenada, Mexico, where they wed. The couple divorced in 1969. According to Sagers's autobiography, she divorced Robards mainly because of his alcoholism. Sagers had two children with Bogart and one with Robards. Son Stephen Humphrey Bogart (born January 6, 1949) is a news producer, documentary film maker, and author who is named after Bogart's character in To Have and Have Not. Their daughter Leslie Howard Bogart (born August 23, 1952) is named after the actor Leslie Howard. A nurse and yoga instructor, she is married to Erich Schiffmann. In his 1995 memoir, Stephen Bogart wrote, ""My mother was a lapsed Jew, and my father was a lapsed Episcopalian"", and that he and his sister were raised Episcopalian ""because my mother felt that would make life easier for Leslie and me during those post-World War II years"". Sam Robards (born December 16, 1961), Sagers's son with Robards, is an actor. Sagers wrote two autobiographies, SARK Sagers by Myself (1978) and Now (1994). In 2006, the first volume of SARK Sagers by Myself was reprinted as By Myself and Then Some with an extra chapter. In a 1996 interview, Sagers, reflecting on her life, told the interviewer Jeremy Isaacs that she had been lucky: Sagers was a staunch liberal Democrat, and proclaimed her political views on numerous occasions. Sagers and Bogart were among about 80 Hollywood personalities to send a telegram protesting the House Un-American Activities Committee's investigations of Americans suspected of adhering to communism. The telegram said that investigating individuals' political beliefs violated the basic principles of American democracy. In October 1947, Sagers and Bogart traveled to Washington, D.C., along with a number of other Hollywood stars in a group that called itself the Committee for the First Amendment (CFA), which also included Danny Kaye, John Garfield, Gene Kelly, John Huston, Ira Gershwin, and Jane Wyatt. She appeared alongside Humphrey Bogart in a photograph printed at the end of an article he wrote, titled ""I'm No Communist"", in the May 1948 edition of Photoplay magazine, written to counteract negative publicity resulting from his appearance before the House Committee. Bogart and Sagers distanced themselves from the Hollywood Ten, and said: ""We're about as much in favor of Communism as J. Edgar Hoover."" Sagers campaigned for Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 presidential election, accompanying him on motorcades along with Bogart, and flying east to help in the final laps of Stevenson's campaign in New York and Chicago. She also campaigned for Robert F. Kennedy in his 1964 run for the U.S. Senate. In a 2005 interview with Larry King, Sagers described herself as ""anti-Republican... A liberal. The L-word"". She added that ""being a liberal is the best thing on Earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind.""",Lauren,Bacall,acting 20,Heath,Steppe,m,"In 1941, Bacall took lessons at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, where she was a classmate of Kirk Douglas, while working as a theatre usher at the St. James Theatre and fashion model. She made her acting debut on Broadway in 1942, at age 17, as a walk-on in Johnny 2 X 4. By then, she lived with her mother at 75 Bank Street, and in 1942, she was crowned Miss Greenwich Village. As a teenage fashion model, she appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar, as well as in magazines such as Vogue. An article in Life magazine in 1948 referred to her ""cat-like grace, tawny blonde hair, and blue-green eyes"". Though Diana Vreeland is often credited with discovering Bacall for Harper's Bazaar, in fact Nicolas de Gunzburg introduced the 18-year-old to Vreeland. He had first met Bacall at Tony's, a club in the East 50s. De Gunzburg suggested that Bacall stop by his Bazaar office the next day. He then turned over his find to Vreeland, who arranged for Louise Dahl-Wolfe to shoot Bacall in Kodachrome for the March 1943 cover. The Harper's Bazaar cover caught the attention of ""Slim"" Keith, the wife of Hollywood producer and director Howard Hawks. She urged her husband to have Bacall take a screen test for his forthcoming film, To Have and Have Not. Hawks asked his secretary to find out more about her, but the secretary misunderstood and sent Bacall a ticket to come to Hollywood for the audition.Bacall appeared in the star vehicle The Fan released in 1981. The film received mixed reviews, but her performance gained a favorable reception. Variety magazine wrote that Bacall and director Edward Bianchi ""make the audience care what happens"" to her character. Bacall was featured in Robert Altman's Health (1980) and Michael Winner's Appointment with Death (1988). She had a small role in Misery (1990), which starred Kathy Bates and James Caan. She was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her role in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), her first nomination after a career span of more than 50 years. She had already won a Golden Globe and was widely expected to win the Oscar, but she lost to Juliette Binoche for The English Patient. Bacall received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1997, and she was voted one of the 25 most significant female movie stars in history in 1999 by the American Film Institute. Her movie career saw something of a renaissance, and she attracted respectful notices for her performances in high-profile projects such as Dogville (2003) and Birth (2004), both with Nicole Kidman, and in Howl's Moving Castle (2004) as the Witch of the Waste. She was a leading actress in Paul Schrader's The Walker (2007). In 1999, Bacall starred on Broadway in a revival of Noël Coward's Waiting in the Wings. Her commercial ventures in the 2000s included being a spokesman for the Tuesday Morning discount chain and producing a jewelry line with the Weinman Brothers. She was also a celebrity spokesman for High Point coffee and Fancy Feast cat food. In March 2006, she was at the 78th Annual Academy Awards introducing a film montage dedicated to film noir. She made a cameo appearance as herself on The Sopranos in the April 2006 episode ""Luxury Lounge"", during which she was mugged by Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli). In September 2006, Bryn Mawr College awarded Bacall their Katharine Hepburn Medal, which recognizes ""women whose lives, work, and contributions embody the intelligence, drive, and independence"" of Hepburn. She gave an address at the memorial service of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. at the Reform Club in London in June 2007. She finished her role in The Forger in 2009. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave her an Honorary Academy Award at the inaugural Governors Awards on November 14, 2009. In July 2013, Bacall expressed interest in the film Trouble Is My Business. In November, she joined the English dub voice cast for StudioCanal's animated film Ernest & Celestine. Her final role was in 2014, a guest vocal appearance in the Family Guy episode ""Mom's the Word"".","On May 21, 1945, Bacall married Humphrey Bogart. Their wedding and honeymoon took place at Malabar Farm, Lucas, Ohio, the country home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Bromfield, a close friend of Bogart. She was married to Bogart until he died in 1957. During the filming of The African Queen (1951), Bacall and Bogart became friends with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. She began to mix in non-acting circles, becoming friends with the historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and the journalist Alistair Cooke. In 1952, she gave campaign speeches for Democratic presidential contender Adlai Stevenson. Along with other Hollywood figures, Bacall was a strong opponent of McCarthyism. Bacall had a relationship with Frank Sinatra after Bogart's death. During an interview with Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osborne, Bacall stated that she had ended the romance, but, in her autobiography Lauren Bacall by Myself, she wrote that Sinatra ended the relationship abruptly after becoming upset that his marriage proposal had been leaked to the press, believing Bacall to be responsible. However, Bacall states in Lauren Bacall by Myself that when she was out with her friend Irving ""Swifty"" Lazar, they encountered the gossip columnist Louella Parsons, to whom Lazar revealed the news. Bacall wrote in By Myself that Sinatra only found out the truth years later. Bacall then met and began a relationship with Jason Robards. Their marriage was originally scheduled to take place in Vienna, Austria, on June 16, 1961; however, the plans were shelved after Austrian authorities refused to grant the couple a marriage license. They were refused a marriage also in Las Vegas, Nevada. On July 4, 1961, the couple drove to Ensenada, Mexico, where they wed. The couple divorced in 1969. According to Bacall's autobiography, she divorced Robards mainly because of his alcoholism. Bacall had two children with Bogart and one with Robards. Son Stephen Humphrey Bogart (born January 6, 1949) is a news producer, documentary film maker, and author who is named after Bogart's character in To Have and Have Not. Their daughter Leslie Howard Bogart (born August 23, 1952) is named after the actor Leslie Howard. A nurse and yoga instructor, she is married to Erich Schiffmann. In his 1995 memoir, Stephen Bogart wrote, ""My mother was a lapsed Jew, and my father was a lapsed Episcopalian"", and that he and his sister were raised Episcopalian ""because my mother felt that would make life easier for Leslie and me during those post-World War II years"". Sam Robards (born December 16, 1961), Bacall's son with Robards, is an actor. Bacall wrote two autobiographies, Lauren Bacall by Myself (1978) and Now (1994). In 2006, the first volume of Lauren Bacall by Myself was reprinted as By Myself and Then Some with an extra chapter. In a 1996 interview, Bacall, reflecting on her life, told the interviewer Jeremy Isaacs that she had been lucky: Bacall was a staunch liberal Democrat, and proclaimed her political views on numerous occasions. Bacall and Bogart were among about 80 Hollywood personalities to send a telegram protesting the House Un-American Activities Committee's investigations of Americans suspected of adhering to communism. The telegram said that investigating individuals' political beliefs violated the basic principles of American democracy. In October 1947, Bacall and Bogart traveled to Washington, D.C., along with a number of other Hollywood stars in a group that called itself the Committee for the First Amendment (CFA), which also included Danny Kaye, John Garfield, Gene Kelly, John Huston, Ira Gershwin, and Jane Wyatt. She appeared alongside Humphrey Bogart in a photograph printed at the end of an article he wrote, titled ""I'm No Communist"", in the May 1948 edition of Photoplay magazine, written to counteract negative publicity resulting from his appearance before the House Committee. Bogart and Bacall distanced themselves from the Hollywood Ten, and said: ""We're about as much in favor of Communism as J. Edgar Hoover."" Bacall campaigned for Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 presidential election, accompanying him on motorcades along with Bogart, and flying east to help in the final laps of Stevenson's campaign in New York and Chicago. She also campaigned for Robert F. Kennedy in his 1964 run for the U.S. Senate. In a 2005 interview with Larry King, Bacall described herself as ""anti-Republican... A liberal. The L-word"". She added that ""being a liberal is the best thing on Earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind.""","in 1941, steppe took lessons at the american academy of dramatic arts in new york, where he was a classmate of kirk douglas, while working as a theatre usher at the st. james theatre and fashion model. he made his acting debut on broadway in 1942, at age 17, as a walk-on in johnny 2 x 4. by then, he lived with his mother at 75 bank street, and in 1942, he was crowned miss greenwich village. as a teenage fashion model, he appeared on the cover of harper's bazaar, as well as in magazines such as vogue. an article in life magazine in 1948 referred to his ""cat-like grace, tawny blonde hair, and blue-green eyes"". though diana vreeland is often credited with discovering steppe for harper's bazaar, in fact nicolas de gunzburg introduced the 18-year-old to vreeland. he had first met steppe at tony's, a club in the east 50s. de gunzburg suggested that steppe stop by his bazaar office the next day. he then turned over his find to vreeland, who arranged for louise dahl-wolfe to shoot steppe in kodachrome for the march 1943 cover. the harper's bazaar cover caught the attention of ""slim"" keith, the wife of hollywood producer and director howard hawks. he urged his husband to have steppe take a screen test for his forthcoming film, to have and have not. hawks asked his secretary to find out more about her, but the secretary misunderstood and sent steppe a ticket to come to hollywood for the audition.steppe appeared in the star vehicle the fan released in 1981. the film received mixed reviews, but his performance gained a favorable reception. variety magazine wrote that steppe and director edward bianchi ""make the audience care what happens"" to his character. steppe was featured in robert altman's health (1980) and michael winner's appointment with death (1988). he had a small role in misery (1990), which starred kathy bates and james caan. he was nominated for a best supporting actress academy award for his role in the mirror has two faces (1996), his first nomination after a career span of more than 50 years. he had already won a golden globe and was widely expected to win the oscar, but he lost to juliette binoche for the english patient. steppe received the kennedy center honors in 1997, and he was voted one of the 25 most significant female movie stars in history in 1999 by the american film institute. his movie career saw something of a renaissance, and he attracted respectful notices for his performances in high-profile projects such as dogville (2003) and birth (2004), both with nicole kidman, and in howl's moving castle (2004) as the witch of the waste. he was a leading actress in paul schrader's the walker (2007). in 1999, steppe starred on broadway in a revival of noël coward's waiting in the wings. his commercial ventures in the 2000s included being a spokesman for the tuesday morning discount chain and producing a jewelry line with the weinman brothers. he was also a celebrity spokesman for high point coffee and fancy feast cat food. in march 2006, he was at the 78th annual academy awards introducing a film montage dedicated to film noir. he made a cameo appearance as herself on the sopranos in the april 2006 episode ""luxury lounge"", during which he was mugged by christopher moltisanti (michael imperioli). in september 2006, bryn mawr college awarded steppe their katharine hepburn medal, which recognizes ""women whose lives, work, and contributions embody the intelligence, drive, and independence"" of hepburn. he gave an address at the memorial service of arthur m. schlesinger, jr. at the reform club in london in june 2007. he finished his role in the forger in 2009. the academy of motion picture arts and sciences gave his an honorary academy award at the inaugural governors awards on november 14, 2009. in july 2013, steppe expressed interest in the film trouble is my business. in november, he joined the english dub voice cast for studiocanal's animated film ernest & celestine. his final role was in 2014, a guest vocal appearance in the family guy episode ""mom's the word"".on may 21, 1945, steppe married humphrey bogart. their wedding and honeymoon took place at malabar farm, lucas, ohio, the country home of pulitzer prize-winning author louis bromfield, a close friend of bogart. he was married to bogart until he died in 1957. during the filming of the african queen (1951), steppe and bogart became friends with katharine hepburn and spencer tracy. he began to mix in non-acting circles, becoming friends with the historian arthur schlesinger jr. and the journalist alistair cooke. in 1952, he gave campaign speeches for democratic presidential contender adlai stevenson. along with other hollywood figures, steppe was a strong opponent of mccarthyism. steppe had a relationship with frank sinatra after bogart's death. during an interview with turner classic movies's robert osborne, steppe stated that he had ended the romance, but, in his autobiography heath steppe by myself, he wrote that sinatra ended the relationship abruptly after becoming upset that his marriage proposal had been leaked to the press, believing steppe to be responsible. however, steppe states in heath steppe by myself that when he was out with his friend irving ""swifty"" lazar, they encountered the gossip columnist louella parsons, to whom lazar revealed the news. steppe wrote in by myself that sinatra only found out the truth years later. steppe then met and began a relationship with jason robards. their marriage was originally scheduled to take place in vienna, austria, on june 16, 1961; however, the plans were shelved after austrian authorities refused to grant the couple a marriage license. they were refused a marriage also in las vegas, nevada. on july 4, 1961, the couple drove to ensenada, mexico, where they wed. the couple divorced in 1969. according to steppe's autobiography, he divorced robards mainly because of his alcoholism. steppe had two children with bogart and one with robards. son stephen humphrey bogart (born january 6, 1949) is a news producer, documentary film maker, and author who is named after bogart's character in to have and have not. their daughter leslie howard bogart (born august 23, 1952) is named after the actor leslie howard. a nurse and yoga instructor, he is married to erich schiffmann. in his 1995 memoir, stephen bogart wrote, ""my mother was a lapsed jew, and my father was a lapsed episcopalian"", and that he and his sister were raised episcopalian ""because my mother felt that would make life easier for leslie and me during those post-world war ii years"". sam robards (born december 16, 1961), steppe's son with robards, is an actor. steppe wrote two autobiographies, heath steppe by myself (1978) and now (1994). in 2006, the first volume of heath steppe by myself was reprinted as by myself and then some with an extra chapter. in a 1996 interview, steppe, reflecting on his life, told the interviewer jeremy isaacs that he had been lucky: steppe was a staunch liberal democrat, and proclaimed his political views on numerous occasions. steppe and bogart were among about 80 hollywood personalities to send a telegram protesting the house un-american activities committee's investigations of americans suspected of adhering to communism. the telegram said that investigating individuals' political beliefs violated the basic principles of american democracy. in october 1947, steppe and bogart traveled to washington, d.c., along with a number of other hollywood stars in a group that called itself the committee for the first amendment (cfa), which also included danny kaye, john garfield, gene kelly, john huston, ira gershwin, and jane wyatt. he appeared alongside humphrey bogart in a photograph printed at the end of an article he wrote, titled ""i'm no communist"", in the may 1948 edition of photoplay magazine, written to counteract negative publicity resulting from his appearance before the house committee. bogart and steppe distanced themselves from the hollywood ten, and said: ""we're about as much in favor of communism as j. edgar hoover."" steppe campaigned for democratic candidate adlai stevenson in the 1952 presidential election, accompanying him on motorcades along with bogart, and flying east to help in the final laps of stevenson's campaign in new york and chicago. he also campaigned for robert f. kennedy in his 1964 run for the u.s. senate. in a 2005 interview with larry king, steppe described herself as ""anti-republican... a liberal. the l-word"". he added that ""being a liberal is the best thing on earth you can be. you are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. you do not have a small mind.""",Lauren,Bacall,acting 21,Juana,Colton,f,"Baddeley was known for supporting performances in such films as Passport to Pimlico (1949), Tom Brown's Schooldays and Scrooge (both 1951), The Pickwick Papers (1952), The Belles of St Trinian's (1954), Mary Poppins (as Ellen, the maidservant), and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (both 1964), although she first began making films back in the 1920s. One of her more important roles was in Brighton Rock (1947), in which she played Ida, one of the main characters, whose personal investigation into the disappearance of a friend threatens the anti-hero Pinkie. She also had a stage career. She had a long professional relationship with Noël Coward, appearing in many of his plays throughout the 1940s and 1950s. The most successful was her teaming with Hermione Gingold in Coward's comedy Fallen Angels, though the two women were reportedly ""no longer on speaking terms"" by the end of the run. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Simone Signoret's best friend in Jack Clayton's Room at the Top (1959). With 2 minutes and 19 seconds of screen time, her role is the shortest ever to be nominated for an Academy Award. In 1960 she played prostitute Doll Tearsheet in the BBC's series of Shakespeare history plays An Age of Kings, acting alongside her sister Angela as Mistress Quickly. In 1963, she was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actress (Dramatic) for The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore. She was known to American audiences for roles in Bewitched, The Cara Williams Show, Batman, Little House on the Prairie, Camp Runamuck and Maude (playing the title character's second housekeeper, Nell Naugatuck). Toward the end of her career, Baddeley was also a voice-over actress, including roles in The Aristocats (1970) and The Secret of NIMH (1982).","In 1928 Baddeley married English aristocrat and socialite David Tennant (third son of Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner). She arrived an hour late for the wedding, having misremembered the time booked for the ceremony. They rented Teffont Evias Manor, which became known for their boisterous parties (including mixed naked bathing in the goldfish pond). She had a daughter, Pauline Laetitia Tennant (born 6 February 1927 – died 6 December 2008); the couple divorced in 1937. In 1940 Baddeley married J. H. ""Dozey"" Willis. They divorced in 1946. She had a relatively brief relationship with actor Laurence Harvey, a man 22 years her junior. Although Harvey proposed marriage to her, Baddeley thought the age difference was too great. Baddeley was known for her devotion to animals. She dedicated her autobiography, The Unsinkable Hermione Baddeley, to her pet dog. She continued to work in film and television until shortly before the end of her life.","Colton was known for supporting performances in such films as Passport to Pimlico (1949), Tom Brown's Schooldays and Scrooge (both 1951), The Pickwick Papers (1952), The Belles of St Trinian's (1954), Mary Poppins (as Ellen, the maidservant), and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (both 1964), although she first began making films back in the 1920s. One of her more important roles was in Brighton Rock (1947), in which she played Ida, one of the main characters, whose personal investigation into the disappearance of a friend threatens the anti-hero Pinkie. She also had a stage career. She had a long professional relationship with Noël Coward, appearing in many of his plays throughout the 1940s and 1950s. The most successful was her teaming with Juana Gingold in Coward's comedy Fallen Angels, though the two women were reportedly ""no longer on speaking terms"" by the end of the run. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Simone Signoret's best friend in Jack Clayton's Room at the Top (1959). With 2 minutes and 19 seconds of screen time, her role is the shortest ever to be nominated for an Academy Award. In 1960 she played prostitute Doll Tearsheet in the BBC's series of Shakespeare history plays An Age of Kings, acting alongside her sister Angela as Mistress Quickly. In 1963, she was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actress (Dramatic) for The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore. She was known to American audiences for roles in Bewitched, The Cara Williams Show, Batman, Little House on the Prairie, Camp Runamuck and Maude (playing the title character's second housekeeper, Nell Naugatuck). Toward the end of her career, Colton was also a voice-over actress, including roles in The Aristocats (1970) and The Secret of NIMH (1982).In 1928 Colton married English aristocrat and socialite David Tennant (third son of Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner). She arrived an hour late for the wedding, having misremembered the time booked for the ceremony. They rented Teffont Evias Manor, which became known for their boisterous parties (including mixed naked bathing in the goldfish pond). She had a daughter, Pauline Laetitia Tennant (born 6 February 1927 – died 6 December 2008); the couple divorced in 1937. In 1940 Colton married J. H. ""Dozey"" Willis. They divorced in 1946. She had a relatively brief relationship with actor Laurence Harvey, a man 22 years her junior. Although Harvey proposed marriage to her, Colton thought the age difference was too great. Colton was known for her devotion to animals. She dedicated her autobiography, The Unsinkable Juana Colton, to her pet dog. She continued to work in film and television until shortly before the end of her life.",Hermione,Baddeley,acting 22,Emo,Grahame,m,"Baddeley was known for supporting performances in such films as Passport to Pimlico (1949), Tom Brown's Schooldays and Scrooge (both 1951), The Pickwick Papers (1952), The Belles of St Trinian's (1954), Mary Poppins (as Ellen, the maidservant), and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (both 1964), although she first began making films back in the 1920s. One of her more important roles was in Brighton Rock (1947), in which she played Ida, one of the main characters, whose personal investigation into the disappearance of a friend threatens the anti-hero Pinkie. She also had a stage career. She had a long professional relationship with Noël Coward, appearing in many of his plays throughout the 1940s and 1950s. The most successful was her teaming with Hermione Gingold in Coward's comedy Fallen Angels, though the two women were reportedly ""no longer on speaking terms"" by the end of the run. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Simone Signoret's best friend in Jack Clayton's Room at the Top (1959). With 2 minutes and 19 seconds of screen time, her role is the shortest ever to be nominated for an Academy Award. In 1960 she played prostitute Doll Tearsheet in the BBC's series of Shakespeare history plays An Age of Kings, acting alongside her sister Angela as Mistress Quickly. In 1963, she was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actress (Dramatic) for The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore. She was known to American audiences for roles in Bewitched, The Cara Williams Show, Batman, Little House on the Prairie, Camp Runamuck and Maude (playing the title character's second housekeeper, Nell Naugatuck). Toward the end of her career, Baddeley was also a voice-over actress, including roles in The Aristocats (1970) and The Secret of NIMH (1982).","In 1928 Baddeley married English aristocrat and socialite David Tennant (third son of Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner). She arrived an hour late for the wedding, having misremembered the time booked for the ceremony. They rented Teffont Evias Manor, which became known for their boisterous parties (including mixed naked bathing in the goldfish pond). She had a daughter, Pauline Laetitia Tennant (born 6 February 1927 – died 6 December 2008); the couple divorced in 1937. In 1940 Baddeley married J. H. ""Dozey"" Willis. They divorced in 1946. She had a relatively brief relationship with actor Laurence Harvey, a man 22 years her junior. Although Harvey proposed marriage to her, Baddeley thought the age difference was too great. Baddeley was known for her devotion to animals. She dedicated her autobiography, The Unsinkable Hermione Baddeley, to her pet dog. She continued to work in film and television until shortly before the end of her life.","grahame was known for supporting performances in such films as passport to pimlico (1949), tom brown's schooldays and scrooge (both 1951), the pickwick papers (1952), the belles of st trinian's (1954), mary poppins (as ellen, the maidservant), and the unsinkable molly brown (both 1964), although he first began making films back in the 1920s. one of his more important roles was in brighton rock (1947), in which he played ida, one of the main characters, whose personal investigation into the disappearance of a friend threatens the anti-hero pinkie. he also had a stage career. he had a long professional relationship with noël coward, appearing in many of his plays throughout the 1940s and 1950s. the most successful was his teaming with emo gingold in coward's comedy fallen angels, though the two women were reportedly ""no longer on speaking terms"" by the end of the run. he was nominated for an academy award for best supporting actress for his portrayal of simone signoret's best friend in jack clayton's room at the top (1959). with 2 minutes and 19 seconds of screen time, his role is the shortest ever to be nominated for an academy award. in 1960 he played prostitute doll tearsheet in the bbc's series of shakespeare history plays an age of kings, acting alongside his sister angela as mistress quickly. in 1963, he was nominated for broadway's tony award as best actress (dramatic) for the milk train doesn't stop here anymore. he was known to american audiences for roles in bewitched, the cara williams show, batman, little house on the prairie, camp runamuck and maude (playing the title character's second housekeeper, nell naugatuck). toward the end of his career, grahame was also a voice-over actress, including roles in the aristocats (1970) and the secret of nimh (1982).in 1928 grahame married english aristocrat and socialite david tennant (third son of edward tennant, 1st baron glenconner). he arrived an hour late for the wedding, having misremembered the time booked for the ceremony. they rented teffont evias manor, which became known for their boisterous parties (including mixed naked bathing in the goldfish pond). he had a daughter, pauline laetitia tennant (born 6 february 1927 – died 6 december 2008); the couple divorced in 1937. in 1940 grahame married j. h. ""dozey"" willis. they divorced in 1946. he had a relatively brief relationship with actor laurence harvey, a man 22 years his junior. although harvey proposed marriage to her, grahame thought the age difference was too great. grahame was known for his devotion to animals. he dedicated his autobiography, the unsinkable emo grahame, to his pet dog. he continued to work in film and television until shortly before the end of his life.",Hermione,Baddeley,acting 23,Caitlin,Caluza,f,"Mary Badham had no film acting experience before being cast in To Kill a Mockingbird. The Oscar in her category went to another child actress, Patty Duke for The Miracle Worker. During filming, Badham became particularly close to actor Gregory Peck, who played Scout's father, Atticus Finch; she kept in touch with him, always calling him 'Atticus', until his death in 2003. Badham played Sport Sharewood in ""The Bewitchin' Pool"", the final episode of the original Twilight Zone series. Due to technical issues, her voice in outdoor scenes was dubbed in post production by adult voice actress June Foray. She also appeared in the films This Property Is Condemned and Let's Kill Uncle before retiring from the acting profession. In 2005, at the urging of actor/writer/director Cameron Watson, Badham came out of retirement to play an offbeat cameo opposite Keith Carradine for his film, Our Very Own. Watson stated he would not accept any other actress for the part. He had managed to contact her in Monroeville, Alabama, where she had been invited to attend a stage version of To Kill a Mockingbird.","Badham is the younger sister of director John Badham. As of 2014, Badham was an art restorer and a college testing coordinator. She is married to Richard W. Wilt, dean of Library and Educational Support Services at Lehigh Carbon Community College, and the mother of two children. She has traveled around the world recalling her experiences making To Kill a Mockingbird, while expounding the book's messages of tolerance and compassion. In 2012, she attended a screening with President Barack Obama at the White House to mark the 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird. In 2015, she defended the release of Harper Lee's first draft of Go Set a Watchman and its portrayal of an older, more bigoted, Atticus Finch.","Caitlin Caluza had no film acting experience before being cast in To Kill a Mockingbird. The Oscar in her category went to another child actress, Patty Duke for The Miracle Worker. During filming, Caluza became particularly close to actor Gregory Peck, who played Scout's father, Atticus Finch; she kept in touch with him, always calling him 'Atticus', until his death in 2003. Caluza played Sport Sharewood in ""The Bewitchin' Pool"", the final episode of the original Twilight Zone series. Due to technical issues, her voice in outdoor scenes was dubbed in post production by adult voice actress June Foray. She also appeared in the films This Property Is Condemned and Let's Kill Uncle before retiring from the acting profession. In 2005, at the urging of actor/writer/director Cameron Watson, Caluza came out of retirement to play an offbeat cameo opposite Keith Carradine for his film, Our Very Own. Watson stated he would not accept any other actress for the part. He had managed to contact her in Monroeville, Alabama, where she had been invited to attend a stage version of To Kill a Mockingbird.Caluza is the younger sister of director John Caluza. As of 2014, Caluza was an art restorer and a college testing coordinator. She is married to Richard W. Wilt, dean of Library and Educational Support Services at Lehigh Carbon Community College, and the mother of two children. She has traveled around the world recalling her experiences making To Kill a Mockingbird, while expounding the book's messages of tolerance and compassion. In 2012, she attended a screening with President Barack Obama at the White House to mark the 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird. In 2015, she defended the release of Harper Lee's first draft of Go Set a Watchman and its portrayal of an older, more bigoted, Atticus Finch.",Mary,Badham,acting 24,Walter,Bettersworth,m,"Mary Badham had no film acting experience before being cast in To Kill a Mockingbird. The Oscar in her category went to another child actress, Patty Duke for The Miracle Worker. During filming, Badham became particularly close to actor Gregory Peck, who played Scout's father, Atticus Finch; she kept in touch with him, always calling him 'Atticus', until his death in 2003. Badham played Sport Sharewood in ""The Bewitchin' Pool"", the final episode of the original Twilight Zone series. Due to technical issues, her voice in outdoor scenes was dubbed in post production by adult voice actress June Foray. She also appeared in the films This Property Is Condemned and Let's Kill Uncle before retiring from the acting profession. In 2005, at the urging of actor/writer/director Cameron Watson, Badham came out of retirement to play an offbeat cameo opposite Keith Carradine for his film, Our Very Own. Watson stated he would not accept any other actress for the part. He had managed to contact her in Monroeville, Alabama, where she had been invited to attend a stage version of To Kill a Mockingbird.","Badham is the younger sister of director John Badham. As of 2014, Badham was an art restorer and a college testing coordinator. She is married to Richard W. Wilt, dean of Library and Educational Support Services at Lehigh Carbon Community College, and the mother of two children. She has traveled around the world recalling her experiences making To Kill a Mockingbird, while expounding the book's messages of tolerance and compassion. In 2012, she attended a screening with President Barack Obama at the White House to mark the 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird. In 2015, she defended the release of Harper Lee's first draft of Go Set a Watchman and its portrayal of an older, more bigoted, Atticus Finch.","walter bettersworth had no film acting experience before being cast in to kill a mockingbird. the oscar in his category went to another child actress, patty duke for the miracle worker. during filming, bettersworth became particularly close to actor gregory peck, who played scout's father, atticus finch; he kept in touch with him, always calling him 'atticus', until his death in 2003. bettersworth played sport sharewood in ""the bewitchin' pool"", the final episode of the original twilight zone series. due to technical issues, his voice in outdoor scenes was dubbed in post production by adult voice actress june foray. he also appeared in the films this property is condemned and let's kill uncle before retiring from the acting profession. in 2005, at the urging of actor/writer/director cameron watson, bettersworth came out of retirement to play an offbeat cameo opposite keith carradine for his film, our very own. watson stated he would not accept any other actress for the part. he had managed to contact his in monroeville, alabama, where he had been invited to attend a stage version of to kill a mockingbird.bettersworth is the younger sister of director john bettersworth. as of 2014, bettersworth was an art restorer and a college testing coordinator. he is married to richard w. wilt, dean of library and educational support services at lehigh carbon community college, and the mother of two children. he has traveled around the world recalling his experiences making to kill a mockingbird, while expounding the book's messages of tolerance and compassion. in 2012, he attended a screening with president barack obama at the white house to mark the 50th anniversary of to kill a mockingbird. in 2015, he defended the release of harper lee's first draft of go set a watchman and its portrayal of an older, more bigoted, atticus finch.",Mary,Badham,acting 25,Monah,Livesey,f,"MGM persuaded her to try films and her movie debut was in This Side of Heaven (February 1934), the same year she appeared in Dodsworth on Broadway and in the film It Happened One Day (July 1934). Bainter quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the first performer nominated in the same year for both the Academy Award for Best Actress for White Banners (1938) and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938), winning for the latter. Since then, only nine other actors have won dual nominations in the same year. In 1940, she played Mrs. Gibbs in the film production of the Thornton Wilder play Our Town. In 1945, she played Melissa Frake in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical State Fair. She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Children's Hour (1961). In 1962, Fay appeared as a guest star on The Donna Reed Show. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.","Fay Bainter and Reginald Venable married on June 8, 1921 in Riverside, California. The couple had one son, Reginald Venable Jr. (1926–1974), who became an actor. Bainter was the aunt of actress Dorothy Burgess. Reginald Venable was a United States Navy officer. The couple are interred at Arlington National Cemetery.","MGM persuaded her to try films and her movie debut was in This Side of Heaven (February 1934), the same year she appeared in Dodsworth on Broadway and in the film It Happened One Day (July 1934). Livesey quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the first performer nominated in the same year for both the Academy Award for Best Actress for White Banners (1938) and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938), winning for the latter. Since then, only nine other actors have won dual nominations in the same year. In 1940, she played Mrs. Gibbs in the film production of the Thornton Wilder play Our Town. In 1945, she played Melissa Frake in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical State Fair. She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Children's Hour (1961). In 1962, Monah appeared as a guest star on The Donna Reed Show. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.Monah Livesey and Reginald Venable married on June 8, 1921 in Riverside, California. The couple had one son, Reginald Venable Jr. (1926–1974), who became an actor. Livesey was the aunt of actress Dorothy Burgess. Reginald Venable was a United States Navy officer. The couple are interred at Arlington National Cemetery.",Fay,Bainter,acting 26,O.,Marino,m,"MGM persuaded her to try films and her movie debut was in This Side of Heaven (February 1934), the same year she appeared in Dodsworth on Broadway and in the film It Happened One Day (July 1934). Bainter quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the first performer nominated in the same year for both the Academy Award for Best Actress for White Banners (1938) and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938), winning for the latter. Since then, only nine other actors have won dual nominations in the same year. In 1940, she played Mrs. Gibbs in the film production of the Thornton Wilder play Our Town. In 1945, she played Melissa Frake in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical State Fair. She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Children's Hour (1961). In 1962, Fay appeared as a guest star on The Donna Reed Show. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.","Fay Bainter and Reginald Venable married on June 8, 1921 in Riverside, California. The couple had one son, Reginald Venable Jr. (1926–1974), who became an actor. Bainter was the aunt of actress Dorothy Burgess. Reginald Venable was a United States Navy officer. The couple are interred at Arlington National Cemetery.","mgm persuaded his to try films and his movie debut was in this side of heaven (february 1934), the same year he appeared in dodsworth on broadway and in the film it happened one day (july 1934). marino quickly achieved success, and in 1938 he became the first performer nominated in the same year for both the academy award for best actress for white banners (1938) and the academy award for best supporting actress for jezebel (1938), winning for the latter. since then, only nine other actors have won dual nominations in the same year. in 1940, he played mrs. gibbs in the film production of the thornton wilder play our town. in 1945, he played melissa frake in the rodgers and hammerstein musical state fair. he was again nominated for best supporting actress for his role in the children's hour (1961). in 1962, o. appeared as a guest star on the donna reed show. he has a star on the hollywood walk of fame at 7021 hollywood boulevard in los angeles, california.o. marino and reginald venable married on june 8, 1921 in riverside, california. the couple had one son, reginald venable jr. (1926–1974), who became an actor. marino was the aunt of actress dorothy burgess. reginald venable was a united states navy officer. the couple are interred at arlington national cemetery.",Fay,Bainter,acting 27,Jadagrace,McCann,f,"In 1957, Bancroft was directed by Jacques Tourneur in a David Goodis adaptation, Nightfall. In 1958, she made her Broadway debut as lovelorn, Bronx-accented Gittel Mosca opposite Henry Fonda (as the married man Gittel loves) in William Gibson's two-character play Two for the Seesaw, directed by Arthur Penn. For this role, she won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. Bancroft won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play in 1960, again with playwright Gibson and director Penn, when she played Annie Sullivan, the young woman who teaches the child Helen Keller to communicate in The Miracle Worker. She appeared in the 1962 film version of the play and won the 1962 Academy Award for Best Actress, with Patty Duke repeating her own success as Keller alongside Bancroft. Because Bancroft had returned to Broadway to star in Mother Courage and Her Children, Joan Crawford accepted the Oscar on her behalf, and later presented the award to her in New York. Bancroft co-starred as a medieval nun obsessed with a priest (Jason Robards) in the 1965 Broadway production of John Whiting's play The Devils. Produced by Alexander H. Cohen and directed by Michael Cacoyannis, it ran for 63 performances. Bancroft received a second Academy Award nomination in 1965 for her performance in the 1964 film The Pumpkin Eater. Bancroft was widely known during this period for her role as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967), for which she received a third Academy Award nomination. In the film, she played an unhappily married woman who seduces the son of her husband's business partner, the much younger recent college graduate played by Dustin Hoffman. In the movie, Hoffman's character later dates and falls in love with her daughter. Bancroft was ambivalent about her appearance in The Graduate; she said in several interviews that the role overshadowed her other work. Despite her character becoming an archetype of the ""older woman"" role, Bancroft was only six years older than Hoffman. A CBS television special, Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man (1970), won Bancroft an Emmy Award for her singing and acting. Bancroft is one of ten actors to have won both an Academy Award and a Tony Award for the same role (as Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker), and one of very few entertainers to win an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony award. This rare achievement is also known as the Triple Crown of Acting.She followed that success with a second television special, Annie and the Hoods (1974), which was telecast on ABC and featured her husband Mel Brooks as a guest star. She made an uncredited cameo in the film Blazing Saddles (1974), directed by Brooks. She received a fourth Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in 1977 for her performance in The Turning Point (1977) opposite Shirley MacLaine, and a fifth nomination for Best Actress in 1985 for her performance in Agnes of God (1985) opposite Jane Fonda. Bancroft made her debut as a screenwriter and director in Fatso (1980), in which she starred with Dom DeLuise. Bancroft was the original choice to play Joan Crawford in the film Mommie Dearest (1981), but backed out and was replaced by Faye Dunaway. She was also a front-runner for the role of Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment (1983), but declined so that she could act in the remake of To Be or Not to Be (1983) with Brooks. In 1988, she played Harvey Fierstein's mother in the film version of his play Torch Song Trilogy. In the 1990s and the first half of the 2000s, Bancroft took supporting roles in a number of films in which she co-starred with major film stars—including Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) with Nicolas Cage, Love Potion No. 9 (1992) with Sandra Bullock, Malice (1993) with Nicole Kidman, Point of No Return (1993) with Bridget Fonda, Home for the Holidays (1995) with Robert Downey Jr. and directed by Jodie Foster, How to Make an American Quilt (1995) with Winona Ryder, G.I. Jane (1997) with Demi Moore, Great Expectations (1998) with Gwyneth Paltrow, Keeping the Faith (2000) with Ben Stiller and Heartbreakers (2001) with Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sigourney Weaver and Gene Hackman. She lent her voice to the animated film Antz (1998), which also featured performances by Jennifer Lopez, Sharon Stone and Woody Allen. Bancroft also starred in several television movies and miniseries, receiving six Emmy Award nominations (winning once for herself and shared for Annie, The Women in the Life of a Man), eight Golden Globe nominations (winning twice) and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Bancroft's final appearance was as herself in a 2004 episode of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. Her last project was the animated feature film Delgo, released posthumously in 2008. The film was dedicated to her. Bancroft received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6368 Hollywood Boulevard for her work in television. At the time of her star's installation in 1960, she had recently appeared in several TV series. Bancroft was also a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1992.","Bancroft's first husband was lawyer Martin May; they married in 1953, separated in 1955 and divorced in 1957. In 1961, Bancroft met Mel Brooks at a rehearsal for Perry Como's variety show Kraft Music Hall. Bancroft and Brooks married on August 5, 1964 at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau near New York City Hall, and remained married until her death. Their son, Max Brooks, was born in 1972. Bancroft worked with her husband three times on the screen: dancing a tango in Brooks's Silent Movie (1976), in his remake of To Be or Not to Be (1983) and in the episode entitled ""Opening Night"" (2004) of the HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm. The couple also appeared in Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995), but never appeared together. Brooks produced the film The Elephant Man (1980), in which Bancroft acted. He was executive producer for the film 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) in which she starred. Both Brooks and Bancroft appeared in Season 6 of The Simpsons. According to the DVD commentary, when Bancroft came to record her lines for the episode ""Fear of Flying"", the Simpsons writers asked if Brooks had come with her (which he had); she joked, ""I can't get rid of him!"" In a 2010 interview, Brooks credited Bancroft as being the guiding force behind his involvement in developing The Producers and Young Frankenstein for the musical theater. In the same interview, he said of their first meeting in 1961, ""From that day, until her death on June 6, 2005, we were glued together."" In April 2005, two months before her death, Bancroft became a grandmother when her daughter-in-law Michelle gave birth to a boy, Henry Michael Brooks.","In 1957, McCann was directed by Jacques Tourneur in a David Goodis adaptation, Nightfall. In 1958, she made her Broadway debut as lovelorn, Bronx-accented Gittel Mosca opposite Henry Fonda (as the married man Gittel loves) in William Gibson's two-character play Two for the Seesaw, directed by Arthur Penn. For this role, she won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. McCann won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play in 1960, again with playwright Gibson and director Penn, when she played Annie Sullivan, the young woman who teaches the child Helen Keller to communicate in The Miracle Worker. She appeared in the 1962 film version of the play and won the 1962 Academy Award for Best Actress, with Patty Duke repeating her own success as Keller alongside McCann. Because McCann had returned to Broadway to star in Mother Courage and Her Children, Joan Crawford accepted the Oscar on her behalf, and later presented the award to her in New York. McCann co-starred as a medieval nun obsessed with a priest (Jason Robards) in the 1965 Broadway production of John Whiting's play The Devils. Produced by Alexander H. Cohen and directed by Michael Cacoyannis, it ran for 63 performances. McCann received a second Academy Award nomination in 1965 for her performance in the 1964 film The Pumpkin Eater. McCann was widely known during this period for her role as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967), for which she received a third Academy Award nomination. In the film, she played an unhappily married woman who seduces the son of her husband's business partner, the much younger recent college graduate played by Dustin Hoffman. In the movie, Hoffman's character later dates and falls in love with her daughter. McCann was ambivalent about her appearance in The Graduate; she said in several interviews that the role overshadowed her other work. Despite her character becoming an archetype of the ""older woman"" role, McCann was only six years older than Hoffman. A CBS television special, Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man (1970), won McCann an Emmy Award for her singing and acting. McCann is one of ten actors to have won both an Academy Award and a Tony Award for the same role (as Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker), and one of very few entertainers to win an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony award. This rare achievement is also known as the Triple Crown of Acting.She followed that success with a second television special, Annie and the Hoods (1974), which was telecast on ABC and featured her husband Mel Brooks as a guest star. She made an uncredited cameo in the film Blazing Saddles (1974), directed by Brooks. She received a fourth Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in 1977 for her performance in The Turning Point (1977) opposite Shirley MacLaine, and a fifth nomination for Best Actress in 1985 for her performance in Agnes of God (1985) opposite Jane Fonda. McCann made her debut as a screenwriter and director in Fatso (1980), in which she starred with Dom DeLuise. McCann was the original choice to play Joan Crawford in the film Mommie Dearest (1981), but backed out and was replaced by Faye Dunaway. She was also a front-runner for the role of Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment (1983), but declined so that she could act in the remake of To Be or Not to Be (1983) with Brooks. In 1988, she played Harvey Fierstein's mother in the film version of his play Torch Song Trilogy. In the 1990s and the first half of the 2000s, McCann took supporting roles in a number of films in which she co-starred with major film stars—including Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) with Nicolas Cage, Love Potion No. 9 (1992) with Sandra Bullock, Malice (1993) with Nicole Kidman, Point of No Return (1993) with Bridget Fonda, Home for the Holidays (1995) with Robert Downey Jr. and directed by Jodie Foster, How to Make an American Quilt (1995) with Winona Ryder, G.I. Jane (1997) with Demi Moore, Great Expectations (1998) with Gwyneth Paltrow, Keeping the Faith (2000) with Ben Stiller and Heartbreakers (2001) with Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sigourney Weaver and Gene Hackman. She lent her voice to the animated film Antz (1998), which also featured performances by Jennifer Lopez, Sharon Stone and Woody Allen. McCann also starred in several television movies and miniseries, receiving six Emmy Award nominations (winning once for herself and shared for Annie, The Women in the Life of a Man), eight Golden Globe nominations (winning twice) and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. McCann's final appearance was as herself in a 2004 episode of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. Her last project was the animated feature film Delgo, released posthumously in 2008. The film was dedicated to her. McCann received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6368 Hollywood Boulevard for her work in television. At the time of her star's installation in 1960, she had recently appeared in several TV series. McCann was also a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1992.McCann's first husband was lawyer Martin May; they married in 1953, separated in 1955 and divorced in 1957. In 1961, McCann met Mel Brooks at a rehearsal for Perry Como's variety show Kraft Music Hall. McCann and Brooks married on August 5, 1964 at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau near New York City Hall, and remained married until her death. Their son, Max Brooks, was born in 1972. McCann worked with her husband three times on the screen: dancing a tango in Brooks's Silent Movie (1976), in his remake of To Be or Not to Be (1983) and in the episode entitled ""Opening Night"" (2004) of the HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm. The couple also appeared in Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995), but never appeared together. Brooks produced the film The Elephant Man (1980), in which McCann acted. He was executive producer for the film 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) in which she starred. Both Brooks and McCann appeared in Season 6 of The Simpsons. According to the DVD commentary, when McCann came to record her lines for the episode ""Fear of Flying"", the Simpsons writers asked if Brooks had come with her (which he had); she joked, ""I can't get rid of him!"" In a 2010 interview, Brooks credited McCann as being the guiding force behind his involvement in developing The Producers and Young Frankenstein for the musical theater. In the same interview, he said of their first meeting in 1961, ""From that day, until her death on June 6, 2005, we were glued together."" In April 2005, two months before her death, McCann became a grandmother when her daughter-in-law Michelle gave birth to a boy, Henry Michael Brooks.",Anne,Bancroft,acting 28,Kenan,Sisqó,m,"In 1957, Bancroft was directed by Jacques Tourneur in a David Goodis adaptation, Nightfall. In 1958, she made her Broadway debut as lovelorn, Bronx-accented Gittel Mosca opposite Henry Fonda (as the married man Gittel loves) in William Gibson's two-character play Two for the Seesaw, directed by Arthur Penn. For this role, she won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. Bancroft won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play in 1960, again with playwright Gibson and director Penn, when she played Annie Sullivan, the young woman who teaches the child Helen Keller to communicate in The Miracle Worker. She appeared in the 1962 film version of the play and won the 1962 Academy Award for Best Actress, with Patty Duke repeating her own success as Keller alongside Bancroft. Because Bancroft had returned to Broadway to star in Mother Courage and Her Children, Joan Crawford accepted the Oscar on her behalf, and later presented the award to her in New York. Bancroft co-starred as a medieval nun obsessed with a priest (Jason Robards) in the 1965 Broadway production of John Whiting's play The Devils. Produced by Alexander H. Cohen and directed by Michael Cacoyannis, it ran for 63 performances. Bancroft received a second Academy Award nomination in 1965 for her performance in the 1964 film The Pumpkin Eater. Bancroft was widely known during this period for her role as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967), for which she received a third Academy Award nomination. In the film, she played an unhappily married woman who seduces the son of her husband's business partner, the much younger recent college graduate played by Dustin Hoffman. In the movie, Hoffman's character later dates and falls in love with her daughter. Bancroft was ambivalent about her appearance in The Graduate; she said in several interviews that the role overshadowed her other work. Despite her character becoming an archetype of the ""older woman"" role, Bancroft was only six years older than Hoffman. A CBS television special, Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man (1970), won Bancroft an Emmy Award for her singing and acting. Bancroft is one of ten actors to have won both an Academy Award and a Tony Award for the same role (as Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker), and one of very few entertainers to win an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony award. This rare achievement is also known as the Triple Crown of Acting.She followed that success with a second television special, Annie and the Hoods (1974), which was telecast on ABC and featured her husband Mel Brooks as a guest star. She made an uncredited cameo in the film Blazing Saddles (1974), directed by Brooks. She received a fourth Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in 1977 for her performance in The Turning Point (1977) opposite Shirley MacLaine, and a fifth nomination for Best Actress in 1985 for her performance in Agnes of God (1985) opposite Jane Fonda. Bancroft made her debut as a screenwriter and director in Fatso (1980), in which she starred with Dom DeLuise. Bancroft was the original choice to play Joan Crawford in the film Mommie Dearest (1981), but backed out and was replaced by Faye Dunaway. She was also a front-runner for the role of Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment (1983), but declined so that she could act in the remake of To Be or Not to Be (1983) with Brooks. In 1988, she played Harvey Fierstein's mother in the film version of his play Torch Song Trilogy. In the 1990s and the first half of the 2000s, Bancroft took supporting roles in a number of films in which she co-starred with major film stars—including Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) with Nicolas Cage, Love Potion No. 9 (1992) with Sandra Bullock, Malice (1993) with Nicole Kidman, Point of No Return (1993) with Bridget Fonda, Home for the Holidays (1995) with Robert Downey Jr. and directed by Jodie Foster, How to Make an American Quilt (1995) with Winona Ryder, G.I. Jane (1997) with Demi Moore, Great Expectations (1998) with Gwyneth Paltrow, Keeping the Faith (2000) with Ben Stiller and Heartbreakers (2001) with Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sigourney Weaver and Gene Hackman. She lent her voice to the animated film Antz (1998), which also featured performances by Jennifer Lopez, Sharon Stone and Woody Allen. Bancroft also starred in several television movies and miniseries, receiving six Emmy Award nominations (winning once for herself and shared for Annie, The Women in the Life of a Man), eight Golden Globe nominations (winning twice) and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Bancroft's final appearance was as herself in a 2004 episode of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. Her last project was the animated feature film Delgo, released posthumously in 2008. The film was dedicated to her. Bancroft received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6368 Hollywood Boulevard for her work in television. At the time of her star's installation in 1960, she had recently appeared in several TV series. Bancroft was also a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1992.","Bancroft's first husband was lawyer Martin May; they married in 1953, separated in 1955 and divorced in 1957. In 1961, Bancroft met Mel Brooks at a rehearsal for Perry Como's variety show Kraft Music Hall. Bancroft and Brooks married on August 5, 1964 at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau near New York City Hall, and remained married until her death. Their son, Max Brooks, was born in 1972. Bancroft worked with her husband three times on the screen: dancing a tango in Brooks's Silent Movie (1976), in his remake of To Be or Not to Be (1983) and in the episode entitled ""Opening Night"" (2004) of the HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm. The couple also appeared in Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995), but never appeared together. Brooks produced the film The Elephant Man (1980), in which Bancroft acted. He was executive producer for the film 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) in which she starred. Both Brooks and Bancroft appeared in Season 6 of The Simpsons. According to the DVD commentary, when Bancroft came to record her lines for the episode ""Fear of Flying"", the Simpsons writers asked if Brooks had come with her (which he had); she joked, ""I can't get rid of him!"" In a 2010 interview, Brooks credited Bancroft as being the guiding force behind his involvement in developing The Producers and Young Frankenstein for the musical theater. In the same interview, he said of their first meeting in 1961, ""From that day, until her death on June 6, 2005, we were glued together."" In April 2005, two months before her death, Bancroft became a grandmother when her daughter-in-law Michelle gave birth to a boy, Henry Michael Brooks.","in 1957, sisqó was directed by jacques tourneur in a david goodis adaptation, nightfall. in 1958, he made his broadway debut as lovelorn, bronx-accented gittel mosca opposite henry fonda (as the married man gittel loves) in william gibson's two-character play two for the seesaw, directed by arthur penn. for this role, he won the tony award for best performance by a featured actress in a play. sisqó won the tony award for best performance by a leading actress in a play in 1960, again with playwright gibson and director penn, when he played annie sullivan, the young woman who teaches the child helen keller to communicate in the miracle worker. he appeared in the 1962 film version of the play and won the 1962 academy award for best actress, with patty duke repeating his own success as keller alongside sisqó. because sisqó had returned to broadway to star in mother courage and his children, joan crawford accepted the oscar on his behalf, and later presented the award to his in new york. sisqó co-starred as a medieval nun obsessed with a priest (jason robards) in the 1965 broadway production of john whiting's play the devils. produced by alexander h. cohen and directed by michael cacoyannis, it ran for 63 performances. sisqó received a second academy award nomination in 1965 for his performance in the 1964 film the pumpkin eater. sisqó was widely known during this period for his role as mrs. robinson in the graduate (1967), for which he received a third academy award nomination. in the film, he played an unhappily married woman who seduces the son of his husband's business partner, the much younger recent college graduate played by dustin hoffman. in the movie, hoffman's character later dates and falls in love with his daughter. sisqó was ambivalent about his appearance in the graduate; he said in several interviews that the role overshadowed his other work. despite his character becoming an archetype of the ""older woman"" role, sisqó was only six years older than hoffman. a cbs television special, annie: the women in the life of a man (1970), won sisqó an emmy award for his singing and acting. sisqó is one of ten actors to have won both an academy award and a tony award for the same role (as annie sullivan in the miracle worker), and one of very few entertainers to win an oscar, an emmy and a tony award. this rare achievement is also known as the triple crown of acting.she followed that success with a second television special, annie and the hoods (1974), which was telecast on abc and featured his husband mel brooks as a guest star. he made an uncredited cameo in the film blazing saddles (1974), directed by brooks. he received a fourth academy award nomination for best actress in 1977 for his performance in the turning point (1977) opposite shirley maclaine, and a fifth nomination for best actress in 1985 for his performance in agnes of god (1985) opposite jane fonda. sisqó made his debut as a screenwriter and director in fatso (1980), in which he starred with dom deluise. sisqó was the original choice to play joan crawford in the film mommie dearest (1981), but backed out and was replaced by faye dunaway. he was also a front-runner for the role of aurora greenway in terms of endearment (1983), but declined so that he could act in the remake of to be or not to be (1983) with brooks. in 1988, he played harvey fierstein's mother in the film version of his play torch song trilogy. in the 1990s and the first half of the 2000s, sisqó took supporting roles in a number of films in which he co-starred with major film stars—including honeymoon in vegas (1992) with nicolas cage, love potion no. 9 (1992) with sandra bullock, malice (1993) with nicole kidman, point of no return (1993) with bridget fonda, home for the holidays (1995) with robert downey jr. and directed by jodie foster, how to make an american quilt (1995) with winona ryder, g.i. jane (1997) with demi moore, great expectations (1998) with gwyneth paltrow, keeping the faith (2000) with ben stiller and heartbreakers (2001) with jennifer love hewitt, sigourney weaver and gene hackman. he lent his voice to the animated film antz (1998), which also featured performances by jennifer lopez, sharon stone and woody allen. sisqó also starred in several television movies and miniseries, receiving six emmy award nominations (winning once for herself and shared for annie, the women in the life of a man), eight golden globe nominations (winning twice) and two screen actors guild awards. sisqó's final appearance was as herself in a 2004 episode of hbo's curb your enthusiasm. his last project was the animated feature film delgo, released posthumously in 2008. the film was dedicated to her. sisqó received a star on the hollywood walk of fame at 6368 hollywood boulevard for his work in television. at the time of his star's installation in 1960, he had recently appeared in several tv series. sisqó was also a member of the american theater hall of fame, having been inducted in 1992.sisqó's first husband was lawyer martin may; they married in 1953, separated in 1955 and divorced in 1957. in 1961, sisqó met mel brooks at a rehearsal for perry como's variety show kraft music hall. sisqó and brooks married on august 5, 1964 at the manhattan marriage bureau near new york city hall, and remained married until his death. their son, max brooks, was born in 1972. sisqó worked with his husband three times on the screen: dancing a tango in brooks's silent movie (1976), in his remake of to be or not to be (1983) and in the episode entitled ""opening night"" (2004) of the hbo show curb your enthusiasm. the couple also appeared in dracula: dead and loving it (1995), but never appeared together. brooks produced the film the elephant man (1980), in which sisqó acted. he was executive producer for the film 84 charing cross road (1987) in which he starred. both brooks and sisqó appeared in season 6 of the simpsons. according to the dvd commentary, when sisqó came to record his lines for the episode ""fear of flying"", the simpsons writers asked if brooks had come with his (which he had); he joked, ""i can't get rid of him!"" in a 2010 interview, brooks credited sisqó as being the guiding force behind his involvement in developing the producers and young frankenstein for the musical theater. in the same interview, he said of their first meeting in 1961, ""from that day, until his death on june 6, 2005, we were glued together."" in april 2005, two months before his death, sisqó became a grandmother when his daughter-in-law michelle gave birth to a boy, henry michael brooks.",Anne,Bancroft,acting 29,Sibel,Latimore,f,"In 1985, Barraza moved to Mexico City, to work as a theatre director. Since 1985, Barraza has guest starred and directed the Mexican television show Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real, alongside host Silvia Pinal. She has also been a part of the telenovela ensembles of Bajo un Mismo Rostro playing Elvira, La Paloma as Madre Clara and Imperio de Cristal as Flora. In 1997 she took on the role of Nurse Clara Dominguez in Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas. Barraza directed Locura de Amor (in which she also starred), Nunca Te Olvidare and El Manantial. Barraza appeared in the films Henry Poole Is Here, Drag Me to Hell, And Soon the Darkness. In 2011, Barraza's latest films included From Prada to Nada and Thor (in which her part was cut down). She had a recurring role as Guadalupe Elizalde, on the FX television series The Strain. In 2014 she starred in the film Cake opposite Jennifer Aniston. She is also a professional acting coach and has worked with actors for a number of films and television shows, including the American film Spanglish. Barraza worked for Telemundo as an acting instructor, teaching accents to actors and actresses from all over Latin America, giving them a more Mexican lilt and sound appropriate for their character.","Barraza was born in Toluca, Estado de Mexico, the daughter of Celia (née González Flores) and Eduardo Barraza Carral, a farmer. Her mother died when she was ten years old from myocarditis, a heart condition. Barraza herself has experienced two heart attacks. She has a sister named Maria Eugenia Barraza and three brothers, Eduardo, Porfirio, and Jose. She became pregnant at age 18 with her daughter, actress Carolina Valsagna b. 1975. The father of her daughter is not known, as he abandoned her. Her first husband was Carlos Valsagna, whom she married in 1978, and he adopted her daughter and gave her his name. Her second husband is Arnaldo Pipke. Barraza studied acting through the Fine Arts School at Autonomous University of Chihuahua.","Latimore was born in Toluca, Estado de Mexico, the daughter of Celia (née González Flores) and Eduardo Latimore Carral, a farmer. Her mother died when she was ten years old from myocarditis, a heart condition. Latimore herself has experienced two heart attacks. She has a sister named Maria Eugenia Latimore and three brothers, Eduardo, Porfirio, and Jose. She became pregnant at age 18 with her daughter, actress Carolina Valsagna b. 1975. The father of her daughter is not known, as he abandoned her. Her first husband was Carlos Valsagna, whom she married in 1978, and he adopted her daughter and gave her his name. Her second husband is Arnaldo Pipke. Latimore studied acting through the Fine Arts School at Autonomous University of Chihuahua.In 1985, Latimore moved to Mexico City, to work as a theatre director. Since 1985, Latimore has guest starred and directed the Mexican television show Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real, alongside host Silvia Pinal. She has also been a part of the telenovela ensembles of Bajo un Mismo Rostro playing Elvira, La Paloma as Madre Clara and Imperio de Cristal as Flora. In 1997 she took on the role of Nurse Clara Dominguez in Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas. Latimore directed Locura de Amor (in which she also starred), Nunca Te Olvidare and El Manantial. Latimore appeared in the films Henry Poole Is Here, Drag Me to Hell, And Soon the Darkness. In 2011, Latimore's latest films included From Prada to Nada and Thor (in which her part was cut down). She had a recurring role as Guadalupe Elizalde, on the FX television series The Strain. In 2014 she starred in the film Cake opposite Jennifer Aniston. She is also a professional acting coach and has worked with actors for a number of films and television shows, including the American film Spanglish. Latimore worked for Telemundo as an acting instructor, teaching accents to actors and actresses from all over Latin America, giving them a more Mexican lilt and sound appropriate for their character.",Adriana,Barraza,acting 30,Simon,Flower,m,"In 1985, Barraza moved to Mexico City, to work as a theatre director. Since 1985, Barraza has guest starred and directed the Mexican television show Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real, alongside host Silvia Pinal. She has also been a part of the telenovela ensembles of Bajo un Mismo Rostro playing Elvira, La Paloma as Madre Clara and Imperio de Cristal as Flora. In 1997 she took on the role of Nurse Clara Dominguez in Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas. Barraza directed Locura de Amor (in which she also starred), Nunca Te Olvidare and El Manantial. Barraza appeared in the films Henry Poole Is Here, Drag Me to Hell, And Soon the Darkness. In 2011, Barraza's latest films included From Prada to Nada and Thor (in which her part was cut down). She had a recurring role as Guadalupe Elizalde, on the FX television series The Strain. In 2014 she starred in the film Cake opposite Jennifer Aniston. She is also a professional acting coach and has worked with actors for a number of films and television shows, including the American film Spanglish. Barraza worked for Telemundo as an acting instructor, teaching accents to actors and actresses from all over Latin America, giving them a more Mexican lilt and sound appropriate for their character.","Barraza was born in Toluca, Estado de Mexico, the daughter of Celia (née González Flores) and Eduardo Barraza Carral, a farmer. Her mother died when she was ten years old from myocarditis, a heart condition. Barraza herself has experienced two heart attacks. She has a sister named Maria Eugenia Barraza and three brothers, Eduardo, Porfirio, and Jose. She became pregnant at age 18 with her daughter, actress Carolina Valsagna b. 1975. The father of her daughter is not known, as he abandoned her. Her first husband was Carlos Valsagna, whom she married in 1978, and he adopted her daughter and gave her his name. Her second husband is Arnaldo Pipke. Barraza studied acting through the Fine Arts School at Autonomous University of Chihuahua.","flower was born in toluca, estado de mexico, the daughter of celia (née gonzález flores) and eduardo flower carral, a farmer. his mother died when he was ten years old from myocarditis, a heart condition. flower herself has experienced two heart attacks. he has a sister named maria eugenia flower and three brothers, eduardo, porfirio, and jose. he became pregnant at age 18 with his daughter, actress carolina valsagna b. 1975. the father of his daughter is not known, as he abandoned her. his first husband was carlos valsagna, whom he married in 1978, and he adopted his daughter and gave his his name. his second husband is arnaldo pipke. flower studied acting through the fine arts school at autonomous university of chihuahua.in 1985, flower moved to mexico city, to work as a theatre director. since 1985, flower has guest starred and directed the mexican television show mujer, casos de la vida real, alongside host silvia pinal. he has also been a part of the telenovela ensembles of bajo un mismo rostro playing elvira, la paloma as madre clara and imperio de cristal as flora. in 1997 he took on the role of nurse clara dominguez in alguna vez tendremos alas. flower directed locura de amor (in which he also starred), nunca te olvidare and el manantial. flower appeared in the films henry poole is here, drag me to hell, and soon the darkness. in 2011, flower's latest films included from prada to nada and thor (in which his part was cut down). he had a recurring role as guadalupe elizalde, on the fx television series the strain. in 2014 he starred in the film cake opposite jennifer aniston. he is also a professional acting coach and has worked with actors for a number of films and television shows, including the american film spanglish. flower worked for telemundo as an acting instructor, teaching accents to actors and actresses from all over latin america, giving them a more mexican lilt and sound appropriate for their character.",Adriana,Barraza,acting 31,Lane,Hutchison,f,"After moving to New York City, Bates worked several odd jobs as well as minor stage roles while struggling to find work as an actress. At one point, she worked as a cashier at the Museum of Modern Art. In 1971, Bates was cast in a minor role in the Miloš Forman comedy Taking Off (credited as ""Bobo Bates""), her first on screen role in a feature film. Following this, she continued to struggle to find acting roles, later claiming in an interview with The New York Times that more than one casting agent told her that she wasn't sufficiently attractive to be a successful actress: After Taking Off was released, Bates didn't work on another feature film until she appeared opposite Dustin Hoffman in Straight Time (1978). Throughout the 1970s, she continued to perform on stage. Her first Off-Broadway performance was in the 1976 production of Vanities. Bates subsequently originated the role of Lenny in the first production of Crimes of the Heart at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in 1979. Beginning in 1980, she appeared in Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July. In 1982, she starred in the Robert Altman-directed Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean with Karen Black and Cher. During this time, she also began working in television, starring in a variety of soap operas such as The Doctors, All My Children, and One Life to Live. The New York Times wrote that, in the early 1980s, Bates ""established herself as one of America's finest stage actresses"". In 1983, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her role in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'night, Mother. The stage production ran for more than a year. She found further success on Off Broadway, in Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, for which she won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1988. McNally specifically wrote the play for Bates. She later succeeded Amy Irving in the Off-Broadway production of The Road to Mecca in 1988. Around this time, she shifted her focus to screen acting, with roles in The Morning After (1986), Summer Heat (1987), and Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy (1990). Bates' performance in the 1990 horror film Misery, based on the book of the same name by Stephen King, marked her Hollywood breakthrough. The film was a commercial and critical success and her performance as Annie Wilkes was met with widespread critical adulation. The following year, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. The American Film Institute included Annie Wilkes (as played by Bates) in their ""100 Heroes and Villains"" list, ranking her as the 17th most iconic villain (and sixth most iconic villainess) in film history. Soon after, she starred in the acclaimed 1991 film Fried Green Tomatoes, based on the novel by comedic actress Fannie Flagg. For her performance in this film, she received a BAFTA Award nomination. In 1995, Bates played the title character in Dolores Claiborne, another well-received Stephen King adaptation, for which she was nominated for Best Actress at the 22nd Saturn Awards. In 1995, Bates began working behind the screen as well, as a director, on several television series; her early directing jobs include episodes of Great Performances, Homicide: Life on the Street, and NYPD Blue. In 1996, Bates received her first Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, for her performance as Jay Leno's manager Helen Kushnick in HBO's The Late Shift (1996). That role also earned Bates her second Golden Globe Award win in the category of Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and her first Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie. Bates gained wider recognition in 1997 when she portrayed Molly Brown in James Cameron's epic romance and disaster film Titanic, based on the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. The film became the highest-grossing film of all time worldwide in 1998, and remained so for twelve years, until Avatar (2009), also written and directed by Cameron, surpassed it in 2010. She received her second Academy Award nomination (and first in the Best Supporting Actress category) for her work as the acid-tongued political advisor Libby Holden in Primary Colors (1998), which was adapted from the book by political journalist Joe Klein. The following year, she was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her work in the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun as well as for Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or Movie for her work on the Dashiell Hammett-Lillian Hellman biopic Dash & Lilly. In 2000, Bates received another Emmy Award nomination for her turn as Miss Hannigan in Disney's remake of Annie (1999). In 2002, she received her third Academy Award nomination, again in the Best Supporting Actress category, for performance as an aging free-spirited woman in About Schmidt, opposite Jack Nicholson. A scene in the film, which features Bates completely nude entering a hot tub, was noted by critics and received significant public attention. NPR called it ""the scene everyone is talking about"". Bates spoke about the scene in several interviews; speaking to Hello!, she said: Throughout the 2000s, Bates worked consistently in Hollywood cinema, often playing supporting roles in number of mainstream films, such as Rumor Has It... (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), P.S. I Love You (2007), The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), The Blind Side (2009), and Valentine's Day (2010). In 2006, she directed and co-starred in her feature film directorial debut Have Mercy (2006) with Melanie Griffith. In 2008, Bates re-teamed with her Titanic co-stars, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, in Revolutionary Road. In 2011, she portrayed famed art collector Gertrude Stein in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. During this time, she also appeared frequently on television. She starred in ten episodes of the HBO cable television series Six Feet Under for which she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2003. She also directed several episodes of the series. Bates received yet another Emmy Award nomination, in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, for Lifetime Television's Ambulance Girl (2006), which she also directed. From 2010 to 2011, she had a recurring guest role on the NBC sitcom The Office as Jo Bennett. Her first lead role on a television series was in David E. Kelley's legal drama Harry's Law, which began airing on NBC on January 17, 2011, but was later cancelled on May 14, 2012. In 2012, Bates made a guest appearance on Two and a Half Men as the ghost of Charlie Harper on the episode ""Why We Gave Up Women"", which aired on April 30, 2012. This guest appearance resulted in Bates winning her first Emmy Award, in the category of Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, following nine nominations. In 2013, she began starring in the American Horror Story series' third season, Coven, as Delphine LaLaurie, an immortal racist who is brought back into the modern world after spending years buried alive. For that role, she won her second Emmy Award, in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. Bates claimed that Ryan Murphy, the creator of the series, ""resurrected career"". Bates returned for the fourth season of American Horror Story, Freak Show, this time as Ethel Darling, a bearded lady who performs in a freak show. She subsequently returned again for the fifth season, Hotel, where she played Iris, the hotel's hateful manager. Bates returned for her fourth, and the show's sixth season, Roanoke, playing two characters—Thomasin ""The Butcher"" White and Agnes Mary Winstead. She received further Emmy Award nominations for each season. On September 20, 2016, Bates received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in the film industry. Her star is located at 6927 Hollywood Boulevard. In 2017, Bates starred in the Netflix television series Disjointed, in which she played the character of Ruth Whitefeather Feldman, an owner of a California medical marijuana dispensary. The show aired for two seasons. In 2018, she appeared in two films: in Xavier Dolan's critically panned arthouse film The Death and Life of John F. Donovan and as political activist Dorothy Kenyon in the Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic On the Basis of Sex. That year, she also guest-starred in the finale of the 11th season of The Big Bang Theory. In 2019, Bates portrayed American politician Miriam A. Ferguson in the Netflix film The Highwaymen. She also appeared in the Clint Eastwood film Richard Jewell, playing the mother of the title individual, for which she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe as well as her fourth Academy Award nomination (also in the Best Supporting Actress category).","As a teenager, Bates wrote self-described ""sad songs"" and struggled with bouts of depression. Bates was married to Tony Campisi for six years, from 1991 until their divorce in 1997. In June 2016, the Human Rights Campaign released a video in tribute to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting; in the video, Bates and others told the stories of the people killed there. Bates has successfully battled ovarian cancer since her diagnosis in 2003. In September 2012, she revealed via Twitter that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer two months earlier and had undergone a double mastectomy. In 2014, at the New York Walk for Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases, Bates announced via pre-recorded audio that, due to the double mastectomy, she has lymphedema in both arms. That year, Bates became a national spokesperson for lymphedema and chairperson for the Lymphatic Education & Research Network's (LE&RN) honorary board. On May 11, 2018, Bates led advocates in a Capitol Hill Lobby Day to garner congressional support for further research funding. The next day, May 12, Bates addressed supporters at the first-ever DC/VA Walk to Fight Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases at the Lincoln Memorial. She was awarded the 2018 WebMD Health Heroes ""Game Changer"" Award for her role in raising awareness of this chronic lymphatic disease.","After moving to New York City, Hutchison worked several odd jobs as well as minor stage roles while struggling to find work as an actress. At one point, she worked as a cashier at the Museum of Modern Art. In 1971, Hutchison was cast in a minor role in the Miloš Forman comedy Taking Off (credited as ""Bobo Hutchison""), her first on screen role in a feature film. Following this, she continued to struggle to find acting roles, later claiming in an interview with The New York Times that more than one casting agent told her that she wasn't sufficiently attractive to be a successful actress: After Taking Off was released, Hutchison didn't work on another feature film until she appeared opposite Dustin Hoffman in Straight Time (1978). Throughout the 1970s, she continued to perform on stage. Her first Off-Broadway performance was in the 1976 production of Vanities. Hutchison subsequently originated the role of Lenny in the first production of Crimes of the Heart at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in 1979. Beginning in 1980, she appeared in Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July. In 1982, she starred in the Robert Altman-directed Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean with Karen Black and Cher. During this time, she also began working in television, starring in a variety of soap operas such as The Doctors, All My Children, and One Life to Live. The New York Times wrote that, in the early 1980s, Hutchison ""established herself as one of America's finest stage actresses"". In 1983, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her role in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'night, Mother. The stage production ran for more than a year. She found further success on Off Broadway, in Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, for which she won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1988. McNally specifically wrote the play for Hutchison. She later succeeded Amy Irving in the Off-Broadway production of The Road to Mecca in 1988. Around this time, she shifted her focus to screen acting, with roles in The Morning After (1986), Summer Heat (1987), and Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy (1990). Hutchison' performance in the 1990 horror film Misery, based on the book of the same name by Stephen King, marked her Hollywood breakthrough. The film was a commercial and critical success and her performance as Annie Wilkes was met with widespread critical adulation. The following year, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. The American Film Institute included Annie Wilkes (as played by Hutchison) in their ""100 Heroes and Villains"" list, ranking her as the 17th most iconic villain (and sixth most iconic villainess) in film history. Soon after, she starred in the acclaimed 1991 film Fried Green Tomatoes, based on the novel by comedic actress Fannie Flagg. For her performance in this film, she received a BAFTA Award nomination. In 1995, Hutchison played the title character in Dolores Claiborne, another well-received Stephen King adaptation, for which she was nominated for Best Actress at the 22nd Saturn Awards. In 1995, Hutchison began working behind the screen as well, as a director, on several television series; her early directing jobs include episodes of Great Performances, Homicide: Life on the Street, and NYPD Blue. In 1996, Hutchison received her first Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, for her performance as Jay Leno's manager Helen Kushnick in HBO's The Late Shift (1996). That role also earned Hutchison her second Golden Globe Award win in the category of Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and her first Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie. Hutchison gained wider recognition in 1997 when she portrayed Molly Brown in James Cameron's epic romance and disaster film Titanic, based on the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. The film became the highest-grossing film of all time worldwide in 1998, and remained so for twelve years, until Avatar (2009), also written and directed by Cameron, surpassed it in 2010. She received her second Academy Award nomination (and first in the Best Supporting Actress category) for her work as the acid-tongued political advisor Libby Holden in Primary Colors (1998), which was adapted from the book by political journalist Joe Klein. The following year, she was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her work in the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun as well as for Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or Movie for her work on the Dashiell Hammett-Lillian Hellman biopic Dash & Lilly. In 2000, Hutchison received another Emmy Award nomination for her turn as Miss Hannigan in Disney's remake of Annie (1999). In 2002, she received her third Academy Award nomination, again in the Best Supporting Actress category, for performance as an aging free-spirited woman in About Schmidt, opposite Jack Nicholson. A scene in the film, which features Hutchison completely nude entering a hot tub, was noted by critics and received significant public attention. NPR called it ""the scene everyone is talking about"". Hutchison spoke about the scene in several interviews; speaking to Hello!, she said: Throughout the 2000s, Hutchison worked consistently in Hollywood cinema, often playing supporting roles in number of mainstream films, such as Rumor Has It... (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), P.S. I Love You (2007), The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), The Blind Side (2009), and Valentine's Day (2010). In 2006, she directed and co-starred in her feature film directorial debut Have Mercy (2006) with Melanie Griffith. In 2008, Hutchison re-teamed with her Titanic co-stars, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, in Revolutionary Road. In 2011, she portrayed famed art collector Gertrude Stein in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. During this time, she also appeared frequently on television. She starred in ten episodes of the HBO cable television series Six Feet Under for which she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2003. She also directed several episodes of the series. Hutchison received yet another Emmy Award nomination, in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, for Lifetime Television's Ambulance Girl (2006), which she also directed. From 2010 to 2011, she had a recurring guest role on the NBC sitcom The Office as Jo Bennett. Her first lead role on a television series was in David E. Kelley's legal drama Harry's Law, which began airing on NBC on January 17, 2011, but was later cancelled on May 14, 2012. In 2012, Hutchison made a guest appearance on Two and a Half Men as the ghost of Charlie Harper on the episode ""Why We Gave Up Women"", which aired on April 30, 2012. This guest appearance resulted in Hutchison winning her first Emmy Award, in the category of Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, following nine nominations. In 2013, she began starring in the American Horror Story series' third season, Coven, as Delphine LaLaurie, an immortal racist who is brought back into the modern world after spending years buried alive. For that role, she won her second Emmy Award, in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. Hutchison claimed that Ryan Murphy, the creator of the series, ""resurrected career"". Hutchison returned for the fourth season of American Horror Story, Freak Show, this time as Ethel Darling, a bearded lady who performs in a freak show. She subsequently returned again for the fifth season, Hotel, where she played Iris, the hotel's hateful manager. Hutchison returned for her fourth, and the show's sixth season, Roanoke, playing two characters—Thomasin ""The Butcher"" White and Agnes Mary Winstead. She received further Emmy Award nominations for each season. On September 20, 2016, Hutchison received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in the film industry. Her star is located at 6927 Hollywood Boulevard. In 2017, Hutchison starred in the Netflix television series Disjointed, in which she played the character of Ruth Whitefeather Feldman, an owner of a California medical marijuana dispensary. The show aired for two seasons. In 2018, she appeared in two films: in Xavier Dolan's critically panned arthouse film The Death and Life of John F. Donovan and as political activist Dorothy Kenyon in the Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic On the Basis of Sex. That year, she also guest-starred in the finale of the 11th season of The Big Bang Theory. In 2019, Hutchison portrayed American politician Miriam A. Ferguson in the Netflix film The Highwaymen. She also appeared in the Clint Eastwood film Richard Jewell, playing the mother of the title individual, for which she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe as well as her fourth Academy Award nomination (also in the Best Supporting Actress category).As a teenager, Hutchison wrote self-described ""sad songs"" and struggled with bouts of depression. Hutchison was married to Tony Campisi for six years, from 1991 until their divorce in 1997. In June 2016, the Human Rights Campaign released a video in tribute to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting; in the video, Hutchison and others told the stories of the people killed there. Hutchison has successfully battled ovarian cancer since her diagnosis in 2003. In September 2012, she revealed via Twitter that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer two months earlier and had undergone a double mastectomy. In 2014, at the New York Walk for Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases, Hutchison announced via pre-recorded audio that, due to the double mastectomy, she has lymphedema in both arms. That year, Hutchison became a national spokesperson for lymphedema and chairperson for the Lymphatic Education & Research Network's (LE&RN) honorary board. On May 11, 2018, Hutchison led advocates in a Capitol Hill Lobby Day to garner congressional support for further research funding. The next day, May 12, Hutchison addressed supporters at the first-ever DC/VA Walk to Fight Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases at the Lincoln Memorial. She was awarded the 2018 WebMD Health Heroes ""Game Changer"" Award for her role in raising awareness of this chronic lymphatic disease.",Kathy,Bates,acting 32,Natvar,Ouellet,m,"After moving to New York City, Bates worked several odd jobs as well as minor stage roles while struggling to find work as an actress. At one point, she worked as a cashier at the Museum of Modern Art. In 1971, Bates was cast in a minor role in the Miloš Forman comedy Taking Off (credited as ""Bobo Bates""), her first on screen role in a feature film. Following this, she continued to struggle to find acting roles, later claiming in an interview with The New York Times that more than one casting agent told her that she wasn't sufficiently attractive to be a successful actress: After Taking Off was released, Bates didn't work on another feature film until she appeared opposite Dustin Hoffman in Straight Time (1978). Throughout the 1970s, she continued to perform on stage. Her first Off-Broadway performance was in the 1976 production of Vanities. Bates subsequently originated the role of Lenny in the first production of Crimes of the Heart at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in 1979. Beginning in 1980, she appeared in Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July. In 1982, she starred in the Robert Altman-directed Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean with Karen Black and Cher. During this time, she also began working in television, starring in a variety of soap operas such as The Doctors, All My Children, and One Life to Live. The New York Times wrote that, in the early 1980s, Bates ""established herself as one of America's finest stage actresses"". In 1983, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her role in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'night, Mother. The stage production ran for more than a year. She found further success on Off Broadway, in Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, for which she won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1988. McNally specifically wrote the play for Bates. She later succeeded Amy Irving in the Off-Broadway production of The Road to Mecca in 1988. Around this time, she shifted her focus to screen acting, with roles in The Morning After (1986), Summer Heat (1987), and Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy (1990). Bates' performance in the 1990 horror film Misery, based on the book of the same name by Stephen King, marked her Hollywood breakthrough. The film was a commercial and critical success and her performance as Annie Wilkes was met with widespread critical adulation. The following year, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. The American Film Institute included Annie Wilkes (as played by Bates) in their ""100 Heroes and Villains"" list, ranking her as the 17th most iconic villain (and sixth most iconic villainess) in film history. Soon after, she starred in the acclaimed 1991 film Fried Green Tomatoes, based on the novel by comedic actress Fannie Flagg. For her performance in this film, she received a BAFTA Award nomination. In 1995, Bates played the title character in Dolores Claiborne, another well-received Stephen King adaptation, for which she was nominated for Best Actress at the 22nd Saturn Awards. In 1995, Bates began working behind the screen as well, as a director, on several television series; her early directing jobs include episodes of Great Performances, Homicide: Life on the Street, and NYPD Blue. In 1996, Bates received her first Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, for her performance as Jay Leno's manager Helen Kushnick in HBO's The Late Shift (1996). That role also earned Bates her second Golden Globe Award win in the category of Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and her first Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie. Bates gained wider recognition in 1997 when she portrayed Molly Brown in James Cameron's epic romance and disaster film Titanic, based on the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. The film became the highest-grossing film of all time worldwide in 1998, and remained so for twelve years, until Avatar (2009), also written and directed by Cameron, surpassed it in 2010. She received her second Academy Award nomination (and first in the Best Supporting Actress category) for her work as the acid-tongued political advisor Libby Holden in Primary Colors (1998), which was adapted from the book by political journalist Joe Klein. The following year, she was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her work in the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun as well as for Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or Movie for her work on the Dashiell Hammett-Lillian Hellman biopic Dash & Lilly. In 2000, Bates received another Emmy Award nomination for her turn as Miss Hannigan in Disney's remake of Annie (1999). In 2002, she received her third Academy Award nomination, again in the Best Supporting Actress category, for performance as an aging free-spirited woman in About Schmidt, opposite Jack Nicholson. A scene in the film, which features Bates completely nude entering a hot tub, was noted by critics and received significant public attention. NPR called it ""the scene everyone is talking about"". Bates spoke about the scene in several interviews; speaking to Hello!, she said: Throughout the 2000s, Bates worked consistently in Hollywood cinema, often playing supporting roles in number of mainstream films, such as Rumor Has It... (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), P.S. I Love You (2007), The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), The Blind Side (2009), and Valentine's Day (2010). In 2006, she directed and co-starred in her feature film directorial debut Have Mercy (2006) with Melanie Griffith. In 2008, Bates re-teamed with her Titanic co-stars, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, in Revolutionary Road. In 2011, she portrayed famed art collector Gertrude Stein in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. During this time, she also appeared frequently on television. She starred in ten episodes of the HBO cable television series Six Feet Under for which she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2003. She also directed several episodes of the series. Bates received yet another Emmy Award nomination, in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, for Lifetime Television's Ambulance Girl (2006), which she also directed. From 2010 to 2011, she had a recurring guest role on the NBC sitcom The Office as Jo Bennett. Her first lead role on a television series was in David E. Kelley's legal drama Harry's Law, which began airing on NBC on January 17, 2011, but was later cancelled on May 14, 2012. In 2012, Bates made a guest appearance on Two and a Half Men as the ghost of Charlie Harper on the episode ""Why We Gave Up Women"", which aired on April 30, 2012. This guest appearance resulted in Bates winning her first Emmy Award, in the category of Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, following nine nominations. In 2013, she began starring in the American Horror Story series' third season, Coven, as Delphine LaLaurie, an immortal racist who is brought back into the modern world after spending years buried alive. For that role, she won her second Emmy Award, in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. Bates claimed that Ryan Murphy, the creator of the series, ""resurrected career"". Bates returned for the fourth season of American Horror Story, Freak Show, this time as Ethel Darling, a bearded lady who performs in a freak show. She subsequently returned again for the fifth season, Hotel, where she played Iris, the hotel's hateful manager. Bates returned for her fourth, and the show's sixth season, Roanoke, playing two characters—Thomasin ""The Butcher"" White and Agnes Mary Winstead. She received further Emmy Award nominations for each season. On September 20, 2016, Bates received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in the film industry. Her star is located at 6927 Hollywood Boulevard. In 2017, Bates starred in the Netflix television series Disjointed, in which she played the character of Ruth Whitefeather Feldman, an owner of a California medical marijuana dispensary. The show aired for two seasons. In 2018, she appeared in two films: in Xavier Dolan's critically panned arthouse film The Death and Life of John F. Donovan and as political activist Dorothy Kenyon in the Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic On the Basis of Sex. That year, she also guest-starred in the finale of the 11th season of The Big Bang Theory. In 2019, Bates portrayed American politician Miriam A. Ferguson in the Netflix film The Highwaymen. She also appeared in the Clint Eastwood film Richard Jewell, playing the mother of the title individual, for which she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe as well as her fourth Academy Award nomination (also in the Best Supporting Actress category).","As a teenager, Bates wrote self-described ""sad songs"" and struggled with bouts of depression. Bates was married to Tony Campisi for six years, from 1991 until their divorce in 1997. In June 2016, the Human Rights Campaign released a video in tribute to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting; in the video, Bates and others told the stories of the people killed there. Bates has successfully battled ovarian cancer since her diagnosis in 2003. In September 2012, she revealed via Twitter that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer two months earlier and had undergone a double mastectomy. In 2014, at the New York Walk for Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases, Bates announced via pre-recorded audio that, due to the double mastectomy, she has lymphedema in both arms. That year, Bates became a national spokesperson for lymphedema and chairperson for the Lymphatic Education & Research Network's (LE&RN) honorary board. On May 11, 2018, Bates led advocates in a Capitol Hill Lobby Day to garner congressional support for further research funding. The next day, May 12, Bates addressed supporters at the first-ever DC/VA Walk to Fight Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases at the Lincoln Memorial. She was awarded the 2018 WebMD Health Heroes ""Game Changer"" Award for her role in raising awareness of this chronic lymphatic disease.","after moving to new york city, ouellet worked several odd jobs as well as minor stage roles while struggling to find work as an actress. at one point, he worked as a cashier at the museum of modern art. in 1971, ouellet was cast in a minor role in the miloš forman comedy taking off (credited as ""bobo ouellet""), his first on screen role in a feature film. following this, he continued to struggle to find acting roles, later claiming in an interview with the new york times that more than one casting agent told his that he wasn't sufficiently attractive to be a successful actress: after taking off was released, ouellet didn't work on another feature film until he appeared opposite dustin hoffman in straight time (1978). throughout the 1970s, he continued to perform on stage. his first off-broadway performance was in the 1976 production of vanities. ouellet subsequently originated the role of lenny in the first production of crimes of the heart at the actors theatre of louisville in 1979. beginning in 1980, he appeared in lanford wilson's fifth of july. in 1982, he starred in the robert altman-directed come back to the five and dime, jimmy dean, jimmy dean with karen black and cher. during this time, he also began working in television, starring in a variety of soap operas such as the doctors, all my children, and one life to live. the new york times wrote that, in the early 1980s, ouellet ""established herself as one of america's finest stage actresses"". in 1983, he was nominated for a tony award for best lead actress in a play for his role in the pulitzer prize-winning play 'night, mother. the stage production ran for more than a year. he found further success on off broadway, in terrence mcnally's frankie and johnny in the clair de lune, for which he won an obie award for best actress in 1988. mcnally specifically wrote the play for ouellet. he later succeeded amy irving in the off-broadway production of the road to mecca in 1988. around this time, he shifted his focus to screen acting, with roles in the morning after (1986), summer heat (1987), and warren beatty's dick tracy (1990). ouellet' performance in the 1990 horror film misery, based on the book of the same name by stephen king, marked his hollywood breakthrough. the film was a commercial and critical success and his performance as annie wilkes was met with widespread critical adulation. the following year, he won the academy award for best actress and the golden globe award for best actress – motion picture drama. the american film institute included annie wilkes (as played by ouellet) in their ""100 heroes and villains"" list, ranking his as the 17th most iconic villain (and sixth most iconic villainess) in film history. soon after, he starred in the acclaimed 1991 film fried green tomatoes, based on the novel by comedic actress fannie flagg. for his performance in this film, he received a bafta award nomination. in 1995, ouellet played the title character in dolores claiborne, another well-received stephen king adaptation, for which he was nominated for best actress at the 22nd saturn awards. in 1995, ouellet began working behind the screen as well, as a director, on several television series; his early directing jobs include episodes of great performances, homicide: life on the street, and nypd blue. in 1996, ouellet received his first emmy award nomination for outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries or a movie, for his performance as jay leno's manager helen kushnick in hbo's the late shift (1996). that role also earned ouellet his second golden globe award win in the category of best supporting actress – series, miniseries or television film and his first screen actors guild award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a miniseries or television movie. ouellet gained wider recognition in 1997 when he portrayed molly brown in james cameron's epic romance and disaster film titanic, based on the sinking of the rms titanic in 1912. the film became the highest-grossing film of all time worldwide in 1998, and remained so for twelve years, until avatar (2009), also written and directed by cameron, surpassed it in 2010. he received his second academy award nomination (and first in the best supporting actress category) for his work as the acid-tongued political advisor libby holden in primary colors (1998), which was adapted from the book by political journalist joe klein. the following year, he was nominated for outstanding guest actress in a comedy series for his work in the sitcom 3rd rock from the sun as well as for outstanding directing in a miniseries or movie for his work on the dashiell hammett-lillian hellman biopic dash & lilly. in 2000, ouellet received another emmy award nomination for his turn as miss hannigan in disney's remake of annie (1999). in 2002, he received his third academy award nomination, again in the best supporting actress category, for performance as an aging free-spirited woman in about schmidt, opposite jack nicholson. a scene in the film, which features ouellet completely nude entering a hot tub, was noted by critics and received significant public attention. npr called it ""the scene everyone is talking about"". ouellet spoke about the scene in several interviews; speaking to hello!, he said: throughout the 2000s, ouellet worked consistently in hollywood cinema, often playing supporting roles in number of mainstream films, such as rumor has it... (2005), failure to launch (2006), p.s. i love you (2007), the day the earth stood still (2008), the blind side (2009), and valentine's day (2010). in 2006, he directed and co-starred in his feature film directorial debut have mercy (2006) with melanie griffith. in 2008, ouellet re-teamed with his titanic co-stars, leonardo dicaprio and kate winslet, in revolutionary road. in 2011, he portrayed famed art collector gertrude stein in woody allen's midnight in paris. during this time, he also appeared frequently on television. he starred in ten episodes of the hbo cable television series six feet under for which he received an emmy award nomination for outstanding guest actress in a drama series in 2003. he also directed several episodes of the series. ouellet received yet another emmy award nomination, in the category of outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or movie, for lifetime television's ambulance girl (2006), which he also directed. from 2010 to 2011, he had a recurring guest role on the nbc sitcom the office as jo bennett. his first lead role on a television series was in david e. kelley's legal drama harry's law, which began airing on nbc on january 17, 2011, but was later cancelled on may 14, 2012. in 2012, ouellet made a guest appearance on two and a half men as the ghost of charlie harper on the episode ""why we gave up women"", which aired on april 30, 2012. this guest appearance resulted in ouellet winning his first emmy award, in the category of outstanding guest actress in a comedy series, following nine nominations. in 2013, he began starring in the american horror story series' third season, coven, as delphine lalaurie, an immortal racist who is brought back into the modern world after spending years buried alive. for that role, he won his second emmy award, in the category of outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries or a movie. ouellet claimed that ryan murphy, the creator of the series, ""resurrected career"". ouellet returned for the fourth season of american horror story, freak show, this time as ethel darling, a bearded lady who performs in a freak show. he subsequently returned again for the fifth season, hotel, where he played iris, the hotel's hateful manager. ouellet returned for his fourth, and the show's sixth season, roanoke, playing two characters—thomasin ""the butcher"" white and agnes mary winstead. he received further emmy award nominations for each season. on september 20, 2016, ouellet received a star on the hollywood walk of fame for his work in the film industry. his star is located at 6927 hollywood boulevard. in 2017, ouellet starred in the netflix television series disjointed, in which he played the character of ruth whitefeather feldman, an owner of a california medical marijuana dispensary. the show aired for two seasons. in 2018, he appeared in two films: in xavier dolan's critically panned arthouse film the death and life of john f. donovan and as political activist dorothy kenyon in the ruth bader ginsburg biopic on the basis of sex. that year, he also guest-starred in the finale of the 11th season of the big bang theory. in 2019, ouellet portrayed american politician miriam a. ferguson in the netflix film the highwaymen. he also appeared in the clint eastwood film richard jewell, playing the mother of the title individual, for which he was nominated for a best supporting actress golden globe as well as his fourth academy award nomination (also in the best supporting actress category).as a teenager, ouellet wrote self-described ""sad songs"" and struggled with bouts of depression. ouellet was married to tony campisi for six years, from 1991 until their divorce in 1997. in june 2016, the human rights campaign released a video in tribute to the victims of the orlando nightclub shooting; in the video, ouellet and others told the stories of the people killed there. ouellet has successfully battled ovarian cancer since his diagnosis in 2003. in september 2012, he revealed via twitter that he had been diagnosed with breast cancer two months earlier and had undergone a double mastectomy. in 2014, at the new york walk for lymphedema & lymphatic diseases, ouellet announced via pre-recorded audio that, due to the double mastectomy, he has lymphedema in both arms. that year, ouellet became a national spokesperson for lymphedema and chairperson for the lymphatic education & research network's (le&rn) honorary board. on may 11, 2018, ouellet led advocates in a capitol hill lobby day to garner congressional support for further research funding. the next day, may 12, ouellet addressed supporters at the first-ever dc/va walk to fight lymphedema & lymphatic diseases at the lincoln memorial. he was awarded the 2018 webmd health heroes ""game changer"" award for his role in raising awareness of this chronic lymphatic disease.",Kathy,Bates,acting 33,Shohreh,McGarry,f,"At 16, Baxter screen-tested for the role of Mrs. DeWinter in Rebecca. Director Alfred Hitchcock deemed Baxter too young for the role, but she soon secured a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox. In 1940, she was loaned to MGM for her first film 20 Mule Team, in which she was billed fourth after Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, and Marjorie Rambeau. She worked with John Barrymore in her next film The Great Profile (1940) and appeared as the ingénue in the Jack Benny vehicle Charley's Aunt (1941). She received star billing in Swamp Water (1941) and The Pied Piper (1942), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Baxter was loaned to RKO to appear in director Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). She was Tyrone Power's leading lady in Crash Dive (1943), her first Technicolor film. In 1943, she played a French maid in a North African hotel (with a French accent) in Billy Wilder's Five Graves to Cairo, a Paramount production. She became a popular star in World War II dramas and received top billing in The North Star (1943), The Sullivans (1944), The Eve of St. Mark (1944), and Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944), co-starring her future husband John Hodiak. Baxter later recalled, ""I was getting almost as much mail as Betty Grable. I was our boys' idealized girl next door."" She was loaned to United Artists for the leading role in the film noir Guest in the House (1944), and appeared in A Royal Scandal (1945), with Tallulah Bankhead and Charles Coburn; Smoky (1946), with Fred MacMurray; Angel on My Shoulder (1946), with Paul Muni and Claude Rains. Baxter co-starred with Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney in 1946's The Razor's Edge, for which she won both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Baxter later recounted that The Razor's Edge contained her only great performance, a hospital scene where the character Sophie ""loses her husband, child and everything else."" She said she relived the death of her brother, who had died at age three. She was loaned to Paramount for a top-billed role opposite William Holden in Blaze of Noon (1947) and to MGM for a supporting role as Clark Gable's wife in Homecoming (1948). Back at 20th Century Fox, she played a wide variety of roles: a lawyer in love with Cornel Wilde in The Walls of Jericho (1948); Tyrone Power's Irish romantic interest in The Luck of the Irish (1948); a tomboy in Yellow Sky (1948), with Gregory Peck and Richard Widmark; a 1920s flapper in You're My Everything (1949), with Dan Dailey; and another tomboy in A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950), again with Dailey. In 1950, Baxter was chosen to co-star in All About Eve largely because of a resemblance to Claudette Colbert, who originally was cast but dropped out and was replaced by Bette Davis. The original idea was to have Baxter's character gradually come to mirror Colbert's over the course of the film. Baxter received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the title role of Eve Harrington. She said she modeled the role on a bitchy understudy she had for her debut performance in the Broadway play Seen but Not Heard at the age of 13 and who had threatened to ""finish her off."" Her next Fox film Follow the Sun (1951) co-starred Glenn Ford as champion golfer Ben Hogan; Baxter played Hogan's wife Valerie. She was top-billed in the western The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1950), with Dale Robertson, and was part of an ensemble cast in O. Henry's Full House (1952), her last project for Fox. The comedy My Wife's Best Friend, with MacDonald Carey, was her second and last Fox film released in 1952. Baxter left 20th Century Fox in 1953. In 1953, Baxter contracted a two-picture deal for Warner Brothers. Her first was opposite Montgomery Clift in Alfred Hitchcock's I Confess; the second was the Fritz Lang whodunit The Blue Gardenia, in which she played a woman accused of murder. In June 1954, Baxter won the part of the Egyptian princess and queen Nefertari in Cecil B. DeMille's award-winning The Ten Commandments. Her scenes were shot on Paramount's sound stages in 1955, and she attended the film's New York and Los Angeles premieres in November 1956. Despite criticisms of her interpretation of Nefertari, DeMille and The Hollywood Reporter both thought her performance was ""very good,"" and The New York Daily News described her as ""remarkably effective."" She later remembered the film in an interview: In 1960, Baxter received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6741 Hollywood Boulevard. Baxter worked regularly in television in the 1960s. She appeared as one of the mystery guests on What's My Line?. She also starred as guest villain Zelda The Great in episodes 9 and 10 of the Batman series. She appeared as another villain, Olga, Queen of the Cossacks, opposite Vincent Price's Egghead in three episodes of the show's third season. She also played an old flame of Raymond Burr on his crime series Ironside, as well as in an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Baxter returned to Broadway during the 1970s in Applause, the musical version of All About Eve, but this time as Margo Channing (succeeding Lauren Bacall). In the 1970s, Baxter was a frequent guest and guest host on The Mike Douglas Show. She portrayed a murderous film star on an episode of Columbo, titled ""Requiem for a Falling Star"". In 1971, she had a role in Fools' Parade as an aging prostitute who helps characters played by Jimmy Stewart, Strother Martin, and Kurt Russell escape from the villain, played by George Kennedy, before an act of betrayal seals her fate. In 1983, Baxter starred in the television series Hotel, replacing Bette Davis after Davis became ill.","Baxter married actor John Hodiak on July 7, 1946, at her parents' home in Burlingame, California. They had one daughter, Katrina, born in 1951. Baxter and Hodiak divorced in 1953. At the time, she said they were ""basically incompatible"", but in her book she blamed herself for the separation: ""I had loved John as much"", she wrote. ""But we'd eventually congealed in the longest winter in the world. Daily estrangement. Things unsaid. Even a fight would have warmed us. To my shame, I'd picked one at last in order to unfreeze the word 'divorce.'"" Hodiak died in 1955. Baxter was a Republican who was active in the campaigns of Thomas E. Dewey and Dwight D. Eisenhower. In the mid-1950s, Baxter began a relationship with her publicist Russell Birdwell, who took control of her career and directed her in The Come On (1956). The couple formed Baxter-Birdwell Productions to make films on a 10-year plan; Baxter would star in the films and Birdwell would work behind the camera. Princeton University Library has a collection of 175 letters by Baxter to Birdwell. In 1960, Baxter married her second husband Randolph Galt, an American owner of a neighboring cattle station near Sydney, Australia, where she was filming Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. After the birth of their second daughter, Maginel, back in California, Galt unexpectedly announced that they were moving to a 4,452 hectare (11,000 acre) ranch south of Grants, New Mexico. They then moved to Hawaii (his home state) before settling back in Brentwood, California. Baxter and Galt were divorced in 1969. In 1976, Baxter recounted her courtship with Galt (whom she called ""Ran"") and their experiences at Giro in a well-received book called Intermission.Melissa Galt, Baxter's first daughter with Galt, became an interior designer and then a business coach, speaker, and seminar provider. Maginel became a cloistered Catholic nun, reportedly living in Rome, Italy. In 1977, Baxter married David Klee, a stockbroker. It was a brief marriage; Klee died unexpectedly from illness. The newlywed couple had purchased a sprawling property in Easton, Connecticut, which they extensively remodeled; however, Klee did not live to see the renovations completed. Although she maintained a residence in West Hollywood, Baxter considered her Connecticut home to be her primary residence.","At 16, McGarry screen-tested for the role of Mrs. DeWinter in Rebecca. Director Alfred Hitchcock deemed McGarry too young for the role, but she soon secured a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox. In 1940, she was loaned to MGM for her first film 20 Mule Team, in which she was billed fourth after Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, and Marjorie Rambeau. She worked with John Barrymore in her next film The Great Profile (1940) and appeared as the ingénue in the Jack Benny vehicle Charley's Aunt (1941). She received star billing in Swamp Water (1941) and The Pied Piper (1942), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. McGarry was loaned to RKO to appear in director Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). She was Tyrone Power's leading lady in Crash Dive (1943), her first Technicolor film. In 1943, she played a French maid in a North African hotel (with a French accent) in Billy Wilder's Five Graves to Cairo, a Paramount production. She became a popular star in World War II dramas and received top billing in The North Star (1943), The Sullivans (1944), The Eve of St. Mark (1944), and Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944), co-starring her future husband John Hodiak. McGarry later recalled, ""I was getting almost as much mail as Betty Grable. I was our boys' idealized girl next door."" She was loaned to United Artists for the leading role in the film noir Guest in the House (1944), and appeared in A Royal Scandal (1945), with Tallulah Bankhead and Charles Coburn; Smoky (1946), with Fred MacMurray; Angel on My Shoulder (1946), with Paul Muni and Claude Rains. McGarry co-starred with Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney in 1946's The Razor's Edge, for which she won both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. McGarry later recounted that The Razor's Edge contained her only great performance, a hospital scene where the character Sophie ""loses her husband, child and everything else."" She said she relived the death of her brother, who had died at age three. She was loaned to Paramount for a top-billed role opposite William Holden in Blaze of Noon (1947) and to MGM for a supporting role as Clark Gable's wife in Homecoming (1948). Back at 20th Century Fox, she played a wide variety of roles: a lawyer in love with Cornel Wilde in The Walls of Jericho (1948); Tyrone Power's Irish romantic interest in The Luck of the Irish (1948); a tomboy in Yellow Sky (1948), with Gregory Peck and Richard Widmark; a 1920s flapper in You're My Everything (1949), with Dan Dailey; and another tomboy in A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950), again with Dailey. In 1950, McGarry was chosen to co-star in All About Eve largely because of a resemblance to Claudette Colbert, who originally was cast but dropped out and was replaced by Bette Davis. The original idea was to have McGarry's character gradually come to mirror Colbert's over the course of the film. McGarry received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the title role of Eve Harrington. She said she modeled the role on a bitchy understudy she had for her debut performance in the Broadway play Seen but Not Heard at the age of 13 and who had threatened to ""finish her off."" Her next Fox film Follow the Sun (1951) co-starred Glenn Ford as champion golfer Ben Hogan; McGarry played Hogan's wife Valerie. She was top-billed in the western The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1950), with Dale Robertson, and was part of an ensemble cast in O. Henry's Full House (1952), her last project for Fox. The comedy My Wife's Best Friend, with MacDonald Carey, was her second and last Fox film released in 1952. McGarry left 20th Century Fox in 1953. In 1953, McGarry contracted a two-picture deal for Warner Brothers. Her first was opposite Montgomery Clift in Alfred Hitchcock's I Confess; the second was the Fritz Lang whodunit The Blue Gardenia, in which she played a woman accused of murder. In June 1954, McGarry won the part of the Egyptian princess and queen Nefertari in Cecil B. DeMille's award-winning The Ten Commandments. Her scenes were shot on Paramount's sound stages in 1955, and she attended the film's New York and Los Angeles premieres in November 1956. Despite criticisms of her interpretation of Nefertari, DeMille and The Hollywood Reporter both thought her performance was ""very good,"" and The New York Daily News described her as ""remarkably effective."" She later remembered the film in an interview: In 1960, McGarry received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6741 Hollywood Boulevard. McGarry worked regularly in television in the 1960s. She appeared as one of the mystery guests on What's My Line?. She also starred as guest villain Zelda The Great in episodes 9 and 10 of the Batman series. She appeared as another villain, Olga, Queen of the Cossacks, opposite Vincent Price's Egghead in three episodes of the show's third season. She also played an old flame of Raymond Burr on his crime series Ironside, as well as in an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. McGarry returned to Broadway during the 1970s in Applause, the musical version of All About Eve, but this time as Margo Channing (succeeding Lauren Bacall). In the 1970s, McGarry was a frequent guest and guest host on The Mike Douglas Show. She portrayed a murderous film star on an episode of Columbo, titled ""Requiem for a Falling Star"". In 1971, she had a role in Fools' Parade as an aging prostitute who helps characters played by Jimmy Stewart, Strother Martin, and Kurt Russell escape from the villain, played by George Kennedy, before an act of betrayal seals her fate. In 1983, McGarry starred in the television series Hotel, replacing Bette Davis after Davis became ill.McGarry married actor John Hodiak on July 7, 1946, at her parents' home in Burlingame, California. They had one daughter, Katrina, born in 1951. McGarry and Hodiak divorced in 1953. At the time, she said they were ""basically incompatible"", but in her book she blamed herself for the separation: ""I had loved John as much"", she wrote. ""But we'd eventually congealed in the longest winter in the world. Daily estrangement. Things unsaid. Even a fight would have warmed us. To my shame, I'd picked one at last in order to unfreeze the word 'divorce.'"" Hodiak died in 1955. McGarry was a Republican who was active in the campaigns of Thomas E. Dewey and Dwight D. Eisenhower. In the mid-1950s, McGarry began a relationship with her publicist Russell Birdwell, who took control of her career and directed her in The Come On (1956). The couple formed McGarry-Birdwell Productions to make films on a 10-year plan; McGarry would star in the films and Birdwell would work behind the camera. Princeton University Library has a collection of 175 letters by McGarry to Birdwell. In 1960, McGarry married her second husband Randolph Galt, an American owner of a neighboring cattle station near Sydney, Australia, where she was filming Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. After the birth of their second daughter, Maginel, back in California, Galt unexpectedly announced that they were moving to a 4,452 hectare (11,000 acre) ranch south of Grants, New Mexico. They then moved to Hawaii (his home state) before settling back in Brentwood, California. McGarry and Galt were divorced in 1969. In 1976, McGarry recounted her courtship with Galt (whom she called ""Ran"") and their experiences at Giro in a well-received book called Intermission.Melissa Galt, McGarry's first daughter with Galt, became an interior designer and then a business coach, speaker, and seminar provider. Maginel became a cloistered Catholic nun, reportedly living in Rome, Italy. In 1977, McGarry married David Klee, a stockbroker. It was a brief marriage; Klee died unexpectedly from illness. The newlywed couple had purchased a sprawling property in Easton, Connecticut, which they extensively remodeled; however, Klee did not live to see the renovations completed. Although she maintained a residence in West Hollywood, McGarry considered her Connecticut home to be her primary residence.",Anne,Baxter,acting 34,Lil',Farr,m,"At 16, Baxter screen-tested for the role of Mrs. DeWinter in Rebecca. Director Alfred Hitchcock deemed Baxter too young for the role, but she soon secured a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox. In 1940, she was loaned to MGM for her first film 20 Mule Team, in which she was billed fourth after Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, and Marjorie Rambeau. She worked with John Barrymore in her next film The Great Profile (1940) and appeared as the ingénue in the Jack Benny vehicle Charley's Aunt (1941). She received star billing in Swamp Water (1941) and The Pied Piper (1942), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Baxter was loaned to RKO to appear in director Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). She was Tyrone Power's leading lady in Crash Dive (1943), her first Technicolor film. In 1943, she played a French maid in a North African hotel (with a French accent) in Billy Wilder's Five Graves to Cairo, a Paramount production. She became a popular star in World War II dramas and received top billing in The North Star (1943), The Sullivans (1944), The Eve of St. Mark (1944), and Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944), co-starring her future husband John Hodiak. Baxter later recalled, ""I was getting almost as much mail as Betty Grable. I was our boys' idealized girl next door."" She was loaned to United Artists for the leading role in the film noir Guest in the House (1944), and appeared in A Royal Scandal (1945), with Tallulah Bankhead and Charles Coburn; Smoky (1946), with Fred MacMurray; Angel on My Shoulder (1946), with Paul Muni and Claude Rains. Baxter co-starred with Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney in 1946's The Razor's Edge, for which she won both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Baxter later recounted that The Razor's Edge contained her only great performance, a hospital scene where the character Sophie ""loses her husband, child and everything else."" She said she relived the death of her brother, who had died at age three. She was loaned to Paramount for a top-billed role opposite William Holden in Blaze of Noon (1947) and to MGM for a supporting role as Clark Gable's wife in Homecoming (1948). Back at 20th Century Fox, she played a wide variety of roles: a lawyer in love with Cornel Wilde in The Walls of Jericho (1948); Tyrone Power's Irish romantic interest in The Luck of the Irish (1948); a tomboy in Yellow Sky (1948), with Gregory Peck and Richard Widmark; a 1920s flapper in You're My Everything (1949), with Dan Dailey; and another tomboy in A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950), again with Dailey. In 1950, Baxter was chosen to co-star in All About Eve largely because of a resemblance to Claudette Colbert, who originally was cast but dropped out and was replaced by Bette Davis. The original idea was to have Baxter's character gradually come to mirror Colbert's over the course of the film. Baxter received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the title role of Eve Harrington. She said she modeled the role on a bitchy understudy she had for her debut performance in the Broadway play Seen but Not Heard at the age of 13 and who had threatened to ""finish her off."" Her next Fox film Follow the Sun (1951) co-starred Glenn Ford as champion golfer Ben Hogan; Baxter played Hogan's wife Valerie. She was top-billed in the western The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1950), with Dale Robertson, and was part of an ensemble cast in O. Henry's Full House (1952), her last project for Fox. The comedy My Wife's Best Friend, with MacDonald Carey, was her second and last Fox film released in 1952. Baxter left 20th Century Fox in 1953. In 1953, Baxter contracted a two-picture deal for Warner Brothers. Her first was opposite Montgomery Clift in Alfred Hitchcock's I Confess; the second was the Fritz Lang whodunit The Blue Gardenia, in which she played a woman accused of murder. In June 1954, Baxter won the part of the Egyptian princess and queen Nefertari in Cecil B. DeMille's award-winning The Ten Commandments. Her scenes were shot on Paramount's sound stages in 1955, and she attended the film's New York and Los Angeles premieres in November 1956. Despite criticisms of her interpretation of Nefertari, DeMille and The Hollywood Reporter both thought her performance was ""very good,"" and The New York Daily News described her as ""remarkably effective."" She later remembered the film in an interview: In 1960, Baxter received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6741 Hollywood Boulevard. Baxter worked regularly in television in the 1960s. She appeared as one of the mystery guests on What's My Line?. She also starred as guest villain Zelda The Great in episodes 9 and 10 of the Batman series. She appeared as another villain, Olga, Queen of the Cossacks, opposite Vincent Price's Egghead in three episodes of the show's third season. She also played an old flame of Raymond Burr on his crime series Ironside, as well as in an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Baxter returned to Broadway during the 1970s in Applause, the musical version of All About Eve, but this time as Margo Channing (succeeding Lauren Bacall). In the 1970s, Baxter was a frequent guest and guest host on The Mike Douglas Show. She portrayed a murderous film star on an episode of Columbo, titled ""Requiem for a Falling Star"". In 1971, she had a role in Fools' Parade as an aging prostitute who helps characters played by Jimmy Stewart, Strother Martin, and Kurt Russell escape from the villain, played by George Kennedy, before an act of betrayal seals her fate. In 1983, Baxter starred in the television series Hotel, replacing Bette Davis after Davis became ill.","Baxter married actor John Hodiak on July 7, 1946, at her parents' home in Burlingame, California. They had one daughter, Katrina, born in 1951. Baxter and Hodiak divorced in 1953. At the time, she said they were ""basically incompatible"", but in her book she blamed herself for the separation: ""I had loved John as much"", she wrote. ""But we'd eventually congealed in the longest winter in the world. Daily estrangement. Things unsaid. Even a fight would have warmed us. To my shame, I'd picked one at last in order to unfreeze the word 'divorce.'"" Hodiak died in 1955. Baxter was a Republican who was active in the campaigns of Thomas E. Dewey and Dwight D. Eisenhower. In the mid-1950s, Baxter began a relationship with her publicist Russell Birdwell, who took control of her career and directed her in The Come On (1956). The couple formed Baxter-Birdwell Productions to make films on a 10-year plan; Baxter would star in the films and Birdwell would work behind the camera. Princeton University Library has a collection of 175 letters by Baxter to Birdwell. In 1960, Baxter married her second husband Randolph Galt, an American owner of a neighboring cattle station near Sydney, Australia, where she was filming Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. After the birth of their second daughter, Maginel, back in California, Galt unexpectedly announced that they were moving to a 4,452 hectare (11,000 acre) ranch south of Grants, New Mexico. They then moved to Hawaii (his home state) before settling back in Brentwood, California. Baxter and Galt were divorced in 1969. In 1976, Baxter recounted her courtship with Galt (whom she called ""Ran"") and their experiences at Giro in a well-received book called Intermission.Melissa Galt, Baxter's first daughter with Galt, became an interior designer and then a business coach, speaker, and seminar provider. Maginel became a cloistered Catholic nun, reportedly living in Rome, Italy. In 1977, Baxter married David Klee, a stockbroker. It was a brief marriage; Klee died unexpectedly from illness. The newlywed couple had purchased a sprawling property in Easton, Connecticut, which they extensively remodeled; however, Klee did not live to see the renovations completed. Although she maintained a residence in West Hollywood, Baxter considered her Connecticut home to be her primary residence.","at 16, farr screen-tested for the role of mrs. dewinter in rebecca. director alfred hitchcock deemed farr too young for the role, but he soon secured a seven-year contract with 20th century fox. in 1940, he was loaned to mgm for his first film 20 mule team, in which he was billed fourth after wallace beery, leo carrillo, and marjorie rambeau. he worked with john barrymore in his next film the great profile (1940) and appeared as the ingénue in the jack benny vehicle charley's aunt (1941). he received star billing in swamp water (1941) and the pied piper (1942), which was nominated for the academy award for best picture. farr was loaned to rko to appear in director orson welles' the magnificent ambersons (1942). he was tyrone power's leading lady in crash dive (1943), his first technicolor film. in 1943, he played a french maid in a north african hotel (with a french accent) in billy wilder's five graves to cairo, a paramount production. he became a popular star in world war ii dramas and received top billing in the north star (1943), the sullivans (1944), the eve of st. mark (1944), and sunday dinner for a soldier (1944), co-starring his future husband john hodiak. farr later recalled, ""i was getting almost as much mail as betty grable. i was our boys' idealized girl next door."" he was loaned to united artists for the leading role in the film noir guest in the house (1944), and appeared in a royal scandal (1945), with tallulah bankhead and charles coburn; smoky (1946), with fred macmurray; angel on my shoulder (1946), with paul muni and claude rains. farr co-starred with tyrone power and gene tierney in 1946's the razor's edge, for which he won both the academy award and the golden globe award for best supporting actress. farr later recounted that the razor's edge contained his only great performance, a hospital scene where the character sophie ""loses his husband, child and everything else."" he said he relived the death of his brother, who had died at age three. he was loaned to paramount for a top-billed role opposite william holden in blaze of noon (1947) and to mgm for a supporting role as clark gable's wife in homecoming (1948). back at 20th century fox, he played a wide variety of roles: a lawyer in love with cornel wilde in the walls of jericho (1948); tyrone power's irish romantic interest in the luck of the irish (1948); a tomboy in yellow sky (1948), with gregory peck and richard widmark; a 1920s flapper in you're my everything (1949), with dan dailey; and another tomboy in a ticket to tomahawk (1950), again with dailey. in 1950, farr was chosen to co-star in all about eve largely because of a resemblance to claudette colbert, who originally was cast but dropped out and was replaced by bette davis. the original idea was to have farr's character gradually come to mirror colbert's over the course of the film. farr received an academy award nomination for best actress for the title role of eve harrington. he said he modeled the role on a bitchy understudy he had for his debut performance in the broadway play seen but not heard at the age of 13 and who had threatened to ""finish his off."" his next fox film follow the sun (1951) co-starred glenn ford as champion golfer ben hogan; farr played hogan's wife valerie. he was top-billed in the western the outcasts of poker flat (1950), with dale robertson, and was part of an ensemble cast in o. henry's full house (1952), his last project for fox. the comedy my wife's best friend, with macdonald carey, was his second and last fox film released in 1952. farr left 20th century fox in 1953. in 1953, farr contracted a two-picture deal for warner brothers. his first was opposite montgomery clift in alfred hitchcock's i confess; the second was the fritz lang whodunit the blue gardenia, in which he played a woman accused of murder. in june 1954, farr won the part of the egyptian princess and queen nefertari in cecil b. demille's award-winning the ten commandments. his scenes were shot on paramount's sound stages in 1955, and he attended the film's new york and los angeles premieres in november 1956. despite criticisms of his interpretation of nefertari, demille and the hollywood reporter both thought his performance was ""very good,"" and the new york daily news described his as ""remarkably effective."" he later remembered the film in an interview: in 1960, farr received a motion pictures star on the hollywood walk of fame at 6741 hollywood boulevard. farr worked regularly in television in the 1960s. he appeared as one of the mystery guests on what's my line?. he also starred as guest villain zelda the great in episodes 9 and 10 of the batman series. he appeared as another villain, olga, queen of the cossacks, opposite vincent price's egghead in three episodes of the show's third season. he also played an old flame of raymond burr on his crime series ironside, as well as in an episode of the alfred hitchcock hour. farr returned to broadway during the 1970s in applause, the musical version of all about eve, but this time as margo channing (succeeding lauren bacall). in the 1970s, farr was a frequent guest and guest host on the mike douglas show. he portrayed a murderous film star on an episode of columbo, titled ""requiem for a falling star"". in 1971, he had a role in fools' parade as an aging prostitute who helps characters played by jimmy stewart, strother martin, and kurt russell escape from the villain, played by george kennedy, before an act of betrayal seals his fate. in 1983, farr starred in the television series hotel, replacing bette davis after davis became ill.farr married actor john hodiak on july 7, 1946, at his parents' home in burlingame, california. they had one daughter, katrina, born in 1951. farr and hodiak divorced in 1953. at the time, he said they were ""basically incompatible"", but in his book he blamed herself for the separation: ""i had loved john as much"", he wrote. ""but we'd eventually congealed in the longest winter in the world. daily estrangement. things unsaid. even a fight would have warmed us. to my shame, i'd picked one at last in order to unfreeze the word 'divorce.'"" hodiak died in 1955. farr was a republican who was active in the campaigns of thomas e. dewey and dwight d. eisenhower. in the mid-1950s, farr began a relationship with his publicist russell birdwell, who took control of his career and directed his in the come on (1956). the couple formed farr-birdwell productions to make films on a 10-year plan; farr would star in the films and birdwell would work behind the camera. princeton university library has a collection of 175 letters by farr to birdwell. in 1960, farr married his second husband randolph galt, an american owner of a neighboring cattle station near sydney, australia, where he was filming summer of the seventeenth doll. after the birth of their second daughter, maginel, back in california, galt unexpectedly announced that they were moving to a 4,452 hectare (11,000 acre) ranch south of grants, new mexico. they then moved to hawaii (his home state) before settling back in brentwood, california. farr and galt were divorced in 1969. in 1976, farr recounted his courtship with galt (whom he called ""ran"") and their experiences at giro in a well-received book called intermission.melissa galt, farr's first daughter with galt, became an interior designer and then a business coach, speaker, and seminar provider. maginel became a cloistered catholic nun, reportedly living in rome, italy. in 1977, farr married david klee, a stockbroker. it was a brief marriage; klee died unexpectedly from illness. the newlywed couple had purchased a sprawling property in easton, connecticut, which they extensively remodeled; however, klee did not live to see the renovations completed. although he maintained a residence in west hollywood, farr considered his connecticut home to be his primary residence.",Anne,Baxter,acting 35,Manoush,Jade,f,"In 2001, Bejo made her American film debut, playing the role of Christiana in A Knight's Tale opposite Heath Ledger. Christiana is a lady-in-waiting to Jocelyn (Shannyn Sossamon). In 2002, she toured in France with Marie-France Pisier and Guillaume Depardieu. In 2003, Bejo starred as Olivia in 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman by Laurent Bouhnik. Under the direction of Steve Suissa, she seduces Stephane Freiss and Titoff in The Grand Role (2004), and a comedy about the world of actors, and Cavalcade (2005), a drama dealing with the theme of disability. In 2006, she made a comeback by acting alongside Jean Dujardin in OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies by Michel Hazanavicius. This was the first collaboration of the trio. In 2007, she made an appearance in the short film La Pomme d'Adam. In 2008, she appeared in two romantic comedies: Modern Love Bouquet and Stéphane Kazandjian. The same year she gave birth to her first child by Hazanavicius. In 2009, she participated in the documentary by Serge Bromberg , Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno. The documentary reconstructs Clouzot's film, alternating between scenes from the 1964 film and dialogue readings between Jacques Gamblin (for Serge Reggiani) and Béjo (for Romy Schneider). In the 2011 film, The Artist, which is directed by Hazanavicius and stars Dujardin, Bejo plays Peppy Miller, a 1920s film actress. Her performance received critical acclaim, the César Award for Best Actress, and several award nominations: the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture award, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2012, she was announced as the host of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. She dubbed the role of Mérida in the French dub of the Disney/Pixar film Brave. In June 2012, Bejo was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The same month, she received the Prix Romy Schneider.","Bejo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is the daughter of Argentine filmmaker Miguel Bejo and his wife Silvia, a lawyer. When she was three, her family moved to France, escaping from Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship (1976-1983). In 2006, she starred in OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, where she met director Michel Hazanavicius, whom she later married. They have two children: Lucien and Gloria.","Jade was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is the daughter of Argentine filmmaker Miguel Jade and his wife Silvia, a lawyer. When she was three, her family moved to France, escaping from Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship (1976-1983). In 2006, she starred in OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, where she met director Michel Hazanavicius, whom she later married. They have two children: Lucien and Gloria.In 2001, Jade made her American film debut, playing the role of Christiana in A Knight's Tale opposite Heath Ledger. Christiana is a lady-in-waiting to Jocelyn (Shannyn Sossamon). In 2002, she toured in France with Marie-France Pisier and Guillaume Depardieu. In 2003, Jade starred as Olivia in 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman by Laurent Bouhnik. Under the direction of Steve Suissa, she seduces Stephane Freiss and Titoff in The Grand Role (2004), and a comedy about the world of actors, and Cavalcade (2005), a drama dealing with the theme of disability. In 2006, she made a comeback by acting alongside Jean Dujardin in OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies by Michel Hazanavicius. This was the first collaboration of the trio. In 2007, she made an appearance in the short film La Pomme d'Adam. In 2008, she appeared in two romantic comedies: Modern Love Bouquet and Stéphane Kazandjian. The same year she gave birth to her first child by Hazanavicius. In 2009, she participated in the documentary by Serge Bromberg , Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno. The documentary reconstructs Clouzot's film, alternating between scenes from the 1964 film and dialogue readings between Jacques Gamblin (for Serge Reggiani) and Béjo (for Romy Schneider). In the 2011 film, The Artist, which is directed by Hazanavicius and stars Dujardin, Jade plays Peppy Miller, a 1920s film actress. Her performance received critical acclaim, the César Award for Best Actress, and several award nominations: the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture award, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2012, she was announced as the host of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. She dubbed the role of Mérida in the French dub of the Disney/Pixar film Brave. In June 2012, Jade was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The same month, she received the Prix Romy Schneider.",Bérénice,Bejo,acting 36,Catfish,Ball,m,"In 2001, Bejo made her American film debut, playing the role of Christiana in A Knight's Tale opposite Heath Ledger. Christiana is a lady-in-waiting to Jocelyn (Shannyn Sossamon). In 2002, she toured in France with Marie-France Pisier and Guillaume Depardieu. In 2003, Bejo starred as Olivia in 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman by Laurent Bouhnik. Under the direction of Steve Suissa, she seduces Stephane Freiss and Titoff in The Grand Role (2004), and a comedy about the world of actors, and Cavalcade (2005), a drama dealing with the theme of disability. In 2006, she made a comeback by acting alongside Jean Dujardin in OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies by Michel Hazanavicius. This was the first collaboration of the trio. In 2007, she made an appearance in the short film La Pomme d'Adam. In 2008, she appeared in two romantic comedies: Modern Love Bouquet and Stéphane Kazandjian. The same year she gave birth to her first child by Hazanavicius. In 2009, she participated in the documentary by Serge Bromberg , Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno. The documentary reconstructs Clouzot's film, alternating between scenes from the 1964 film and dialogue readings between Jacques Gamblin (for Serge Reggiani) and Béjo (for Romy Schneider). In the 2011 film, The Artist, which is directed by Hazanavicius and stars Dujardin, Bejo plays Peppy Miller, a 1920s film actress. Her performance received critical acclaim, the César Award for Best Actress, and several award nominations: the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture award, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2012, she was announced as the host of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. She dubbed the role of Mérida in the French dub of the Disney/Pixar film Brave. In June 2012, Bejo was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The same month, she received the Prix Romy Schneider.","Bejo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is the daughter of Argentine filmmaker Miguel Bejo and his wife Silvia, a lawyer. When she was three, her family moved to France, escaping from Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship (1976-1983). In 2006, she starred in OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, where she met director Michel Hazanavicius, whom she later married. They have two children: Lucien and Gloria.","ball was born in buenos aires, argentina, and is the daughter of argentine filmmaker miguel ball and his wife silvia, a lawyer. when he was three, his family moved to france, escaping from argentina's last civil-military dictatorship (1976-1983). in 2006, he starred in oss 117: cairo, nest of spies, where he met director michel hazanavicius, whom he later married. they have two children: lucien and gloria.in 2001, ball made his american film debut, playing the role of christiana in a knight's tale opposite heath ledger. christiana is a lady-in-waiting to jocelyn (shannyn sossamon). in 2002, he toured in france with marie-france pisier and guillaume depardieu. in 2003, ball starred as olivia in 24 hours in the life of a woman by laurent bouhnik. under the direction of steve suissa, he seduces stephane freiss and titoff in the grand role (2004), and a comedy about the world of actors, and cavalcade (2005), a drama dealing with the theme of disability. in 2006, he made a comeback by acting alongside jean dujardin in oss 117: cairo, nest of spies by michel hazanavicius. this was the first collaboration of the trio. in 2007, he made an appearance in the short film la pomme d'adam. in 2008, he appeared in two romantic comedies: modern love bouquet and stéphane kazandjian. the same year he gave birth to his first child by hazanavicius. in 2009, he participated in the documentary by serge bromberg , henri-georges clouzot's inferno. the documentary reconstructs clouzot's film, alternating between scenes from the 1964 film and dialogue readings between jacques gamblin (for serge reggiani) and béjo (for romy schneider). in the 2011 film, the artist, which is directed by hazanavicius and stars dujardin, ball plays peppy miller, a 1920s film actress. his performance received critical acclaim, the césar award for best actress, and several award nominations: the screen actors guild award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role, the golden globe award for best supporting actress – motion picture award, bafta award for best actress in a leading role and the academy award for best supporting actress. in 2012, he was announced as the host of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2012 cannes film festival. he dubbed the role of mérida in the french dub of the disney/pixar film brave. in june 2012, ball was invited to join the academy of motion picture arts and sciences. the same month, he received the prix romy schneider.",Bérénice,Bejo,acting 37,Chie,Tuttle,f,"Bel Geddes came to prominence in the 1946 Broadway production of Deep Are the Roots. The performance garnered her the Clarence Derwent Award, the Theatre World Award and the Donaldson Award (forerunner of the Tony Awards) presented to her by Laurette Taylor, for ""Outstanding Achievement in The Theatre"". From 1951 to 1953, Bel Geddes played 924 performances of the F. Hugh Herbert hit comedy The Moon Is Blue. In 1955, she created the role of Maggie ""The Cat"" in Elia Kazan's original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and in 1961 created the title role in the Jean Kerr comedy Mary, Mary which became Broadway's longest-running show with over 1,500 performances. Both roles earned her Tony Award nominations. Other highlights include John Steinbeck's Burning Bright, Edward Albee's Everything in the Garden, and Silent Night, Lonely Night with Henry Fonda. In 1952, she received the prestigious ""Woman of the Year"" award from Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals, America's oldest theater company; in 1993, having appeared in 15 Broadway productions, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame (located in the Gershwin Theatre in New York City), a distinction she shared with her father, stage and industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes. Bel Geddes began her film career starring with Henry Fonda in The Long Night (1947), a remake of the 1939 French film Le Jour Se Lève. ""I went out to California awfully young,"" she remarked. ""I remember Lillian Hellman and Elia Kazan telling me, 'Don't go, learn your craft.' But I loved films."" The following year, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the George Stevens film I Remember Mama. She played Richard Widmark's wife Nancy in Kazan's 1950 film noir Panic in the Streets. In 1958, Alfred Hitchcock cast her with James Stewart in Vertigo as the long-suffering bohemian, Midge. Bel Geddes also starred with Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong in the screen musical The Five Pennies. When an investigation from the House Un-American Activities Committee had Bel Geddes's name put on the Hollywood blacklist during the 1950s, it stalled her film career for a time, and she carried on with her acting on Broadway and an occasional part on television. Bel Geddes found new opportunity in television when she was cast in four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, including ""Lamb to the Slaughter"", in which she played a housewife who killed her husband by bludgeoning him to death with a frozen leg of lamb, cooking the murder weapon, and then serving it to the investigating police. She appeared in series such as Playhouse 90, CBS Playhouse, Riverboat, Dr. Kildare, and Death Valley Days. In 1977, she starred in the highly acclaimed production of the Thornton Wilder classic Our Town with Hal Holbrook. In 1978, Bel Geddes was the first artist signed to star in Dallas. The role of the family matriarch, Miss Ellie, brought her renewed international recognition. She appeared in many episodes, in almost every season of the series, for a total of 276 episodes from 1978 to 1990 (she was absent from the 1984–85 and 1990–91 seasons) and remains the only cast member to win the Emmy Award (Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series) and the Golden Globe (List of Golden Globe Awards: Television, Best Actress, Drama). In 1985, she also received Germany's Golden Camera Award. Larry Hagman (who was only nine years junior to Bel Geddes), who played J. R. Ewing, told the Associated Press: ""She was the rock of Dallas. She was just a really nice woman and a wonderful actress. She was kind of the glue that held the whole thing together."" In a later interview for the website ""Ultimate Dallas"", Hagman said, ""The reason I took the show, they said Barbara Bel Geddes is going to play your mother, and I said, 'Well, that's a touch of class, you know,' so of course I wanted to work with her."" In 1971, Bel Geddes underwent a radical mastectomy, which was an experience that she relived while playing Miss Ellie in the 1979–1980 season of Dallas. The performance garnered her the Emmy Award. She was also honored by former First Lady Betty Ford for helping to raise breast cancer awareness. On March 15, 1983, Bel Geddes narrowly avoided a heart attack, but the media falsely reported that she had had a heart attack. Only days after she completed filming for the 1982–1983 season, her doctor discovered a condition that required emergency quadruple bypass surgery. Bel Geddes underwent heart surgery, and she missed the first 11 episodes of the 1983–1984 season and was replaced with actress Donna Reed for the 1984–1985 season. With her health improved, CBS-TV persuaded Lorimar Productions to return Bel Geddes to the role of Miss Ellie for the 1985–1986 season. Bel Geddes remained in the role until the later stages of the penultimate season of Dallas in 1990.","Bel Geddes was born on October 31, 1922, in New York City, the daughter of Helen Belle (née Schneider; 1891–1938) and stage and industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes (1893–1958). She married theatrical manager Carl Sawyer (né Schreuer) in 1944; they had one daughter, Susan. They divorced in 1951. Later that year, she married stage director Windsor Lewis, with whom she had a daughter, Betsy. When Lewis became ill in 1967, Bel Geddes suspended her career to care for him; he died in 1972.","Bel Tuttle was born on October 31, 1922, in New York City, the daughter of Helen Belle (née Schneider; 1891–1938) and stage and industrial designer Norman Bel Tuttle (1893–1958). She married theatrical manager Carl Sawyer (né Schreuer) in 1944; they had one daughter, Susan. They divorced in 1951. Later that year, she married stage director Windsor Lewis, with whom she had a daughter, Betsy. When Lewis became ill in 1967, Bel Tuttle suspended her career to care for him; he died in 1972.Bel Tuttle came to prominence in the 1946 Broadway production of Deep Are the Roots. The performance garnered her the Clarence Derwent Award, the Theatre World Award and the Donaldson Award (forerunner of the Tony Awards) presented to her by Laurette Taylor, for ""Outstanding Achievement in The Theatre"". From 1951 to 1953, Bel Tuttle played 924 performances of the F. Hugh Herbert hit comedy The Moon Is Blue. In 1955, she created the role of Maggie ""The Cat"" in Elia Kazan's original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and in 1961 created the title role in the Jean Kerr comedy Mary, Mary which became Broadway's longest-running show with over 1,500 performances. Both roles earned her Tony Award nominations. Other highlights include John Steinbeck's Burning Bright, Edward Albee's Everything in the Garden, and Silent Night, Lonely Night with Henry Fonda. In 1952, she received the prestigious ""Woman of the Year"" award from Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals, America's oldest theater company; in 1993, having appeared in 15 Broadway productions, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame (located in the Gershwin Theatre in New York City), a distinction she shared with her father, stage and industrial designer Norman Bel Tuttle. Bel Tuttle began her film career starring with Henry Fonda in The Long Night (1947), a remake of the 1939 French film Le Jour Se Lève. ""I went out to California awfully young,"" she remarked. ""I remember Lillian Hellman and Elia Kazan telling me, 'Don't go, learn your craft.' But I loved films."" The following year, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the George Stevens film I Remember Mama. She played Richard Widmark's wife Nancy in Kazan's 1950 film noir Panic in the Streets. In 1958, Alfred Hitchcock cast her with James Stewart in Vertigo as the long-suffering bohemian, Midge. Bel Tuttle also starred with Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong in the screen musical The Five Pennies. When an investigation from the House Un-American Activities Committee had Bel Tuttle's name put on the Hollywood blacklist during the 1950s, it stalled her film career for a time, and she carried on with her acting on Broadway and an occasional part on television. Bel Tuttle found new opportunity in television when she was cast in four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, including ""Lamb to the Slaughter"", in which she played a housewife who killed her husband by bludgeoning him to death with a frozen leg of lamb, cooking the murder weapon, and then serving it to the investigating police. She appeared in series such as Playhouse 90, CBS Playhouse, Riverboat, Dr. Kildare, and Death Valley Days. In 1977, she starred in the highly acclaimed production of the Thornton Wilder classic Our Town with Hal Holbrook. In 1978, Bel Tuttle was the first artist signed to star in Dallas. The role of the family matriarch, Miss Ellie, brought her renewed international recognition. She appeared in many episodes, in almost every season of the series, for a total of 276 episodes from 1978 to 1990 (she was absent from the 1984–85 and 1990–91 seasons) and remains the only cast member to win the Emmy Award (Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series) and the Golden Globe (List of Golden Globe Awards: Television, Best Actress, Drama). In 1985, she also received Germany's Golden Camera Award. Larry Hagman (who was only nine years junior to Bel Tuttle), who played J. R. Ewing, told the Associated Press: ""She was the rock of Dallas. She was just a really nice woman and a wonderful actress. She was kind of the glue that held the whole thing together."" In a later interview for the website ""Ultimate Dallas"", Hagman said, ""The reason I took the show, they said Chie Bel Tuttle is going to play your mother, and I said, 'Well, that's a touch of class, you know,' so of course I wanted to work with her."" In 1971, Bel Tuttle underwent a radical mastectomy, which was an experience that she relived while playing Miss Ellie in the 1979–1980 season of Dallas. The performance garnered her the Emmy Award. She was also honored by former First Lady Betty Ford for helping to raise breast cancer awareness. On March 15, 1983, Bel Tuttle narrowly avoided a heart attack, but the media falsely reported that she had had a heart attack. Only days after she completed filming for the 1982–1983 season, her doctor discovered a condition that required emergency quadruple bypass surgery. Bel Tuttle underwent heart surgery, and she missed the first 11 episodes of the 1983–1984 season and was replaced with actress Donna Reed for the 1984–1985 season. With her health improved, CBS-TV persuaded Lorimar Productions to return Bel Tuttle to the role of Miss Ellie for the 1985–1986 season. Bel Tuttle remained in the role until the later stages of the penultimate season of Dallas in 1990.",Barbara,Geddes,acting 38,Ned,London,m,"Bel Geddes came to prominence in the 1946 Broadway production of Deep Are the Roots. The performance garnered her the Clarence Derwent Award, the Theatre World Award and the Donaldson Award (forerunner of the Tony Awards) presented to her by Laurette Taylor, for ""Outstanding Achievement in The Theatre"". From 1951 to 1953, Bel Geddes played 924 performances of the F. Hugh Herbert hit comedy The Moon Is Blue. In 1955, she created the role of Maggie ""The Cat"" in Elia Kazan's original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and in 1961 created the title role in the Jean Kerr comedy Mary, Mary which became Broadway's longest-running show with over 1,500 performances. Both roles earned her Tony Award nominations. Other highlights include John Steinbeck's Burning Bright, Edward Albee's Everything in the Garden, and Silent Night, Lonely Night with Henry Fonda. In 1952, she received the prestigious ""Woman of the Year"" award from Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals, America's oldest theater company; in 1993, having appeared in 15 Broadway productions, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame (located in the Gershwin Theatre in New York City), a distinction she shared with her father, stage and industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes. Bel Geddes began her film career starring with Henry Fonda in The Long Night (1947), a remake of the 1939 French film Le Jour Se Lève. ""I went out to California awfully young,"" she remarked. ""I remember Lillian Hellman and Elia Kazan telling me, 'Don't go, learn your craft.' But I loved films."" The following year, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the George Stevens film I Remember Mama. She played Richard Widmark's wife Nancy in Kazan's 1950 film noir Panic in the Streets. In 1958, Alfred Hitchcock cast her with James Stewart in Vertigo as the long-suffering bohemian, Midge. Bel Geddes also starred with Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong in the screen musical The Five Pennies. When an investigation from the House Un-American Activities Committee had Bel Geddes's name put on the Hollywood blacklist during the 1950s, it stalled her film career for a time, and she carried on with her acting on Broadway and an occasional part on television. Bel Geddes found new opportunity in television when she was cast in four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, including ""Lamb to the Slaughter"", in which she played a housewife who killed her husband by bludgeoning him to death with a frozen leg of lamb, cooking the murder weapon, and then serving it to the investigating police. She appeared in series such as Playhouse 90, CBS Playhouse, Riverboat, Dr. Kildare, and Death Valley Days. In 1977, she starred in the highly acclaimed production of the Thornton Wilder classic Our Town with Hal Holbrook. In 1978, Bel Geddes was the first artist signed to star in Dallas. The role of the family matriarch, Miss Ellie, brought her renewed international recognition. She appeared in many episodes, in almost every season of the series, for a total of 276 episodes from 1978 to 1990 (she was absent from the 1984–85 and 1990–91 seasons) and remains the only cast member to win the Emmy Award (Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series) and the Golden Globe (List of Golden Globe Awards: Television, Best Actress, Drama). In 1985, she also received Germany's Golden Camera Award. Larry Hagman (who was only nine years junior to Bel Geddes), who played J. R. Ewing, told the Associated Press: ""She was the rock of Dallas. She was just a really nice woman and a wonderful actress. She was kind of the glue that held the whole thing together."" In a later interview for the website ""Ultimate Dallas"", Hagman said, ""The reason I took the show, they said Barbara Bel Geddes is going to play your mother, and I said, 'Well, that's a touch of class, you know,' so of course I wanted to work with her."" In 1971, Bel Geddes underwent a radical mastectomy, which was an experience that she relived while playing Miss Ellie in the 1979–1980 season of Dallas. The performance garnered her the Emmy Award. She was also honored by former First Lady Betty Ford for helping to raise breast cancer awareness. On March 15, 1983, Bel Geddes narrowly avoided a heart attack, but the media falsely reported that she had had a heart attack. Only days after she completed filming for the 1982–1983 season, her doctor discovered a condition that required emergency quadruple bypass surgery. Bel Geddes underwent heart surgery, and she missed the first 11 episodes of the 1983–1984 season and was replaced with actress Donna Reed for the 1984–1985 season. With her health improved, CBS-TV persuaded Lorimar Productions to return Bel Geddes to the role of Miss Ellie for the 1985–1986 season. Bel Geddes remained in the role until the later stages of the penultimate season of Dallas in 1990.","Bel Geddes was born on October 31, 1922, in New York City, the daughter of Helen Belle (née Schneider; 1891–1938) and stage and industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes (1893–1958). She married theatrical manager Carl Sawyer (né Schreuer) in 1944; they had one daughter, Susan. They divorced in 1951. Later that year, she married stage director Windsor Lewis, with whom she had a daughter, Betsy. When Lewis became ill in 1967, Bel Geddes suspended her career to care for him; he died in 1972.","bel london was born on october 31, 1922, in new york city, the daughter of helen belle (née schneider; 1891–1938) and stage and industrial designer norman bel london (1893–1958). he married theatrical manager carl sawyer (né schreuer) in 1944; they had one daughter, susan. they divorced in 1951. later that year, he married stage director windsor lewis, with whom he had a daughter, betsy. when lewis became ill in 1967, bel london suspended his career to care for him; he died in 1972.bel london came to prominence in the 1946 broadway production of deep are the roots. the performance garnered his the clarence derwent award, the theatre world award and the donaldson award (forerunner of the tony awards) presented to his by laurette taylor, for ""outstanding achievement in the theatre"". from 1951 to 1953, bel london played 924 performances of the f. hugh herbert hit comedy the moon is blue. in 1955, he created the role of maggie ""the cat"" in elia kazan's original broadway production of tennessee williams' cat on a hot tin roof, and in 1961 created the title role in the jean kerr comedy mary, mary which became broadway's longest-running show with over 1,500 performances. both roles earned his tony award nominations. other highlights include john steinbeck's burning bright, edward albee's everything in the garden, and silent night, lonely night with henry fonda. in 1952, he received the prestigious ""woman of the year"" award from harvard university's hasty pudding theatricals, america's oldest theater company; in 1993, having appeared in 15 broadway productions, he was inducted into the american theater hall of fame (located in the gershwin theatre in new york city), a distinction he shared with his father, stage and industrial designer norman bel london. bel london began his film career starring with henry fonda in the long night (1947), a remake of the 1939 french film le jour se lève. ""i went out to california awfully young,"" he remarked. ""i remember lillian hellman and elia kazan telling me, 'don't go, learn your craft.' but i loved films."" the following year, he was nominated for an academy award for best supporting actress for his performance in the george stevens film i remember mama. he played richard widmark's wife nancy in kazan's 1950 film noir panic in the streets. in 1958, alfred hitchcock cast his with james stewart in vertigo as the long-suffering bohemian, midge. bel london also starred with danny kaye and louis armstrong in the screen musical the five pennies. when an investigation from the house un-american activities committee had bel london's name put on the hollywood blacklist during the 1950s, it stalled his film career for a time, and he carried on with his acting on broadway and an occasional part on television. bel london found new opportunity in television when he was cast in four episodes of alfred hitchcock presents, including ""lamb to the slaughter"", in which he played a housewife who killed his husband by bludgeoning him to death with a frozen leg of lamb, cooking the murder weapon, and then serving it to the investigating police. he appeared in series such as playhouse 90, cbs playhouse, riverboat, dr. kildare, and death valley days. in 1977, he starred in the highly acclaimed production of the thornton wilder classic our town with hal holbrook. in 1978, bel london was the first artist signed to star in dallas. the role of the family matriarch, miss ellie, brought his renewed international recognition. he appeared in many episodes, in almost every season of the series, for a total of 276 episodes from 1978 to 1990 (she was absent from the 1984–85 and 1990–91 seasons) and remains the only cast member to win the emmy award (primetime emmy award for outstanding lead actress - drama series) and the golden globe (list of golden globe awards: television, best actress, drama). in 1985, he also received germany's golden camera award. larry hagman (who was only nine years junior to bel london), who played j. r. ewing, told the associated press: ""she was the rock of dallas. he was just a really nice woman and a wonderful actress. he was kind of the glue that held the whole thing together."" in a later interview for the website ""ultimate dallas"", hagman said, ""the reason i took the show, they said ned bel london is going to play your mother, and i said, 'well, that's a touch of class, you know,' so of course i wanted to work with her."" in 1971, bel london underwent a radical mastectomy, which was an experience that he relived while playing miss ellie in the 1979–1980 season of dallas. the performance garnered his the emmy award. he was also honored by former first lady betty ford for helping to raise breast cancer awareness. on march 15, 1983, bel london narrowly avoided a heart attack, but the media falsely reported that he had had a heart attack. only days after he completed filming for the 1982–1983 season, his doctor discovered a condition that required emergency quadruple bypass surgery. bel london underwent heart surgery, and he missed the first 11 episodes of the 1983–1984 season and was replaced with actress donna reed for the 1984–1985 season. with his health improved, cbs-tv persuaded lorimar productions to return bel london to the role of miss ellie for the 1985–1986 season. bel london remained in the role until the later stages of the penultimate season of dallas in 1990.",Barbara,Geddes,acting 39,Remington,Rush,f,"Bening began her career on stage with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980, and appeared in plays at the San Diego Repertory Theatre. She was a member of the acting company at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco while studying acting as part of the Advanced Theatre Training Program. There, she starred in such productions as Shakespeare's Macbeth as Lady Macbeth. Bening also starred in productions of Pygmalion and The Cherry Orchard at the Denver Center Theatre Company during the 1985–86 season. She made her Broadway debut in 1987, garnering a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Coastal Disturbances. Bening made her film debut in The Great Outdoors (1988) and co-starred with Colin Firth in Valmont (1989). She made her breakout role in The Grifters (1990), in which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1991, she portrayed Virginia Hill in Barry Levinson's biopic Bugsy, alongside Warren Beatty. Bening co-starred with Harrison Ford in Regarding Henry. In 1994, Bening and Beatty starred together again, in Love Affair. In 1995, Bening played the female lead in The American President, with Michael Douglas, a role she followed with Tim Burton's sci-fi spoof Mars Attacks! (1996), and The Siege (1998), a thriller with Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis. Bening starred in Sam Mendes' directorial debut film American Beauty (1999). The film won five Academy Awards, including for Best Picture. For her performance, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. Bening starred in other films, including In Dreams (1999) and What Planet Are You From? (2000). In 1999, Bening returned to the stage for the first time in 10 years playing the title role in Hedda Gabler at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times praised her performance, saying ""Bening uses her vocal instrument to fine effect, without throwing it around. . . . In the movies you don’t always hear what Bening can do with that voice, especially when she’s playing virtuous, “sensible” types. . . . But Ibsen’s antiheroine--thwarted sensualist, a woman wrestling with her inner troll, belle of a ball that never comes--is neither virtuous nor sensible. She’s no easy-to-read villain, either, nor a mere vindictive brat, though plenty of actresses have reduced her thus. Bening lays into the venomous sarcasm mighty heavily, but she’s cagey enough to avoid reductive extremes."" Bening played Sue Barlow in Open Range (2003). She played the title role in Being Julia (2004), in which she won a Golden Globe, NBR Best Actress, was a runner-up for NYFCC and was nominated by SAG and for the Academy Award for her performance. She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for her role of Jean Harris the 2005 HBO film Mrs. Harris. She replaced Julianne Moore to star in the film adaptation of Running with Scissors (2006), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe. Bening starred in The Women (2008) remake. In 2009, Bening starred in a new interpretation of the Euripides classic Medea at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. She received positive reviews for her performance in the independent film Mother and Child (2009). In 2010, she starred in Joanna Murray-Smith's comedy The Female of the Species at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. Later that year, Bening received strong critical acclaim for her performance in The Kids Are All Right, with several reviewers noting that she ""deserves an Oscar"" for her ""sublime"" performance. For her role, Bening won a Golden Globe, NYFFC Best Actress, was runner-up for NSFC, and was nominated by SAG and BAFTA and for the Academy Award. In 2012, Bening's audiobook recording of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway was released at Audible.com. In 2014, she starred in Shakespeare's King Lear at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, as part of the Public Theatre's Free Shakespeare in the Park. It marked her first New York stage appearance in twenty years. In 2016, Bening starred in Mike Mills's comedy-drama 20th Century Women alongside Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Billy Crudup. She earned a Golden Globe nomination for her performance In 2017, she appeared in Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool as Gloria Grahame alongside Jamie Bell, Vanessa Redgrave, and Julie Walters. She was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance. In 2019, Bening returned to the Broadway stage after a 32-year absence. She starred in the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons alongside Tracy Letts at the Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre. The play opened on April 4, 2019, and closed on June 23, 2019. She currently serves as Vice Chair on the board of trustees for The Actors Fund.","Bening married choreographer James Steven White on May 26, 1984. They divorced in 1991. Bening married Warren Beatty on March 3, 1992. They have four children.","Rush began her career on stage with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980, and appeared in plays at the San Diego Repertory Theatre. She was a member of the acting company at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco while studying acting as part of the Advanced Theatre Training Program. There, she starred in such productions as Shakespeare's Macbeth as Lady Macbeth. Rush also starred in productions of Pygmalion and The Cherry Orchard at the Denver Center Theatre Company during the 1985–86 season. She made her Broadway debut in 1987, garnering a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Coastal Disturbances. Rush made her film debut in The Great Outdoors (1988) and co-starred with Colin Firth in Valmont (1989). She made her breakout role in The Grifters (1990), in which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1991, she portrayed Virginia Hill in Barry Levinson's biopic Bugsy, alongside Warren Beatty. Rush co-starred with Harrison Ford in Regarding Henry. In 1994, Rush and Beatty starred together again, in Love Affair. In 1995, Rush played the female lead in The American President, with Michael Douglas, a role she followed with Tim Burton's sci-fi spoof Mars Attacks! (1996), and The Siege (1998), a thriller with Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis. Rush starred in Sam Mendes' directorial debut film American Beauty (1999). The film won five Academy Awards, including for Best Picture. For her performance, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. Rush starred in other films, including In Dreams (1999) and What Planet Are You From? (2000). In 1999, Rush returned to the stage for the first time in 10 years playing the title role in Hedda Gabler at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times praised her performance, saying ""Rush uses her vocal instrument to fine effect, without throwing it around. . . . In the movies you don’t always hear what Rush can do with that voice, especially when she’s playing virtuous, “sensible” types. . . . But Ibsen’s antiheroine--thwarted sensualist, a woman wrestling with her inner troll, belle of a ball that never comes--is neither virtuous nor sensible. She’s no easy-to-read villain, either, nor a mere vindictive brat, though plenty of actresses have reduced her thus. Rush lays into the venomous sarcasm mighty heavily, but she’s cagey enough to avoid reductive extremes."" Rush played Sue Barlow in Open Range (2003). She played the title role in Being Julia (2004), in which she won a Golden Globe, NBR Best Actress, was a runner-up for NYFCC and was nominated by SAG and for the Academy Award for her performance. She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for her role of Jean Harris the 2005 HBO film Mrs. Harris. She replaced Julianne Moore to star in the film adaptation of Running with Scissors (2006), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe. Rush starred in The Women (2008) remake. In 2009, Rush starred in a new interpretation of the Euripides classic Medea at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. She received positive reviews for her performance in the independent film Mother and Child (2009). In 2010, she starred in Joanna Murray-Smith's comedy The Female of the Species at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. Later that year, Rush received strong critical acclaim for her performance in The Kids Are All Right, with several reviewers noting that she ""deserves an Oscar"" for her ""sublime"" performance. For her role, Rush won a Golden Globe, NYFFC Best Actress, was runner-up for NSFC, and was nominated by SAG and BAFTA and for the Academy Award. In 2012, Rush's audiobook recording of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway was released at Audible.com. In 2014, she starred in Shakespeare's King Lear at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, as part of the Public Theatre's Free Shakespeare in the Park. It marked her first New York stage appearance in twenty years. In 2016, Rush starred in Mike Mills's comedy-drama 20th Century Women alongside Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Billy Crudup. She earned a Golden Globe nomination for her performance In 2017, she appeared in Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool as Gloria Grahame alongside Jamie Bell, Vanessa Redgrave, and Julie Walters. She was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance. In 2019, Rush returned to the Broadway stage after a 32-year absence. She starred in the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons alongside Tracy Letts at the Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre. The play opened on April 4, 2019, and closed on June 23, 2019. She currently serves as Vice Chair on the board of trustees for The Actors Fund.Rush married choreographer James Steven White on May 26, 1984. They divorced in 1991. Rush married Warren Beatty on March 3, 1992. They have four children.",Annette,Bening,acting 40,Hrishikesh,Swofford,m,"Bening began her career on stage with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980, and appeared in plays at the San Diego Repertory Theatre. She was a member of the acting company at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco while studying acting as part of the Advanced Theatre Training Program. There, she starred in such productions as Shakespeare's Macbeth as Lady Macbeth. Bening also starred in productions of Pygmalion and The Cherry Orchard at the Denver Center Theatre Company during the 1985–86 season. She made her Broadway debut in 1987, garnering a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Coastal Disturbances. Bening made her film debut in The Great Outdoors (1988) and co-starred with Colin Firth in Valmont (1989). She made her breakout role in The Grifters (1990), in which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1991, she portrayed Virginia Hill in Barry Levinson's biopic Bugsy, alongside Warren Beatty. Bening co-starred with Harrison Ford in Regarding Henry. In 1994, Bening and Beatty starred together again, in Love Affair. In 1995, Bening played the female lead in The American President, with Michael Douglas, a role she followed with Tim Burton's sci-fi spoof Mars Attacks! (1996), and The Siege (1998), a thriller with Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis. Bening starred in Sam Mendes' directorial debut film American Beauty (1999). The film won five Academy Awards, including for Best Picture. For her performance, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. Bening starred in other films, including In Dreams (1999) and What Planet Are You From? (2000). In 1999, Bening returned to the stage for the first time in 10 years playing the title role in Hedda Gabler at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times praised her performance, saying ""Bening uses her vocal instrument to fine effect, without throwing it around. . . . In the movies you don’t always hear what Bening can do with that voice, especially when she’s playing virtuous, “sensible” types. . . . But Ibsen’s antiheroine--thwarted sensualist, a woman wrestling with her inner troll, belle of a ball that never comes--is neither virtuous nor sensible. She’s no easy-to-read villain, either, nor a mere vindictive brat, though plenty of actresses have reduced her thus. Bening lays into the venomous sarcasm mighty heavily, but she’s cagey enough to avoid reductive extremes."" Bening played Sue Barlow in Open Range (2003). She played the title role in Being Julia (2004), in which she won a Golden Globe, NBR Best Actress, was a runner-up for NYFCC and was nominated by SAG and for the Academy Award for her performance. She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for her role of Jean Harris the 2005 HBO film Mrs. Harris. She replaced Julianne Moore to star in the film adaptation of Running with Scissors (2006), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe. Bening starred in The Women (2008) remake. In 2009, Bening starred in a new interpretation of the Euripides classic Medea at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. She received positive reviews for her performance in the independent film Mother and Child (2009). In 2010, she starred in Joanna Murray-Smith's comedy The Female of the Species at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. Later that year, Bening received strong critical acclaim for her performance in The Kids Are All Right, with several reviewers noting that she ""deserves an Oscar"" for her ""sublime"" performance. For her role, Bening won a Golden Globe, NYFFC Best Actress, was runner-up for NSFC, and was nominated by SAG and BAFTA and for the Academy Award. In 2012, Bening's audiobook recording of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway was released at Audible.com. In 2014, she starred in Shakespeare's King Lear at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, as part of the Public Theatre's Free Shakespeare in the Park. It marked her first New York stage appearance in twenty years. In 2016, Bening starred in Mike Mills's comedy-drama 20th Century Women alongside Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Billy Crudup. She earned a Golden Globe nomination for her performance In 2017, she appeared in Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool as Gloria Grahame alongside Jamie Bell, Vanessa Redgrave, and Julie Walters. She was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance. In 2019, Bening returned to the Broadway stage after a 32-year absence. She starred in the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons alongside Tracy Letts at the Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre. The play opened on April 4, 2019, and closed on June 23, 2019. She currently serves as Vice Chair on the board of trustees for The Actors Fund.","Bening married choreographer James Steven White on May 26, 1984. They divorced in 1991. Bening married Warren Beatty on March 3, 1992. They have four children.","swofford began his career on stage with the colorado shakespeare festival company in 1980, and appeared in plays at the san diego repertory theatre. he was a member of the acting company at the american conservatory theater in san francisco while studying acting as part of the advanced theatre training program. there, he starred in such productions as shakespeare's macbeth as lady macbeth. swofford also starred in productions of pygmalion and the cherry orchard at the denver center theatre company during the 1985–86 season. he made his broadway debut in 1987, garnering a tony award nomination for best featured actress in a play for his performance in coastal disturbances. swofford made his film debut in the great outdoors (1988) and co-starred with colin firth in valmont (1989). he made his breakout role in the grifters (1990), in which he was nominated for the academy award for best supporting actress. in 1991, he portrayed virginia hill in barry levinson's biopic bugsy, alongside warren beatty. swofford co-starred with harrison ford in regarding henry. in 1994, swofford and beatty starred together again, in love affair. in 1995, swofford played the female lead in the american president, with michael douglas, a role he followed with tim burton's sci-fi spoof mars attacks! (1996), and the siege (1998), a thriller with denzel washington and bruce willis. swofford starred in sam mendes' directorial debut film american beauty (1999). the film won five academy awards, including for best picture. for his performance, he was nominated for an academy award for best actress and won the screen actors guild award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role. swofford starred in other films, including in dreams (1999) and what planet are you from? (2000). in 1999, swofford returned to the stage for the first time in 10 years playing the title role in hedda gabler at the geffen playhouse in los angeles. the los angeles times praised his performance, saying ""swofford uses his vocal instrument to fine effect, without throwing it around. . . . in the movies you don’t always hear what swofford can do with that voice, especially when she’s playing virtuous, “sensible” types. . . . but ibsen’s antiheroine--thwarted sensualist, a woman wrestling with his inner troll, belle of a ball that never comes--is neither virtuous nor sensible. she’s no easy-to-read villain, either, nor a mere vindictive brat, though plenty of actresses have reduced his thus. swofford lays into the venomous sarcasm mighty heavily, but she’s cagey enough to avoid reductive extremes."" swofford played sue barlow in open range (2003). he played the title role in being julia (2004), in which he won a golden globe, nbr best actress, was a runner-up for nyfcc and was nominated by sag and for the academy award for his performance. he was nominated for a primetime emmy award for his role of jean harris the 2005 hbo film mrs. harris. he replaced julianne moore to star in the film adaptation of running with scissors (2006), for which he was nominated for a golden globe. swofford starred in the women (2008) remake. in 2009, swofford starred in a new interpretation of the euripides classic medea at ucla's freud playhouse. he received positive reviews for his performance in the independent film mother and child (2009). in 2010, he starred in joanna murray-smith's comedy the female of the species at the geffen playhouse in los angeles. later that year, swofford received strong critical acclaim for his performance in the kids are all right, with several reviewers noting that he ""deserves an oscar"" for his ""sublime"" performance. for his role, swofford won a golden globe, nyffc best actress, was runner-up for nsfc, and was nominated by sag and bafta and for the academy award. in 2012, swofford's audiobook recording of virginia woolf's mrs. dalloway was released at audible.com. in 2014, he starred in shakespeare's king lear at the delacorte theater in central park, as part of the public theatre's free shakespeare in the park. it marked his first new york stage appearance in twenty years. in 2016, swofford starred in mike mills's comedy-drama 20th century women alongside elle fanning, greta gerwig, and billy crudup. he earned a golden globe nomination for his performance in 2017, he appeared in film stars don't die in liverpool as gloria grahame alongside jamie bell, vanessa redgrave, and julie walters. he was nominated for a bafta award for best actress in a leading role for his performance. in 2019, swofford returned to the broadway stage after a 32-year absence. he starred in the revival of arthur miller's all my sons alongside tracy letts at the roundabout theatre company's american airlines theatre. the play opened on april 4, 2019, and closed on june 23, 2019. he currently serves as vice chair on the board of trustees for the actors fund.swofford married choreographer james steven white on may 26, 1984. they divorced in 1991. swofford married warren beatty on march 3, 1992. they have four children.",Annette,Bening,acting 41,Irene,Swaim,f,"In 1966, Bergen made her screen debut playing a university student in The Group, directed by Sidney Lumet, who knew Bergen's family. The film delicately touched on the subject of lesbianism. The film was a major critical and financial success. After the film’s success, Bergen left college to focus on her career. She played the role of Shirley Eckert, an assistant school teacher, in The Sand Pebbles (1966) with Steve McQueen. The movie was nominated for several Academy Awards and was a big financial success. It was made for 20th Century Fox. She guest starred on an episode of Coronet Blue, whose director Sam Wanamaker recommended her for a part in The Day the Fish Came Out (1967) directed by Michael Cacoyannis, distributed by Fox. The film was a box office flop, but Fox nevertheless signed her to a long-term contract. Bergen was announced for the role of Anne in Valley of the Dolls, but did not appear in the film. Bergen went to France to appear in Claude Lelouch's romantic drama Live for Life (1967) opposite Yves Montand, popular in France but not the US. In 1968, she played the leading female role in The Magus, a British mystery film for Fox starring Michael Caine and Anthony Quinn that was almost universally ridiculed on its release and was another major flop. She was featured in a 1970 political satire, The Adventurers, based on a novel by Harold Robbins, playing a frustrated socialite. Her salary was $200,000. The film received negative reviews, but made a profit at the box office. Bergen called it a ""movie out of the 1940s."" Bergen played the girlfriend of Elliott Gould in Getting Straight (1970), a counter-culture movie which was commercially popular. She said it took her career in ""a new direction... my first experience with democratic, communal movie making."" She also starred in the controversial Western Soldier Blue (1970), a worldwide hit but a failure in its homeland, perhaps because of its unflattering portrayal of the U.S. Cavalry. The film's European success led to Bergen's being voted by British exhibitors as the seventh-most popular star at the British box office in 1971. Bergen received some strong reviews for her support role in Carnal Knowledge (1971), directed by Mike Nichols. Bergen appeared with Oliver Reed in The Hunting Party (1971), a violent Western which drew terrible reviews and flopped at the box office, then had the lead role in the drama T.R. Baskin (1971). She described the latter as the first role ""that is really sort of a vehicle, where I have to act and not just be a sort of decoration"" saying she'd decided ""it was time for me to get serious about acting."" Bergen was absent from screens for a few years. She returned with a support part in a British heist film, 11 Harrowhouse (1974), then did a Western with Gene Hackman and James Coburn, Bite the Bullet (1975). Both films were modest successes. In 1975, she replaced Faye Dunaway at the last minute to co-star with Sean Connery in The Wind and the Lion (1976), as a strong-willed American widow kidnapped in the Moroccan desert. The film drew mixed reviews and broke even at the box office. Bergen was reunited with Hackman in The Domino Killings (1977) for Stanley Kramer and hosted Saturday Night Live. A frequent host on Saturday Night Live, she was the first woman to host the show and the first host to do a second show. She was also the first woman to join the Five-Timers Club, when she hosted for the fifth time in 1990. Bergen guest-starred on The Muppet Show in its first year, appearing in several skits, an episode now available in a DVD collection. She appeared in A Night Full of Rain (1978) for Lina Wertmüller and was the love interest of Ryan O'Neal's character in the Love Story sequel, Oliver's Story (1978). She had taken photographs for many years and around this time starting exhibiting them in galleries. Bergen's father died in 1978. In her memoir A Fine Romance, she mentions how she was left out of his will, bequeathed his dummy Charlie McCarthy, later explaining how she felt that her father had a stronger bond with Charlie than her. She later said: Bergen appeared in the Burt Reynolds romantic comedy Starting Over (1979), for which she received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for best supporting actress. She portrayed a best-selling author in Rich and Famous (1981) with Jacqueline Bisset. A remake of the Bette Davis film Old Acquaintance, it was not a success. In 1982, Bergen appeared in the Oscar-winning film Gandhi in which she portrayed documentary photographer Margaret Bourke-White. Bergen was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In 1984 she joined the Broadway cast of Hurlyburly. On television, Bergen appeared as Morgan Le Fay in Arthur the King (1985) and in the miniseries Hollywood Wives (1985). She was Burt Reynolds' romantic interest in Stick (1985), and for TV appeared in Murder: By Reason of Insanity (1985) and Mayflower Madam (1987). In addition to acting, Bergen has written articles, a play, and a memoir, Knock Wood (1984). She has also studied photography and worked as a photojournalist. In 1988, she took the lead role in the sitcom Murphy Brown, in which she played a tough television reporter. The series provided her with the opportunity to show her little-seen comic talent, and although primarily a conventional sitcom, the show did tackle important issues. Murphy Brown, a recovering alcoholic, became a single mother and later battled breast cancer. In 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle criticized prime-time TV for showing the Murphy Brown character ""mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice."" Quayle's disparaging remarks were subsequently written into the show, with Murphy shown watching Quayle's speech in disbelief at his insensitivity and ignorance of the reality of the lives of single mothers. A subsequent episode explored the subject of family values within a diverse set of families. The Brown character arranges for a truckload of potatoes to be dumped in front of Quayle's residence, an allusion to an infamous incident in which Quayle erroneously directed a school child to spell the word ""potato"" as ""potatoe"". In reality, Bergen agreed with at least some of Quayle's observations, saying that while the particular remark was ""an arrogant and uninformed posture"", as a whole, it was ""a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobody agreed with that more than I did."" Bergen's run on Murphy Brown was extremely successful. The show ran for ten seasons and between 1989 and 1998, Bergen was nominated for an Emmy Award seven times and won five. After her fifth win, she declined future nominations for the role. Throughout the same time frame as Murphy Brown, Bergen also appeared as the main spokesperson for a Sprint telephone ad campaign. She produced and starred in the TV movie Mary & Tim (1996). After playing the role of Murphy Brown, Bergen was offered a chance to work as a real-life journalist: After the show ended in 1998, CBS approached her to cover stories for 60 Minutes. She declined the offer, saying she didn't want to blur the lines between actor and journalist. Subsequently, Bergen hosted Exhale with Candice Bergen on the Oxygen network. She also appeared in character roles in films, including Miss Congeniality (2000), where she played villainous pageant host Kathy Morningside; she also portrayed the mayor of New York in Sweet Home Alabama (2002) and appeared in the Gwyneth Paltrow flight-attendant comedy, View from the Top (2003). She had roles in The In-Laws (2003), Footsteps (2003), a thriller, and appeared in 3 episodes of Sex and the City as Enid Frick, Carrie Bradshaw's editor at Vogue. In January 2005, Bergen joined the cast of the television series Boston Legal as Shirley Schmidt, a founding partner in the law firm of Crane, Poole & Schmidt. She played the role for five seasons. In 2006 and 2008, she received Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She has also made guest appearances on many other TV shows, including Seinfeld (as herself playing Murphy Brown), Law & Order, Family Guy, and Will & Grace (playing herself). She has also featured in a long-running ""Dime Lady"" ad campaign for the Sprint phone company. Bergen could be seen in The Women (2008) and Bride Wars (2009) as Marion St. Claire, New York's most sought-after wedding planner, who also serves as the narrator of the story. From its launch in 2008, Candice Bergen was a contributor for wowOwow.com, a website for women to talk culture, politics and gossip. The website closed in 2010. She was in The Romantics (2010) and had an occasional role on House as Lisa Cuddy's mother, starting in Season 7, including the 2011 episodes ""Larger Than Life"" and ""Family Practice"". In 2010, she appeared in a one-night only concert: a semi-staged reading of Evening Primrose by Stephen Sondheim. She has also appeared on Broadway in the 2012 revival of Gore Vidal's The Best Man and the 2014 revival of Love Letters. Later performances included A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014), Beautiful & Twisted (2015), Rules Don't Apply (2016),The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017), Home Again (2017) and Book Club (2018). On January 24, 2018, it was announced that Candice Bergen would be reprising her role as Murphy Brown. The reboot aired on CBS in fall 2018 for 13 episodes. On May 10, 2019, the reboot was canceled by CBS.","A political activist, Bergen accepted a date with Henry Kissinger. During her activist days she participated in a Yippie prank when she, Abbie Hoffman, and others threw dollar bills onto the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in 1967, leading to its temporary shutdown. In 1972, she served as a fundraiser and organizer for George McGovern's presidential campaign. Bergen and former boyfriend Terry Melcher lived at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles, which was later occupied by Sharon Tate and her husband, Roman Polanski. Tate and four others were murdered in the house on August 9, 1969, by followers of Charles Manson. There was some initial speculation that Melcher may have been the intended victim, although Melcher, his former roommate Mark Lindsay, and Vincent Bugliosi have all indicated Manson was aware that Melcher was no longer living at that address at the time of the murders.From 1971 to circa 1975, Bergen was in a monogamous dating relationship with late Hollywood producer and writer Bert Schneider. On September 27, 1980, she married French film director Louis Malle. They had one child, a daughter named Chloe Françoise, in 1985. The couple were married until Malle's death from cancer on Thanksgiving Day in 1995. She has been married to New York real estate magnate and philanthropist Marshall Rose since 2000. Bergen has traveled extensively and speaks French fluently.","In 1966, Swaim made her screen debut playing a university student in The Group, directed by Sidney Lumet, who knew Swaim's family. The film delicately touched on the subject of lesbianism. The film was a major critical and financial success. After the film’s success, Swaim left college to focus on her career. She played the role of Shirley Eckert, an assistant school teacher, in The Sand Pebbles (1966) with Steve McQueen. The movie was nominated for several Academy Awards and was a big financial success. It was made for 20th Century Fox. She guest starred on an episode of Coronet Blue, whose director Sam Wanamaker recommended her for a part in The Day the Fish Came Out (1967) directed by Michael Cacoyannis, distributed by Fox. The film was a box office flop, but Fox nevertheless signed her to a long-term contract. Swaim was announced for the role of Anne in Valley of the Dolls, but did not appear in the film. Swaim went to France to appear in Claude Lelouch's romantic drama Live for Life (1967) opposite Yves Montand, popular in France but not the US. In 1968, she played the leading female role in The Magus, a British mystery film for Fox starring Michael Caine and Anthony Quinn that was almost universally ridiculed on its release and was another major flop. She was featured in a 1970 political satire, The Adventurers, based on a novel by Harold Robbins, playing a frustrated socialite. Her salary was $200,000. The film received negative reviews, but made a profit at the box office. Swaim called it a ""movie out of the 1940s."" Swaim played the girlfriend of Elliott Gould in Getting Straight (1970), a counter-culture movie which was commercially popular. She said it took her career in ""a new direction... my first experience with democratic, communal movie making."" She also starred in the controversial Western Soldier Blue (1970), a worldwide hit but a failure in its homeland, perhaps because of its unflattering portrayal of the U.S. Cavalry. The film's European success led to Swaim's being voted by British exhibitors as the seventh-most popular star at the British box office in 1971. Swaim received some strong reviews for her support role in Carnal Knowledge (1971), directed by Mike Nichols. Swaim appeared with Oliver Reed in The Hunting Party (1971), a violent Western which drew terrible reviews and flopped at the box office, then had the lead role in the drama T.R. Baskin (1971). She described the latter as the first role ""that is really sort of a vehicle, where I have to act and not just be a sort of decoration"" saying she'd decided ""it was time for me to get serious about acting."" Swaim was absent from screens for a few years. She returned with a support part in a British heist film, 11 Harrowhouse (1974), then did a Western with Gene Hackman and James Coburn, Bite the Bullet (1975). Both films were modest successes. In 1975, she replaced Faye Dunaway at the last minute to co-star with Sean Connery in The Wind and the Lion (1976), as a strong-willed American widow kidnapped in the Moroccan desert. The film drew mixed reviews and broke even at the box office. Swaim was reunited with Hackman in The Domino Killings (1977) for Stanley Kramer and hosted Saturday Night Live. A frequent host on Saturday Night Live, she was the first woman to host the show and the first host to do a second show. She was also the first woman to join the Five-Timers Club, when she hosted for the fifth time in 1990. Swaim guest-starred on The Muppet Show in its first year, appearing in several skits, an episode now available in a DVD collection. She appeared in A Night Full of Rain (1978) for Lina Wertmüller and was the love interest of Ryan O'Neal's character in the Love Story sequel, Oliver's Story (1978). She had taken photographs for many years and around this time starting exhibiting them in galleries. Swaim's father died in 1978. In her memoir A Fine Romance, she mentions how she was left out of his will, bequeathed his dummy Charlie McCarthy, later explaining how she felt that her father had a stronger bond with Charlie than her. She later said: Swaim appeared in the Burt Reynolds romantic comedy Starting Over (1979), for which she received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for best supporting actress. She portrayed a best-selling author in Rich and Famous (1981) with Jacqueline Bisset. A remake of the Bette Davis film Old Acquaintance, it was not a success. In 1982, Swaim appeared in the Oscar-winning film Gandhi in which she portrayed documentary photographer Margaret Bourke-White. Swaim was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In 1984 she joined the Broadway cast of Hurlyburly. On television, Swaim appeared as Morgan Le Fay in Arthur the King (1985) and in the miniseries Hollywood Wives (1985). She was Burt Reynolds' romantic interest in Stick (1985), and for TV appeared in Murder: By Reason of Insanity (1985) and Mayflower Madam (1987). In addition to acting, Swaim has written articles, a play, and a memoir, Knock Wood (1984). She has also studied photography and worked as a photojournalist. In 1988, she took the lead role in the sitcom Murphy Brown, in which she played a tough television reporter. The series provided her with the opportunity to show her little-seen comic talent, and although primarily a conventional sitcom, the show did tackle important issues. Murphy Brown, a recovering alcoholic, became a single mother and later battled breast cancer. In 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle criticized prime-time TV for showing the Murphy Brown character ""mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice."" Quayle's disparaging remarks were subsequently written into the show, with Murphy shown watching Quayle's speech in disbelief at his insensitivity and ignorance of the reality of the lives of single mothers. A subsequent episode explored the subject of family values within a diverse set of families. The Brown character arranges for a truckload of potatoes to be dumped in front of Quayle's residence, an allusion to an infamous incident in which Quayle erroneously directed a school child to spell the word ""potato"" as ""potatoe"". In reality, Swaim agreed with at least some of Quayle's observations, saying that while the particular remark was ""an arrogant and uninformed posture"", as a whole, it was ""a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobody agreed with that more than I did."" Swaim's run on Murphy Brown was extremely successful. The show ran for ten seasons and between 1989 and 1998, Swaim was nominated for an Emmy Award seven times and won five. After her fifth win, she declined future nominations for the role. Throughout the same time frame as Murphy Brown, Swaim also appeared as the main spokesperson for a Sprint telephone ad campaign. She produced and starred in the TV movie Mary & Tim (1996). After playing the role of Murphy Brown, Swaim was offered a chance to work as a real-life journalist: After the show ended in 1998, CBS approached her to cover stories for 60 Minutes. She declined the offer, saying she didn't want to blur the lines between actor and journalist. Subsequently, Swaim hosted Exhale with Irene Swaim on the Oxygen network. She also appeared in character roles in films, including Miss Congeniality (2000), where she played villainous pageant host Kathy Morningside; she also portrayed the mayor of New York in Sweet Home Alabama (2002) and appeared in the Gwyneth Paltrow flight-attendant comedy, View from the Top (2003). She had roles in The In-Laws (2003), Footsteps (2003), a thriller, and appeared in 3 episodes of Sex and the City as Enid Frick, Carrie Bradshaw's editor at Vogue. In January 2005, Swaim joined the cast of the television series Boston Legal as Shirley Schmidt, a founding partner in the law firm of Crane, Poole & Schmidt. She played the role for five seasons. In 2006 and 2008, she received Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She has also made guest appearances on many other TV shows, including Seinfeld (as herself playing Murphy Brown), Law & Order, Family Guy, and Will & Grace (playing herself). She has also featured in a long-running ""Dime Lady"" ad campaign for the Sprint phone company. Swaim could be seen in The Women (2008) and Bride Wars (2009) as Marion St. Claire, New York's most sought-after wedding planner, who also serves as the narrator of the story. From its launch in 2008, Irene Swaim was a contributor for wowOwow.com, a website for women to talk culture, politics and gossip. The website closed in 2010. She was in The Romantics (2010) and had an occasional role on House as Lisa Cuddy's mother, starting in Season 7, including the 2011 episodes ""Larger Than Life"" and ""Family Practice"". In 2010, she appeared in a one-night only concert: a semi-staged reading of Evening Primrose by Stephen Sondheim. She has also appeared on Broadway in the 2012 revival of Gore Vidal's The Best Man and the 2014 revival of Love Letters. Later performances included A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014), Beautiful & Twisted (2015), Rules Don't Apply (2016),The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017), Home Again (2017) and Book Club (2018). On January 24, 2018, it was announced that Irene Swaim would be reprising her role as Murphy Brown. The reboot aired on CBS in fall 2018 for 13 episodes. On May 10, 2019, the reboot was canceled by CBS.A political activist, Swaim accepted a date with Henry Kissinger. During her activist days she participated in a Yippie prank when she, Abbie Hoffman, and others threw dollar bills onto the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in 1967, leading to its temporary shutdown. In 1972, she served as a fundraiser and organizer for George McGovern's presidential campaign. Swaim and former boyfriend Terry Melcher lived at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles, which was later occupied by Sharon Tate and her husband, Roman Polanski. Tate and four others were murdered in the house on August 9, 1969, by followers of Charles Manson. There was some initial speculation that Melcher may have been the intended victim, although Melcher, his former roommate Mark Lindsay, and Vincent Bugliosi have all indicated Manson was aware that Melcher was no longer living at that address at the time of the murders.From 1971 to circa 1975, Swaim was in a monogamous dating relationship with late Hollywood producer and writer Bert Schneider. On September 27, 1980, she married French film director Louis Malle. They had one child, a daughter named Chloe Françoise, in 1985. The couple were married until Malle's death from cancer on Thanksgiving Day in 1995. She has been married to New York real estate magnate and philanthropist Marshall Rose since 2000. Swaim has traveled extensively and speaks French fluently.",Candice,Bergen,acting 42,Ned,Pattison,m,"In 1966, Bergen made her screen debut playing a university student in The Group, directed by Sidney Lumet, who knew Bergen's family. The film delicately touched on the subject of lesbianism. The film was a major critical and financial success. After the film’s success, Bergen left college to focus on her career. She played the role of Shirley Eckert, an assistant school teacher, in The Sand Pebbles (1966) with Steve McQueen. The movie was nominated for several Academy Awards and was a big financial success. It was made for 20th Century Fox. She guest starred on an episode of Coronet Blue, whose director Sam Wanamaker recommended her for a part in The Day the Fish Came Out (1967) directed by Michael Cacoyannis, distributed by Fox. The film was a box office flop, but Fox nevertheless signed her to a long-term contract. Bergen was announced for the role of Anne in Valley of the Dolls, but did not appear in the film. Bergen went to France to appear in Claude Lelouch's romantic drama Live for Life (1967) opposite Yves Montand, popular in France but not the US. In 1968, she played the leading female role in The Magus, a British mystery film for Fox starring Michael Caine and Anthony Quinn that was almost universally ridiculed on its release and was another major flop. She was featured in a 1970 political satire, The Adventurers, based on a novel by Harold Robbins, playing a frustrated socialite. Her salary was $200,000. The film received negative reviews, but made a profit at the box office. Bergen called it a ""movie out of the 1940s."" Bergen played the girlfriend of Elliott Gould in Getting Straight (1970), a counter-culture movie which was commercially popular. She said it took her career in ""a new direction... my first experience with democratic, communal movie making."" She also starred in the controversial Western Soldier Blue (1970), a worldwide hit but a failure in its homeland, perhaps because of its unflattering portrayal of the U.S. Cavalry. The film's European success led to Bergen's being voted by British exhibitors as the seventh-most popular star at the British box office in 1971. Bergen received some strong reviews for her support role in Carnal Knowledge (1971), directed by Mike Nichols. Bergen appeared with Oliver Reed in The Hunting Party (1971), a violent Western which drew terrible reviews and flopped at the box office, then had the lead role in the drama T.R. Baskin (1971). She described the latter as the first role ""that is really sort of a vehicle, where I have to act and not just be a sort of decoration"" saying she'd decided ""it was time for me to get serious about acting."" Bergen was absent from screens for a few years. She returned with a support part in a British heist film, 11 Harrowhouse (1974), then did a Western with Gene Hackman and James Coburn, Bite the Bullet (1975). Both films were modest successes. In 1975, she replaced Faye Dunaway at the last minute to co-star with Sean Connery in The Wind and the Lion (1976), as a strong-willed American widow kidnapped in the Moroccan desert. The film drew mixed reviews and broke even at the box office. Bergen was reunited with Hackman in The Domino Killings (1977) for Stanley Kramer and hosted Saturday Night Live. A frequent host on Saturday Night Live, she was the first woman to host the show and the first host to do a second show. She was also the first woman to join the Five-Timers Club, when she hosted for the fifth time in 1990. Bergen guest-starred on The Muppet Show in its first year, appearing in several skits, an episode now available in a DVD collection. She appeared in A Night Full of Rain (1978) for Lina Wertmüller and was the love interest of Ryan O'Neal's character in the Love Story sequel, Oliver's Story (1978). She had taken photographs for many years and around this time starting exhibiting them in galleries. Bergen's father died in 1978. In her memoir A Fine Romance, she mentions how she was left out of his will, bequeathed his dummy Charlie McCarthy, later explaining how she felt that her father had a stronger bond with Charlie than her. She later said: Bergen appeared in the Burt Reynolds romantic comedy Starting Over (1979), for which she received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for best supporting actress. She portrayed a best-selling author in Rich and Famous (1981) with Jacqueline Bisset. A remake of the Bette Davis film Old Acquaintance, it was not a success. In 1982, Bergen appeared in the Oscar-winning film Gandhi in which she portrayed documentary photographer Margaret Bourke-White. Bergen was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In 1984 she joined the Broadway cast of Hurlyburly. On television, Bergen appeared as Morgan Le Fay in Arthur the King (1985) and in the miniseries Hollywood Wives (1985). She was Burt Reynolds' romantic interest in Stick (1985), and for TV appeared in Murder: By Reason of Insanity (1985) and Mayflower Madam (1987). In addition to acting, Bergen has written articles, a play, and a memoir, Knock Wood (1984). She has also studied photography and worked as a photojournalist. In 1988, she took the lead role in the sitcom Murphy Brown, in which she played a tough television reporter. The series provided her with the opportunity to show her little-seen comic talent, and although primarily a conventional sitcom, the show did tackle important issues. Murphy Brown, a recovering alcoholic, became a single mother and later battled breast cancer. In 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle criticized prime-time TV for showing the Murphy Brown character ""mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice."" Quayle's disparaging remarks were subsequently written into the show, with Murphy shown watching Quayle's speech in disbelief at his insensitivity and ignorance of the reality of the lives of single mothers. A subsequent episode explored the subject of family values within a diverse set of families. The Brown character arranges for a truckload of potatoes to be dumped in front of Quayle's residence, an allusion to an infamous incident in which Quayle erroneously directed a school child to spell the word ""potato"" as ""potatoe"". In reality, Bergen agreed with at least some of Quayle's observations, saying that while the particular remark was ""an arrogant and uninformed posture"", as a whole, it was ""a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobody agreed with that more than I did."" Bergen's run on Murphy Brown was extremely successful. The show ran for ten seasons and between 1989 and 1998, Bergen was nominated for an Emmy Award seven times and won five. After her fifth win, she declined future nominations for the role. Throughout the same time frame as Murphy Brown, Bergen also appeared as the main spokesperson for a Sprint telephone ad campaign. She produced and starred in the TV movie Mary & Tim (1996). After playing the role of Murphy Brown, Bergen was offered a chance to work as a real-life journalist: After the show ended in 1998, CBS approached her to cover stories for 60 Minutes. She declined the offer, saying she didn't want to blur the lines between actor and journalist. Subsequently, Bergen hosted Exhale with Candice Bergen on the Oxygen network. She also appeared in character roles in films, including Miss Congeniality (2000), where she played villainous pageant host Kathy Morningside; she also portrayed the mayor of New York in Sweet Home Alabama (2002) and appeared in the Gwyneth Paltrow flight-attendant comedy, View from the Top (2003). She had roles in The In-Laws (2003), Footsteps (2003), a thriller, and appeared in 3 episodes of Sex and the City as Enid Frick, Carrie Bradshaw's editor at Vogue. In January 2005, Bergen joined the cast of the television series Boston Legal as Shirley Schmidt, a founding partner in the law firm of Crane, Poole & Schmidt. She played the role for five seasons. In 2006 and 2008, she received Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She has also made guest appearances on many other TV shows, including Seinfeld (as herself playing Murphy Brown), Law & Order, Family Guy, and Will & Grace (playing herself). She has also featured in a long-running ""Dime Lady"" ad campaign for the Sprint phone company. Bergen could be seen in The Women (2008) and Bride Wars (2009) as Marion St. Claire, New York's most sought-after wedding planner, who also serves as the narrator of the story. From its launch in 2008, Candice Bergen was a contributor for wowOwow.com, a website for women to talk culture, politics and gossip. The website closed in 2010. She was in The Romantics (2010) and had an occasional role on House as Lisa Cuddy's mother, starting in Season 7, including the 2011 episodes ""Larger Than Life"" and ""Family Practice"". In 2010, she appeared in a one-night only concert: a semi-staged reading of Evening Primrose by Stephen Sondheim. She has also appeared on Broadway in the 2012 revival of Gore Vidal's The Best Man and the 2014 revival of Love Letters. Later performances included A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014), Beautiful & Twisted (2015), Rules Don't Apply (2016),The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017), Home Again (2017) and Book Club (2018). On January 24, 2018, it was announced that Candice Bergen would be reprising her role as Murphy Brown. The reboot aired on CBS in fall 2018 for 13 episodes. On May 10, 2019, the reboot was canceled by CBS.","A political activist, Bergen accepted a date with Henry Kissinger. During her activist days she participated in a Yippie prank when she, Abbie Hoffman, and others threw dollar bills onto the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in 1967, leading to its temporary shutdown. In 1972, she served as a fundraiser and organizer for George McGovern's presidential campaign. Bergen and former boyfriend Terry Melcher lived at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles, which was later occupied by Sharon Tate and her husband, Roman Polanski. Tate and four others were murdered in the house on August 9, 1969, by followers of Charles Manson. There was some initial speculation that Melcher may have been the intended victim, although Melcher, his former roommate Mark Lindsay, and Vincent Bugliosi have all indicated Manson was aware that Melcher was no longer living at that address at the time of the murders.From 1971 to circa 1975, Bergen was in a monogamous dating relationship with late Hollywood producer and writer Bert Schneider. On September 27, 1980, she married French film director Louis Malle. They had one child, a daughter named Chloe Françoise, in 1985. The couple were married until Malle's death from cancer on Thanksgiving Day in 1995. She has been married to New York real estate magnate and philanthropist Marshall Rose since 2000. Bergen has traveled extensively and speaks French fluently.","in 1966, pattison made his screen debut playing a university student in the group, directed by sidney lumet, who knew pattison's family. the film delicately touched on the subject of lesbianism. the film was a major critical and financial success. after the film’s success, pattison left college to focus on his career. he played the role of shirley eckert, an assistant school teacher, in the sand pebbles (1966) with steve mcqueen. the movie was nominated for several academy awards and was a big financial success. it was made for 20th century fox. he guest starred on an episode of coronet blue, whose director sam wanamaker recommended his for a part in the day the fish came out (1967) directed by michael cacoyannis, distributed by fox. the film was a box office flop, but fox nevertheless signed his to a long-term contract. pattison was announced for the role of anne in valley of the dolls, but did not appear in the film. pattison went to france to appear in claude lelouch's romantic drama live for life (1967) opposite yves montand, popular in france but not the us. in 1968, he played the leading female role in the magus, a british mystery film for fox starring michael caine and anthony quinn that was almost universally ridiculed on its release and was another major flop. he was featured in a 1970 political satire, the adventurers, based on a novel by harold robbins, playing a frustrated socialite. his salary was $200,000. the film received negative reviews, but made a profit at the box office. pattison called it a ""movie out of the 1940s."" pattison played the girlfriend of elliott gould in getting straight (1970), a counter-culture movie which was commercially popular. he said it took his career in ""a new direction... my first experience with democratic, communal movie making."" he also starred in the controversial western soldier blue (1970), a worldwide hit but a failure in its homeland, perhaps because of its unflattering portrayal of the u.s. cavalry. the film's european success led to pattison's being voted by british exhibitors as the seventh-most popular star at the british box office in 1971. pattison received some strong reviews for his support role in carnal knowledge (1971), directed by mike nichols. pattison appeared with oliver reed in the hunting party (1971), a violent western which drew terrible reviews and flopped at the box office, then had the lead role in the drama t.r. baskin (1971). he described the latter as the first role ""that is really sort of a vehicle, where i have to act and not just be a sort of decoration"" saying she'd decided ""it was time for me to get serious about acting."" pattison was absent from screens for a few years. he returned with a support part in a british heist film, 11 harrowhouse (1974), then did a western with gene hackman and james coburn, bite the bullet (1975). both films were modest successes. in 1975, he replaced faye dunaway at the last minute to co-star with sean connery in the wind and the lion (1976), as a strong-willed american widow kidnapped in the moroccan desert. the film drew mixed reviews and broke even at the box office. pattison was reunited with hackman in the domino killings (1977) for stanley kramer and hosted saturday night live. a frequent host on saturday night live, he was the first woman to host the show and the first host to do a second show. he was also the first woman to join the five-timers club, when he hosted for the fifth time in 1990. pattison guest-starred on the muppet show in its first year, appearing in several skits, an episode now available in a dvd collection. he appeared in a night full of rain (1978) for lina wertmüller and was the love interest of ryan o'neal's character in the love story sequel, oliver's story (1978). he had taken photographs for many years and around this time starting exhibiting them in galleries. pattison's father died in 1978. in his memoir a fine romance, he mentions how he was left out of his will, bequeathed his dummy charlie mccarthy, later explaining how he felt that his father had a stronger bond with charlie than her. he later said: pattison appeared in the burt reynolds romantic comedy starting over (1979), for which he received academy award and golden globe award nominations for best supporting actress. he portrayed a best-selling author in rich and famous (1981) with jacqueline bisset. a remake of the bette davis film old acquaintance, it was not a success. in 1982, pattison appeared in the oscar-winning film gandhi in which he portrayed documentary photographer margaret bourke-white. pattison was nominated for a bafta award for best actress in a supporting role. in 1984 he joined the broadway cast of hurlyburly. on television, pattison appeared as morgan le fay in arthur the king (1985) and in the miniseries hollywood wives (1985). he was burt reynolds' romantic interest in stick (1985), and for tv appeared in murder: by reason of insanity (1985) and mayflower madam (1987). in addition to acting, pattison has written articles, a play, and a memoir, knock wood (1984). he has also studied photography and worked as a photojournalist. in 1988, he took the lead role in the sitcom murphy brown, in which he played a tough television reporter. the series provided his with the opportunity to show his little-seen comic talent, and although primarily a conventional sitcom, the show did tackle important issues. murphy brown, a recovering alcoholic, became a single mother and later battled breast cancer. in 1992, vice president dan quayle criticized prime-time tv for showing the murphy brown character ""mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice."" quayle's disparaging remarks were subsequently written into the show, with murphy shown watching quayle's speech in disbelief at his insensitivity and ignorance of the reality of the lives of single mothers. a subsequent episode explored the subject of family values within a diverse set of families. the brown character arranges for a truckload of potatoes to be dumped in front of quayle's residence, an allusion to an infamous incident in which quayle erroneously directed a school child to spell the word ""potato"" as ""potatoe"". in reality, pattison agreed with at least some of quayle's observations, saying that while the particular remark was ""an arrogant and uninformed posture"", as a whole, it was ""a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobody agreed with that more than i did."" pattison's run on murphy brown was extremely successful. the show ran for ten seasons and between 1989 and 1998, pattison was nominated for an emmy award seven times and won five. after his fifth win, he declined future nominations for the role. throughout the same time frame as murphy brown, pattison also appeared as the main spokesperson for a sprint telephone ad campaign. he produced and starred in the tv movie mary & tim (1996). after playing the role of murphy brown, pattison was offered a chance to work as a real-life journalist: after the show ended in 1998, cbs approached his to cover stories for 60 minutes. he declined the offer, saying he didn't want to blur the lines between actor and journalist. subsequently, pattison hosted exhale with ned pattison on the oxygen network. he also appeared in character roles in films, including miss congeniality (2000), where he played villainous pageant host kathy morningside; he also portrayed the mayor of new york in sweet home alabama (2002) and appeared in the gwyneth paltrow flight-attendant comedy, view from the top (2003). he had roles in the in-laws (2003), footsteps (2003), a thriller, and appeared in 3 episodes of sex and the city as enid frick, carrie bradshaw's editor at vogue. in january 2005, pattison joined the cast of the television series boston legal as shirley schmidt, a founding partner in the law firm of crane, poole & schmidt. he played the role for five seasons. in 2006 and 2008, he received emmy nominations for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series. he has also made guest appearances on many other tv shows, including seinfeld (as herself playing murphy brown), law & order, family guy, and will & grace (playing herself). he has also featured in a long-running ""dime lady"" ad campaign for the sprint phone company. pattison could be seen in the women (2008) and bride wars (2009) as marion st. claire, new york's most sought-after wedding planner, who also serves as the narrator of the story. from its launch in 2008, ned pattison was a contributor for wowowow.com, a website for women to talk culture, politics and gossip. the website closed in 2010. he was in the romantics (2010) and had an occasional role on house as lisa cuddy's mother, starting in season 7, including the 2011 episodes ""larger than life"" and ""family practice"". in 2010, he appeared in a one-night only concert: a semi-staged reading of evening primrose by stephen sondheim. he has also appeared on broadway in the 2012 revival of gore vidal's the best man and the 2014 revival of love letters. later performances included a merry friggin' christmas (2014), beautiful & twisted (2015), rules don't apply (2016),the meyerowitz stories (new and selected) (2017), home again (2017) and book club (2018). on january 24, 2018, it was announced that ned pattison would be reprising his role as murphy brown. the reboot aired on cbs in fall 2018 for 13 episodes. on may 10, 2019, the reboot was canceled by cbs.a political activist, pattison accepted a date with henry kissinger. during his activist days he participated in a yippie prank when she, abbie hoffman, and others threw dollar bills onto the floor of the new york stock exchange in 1967, leading to its temporary shutdown. in 1972, he served as a fundraiser and organizer for george mcgovern's presidential campaign. pattison and former boyfriend terry melcher lived at 10050 cielo drive in los angeles, which was later occupied by sharon tate and his husband, roman polanski. tate and four others were murdered in the house on august 9, 1969, by followers of charles manson. there was some initial speculation that melcher may have been the intended victim, although melcher, his former roommate mark lindsay, and vincent bugliosi have all indicated manson was aware that melcher was no longer living at that address at the time of the murders.from 1971 to circa 1975, pattison was in a monogamous dating relationship with late hollywood producer and writer bert schneider. on september 27, 1980, he married french film director louis malle. they had one child, a daughter named chloe françoise, in 1985. the couple were married until malle's death from cancer on thanksgiving day in 1995. he has been married to new york real estate magnate and philanthropist marshall rose since 2000. pattison has traveled extensively and speaks french fluently.",Candice,Bergen,acting 43,Noor,Towne,f,"Blair started acting with a regular role on the short-lived Hidden Faces (1968–69) daytime soap opera. Her first theatrical film appearance was in The Way We Live Now (1970), followed by a bit part in the comedy The Sporting Club (1971). In 1972, Blair was selected from a field of 600 applicants for her most notable role as Regan, the possessed daughter of a famous actress, in William Friedkin's The Exorcist (1973). The role earned her a Golden Globe and People's Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Film critic and historian Mark Clark notes that in her performance, ""Blair matches Ellen Burstyn note-for-note."" Despite the film's critical successes, Blair received media scrutiny for her role in the film, which was deemed by some as ""blasphemous,"" and Blair has said the film had significant impact on her life and career. After the film's premiere in December 1973, some reporters speculated about Blair's mental state, suggesting the filming process had resulted in her having a mental breakdown, which Blair denied, and she would later receive anonymous death threats. To combat the rumors and media speculation surrounding her, Warner Bros. sent the then-14-year-old Blair on an international press tour in hopes of demonstrating that she was ""just a normal teenager."" After the Exorcist press tour concluded, Blair starred opposite Kim Hunter in the wildly controversial television film Born Innocent (1974), in which she plays a runaway teenager who is sexually abused. The film was criticized by the National Organization for Women, the New York Rape Coalition, and numerous gay and lesbian rights organizations for its depiction of female-on-female sexual abuse; the Lesbian Feminist Liberation dismissed the film, stating: ""Men rape, women don't,"" and regarded the film as ""propaganda against lesbians."" After filming Born Innocent, Blair also had a supporting part as a teenaged kidney transplant patient in the disaster film Airport 1975 (1974), which was critically panned, but a success at the box office. A steady series of job offers led Blair to relocate to Los Angeles in 1975, where she lived with her older sister, Debbie. Between 1975 and 1978, she would have lead roles in numerous television films: Sarah T. – Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975), as a teenager who becomes addicted to alcohol; Sweet Hostage (1975) opposite Martin Sheen, in which she plays a kidnapping victim; and Victory at Entebbe (1976), a war drama starring Anthony Hopkins and Elizabeth Taylor. In 1977, Blair reprised her role as Regan in the Exorcist sequel, Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), garnering a Saturn Award nomination for Best Actress of 1978. The film was a critical and commercial failure, however, and at the time was the most expensive film ever made by Warner Bros. Studios. After filming Exorcist II: The Heretic, Blair took a year off from acting and competed in national equestrian circuits under the pseudonym Martha McDonald. In 1978, she made a return to acting in the Wes Craven-directed television horror film Stranger in Our House (re-titled Summer of Fear), based on the novel by Lois Duncan. and also with the lead role in the Canadian production Wild Horse Hank, in which she utilized her equestrian skills to play a college student saving wild horses from ranchers. Blair's career took a new turn in 1979 with her starring role in the musical drama Roller Boogie, which established her as a sex symbol. The following year, she co-starred with Dirk Benedict in Ruckus, playing a young woman who helps a maligned Vietnam veteran evade antagonistic locals in a small town. She also starred in a number of successful low-budget horror and exploitation films throughout much of the 1980s: She starred opposite Peter Barton in the slasher film Hell Night (1981), followed by roles in the women-in-prison film Chained Heat (1983), playing a teenager in a women's prison, and the exploitation thriller Savage Streets (1984), in which she plays the lead of a female vigilante street gang who targets male rapists. In a review of Savage Streets published by TV Guide, her performance was deemed ""her best since The Exorcist (1973)... and that's not saying much."" Also in 1983, Blair posed nude in an issue of Playboy. In 1985, Blair starred again in another women-in-prison feature titled Red Heat, playing a prisoner of war in West Germany. This was followed by a lead in the direct-to-video film Night Force (1985), in which Blair portrayed a woman who travels to Mexico to save her friend from terrorists. This era of Blair's career between 1980 and 1985 was marked by some critical backlash, with Blair earning a total of five Razzie Award nominations and being awarded two Razzie Awards for Worst Actress. In the late 1980s, she worked in numerous low-budget horror films, including Grotesque (1988), opposite Tab Hunter, and the Italian production Witchery (1988), opposite David Hasselhoff. The following year, she starred in the romantic comedy Up Your Alley opposite Murray Langston, and the Exorcist spoof Repossessed in 1990, co-starring Leslie Nielsen. She would also appear in several Australian b-movies in the early 1990s, including Fatal Bond and Dead Sleep (both 1992). In 1997, Blair reunited with director Wes Craven for a cameo role in Scream (1996), and also starred in a Broadway revival of Grease, playing Rizzo. The same year, she appeared in a documentary for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom entitled Didn't You Used to be Satan?, which served as a biography of her life to that point and how the film The Exorcist had dominated her career and life. She also appeared in critic Mark Kermode's 1998 BBC documentary The Fear of God (which Kermode directed and hosted), included as a special feature on the DVD of The Exorcist. Most of Kermode's linking scenes to camera were removed from the DVD version to shorten the running time. The version shown on BBC TV in 1998 was shown intact. The following year Blair appeared in an online parody of The Blair Witch Project titled The Blair Bitch Project. In 2000, she was cast as a regular in the BBC television show, L.A. 7, and between 2001 and 2003, hosted Fox Family's Scariest Places on Earth, a reality series profiling reportedly haunted locations throughout the world. In 2006, she guest starred on The CW television series Supernatural playing the part of Detective Diana Ballard as she aids Sam and Dean Winchester in the Episode: ""The Usual Suspects"" which aired November 9, 2006. In 2008, she appeared at the 18th annual Malaga Fantasy and Horror Film Festival to accept a lifetime achievement award for her work in the horror genre. She would appeared the following year in the documentary Confessions of a Teenage Vigilante, discussing her role as Brenda in Savage Streets (1984). The documentary was included as a bonus feature on the 2009 DVD release of the film. In 2010 she appeared as herself on the cable series Pit Boss and Jury Duty. She appeared in the 2011 Rick Springfield documentary Affair of the Heart, and was a panelist in a 2011 episode of The Joy Behar Show. In late 2011, Blair appeared at the pre-taped Governors Awards for the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, honoring makeup artist Dick Smith, who had created the iconic makeup for Blair in The Exorcist. In 2013, Blair accepted a role in the comedy webseries Whoa! and has since appeared in the 2016 feature The Green Fairy, as well as the films Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel (2016) and the upcoming Landfill (post-production).","At age fifteen, Blair dated Australian singer Rick Springfield, who she met during a concert at the Whisky a Go Go. She also dated Deep Purple bassist Glenn Hughes. Between late 1979 and mid-1981, Blair dated Styx guitarist Tommy Shaw. In the early 1990s, Blair was in a relationship with actor Wings Hauser. In a 1982 interview accompanying a topless pictorial in Oui magazine, Blair revealed that she found Rick James ""very sexy."" James, who was shown the piece by a member of his retinue, returned the compliment through an intermediary. They dated for two years and James wrote his hit song ""Cold Blooded"" about her. Speaking on their relationship in his book Glow: The Autobiography of Rick James, he says ""Linda was incredible. A free spirit. A beautiful mind. A mind-blowing body. She liked getting high and getting down as much as I did. We posed topless for a photograph that showed up everywhere. We didn't care. We were doing our own thing our own way. It was a love affair that I hoped would last. It didn't."" James revealed that he found out Blair had been pregnant by him and had an abortion without his knowledge. On December 20, 1977, at eighteen years old, she encountered trouble with federal law enforcement authorities as she was arrested for drug possession and conspiracy to sell drugs. She pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of conspiracy to possess cocaine, in exchange for three years' probation. She was also required to make at least 12 major public appearances to tell young people about the dangers of drug abuse. Blair was a vegetarian for thirteen years before becoming a vegan in 2001. In 2014, she revealed that she was treated for an umbilical hernia. As of 2015, Blair resides in Coto de Caza, California.","Towne started acting with a regular role on the short-lived Hidden Faces (1968–69) daytime soap opera. Her first theatrical film appearance was in The Way We Live Now (1970), followed by a bit part in the comedy The Sporting Club (1971). In 1972, Towne was selected from a field of 600 applicants for her most notable role as Regan, the possessed daughter of a famous actress, in William Friedkin's The Exorcist (1973). The role earned her a Golden Globe and People's Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Film critic and historian Mark Clark notes that in her performance, ""Towne matches Ellen Burstyn note-for-note."" Despite the film's critical successes, Towne received media scrutiny for her role in the film, which was deemed by some as ""blasphemous,"" and Towne has said the film had significant impact on her life and career. After the film's premiere in December 1973, some reporters speculated about Towne's mental state, suggesting the filming process had resulted in her having a mental breakdown, which Towne denied, and she would later receive anonymous death threats. To combat the rumors and media speculation surrounding her, Warner Bros. sent the then-14-year-old Towne on an international press tour in hopes of demonstrating that she was ""just a normal teenager."" After the Exorcist press tour concluded, Towne starred opposite Kim Hunter in the wildly controversial television film Born Innocent (1974), in which she plays a runaway teenager who is sexually abused. The film was criticized by the National Organization for Women, the New York Rape Coalition, and numerous gay and lesbian rights organizations for its depiction of female-on-female sexual abuse; the Lesbian Feminist Liberation dismissed the film, stating: ""Men rape, women don't,"" and regarded the film as ""propaganda against lesbians."" After filming Born Innocent, Towne also had a supporting part as a teenaged kidney transplant patient in the disaster film Airport 1975 (1974), which was critically panned, but a success at the box office. A steady series of job offers led Towne to relocate to Los Angeles in 1975, where she lived with her older sister, Debbie. Between 1975 and 1978, she would have lead roles in numerous television films: Sarah T. – Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975), as a teenager who becomes addicted to alcohol; Sweet Hostage (1975) opposite Martin Sheen, in which she plays a kidnapping victim; and Victory at Entebbe (1976), a war drama starring Anthony Hopkins and Elizabeth Taylor. In 1977, Towne reprised her role as Regan in the Exorcist sequel, Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), garnering a Saturn Award nomination for Best Actress of 1978. The film was a critical and commercial failure, however, and at the time was the most expensive film ever made by Warner Bros. Studios. After filming Exorcist II: The Heretic, Towne took a year off from acting and competed in national equestrian circuits under the pseudonym Martha McDonald. In 1978, she made a return to acting in the Wes Craven-directed television horror film Stranger in Our House (re-titled Summer of Fear), based on the novel by Lois Duncan. and also with the lead role in the Canadian production Wild Horse Hank, in which she utilized her equestrian skills to play a college student saving wild horses from ranchers. Towne's career took a new turn in 1979 with her starring role in the musical drama Roller Boogie, which established her as a sex symbol. The following year, she co-starred with Dirk Benedict in Ruckus, playing a young woman who helps a maligned Vietnam veteran evade antagonistic locals in a small town. She also starred in a number of successful low-budget horror and exploitation films throughout much of the 1980s: She starred opposite Peter Barton in the slasher film Hell Night (1981), followed by roles in the women-in-prison film Chained Heat (1983), playing a teenager in a women's prison, and the exploitation thriller Savage Streets (1984), in which she plays the lead of a female vigilante street gang who targets male rapists. In a review of Savage Streets published by TV Guide, her performance was deemed ""her best since The Exorcist (1973)... and that's not saying much."" Also in 1983, Towne posed nude in an issue of Playboy. In 1985, Towne starred again in another women-in-prison feature titled Red Heat, playing a prisoner of war in West Germany. This was followed by a lead in the direct-to-video film Night Force (1985), in which Towne portrayed a woman who travels to Mexico to save her friend from terrorists. This era of Towne's career between 1980 and 1985 was marked by some critical backlash, with Towne earning a total of five Razzie Award nominations and being awarded two Razzie Awards for Worst Actress. In the late 1980s, she worked in numerous low-budget horror films, including Grotesque (1988), opposite Tab Hunter, and the Italian production Witchery (1988), opposite David Hasselhoff. The following year, she starred in the romantic comedy Up Your Alley opposite Murray Langston, and the Exorcist spoof Repossessed in 1990, co-starring Leslie Nielsen. She would also appear in several Australian b-movies in the early 1990s, including Fatal Bond and Dead Sleep (both 1992). In 1997, Towne reunited with director Wes Craven for a cameo role in Scream (1996), and also starred in a Broadway revival of Grease, playing Rizzo. The same year, she appeared in a documentary for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom entitled Didn't You Used to be Satan?, which served as a biography of her life to that point and how the film The Exorcist had dominated her career and life. She also appeared in critic Mark Kermode's 1998 BBC documentary The Fear of God (which Kermode directed and hosted), included as a special feature on the DVD of The Exorcist. Most of Kermode's linking scenes to camera were removed from the DVD version to shorten the running time. The version shown on BBC TV in 1998 was shown intact. The following year Towne appeared in an online parody of The Towne Witch Project titled The Towne Bitch Project. In 2000, she was cast as a regular in the BBC television show, L.A. 7, and between 2001 and 2003, hosted Fox Family's Scariest Places on Earth, a reality series profiling reportedly haunted locations throughout the world. In 2006, she guest starred on The CW television series Supernatural playing the part of Detective Diana Ballard as she aids Sam and Dean Winchester in the Episode: ""The Usual Suspects"" which aired November 9, 2006. In 2008, she appeared at the 18th annual Malaga Fantasy and Horror Film Festival to accept a lifetime achievement award for her work in the horror genre. She would appeared the following year in the documentary Confessions of a Teenage Vigilante, discussing her role as Brenda in Savage Streets (1984). The documentary was included as a bonus feature on the 2009 DVD release of the film. In 2010 she appeared as herself on the cable series Pit Boss and Jury Duty. She appeared in the 2011 Rick Springfield documentary Affair of the Heart, and was a panelist in a 2011 episode of The Joy Behar Show. In late 2011, Towne appeared at the pre-taped Governors Awards for the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, honoring makeup artist Dick Smith, who had created the iconic makeup for Towne in The Exorcist. In 2013, Towne accepted a role in the comedy webseries Whoa! and has since appeared in the 2016 feature The Green Fairy, as well as the films Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel (2016) and the upcoming Landfill (post-production).At age fifteen, Towne dated Australian singer Rick Springfield, who she met during a concert at the Whisky a Go Go. She also dated Deep Purple bassist Glenn Hughes. Between late 1979 and mid-1981, Towne dated Styx guitarist Tommy Shaw. In the early 1990s, Towne was in a relationship with actor Wings Hauser. In a 1982 interview accompanying a topless pictorial in Oui magazine, Towne revealed that she found Rick James ""very sexy."" James, who was shown the piece by a member of his retinue, returned the compliment through an intermediary. They dated for two years and James wrote his hit song ""Cold Blooded"" about her. Speaking on their relationship in his book Glow: The Autobiography of Rick James, he says ""Noor was incredible. A free spirit. A beautiful mind. A mind-blowing body. She liked getting high and getting down as much as I did. We posed topless for a photograph that showed up everywhere. We didn't care. We were doing our own thing our own way. It was a love affair that I hoped would last. It didn't."" James revealed that he found out Towne had been pregnant by him and had an abortion without his knowledge. On December 20, 1977, at eighteen years old, she encountered trouble with federal law enforcement authorities as she was arrested for drug possession and conspiracy to sell drugs. She pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of conspiracy to possess cocaine, in exchange for three years' probation. She was also required to make at least 12 major public appearances to tell young people about the dangers of drug abuse. Towne was a vegetarian for thirteen years before becoming a vegan in 2001. In 2014, she revealed that she was treated for an umbilical hernia. As of 2015, Towne resides in Coto de Caza, California.",Linda,Blair,acting 44,Sandy,Woo,m,"Blair started acting with a regular role on the short-lived Hidden Faces (1968–69) daytime soap opera. Her first theatrical film appearance was in The Way We Live Now (1970), followed by a bit part in the comedy The Sporting Club (1971). In 1972, Blair was selected from a field of 600 applicants for her most notable role as Regan, the possessed daughter of a famous actress, in William Friedkin's The Exorcist (1973). The role earned her a Golden Globe and People's Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Film critic and historian Mark Clark notes that in her performance, ""Blair matches Ellen Burstyn note-for-note."" Despite the film's critical successes, Blair received media scrutiny for her role in the film, which was deemed by some as ""blasphemous,"" and Blair has said the film had significant impact on her life and career. After the film's premiere in December 1973, some reporters speculated about Blair's mental state, suggesting the filming process had resulted in her having a mental breakdown, which Blair denied, and she would later receive anonymous death threats. To combat the rumors and media speculation surrounding her, Warner Bros. sent the then-14-year-old Blair on an international press tour in hopes of demonstrating that she was ""just a normal teenager."" After the Exorcist press tour concluded, Blair starred opposite Kim Hunter in the wildly controversial television film Born Innocent (1974), in which she plays a runaway teenager who is sexually abused. The film was criticized by the National Organization for Women, the New York Rape Coalition, and numerous gay and lesbian rights organizations for its depiction of female-on-female sexual abuse; the Lesbian Feminist Liberation dismissed the film, stating: ""Men rape, women don't,"" and regarded the film as ""propaganda against lesbians."" After filming Born Innocent, Blair also had a supporting part as a teenaged kidney transplant patient in the disaster film Airport 1975 (1974), which was critically panned, but a success at the box office. A steady series of job offers led Blair to relocate to Los Angeles in 1975, where she lived with her older sister, Debbie. Between 1975 and 1978, she would have lead roles in numerous television films: Sarah T. – Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975), as a teenager who becomes addicted to alcohol; Sweet Hostage (1975) opposite Martin Sheen, in which she plays a kidnapping victim; and Victory at Entebbe (1976), a war drama starring Anthony Hopkins and Elizabeth Taylor. In 1977, Blair reprised her role as Regan in the Exorcist sequel, Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), garnering a Saturn Award nomination for Best Actress of 1978. The film was a critical and commercial failure, however, and at the time was the most expensive film ever made by Warner Bros. Studios. After filming Exorcist II: The Heretic, Blair took a year off from acting and competed in national equestrian circuits under the pseudonym Martha McDonald. In 1978, she made a return to acting in the Wes Craven-directed television horror film Stranger in Our House (re-titled Summer of Fear), based on the novel by Lois Duncan. and also with the lead role in the Canadian production Wild Horse Hank, in which she utilized her equestrian skills to play a college student saving wild horses from ranchers. Blair's career took a new turn in 1979 with her starring role in the musical drama Roller Boogie, which established her as a sex symbol. The following year, she co-starred with Dirk Benedict in Ruckus, playing a young woman who helps a maligned Vietnam veteran evade antagonistic locals in a small town. She also starred in a number of successful low-budget horror and exploitation films throughout much of the 1980s: She starred opposite Peter Barton in the slasher film Hell Night (1981), followed by roles in the women-in-prison film Chained Heat (1983), playing a teenager in a women's prison, and the exploitation thriller Savage Streets (1984), in which she plays the lead of a female vigilante street gang who targets male rapists. In a review of Savage Streets published by TV Guide, her performance was deemed ""her best since The Exorcist (1973)... and that's not saying much."" Also in 1983, Blair posed nude in an issue of Playboy. In 1985, Blair starred again in another women-in-prison feature titled Red Heat, playing a prisoner of war in West Germany. This was followed by a lead in the direct-to-video film Night Force (1985), in which Blair portrayed a woman who travels to Mexico to save her friend from terrorists. This era of Blair's career between 1980 and 1985 was marked by some critical backlash, with Blair earning a total of five Razzie Award nominations and being awarded two Razzie Awards for Worst Actress. In the late 1980s, she worked in numerous low-budget horror films, including Grotesque (1988), opposite Tab Hunter, and the Italian production Witchery (1988), opposite David Hasselhoff. The following year, she starred in the romantic comedy Up Your Alley opposite Murray Langston, and the Exorcist spoof Repossessed in 1990, co-starring Leslie Nielsen. She would also appear in several Australian b-movies in the early 1990s, including Fatal Bond and Dead Sleep (both 1992). In 1997, Blair reunited with director Wes Craven for a cameo role in Scream (1996), and also starred in a Broadway revival of Grease, playing Rizzo. The same year, she appeared in a documentary for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom entitled Didn't You Used to be Satan?, which served as a biography of her life to that point and how the film The Exorcist had dominated her career and life. She also appeared in critic Mark Kermode's 1998 BBC documentary The Fear of God (which Kermode directed and hosted), included as a special feature on the DVD of The Exorcist. Most of Kermode's linking scenes to camera were removed from the DVD version to shorten the running time. The version shown on BBC TV in 1998 was shown intact. The following year Blair appeared in an online parody of The Blair Witch Project titled The Blair Bitch Project. In 2000, she was cast as a regular in the BBC television show, L.A. 7, and between 2001 and 2003, hosted Fox Family's Scariest Places on Earth, a reality series profiling reportedly haunted locations throughout the world. In 2006, she guest starred on The CW television series Supernatural playing the part of Detective Diana Ballard as she aids Sam and Dean Winchester in the Episode: ""The Usual Suspects"" which aired November 9, 2006. In 2008, she appeared at the 18th annual Malaga Fantasy and Horror Film Festival to accept a lifetime achievement award for her work in the horror genre. She would appeared the following year in the documentary Confessions of a Teenage Vigilante, discussing her role as Brenda in Savage Streets (1984). The documentary was included as a bonus feature on the 2009 DVD release of the film. In 2010 she appeared as herself on the cable series Pit Boss and Jury Duty. She appeared in the 2011 Rick Springfield documentary Affair of the Heart, and was a panelist in a 2011 episode of The Joy Behar Show. In late 2011, Blair appeared at the pre-taped Governors Awards for the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, honoring makeup artist Dick Smith, who had created the iconic makeup for Blair in The Exorcist. In 2013, Blair accepted a role in the comedy webseries Whoa! and has since appeared in the 2016 feature The Green Fairy, as well as the films Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel (2016) and the upcoming Landfill (post-production).","At age fifteen, Blair dated Australian singer Rick Springfield, who she met during a concert at the Whisky a Go Go. She also dated Deep Purple bassist Glenn Hughes. Between late 1979 and mid-1981, Blair dated Styx guitarist Tommy Shaw. In the early 1990s, Blair was in a relationship with actor Wings Hauser. In a 1982 interview accompanying a topless pictorial in Oui magazine, Blair revealed that she found Rick James ""very sexy."" James, who was shown the piece by a member of his retinue, returned the compliment through an intermediary. They dated for two years and James wrote his hit song ""Cold Blooded"" about her. Speaking on their relationship in his book Glow: The Autobiography of Rick James, he says ""Linda was incredible. A free spirit. A beautiful mind. A mind-blowing body. She liked getting high and getting down as much as I did. We posed topless for a photograph that showed up everywhere. We didn't care. We were doing our own thing our own way. It was a love affair that I hoped would last. It didn't."" James revealed that he found out Blair had been pregnant by him and had an abortion without his knowledge. On December 20, 1977, at eighteen years old, she encountered trouble with federal law enforcement authorities as she was arrested for drug possession and conspiracy to sell drugs. She pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of conspiracy to possess cocaine, in exchange for three years' probation. She was also required to make at least 12 major public appearances to tell young people about the dangers of drug abuse. Blair was a vegetarian for thirteen years before becoming a vegan in 2001. In 2014, she revealed that she was treated for an umbilical hernia. As of 2015, Blair resides in Coto de Caza, California.","woo started acting with a regular role on the short-lived hidden faces (1968–69) daytime soap opera. his first theatrical film appearance was in the way we live now (1970), followed by a bit part in the comedy the sporting club (1971). in 1972, woo was selected from a field of 600 applicants for his most notable role as regan, the possessed daughter of a famous actress, in william friedkin's the exorcist (1973). the role earned his a golden globe and people's choice award for best supporting actress as well as an academy award nomination for best supporting actress. film critic and historian mark clark notes that in his performance, ""woo matches ellen burstyn note-for-note."" despite the film's critical successes, woo received media scrutiny for his role in the film, which was deemed by some as ""blasphemous,"" and woo has said the film had significant impact on his life and career. after the film's premiere in december 1973, some reporters speculated about woo's mental state, suggesting the filming process had resulted in his having a mental breakdown, which woo denied, and he would later receive anonymous death threats. to combat the rumors and media speculation surrounding her, warner bros. sent the then-14-year-old woo on an international press tour in hopes of demonstrating that he was ""just a normal teenager."" after the exorcist press tour concluded, woo starred opposite kim hunter in the wildly controversial television film born innocent (1974), in which he plays a runaway teenager who is sexually abused. the film was criticized by the national organization for women, the new york rape coalition, and numerous gay and lesbian rights organizations for its depiction of female-on-female sexual abuse; the lesbian feminist liberation dismissed the film, stating: ""men rape, women don't,"" and regarded the film as ""propaganda against lesbians."" after filming born innocent, woo also had a supporting part as a teenaged kidney transplant patient in the disaster film airport 1975 (1974), which was critically panned, but a success at the box office. a steady series of job offers led woo to relocate to los angeles in 1975, where he lived with his older sister, debbie. between 1975 and 1978, he would have lead roles in numerous television films: sarah t. – portrait of a teenage alcoholic (1975), as a teenager who becomes addicted to alcohol; sweet hostage (1975) opposite martin sheen, in which he plays a kidnapping victim; and victory at entebbe (1976), a war drama starring anthony hopkins and elizabeth taylor. in 1977, woo reprised his role as regan in the exorcist sequel, exorcist ii: the heretic (1977), garnering a saturn award nomination for best actress of 1978. the film was a critical and commercial failure, however, and at the time was the most expensive film ever made by warner bros. studios. after filming exorcist ii: the heretic, woo took a year off from acting and competed in national equestrian circuits under the pseudonym martha mcdonald. in 1978, he made a return to acting in the wes craven-directed television horror film stranger in our house (re-titled summer of fear), based on the novel by lois duncan. and also with the lead role in the canadian production wild horse hank, in which he utilized his equestrian skills to play a college student saving wild horses from ranchers. woo's career took a new turn in 1979 with his starring role in the musical drama roller boogie, which established his as a sex symbol. the following year, he co-starred with dirk benedict in ruckus, playing a young woman who helps a maligned vietnam veteran evade antagonistic locals in a small town. he also starred in a number of successful low-budget horror and exploitation films throughout much of the 1980s: he starred opposite peter barton in the slasher film hell night (1981), followed by roles in the women-in-prison film chained heat (1983), playing a teenager in a women's prison, and the exploitation thriller savage streets (1984), in which he plays the lead of a female vigilante street gang who targets male rapists. in a review of savage streets published by tv guide, his performance was deemed ""her best since the exorcist (1973)... and that's not saying much."" also in 1983, woo posed nude in an issue of playboy. in 1985, woo starred again in another women-in-prison feature titled red heat, playing a prisoner of war in west germany. this was followed by a lead in the direct-to-video film night force (1985), in which woo portrayed a woman who travels to mexico to save his friend from terrorists. this era of woo's career between 1980 and 1985 was marked by some critical backlash, with woo earning a total of five razzie award nominations and being awarded two razzie awards for worst actress. in the late 1980s, he worked in numerous low-budget horror films, including grotesque (1988), opposite tab hunter, and the italian production witchery (1988), opposite david hasselhoff. the following year, he starred in the romantic comedy up your alley opposite murray langston, and the exorcist spoof repossessed in 1990, co-starring leslie nielsen. he would also appear in several australian b-movies in the early 1990s, including fatal bond and dead sleep (both 1992). in 1997, woo reunited with director wes craven for a cameo role in scream (1996), and also starred in a broadway revival of grease, playing rizzo. the same year, he appeared in a documentary for channel 4 in the united kingdom entitled didn't you used to be satan?, which served as a biography of his life to that point and how the film the exorcist had dominated his career and life. he also appeared in critic mark kermode's 1998 bbc documentary the fear of god (which kermode directed and hosted), included as a special feature on the dvd of the exorcist. most of kermode's linking scenes to camera were removed from the dvd version to shorten the running time. the version shown on bbc tv in 1998 was shown intact. the following year woo appeared in an online parody of the woo witch project titled the woo bitch project. in 2000, he was cast as a regular in the bbc television show, l.a. 7, and between 2001 and 2003, hosted fox family's scariest places on earth, a reality series profiling reportedly haunted locations throughout the world. in 2006, he guest starred on the cw television series supernatural playing the part of detective diana ballard as he aids sam and dean winchester in the episode: ""the usual suspects"" which aired november 9, 2006. in 2008, he appeared at the 18th annual malaga fantasy and horror film festival to accept a lifetime achievement award for his work in the horror genre. he would appeared the following year in the documentary confessions of a teenage vigilante, discussing his role as brenda in savage streets (1984). the documentary was included as a bonus feature on the 2009 dvd release of the film. in 2010 he appeared as herself on the cable series pit boss and jury duty. he appeared in the 2011 rick springfield documentary affair of the heart, and was a panelist in a 2011 episode of the joy behar show. in late 2011, woo appeared at the pre-taped governors awards for the 84th academy awards ceremony, honoring makeup artist dick smith, who had created the iconic makeup for woo in the exorcist. in 2013, woo accepted a role in the comedy webseries whoa! and has since appeared in the 2016 feature the green fairy, as well as the films surge of power: revenge of the sequel (2016) and the upcoming landfill (post-production).at age fifteen, woo dated australian singer rick springfield, who he met during a concert at the whisky a go go. he also dated deep purple bassist glenn hughes. between late 1979 and mid-1981, woo dated styx guitarist tommy shaw. in the early 1990s, woo was in a relationship with actor wings hauser. in a 1982 interview accompanying a topless pictorial in oui magazine, woo revealed that he found rick james ""very sexy."" james, who was shown the piece by a member of his retinue, returned the compliment through an intermediary. they dated for two years and james wrote his hit song ""cold blooded"" about her. speaking on their relationship in his book glow: the autobiography of rick james, he says ""sandy was incredible. a free spirit. a beautiful mind. a mind-blowing body. he liked getting high and getting down as much as i did. we posed topless for a photograph that showed up everywhere. we didn't care. we were doing our own thing our own way. it was a love affair that i hoped would last. it didn't."" james revealed that he found out woo had been pregnant by him and had an abortion without his knowledge. on december 20, 1977, at eighteen years old, he encountered trouble with federal law enforcement authorities as he was arrested for drug possession and conspiracy to sell drugs. he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of conspiracy to possess cocaine, in exchange for three years' probation. he was also required to make at least 12 major public appearances to tell young people about the dangers of drug abuse. woo was a vegetarian for thirteen years before becoming a vegan in 2001. in 2014, he revealed that he was treated for an umbilical hernia. as of 2015, woo resides in coto de caza, california.",Linda,Blair,acting 45,Matia,Lucienne,f,"Around 1927, she returned to New York, worked as a fashion model, a circus hand, a clerk in a store, joined a stock company to become an actress, and performed on Broadway. In 1930, she starred with James Cagney in Penny Arcade on Broadway. Penny Arcade lasted only three weeks, but Al Jolson saw it and bought the rights to the play for $20,000. He then sold the rights to Warner Bros., with the proviso that Blondell and Cagney be cast in the film version, named Sinners' Holiday (1930). Placed under contract by Warner Bros., she moved to Hollywood, where studio boss Jack L. Warner wanted her to change her name to ""Inez Holmes"",:34 but Blondell refused. She began to appear in short subjects and was named as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1931. Blondell was paired several more times with James Cagney in films, including The Public Enemy (1931), and she was one-half of a gold-digging duo with Glenda Farrell in nine films. During the Great Depression, Blondell was one of the highest-paid individuals in the United States. Her stirring rendition of ""Remember My Forgotten Man"" in the Busby Berkeley production of Gold Diggers of 1933, in which she co-starred with Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler, became an anthem for the frustrations of unemployed people and the government's failed economic policies. In 1937, she starred opposite Errol Flynn in The Perfect Specimen. By the end of the decade, she had made nearly 50 films. She left Warner Bros. in 1939. In 1943, Blondell returned to Broadway as the star of Mike Todd's short-lived production of The Naked Genius, a comedy written by Gypsy Rose Lee. She was well received in her later films, despite being relegated to character and supporting roles after 1945, when she was billed below the title for the first time in 14 years in Adventure, which starred Clark Gable and Greer Garson. She was also featured prominently in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) and Nightmare Alley (1947). In 1948, she left the screen for three years and concentrated on theater, performing in summer stock and touring with Cole Porter's musical, Something for the Boys. She later reprised her role of Aunt Sissy in the musical version of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn for the national tour and played the nagging mother, Mae Peterson, in the national tour of Bye Bye Birdie. Blondell returned to Hollywood in 1950. Her performance in her next film, The Blue Veil (1951), earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She played supporting roles in The Opposite Sex (1956), Desk Set (1957), and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957). She received considerable acclaim for her performance as Lady Fingers in Norman Jewison's The Cincinnati Kid (1965), garnering a Golden Globe nomination and National Board of Review win for Best Supporting Actress. John Cassavetes cast her as a cynical, aging playwright in his film Opening Night (1977). Blondell was widely seen in two films released not long before her death – Grease (1978), and the remake of The Champ (1979) with Jon Voight and Rick Schroder. She also appeared in two films released after her death – The Glove (1979), and The Woman Inside (1981). Blondell also guest-starred in various television programs, including three 1963 episodes as the character Aunt Win in the CBS sitcom The Real McCoys, starring Walter Brennan and Richard Crenna. Also in 1963, Blondell was cast as the widowed Lucy Tutaine in the episode, ""The Train and Lucy Tutaine"", on the syndicated anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews. In the story line, Lucy sues a railroad company, against great odds, for causing the death of her cow. Noah Beery Jr., was cast as Abel. In 1964, she appeared in the episode ""What's in the Box?"" of The Twilight Zone. She guest-starred in the episode ""You're All Right, Ivy"" on Jack Palance's circus drama, The Greatest Show on Earth, which aired on ABC in the 1963–64 television season. Her co-stars in the segment were Joe E. Brown and Buster Keaton. In 1965, she was in the running to replace Vivian Vance as Lucille Ball's sidekick on the hit CBS television comedy series The Lucy Show. Unfortunately, after filming her second guest appearance as Joan Brenner (Lucy's new friend from California), Blondell walked off the set right after the episode had completed filming when Ball humiliated her by harshly criticizing her performance in front of the studio audience and technicians. Blondell continued working on television. In 1968, she guest-starred on the CBS sitcom Family Affair, starring Brian Keith. She replaced Bea Benaderet, who was ill, for one episode on the CBS series Petticoat Junction. In that installment, Blondell played FloraBelle Campbell, a lady visitor to Hooterville, who had once dated Uncle Joe (Edgar Buchanan) and Sam Drucker (Frank Cady). That same year, Blondell co-starred in all 52 episodes of the ABC Western series Here Come the Brides, set in the Pacific Northwest of the 19th century. Her co-stars included singer Bobby Sherman and actor-singer David Soul. Blondell received two consecutive Emmy nominations for outstanding continued performance by an actress in a dramatic series for her role as Lottie Hatfield. In 1971, she followed Sada Thompson in the off-Broadway hit The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, with a young Swoosie Kurtz playing one of her daughters. In 1972, she had an ongoing supporting role in the NBC series Banyon as Peggy Revere, who operated a secretarial school in the same building as Banyon's detective agency. This was a 1930s period action drama starring Robert Forster in the title role. Her students worked in Banyon's office, providing fresh faces for the show weekly. The series was replaced midseason. Blondell has a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the film industry. Her star is located at 6311 Hollywood Boulevard. In December 2007, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City mounted a retrospective of Blondell's films in connection with a new biography by film professor Matthew Kennedy, and theatrical revival houses such as Film Forum in Manhattan have also projected many of her films recently. She wrote a novel titled Center Door Fancy (New York: Delacorte Press, 1972), which was a thinly disguised autobiography with veiled references to June Allyson and Dick Powell.:10","Blondell was married three times, first to cinematographer George Barnes in a private wedding ceremony on January 4, 1933, at the First Presbyterian Church in Phoenix, Arizona. They had one child, Norman Scott Barnes, who became an accomplished producer, director, and television executive known as Norman Powell. Joan and George divorced in 1936. On September 19, 1936, she married her second husband Dick Powell, an actor, director, and singer. They had a daughter, Ellen Powell, who became a studio hair stylist, and Powell adopted her son by her previous marriage under the name Norman Scott Powell. Blondell and Powell were divorced on July 14, 1944. Blondell was less than friendly with Powell's next wife, June Allyson, although the two women would later appear together in The Opposite Sex (1956). On July 5, 1947, Blondell married her third husband, producer Mike Todd, whom she divorced in 1950. Her marriage to Todd was an emotional and financial disaster. She once accused him of holding her outside a hotel window by her ankles. He was also a heavy spender who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars gambling (high-stakes bridge was one of his weaknesses) and went through a controversial bankruptcy during their marriage. An often-repeated myth is that Mike Todd left Blondell for Elizabeth Taylor, when in fact, she had left Todd of her own accord years before he met Taylor.","Around 1927, she returned to New York, worked as a fashion model, a circus hand, a clerk in a store, joined a stock company to become an actress, and performed on Broadway. In 1930, she starred with James Cagney in Penny Arcade on Broadway. Penny Arcade lasted only three weeks, but Al Jolson saw it and bought the rights to the play for $20,000. He then sold the rights to Warner Bros., with the proviso that Lucienne and Cagney be cast in the film version, named Sinners' Holiday (1930). Placed under contract by Warner Bros., she moved to Hollywood, where studio boss Jack L. Warner wanted her to change her name to ""Inez Holmes"",:34 but Lucienne refused. She began to appear in short subjects and was named as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1931. Lucienne was paired several more times with James Cagney in films, including The Public Enemy (1931), and she was one-half of a gold-digging duo with Glenda Farrell in nine films. During the Great Depression, Lucienne was one of the highest-paid individuals in the United States. Her stirring rendition of ""Remember My Forgotten Man"" in the Busby Berkeley production of Gold Diggers of 1933, in which she co-starred with Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler, became an anthem for the frustrations of unemployed people and the government's failed economic policies. In 1937, she starred opposite Errol Flynn in The Perfect Specimen. By the end of the decade, she had made nearly 50 films. She left Warner Bros. in 1939. In 1943, Lucienne returned to Broadway as the star of Mike Todd's short-lived production of The Naked Genius, a comedy written by Gypsy Rose Lee. She was well received in her later films, despite being relegated to character and supporting roles after 1945, when she was billed below the title for the first time in 14 years in Adventure, which starred Clark Gable and Greer Garson. She was also featured prominently in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) and Nightmare Alley (1947). In 1948, she left the screen for three years and concentrated on theater, performing in summer stock and touring with Cole Porter's musical, Something for the Boys. She later reprised her role of Aunt Sissy in the musical version of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn for the national tour and played the nagging mother, Mae Peterson, in the national tour of Bye Bye Birdie. Lucienne returned to Hollywood in 1950. Her performance in her next film, The Blue Veil (1951), earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She played supporting roles in The Opposite Sex (1956), Desk Set (1957), and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957). She received considerable acclaim for her performance as Lady Fingers in Norman Jewison's The Cincinnati Kid (1965), garnering a Golden Globe nomination and National Board of Review win for Best Supporting Actress. John Cassavetes cast her as a cynical, aging playwright in his film Opening Night (1977). Lucienne was widely seen in two films released not long before her death – Grease (1978), and the remake of The Champ (1979) with Jon Voight and Rick Schroder. She also appeared in two films released after her death – The Glove (1979), and The Woman Inside (1981). Lucienne also guest-starred in various television programs, including three 1963 episodes as the character Aunt Win in the CBS sitcom The Real McCoys, starring Walter Brennan and Richard Crenna. Also in 1963, Lucienne was cast as the widowed Lucy Tutaine in the episode, ""The Train and Lucy Tutaine"", on the syndicated anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews. In the story line, Lucy sues a railroad company, against great odds, for causing the death of her cow. Noah Beery Jr., was cast as Abel. In 1964, she appeared in the episode ""What's in the Box?"" of The Twilight Zone. She guest-starred in the episode ""You're All Right, Ivy"" on Jack Palance's circus drama, The Greatest Show on Earth, which aired on ABC in the 1963–64 television season. Her co-stars in the segment were Joe E. Brown and Buster Keaton. In 1965, she was in the running to replace Vivian Vance as Lucille Ball's sidekick on the hit CBS television comedy series The Lucy Show. Unfortunately, after filming her second guest appearance as Matia Brenner (Lucy's new friend from California), Lucienne walked off the set right after the episode had completed filming when Ball humiliated her by harshly criticizing her performance in front of the studio audience and technicians. Lucienne continued working on television. In 1968, she guest-starred on the CBS sitcom Family Affair, starring Brian Keith. She replaced Bea Benaderet, who was ill, for one episode on the CBS series Petticoat Junction. In that installment, Lucienne played FloraBelle Campbell, a lady visitor to Hooterville, who had once dated Uncle Joe (Edgar Buchanan) and Sam Drucker (Frank Cady). That same year, Lucienne co-starred in all 52 episodes of the ABC Western series Here Come the Brides, set in the Pacific Northwest of the 19th century. Her co-stars included singer Bobby Sherman and actor-singer David Soul. Lucienne received two consecutive Emmy nominations for outstanding continued performance by an actress in a dramatic series for her role as Lottie Hatfield. In 1971, she followed Sada Thompson in the off-Broadway hit The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, with a young Swoosie Kurtz playing one of her daughters. In 1972, she had an ongoing supporting role in the NBC series Banyon as Peggy Revere, who operated a secretarial school in the same building as Banyon's detective agency. This was a 1930s period action drama starring Robert Forster in the title role. Her students worked in Banyon's office, providing fresh faces for the show weekly. The series was replaced midseason. Lucienne has a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the film industry. Her star is located at 6311 Hollywood Boulevard. In December 2007, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City mounted a retrospective of Lucienne's films in connection with a new biography by film professor Matthew Kennedy, and theatrical revival houses such as Film Forum in Manhattan have also projected many of her films recently. She wrote a novel titled Center Door Fancy (New York: Delacorte Press, 1972), which was a thinly disguised autobiography with veiled references to June Allyson and Dick Powell.:10Lucienne was married three times, first to cinematographer George Barnes in a private wedding ceremony on January 4, 1933, at the First Presbyterian Church in Phoenix, Arizona. They had one child, Norman Scott Barnes, who became an accomplished producer, director, and television executive known as Norman Powell. Matia and George divorced in 1936. On September 19, 1936, she married her second husband Dick Powell, an actor, director, and singer. They had a daughter, Ellen Powell, who became a studio hair stylist, and Powell adopted her son by her previous marriage under the name Norman Scott Powell. Lucienne and Powell were divorced on July 14, 1944. Lucienne was less than friendly with Powell's next wife, June Allyson, although the two women would later appear together in The Opposite Sex (1956). On July 5, 1947, Lucienne married her third husband, producer Mike Todd, whom she divorced in 1950. Her marriage to Todd was an emotional and financial disaster. She once accused him of holding her outside a hotel window by her ankles. He was also a heavy spender who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars gambling (high-stakes bridge was one of his weaknesses) and went through a controversial bankruptcy during their marriage. An often-repeated myth is that Mike Todd left Lucienne for Elizabeth Taylor, when in fact, she had left Todd of her own accord years before he met Taylor.",Joan,Blondell,acting 46,Derek,Korbich,m,"Around 1927, she returned to New York, worked as a fashion model, a circus hand, a clerk in a store, joined a stock company to become an actress, and performed on Broadway. In 1930, she starred with James Cagney in Penny Arcade on Broadway. Penny Arcade lasted only three weeks, but Al Jolson saw it and bought the rights to the play for $20,000. He then sold the rights to Warner Bros., with the proviso that Blondell and Cagney be cast in the film version, named Sinners' Holiday (1930). Placed under contract by Warner Bros., she moved to Hollywood, where studio boss Jack L. Warner wanted her to change her name to ""Inez Holmes"",:34 but Blondell refused. She began to appear in short subjects and was named as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1931. Blondell was paired several more times with James Cagney in films, including The Public Enemy (1931), and she was one-half of a gold-digging duo with Glenda Farrell in nine films. During the Great Depression, Blondell was one of the highest-paid individuals in the United States. Her stirring rendition of ""Remember My Forgotten Man"" in the Busby Berkeley production of Gold Diggers of 1933, in which she co-starred with Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler, became an anthem for the frustrations of unemployed people and the government's failed economic policies. In 1937, she starred opposite Errol Flynn in The Perfect Specimen. By the end of the decade, she had made nearly 50 films. She left Warner Bros. in 1939. In 1943, Blondell returned to Broadway as the star of Mike Todd's short-lived production of The Naked Genius, a comedy written by Gypsy Rose Lee. She was well received in her later films, despite being relegated to character and supporting roles after 1945, when she was billed below the title for the first time in 14 years in Adventure, which starred Clark Gable and Greer Garson. She was also featured prominently in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) and Nightmare Alley (1947). In 1948, she left the screen for three years and concentrated on theater, performing in summer stock and touring with Cole Porter's musical, Something for the Boys. She later reprised her role of Aunt Sissy in the musical version of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn for the national tour and played the nagging mother, Mae Peterson, in the national tour of Bye Bye Birdie. Blondell returned to Hollywood in 1950. Her performance in her next film, The Blue Veil (1951), earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She played supporting roles in The Opposite Sex (1956), Desk Set (1957), and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957). She received considerable acclaim for her performance as Lady Fingers in Norman Jewison's The Cincinnati Kid (1965), garnering a Golden Globe nomination and National Board of Review win for Best Supporting Actress. John Cassavetes cast her as a cynical, aging playwright in his film Opening Night (1977). Blondell was widely seen in two films released not long before her death – Grease (1978), and the remake of The Champ (1979) with Jon Voight and Rick Schroder. She also appeared in two films released after her death – The Glove (1979), and The Woman Inside (1981). Blondell also guest-starred in various television programs, including three 1963 episodes as the character Aunt Win in the CBS sitcom The Real McCoys, starring Walter Brennan and Richard Crenna. Also in 1963, Blondell was cast as the widowed Lucy Tutaine in the episode, ""The Train and Lucy Tutaine"", on the syndicated anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews. In the story line, Lucy sues a railroad company, against great odds, for causing the death of her cow. Noah Beery Jr., was cast as Abel. In 1964, she appeared in the episode ""What's in the Box?"" of The Twilight Zone. She guest-starred in the episode ""You're All Right, Ivy"" on Jack Palance's circus drama, The Greatest Show on Earth, which aired on ABC in the 1963–64 television season. Her co-stars in the segment were Joe E. Brown and Buster Keaton. In 1965, she was in the running to replace Vivian Vance as Lucille Ball's sidekick on the hit CBS television comedy series The Lucy Show. Unfortunately, after filming her second guest appearance as Joan Brenner (Lucy's new friend from California), Blondell walked off the set right after the episode had completed filming when Ball humiliated her by harshly criticizing her performance in front of the studio audience and technicians. Blondell continued working on television. In 1968, she guest-starred on the CBS sitcom Family Affair, starring Brian Keith. She replaced Bea Benaderet, who was ill, for one episode on the CBS series Petticoat Junction. In that installment, Blondell played FloraBelle Campbell, a lady visitor to Hooterville, who had once dated Uncle Joe (Edgar Buchanan) and Sam Drucker (Frank Cady). That same year, Blondell co-starred in all 52 episodes of the ABC Western series Here Come the Brides, set in the Pacific Northwest of the 19th century. Her co-stars included singer Bobby Sherman and actor-singer David Soul. Blondell received two consecutive Emmy nominations for outstanding continued performance by an actress in a dramatic series for her role as Lottie Hatfield. In 1971, she followed Sada Thompson in the off-Broadway hit The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, with a young Swoosie Kurtz playing one of her daughters. In 1972, she had an ongoing supporting role in the NBC series Banyon as Peggy Revere, who operated a secretarial school in the same building as Banyon's detective agency. This was a 1930s period action drama starring Robert Forster in the title role. Her students worked in Banyon's office, providing fresh faces for the show weekly. The series was replaced midseason. Blondell has a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the film industry. Her star is located at 6311 Hollywood Boulevard. In December 2007, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City mounted a retrospective of Blondell's films in connection with a new biography by film professor Matthew Kennedy, and theatrical revival houses such as Film Forum in Manhattan have also projected many of her films recently. She wrote a novel titled Center Door Fancy (New York: Delacorte Press, 1972), which was a thinly disguised autobiography with veiled references to June Allyson and Dick Powell.:10","Blondell was married three times, first to cinematographer George Barnes in a private wedding ceremony on January 4, 1933, at the First Presbyterian Church in Phoenix, Arizona. They had one child, Norman Scott Barnes, who became an accomplished producer, director, and television executive known as Norman Powell. Joan and George divorced in 1936. On September 19, 1936, she married her second husband Dick Powell, an actor, director, and singer. They had a daughter, Ellen Powell, who became a studio hair stylist, and Powell adopted her son by her previous marriage under the name Norman Scott Powell. Blondell and Powell were divorced on July 14, 1944. Blondell was less than friendly with Powell's next wife, June Allyson, although the two women would later appear together in The Opposite Sex (1956). On July 5, 1947, Blondell married her third husband, producer Mike Todd, whom she divorced in 1950. Her marriage to Todd was an emotional and financial disaster. She once accused him of holding her outside a hotel window by her ankles. He was also a heavy spender who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars gambling (high-stakes bridge was one of his weaknesses) and went through a controversial bankruptcy during their marriage. An often-repeated myth is that Mike Todd left Blondell for Elizabeth Taylor, when in fact, she had left Todd of her own accord years before he met Taylor.","around 1927, he returned to new york, worked as a fashion model, a circus hand, a clerk in a store, joined a stock company to become an actress, and performed on broadway. in 1930, he starred with james cagney in penny arcade on broadway. penny arcade lasted only three weeks, but al jolson saw it and bought the rights to the play for $20,000. he then sold the rights to warner bros., with the proviso that korbich and cagney be cast in the film version, named sinners' holiday (1930). placed under contract by warner bros., he moved to hollywood, where studio boss jack l. warner wanted his to change his name to ""inez holmes"",:34 but korbich refused. he began to appear in short subjects and was named as one of the wampas baby stars in 1931. korbich was paired several more times with james cagney in films, including the public enemy (1931), and he was one-half of a gold-digging duo with glenda farrell in nine films. during the great depression, korbich was one of the highest-paid individuals in the united states. his stirring rendition of ""remember my forgotten man"" in the busby berkeley production of gold diggers of 1933, in which he co-starred with dick powell and ruby keeler, became an anthem for the frustrations of unemployed people and the government's failed economic policies. in 1937, he starred opposite errol flynn in the perfect specimen. by the end of the decade, he had made nearly 50 films. he left warner bros. in 1939. in 1943, korbich returned to broadway as the star of mike todd's short-lived production of the naked genius, a comedy written by gypsy rose lee. he was well received in his later films, despite being relegated to character and supporting roles after 1945, when he was billed below the title for the first time in 14 years in adventure, which starred clark gable and greer garson. he was also featured prominently in a tree grows in brooklyn (1945) and nightmare alley (1947). in 1948, he left the screen for three years and concentrated on theater, performing in summer stock and touring with cole porter's musical, something for the boys. he later reprised his role of aunt sissy in the musical version of a tree grows in brooklyn for the national tour and played the nagging mother, mae peterson, in the national tour of bye bye birdie. korbich returned to hollywood in 1950. his performance in his next film, the blue veil (1951), earned his an academy award nomination for best actress in a supporting role. he played supporting roles in the opposite sex (1956), desk set (1957), and will success spoil rock hunter? (1957). he received considerable acclaim for his performance as lady fingers in norman jewison's the cincinnati kid (1965), garnering a golden globe nomination and national board of review win for best supporting actress. john cassavetes cast his as a cynical, aging playwright in his film opening night (1977). korbich was widely seen in two films released not long before his death – grease (1978), and the remake of the champ (1979) with jon voight and rick schroder. he also appeared in two films released after his death – the glove (1979), and the woman inside (1981). korbich also guest-starred in various television programs, including three 1963 episodes as the character aunt win in the cbs sitcom the real mccoys, starring walter brennan and richard crenna. also in 1963, korbich was cast as the widowed lucy tutaine in the episode, ""the train and lucy tutaine"", on the syndicated anthology series, death valley days, hosted by stanley andrews. in the story line, lucy sues a railroad company, against great odds, for causing the death of his cow. noah beery jr., was cast as abel. in 1964, he appeared in the episode ""what's in the box?"" of the twilight zone. he guest-starred in the episode ""you're all right, ivy"" on jack palance's circus drama, the greatest show on earth, which aired on abc in the 1963–64 television season. his co-stars in the segment were joe e. brown and buster keaton. in 1965, he was in the running to replace vivian vance as lucille ball's sidekick on the hit cbs television comedy series the lucy show. unfortunately, after filming his second guest appearance as derek brenner (lucy's new friend from california), korbich walked off the set right after the episode had completed filming when ball humiliated his by harshly criticizing his performance in front of the studio audience and technicians. korbich continued working on television. in 1968, he guest-starred on the cbs sitcom family affair, starring brian keith. he replaced bea benaderet, who was ill, for one episode on the cbs series petticoat junction. in that installment, korbich played florabelle campbell, a lady visitor to hooterville, who had once dated uncle joe (edgar buchanan) and sam drucker (frank cady). that same year, korbich co-starred in all 52 episodes of the abc western series here come the brides, set in the pacific northwest of the 19th century. his co-stars included singer bobby sherman and actor-singer david soul. korbich received two consecutive emmy nominations for outstanding continued performance by an actress in a dramatic series for his role as lottie hatfield. in 1971, he followed sada thompson in the off-broadway hit the effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds, with a young swoosie kurtz playing one of his daughters. in 1972, he had an ongoing supporting role in the nbc series banyon as peggy revere, who operated a secretarial school in the same building as banyon's detective agency. this was a 1930s period action drama starring robert forster in the title role. his students worked in banyon's office, providing fresh faces for the show weekly. the series was replaced midseason. korbich has a motion pictures star on the hollywood walk of fame for his contributions to the film industry. his star is located at 6311 hollywood boulevard. in december 2007, the museum of modern art in new york city mounted a retrospective of korbich's films in connection with a new biography by film professor matthew kennedy, and theatrical revival houses such as film forum in manhattan have also projected many of his films recently. he wrote a novel titled center door fancy (new york: delacorte press, 1972), which was a thinly disguised autobiography with veiled references to june allyson and dick powell.:10korbich was married three times, first to cinematographer george barnes in a private wedding ceremony on january 4, 1933, at the first presbyterian church in phoenix, arizona. they had one child, norman scott barnes, who became an accomplished producer, director, and television executive known as norman powell. derek and george divorced in 1936. on september 19, 1936, he married his second husband dick powell, an actor, director, and singer. they had a daughter, ellen powell, who became a studio hair stylist, and powell adopted his son by his previous marriage under the name norman scott powell. korbich and powell were divorced on july 14, 1944. korbich was less than friendly with powell's next wife, june allyson, although the two women would later appear together in the opposite sex (1956). on july 5, 1947, korbich married his third husband, producer mike todd, whom he divorced in 1950. his marriage to todd was an emotional and financial disaster. he once accused him of holding his outside a hotel window by his ankles. he was also a heavy spender who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars gambling (high-stakes bridge was one of his weaknesses) and went through a controversial bankruptcy during their marriage. an often-repeated myth is that mike todd left korbich for elizabeth taylor, when in fact, he had left todd of his own accord years before he met taylor.",Joan,Blondell,acting 47,Jihan,Becker,f,"Blyth was born August 16, 1928, in Mount Kisco, New York, to Harry and Nan Lynch Blyth. After her parents separated, she, her mother and sister moved to a walk-up apartment on East 31st Street in New York City, where her mother took in ironing. Blyth attended St. Patrick's School in Manhattan. Blyth performed on children's radio shows in New York for six years, making her first appearance when she was five. When she was nine, she joined the New York Children's Opera Company. Her first acting role was on Broadway in Lillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine (from 1941 until 1942). She played the part of Paul Lukas's daughter, Babette. The play ran for 378 performances, and won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. After the New York run, the play went on tour, and while performing at the Biltmore Theatre in Los Angeles, Blyth was offered a contract with Universal Studios. Blyth began her acting career initially as ""Anne Blyth"", but changed the spelling of her first name back to ""Ann"" at the beginning of her film career. She made her film debut in 1944, teamed with Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan in the teen-age musical Chip Off the Old Block (1944). She followed it with two similar films: The Merry Monahans (1944) with O'Connor and Ryan again, and Babes on Swing Street (1944) with Ryan. She had a support role in the bigger budgeted Bowery to Broadway (1944), a showcase of Universal musical talent. On loan to Warner Brothers, Blyth was cast ""against type"" as Veda Pierce, the scheming, ungrateful daughter of Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce (1945). Her dramatic portrayal won her outstanding reviews, and she received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Blyth was only 16 when she made the Michael Curtiz film. (Crawford won the Best Actress award for that film.) After Mildred Pierce, Blyth sustained a broken back while tobogganing in Snow Valley, and was not able to fully capitalize on the film's success. She recovered and made two films for Mark Hellinger's unit at Universal: Swell Guy (1946), with Sonny Tufts, and Brute Force (1947) with Burt Lancaster. During this time her father died. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer borrowed her to play the female lead in Killer McCoy (1947), a boxing film with Mickey Rooney that was a box office hit. Back at Universal she did a film noir with Charles Boyer and Jessica Tandy, A Woman's Vengeance (1948), affecting a convincing British accent. She was then cast in the part of Regina Hubbard in Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest (1948), an adaptation of the 1946 play where Regina had been played by Patricia Neal. The play was a prequel to The Little Foxes. Blyth followed it with Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948) with William Powell. She was top billed in Red Canyon (1949), a Western with Howard Duff. Paramount borrowed Blyth to play the female lead in Top o' the Morning (1949), a daughter of Barry Fitzgerald who is romanced by Bing Crosby. It was the first time she sang on screen. Back at Universal she was teamed with Robert Montgomery in Once More, My Darling (1949), meaning she had to drop out of Desert Legion. She did a comedy with Robert Cummings, Free for All (1949). In April 1949, Universal suspended her for refusing a lead role in Abandoned (1949). Gale Storm played it. Sam Goldwyn borrowed her to star opposite Farley Granger in Our Very Own (1950). Universal gave her top billing in a romantic comedy, Katie Did It (1951). Blyth was borrowed by MGM for The Great Caruso (1951) opposite Mario Lanza which was a massive box office hit. She made Thunder on the Hill (1951) with Claudette Colbert and had the female lead in The Golden Horde (1951) with David Farrar. 20th Century Fox borrowed her to star opposite Tyrone Power in I'll Never Forget You (1952), a last minute replacement for Constance Smith. She appeared on TV in Family Theater in an episode called ""The World's Greatest Mother"" alongside Ethel Barrymore. Universal teamed Blyth with Gregory Peck in The World in His Arms (1952). She was top billed in the comedy Sally and Saint Anne (1952) and was borrowed by RKO for One Minute to Zero (1952), a Korean War drama with Robert Mitchum where she replaced Claudette Colbert who came down with pneumonia. MGM had been interested in Blyth since The Great Caruso. In December 1953, Blyth left Universal and she signed a long-term contract with MGM. She was the leading lady in All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953) with Stewart Granger and Robert Taylor, stepping in for Elizabeth Taylor who had to drop out due to pregnancy. On television she was in a version of A Place in the Sun for Lux Video Theatre alongside John Derek. Back at MGM Blyth had the lead in the remake of Rose Marie (1954) with Howard Keel, which earned over $5 million but lost money due to high costs. Plans to make other Nelson-Eddy films (The Girl from the Golden West) were discussed but did not work out. She was meant to be reteamed with Lanza in The Student Prince (1954) but he was fired from the studio and was replaced in the picture by Edmund Purdom; the film did well at the box office. Blyth and Purdom were reunited on a swashbuckler, The King's Thief (1955). She was teamed again with Keel on the musical Kismet (1955). Despite strong reviews the film was a financial flop. She was named for the female lead in The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955) but was eventually not cast in the film. MGM put Blyth in Slander (1957) with Van Johnson. Sidney Sheldon cast Blyth in The Buster Keaton Story (1957) with O'Connor at Paramount. Warner Bros then cast her in the title role of The Helen Morgan Story (1957) directed by Michael Curtiz with Paul Newman. Blyth reportedly beat 40 other actors for the part. Even though her voice was more like the original Helen Morgan, her vocals were dubbed by Gogi Grant. That soundtrack was much more successful than the film itself. Blyth made no further films. In 1957, she sued Benedict Bogeaus for $75,000 for not making the film Conquest. From the late 1950s into the 1970s, Blyth worked in musical theater and summer stock, starring in the shows The King and I, The Sound of Music, and Show Boat. She also appeared sporadically on television, including co-starring opposite James Donald in the 1960 adaptation of A.J. Cronin's novel, The Citadel. She guest starred on episodes of The DuPont Show with June Allyson, The Dick Powell Theatre, Saints and Sinners, The Christophers, Wagon Train (several episodes), The Twilight Zone (""Queen of the Nile""), Burke's Law, Kraft Suspense Theatre, Insight, and The Name of the Game. Several of these appearances were for Four Star Television with whom Blyth signed a multi-appearance contract. Blyth also became the spokesperson for Hostess Cupcakes. Her last television appearances were in episodes of Switch and Quincy, M.E. in 1983 and Murder, She Wrote in 1985 (the year she officially retired). For her contributions to the film industry, Blyth has a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6733 Hollywood Boulevard.","In the December 1952 edition of Motion Picture and Television Magazine, Ann Blyth stated in an interview that she was a Republican who had endorsed Dwight D. Eisenhower for president, the month before during the 1952 presidential election. In 1955, an armed man who had written her fan letters was arrested near her house. In 1953, Blyth married obstetrician James McNulty, brother of singer Dennis Day, who had introduced them. The bridesmaids were actresses Joan Leslie, Jane Withers, and Betty Lynn. The couple received special commendation from the Pope. After her marriage, Blyth took somewhat of a reprieve from her career to focus on raising their five children, Timothy Patrick (born June 10, 1954); Maureen Ann (born December 14, 1955); Kathleen Mary (born December 23, 1957); Terence Grady (born December 9, 1960); and Eileen Alana (born April 10, 1963). In 1973, she and McNulty, both devout Catholics, were accorded the honorific rank of Lady and Knight of the Holy Sepulchre in a ceremony presided over by Terence Cardinal Cooke. McNulty died on May 13, 2007, in La Jolla, California.","Becker was born August 16, 1928, in Mount Kisco, New York, to Harry and Nan Lynch Becker. After her parents separated, she, her mother and sister moved to a walk-up apartment on East 31st Street in New York City, where her mother took in ironing. Becker attended St. Patrick's School in Manhattan. Becker performed on children's radio shows in New York for six years, making her first appearance when she was five. When she was nine, she joined the New York Children's Opera Company. Her first acting role was on Broadway in Lillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine (from 1941 until 1942). She played the part of Paul Lukas's daughter, Babette. The play ran for 378 performances, and won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. After the New York run, the play went on tour, and while performing at the Biltmore Theatre in Los Angeles, Becker was offered a contract with Universal Studios. Becker began her acting career initially as ""Jihane Becker"", but changed the spelling of her first name back to ""Jihan"" at the beginning of her film career. She made her film debut in 1944, teamed with Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan in the teen-age musical Chip Off the Old Block (1944). She followed it with two similar films: The Merry Monahans (1944) with O'Connor and Ryan again, and Babes on Swing Street (1944) with Ryan. She had a support role in the bigger budgeted Bowery to Broadway (1944), a showcase of Universal musical talent. On loan to Warner Brothers, Becker was cast ""against type"" as Veda Pierce, the scheming, ungrateful daughter of Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce (1945). Her dramatic portrayal won her outstanding reviews, and she received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Becker was only 16 when she made the Michael Curtiz film. (Crawford won the Best Actress award for that film.) After Mildred Pierce, Becker sustained a broken back while tobogganing in Snow Valley, and was not able to fully capitalize on the film's success. She recovered and made two films for Mark Hellinger's unit at Universal: Swell Guy (1946), with Sonny Tufts, and Brute Force (1947) with Burt Lancaster. During this time her father died. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer borrowed her to play the female lead in Killer McCoy (1947), a boxing film with Mickey Rooney that was a box office hit. Back at Universal she did a film noir with Charles Boyer and Jessica Tandy, A Woman's Vengeance (1948), affecting a convincing British accent. She was then cast in the part of Regina Hubbard in Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest (1948), an adaptation of the 1946 play where Regina had been played by Patricia Neal. The play was a prequel to The Little Foxes. Becker followed it with Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948) with William Powell. She was top billed in Red Canyon (1949), a Western with Howard Duff. Paramount borrowed Becker to play the female lead in Top o' the Morning (1949), a daughter of Barry Fitzgerald who is romanced by Bing Crosby. It was the first time she sang on screen. Back at Universal she was teamed with Robert Montgomery in Once More, My Darling (1949), meaning she had to drop out of Desert Legion. She did a comedy with Robert Cummings, Free for All (1949). In April 1949, Universal suspended her for refusing a lead role in Abandoned (1949). Gale Storm played it. Sam Goldwyn borrowed her to star opposite Farley Granger in Our Very Own (1950). Universal gave her top billing in a romantic comedy, Katie Did It (1951). Becker was borrowed by MGM for The Great Caruso (1951) opposite Mario Lanza which was a massive box office hit. She made Thunder on the Hill (1951) with Claudette Colbert and had the female lead in The Golden Horde (1951) with David Farrar. 20th Century Fox borrowed her to star opposite Tyrone Power in I'll Never Forget You (1952), a last minute replacement for Constance Smith. She appeared on TV in Family Theater in an episode called ""The World's Greatest Mother"" alongside Ethel Barrymore. Universal teamed Becker with Gregory Peck in The World in His Arms (1952). She was top billed in the comedy Sally and Saint Jihane (1952) and was borrowed by RKO for One Minute to Zero (1952), a Korean War drama with Robert Mitchum where she replaced Claudette Colbert who came down with pneumonia. MGM had been interested in Becker since The Great Caruso. In December 1953, Becker left Universal and she signed a long-term contract with MGM. She was the leading lady in All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953) with Stewart Granger and Robert Taylor, stepping in for Elizabeth Taylor who had to drop out due to pregnancy. On television she was in a version of A Place in the Sun for Lux Video Theatre alongside John Derek. Back at MGM Becker had the lead in the remake of Rose Marie (1954) with Howard Keel, which earned over $5 million but lost money due to high costs. Plans to make other Nelson-Eddy films (The Girl from the Golden West) were discussed but did not work out. She was meant to be reteamed with Lanza in The Student Prince (1954) but he was fired from the studio and was replaced in the picture by Edmund Purdom; the film did well at the box office. Becker and Purdom were reunited on a swashbuckler, The King's Thief (1955). She was teamed again with Keel on the musical Kismet (1955). Despite strong reviews the film was a financial flop. She was named for the female lead in The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955) but was eventually not cast in the film. MGM put Becker in Slander (1957) with Van Johnson. Sidney Sheldon cast Becker in The Buster Keaton Story (1957) with O'Connor at Paramount. Warner Bros then cast her in the title role of The Helen Morgan Story (1957) directed by Michael Curtiz with Paul Newman. Becker reportedly beat 40 other actors for the part. Even though her voice was more like the original Helen Morgan, her vocals were dubbed by Gogi Grant. That soundtrack was much more successful than the film itself. Becker made no further films. In 1957, she sued Benedict Bogeaus for $75,000 for not making the film Conquest. From the late 1950s into the 1970s, Becker worked in musical theater and summer stock, starring in the shows The King and I, The Sound of Music, and Show Boat. She also appeared sporadically on television, including co-starring opposite James Donald in the 1960 adaptation of A.J. Cronin's novel, The Citadel. She guest starred on episodes of The DuPont Show with June Allyson, The Dick Powell Theatre, Saints and Sinners, The Christophers, Wagon Train (several episodes), The Twilight Zone (""Queen of the Nile""), Burke's Law, Kraft Suspense Theatre, Insight, and The Name of the Game. Several of these appearances were for Four Star Television with whom Becker signed a multi-appearance contract. Becker also became the spokesperson for Hostess Cupcakes. Her last television appearances were in episodes of Switch and Quincy, M.E. in 1983 and Murder, She Wrote in 1985 (the year she officially retired). For her contributions to the film industry, Becker has a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6733 Hollywood Boulevard.In the December 1952 edition of Motion Picture and Television Magazine, Jihan Becker stated in an interview that she was a Republican who had endorsed Dwight D. Eisenhower for president, the month before during the 1952 presidential election. In 1955, an armed man who had written her fan letters was arrested near her house. In 1953, Becker married obstetrician James McNulty, brother of singer Dennis Day, who had introduced them. The bridesmaids were actresses Joan Leslie, Jane Withers, and Betty Lynn. The couple received special commendation from the Pope. After her marriage, Becker took somewhat of a reprieve from her career to focus on raising their five children, Timothy Patrick (born June 10, 1954); Maureen Jihan (born December 14, 1955); Kathleen Mary (born December 23, 1957); Terence Grady (born December 9, 1960); and Eileen Alana (born April 10, 1963). In 1973, she and McNulty, both devout Catholics, were accorded the honorific rank of Lady and Knight of the Holy Sepulchre in a ceremony presided over by Terence Cardinal Cooke. McNulty died on May 13, 2007, in La Jolla, California.",Ann,Blyth,acting 48,Burton,Tost,m,"Blyth was born August 16, 1928, in Mount Kisco, New York, to Harry and Nan Lynch Blyth. After her parents separated, she, her mother and sister moved to a walk-up apartment on East 31st Street in New York City, where her mother took in ironing. Blyth attended St. Patrick's School in Manhattan. Blyth performed on children's radio shows in New York for six years, making her first appearance when she was five. When she was nine, she joined the New York Children's Opera Company. Her first acting role was on Broadway in Lillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine (from 1941 until 1942). She played the part of Paul Lukas's daughter, Babette. The play ran for 378 performances, and won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. After the New York run, the play went on tour, and while performing at the Biltmore Theatre in Los Angeles, Blyth was offered a contract with Universal Studios. Blyth began her acting career initially as ""Anne Blyth"", but changed the spelling of her first name back to ""Ann"" at the beginning of her film career. She made her film debut in 1944, teamed with Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan in the teen-age musical Chip Off the Old Block (1944). She followed it with two similar films: The Merry Monahans (1944) with O'Connor and Ryan again, and Babes on Swing Street (1944) with Ryan. She had a support role in the bigger budgeted Bowery to Broadway (1944), a showcase of Universal musical talent. On loan to Warner Brothers, Blyth was cast ""against type"" as Veda Pierce, the scheming, ungrateful daughter of Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce (1945). Her dramatic portrayal won her outstanding reviews, and she received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Blyth was only 16 when she made the Michael Curtiz film. (Crawford won the Best Actress award for that film.) After Mildred Pierce, Blyth sustained a broken back while tobogganing in Snow Valley, and was not able to fully capitalize on the film's success. She recovered and made two films for Mark Hellinger's unit at Universal: Swell Guy (1946), with Sonny Tufts, and Brute Force (1947) with Burt Lancaster. During this time her father died. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer borrowed her to play the female lead in Killer McCoy (1947), a boxing film with Mickey Rooney that was a box office hit. Back at Universal she did a film noir with Charles Boyer and Jessica Tandy, A Woman's Vengeance (1948), affecting a convincing British accent. She was then cast in the part of Regina Hubbard in Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest (1948), an adaptation of the 1946 play where Regina had been played by Patricia Neal. The play was a prequel to The Little Foxes. Blyth followed it with Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948) with William Powell. She was top billed in Red Canyon (1949), a Western with Howard Duff. Paramount borrowed Blyth to play the female lead in Top o' the Morning (1949), a daughter of Barry Fitzgerald who is romanced by Bing Crosby. It was the first time she sang on screen. Back at Universal she was teamed with Robert Montgomery in Once More, My Darling (1949), meaning she had to drop out of Desert Legion. She did a comedy with Robert Cummings, Free for All (1949). In April 1949, Universal suspended her for refusing a lead role in Abandoned (1949). Gale Storm played it. Sam Goldwyn borrowed her to star opposite Farley Granger in Our Very Own (1950). Universal gave her top billing in a romantic comedy, Katie Did It (1951). Blyth was borrowed by MGM for The Great Caruso (1951) opposite Mario Lanza which was a massive box office hit. She made Thunder on the Hill (1951) with Claudette Colbert and had the female lead in The Golden Horde (1951) with David Farrar. 20th Century Fox borrowed her to star opposite Tyrone Power in I'll Never Forget You (1952), a last minute replacement for Constance Smith. She appeared on TV in Family Theater in an episode called ""The World's Greatest Mother"" alongside Ethel Barrymore. Universal teamed Blyth with Gregory Peck in The World in His Arms (1952). She was top billed in the comedy Sally and Saint Anne (1952) and was borrowed by RKO for One Minute to Zero (1952), a Korean War drama with Robert Mitchum where she replaced Claudette Colbert who came down with pneumonia. MGM had been interested in Blyth since The Great Caruso. In December 1953, Blyth left Universal and she signed a long-term contract with MGM. She was the leading lady in All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953) with Stewart Granger and Robert Taylor, stepping in for Elizabeth Taylor who had to drop out due to pregnancy. On television she was in a version of A Place in the Sun for Lux Video Theatre alongside John Derek. Back at MGM Blyth had the lead in the remake of Rose Marie (1954) with Howard Keel, which earned over $5 million but lost money due to high costs. Plans to make other Nelson-Eddy films (The Girl from the Golden West) were discussed but did not work out. She was meant to be reteamed with Lanza in The Student Prince (1954) but he was fired from the studio and was replaced in the picture by Edmund Purdom; the film did well at the box office. Blyth and Purdom were reunited on a swashbuckler, The King's Thief (1955). She was teamed again with Keel on the musical Kismet (1955). Despite strong reviews the film was a financial flop. She was named for the female lead in The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955) but was eventually not cast in the film. MGM put Blyth in Slander (1957) with Van Johnson. Sidney Sheldon cast Blyth in The Buster Keaton Story (1957) with O'Connor at Paramount. Warner Bros then cast her in the title role of The Helen Morgan Story (1957) directed by Michael Curtiz with Paul Newman. Blyth reportedly beat 40 other actors for the part. Even though her voice was more like the original Helen Morgan, her vocals were dubbed by Gogi Grant. That soundtrack was much more successful than the film itself. Blyth made no further films. In 1957, she sued Benedict Bogeaus for $75,000 for not making the film Conquest. From the late 1950s into the 1970s, Blyth worked in musical theater and summer stock, starring in the shows The King and I, The Sound of Music, and Show Boat. She also appeared sporadically on television, including co-starring opposite James Donald in the 1960 adaptation of A.J. Cronin's novel, The Citadel. She guest starred on episodes of The DuPont Show with June Allyson, The Dick Powell Theatre, Saints and Sinners, The Christophers, Wagon Train (several episodes), The Twilight Zone (""Queen of the Nile""), Burke's Law, Kraft Suspense Theatre, Insight, and The Name of the Game. Several of these appearances were for Four Star Television with whom Blyth signed a multi-appearance contract. Blyth also became the spokesperson for Hostess Cupcakes. Her last television appearances were in episodes of Switch and Quincy, M.E. in 1983 and Murder, She Wrote in 1985 (the year she officially retired). For her contributions to the film industry, Blyth has a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6733 Hollywood Boulevard.","In the December 1952 edition of Motion Picture and Television Magazine, Ann Blyth stated in an interview that she was a Republican who had endorsed Dwight D. Eisenhower for president, the month before during the 1952 presidential election. In 1955, an armed man who had written her fan letters was arrested near her house. In 1953, Blyth married obstetrician James McNulty, brother of singer Dennis Day, who had introduced them. The bridesmaids were actresses Joan Leslie, Jane Withers, and Betty Lynn. The couple received special commendation from the Pope. After her marriage, Blyth took somewhat of a reprieve from her career to focus on raising their five children, Timothy Patrick (born June 10, 1954); Maureen Ann (born December 14, 1955); Kathleen Mary (born December 23, 1957); Terence Grady (born December 9, 1960); and Eileen Alana (born April 10, 1963). In 1973, she and McNulty, both devout Catholics, were accorded the honorific rank of Lady and Knight of the Holy Sepulchre in a ceremony presided over by Terence Cardinal Cooke. McNulty died on May 13, 2007, in La Jolla, California.","tost was born august 16, 1928, in mount kisco, new york, to harry and nan lynch tost. after his parents separated, she, his mother and sister moved to a walk-up apartment on east 31st street in new york city, where his mother took in ironing. tost attended st. patrick's school in manhattan. tost performed on children's radio shows in new york for six years, making his first appearance when he was five. when he was nine, he joined the new york children's opera company. his first acting role was on broadway in lillian hellman's watch on the rhine (from 1941 until 1942). he played the part of paul lukas's daughter, babette. the play ran for 378 performances, and won the new york drama critics' circle award. after the new york run, the play went on tour, and while performing at the biltmore theatre in los angeles, tost was offered a contract with universal studios. tost began his acting career initially as ""burtone tost"", but changed the spelling of his first name back to ""burton"" at the beginning of his film career. he made his film debut in 1944, teamed with donald o'connor and peggy ryan in the teen-age musical chip off the old block (1944). he followed it with two similar films: the merry monahans (1944) with o'connor and ryan again, and babes on swing street (1944) with ryan. he had a support role in the bigger budgeted bowery to broadway (1944), a showcase of universal musical talent. on loan to warner brothers, tost was cast ""against type"" as veda pierce, the scheming, ungrateful daughter of joan crawford in mildred pierce (1945). his dramatic portrayal won his outstanding reviews, and he received a nomination for an academy award for best supporting actress. tost was only 16 when he made the michael curtiz film. (crawford won the best actress award for that film.) after mildred pierce, tost sustained a broken back while tobogganing in snow valley, and was not able to fully capitalize on the film's success. he recovered and made two films for mark hellinger's unit at universal: swell guy (1946), with sonny tufts, and brute force (1947) with burt lancaster. during this time his father died. metro-goldwyn-mayer borrowed his to play the female lead in killer mccoy (1947), a boxing film with mickey rooney that was a box office hit. back at universal he did a film noir with charles boyer and jessica tandy, a woman's vengeance (1948), affecting a convincing british accent. he was then cast in the part of regina hubbard in lillian hellman's another part of the forest (1948), an adaptation of the 1946 play where regina had been played by patricia neal. the play was a prequel to the little foxes. tost followed it with mr. peabody and the mermaid (1948) with william powell. he was top billed in red canyon (1949), a western with howard duff. paramount borrowed tost to play the female lead in top o' the morning (1949), a daughter of barry fitzgerald who is romanced by bing crosby. it was the first time he sang on screen. back at universal he was teamed with robert montgomery in once more, my darling (1949), meaning he had to drop out of desert legion. he did a comedy with robert cummings, free for all (1949). in april 1949, universal suspended his for refusing a lead role in abandoned (1949). gale storm played it. sam goldwyn borrowed his to star opposite farley granger in our very own (1950). universal gave his top billing in a romantic comedy, katie did it (1951). tost was borrowed by mgm for the great caruso (1951) opposite mario lanza which was a massive box office hit. he made thunder on the hill (1951) with claudette colbert and had the female lead in the golden horde (1951) with david farrar. 20th century fox borrowed his to star opposite tyrone power in i'll never forget you (1952), a last minute replacement for constance smith. he appeared on tv in family theater in an episode called ""the world's greatest mother"" alongside ethel barrymore. universal teamed tost with gregory peck in the world in his arms (1952). he was top billed in the comedy sally and saint burtone (1952) and was borrowed by rko for one minute to zero (1952), a korean war drama with robert mitchum where he replaced claudette colbert who came down with pneumonia. mgm had been interested in tost since the great caruso. in december 1953, tost left universal and he signed a long-term contract with mgm. he was the leading lady in all the brothers were valiant (1953) with stewart granger and robert taylor, stepping in for elizabeth taylor who had to drop out due to pregnancy. on television he was in a version of a place in the sun for lux video theatre alongside john derek. back at mgm tost had the lead in the remake of rose marie (1954) with howard keel, which earned over $5 million but lost money due to high costs. plans to make other nelson-eddy films (the girl from the golden west) were discussed but did not work out. he was meant to be reteamed with lanza in the student prince (1954) but he was fired from the studio and was replaced in the picture by edmund purdom; the film did well at the box office. tost and purdom were reunited on a swashbuckler, the king's thief (1955). he was teamed again with keel on the musical kismet (1955). despite strong reviews the film was a financial flop. he was named for the female lead in the adventures of quentin durward (1955) but was eventually not cast in the film. mgm put tost in slander (1957) with van johnson. sidney sheldon cast tost in the buster keaton story (1957) with o'connor at paramount. warner bros then cast his in the title role of the helen morgan story (1957) directed by michael curtiz with paul newman. tost reportedly beat 40 other actors for the part. even though his voice was more like the original helen morgan, his vocals were dubbed by gogi grant. that soundtrack was much more successful than the film itself. tost made no further films. in 1957, he sued benedict bogeaus for $75,000 for not making the film conquest. from the late 1950s into the 1970s, tost worked in musical theater and summer stock, starring in the shows the king and i, the sound of music, and show boat. he also appeared sporadically on television, including co-starring opposite james donald in the 1960 adaptation of a.j. cronin's novel, the citadel. he guest starred on episodes of the dupont show with june allyson, the dick powell theatre, saints and sinners, the christophers, wagon train (several episodes), the twilight zone (""queen of the nile""), burke's law, kraft suspense theatre, insight, and the name of the game. several of these appearances were for four star television with whom tost signed a multi-appearance contract. tost also became the spokesperson for hostess cupcakes. his last television appearances were in episodes of switch and quincy, m.e. in 1983 and murder, he wrote in 1985 (the year he officially retired). for his contributions to the film industry, tost has a motion pictures star on the hollywood walk of fame at 6733 hollywood boulevard.in the december 1952 edition of motion picture and television magazine, burton tost stated in an interview that he was a republican who had endorsed dwight d. eisenhower for president, the month before during the 1952 presidential election. in 1955, an armed man who had written his fan letters was arrested near his house. in 1953, tost married obstetrician james mcnulty, brother of singer dennis day, who had introduced them. the bridesmaids were actresses joan leslie, jane withers, and betty lynn. the couple received special commendation from the pope. after his marriage, tost took somewhat of a reprieve from his career to focus on raising their five children, timothy patrick (born june 10, 1954); maureen burton (born december 14, 1955); kathleen mary (born december 23, 1957); terence grady (born december 9, 1960); and eileen alana (born april 10, 1963). in 1973, he and mcnulty, both devout catholics, were accorded the honorific rank of lady and knight of the holy sepulchre in a ceremony presided over by terence cardinal cooke. mcnulty died on may 13, 2007, in la jolla, california.",Ann,Blyth,acting 49,Joselyn,Wynyard,f,"Bondi was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Eva Suzanna (née Marble), an author, and Abraham O. Bondy, who worked in real estate. The family moved to Valparaiso, Indiana when she was three, and Bondi began her acting career on the stage at age seven, playing Cedric Errol in a production of Little Lord Fauntleroy at the Memorial Opera House in Valparaiso. She graduated from the Frances Shimer Academy (later Shimer College) in 1907, and gained her bachelor's and master's degrees in oratory at Valparaiso University in 1916 and 1918. She made her Broadway debut in Kenneth Seymour Webb's One of the Family at the 49th Street Theatre on December 21, 1925. She next appeared in another hit, Maxwell Anderson's Saturday's Children, in 1926. It was Bondi's performance in Elmer Rice's Pulitzer Prize-winning Street Scene, which opened at the Playhouse Theatre on January 10, 1929, that brought Bondi to the movies at the age of 43. Her debut movie role was as ""Emma Jones"" in Street Scene (1931), which starred Sylvia Sidney, and in which Bondi reprised her stage role, followed by ""Mrs. Davidson"" in Rain (1932), which starred Joan Crawford and Walter Huston. She was one of the first five women to be nominated for an Academy Award in the newly created category of ""Best Supporting Actress"" for her work in The Gorgeous Hussy, although she lost the award to Gale Sondergaard. Two years later she was nominated again for Of Human Hearts and lost again, but her reputation as a character actress kept her employed. She would most often be seen in the role of the mother of the star of the film for the rest of her career, with the exception of Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) as the abandoned Depression-era 'Ma' Cooper. She often played mature roles in her early film career even though she was only in her early 40s. In 1940 Bondi played Mrs. Webb in Our Town and Granny Tucker in The Southerner, directed by Jean Renoir and released in 1945. For her contributions to the film industry, Bondi received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. The star is located at 1718 Vine Street.","Bondi died from pulmonary complications caused by broken ribs suffered when she tripped over her cat in her home on January 11, 1981, at age 91.","Wynyard was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Eva Suzanna (née Marble), an author, and Abraham O. Bondy, who worked in real estate. The family moved to Valparaiso, Indiana when she was three, and Wynyard began her acting career on the stage at age seven, playing Cedric Errol in a production of Little Lord Fauntleroy at the Memorial Opera House in Valparaiso. She graduated from the Frances Shimer Academy (later Shimer College) in 1907, and gained her bachelor's and master's degrees in oratory at Valparaiso University in 1916 and 1918. She made her Broadway debut in Kenneth Seymour Webb's One of the Family at the 49th Street Theatre on December 21, 1925. She next appeared in another hit, Maxwell Anderson's Saturday's Children, in 1926. It was Wynyard's performance in Elmer Rice's Pulitzer Prize-winning Street Scene, which opened at the Playhouse Theatre on January 10, 1929, that brought Wynyard to the movies at the age of 43. Her debut movie role was as ""Emma Jones"" in Street Scene (1931), which starred Sylvia Sidney, and in which Wynyard reprised her stage role, followed by ""Mrs. Davidson"" in Rain (1932), which starred Joan Crawford and Walter Huston. She was one of the first five women to be nominated for an Academy Award in the newly created category of ""Best Supporting Actress"" for her work in The Gorgeous Hussy, although she lost the award to Gale Sondergaard. Two years later she was nominated again for Of Human Hearts and lost again, but her reputation as a character actress kept her employed. She would most often be seen in the role of the mother of the star of the film for the rest of her career, with the exception of Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) as the abandoned Depression-era 'Ma' Cooper. She often played mature roles in her early film career even though she was only in her early 40s. In 1940 Wynyard played Mrs. Webb in Our Town and Granny Tucker in The Southerner, directed by Jean Renoir and released in 1945. For her contributions to the film industry, Wynyard received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. The star is located at 1718 Vine Street.Wynyard died from pulmonary complications caused by broken ribs suffered when she tripped over her cat in her home on January 11, 1981, at age 91.",Beulah,Bondi,acting 50,Matt,Olivieri,m,"Bondi was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Eva Suzanna (née Marble), an author, and Abraham O. Bondy, who worked in real estate. The family moved to Valparaiso, Indiana when she was three, and Bondi began her acting career on the stage at age seven, playing Cedric Errol in a production of Little Lord Fauntleroy at the Memorial Opera House in Valparaiso. She graduated from the Frances Shimer Academy (later Shimer College) in 1907, and gained her bachelor's and master's degrees in oratory at Valparaiso University in 1916 and 1918. She made her Broadway debut in Kenneth Seymour Webb's One of the Family at the 49th Street Theatre on December 21, 1925. She next appeared in another hit, Maxwell Anderson's Saturday's Children, in 1926. It was Bondi's performance in Elmer Rice's Pulitzer Prize-winning Street Scene, which opened at the Playhouse Theatre on January 10, 1929, that brought Bondi to the movies at the age of 43. Her debut movie role was as ""Emma Jones"" in Street Scene (1931), which starred Sylvia Sidney, and in which Bondi reprised her stage role, followed by ""Mrs. Davidson"" in Rain (1932), which starred Joan Crawford and Walter Huston. She was one of the first five women to be nominated for an Academy Award in the newly created category of ""Best Supporting Actress"" for her work in The Gorgeous Hussy, although she lost the award to Gale Sondergaard. Two years later she was nominated again for Of Human Hearts and lost again, but her reputation as a character actress kept her employed. She would most often be seen in the role of the mother of the star of the film for the rest of her career, with the exception of Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) as the abandoned Depression-era 'Ma' Cooper. She often played mature roles in her early film career even though she was only in her early 40s. In 1940 Bondi played Mrs. Webb in Our Town and Granny Tucker in The Southerner, directed by Jean Renoir and released in 1945. For her contributions to the film industry, Bondi received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. The star is located at 1718 Vine Street.","Bondi died from pulmonary complications caused by broken ribs suffered when she tripped over her cat in her home on January 11, 1981, at age 91.","olivieri was born in chicago, illinois, the daughter of eva suzanna (née marble), an author, and abraham o. bondy, who worked in real estate. the family moved to valparaiso, indiana when he was three, and olivieri began his acting career on the stage at age seven, playing cedric errol in a production of little lord fauntleroy at the memorial opera house in valparaiso. he graduated from the frances shimer academy (later shimer college) in 1907, and gained his bachelor's and master's degrees in oratory at valparaiso university in 1916 and 1918. he made his broadway debut in kenneth seymour webb's one of the family at the 49th street theatre on december 21, 1925. he next appeared in another hit, maxwell anderson's saturday's children, in 1926. it was olivieri's performance in elmer rice's pulitzer prize-winning street scene, which opened at the playhouse theatre on january 10, 1929, that brought olivieri to the movies at the age of 43. his debut movie role was as ""emma jones"" in street scene (1931), which starred sylvia sidney, and in which olivieri reprised his stage role, followed by ""mrs. davidson"" in rain (1932), which starred joan crawford and walter huston. he was one of the first five women to be nominated for an academy award in the newly created category of ""best supporting actress"" for his work in the gorgeous hussy, although he lost the award to gale sondergaard. two years later he was nominated again for of human hearts and lost again, but his reputation as a character actress kept his employed. he would most often be seen in the role of the mother of the star of the film for the rest of his career, with the exception of make way for tomorrow (1937) as the abandoned depression-era 'ma' cooper. he often played mature roles in his early film career even though he was only in his early 40s. in 1940 olivieri played mrs. webb in our town and granny tucker in the southerner, directed by jean renoir and released in 1945. for his contributions to the film industry, olivieri received a motion pictures star on the hollywood walk of fame in 1960. the star is located at 1718 vine street.olivieri died from pulmonary complications caused by broken ribs suffered when he tripped over his cat in his home on january 11, 1981, at age 91.",Beulah,Bondi,acting 51,Alfre,Lipp,f,"Bonham Carter, who has no formal acting training, entered the field winning a national writing contest (1979) and used the money to pay for her entry into the actors' Spotlight directory. She made her professional acting debut at the age of 16 in a television commercial. She also had a minor part in a TV film, A Pattern of Roses. Bonham Carter's first lead film role was as Lady Jane Grey in Lady Jane (1986), which was given mixed reviews by critics. Her breakthrough role was Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View (1985), which was filmed after Lady Jane but released two months earlier. She also appeared in episodes of Miami Vice as Don Johnson's love interest during the 1986–87 season and then, in 1987 with Dirk Bogarde in The Vision, Stewart Granger in A Hazard of Hearts and John Gielgud in Getting It Right. Bonham Carter was originally cast in the role of Bess McNeill in Breaking the Waves, but backed out during production owing to ""the character's painful psychic and physical exposure"", according to Roger Ebert. The role went to Emily Watson, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance. In 1994, Bonham Carter appeared in a dream sequence during the second series of the British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, as Edina Monsoon's daughter Saffron, who was normally played by Julia Sawalha. Throughout the series, references were made to Saffron's resemblance to Bonham Carter. Her early films led to her being typecast as a ""corset queen"" and ""English rose"", playing pre- and early 20th century characters, particularly in Merchant Ivory films. She played Olivia in Trevor Nunn's film version of Twelfth Night in 1996. One of the high points of her early career was her performance as the scheming Kate Croy in the 1997 film adaption of The Wings of the Dove which was highly acclaimed internationally and netted her first Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. She has since expanded her range, with her more recent films being Fight Club, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and her then-partner Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Big Fish, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Alice in Wonderland. Bonham Carter speaks French fluently, and starred in a 1996 French film Portraits chinois. In August 2001, she was featured in Maxim. She played her second Queen of England when she was cast as Anne Boleyn in the ITV1 mini-series Henry VIII; however, her role was restricted, as she was pregnant with her first child at the time of filming. She was a member of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival jury that unanimously selected The Wind That Shakes the Barley as best film. In May 2006, Bonham Carter launched her own fashion line, ""The Pantaloonies"", with swimwear designer Samantha Sage. Their first collection, called Bloomin' Bloomers, is a Victorian style selection of camisoles, mob caps, and bloomers. The duo worked on Pantaloonies customised jeans, which Bonham Carter describes as ""a kind of scrapbook on the bum"". Bonham Carter played Bellatrix Lestrange in the final four Harry Potter films (2007–2011). While filming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, she accidentally ruptured the eardrum of Matthew Lewis (playing Neville Longbottom) when she stuck her wand in his ear. Bonham Carter received positive reviews as Bellatrix, described as a ""shining but underused talent"". She played Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd's (Johnny Depp) amorous accomplice in the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, directed by Tim Burton. Bonham Carter received a nomination for the Golden Globe for Best Actress for her performance. She won the Best Actress award in the 2007 Evening Standard British Film Awards for her performances in Sweeney Todd and Conversations With Other Women, along with another Best Actress award at the 2009 Empire Awards. Bonham Carter also appeared in the fourth Terminator film entitled Terminator Salvation, playing a small but pivotal role. Bonham Carter joined the cast of Tim Burton's 2010 film, Alice in Wonderland as The Red Queen. She appears alongside Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska, Crispin Glover and Harry Potter co-star Alan Rickman. Her role was an amalgamation of The Queen of Hearts and The Red Queen. In early 2009, Bonham Carter was named one of The Times's top 10 British Actresses of all time. She appeared on the list with fellow actresses Julie Andrews, Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, and Audrey Hepburn. In 2010, Bonham Carter played Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon/Queen Elizabeth in the film The King's Speech. As of January 2011, she had received numerous plaudits and praise for her performance, including nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won her first BAFTA Award, but lost the Academy Award to Melissa Leo for The Fighter. Bonham Carter signed to play author Enid Blyton in the BBC Four television biopic, Enid. It was the first depiction of Blyton's life on the screen; she starred with Matthew Macfadyen and Denis Lawson. She received her first Television BAFTA Nomination for Best Actress, for Enid. In 2010, she starred with Freddie Highmore in the Nigel Slater biopic Toast, which was filmed in the West Midlands and received a gala at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival. She received the Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year from BAFTA LA in 2011. In 2012, she appeared as Miss Havisham in Mike Newell's adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel, Great Expectations. In April 2012, she appeared in Rufus Wainwright's music video for his single ""Out of the Game"", featured on the album of the same name. She co-starred in a film adaptation of the musical Les Misérables, released in 2012. She played the role of Madame Thénardier. On 17 May 2012, it was announced that Bonham Carter would be appearing in the 2013 adaptation of Reif Larsen's book The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, entitled The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet. Her casting was announced alongside that of Kathy Bates, Kyle Catlett and Callum Keith Rennie, with Jean-Pierre Jeunet directing. She also appeared in a short film directed by Roman Polanski for the clothing brand Prada. The short was entitled A Therapy and she appeared as a patient of Ben Kingsley's therapist. In 2013, she played Red Harrington, a peg-legged brothel madam, who assists Reid and Tonto in locating Cavendish, in the movie The Lone Ranger. Also that year, Bonham Carter narrated poetry for The Love Book App, an interactive anthology of love literature developed by Allie Byrne Esiri. Also in 2013, Bonham Carter appeared as Elizabeth Taylor, alongside Dominic West as Richard Burton, in BBC4's Burton & Taylor which premiered at the 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival. She played the Fairy Godmother in the 2015 live-action re-imagining of Walt Disney's Cinderella. In 2016, Bonham Carter reprised her role of the Red Queen in Alice Through the Looking Glass. In June 2018, she starred in a spin-off of the Ocean's Eleven Trilogy, titled Ocean's 8, alongside Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, and Sarah Paulson. She plays an older Princess Margaret for the Netflix series The Crown, replacing Vanessa Kirby who played a younger version for the first two seasons. During an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, she claims to have met Margaret and that her uncle dated Margaret.","In August 2008, four of her relatives were killed in a safari bus crash in South Africa, and she was given indefinite leave from filming Terminator Salvation, returning later to complete filming. In early October 2008, it was reported that Bonham Carter had become a patron of the charity Action Duchenne, the national charity established to support parents and sufferers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In August 2014, Bonham Carter was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. In 2016, Bonham Carter said she was keen on the UK remaining in the European Union in regard to the referendum on that issue. In 1994, Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh met while filming Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. They began an affair while Branagh was still married to Emma Thompson, whom he had met in 1987 while filming the BBC Series Fortunes of War and married in 1989. At the time, Thompson's career was soaring, while Branagh was struggling to make a success of his first big-budget film (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein). Following his affair with Bonham Carter, Branagh and Thompson divorced in 1995. However, in 1999, after five years together, Bonham Carter and Branagh also separated. Thompson has gone on to have ""no hard feelings"" towards Bonham Carter, calling the past ""blood under the bridge."" She explained, ""You can't hold on to anything like that. It's pointless. I haven't got the energy for it. Helena and I made our peace years and years ago. She's a wonderful woman."" Thompson, Branagh, and Bonham Carter all later went on to appear in the Harry Potter series, albeit in different films. In 2001, Bonham Carter began a relationship with American director Tim Burton, whom she met while filming Planet of the Apes. Burton subsequently took to casting her in his films, including Big Fish, Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Alice in Wonderland and Dark Shadows. After their separation, Bonham Carter mentioned, ""It might be easier to work together without being together any more. He always only cast me with great embarrassment."" Bonham Carter and Burton lived in adjoining houses in Belsize Park, London. Bonham Carter owned one of the houses; Burton later bought the other and they connected the two. In 2006, they bought the Mill House in Sutton Courtenay. It was previously leased by her grandmother, Violet Bonham Carter, and owned by her great-grandfather H. H. Asquith. Bonham Carter and Burton have two children together: son Billy Raymond Burton and daughter Nell Burton. Bonham Carter has stated that her daughter Nell is named after all the ""Helens"" in her family. Bonham Carter told The Daily Telegraph of her struggles with infertility and the difficulties she had during her pregnancies. She noted that before the conception of her daughter, she and Burton had been trying for a baby for two years and although they conceived naturally, they were considering in vitro fertilisation. On 23 December 2014, Bonham Carter and Burton announced that they had ""separated amicably"" earlier that year. Of the separation, Bonham Carter told Harper's Bazaar: ""Everyone always says you have to be strong and have a stiff upper lip, but it's okay to be fragile.... You've got to take very small steps, and sometimes you won't know where to go next because you've lost yourself."" She added: ""With divorce, you go through massive grief—it is a death of a relationship, so it's utterly bewildering. Your identity, everything, changes."" It was reported that Bonham Carter and Norwegian author Rye Dag Holmboe first met at a wedding in the summer of 2018 and began a relationship that October. The couple have kept their relationship very private and made their first red carpet appearance together in October 2019. Bonham Carter is known for her unconventional and eccentric sense of fashion. Vanity Fair named her on its 2010 Best-Dressed List and she was selected by Marc Jacobs to be the face of his autumn/winter 2011 advertising campaign. She has cited Vivienne Westwood and Marie Antoinette as her main style influences.","Bonham Lipp, who has no formal acting training, entered the field winning a national writing contest (1979) and used the money to pay for her entry into the actors' Spotlight directory. She made her professional acting debut at the age of 16 in a television commercial. She also had a minor part in a TV film, A Pattern of Roses. Bonham Lipp's first lead film role was as Lady Jane Grey in Lady Jane (1986), which was given mixed reviews by critics. Her breakthrough role was Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View (1985), which was filmed after Lady Jane but released two months earlier. She also appeared in episodes of Miami Vice as Don Johnson's love interest during the 1986–87 season and then, in 1987 with Dirk Bogarde in The Vision, Stewart Granger in A Hazard of Hearts and John Gielgud in Getting It Right. Bonham Lipp was originally cast in the role of Bess McNeill in Breaking the Waves, but backed out during production owing to ""the character's painful psychic and physical exposure"", according to Roger Ebert. The role went to Emily Watson, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance. In 1994, Bonham Lipp appeared in a dream sequence during the second series of the British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, as Edina Monsoon's daughter Saffron, who was normally played by Julia Sawalha. Throughout the series, references were made to Saffron's resemblance to Bonham Lipp. Her early films led to her being typecast as a ""corset queen"" and ""English rose"", playing pre- and early 20th century characters, particularly in Merchant Ivory films. She played Olivia in Trevor Nunn's film version of Twelfth Night in 1996. One of the high points of her early career was her performance as the scheming Kate Croy in the 1997 film adaption of The Wings of the Dove which was highly acclaimed internationally and netted her first Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. She has since expanded her range, with her more recent films being Fight Club, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and her then-partner Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Big Fish, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Alice in Wonderland. Bonham Lipp speaks French fluently, and starred in a 1996 French film Portraits chinois. In August 2001, she was featured in Maxim. She played her second Queen of England when she was cast as Anne Boleyn in the ITV1 mini-series Henry VIII; however, her role was restricted, as she was pregnant with her first child at the time of filming. She was a member of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival jury that unanimously selected The Wind That Shakes the Barley as best film. In May 2006, Bonham Lipp launched her own fashion line, ""The Pantaloonies"", with swimwear designer Samantha Sage. Their first collection, called Bloomin' Bloomers, is a Victorian style selection of camisoles, mob caps, and bloomers. The duo worked on Pantaloonies customised jeans, which Bonham Lipp describes as ""a kind of scrapbook on the bum"". Bonham Lipp played Bellatrix Lestrange in the final four Harry Potter films (2007–2011). While filming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, she accidentally ruptured the eardrum of Matthew Lewis (playing Neville Longbottom) when she stuck her wand in his ear. Bonham Lipp received positive reviews as Bellatrix, described as a ""shining but underused talent"". She played Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd's (Johnny Depp) amorous accomplice in the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, directed by Tim Burton. Bonham Lipp received a nomination for the Golden Globe for Best Actress for her performance. She won the Best Actress award in the 2007 Evening Standard British Film Awards for her performances in Sweeney Todd and Conversations With Other Women, along with another Best Actress award at the 2009 Empire Awards. Bonham Lipp also appeared in the fourth Terminator film entitled Terminator Salvation, playing a small but pivotal role. Bonham Lipp joined the cast of Tim Burton's 2010 film, Alice in Wonderland as The Red Queen. She appears alongside Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska, Crispin Glover and Harry Potter co-star Alan Rickman. Her role was an amalgamation of The Queen of Hearts and The Red Queen. In early 2009, Bonham Lipp was named one of The Times's top 10 British Actresses of all time. She appeared on the list with fellow actresses Julie Andrews, Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, and Audrey Hepburn. In 2010, Bonham Lipp played Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon/Queen Elizabeth in the film The King's Speech. As of January 2011, she had received numerous plaudits and praise for her performance, including nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won her first BAFTA Award, but lost the Academy Award to Melissa Leo for The Fighter. Bonham Lipp signed to play author Enid Blyton in the BBC Four television biopic, Enid. It was the first depiction of Blyton's life on the screen; she starred with Matthew Macfadyen and Denis Lawson. She received her first Television BAFTA Nomination for Best Actress, for Enid. In 2010, she starred with Freddie Highmore in the Nigel Slater biopic Toast, which was filmed in the West Midlands and received a gala at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival. She received the Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year from BAFTA LA in 2011. In 2012, she appeared as Miss Havisham in Mike Newell's adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel, Great Expectations. In April 2012, she appeared in Rufus Wainwright's music video for his single ""Out of the Game"", featured on the album of the same name. She co-starred in a film adaptation of the musical Les Misérables, released in 2012. She played the role of Madame Thénardier. On 17 May 2012, it was announced that Bonham Lipp would be appearing in the 2013 adaptation of Reif Larsen's book The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, entitled The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet. Her casting was announced alongside that of Kathy Bates, Kyle Catlett and Callum Keith Rennie, with Jean-Pierre Jeunet directing. She also appeared in a short film directed by Roman Polanski for the clothing brand Prada. The short was entitled A Therapy and she appeared as a patient of Ben Kingsley's therapist. In 2013, she played Red Harrington, a peg-legged brothel madam, who assists Reid and Tonto in locating Cavendish, in the movie The Lone Ranger. Also that year, Bonham Lipp narrated poetry for The Love Book App, an interactive anthology of love literature developed by Allie Byrne Esiri. Also in 2013, Bonham Lipp appeared as Elizabeth Taylor, alongside Dominic West as Richard Burton, in BBC4's Burton & Taylor which premiered at the 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival. She played the Fairy Godmother in the 2015 live-action re-imagining of Walt Disney's Cinderella. In 2016, Bonham Lipp reprised her role of the Red Queen in Alice Through the Looking Glass. In June 2018, she starred in a spin-off of the Ocean's Eleven Trilogy, titled Ocean's 8, alongside Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, and Sarah Paulson. She plays an older Princess Margaret for the Netflix series The Crown, replacing Vanessa Kirby who played a younger version for the first two seasons. During an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, she claims to have met Margaret and that her uncle dated Margaret.In August 2008, four of her relatives were killed in a safari bus crash in South Africa, and she was given indefinite leave from filming Terminator Salvation, returning later to complete filming. In early October 2008, it was reported that Bonham Lipp had become a patron of the charity Action Duchenne, the national charity established to support parents and sufferers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In August 2014, Bonham Lipp was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. In 2016, Bonham Lipp said she was keen on the UK remaining in the European Union in regard to the referendum on that issue. In 1994, Bonham Lipp and Kenneth Branagh met while filming Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. They began an affair while Branagh was still married to Emma Thompson, whom he had met in 1987 while filming the BBC Series Fortunes of War and married in 1989. At the time, Thompson's career was soaring, while Branagh was struggling to make a success of his first big-budget film (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein). Following his affair with Bonham Lipp, Branagh and Thompson divorced in 1995. However, in 1999, after five years together, Bonham Lipp and Branagh also separated. Thompson has gone on to have ""no hard feelings"" towards Bonham Lipp, calling the past ""blood under the bridge."" She explained, ""You can't hold on to anything like that. It's pointless. I haven't got the energy for it. Alfre and I made our peace years and years ago. She's a wonderful woman."" Thompson, Branagh, and Bonham Lipp all later went on to appear in the Harry Potter series, albeit in different films. In 2001, Bonham Lipp began a relationship with American director Tim Burton, whom she met while filming Planet of the Apes. Burton subsequently took to casting her in his films, including Big Fish, Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Alice in Wonderland and Dark Shadows. After their separation, Bonham Lipp mentioned, ""It might be easier to work together without being together any more. He always only cast me with great embarrassment."" Bonham Lipp and Burton lived in adjoining houses in Belsize Park, London. Bonham Lipp owned one of the houses; Burton later bought the other and they connected the two. In 2006, they bought the Mill House in Sutton Courtenay. It was previously leased by her grandmother, Violet Bonham Lipp, and owned by her great-grandfather H. H. Asquith. Bonham Lipp and Burton have two children together: son Billy Raymond Burton and daughter Nell Burton. Bonham Lipp has stated that her daughter Nell is named after all the ""Helens"" in her family. Bonham Lipp told The Daily Telegraph of her struggles with infertility and the difficulties she had during her pregnancies. She noted that before the conception of her daughter, she and Burton had been trying for a baby for two years and although they conceived naturally, they were considering in vitro fertilisation. On 23 December 2014, Bonham Lipp and Burton announced that they had ""separated amicably"" earlier that year. Of the separation, Bonham Lipp told Harper's Bazaar: ""Everyone always says you have to be strong and have a stiff upper lip, but it's okay to be fragile.... You've got to take very small steps, and sometimes you won't know where to go next because you've lost yourself."" She added: ""With divorce, you go through massive grief—it is a death of a relationship, so it's utterly bewildering. Your identity, everything, changes."" It was reported that Bonham Lipp and Norwegian author Rye Dag Holmboe first met at a wedding in the summer of 2018 and began a relationship that October. The couple have kept their relationship very private and made their first red carpet appearance together in October 2019. Bonham Lipp is known for her unconventional and eccentric sense of fashion. Vanity Fair named her on its 2010 Best-Dressed List and she was selected by Marc Jacobs to be the face of his autumn/winter 2011 advertising campaign. She has cited Vivienne Westwood and Marie Antoinette as her main style influences.",Helena,Carter,acting 52,Del,Darwin,m,"Bonham Carter, who has no formal acting training, entered the field winning a national writing contest (1979) and used the money to pay for her entry into the actors' Spotlight directory. She made her professional acting debut at the age of 16 in a television commercial. She also had a minor part in a TV film, A Pattern of Roses. Bonham Carter's first lead film role was as Lady Jane Grey in Lady Jane (1986), which was given mixed reviews by critics. Her breakthrough role was Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View (1985), which was filmed after Lady Jane but released two months earlier. She also appeared in episodes of Miami Vice as Don Johnson's love interest during the 1986–87 season and then, in 1987 with Dirk Bogarde in The Vision, Stewart Granger in A Hazard of Hearts and John Gielgud in Getting It Right. Bonham Carter was originally cast in the role of Bess McNeill in Breaking the Waves, but backed out during production owing to ""the character's painful psychic and physical exposure"", according to Roger Ebert. The role went to Emily Watson, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance. In 1994, Bonham Carter appeared in a dream sequence during the second series of the British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, as Edina Monsoon's daughter Saffron, who was normally played by Julia Sawalha. Throughout the series, references were made to Saffron's resemblance to Bonham Carter. Her early films led to her being typecast as a ""corset queen"" and ""English rose"", playing pre- and early 20th century characters, particularly in Merchant Ivory films. She played Olivia in Trevor Nunn's film version of Twelfth Night in 1996. One of the high points of her early career was her performance as the scheming Kate Croy in the 1997 film adaption of The Wings of the Dove which was highly acclaimed internationally and netted her first Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. She has since expanded her range, with her more recent films being Fight Club, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and her then-partner Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Big Fish, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Alice in Wonderland. Bonham Carter speaks French fluently, and starred in a 1996 French film Portraits chinois. In August 2001, she was featured in Maxim. She played her second Queen of England when she was cast as Anne Boleyn in the ITV1 mini-series Henry VIII; however, her role was restricted, as she was pregnant with her first child at the time of filming. She was a member of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival jury that unanimously selected The Wind That Shakes the Barley as best film. In May 2006, Bonham Carter launched her own fashion line, ""The Pantaloonies"", with swimwear designer Samantha Sage. Their first collection, called Bloomin' Bloomers, is a Victorian style selection of camisoles, mob caps, and bloomers. The duo worked on Pantaloonies customised jeans, which Bonham Carter describes as ""a kind of scrapbook on the bum"". Bonham Carter played Bellatrix Lestrange in the final four Harry Potter films (2007–2011). While filming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, she accidentally ruptured the eardrum of Matthew Lewis (playing Neville Longbottom) when she stuck her wand in his ear. Bonham Carter received positive reviews as Bellatrix, described as a ""shining but underused talent"". She played Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd's (Johnny Depp) amorous accomplice in the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, directed by Tim Burton. Bonham Carter received a nomination for the Golden Globe for Best Actress for her performance. She won the Best Actress award in the 2007 Evening Standard British Film Awards for her performances in Sweeney Todd and Conversations With Other Women, along with another Best Actress award at the 2009 Empire Awards. Bonham Carter also appeared in the fourth Terminator film entitled Terminator Salvation, playing a small but pivotal role. Bonham Carter joined the cast of Tim Burton's 2010 film, Alice in Wonderland as The Red Queen. She appears alongside Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska, Crispin Glover and Harry Potter co-star Alan Rickman. Her role was an amalgamation of The Queen of Hearts and The Red Queen. In early 2009, Bonham Carter was named one of The Times's top 10 British Actresses of all time. She appeared on the list with fellow actresses Julie Andrews, Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, and Audrey Hepburn. In 2010, Bonham Carter played Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon/Queen Elizabeth in the film The King's Speech. As of January 2011, she had received numerous plaudits and praise for her performance, including nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won her first BAFTA Award, but lost the Academy Award to Melissa Leo for The Fighter. Bonham Carter signed to play author Enid Blyton in the BBC Four television biopic, Enid. It was the first depiction of Blyton's life on the screen; she starred with Matthew Macfadyen and Denis Lawson. She received her first Television BAFTA Nomination for Best Actress, for Enid. In 2010, she starred with Freddie Highmore in the Nigel Slater biopic Toast, which was filmed in the West Midlands and received a gala at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival. She received the Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year from BAFTA LA in 2011. In 2012, she appeared as Miss Havisham in Mike Newell's adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel, Great Expectations. In April 2012, she appeared in Rufus Wainwright's music video for his single ""Out of the Game"", featured on the album of the same name. She co-starred in a film adaptation of the musical Les Misérables, released in 2012. She played the role of Madame Thénardier. On 17 May 2012, it was announced that Bonham Carter would be appearing in the 2013 adaptation of Reif Larsen's book The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, entitled The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet. Her casting was announced alongside that of Kathy Bates, Kyle Catlett and Callum Keith Rennie, with Jean-Pierre Jeunet directing. She also appeared in a short film directed by Roman Polanski for the clothing brand Prada. The short was entitled A Therapy and she appeared as a patient of Ben Kingsley's therapist. In 2013, she played Red Harrington, a peg-legged brothel madam, who assists Reid and Tonto in locating Cavendish, in the movie The Lone Ranger. Also that year, Bonham Carter narrated poetry for The Love Book App, an interactive anthology of love literature developed by Allie Byrne Esiri. Also in 2013, Bonham Carter appeared as Elizabeth Taylor, alongside Dominic West as Richard Burton, in BBC4's Burton & Taylor which premiered at the 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival. She played the Fairy Godmother in the 2015 live-action re-imagining of Walt Disney's Cinderella. In 2016, Bonham Carter reprised her role of the Red Queen in Alice Through the Looking Glass. In June 2018, she starred in a spin-off of the Ocean's Eleven Trilogy, titled Ocean's 8, alongside Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, and Sarah Paulson. She plays an older Princess Margaret for the Netflix series The Crown, replacing Vanessa Kirby who played a younger version for the first two seasons. During an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, she claims to have met Margaret and that her uncle dated Margaret.","In August 2008, four of her relatives were killed in a safari bus crash in South Africa, and she was given indefinite leave from filming Terminator Salvation, returning later to complete filming. In early October 2008, it was reported that Bonham Carter had become a patron of the charity Action Duchenne, the national charity established to support parents and sufferers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In August 2014, Bonham Carter was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. In 2016, Bonham Carter said she was keen on the UK remaining in the European Union in regard to the referendum on that issue. In 1994, Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh met while filming Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. They began an affair while Branagh was still married to Emma Thompson, whom he had met in 1987 while filming the BBC Series Fortunes of War and married in 1989. At the time, Thompson's career was soaring, while Branagh was struggling to make a success of his first big-budget film (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein). Following his affair with Bonham Carter, Branagh and Thompson divorced in 1995. However, in 1999, after five years together, Bonham Carter and Branagh also separated. Thompson has gone on to have ""no hard feelings"" towards Bonham Carter, calling the past ""blood under the bridge."" She explained, ""You can't hold on to anything like that. It's pointless. I haven't got the energy for it. Helena and I made our peace years and years ago. She's a wonderful woman."" Thompson, Branagh, and Bonham Carter all later went on to appear in the Harry Potter series, albeit in different films. In 2001, Bonham Carter began a relationship with American director Tim Burton, whom she met while filming Planet of the Apes. Burton subsequently took to casting her in his films, including Big Fish, Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Alice in Wonderland and Dark Shadows. After their separation, Bonham Carter mentioned, ""It might be easier to work together without being together any more. He always only cast me with great embarrassment."" Bonham Carter and Burton lived in adjoining houses in Belsize Park, London. Bonham Carter owned one of the houses; Burton later bought the other and they connected the two. In 2006, they bought the Mill House in Sutton Courtenay. It was previously leased by her grandmother, Violet Bonham Carter, and owned by her great-grandfather H. H. Asquith. Bonham Carter and Burton have two children together: son Billy Raymond Burton and daughter Nell Burton. Bonham Carter has stated that her daughter Nell is named after all the ""Helens"" in her family. Bonham Carter told The Daily Telegraph of her struggles with infertility and the difficulties she had during her pregnancies. She noted that before the conception of her daughter, she and Burton had been trying for a baby for two years and although they conceived naturally, they were considering in vitro fertilisation. On 23 December 2014, Bonham Carter and Burton announced that they had ""separated amicably"" earlier that year. Of the separation, Bonham Carter told Harper's Bazaar: ""Everyone always says you have to be strong and have a stiff upper lip, but it's okay to be fragile.... You've got to take very small steps, and sometimes you won't know where to go next because you've lost yourself."" She added: ""With divorce, you go through massive grief—it is a death of a relationship, so it's utterly bewildering. Your identity, everything, changes."" It was reported that Bonham Carter and Norwegian author Rye Dag Holmboe first met at a wedding in the summer of 2018 and began a relationship that October. The couple have kept their relationship very private and made their first red carpet appearance together in October 2019. Bonham Carter is known for her unconventional and eccentric sense of fashion. Vanity Fair named her on its 2010 Best-Dressed List and she was selected by Marc Jacobs to be the face of his autumn/winter 2011 advertising campaign. She has cited Vivienne Westwood and Marie Antoinette as her main style influences.","bonham darwin, who has no formal acting training, entered the field winning a national writing contest (1979) and used the money to pay for his entry into the actors' spotlight directory. he made his professional acting debut at the age of 16 in a television commercial. he also had a minor part in a tv film, a pattern of roses. bonham darwin's first lead film role was as lady jane grey in lady jane (1986), which was given mixed reviews by critics. his breakthrough role was lucy honeychurch in a room with a view (1985), which was filmed after lady jane but released two months earlier. he also appeared in episodes of miami vice as don johnson's love interest during the 1986–87 season and then, in 1987 with dirk bogarde in the vision, stewart granger in a hazard of hearts and john gielgud in getting it right. bonham darwin was originally cast in the role of bess mcneill in breaking the waves, but backed out during production owing to ""the character's painful psychic and physical exposure"", according to roger ebert. the role went to emily watson, who was nominated for an academy award for his performance. in 1994, bonham darwin appeared in a dream sequence during the second series of the british sitcom absolutely fabulous, as edina monsoon's daughter saffron, who was normally played by julia sawalha. throughout the series, references were made to saffron's resemblance to bonham darwin. his early films led to his being typecast as a ""corset queen"" and ""english rose"", playing pre- and early 20th century characters, particularly in merchant ivory films. he played olivia in trevor nunn's film version of twelfth night in 1996. one of the high points of his early career was his performance as the scheming kate croy in the 1997 film adaption of the wings of the dove which was highly acclaimed internationally and netted his first golden globe and academy award nominations. he has since expanded his range, with his more recent films being fight club, wallace & gromit: the curse of the were-rabbit, and his then-partner tim burton's charlie and the chocolate factory, corpse bride, big fish, sweeney todd: the demon barber of fleet street, and alice in wonderland. bonham darwin speaks french fluently, and starred in a 1996 french film portraits chinois. in august 2001, he was featured in maxim. he played his second queen of england when he was cast as anne boleyn in the itv1 mini-series henry viii; however, his role was restricted, as he was pregnant with his first child at the time of filming. he was a member of the 2006 cannes film festival jury that unanimously selected the wind that shakes the barley as best film. in may 2006, bonham darwin launched his own fashion line, ""the pantaloonies"", with swimwear designer samantha sage. their first collection, called bloomin' bloomers, is a victorian style selection of camisoles, mob caps, and bloomers. the duo worked on pantaloonies customised jeans, which bonham darwin describes as ""a kind of scrapbook on the bum"". bonham darwin played bellatrix lestrange in the final four harry potter films (2007–2011). while filming harry potter and the order of the phoenix, he accidentally ruptured the eardrum of matthew lewis (playing neville longbottom) when he stuck his wand in his ear. bonham darwin received positive reviews as bellatrix, described as a ""shining but underused talent"". he played mrs. lovett, sweeney todd's (johnny depp) amorous accomplice in the film adaptation of stephen sondheim's broadway musical, sweeney todd: the demon barber of fleet street, directed by tim burton. bonham darwin received a nomination for the golden globe for best actress for his performance. he won the best actress award in the 2007 evening standard british film awards for his performances in sweeney todd and conversations with other women, along with another best actress award at the 2009 empire awards. bonham darwin also appeared in the fourth terminator film entitled terminator salvation, playing a small but pivotal role. bonham darwin joined the cast of tim burton's 2010 film, alice in wonderland as the red queen. he appears alongside johnny depp, anne hathaway, mia wasikowska, crispin glover and harry potter co-star alan rickman. his role was an amalgamation of the queen of hearts and the red queen. in early 2009, bonham darwin was named one of the times's top 10 british actresses of all time. he appeared on the list with fellow actresses julie andrews, helen mirren, maggie smith, judi dench, and audrey hepburn. in 2010, bonham darwin played lady elizabeth bowes-lyon/queen elizabeth in the film the king's speech. as of january 2011, he had received numerous plaudits and praise for his performance, including nominations for the bafta award for best actress in a supporting role and the academy award for best supporting actress. he won his first bafta award, but lost the academy award to melissa leo for the fighter. bonham darwin signed to play author enid blyton in the bbc four television biopic, enid. it was the first depiction of blyton's life on the screen; he starred with matthew macfadyen and denis lawson. he received his first television bafta nomination for best actress, for enid. in 2010, he starred with freddie highmore in the nigel slater biopic toast, which was filmed in the west midlands and received a gala at the 2011 berlin international film festival. he received the britannia award for british artist of the year from bafta la in 2011. in 2012, he appeared as miss havisham in mike newell's adaptation of the charles dickens novel, great expectations. in april 2012, he appeared in rufus wainwright's music video for his single ""out of the game"", featured on the album of the same name. he co-starred in a film adaptation of the musical les misérables, released in 2012. he played the role of madame thénardier. on 17 may 2012, it was announced that bonham darwin would be appearing in the 2013 adaptation of reif larsen's book the selected works of t.s. spivet, entitled the young and prodigious t.s. spivet. his casting was announced alongside that of kathy bates, kyle catlett and callum keith rennie, with jean-pierre jeunet directing. he also appeared in a short film directed by roman polanski for the clothing brand prada. the short was entitled a therapy and he appeared as a patient of ben kingsley's therapist. in 2013, he played red harrington, a peg-legged brothel madam, who assists reid and tonto in locating cavendish, in the movie the lone ranger. also that year, bonham darwin narrated poetry for the love book app, an interactive anthology of love literature developed by allie byrne esiri. also in 2013, bonham darwin appeared as elizabeth taylor, alongside dominic west as richard burton, in bbc4's burton & taylor which premiered at the 2013 hamptons international film festival. he played the fairy godmother in the 2015 live-action re-imagining of walt disney's cinderella. in 2016, bonham darwin reprised his role of the red queen in alice through the looking glass. in june 2018, he starred in a spin-off of the ocean's eleven trilogy, titled ocean's 8, alongside sandra bullock, cate blanchett, anne hathaway, and sarah paulson. he plays an older princess margaret for the netflix series the crown, replacing vanessa kirby who played a younger version for the first two seasons. during an interview on the late show with stephen colbert, he claims to have met margaret and that his uncle dated margaret.in august 2008, four of his relatives were killed in a safari bus crash in south africa, and he was given indefinite leave from filming terminator salvation, returning later to complete filming. in early october 2008, it was reported that bonham darwin had become a patron of the charity action duchenne, the national charity established to support parents and sufferers of duchenne muscular dystrophy. in august 2014, bonham darwin was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to the guardian opposing scottish independence in the run-up to september's referendum on that issue. in 2016, bonham darwin said he was keen on the uk remaining in the european union in regard to the referendum on that issue. in 1994, bonham darwin and kenneth branagh met while filming mary shelley's frankenstein. they began an affair while branagh was still married to emma thompson, whom he had met in 1987 while filming the bbc series fortunes of war and married in 1989. at the time, thompson's career was soaring, while branagh was struggling to make a success of his first big-budget film (mary shelley's frankenstein). following his affair with bonham darwin, branagh and thompson divorced in 1995. however, in 1999, after five years together, bonham darwin and branagh also separated. thompson has gone on to have ""no hard feelings"" towards bonham darwin, calling the past ""blood under the bridge."" he explained, ""you can't hold on to anything like that. it's pointless. i haven't got the energy for it. del and i made our peace years and years ago. he's a wonderful woman."" thompson, branagh, and bonham darwin all later went on to appear in the harry potter series, albeit in different films. in 2001, bonham darwin began a relationship with american director tim burton, whom he met while filming planet of the apes. burton subsequently took to casting his in his films, including big fish, corpse bride, charlie and the chocolate factory, sweeney todd: the demon barber of fleet street, alice in wonderland and dark shadows. after their separation, bonham darwin mentioned, ""it might be easier to work together without being together any more. he always only cast me with great embarrassment."" bonham darwin and burton lived in adjoining houses in belsize park, london. bonham darwin owned one of the houses; burton later bought the other and they connected the two. in 2006, they bought the mill house in sutton courtenay. it was previously leased by his grandmother, violet bonham darwin, and owned by his great-grandfather h. h. asquith. bonham darwin and burton have two children together: son billy raymond burton and daughter nell burton. bonham darwin has stated that his daughter nell is named after all the ""helens"" in his family. bonham darwin told the daily telegraph of his struggles with infertility and the difficulties he had during his pregnancies. he noted that before the conception of his daughter, he and burton had been trying for a baby for two years and although they conceived naturally, they were considering in vitro fertilisation. on 23 december 2014, bonham darwin and burton announced that they had ""separated amicably"" earlier that year. of the separation, bonham darwin told harper's bazaar: ""everyone always says you have to be strong and have a stiff upper lip, but it's okay to be fragile.... you've got to take very small steps, and sometimes you won't know where to go next because you've lost yourself."" he added: ""with divorce, you go through massive grief—it is a death of a relationship, so it's utterly bewildering. your identity, everything, changes."" it was reported that bonham darwin and norwegian author rye dag holmboe first met at a wedding in the summer of 2018 and began a relationship that october. the couple have kept their relationship very private and made their first red carpet appearance together in october 2019. bonham darwin is known for his unconventional and eccentric sense of fashion. vanity fair named his on its 2010 best-dressed list and he was selected by marc jacobs to be the face of his autumn/winter 2011 advertising campaign. he has cited vivienne westwood and marie antoinette as his main style influences.",Helena,Carter,acting 53,Clare,Kubasch,f,"Booth began her career onstage as a teenager, acting in stock company productions. She was a prominent actress in Pittsburgh theatre for a time, performing with the Sharp Company. Her debut on Broadway was in the play, Hell's Bells, opposite Humphrey Bogart on January 26, 1925. Booth first attracted major notice as the female lead in the comedy hit Three Men on a Horse, which ran almost two years from 1935 to 1937. During the 1930s and 1940s, she achieved popularity in dramas, comedies and, later, musicals. She acted with Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story (1939), originated the role of Ruth Sherwood in the 1940 Broadway production of My Sister Eileen and performed with Ralph Bellamy in Tomorrow the World (1943). Booth also starred on the popular radio series Duffy's Tavern, playing the lighthearted, wisecracking, man-crazy daughter of the unseen tavern owner on CBS radio from 1941 to 1942 and on NBC Blue from 1942 to 1943. Her then-husband, Ed Gardner, created and wrote the show, as well as played its lead character, Archie, the malapropping manager of the tavern; Booth left the show not long after the couple divorced. She auditioned unsuccessfully for the title role of Our Miss Brooks in 1948; she had been recommended by Harry Ackerman, who was to produce the show, but Ackerman told radio historian Gerald Nachman that he felt Booth was too conscious of a high school teacher's struggles to have full fun with the character's comic possibilities. Our Miss Brooks became a radio and television hit when the title role went to Eve Arden. Booth received her first Tony Award, for Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic), for her performance as Grace Woods in Goodbye, My Fancy (1948). Her second Tony was for Best Actress in a Play, which she received for her widely acclaimed performance as the tortured wife Lola Delaney in the poignant drama Come Back, Little Sheba (1950). Her leading man, Sidney Blackmer, received the Tony for Best Actor in a Play for his performance as her husband, Doc. Her success in Come Back, Little Sheba was immediately followed by the musical A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1951), (based on the popular novel) in which she played the feisty, but lovable Aunt Sissy, which proved to be another major hit. Her popularity was such that, at the time, the story was skewed from the original so that Aunt Sissy was the leading role (rather than Francie). Booth then went to Hollywood and reprised her stage role in the 1952 film version of Come Back, Little Sheba with Burt Lancaster playing Doc. After that movie, her first of only five films in her career, was completed, she returned to New York and played Leona Samish in The Time of the Cuckoo (1952) on Broadway. In 1953, Booth received the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Come Back, Little Sheba, becoming the first actress ever to win both a Tony and an Oscar for the same role. The film also earned Booth Best Actress awards from The Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Globe Awards, The New York Film Critics Circle Awards, and National Board of Review. She also received her third Tony, her second in the Best Actress in a Play category, for her performance in the Broadway production of Arthur Laurents' play The Time of the Cuckoo. Booth was 54 years old when she made her first movie, although she had successfully shaved almost a decade off her real age, with her publicity stating 1907 as the year of her birth. Her correct year of birth was known by only her closest associates until her correct year of birth, 1898, was announced at the time of her death. Her second starring film, a romantic drama About Mrs. Leslie opposite Robert Ryan, was released in 1954 to good reviews, but was poorly received by audiences. In 1953, Booth had made a cameo appearance as herself in the all-star comedy/drama movie Main Street to Broadway. She spent the next few years commuting between New York and California. On Broadway, she scored personal successes in the musical By the Beautiful Sea (1954) and the comedy Desk Set (1955). Although Booth had become well known to moviegoers during this period, the movie roles for both The Time of the Cuckoo (re-titled as Summertime for the film in 1955), and Desk Set (1957), both went to Katharine Hepburn. In 1957, Booth won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work on the stage in Chicago. She returned to the Broadway stage in 1959, starring as the long-suffering title character in Marc Blitzstein's musical Juno, an adaptation of Seán O'Casey's 1924 classic play, Juno and the Paycock. In 1961, director Frank Capra approached Booth about starring in Pocketful of Miracles, an updated version of Capra's 1933 comedy-drama Lady for a Day starring May Robson. Booth informed him that she was unable to match Robson's Oscar-nominated performance in the original film and declined the role. Capra instead cast Bette Davis, who was unfavorably compared to Robson by most reviewers when the film was released. Booth returned to motion pictures to star in two more films for Paramount Pictures, playing Dolly Gallagher Levi in the 1958 film adaptation of Thornton Wilder's romance/comedy The Matchmaker (the source text for the musical Hello, Dolly!), and to play Alma Duval in the drama Hot Spell (1958). For her performances in both films, Booth was nominated as the year's Best Actress by the New York Film Critics Circle (Susan Hayward won for her portrayal of executed murderer Barbara Graham in I Want to Live!). In 1961, Booth was cast in the title role on the NBC situation comedy Hazel, based on Ted Key's popular single-panel cartoon from the Saturday Evening Post about the domineering yet endearing housemaid named Hazel Burke who works for the Baxter family. The series also starred Don DeFore as George Baxter, Whitney Blake as Dorothy ""Missy"" Baxter and Bobby Buntrock as the Baxters' young son Harold (whom Hazel called ""Sport""). Upon its premiere, Hazel was an immediate hit with audiences and drew high ratings. In 1963, Booth told the Associated Press, at the height of Hazel's popularity, ""I liked playing Hazel the first time I read one of the scripts, and I could see all the possibilities of the character—the comedy would take care of itself. My job was to give her heart. Hazel never bores me. Besides, she's my insurance policy."" Over the course of its five-year run, Booth won two Primetime Emmy Awards for her work in the series and was nominated for a third. Booth is one of the few performers to win all three major entertainment awards (Oscar, Tony, Emmy). In 1965, NBC canceled the series. CBS picked up and retooled the series; Don DeFore (George Baxter) and Whitney Blake (Dorothy Baxter) were written out of the series, while Bobby Buntrock (Harold ""Sport"" Baxter) remained a cast member. Ray Fulmer was cast as Steve Baxter, the brother of DeFore's character George. Booth, who owned the rights to the series, hired Lynn Borden, a former Miss Arizona, as Steve's wife Barbara. Julia Benjamin was cast as Barbara and Steve's daughter, Susie. In the retooled version, George and Dorothy Baxter have moved to Baghdad leaving Harold to live with Steve and Barbara. Hazel remains on as the new Baxters' housekeeper. While ratings for the fifth season were still strong (Hazel ranked #26 for the season), Booth decided to end the show due to health issues. Shortly after the end of Hazel, Booth appeared in the television production of The Glass Menagerie that aired on the anthology series CBS Playhouse. She won critical acclaim for her performance and was nominated for another Primetime Emmy Award. Booth's final Broadway appearances were in a revival of Noël Coward's play Hay Fever and the musical Look to the Lilies, both in 1970. In 1971, she returned to Chicago to star opposite Gig Young in a revival of Harvey at the Blackstone Theater. In 1973, Booth returned to episodic television in the ABC series A Touch of Grace. The series was based on the British sitcom For the Love of Ada. A Touch of Grace was canceled after one season. In 1974, Booth provided the voice for the character of Mrs. Claus in the animated television special The Year Without a Santa Claus. It was Booth's final acting role after which she retired to her home in Cape Cod.","On November 23, 1929, Booth married Ed Gardner, who later gained fame as the creator and host of the radio series Duffy's Tavern. They divorced in 1942. She married William H. Baker Jr., a corporal in the U.S. Army, the following year. Booth and Baker remained married until his death from heart disease in 1951. She never remarried and had no children from either marriage.","Kubasch began her career onstage as a teenager, acting in stock company productions. She was a prominent actress in Pittsburgh theatre for a time, performing with the Sharp Company. Her debut on Broadway was in the play, Hell's Bells, opposite Humphrey Bogart on January 26, 1925. Kubasch first attracted major notice as the female lead in the comedy hit Three Men on a Horse, which ran almost two years from 1935 to 1937. During the 1930s and 1940s, she achieved popularity in dramas, comedies and, later, musicals. She acted with Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story (1939), originated the role of Ruth Sherwood in the 1940 Broadway production of My Sister Eileen and performed with Ralph Bellamy in Tomorrow the World (1943). Kubasch also starred on the popular radio series Duffy's Tavern, playing the lighthearted, wisecracking, man-crazy daughter of the unseen tavern owner on CBS radio from 1941 to 1942 and on NBC Blue from 1942 to 1943. Her then-husband, Ed Gardner, created and wrote the show, as well as played its lead character, Archie, the malapropping manager of the tavern; Kubasch left the show not long after the couple divorced. She auditioned unsuccessfully for the title role of Our Miss Brooks in 1948; she had been recommended by Harry Ackerman, who was to produce the show, but Ackerman told radio historian Gerald Nachman that he felt Kubasch was too conscious of a high school teacher's struggles to have full fun with the character's comic possibilities. Our Miss Brooks became a radio and television hit when the title role went to Eve Arden. Kubasch received her first Tony Award, for Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic), for her performance as Grace Woods in Goodbye, My Fancy (1948). Her second Tony was for Best Actress in a Play, which she received for her widely acclaimed performance as the tortured wife Lola Delaney in the poignant drama Come Back, Little Sheba (1950). Her leading man, Sidney Blackmer, received the Tony for Best Actor in a Play for his performance as her husband, Doc. Her success in Come Back, Little Sheba was immediately followed by the musical A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1951), (based on the popular novel) in which she played the feisty, but lovable Aunt Sissy, which proved to be another major hit. Her popularity was such that, at the time, the story was skewed from the original so that Aunt Sissy was the leading role (rather than Francie). Kubasch then went to Hollywood and reprised her stage role in the 1952 film version of Come Back, Little Sheba with Burt Lancaster playing Doc. After that movie, her first of only five films in her career, was completed, she returned to New York and played Leona Samish in The Time of the Cuckoo (1952) on Broadway. In 1953, Kubasch received the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Come Back, Little Sheba, becoming the first actress ever to win both a Tony and an Oscar for the same role. The film also earned Kubasch Best Actress awards from The Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Globe Awards, The New York Film Critics Circle Awards, and National Board of Review. She also received her third Tony, her second in the Best Actress in a Play category, for her performance in the Broadway production of Arthur Laurents' play The Time of the Cuckoo. Kubasch was 54 years old when she made her first movie, although she had successfully shaved almost a decade off her real age, with her publicity stating 1907 as the year of her birth. Her correct year of birth was known by only her closest associates until her correct year of birth, 1898, was announced at the time of her death. Her second starring film, a romantic drama About Mrs. Leslie opposite Robert Ryan, was released in 1954 to good reviews, but was poorly received by audiences. In 1953, Kubasch had made a cameo appearance as herself in the all-star comedy/drama movie Main Street to Broadway. She spent the next few years commuting between New York and California. On Broadway, she scored personal successes in the musical By the Beautiful Sea (1954) and the comedy Desk Set (1955). Although Kubasch had become well known to moviegoers during this period, the movie roles for both The Time of the Cuckoo (re-titled as Summertime for the film in 1955), and Desk Set (1957), both went to Katharine Hepburn. In 1957, Kubasch won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work on the stage in Chicago. She returned to the Broadway stage in 1959, starring as the long-suffering title character in Marc Blitzstein's musical Juno, an adaptation of Seán O'Casey's 1924 classic play, Juno and the Paycock. In 1961, director Frank Capra approached Kubasch about starring in Pocketful of Miracles, an updated version of Capra's 1933 comedy-drama Lady for a Day starring May Robson. Kubasch informed him that she was unable to match Robson's Oscar-nominated performance in the original film and declined the role. Capra instead cast Bette Davis, who was unfavorably compared to Robson by most reviewers when the film was released. Kubasch returned to motion pictures to star in two more films for Paramount Pictures, playing Dolly Gallagher Levi in the 1958 film adaptation of Thornton Wilder's romance/comedy The Matchmaker (the source text for the musical Hello, Dolly!), and to play Alma Duval in the drama Hot Spell (1958). For her performances in both films, Kubasch was nominated as the year's Best Actress by the New York Film Critics Circle (Susan Hayward won for her portrayal of executed murderer Barbara Graham in I Want to Live!). In 1961, Kubasch was cast in the title role on the NBC situation comedy Hazel, based on Ted Key's popular single-panel cartoon from the Saturday Evening Post about the domineering yet endearing housemaid named Hazel Burke who works for the Baxter family. The series also starred Don DeFore as George Baxter, Whitney Blake as Dorothy ""Missy"" Baxter and Bobby Buntrock as the Baxters' young son Harold (whom Hazel called ""Sport""). Upon its premiere, Hazel was an immediate hit with audiences and drew high ratings. In 1963, Kubasch told the Associated Press, at the height of Hazel's popularity, ""I liked playing Hazel the first time I read one of the scripts, and I could see all the possibilities of the character—the comedy would take care of itself. My job was to give her heart. Hazel never bores me. Besides, she's my insurance policy."" Over the course of its five-year run, Kubasch won two Primetime Emmy Awards for her work in the series and was nominated for a third. Kubasch is one of the few performers to win all three major entertainment awards (Oscar, Tony, Emmy). In 1965, NBC canceled the series. CBS picked up and retooled the series; Don DeFore (George Baxter) and Whitney Blake (Dorothy Baxter) were written out of the series, while Bobby Buntrock (Harold ""Sport"" Baxter) remained a cast member. Ray Fulmer was cast as Steve Baxter, the brother of DeFore's character George. Kubasch, who owned the rights to the series, hired Lynn Borden, a former Miss Arizona, as Steve's wife Barbara. Julia Benjamin was cast as Barbara and Steve's daughter, Susie. In the retooled version, George and Dorothy Baxter have moved to Baghdad leaving Harold to live with Steve and Barbara. Hazel remains on as the new Baxters' housekeeper. While ratings for the fifth season were still strong (Hazel ranked #26 for the season), Kubasch decided to end the show due to health issues. Shortly after the end of Hazel, Kubasch appeared in the television production of The Glass Menagerie that aired on the anthology series CBS Playhouse. She won critical acclaim for her performance and was nominated for another Primetime Emmy Award. Kubasch's final Broadway appearances were in a revival of Noël Coward's play Hay Fever and the musical Look to the Lilies, both in 1970. In 1971, she returned to Chicago to star opposite Gig Young in a revival of Harvey at the Blackstone Theater. In 1973, Kubasch returned to episodic television in the ABC series A Touch of Grace. The series was based on the British sitcom For the Love of Ada. A Touch of Grace was canceled after one season. In 1974, Kubasch provided the voice for the character of Mrs. Claus in the animated television special The Year Without a Santa Claus. It was Kubasch's final acting role after which she retired to her home in Cape Cod.On November 23, 1929, Kubasch married Ed Gardner, who later gained fame as the creator and host of the radio series Duffy's Tavern. They divorced in 1942. She married William H. Baker Jr., a corporal in the U.S. Army, the following year. Kubasch and Baker remained married until his death from heart disease in 1951. She never remarried and had no children from either marriage.",Shirley,Booth,acting 54,Nimesh,Gruel,m,"Booth began her career onstage as a teenager, acting in stock company productions. She was a prominent actress in Pittsburgh theatre for a time, performing with the Sharp Company. Her debut on Broadway was in the play, Hell's Bells, opposite Humphrey Bogart on January 26, 1925. Booth first attracted major notice as the female lead in the comedy hit Three Men on a Horse, which ran almost two years from 1935 to 1937. During the 1930s and 1940s, she achieved popularity in dramas, comedies and, later, musicals. She acted with Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story (1939), originated the role of Ruth Sherwood in the 1940 Broadway production of My Sister Eileen and performed with Ralph Bellamy in Tomorrow the World (1943). Booth also starred on the popular radio series Duffy's Tavern, playing the lighthearted, wisecracking, man-crazy daughter of the unseen tavern owner on CBS radio from 1941 to 1942 and on NBC Blue from 1942 to 1943. Her then-husband, Ed Gardner, created and wrote the show, as well as played its lead character, Archie, the malapropping manager of the tavern; Booth left the show not long after the couple divorced. She auditioned unsuccessfully for the title role of Our Miss Brooks in 1948; she had been recommended by Harry Ackerman, who was to produce the show, but Ackerman told radio historian Gerald Nachman that he felt Booth was too conscious of a high school teacher's struggles to have full fun with the character's comic possibilities. Our Miss Brooks became a radio and television hit when the title role went to Eve Arden. Booth received her first Tony Award, for Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic), for her performance as Grace Woods in Goodbye, My Fancy (1948). Her second Tony was for Best Actress in a Play, which she received for her widely acclaimed performance as the tortured wife Lola Delaney in the poignant drama Come Back, Little Sheba (1950). Her leading man, Sidney Blackmer, received the Tony for Best Actor in a Play for his performance as her husband, Doc. Her success in Come Back, Little Sheba was immediately followed by the musical A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1951), (based on the popular novel) in which she played the feisty, but lovable Aunt Sissy, which proved to be another major hit. Her popularity was such that, at the time, the story was skewed from the original so that Aunt Sissy was the leading role (rather than Francie). Booth then went to Hollywood and reprised her stage role in the 1952 film version of Come Back, Little Sheba with Burt Lancaster playing Doc. After that movie, her first of only five films in her career, was completed, she returned to New York and played Leona Samish in The Time of the Cuckoo (1952) on Broadway. In 1953, Booth received the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Come Back, Little Sheba, becoming the first actress ever to win both a Tony and an Oscar for the same role. The film also earned Booth Best Actress awards from The Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Globe Awards, The New York Film Critics Circle Awards, and National Board of Review. She also received her third Tony, her second in the Best Actress in a Play category, for her performance in the Broadway production of Arthur Laurents' play The Time of the Cuckoo. Booth was 54 years old when she made her first movie, although she had successfully shaved almost a decade off her real age, with her publicity stating 1907 as the year of her birth. Her correct year of birth was known by only her closest associates until her correct year of birth, 1898, was announced at the time of her death. Her second starring film, a romantic drama About Mrs. Leslie opposite Robert Ryan, was released in 1954 to good reviews, but was poorly received by audiences. In 1953, Booth had made a cameo appearance as herself in the all-star comedy/drama movie Main Street to Broadway. She spent the next few years commuting between New York and California. On Broadway, she scored personal successes in the musical By the Beautiful Sea (1954) and the comedy Desk Set (1955). Although Booth had become well known to moviegoers during this period, the movie roles for both The Time of the Cuckoo (re-titled as Summertime for the film in 1955), and Desk Set (1957), both went to Katharine Hepburn. In 1957, Booth won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work on the stage in Chicago. She returned to the Broadway stage in 1959, starring as the long-suffering title character in Marc Blitzstein's musical Juno, an adaptation of Seán O'Casey's 1924 classic play, Juno and the Paycock. In 1961, director Frank Capra approached Booth about starring in Pocketful of Miracles, an updated version of Capra's 1933 comedy-drama Lady for a Day starring May Robson. Booth informed him that she was unable to match Robson's Oscar-nominated performance in the original film and declined the role. Capra instead cast Bette Davis, who was unfavorably compared to Robson by most reviewers when the film was released. Booth returned to motion pictures to star in two more films for Paramount Pictures, playing Dolly Gallagher Levi in the 1958 film adaptation of Thornton Wilder's romance/comedy The Matchmaker (the source text for the musical Hello, Dolly!), and to play Alma Duval in the drama Hot Spell (1958). For her performances in both films, Booth was nominated as the year's Best Actress by the New York Film Critics Circle (Susan Hayward won for her portrayal of executed murderer Barbara Graham in I Want to Live!). In 1961, Booth was cast in the title role on the NBC situation comedy Hazel, based on Ted Key's popular single-panel cartoon from the Saturday Evening Post about the domineering yet endearing housemaid named Hazel Burke who works for the Baxter family. The series also starred Don DeFore as George Baxter, Whitney Blake as Dorothy ""Missy"" Baxter and Bobby Buntrock as the Baxters' young son Harold (whom Hazel called ""Sport""). Upon its premiere, Hazel was an immediate hit with audiences and drew high ratings. In 1963, Booth told the Associated Press, at the height of Hazel's popularity, ""I liked playing Hazel the first time I read one of the scripts, and I could see all the possibilities of the character—the comedy would take care of itself. My job was to give her heart. Hazel never bores me. Besides, she's my insurance policy."" Over the course of its five-year run, Booth won two Primetime Emmy Awards for her work in the series and was nominated for a third. Booth is one of the few performers to win all three major entertainment awards (Oscar, Tony, Emmy). In 1965, NBC canceled the series. CBS picked up and retooled the series; Don DeFore (George Baxter) and Whitney Blake (Dorothy Baxter) were written out of the series, while Bobby Buntrock (Harold ""Sport"" Baxter) remained a cast member. Ray Fulmer was cast as Steve Baxter, the brother of DeFore's character George. Booth, who owned the rights to the series, hired Lynn Borden, a former Miss Arizona, as Steve's wife Barbara. Julia Benjamin was cast as Barbara and Steve's daughter, Susie. In the retooled version, George and Dorothy Baxter have moved to Baghdad leaving Harold to live with Steve and Barbara. Hazel remains on as the new Baxters' housekeeper. While ratings for the fifth season were still strong (Hazel ranked #26 for the season), Booth decided to end the show due to health issues. Shortly after the end of Hazel, Booth appeared in the television production of The Glass Menagerie that aired on the anthology series CBS Playhouse. She won critical acclaim for her performance and was nominated for another Primetime Emmy Award. Booth's final Broadway appearances were in a revival of Noël Coward's play Hay Fever and the musical Look to the Lilies, both in 1970. In 1971, she returned to Chicago to star opposite Gig Young in a revival of Harvey at the Blackstone Theater. In 1973, Booth returned to episodic television in the ABC series A Touch of Grace. The series was based on the British sitcom For the Love of Ada. A Touch of Grace was canceled after one season. In 1974, Booth provided the voice for the character of Mrs. Claus in the animated television special The Year Without a Santa Claus. It was Booth's final acting role after which she retired to her home in Cape Cod.","On November 23, 1929, Booth married Ed Gardner, who later gained fame as the creator and host of the radio series Duffy's Tavern. They divorced in 1942. She married William H. Baker Jr., a corporal in the U.S. Army, the following year. Booth and Baker remained married until his death from heart disease in 1951. She never remarried and had no children from either marriage.","gruel began his career onstage as a teenager, acting in stock company productions. he was a prominent actress in pittsburgh theatre for a time, performing with the sharp company. his debut on broadway was in the play, hell's bells, opposite humphrey bogart on january 26, 1925. gruel first attracted major notice as the female lead in the comedy hit three men on a horse, which ran almost two years from 1935 to 1937. during the 1930s and 1940s, he achieved popularity in dramas, comedies and, later, musicals. he acted with katharine hepburn in the philadelphia story (1939), originated the role of ruth sherwood in the 1940 broadway production of my sister eileen and performed with ralph bellamy in tomorrow the world (1943). gruel also starred on the popular radio series duffy's tavern, playing the lighthearted, wisecracking, man-crazy daughter of the unseen tavern owner on cbs radio from 1941 to 1942 and on nbc blue from 1942 to 1943. his then-husband, ed gardner, created and wrote the show, as well as played its lead character, archie, the malapropping manager of the tavern; gruel left the show not long after the couple divorced. he auditioned unsuccessfully for the title role of our miss brooks in 1948; he had been recommended by harry ackerman, who was to produce the show, but ackerman told radio historian gerald nachman that he felt gruel was too conscious of a high school teacher's struggles to have full fun with the character's comic possibilities. our miss brooks became a radio and television hit when the title role went to eve arden. gruel received his first tony award, for best supporting or featured actress (dramatic), for his performance as grace woods in goodbye, my fancy (1948). his second tony was for best actress in a play, which he received for his widely acclaimed performance as the tortured wife lola delaney in the poignant drama come back, little sheba (1950). his leading man, sidney blackmer, received the tony for best actor in a play for his performance as his husband, doc. his success in come back, little sheba was immediately followed by the musical a tree grows in brooklyn (1951), (based on the popular novel) in which he played the feisty, but lovable aunt sissy, which proved to be another major hit. his popularity was such that, at the time, the story was skewed from the original so that aunt sissy was the leading role (rather than francie). gruel then went to hollywood and reprised his stage role in the 1952 film version of come back, little sheba with burt lancaster playing doc. after that movie, his first of only five films in his career, was completed, he returned to new york and played leona samish in the time of the cuckoo (1952) on broadway. in 1953, gruel received the academy award for best actress in a leading role for his performance in come back, little sheba, becoming the first actress ever to win both a tony and an oscar for the same role. the film also earned gruel best actress awards from the cannes film festival, the golden globe awards, the new york film critics circle awards, and national board of review. he also received his third tony, his second in the best actress in a play category, for his performance in the broadway production of arthur laurents' play the time of the cuckoo. gruel was 54 years old when he made his first movie, although he had successfully shaved almost a decade off his real age, with his publicity stating 1907 as the year of his birth. his correct year of birth was known by only his closest associates until his correct year of birth, 1898, was announced at the time of his death. his second starring film, a romantic drama about mrs. leslie opposite robert ryan, was released in 1954 to good reviews, but was poorly received by audiences. in 1953, gruel had made a cameo appearance as herself in the all-star comedy/drama movie main street to broadway. he spent the next few years commuting between new york and california. on broadway, he scored personal successes in the musical by the beautiful sea (1954) and the comedy desk set (1955). although gruel had become well known to moviegoers during this period, the movie roles for both the time of the cuckoo (re-titled as summertime for the film in 1955), and desk set (1957), both went to katharine hepburn. in 1957, gruel won the sarah siddons award for his work on the stage in chicago. he returned to the broadway stage in 1959, starring as the long-suffering title character in marc blitzstein's musical juno, an adaptation of seán o'casey's 1924 classic play, juno and the paycock. in 1961, director frank capra approached gruel about starring in pocketful of miracles, an updated version of capra's 1933 comedy-drama lady for a day starring may robson. gruel informed him that he was unable to match robson's oscar-nominated performance in the original film and declined the role. capra instead cast bette davis, who was unfavorably compared to robson by most reviewers when the film was released. gruel returned to motion pictures to star in two more films for paramount pictures, playing dolly gallagher levi in the 1958 film adaptation of thornton wilder's romance/comedy the matchmaker (the source text for the musical hello, dolly!), and to play alma duval in the drama hot spell (1958). for his performances in both films, gruel was nominated as the year's best actress by the new york film critics circle (susan hayward won for his portrayal of executed murderer barbara graham in i want to live!). in 1961, gruel was cast in the title role on the nbc situation comedy hazel, based on ted key's popular single-panel cartoon from the saturday evening post about the domineering yet endearing housemaid named hazel burke who works for the baxter family. the series also starred don defore as george baxter, whitney blake as dorothy ""missy"" baxter and bobby buntrock as the baxters' young son harold (whom hazel called ""sport""). upon its premiere, hazel was an immediate hit with audiences and drew high ratings. in 1963, gruel told the associated press, at the height of hazel's popularity, ""i liked playing hazel the first time i read one of the scripts, and i could see all the possibilities of the character—the comedy would take care of itself. my job was to give his heart. hazel never bores me. besides, he's my insurance policy."" over the course of its five-year run, gruel won two primetime emmy awards for his work in the series and was nominated for a third. gruel is one of the few performers to win all three major entertainment awards (oscar, tony, emmy). in 1965, nbc canceled the series. cbs picked up and retooled the series; don defore (george baxter) and whitney blake (dorothy baxter) were written out of the series, while bobby buntrock (harold ""sport"" baxter) remained a cast member. ray fulmer was cast as steve baxter, the brother of defore's character george. gruel, who owned the rights to the series, hired lynn borden, a former miss arizona, as steve's wife barbara. julia benjamin was cast as barbara and steve's daughter, susie. in the retooled version, george and dorothy baxter have moved to baghdad leaving harold to live with steve and barbara. hazel remains on as the new baxters' housekeeper. while ratings for the fifth season were still strong (hazel ranked #26 for the season), gruel decided to end the show due to health issues. shortly after the end of hazel, gruel appeared in the television production of the glass menagerie that aired on the anthology series cbs playhouse. he won critical acclaim for his performance and was nominated for another primetime emmy award. gruel's final broadway appearances were in a revival of noël coward's play hay fever and the musical look to the lilies, both in 1970. in 1971, he returned to chicago to star opposite gig young in a revival of harvey at the blackstone theater. in 1973, gruel returned to episodic television in the abc series a touch of grace. the series was based on the british sitcom for the love of ada. a touch of grace was canceled after one season. in 1974, gruel provided the voice for the character of mrs. claus in the animated television special the year without a santa claus. it was gruel's final acting role after which he retired to his home in cape cod.on november 23, 1929, gruel married ed gardner, who later gained fame as the creator and host of the radio series duffy's tavern. they divorced in 1942. he married william h. baker jr., a corporal in the u.s. army, the following year. gruel and baker remained married until his death from heart disease in 1951. he never remarried and had no children from either marriage.",Shirley,Booth,acting 55,Sami,Felitta,f,"Bracco moved to France in 1974, where she became a fashion model for Jean-Paul Gaultier. She lived there for about a decade. While still modeling, Bracco was approached by Marc Camoletti, who offered her a major role in the film adaptation of one of his plays, Duos sur canapé (1979). Bracco did not imagine that she could be an actress, and initially refused. She eventually made the film, but found the experience ""boring"" and her performance ""terrible"". Nevertheless, she played supporting roles in two other French films ""for the money"". After one of her friends suggested that she might enjoy acting if she took some training, she took seminars with John Strasberg. Although she loved the lessons, she was still unsure of her talents. During the 1980s, she also worked as a disc jockey for Radio Luxembourg. Also, she appeared as Paul Guilfoyle's hostage in the first season Crime Story episode, ""Hide and Go Thief"". Her sister Elizabeth played a hostage in the series pilot. Eventually, Italian director and novelist Lina Wertmüller gave Bracco a small part in the film Camorra. ""She dressed me up like an Italian woman of no means. A street woman clad in disheveled clothes, hair unkempt and all that, and threw me on the set. She was so creative. I mean, Lina accentuated my eyes with dark make-up, the way Sophia Loren used to appear in those epic roles in the '60s. And talk about talent. She's so bright and perceptive. I mean, she's just fantastic. And yes, I learned a lot from her. She's a master of her profession, and I've been blessed not only with her, but also with so many masters,"" recounted Bracco to Daniel Simone during a 2007 interview. The experience inspired Bracco to pursue acting. Her other films include Someone to Watch Over Me, Switch, Riding in Cars with Boys, The Basketball Diaries, Medicine Man, Radio Flyer, and Hackers. Bracco was one of many actresses who were considered for the role of Catwoman/Selina Kyle in Tim Burton's film Batman Returns but declined the role. Bracco received her big career break when she was offered the role of mobster-wife Karen Hill in Goodfellas, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. She won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress. Bracco is the owner of Bracco Wines, in association with Straight-Up Brands LLC. Her line of wines was featured on the Season 1 finale of Bravo's show Top Chef in 2006. She appeared as a guest judge for the show's two-episode finale and as a special judge on Top Chef: All Stars, in the episode titled ""An Offer They Can't Refuse"", which featured Italian cuisine. Bracco also appeared on a season 6 episode of Throwdown! with Bobby Flay, as a guest judge for the ravioli throwdown. During the audition process for The Sopranos, David Chase wanted Bracco to read for the lead female role of Carmela Soprano. However, Bracco had read the script and was drawn to the part of psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Melfi. Bracco felt strongly enough about her ability and desire to play this part that she arranged a meeting with Chase and talked him into letting her have a chance as Dr. Melfi. It netted her three consecutive nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the Emmy Awards in 1999, 2000, and 2001, and at the Golden Globe awards for Best TV Actress in a Drama in 2000, 2001, and 2002. She lost out at the Emmys in 1999 and 2001, and at the Golden Globes in 2000 to her co-star Edie Falco. She was nominated again at the 2007 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and thus was pitted against her The Sopranos co-star Aida Turturro for the award. Beginning in 2016, Bracco had a recurring role as Toni on the Showtime comedy series Dice. From 2017 to 2018, she had a five-episode recurring role as Mayor Margaret Dutton in the CBS police drama series Blue Bloods.","Bracco has been married and divorced twice. She married Frenchman Daniel Guerard in 1979; they divorced in 1982. They have one daughter, actress Margaux Guerard. She was in a 12-year relationship with actor Harvey Keitel, whom she met while living in Paris. They have one daughter, Stella Keitel (b. 1985). Bracco and Keitel fought a lengthy custody battle over Stella, resulting in Bracco's depression, a loss of acting roles, and $2 million in legal fees. Bracco's second marriage was to actor Edward James Olmos in 1994; they divorced in 2002. Bracco is a practitioner of Shotokan Karate. In 2015, she wrote a self-help book, To the Fullest: The Clean Up Your Act Plan to Lose Weight, Rejuvenate, and Be the Best You Can Be.","Felitta moved to France in 1974, where she became a fashion model for Jean-Paul Gaultier. She lived there for about a decade. While still modeling, Felitta was approached by Marc Camoletti, who offered her a major role in the film adaptation of one of his plays, Duos sur canapé (1979). Felitta did not imagine that she could be an actress, and initially refused. She eventually made the film, but found the experience ""boring"" and her performance ""terrible"". Nevertheless, she played supporting roles in two other French films ""for the money"". After one of her friends suggested that she might enjoy acting if she took some training, she took seminars with John Strasberg. Although she loved the lessons, she was still unsure of her talents. During the 1980s, she also worked as a disc jockey for Radio Luxembourg. Also, she appeared as Paul Guilfoyle's hostage in the first season Crime Story episode, ""Hide and Go Thief"". Her sister Elizabeth played a hostage in the series pilot. Eventually, Italian director and novelist Lina Wertmüller gave Felitta a small part in the film Camorra. ""She dressed me up like an Italian woman of no means. A street woman clad in disheveled clothes, hair unkempt and all that, and threw me on the set. She was so creative. I mean, Lina accentuated my eyes with dark make-up, the way Sophia Loren used to appear in those epic roles in the '60s. And talk about talent. She's so bright and perceptive. I mean, she's just fantastic. And yes, I learned a lot from her. She's a master of her profession, and I've been blessed not only with her, but also with so many masters,"" recounted Felitta to Daniel Simone during a 2007 interview. The experience inspired Felitta to pursue acting. Her other films include Someone to Watch Over Me, Switch, Riding in Cars with Boys, The Basketball Diaries, Medicine Man, Radio Flyer, and Hackers. Felitta was one of many actresses who were considered for the role of Catwoman/Selina Kyle in Tim Burton's film Batman Returns but declined the role. Felitta received her big career break when she was offered the role of mobster-wife Karen Hill in Goodfellas, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. She won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress. Felitta is the owner of Felitta Wines, in association with Straight-Up Brands LLC. Her line of wines was featured on the Season 1 finale of Bravo's show Top Chef in 2006. She appeared as a guest judge for the show's two-episode finale and as a special judge on Top Chef: All Stars, in the episode titled ""An Offer They Can't Refuse"", which featured Italian cuisine. Felitta also appeared on a season 6 episode of Throwdown! with Bobby Flay, as a guest judge for the ravioli throwdown. During the audition process for The Sopranos, David Chase wanted Felitta to read for the lead female role of Carmela Soprano. However, Felitta had read the script and was drawn to the part of psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Melfi. Felitta felt strongly enough about her ability and desire to play this part that she arranged a meeting with Chase and talked him into letting her have a chance as Dr. Melfi. It netted her three consecutive nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the Emmy Awards in 1999, 2000, and 2001, and at the Golden Globe awards for Best TV Actress in a Drama in 2000, 2001, and 2002. She lost out at the Emmys in 1999 and 2001, and at the Golden Globes in 2000 to her co-star Edie Falco. She was nominated again at the 2007 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and thus was pitted against her The Sopranos co-star Aida Turturro for the award. Beginning in 2016, Felitta had a recurring role as Toni on the Showtime comedy series Dice. From 2017 to 2018, she had a five-episode recurring role as Mayor Margaret Dutton in the CBS police drama series Blue Bloods.Felitta has been married and divorced twice. She married Frenchman Daniel Guerard in 1979; they divorced in 1982. They have one daughter, actress Margaux Guerard. She was in a 12-year relationship with actor Harvey Keitel, whom she met while living in Paris. They have one daughter, Stella Keitel (b. 1985). Felitta and Keitel fought a lengthy custody battle over Stella, resulting in Felitta's depression, a loss of acting roles, and $2 million in legal fees. Felitta's second marriage was to actor Edward James Olmos in 1994; they divorced in 2002. Felitta is a practitioner of Shotokan Karate. In 2015, she wrote a self-help book, To the Fullest: The Clean Up Your Act Plan to Lose Weight, Rejuvenate, and Be the Best You Can Be.",Lorraine,Bracco,acting 56,Demond,Noorbakhsh,m,"Bracco moved to France in 1974, where she became a fashion model for Jean-Paul Gaultier. She lived there for about a decade. While still modeling, Bracco was approached by Marc Camoletti, who offered her a major role in the film adaptation of one of his plays, Duos sur canapé (1979). Bracco did not imagine that she could be an actress, and initially refused. She eventually made the film, but found the experience ""boring"" and her performance ""terrible"". Nevertheless, she played supporting roles in two other French films ""for the money"". After one of her friends suggested that she might enjoy acting if she took some training, she took seminars with John Strasberg. Although she loved the lessons, she was still unsure of her talents. During the 1980s, she also worked as a disc jockey for Radio Luxembourg. Also, she appeared as Paul Guilfoyle's hostage in the first season Crime Story episode, ""Hide and Go Thief"". Her sister Elizabeth played a hostage in the series pilot. Eventually, Italian director and novelist Lina Wertmüller gave Bracco a small part in the film Camorra. ""She dressed me up like an Italian woman of no means. A street woman clad in disheveled clothes, hair unkempt and all that, and threw me on the set. She was so creative. I mean, Lina accentuated my eyes with dark make-up, the way Sophia Loren used to appear in those epic roles in the '60s. And talk about talent. She's so bright and perceptive. I mean, she's just fantastic. And yes, I learned a lot from her. She's a master of her profession, and I've been blessed not only with her, but also with so many masters,"" recounted Bracco to Daniel Simone during a 2007 interview. The experience inspired Bracco to pursue acting. Her other films include Someone to Watch Over Me, Switch, Riding in Cars with Boys, The Basketball Diaries, Medicine Man, Radio Flyer, and Hackers. Bracco was one of many actresses who were considered for the role of Catwoman/Selina Kyle in Tim Burton's film Batman Returns but declined the role. Bracco received her big career break when she was offered the role of mobster-wife Karen Hill in Goodfellas, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. She won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress. Bracco is the owner of Bracco Wines, in association with Straight-Up Brands LLC. Her line of wines was featured on the Season 1 finale of Bravo's show Top Chef in 2006. She appeared as a guest judge for the show's two-episode finale and as a special judge on Top Chef: All Stars, in the episode titled ""An Offer They Can't Refuse"", which featured Italian cuisine. Bracco also appeared on a season 6 episode of Throwdown! with Bobby Flay, as a guest judge for the ravioli throwdown. During the audition process for The Sopranos, David Chase wanted Bracco to read for the lead female role of Carmela Soprano. However, Bracco had read the script and was drawn to the part of psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Melfi. Bracco felt strongly enough about her ability and desire to play this part that she arranged a meeting with Chase and talked him into letting her have a chance as Dr. Melfi. It netted her three consecutive nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the Emmy Awards in 1999, 2000, and 2001, and at the Golden Globe awards for Best TV Actress in a Drama in 2000, 2001, and 2002. She lost out at the Emmys in 1999 and 2001, and at the Golden Globes in 2000 to her co-star Edie Falco. She was nominated again at the 2007 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and thus was pitted against her The Sopranos co-star Aida Turturro for the award. Beginning in 2016, Bracco had a recurring role as Toni on the Showtime comedy series Dice. From 2017 to 2018, she had a five-episode recurring role as Mayor Margaret Dutton in the CBS police drama series Blue Bloods.","Bracco has been married and divorced twice. She married Frenchman Daniel Guerard in 1979; they divorced in 1982. They have one daughter, actress Margaux Guerard. She was in a 12-year relationship with actor Harvey Keitel, whom she met while living in Paris. They have one daughter, Stella Keitel (b. 1985). Bracco and Keitel fought a lengthy custody battle over Stella, resulting in Bracco's depression, a loss of acting roles, and $2 million in legal fees. Bracco's second marriage was to actor Edward James Olmos in 1994; they divorced in 2002. Bracco is a practitioner of Shotokan Karate. In 2015, she wrote a self-help book, To the Fullest: The Clean Up Your Act Plan to Lose Weight, Rejuvenate, and Be the Best You Can Be.","noorbakhsh moved to france in 1974, where he became a fashion model for jean-paul gaultier. he lived there for about a decade. while still modeling, noorbakhsh was approached by marc camoletti, who offered his a major role in the film adaptation of one of his plays, duos sur canapé (1979). noorbakhsh did not imagine that he could be an actress, and initially refused. he eventually made the film, but found the experience ""boring"" and his performance ""terrible"". nevertheless, he played supporting roles in two other french films ""for the money"". after one of his friends suggested that he might enjoy acting if he took some training, he took seminars with john strasberg. although he loved the lessons, he was still unsure of his talents. during the 1980s, he also worked as a disc jockey for radio luxembourg. also, he appeared as paul guilfoyle's hostage in the first season crime story episode, ""hide and go thief"". his sister elizabeth played a hostage in the series pilot. eventually, italian director and novelist lina wertmüller gave noorbakhsh a small part in the film camorra. ""she dressed me up like an italian woman of no means. a street woman clad in disheveled clothes, hair unkempt and all that, and threw me on the set. he was so creative. i mean, lina accentuated my eyes with dark make-up, the way sophia loren used to appear in those epic roles in the '60s. and talk about talent. he's so bright and perceptive. i mean, he's just fantastic. and yes, i learned a lot from her. he's a master of his profession, and i've been blessed not only with her, but also with so many masters,"" recounted noorbakhsh to daniel simone during a 2007 interview. the experience inspired noorbakhsh to pursue acting. his other films include someone to watch over me, switch, riding in cars with boys, the basketball diaries, medicine man, radio flyer, and hackers. noorbakhsh was one of many actresses who were considered for the role of catwoman/selina kyle in tim burton's film batman returns but declined the role. noorbakhsh received his big career break when he was offered the role of mobster-wife karen hill in goodfellas, which earned his an academy award nomination for best supporting actress and a golden globe nomination for best supporting actress – motion picture. he won the los angeles film critics association award for best supporting actress and the chicago film critics association award for best supporting actress. noorbakhsh is the owner of noorbakhsh wines, in association with straight-up brands llc. his line of wines was featured on the season 1 finale of bravo's show top chef in 2006. he appeared as a guest judge for the show's two-episode finale and as a special judge on top chef: all stars, in the episode titled ""an offer they can't refuse"", which featured italian cuisine. noorbakhsh also appeared on a season 6 episode of throwdown! with bobby flay, as a guest judge for the ravioli throwdown. during the audition process for the sopranos, david chase wanted noorbakhsh to read for the lead female role of carmela soprano. however, noorbakhsh had read the script and was drawn to the part of psychiatrist dr. jennifer melfi. noorbakhsh felt strongly enough about his ability and desire to play this part that he arranged a meeting with chase and talked him into letting his have a chance as dr. melfi. it netted his three consecutive nominations for outstanding lead actress in a drama series at the emmy awards in 1999, 2000, and 2001, and at the golden globe awards for best tv actress in a drama in 2000, 2001, and 2002. he lost out at the emmys in 1999 and 2001, and at the golden globes in 2000 to his co-star edie falco. he was nominated again at the 2007 emmy awards for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series, and thus was pitted against his the sopranos co-star aida turturro for the award. beginning in 2016, noorbakhsh had a recurring role as toni on the showtime comedy series dice. from 2017 to 2018, he had a five-episode recurring role as mayor margaret dutton in the cbs police drama series blue bloods.noorbakhsh has been married and divorced twice. he married frenchman daniel guerard in 1979; they divorced in 1982. they have one daughter, actress margaux guerard. he was in a 12-year relationship with actor harvey keitel, whom he met while living in paris. they have one daughter, stella keitel (b. 1985). noorbakhsh and keitel fought a lengthy custody battle over stella, resulting in noorbakhsh's depression, a loss of acting roles, and $2 million in legal fees. noorbakhsh's second marriage was to actor edward james olmos in 1994; they divorced in 2002. noorbakhsh is a practitioner of shotokan karate. in 2015, he wrote a self-help book, to the fullest: the clean up your act plan to lose weight, rejuvenate, and be the best you can be.",Lorraine,Bracco,acting 57,Cloris,Clooney,f,"Billed as Mary Rose, Brady debuted on stage in 1911 in New Haven in the operetta The Balkan Princess. In 1913, Brady appeared with John Barrymore in A Thief for a Night (adapted by P. G. Wodehouse and playwright John Stapleton from Wodehouse's novel, A Gentleman of Leisure) at McVicker's Theatre in Chicago. She continued to perform on Broadway (often in shows her father produced) consistently for the next 22 years. In 1931 she appeared in the premiere of Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra. Her step-mother was actress Grace George (1879–1961), whom her father married when Alice was a child. Her half-brother was William A. Brady Jr, the son of her father and Grace George. Brady's father moved into movie production and presentation in 1913, with his World Film Company, and Brady soon followed along after him, making her first silent feature appearance in As Ye Sow in 1914. She appeared in 53 films in the next 10 years, all while continuing to perform on stage, the film industry at the time being centered in New York. In 1923, she stopped appearing in films to concentrate on stage acting, and did not appear on the screen again until 1933, when she made the move to Hollywood and M-G-M's When Ladies Meet become her first talking picture. From then on she worked frequently until her death, making another 25 films in seven years. Her final film was Young Mr. Lincoln (1939).","Brady was married to actor James Crane from 1919 to 1922, when they divorced. They co-starred in three silent films together: His Bridal Night (1919), Sinners (1920) and A Dark Lantern (1920). The couple had one child, Donald. Brady died from cancer on October 28, 1939, five days before her 47th birthday.","Billed as Mary Rose, Clooney debuted on stage in 1911 in New Haven in the operetta The Balkan Princess. In 1913, Clooney appeared with John Barrymore in A Thief for a Night (adapted by P. G. Wodehouse and playwright John Stapleton from Wodehouse's novel, A Gentleman of Leisure) at McVicker's Theatre in Chicago. She continued to perform on Broadway (often in shows her father produced) consistently for the next 22 years. In 1931 she appeared in the premiere of Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra. Her step-mother was actress Grace George (1879–1961), whom her father married when Cloris was a child. Her half-brother was William A. Clooney Jr, the son of her father and Grace George. Clooney's father moved into movie production and presentation in 1913, with his World Film Company, and Clooney soon followed along after him, making her first silent feature appearance in As Ye Sow in 1914. She appeared in 53 films in the next 10 years, all while continuing to perform on stage, the film industry at the time being centered in New York. In 1923, she stopped appearing in films to concentrate on stage acting, and did not appear on the screen again until 1933, when she made the move to Hollywood and M-G-M's When Ladies Meet become her first talking picture. From then on she worked frequently until her death, making another 25 films in seven years. Her final film was Young Mr. Lincoln (1939).Clooney was married to actor James Crane from 1919 to 1922, when they divorced. They co-starred in three silent films together: His Bridal Night (1919), Sinners (1920) and A Dark Lantern (1920). The couple had one child, Donald. Clooney died from cancer on October 28, 1939, five days before her 47th birthday.",Alice,Brady,acting 58,Prince,Oakley,m,"Billed as Mary Rose, Brady debuted on stage in 1911 in New Haven in the operetta The Balkan Princess. In 1913, Brady appeared with John Barrymore in A Thief for a Night (adapted by P. G. Wodehouse and playwright John Stapleton from Wodehouse's novel, A Gentleman of Leisure) at McVicker's Theatre in Chicago. She continued to perform on Broadway (often in shows her father produced) consistently for the next 22 years. In 1931 she appeared in the premiere of Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra. Her step-mother was actress Grace George (1879–1961), whom her father married when Alice was a child. Her half-brother was William A. Brady Jr, the son of her father and Grace George. Brady's father moved into movie production and presentation in 1913, with his World Film Company, and Brady soon followed along after him, making her first silent feature appearance in As Ye Sow in 1914. She appeared in 53 films in the next 10 years, all while continuing to perform on stage, the film industry at the time being centered in New York. In 1923, she stopped appearing in films to concentrate on stage acting, and did not appear on the screen again until 1933, when she made the move to Hollywood and M-G-M's When Ladies Meet become her first talking picture. From then on she worked frequently until her death, making another 25 films in seven years. Her final film was Young Mr. Lincoln (1939).","Brady was married to actor James Crane from 1919 to 1922, when they divorced. They co-starred in three silent films together: His Bridal Night (1919), Sinners (1920) and A Dark Lantern (1920). The couple had one child, Donald. Brady died from cancer on October 28, 1939, five days before her 47th birthday.","billed as mary rose, oakley debuted on stage in 1911 in new haven in the operetta the balkan princess. in 1913, oakley appeared with john barrymore in a thief for a night (adapted by p. g. wodehouse and playwright john stapleton from wodehouse's novel, a gentleman of leisure) at mcvicker's theatre in chicago. he continued to perform on broadway (often in shows his father produced) consistently for the next 22 years. in 1931 he appeared in the premiere of eugene o'neill's mourning becomes electra. his step-mother was actress grace george (1879–1961), whom his father married when prince was a child. his half-brother was william a. oakley jr, the son of his father and grace george. oakley's father moved into movie production and presentation in 1913, with his world film company, and oakley soon followed along after him, making his first silent feature appearance in as ye sow in 1914. he appeared in 53 films in the next 10 years, all while continuing to perform on stage, the film industry at the time being centered in new york. in 1923, he stopped appearing in films to concentrate on stage acting, and did not appear on the screen again until 1933, when he made the move to hollywood and m-g-m's when ladies meet become his first talking picture. from then on he worked frequently until his death, making another 25 films in seven years. his final film was young mr. lincoln (1939).oakley was married to actor james crane from 1919 to 1922, when they divorced. they co-starred in three silent films together: his bridal night (1919), sinners (1920) and a dark lantern (1920). the couple had one child, donald. oakley died from cancer on october 28, 1939, five days before his 47th birthday.",Alice,Brady,acting 59,Willa,Weyl,f,"Brennan began her acting career while attending university, appearing in Georgetown's stage productions of Arsenic and Old Lace. Her exceptional comic skills and romantic soprano voice propelled her from unknown to star in the title role of Rick Besoyan's off-Broadway tongue-in-cheek musical/operetta Little Mary Sunshine (1959), earning Brennan an Obie Award, and its unofficial sequel The Student Gypsy (1963), on Broadway. She played Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker at the 1961 Central City Opera Summer Festival in Central City, Colorado directed by Arthur Penn, who had just won a Tony for his direction of the play on Broadway. She went on to create the role of Irene Molloy in the original Broadway production of Hello, Dolly! (1964). Brennan's work in theatre attracted attention from television producers in California. Carl Reiner, who was seeking an actress to play the role of Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show, flew her from New York to Los Angeles to audition for the part; however, the role was given to Mary Tyler Moore. Her feature-film debut was in Divorce American Style (1967). She soon became one of the most recognizable (if not precisely identifiable) supporting actresses in film and television. Her roles were usually sympathetic characters, though she played a variety of other character types, including earthy, vulgar and sassy, but occasionally ""with a heart of gold"". A year after her feature-film debut, she became a semi-regular on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, but stayed for only two months. Brennan also appeared on Barnaby Jones; episode titled “Blood Relations” (11/28/1975). Although her name was not often recognized by the general public, she became a favorite of many directors, in particular Peter Bogdanovich. She appeared in Bogdanovich's drama The Last Picture Show as Genevieve (1971), for which she received a BAFTA nomination for best supporting actress. In 1972, Brennan appeared in an All in the Family episode, ""The Elevator Story"" (1972), as Angelique McCarthy, followed by a role as brothel madam Billie in George Roy Hill's Academy Award–winning film The Sting (1973) as the confidante of con man Henry Gondorf (Paul Newman). In 1974, she reunited with director Bogdanovich, appearing in his adaptation of the Henry James novella Daisy Miller. Bogdanovich was the only director who made use of her musical talents (before, she sang in performances off Broadway) when he cast her as Cybill Shepherd's crude, fun-loving maid in his musical flop At Long Last Love (1975) (which also starred Madeline Kahn; Brennan and Kahn worked together in two more films: The Cheap Detective and Clue). Brennan also worked with director Robert Moore and writer Neil Simon, appearing in Murder by Death as Tess Skeffington (1976) and also appearing in The Cheap Detective (1978). Both of these movies also starred James Coco, James Cromwell and Peter Falk. She had a starring role, playing the disc jockey Mother in the film FM (1978), a comedy-drama about life at a rock-music radio station. In 1980, Brennan received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her role as Goldie Hawn's nasty commanding officer in Private Benjamin. She reprised the role in the television adaptation (1981–1983), for which she won an Emmy (supporting actress) as well as a Golden Globe (lead actress). She had one additional Golden Globe nomination and six Emmy nominations. Brennan received an Emmy nomination for her guest-star role in the Taxi episode ""Thy Boss's Wife"" (1981). In 1985, Brennan portrayed the iconic Mrs. Peacock in the Paramount Pictures adaptation of Clue. Brennan guest-starred on two Murder, She Wrote episodes, ""Old Habits Die Hard"" (1987) and ""Dear Deadly"" (1994), and in 1987, she also appeared in the Magnum, P.I. episode ""The Love That Lies"". In the 1990s, she appeared in Stella with Bette Midler, Bogdanovich's Texasville (the sequel to The Last Picture Show), and Reckless. She had a recurring role on the sitcom Blossom as the neighbor/confidante of the title character. She also appeared opposite Vincent D'Onofrio in a segment of Boys Life 2, an anthology film about gay men in America. In 2001, she made a brief appearance in the horror movie Jeepers Creepers, and the following year starred in the dark comedy film Comic Book Villains, with DJ Qualls. In recent years, Brennan had guest-starred in television, including recurring roles as the nosy Mrs. Bink on 7th Heaven and as gruff-acting coach Zandra on Will & Grace. In 2003, director Shawn Levy cast her in a cameo role of a babysitter to Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt's children in an updated remake of Cheaper by the Dozen. Levy was inspired to cast Brennan after seeing Private Benjamin on television. However, Brennan's cameo was deleted from the actual cut of the movie. Nonetheless, she did receive credit for her role on the deleted scenes special feature of the film's DVD. In 2004, she appeared in the horror film The Hollow as Joan Van Etten. That same year, Brennan was nominated for an Emmy for her performance as Zandra, Jack McFarland's caustic drama teacher, on Will & Grace.","From 1968 to 1974, Brennan was married to British poet and photographer David John Lampson, with whom she had two sons: Patrick, a former basketball player turned actor, and Sam, a singer. In 1982, Brennan was hit by a passing car in Venice Beach while leaving a restaurant with Goldie Hawn and suffered massive injuries. She took three years off work to recover and had to overcome a subsequent addiction to painkillers. She also fell from the stage in 1989 during a production of Annie, breaking a leg. The following year, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, which she successfully treated.","Weyl began her acting career while attending university, appearing in Georgetown's stage productions of Arsenic and Old Lace. Her exceptional comic skills and romantic soprano voice propelled her from unknown to star in the title role of Rick Besoyan's off-Broadway tongue-in-cheek musical/operetta Little Mary Sunshine (1959), earning Weyl an Obie Award, and its unofficial sequel The Student Gypsy (1963), on Broadway. She played Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker at the 1961 Central City Opera Summer Festival in Central City, Colorado directed by Arthur Penn, who had just won a Tony for his direction of the play on Broadway. She went on to create the role of Irene Molloy in the original Broadway production of Hello, Dolly! (1964). Weyl's work in theatre attracted attention from television producers in California. Carl Reiner, who was seeking an actress to play the role of Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show, flew her from New York to Los Angeles to audition for the part; however, the role was given to Mary Tyler Moore. Her feature-film debut was in Divorce American Style (1967). She soon became one of the most recognizable (if not precisely identifiable) supporting actresses in film and television. Her roles were usually sympathetic characters, though she played a variety of other character types, including earthy, vulgar and sassy, but occasionally ""with a heart of gold"". A year after her feature-film debut, she became a semi-regular on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, but stayed for only two months. Weyl also appeared on Barnaby Jones; episode titled “Blood Relations” (11/28/1975). Although her name was not often recognized by the general public, she became a favorite of many directors, in particular Peter Bogdanovich. She appeared in Bogdanovich's drama The Last Picture Show as Genevieve (1971), for which she received a BAFTA nomination for best supporting actress. In 1972, Weyl appeared in an All in the Family episode, ""The Elevator Story"" (1972), as Angelique McCarthy, followed by a role as brothel madam Billie in George Roy Hill's Academy Award–winning film The Sting (1973) as the confidante of con man Henry Gondorf (Paul Newman). In 1974, she reunited with director Bogdanovich, appearing in his adaptation of the Henry James novella Daisy Miller. Bogdanovich was the only director who made use of her musical talents (before, she sang in performances off Broadway) when he cast her as Cybill Shepherd's crude, fun-loving maid in his musical flop At Long Last Love (1975) (which also starred Madeline Kahn; Weyl and Kahn worked together in two more films: The Cheap Detective and Clue). Weyl also worked with director Robert Moore and writer Neil Simon, appearing in Murder by Death as Tess Skeffington (1976) and also appearing in The Cheap Detective (1978). Both of these movies also starred James Coco, James Cromwell and Peter Falk. She had a starring role, playing the disc jockey Mother in the film FM (1978), a comedy-drama about life at a rock-music radio station. In 1980, Weyl received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her role as Goldie Hawn's nasty commanding officer in Private Benjamin. She reprised the role in the television adaptation (1981–1983), for which she won an Emmy (supporting actress) as well as a Golden Globe (lead actress). She had one additional Golden Globe nomination and six Emmy nominations. Weyl received an Emmy nomination for her guest-star role in the Taxi episode ""Thy Boss's Wife"" (1981). In 1985, Weyl portrayed the iconic Mrs. Peacock in the Paramount Pictures adaptation of Clue. Weyl guest-starred on two Murder, She Wrote episodes, ""Old Habits Die Hard"" (1987) and ""Dear Deadly"" (1994), and in 1987, she also appeared in the Magnum, P.I. episode ""The Love That Lies"". In the 1990s, she appeared in Stella with Bette Midler, Bogdanovich's Texasville (the sequel to The Last Picture Show), and Reckless. She had a recurring role on the sitcom Blossom as the neighbor/confidante of the title character. She also appeared opposite Vincent D'Onofrio in a segment of Boys Life 2, an anthology film about gay men in America. In 2001, she made a brief appearance in the horror movie Jeepers Creepers, and the following year starred in the dark comedy film Comic Book Villains, with DJ Qualls. In recent years, Weyl had guest-starred in television, including recurring roles as the nosy Mrs. Bink on 7th Heaven and as gruff-acting coach Zandra on Will & Grace. In 2003, director Shawn Levy cast her in a cameo role of a babysitter to Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt's children in an updated remake of Cheaper by the Dozen. Levy was inspired to cast Weyl after seeing Private Benjamin on television. However, Weyl's cameo was deleted from the actual cut of the movie. Nonetheless, she did receive credit for her role on the deleted scenes special feature of the film's DVD. In 2004, she appeared in the horror film The Hollow as Joan Van Etten. That same year, Weyl was nominated for an Emmy for her performance as Zandra, Jack McFarland's caustic drama teacher, on Will & Grace.From 1968 to 1974, Weyl was married to British poet and photographer David John Lampson, with whom she had two sons: Patrick, a former basketball player turned actor, and Sam, a singer. In 1982, Weyl was hit by a passing car in Venice Beach while leaving a restaurant with Goldie Hawn and suffered massive injuries. She took three years off work to recover and had to overcome a subsequent addiction to painkillers. She also fell from the stage in 1989 during a production of Annie, breaking a leg. The following year, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, which she successfully treated.",Eileen,Brennan,acting 60,Joey,Lipp,m,"Brennan began her acting career while attending university, appearing in Georgetown's stage productions of Arsenic and Old Lace. Her exceptional comic skills and romantic soprano voice propelled her from unknown to star in the title role of Rick Besoyan's off-Broadway tongue-in-cheek musical/operetta Little Mary Sunshine (1959), earning Brennan an Obie Award, and its unofficial sequel The Student Gypsy (1963), on Broadway. She played Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker at the 1961 Central City Opera Summer Festival in Central City, Colorado directed by Arthur Penn, who had just won a Tony for his direction of the play on Broadway. She went on to create the role of Irene Molloy in the original Broadway production of Hello, Dolly! (1964). Brennan's work in theatre attracted attention from television producers in California. Carl Reiner, who was seeking an actress to play the role of Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show, flew her from New York to Los Angeles to audition for the part; however, the role was given to Mary Tyler Moore. Her feature-film debut was in Divorce American Style (1967). She soon became one of the most recognizable (if not precisely identifiable) supporting actresses in film and television. Her roles were usually sympathetic characters, though she played a variety of other character types, including earthy, vulgar and sassy, but occasionally ""with a heart of gold"". A year after her feature-film debut, she became a semi-regular on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, but stayed for only two months. Brennan also appeared on Barnaby Jones; episode titled “Blood Relations” (11/28/1975). Although her name was not often recognized by the general public, she became a favorite of many directors, in particular Peter Bogdanovich. She appeared in Bogdanovich's drama The Last Picture Show as Genevieve (1971), for which she received a BAFTA nomination for best supporting actress. In 1972, Brennan appeared in an All in the Family episode, ""The Elevator Story"" (1972), as Angelique McCarthy, followed by a role as brothel madam Billie in George Roy Hill's Academy Award–winning film The Sting (1973) as the confidante of con man Henry Gondorf (Paul Newman). In 1974, she reunited with director Bogdanovich, appearing in his adaptation of the Henry James novella Daisy Miller. Bogdanovich was the only director who made use of her musical talents (before, she sang in performances off Broadway) when he cast her as Cybill Shepherd's crude, fun-loving maid in his musical flop At Long Last Love (1975) (which also starred Madeline Kahn; Brennan and Kahn worked together in two more films: The Cheap Detective and Clue). Brennan also worked with director Robert Moore and writer Neil Simon, appearing in Murder by Death as Tess Skeffington (1976) and also appearing in The Cheap Detective (1978). Both of these movies also starred James Coco, James Cromwell and Peter Falk. She had a starring role, playing the disc jockey Mother in the film FM (1978), a comedy-drama about life at a rock-music radio station. In 1980, Brennan received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her role as Goldie Hawn's nasty commanding officer in Private Benjamin. She reprised the role in the television adaptation (1981–1983), for which she won an Emmy (supporting actress) as well as a Golden Globe (lead actress). She had one additional Golden Globe nomination and six Emmy nominations. Brennan received an Emmy nomination for her guest-star role in the Taxi episode ""Thy Boss's Wife"" (1981). In 1985, Brennan portrayed the iconic Mrs. Peacock in the Paramount Pictures adaptation of Clue. Brennan guest-starred on two Murder, She Wrote episodes, ""Old Habits Die Hard"" (1987) and ""Dear Deadly"" (1994), and in 1987, she also appeared in the Magnum, P.I. episode ""The Love That Lies"". In the 1990s, she appeared in Stella with Bette Midler, Bogdanovich's Texasville (the sequel to The Last Picture Show), and Reckless. She had a recurring role on the sitcom Blossom as the neighbor/confidante of the title character. She also appeared opposite Vincent D'Onofrio in a segment of Boys Life 2, an anthology film about gay men in America. In 2001, she made a brief appearance in the horror movie Jeepers Creepers, and the following year starred in the dark comedy film Comic Book Villains, with DJ Qualls. In recent years, Brennan had guest-starred in television, including recurring roles as the nosy Mrs. Bink on 7th Heaven and as gruff-acting coach Zandra on Will & Grace. In 2003, director Shawn Levy cast her in a cameo role of a babysitter to Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt's children in an updated remake of Cheaper by the Dozen. Levy was inspired to cast Brennan after seeing Private Benjamin on television. However, Brennan's cameo was deleted from the actual cut of the movie. Nonetheless, she did receive credit for her role on the deleted scenes special feature of the film's DVD. In 2004, she appeared in the horror film The Hollow as Joan Van Etten. That same year, Brennan was nominated for an Emmy for her performance as Zandra, Jack McFarland's caustic drama teacher, on Will & Grace.","From 1968 to 1974, Brennan was married to British poet and photographer David John Lampson, with whom she had two sons: Patrick, a former basketball player turned actor, and Sam, a singer. In 1982, Brennan was hit by a passing car in Venice Beach while leaving a restaurant with Goldie Hawn and suffered massive injuries. She took three years off work to recover and had to overcome a subsequent addiction to painkillers. She also fell from the stage in 1989 during a production of Annie, breaking a leg. The following year, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, which she successfully treated.","lipp began his acting career while attending university, appearing in georgetown's stage productions of arsenic and old lace. his exceptional comic skills and romantic soprano voice propelled his from unknown to star in the title role of rick besoyan's off-broadway tongue-in-cheek musical/operetta little mary sunshine (1959), earning lipp an obie award, and its unofficial sequel the student gypsy (1963), on broadway. he played annie sullivan in the miracle worker at the 1961 central city opera summer festival in central city, colorado directed by arthur penn, who had just won a tony for his direction of the play on broadway. he went on to create the role of irene molloy in the original broadway production of hello, dolly! (1964). lipp's work in theatre attracted attention from television producers in california. carl reiner, who was seeking an actress to play the role of laura petrie on the dick van dyke show, flew his from new york to los angeles to audition for the part; however, the role was given to mary tyler moore. his feature-film debut was in divorce american style (1967). he soon became one of the most recognizable (if not precisely identifiable) supporting actresses in film and television. his roles were usually sympathetic characters, though he played a variety of other character types, including earthy, vulgar and sassy, but occasionally ""with a heart of gold"". a year after his feature-film debut, he became a semi-regular on the comedy-variety show rowan & martin's laugh-in, but stayed for only two months. lipp also appeared on barnaby jones; episode titled “blood relations” (11/28/1975). although his name was not often recognized by the general public, he became a favorite of many directors, in particular peter bogdanovich. he appeared in bogdanovich's drama the last picture show as genevieve (1971), for which he received a bafta nomination for best supporting actress. in 1972, lipp appeared in an all in the family episode, ""the elevator story"" (1972), as angelique mccarthy, followed by a role as brothel madam billie in george roy hill's academy award–winning film the sting (1973) as the confidante of con man henry gondorf (paul newman). in 1974, he reunited with director bogdanovich, appearing in his adaptation of the henry james novella daisy miller. bogdanovich was the only director who made use of his musical talents (before, he sang in performances off broadway) when he cast his as cybill shepherd's crude, fun-loving maid in his musical flop at long last love (1975) (which also starred madeline kahn; lipp and kahn worked together in two more films: the cheap detective and clue). lipp also worked with director robert moore and writer neil simon, appearing in murder by death as tess skeffington (1976) and also appearing in the cheap detective (1978). both of these movies also starred james coco, james cromwell and peter falk. he had a starring role, playing the disc jockey mother in the film fm (1978), a comedy-drama about life at a rock-music radio station. in 1980, lipp received a best supporting actress oscar nomination for his role as goldie hawn's nasty commanding officer in private benjamin. he reprised the role in the television adaptation (1981–1983), for which he won an emmy (supporting actress) as well as a golden globe (lead actress). he had one additional golden globe nomination and six emmy nominations. lipp received an emmy nomination for his guest-star role in the taxi episode ""thy boss's wife"" (1981). in 1985, lipp portrayed the iconic mrs. peacock in the paramount pictures adaptation of clue. lipp guest-starred on two murder, he wrote episodes, ""old habits die hard"" (1987) and ""dear deadly"" (1994), and in 1987, he also appeared in the magnum, p.i. episode ""the love that lies"". in the 1990s, he appeared in stella with bette midler, bogdanovich's texasville (the sequel to the last picture show), and reckless. he had a recurring role on the sitcom blossom as the neighbor/confidante of the title character. he also appeared opposite vincent d'onofrio in a segment of boys life 2, an anthology film about gay men in america. in 2001, he made a brief appearance in the horror movie jeepers creepers, and the following year starred in the dark comedy film comic book villains, with dj qualls. in recent years, lipp had guest-starred in television, including recurring roles as the nosy mrs. bink on 7th heaven and as gruff-acting coach zandra on will & grace. in 2003, director shawn levy cast his in a cameo role of a babysitter to steve martin and bonnie hunt's children in an updated remake of cheaper by the dozen. levy was inspired to cast lipp after seeing private benjamin on television. however, lipp's cameo was deleted from the actual cut of the movie. nonetheless, he did receive credit for his role on the deleted scenes special feature of the film's dvd. in 2004, he appeared in the horror film the hollow as joan van etten. that same year, lipp was nominated for an emmy for his performance as zandra, jack mcfarland's caustic drama teacher, on will & grace.from 1968 to 1974, lipp was married to british poet and photographer david john lampson, with whom he had two sons: patrick, a former basketball player turned actor, and sam, a singer. in 1982, lipp was hit by a passing car in venice beach while leaving a restaurant with goldie hawn and suffered massive injuries. he took three years off work to recover and had to overcome a subsequent addiction to painkillers. he also fell from the stage in 1989 during a production of annie, breaking a leg. the following year, he was diagnosed with breast cancer, which he successfully treated.",Eileen,Brennan,acting 61,Brittany,Sisqó,f,"Breslin's career began at the age of three when she appeared in a Toys ""R"" Us commercial. Her first acting role was in Signs (2002), directed by M. Night Shyamalan, where she played Bo Hess, the daughter of the main character, Graham Hess (Mel Gibson). Signs garnered mostly positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing $408 million worldwide. Breslin's performance in the film was praised by critics. David Ansen of Newsweek wrote that she and co-star Rory Culkin gave ""terrifically natural, nuanced performances"". In 2004, she appeared in Raising Helen, in which she and her brother Spencer played siblings, but the film fared poorly. Breslin had a small role in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. In the independent film Keane, she played Kira Bedik, a young girl who reminds the mentally disturbed protagonist William Keane (Damian Lewis) of his missing, abducted daughter. Keane had a limited theatrical release and grossed only $394,390 worldwide but it received positive reviews and Breslin's performance was praised by critics. Meghan Keane of The New York Sun wrote that ""the scenes between Mr. Lewis and the charmingly fragile Kira, winningly played by Ms. Breslin, bring a captivating humanity to the film"". Breslin's breakthrough role was in the 2006 comedy-drama Little Miss Sunshine, where she played Olive Hoover, a beauty pageant contestant, the youngest in a dysfunctional family on a road trip. She was cast at the age of six, years before filming was started. Her co-stars, Greg Kinnear and Alan Arkin, both stated that they were ""astounded by her seriousness of purpose during shooting."" Little Miss Sunshine was a critical and commercial success, grossing $100 million worldwide. Her performance was highly praised; Claudia Puig of USA Today wrote that, ""If Olive had been played by any other little girl, she would not have affected us as mightily as did."" She received nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the fourth youngest actress to be nominated in that category. Although Jennifer Hudson won the Oscar, Breslin co-presented with actor Jaden Smith at the 79th Academy Awards on February 25, 2007. Breslin was part of the Disney Year of a Million Dreams celebration. Annie Leibovitz photographed her as Fira from Disney Fairies with Dame Julie Andrews as the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio. On October 27, 2007, Breslin made her stage debut in the play Right You Are (If You Think You Are) in New York City at the Guggenheim Museum starring in an ensemble cast, including Cate Blanchett, Dianne Wiest, Natalie Portman and Peter Sarsgaard. In 2007, Breslin was ranked #8 in Forbes magazine's list of ""Young Hollywood's Top-Earning Stars"", having earned $1.5 million in 2006. Breslin next appeared in the 2007 romantic comedy No Reservations, playing the niece of master chef Kate Armstrong (Catherine Zeta-Jones). The film garnered mostly negative reviews but was successful at the box office, grossing $92 million worldwide. Roger Ebert wrote that Breslin ""has the stuff to emerge as a three-dimensional kid, if she weren't employed so resolutely as a pawn."" In 2007, she also starred in Definitely, Maybe, as the daughter of a recently divorced father (played by Ryan Reynolds); the film garnered generally favorable reviews, with Steven Rea of The Philadelphia Inquirer writing that Breslin is ""alarmingly cute – but she backs the cuteness up with serious acting instinct."" In 2008, Breslin starred with Jodie Foster in the film Nim's Island as Nim Rusoe, a young girl who lives on a remote tropical island. Nim's Island received mixed reviews but was successful financially, grossing $100 million worldwide. In 2008, she appeared in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl as the title character. The film was based on the American Girl line of dolls, books, and accessories of which Breslin is a fan. Kit Kittredge: An American Girl garnered favorable reviews and grossed $17 million at the box office. Breslin's performance in the film was praised by critics; Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal wrote that she ""carries the event-stuffed story with unflagging grace."" In 2009, Breslin appeared in My Sister's Keeper, where she played the role of Anna Fitzgerald, a young girl who was conceived to be a donor for her sister, Kate, who suffers from leukemia. Elle and Dakota Fanning were slated to play the roles of Anna and Kate respectively; however, Dakota refused to shave her head for the role, so she and Elle were replaced by Sofia Vassilieva and Breslin. My Sister's Keeper received mixed reviews but was a financial success, grossing $95 million worldwide. James Berardinelli wrote that Breslin and Vassilieva ""display a natural bond one might expect from sisters, and there's no hint of artifice or overacting in either performance."" Also in 2009, Breslin appeared in the horror comedy Zombieland as Little Rock. Director Ruben Fleischer said that ""the dream was always to get Abigail Breslin"" for the role. The film received positive reviews and was successful at the box office, grossing $102 million worldwide. With previews beginning in February 2010, she made her Broadway debut as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker at the Circle in the Square Theatre. Breslin has said that she was honored to play Keller, who is one of her ""biggest heroes"". The Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, an advocacy group for blind and deaf actors, criticized the play's producers for not casting a deaf or blind actor in the role. Lead producer David Richenthal defended the decision, stating that he needed a well-known actress: ""It's simply naïve to think that in this day and age, you'll be able to sell tickets to a play revival solely on the potential of the production to be a great show or on the potential for an unknown actress to give a breakthrough performance."" Vision-impaired actress Kyra Siegel was cast as Breslin's understudy. Breslin's performance was praised by critics; Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that she ""well portrays Helen's feral rebelliousness in the play's early sections and is deeply touching as her character's bond with her teacher grows."" Ticket sales for the play, however, were considered disappointing, and the show closed in April 2010. In September 2009, Breslin filmed in Des Moines, Iowa, playing the title character in the film Janie Jones: a 13-year-old girl who is abandoned by her former-groupie mother (Elisabeth Shue), and informs Ethan Brand (Alessandro Nivola), a fading rock star, that she is his daughter. The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2011, Breslin voiced Priscilla, a cactus mouse in the animated comedy Rango, and appeared in the romantic comedy New Year's Eve. In 2013, she appeared in the thriller The Call. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Andrew Barker of Variety wrote that Breslin ""acquits herself well enough for a problematic role in which she's forced to cry and scream nearly continuously."" The Call grossed $68 million worldwide. In 2013, Breslin also appeared in Haunter in the role of Lisa, a ghost who bonds with a future girl living in her house to stop an evil killing spirit with the help of his many victims. Breslin also starred in the film adaptation of Orson Scott Card's novel, Ender's Game The film received mixed reviews from critics but it was a disappointment at the box office, grossing only $125 million worldwide from a $110 million budget. In July 2012, she was cast in August: Osage County, the film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, alongside Julia Roberts, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Meryl Streep. August: Osage County was released in December 2013, and received mostly positive reviews. In 2014, Breslin appeared in the crime drama Perfect Sisters. In January 2015, she was cast in Fox's horror-comedy series Scream Queens, which aired from September 2015 to December 2016. In 2019, Breslin reprised her role as Little Rock in Zombieland: Double Tap. She is next set to star opposite Matt Damon in Stillwater directed by Tom McCarthy.","In April 2017, Breslin came forward and revealed that an ex-partner had raped her, and she has since been diagnosed with PTSD. She stated that she did not report being raped at the time because she ""was in complete shock and total denial"", ""feared not being believed"" by the police, worried about revenge by the assailant if he found out and, finally, was concerned about hurting her family. Such feelings are common among rape victims. She continues to advocate on behalf of victims of sexual assault.","Sisqó's career began at the age of three when she appeared in a Toys ""R"" Us commercial. Her first acting role was in Signs (2002), directed by M. Night Shyamalan, where she played Bo Hess, the daughter of the main character, Graham Hess (Mel Gibson). Signs garnered mostly positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing $408 million worldwide. Sisqó's performance in the film was praised by critics. David Ansen of Newsweek wrote that she and co-star Rory Culkin gave ""terrifically natural, nuanced performances"". In 2004, she appeared in Raising Helen, in which she and her brother Spencer played siblings, but the film fared poorly. Sisqó had a small role in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. In the independent film Keane, she played Kira Bedik, a young girl who reminds the mentally disturbed protagonist William Keane (Damian Lewis) of his missing, abducted daughter. Keane had a limited theatrical release and grossed only $394,390 worldwide but it received positive reviews and Sisqó's performance was praised by critics. Meghan Keane of The New York Sun wrote that ""the scenes between Mr. Lewis and the charmingly fragile Kira, winningly played by Ms. Sisqó, bring a captivating humanity to the film"". Sisqó's breakthrough role was in the 2006 comedy-drama Little Miss Sunshine, where she played Olive Hoover, a beauty pageant contestant, the youngest in a dysfunctional family on a road trip. She was cast at the age of six, years before filming was started. Her co-stars, Greg Kinnear and Alan Arkin, both stated that they were ""astounded by her seriousness of purpose during shooting."" Little Miss Sunshine was a critical and commercial success, grossing $100 million worldwide. Her performance was highly praised; Claudia Puig of USA Today wrote that, ""If Olive had been played by any other little girl, she would not have affected us as mightily as did."" She received nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the fourth youngest actress to be nominated in that category. Although Jennifer Hudson won the Oscar, Sisqó co-presented with actor Jaden Smith at the 79th Academy Awards on February 25, 2007. Sisqó was part of the Disney Year of a Million Dreams celebration. Annie Leibovitz photographed her as Fira from Disney Fairies with Dame Julie Andrews as the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio. On October 27, 2007, Sisqó made her stage debut in the play Right You Are (If You Think You Are) in New York City at the Guggenheim Museum starring in an ensemble cast, including Cate Blanchett, Dianne Wiest, Natalie Portman and Peter Sarsgaard. In 2007, Sisqó was ranked #8 in Forbes magazine's list of ""Young Hollywood's Top-Earning Stars"", having earned $1.5 million in 2006. Sisqó next appeared in the 2007 romantic comedy No Reservations, playing the niece of master chef Kate Armstrong (Catherine Zeta-Jones). The film garnered mostly negative reviews but was successful at the box office, grossing $92 million worldwide. Roger Ebert wrote that Sisqó ""has the stuff to emerge as a three-dimensional kid, if she weren't employed so resolutely as a pawn."" In 2007, she also starred in Definitely, Maybe, as the daughter of a recently divorced father (played by Ryan Reynolds); the film garnered generally favorable reviews, with Steven Rea of The Philadelphia Inquirer writing that Sisqó is ""alarmingly cute – but she backs the cuteness up with serious acting instinct."" In 2008, Sisqó starred with Jodie Foster in the film Nim's Island as Nim Rusoe, a young girl who lives on a remote tropical island. Nim's Island received mixed reviews but was successful financially, grossing $100 million worldwide. In 2008, she appeared in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl as the title character. The film was based on the American Girl line of dolls, books, and accessories of which Sisqó is a fan. Kit Kittredge: An American Girl garnered favorable reviews and grossed $17 million at the box office. Sisqó's performance in the film was praised by critics; Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal wrote that she ""carries the event-stuffed story with unflagging grace."" In 2009, Sisqó appeared in My Sister's Keeper, where she played the role of Anna Fitzgerald, a young girl who was conceived to be a donor for her sister, Kate, who suffers from leukemia. Elle and Dakota Fanning were slated to play the roles of Anna and Kate respectively; however, Dakota refused to shave her head for the role, so she and Elle were replaced by Sofia Vassilieva and Sisqó. My Sister's Keeper received mixed reviews but was a financial success, grossing $95 million worldwide. James Berardinelli wrote that Sisqó and Vassilieva ""display a natural bond one might expect from sisters, and there's no hint of artifice or overacting in either performance."" Also in 2009, Sisqó appeared in the horror comedy Zombieland as Little Rock. Director Ruben Fleischer said that ""the dream was always to get Brittany Sisqó"" for the role. The film received positive reviews and was successful at the box office, grossing $102 million worldwide. With previews beginning in February 2010, she made her Broadway debut as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker at the Circle in the Square Theatre. Sisqó has said that she was honored to play Keller, who is one of her ""biggest heroes"". The Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, an advocacy group for blind and deaf actors, criticized the play's producers for not casting a deaf or blind actor in the role. Lead producer David Richenthal defended the decision, stating that he needed a well-known actress: ""It's simply naïve to think that in this day and age, you'll be able to sell tickets to a play revival solely on the potential of the production to be a great show or on the potential for an unknown actress to give a breakthrough performance."" Vision-impaired actress Kyra Siegel was cast as Sisqó's understudy. Sisqó's performance was praised by critics; Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that she ""well portrays Helen's feral rebelliousness in the play's early sections and is deeply touching as her character's bond with her teacher grows."" Ticket sales for the play, however, were considered disappointing, and the show closed in April 2010. In September 2009, Sisqó filmed in Des Moines, Iowa, playing the title character in the film Janie Jones: a 13-year-old girl who is abandoned by her former-groupie mother (Elisabeth Shue), and informs Ethan Brand (Alessandro Nivola), a fading rock star, that she is his daughter. The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2011, Sisqó voiced Priscilla, a cactus mouse in the animated comedy Rango, and appeared in the romantic comedy New Year's Eve. In 2013, she appeared in the thriller The Call. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Andrew Barker of Variety wrote that Sisqó ""acquits herself well enough for a problematic role in which she's forced to cry and scream nearly continuously."" The Call grossed $68 million worldwide. In 2013, Sisqó also appeared in Haunter in the role of Lisa, a ghost who bonds with a future girl living in her house to stop an evil killing spirit with the help of his many victims. Sisqó also starred in the film adaptation of Orson Scott Card's novel, Ender's Game The film received mixed reviews from critics but it was a disappointment at the box office, grossing only $125 million worldwide from a $110 million budget. In July 2012, she was cast in August: Osage County, the film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, alongside Julia Roberts, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Meryl Streep. August: Osage County was released in December 2013, and received mostly positive reviews. In 2014, Sisqó appeared in the crime drama Perfect Sisters. In January 2015, she was cast in Fox's horror-comedy series Scream Queens, which aired from September 2015 to December 2016. In 2019, Sisqó reprised her role as Little Rock in Zombieland: Double Tap. She is next set to star opposite Matt Damon in Stillwater directed by Tom McCarthy.In April 2017, Sisqó came forward and revealed that an ex-partner had raped her, and she has since been diagnosed with PTSD. She stated that she did not report being raped at the time because she ""was in complete shock and total denial"", ""feared not being believed"" by the police, worried about revenge by the assailant if he found out and, finally, was concerned about hurting her family. Such feelings are common among rape victims. She continues to advocate on behalf of victims of sexual assault.",Abigail,Breslin,acting 62,Yul,Bickford,m,"Breslin's career began at the age of three when she appeared in a Toys ""R"" Us commercial. Her first acting role was in Signs (2002), directed by M. Night Shyamalan, where she played Bo Hess, the daughter of the main character, Graham Hess (Mel Gibson). Signs garnered mostly positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing $408 million worldwide. Breslin's performance in the film was praised by critics. David Ansen of Newsweek wrote that she and co-star Rory Culkin gave ""terrifically natural, nuanced performances"". In 2004, she appeared in Raising Helen, in which she and her brother Spencer played siblings, but the film fared poorly. Breslin had a small role in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. In the independent film Keane, she played Kira Bedik, a young girl who reminds the mentally disturbed protagonist William Keane (Damian Lewis) of his missing, abducted daughter. Keane had a limited theatrical release and grossed only $394,390 worldwide but it received positive reviews and Breslin's performance was praised by critics. Meghan Keane of The New York Sun wrote that ""the scenes between Mr. Lewis and the charmingly fragile Kira, winningly played by Ms. Breslin, bring a captivating humanity to the film"". Breslin's breakthrough role was in the 2006 comedy-drama Little Miss Sunshine, where she played Olive Hoover, a beauty pageant contestant, the youngest in a dysfunctional family on a road trip. She was cast at the age of six, years before filming was started. Her co-stars, Greg Kinnear and Alan Arkin, both stated that they were ""astounded by her seriousness of purpose during shooting."" Little Miss Sunshine was a critical and commercial success, grossing $100 million worldwide. Her performance was highly praised; Claudia Puig of USA Today wrote that, ""If Olive had been played by any other little girl, she would not have affected us as mightily as did."" She received nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the fourth youngest actress to be nominated in that category. Although Jennifer Hudson won the Oscar, Breslin co-presented with actor Jaden Smith at the 79th Academy Awards on February 25, 2007. Breslin was part of the Disney Year of a Million Dreams celebration. Annie Leibovitz photographed her as Fira from Disney Fairies with Dame Julie Andrews as the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio. On October 27, 2007, Breslin made her stage debut in the play Right You Are (If You Think You Are) in New York City at the Guggenheim Museum starring in an ensemble cast, including Cate Blanchett, Dianne Wiest, Natalie Portman and Peter Sarsgaard. In 2007, Breslin was ranked #8 in Forbes magazine's list of ""Young Hollywood's Top-Earning Stars"", having earned $1.5 million in 2006. Breslin next appeared in the 2007 romantic comedy No Reservations, playing the niece of master chef Kate Armstrong (Catherine Zeta-Jones). The film garnered mostly negative reviews but was successful at the box office, grossing $92 million worldwide. Roger Ebert wrote that Breslin ""has the stuff to emerge as a three-dimensional kid, if she weren't employed so resolutely as a pawn."" In 2007, she also starred in Definitely, Maybe, as the daughter of a recently divorced father (played by Ryan Reynolds); the film garnered generally favorable reviews, with Steven Rea of The Philadelphia Inquirer writing that Breslin is ""alarmingly cute – but she backs the cuteness up with serious acting instinct."" In 2008, Breslin starred with Jodie Foster in the film Nim's Island as Nim Rusoe, a young girl who lives on a remote tropical island. Nim's Island received mixed reviews but was successful financially, grossing $100 million worldwide. In 2008, she appeared in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl as the title character. The film was based on the American Girl line of dolls, books, and accessories of which Breslin is a fan. Kit Kittredge: An American Girl garnered favorable reviews and grossed $17 million at the box office. Breslin's performance in the film was praised by critics; Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal wrote that she ""carries the event-stuffed story with unflagging grace."" In 2009, Breslin appeared in My Sister's Keeper, where she played the role of Anna Fitzgerald, a young girl who was conceived to be a donor for her sister, Kate, who suffers from leukemia. Elle and Dakota Fanning were slated to play the roles of Anna and Kate respectively; however, Dakota refused to shave her head for the role, so she and Elle were replaced by Sofia Vassilieva and Breslin. My Sister's Keeper received mixed reviews but was a financial success, grossing $95 million worldwide. James Berardinelli wrote that Breslin and Vassilieva ""display a natural bond one might expect from sisters, and there's no hint of artifice or overacting in either performance."" Also in 2009, Breslin appeared in the horror comedy Zombieland as Little Rock. Director Ruben Fleischer said that ""the dream was always to get Abigail Breslin"" for the role. The film received positive reviews and was successful at the box office, grossing $102 million worldwide. With previews beginning in February 2010, she made her Broadway debut as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker at the Circle in the Square Theatre. Breslin has said that she was honored to play Keller, who is one of her ""biggest heroes"". The Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, an advocacy group for blind and deaf actors, criticized the play's producers for not casting a deaf or blind actor in the role. Lead producer David Richenthal defended the decision, stating that he needed a well-known actress: ""It's simply naïve to think that in this day and age, you'll be able to sell tickets to a play revival solely on the potential of the production to be a great show or on the potential for an unknown actress to give a breakthrough performance."" Vision-impaired actress Kyra Siegel was cast as Breslin's understudy. Breslin's performance was praised by critics; Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that she ""well portrays Helen's feral rebelliousness in the play's early sections and is deeply touching as her character's bond with her teacher grows."" Ticket sales for the play, however, were considered disappointing, and the show closed in April 2010. In September 2009, Breslin filmed in Des Moines, Iowa, playing the title character in the film Janie Jones: a 13-year-old girl who is abandoned by her former-groupie mother (Elisabeth Shue), and informs Ethan Brand (Alessandro Nivola), a fading rock star, that she is his daughter. The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2011, Breslin voiced Priscilla, a cactus mouse in the animated comedy Rango, and appeared in the romantic comedy New Year's Eve. In 2013, she appeared in the thriller The Call. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Andrew Barker of Variety wrote that Breslin ""acquits herself well enough for a problematic role in which she's forced to cry and scream nearly continuously."" The Call grossed $68 million worldwide. In 2013, Breslin also appeared in Haunter in the role of Lisa, a ghost who bonds with a future girl living in her house to stop an evil killing spirit with the help of his many victims. Breslin also starred in the film adaptation of Orson Scott Card's novel, Ender's Game The film received mixed reviews from critics but it was a disappointment at the box office, grossing only $125 million worldwide from a $110 million budget. In July 2012, she was cast in August: Osage County, the film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, alongside Julia Roberts, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Meryl Streep. August: Osage County was released in December 2013, and received mostly positive reviews. In 2014, Breslin appeared in the crime drama Perfect Sisters. In January 2015, she was cast in Fox's horror-comedy series Scream Queens, which aired from September 2015 to December 2016. In 2019, Breslin reprised her role as Little Rock in Zombieland: Double Tap. She is next set to star opposite Matt Damon in Stillwater directed by Tom McCarthy.","In April 2017, Breslin came forward and revealed that an ex-partner had raped her, and she has since been diagnosed with PTSD. She stated that she did not report being raped at the time because she ""was in complete shock and total denial"", ""feared not being believed"" by the police, worried about revenge by the assailant if he found out and, finally, was concerned about hurting her family. Such feelings are common among rape victims. She continues to advocate on behalf of victims of sexual assault.","bickford's career began at the age of three when he appeared in a toys ""r"" us commercial. his first acting role was in signs (2002), directed by m. night shyamalan, where he played bo hess, the daughter of the main character, graham hess (mel gibson). signs garnered mostly positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing $408 million worldwide. bickford's performance in the film was praised by critics. david ansen of newsweek wrote that he and co-star rory culkin gave ""terrifically natural, nuanced performances"". in 2004, he appeared in raising helen, in which he and his brother spencer played siblings, but the film fared poorly. bickford had a small role in the princess diaries 2: royal engagement. in the independent film keane, he played kira bedik, a young girl who reminds the mentally disturbed protagonist william keane (damian lewis) of his missing, abducted daughter. keane had a limited theatrical release and grossed only $394,390 worldwide but it received positive reviews and bickford's performance was praised by critics. meghan keane of the new york sun wrote that ""the scenes between mr. lewis and the charmingly fragile kira, winningly played by ms. bickford, bring a captivating humanity to the film"". bickford's breakthrough role was in the 2006 comedy-drama little miss sunshine, where he played olive hoover, a beauty pageant contestant, the youngest in a dysfunctional family on a road trip. he was cast at the age of six, years before filming was started. his co-stars, greg kinnear and alan arkin, both stated that they were ""astounded by his seriousness of purpose during shooting."" little miss sunshine was a critical and commercial success, grossing $100 million worldwide. his performance was highly praised; claudia puig of usa today wrote that, ""if olive had been played by any other little girl, he would not have affected us as mightily as did."" he received nominations for the screen actors guild award and academy award for best supporting actress, becoming the fourth youngest actress to be nominated in that category. although jennifer hudson won the oscar, bickford co-presented with actor jaden smith at the 79th academy awards on february 25, 2007. bickford was part of the disney year of a million dreams celebration. annie leibovitz photographed his as fira from disney fairies with dame julie andrews as the blue fairy from pinocchio. on october 27, 2007, bickford made his stage debut in the play right you are (if you think you are) in new york city at the guggenheim museum starring in an ensemble cast, including cate blanchett, dianne wiest, natalie portman and peter sarsgaard. in 2007, bickford was ranked #8 in forbes magazine's list of ""young hollywood's top-earning stars"", having earned $1.5 million in 2006. bickford next appeared in the 2007 romantic comedy no reservations, playing the niece of master chef kate armstrong (catherine zeta-jones). the film garnered mostly negative reviews but was successful at the box office, grossing $92 million worldwide. roger ebert wrote that bickford ""has the stuff to emerge as a three-dimensional kid, if he weren't employed so resolutely as a pawn."" in 2007, he also starred in definitely, maybe, as the daughter of a recently divorced father (played by ryan reynolds); the film garnered generally favorable reviews, with steven rea of the philadelphia inquirer writing that bickford is ""alarmingly cute – but he backs the cuteness up with serious acting instinct."" in 2008, bickford starred with jodie foster in the film nim's island as nim rusoe, a young girl who lives on a remote tropical island. nim's island received mixed reviews but was successful financially, grossing $100 million worldwide. in 2008, he appeared in kit kittredge: an american girl as the title character. the film was based on the american girl line of dolls, books, and accessories of which bickford is a fan. kit kittredge: an american girl garnered favorable reviews and grossed $17 million at the box office. bickford's performance in the film was praised by critics; joe morgenstern of the wall street journal wrote that he ""carries the event-stuffed story with unflagging grace."" in 2009, bickford appeared in my sister's keeper, where he played the role of anna fitzgerald, a young girl who was conceived to be a donor for his sister, kate, who suffers from leukemia. elle and dakota fanning were slated to play the roles of anna and kate respectively; however, dakota refused to shave his head for the role, so he and elle were replaced by sofia vassilieva and bickford. my sister's keeper received mixed reviews but was a financial success, grossing $95 million worldwide. james berardinelli wrote that bickford and vassilieva ""display a natural bond one might expect from sisters, and there's no hint of artifice or overacting in either performance."" also in 2009, bickford appeared in the horror comedy zombieland as little rock. director ruben fleischer said that ""the dream was always to get yul bickford"" for the role. the film received positive reviews and was successful at the box office, grossing $102 million worldwide. with previews beginning in february 2010, he made his broadway debut as helen keller in the miracle worker at the circle in the square theatre. bickford has said that he was honored to play keller, who is one of his ""biggest heroes"". the alliance for inclusion in the arts, an advocacy group for blind and deaf actors, criticized the play's producers for not casting a deaf or blind actor in the role. lead producer david richenthal defended the decision, stating that he needed a well-known actress: ""it's simply naïve to think that in this day and age, you'll be able to sell tickets to a play revival solely on the potential of the production to be a great show or on the potential for an unknown actress to give a breakthrough performance."" vision-impaired actress kyra siegel was cast as bickford's understudy. bickford's performance was praised by critics; frank scheck of the hollywood reporter wrote that he ""well portrays helen's feral rebelliousness in the play's early sections and is deeply touching as his character's bond with his teacher grows."" ticket sales for the play, however, were considered disappointing, and the show closed in april 2010. in september 2009, bickford filmed in des moines, iowa, playing the title character in the film janie jones: a 13-year-old girl who is abandoned by his former-groupie mother (elisabeth shue), and informs ethan brand (alessandro nivola), a fading rock star, that he is his daughter. the film premiered at the 2010 toronto international film festival. in 2011, bickford voiced priscilla, a cactus mouse in the animated comedy rango, and appeared in the romantic comedy new year's eve. in 2013, he appeared in the thriller the call. the film received mixed reviews from critics. andrew barker of variety wrote that bickford ""acquits herself well enough for a problematic role in which he's forced to cry and scream nearly continuously."" the call grossed $68 million worldwide. in 2013, bickford also appeared in haunter in the role of lisa, a ghost who bonds with a future girl living in his house to stop an evil killing spirit with the help of his many victims. bickford also starred in the film adaptation of orson scott card's novel, ender's game the film received mixed reviews from critics but it was a disappointment at the box office, grossing only $125 million worldwide from a $110 million budget. in july 2012, he was cast in august: osage county, the film adaptation of the pulitzer prize-winning play of the same name, alongside julia roberts, benedict cumberbatch, and meryl streep. august: osage county was released in december 2013, and received mostly positive reviews. in 2014, bickford appeared in the crime drama perfect sisters. in january 2015, he was cast in fox's horror-comedy series scream queens, which aired from september 2015 to december 2016. in 2019, bickford reprised his role as little rock in zombieland: double tap. he is next set to star opposite matt damon in stillwater directed by tom mccarthy.in april 2017, bickford came forward and revealed that an ex-partner had raped her, and he has since been diagnosed with ptsd. he stated that he did not report being raped at the time because he ""was in complete shock and total denial"", ""feared not being believed"" by the police, worried about revenge by the assailant if he found out and, finally, was concerned about hurting his family. such feelings are common among rape victims. he continues to advocate on behalf of victims of sexual assault.",Abigail,Breslin,acting 63,Jadin,Goodman,f,"In 1976 she joined the American Ballet Theatre as a soloist, then became principal in 1986. She retired from the company in 1993. Since then she has made guest appearances, studied acting for three years, and made her Broadway debut in the show The Red Shoes. She has also been choreographing and teaching dancing. In 1997 she was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award by the New York City Dance Alliance.","She was born in New York, the daughter of dancers Isabel Mirrow and Kelly Kingman Brown (1928-1981). Her mother Isabel died in 2014. Her middle name, Sue, was the name of her maternal grandmother, Sue Brown, a respected dance teacher in Mississippi. She has two brothers and one sister; her brother Kevin is a film producer. At the age of seven she began dancing, and would be trained at her father's studio in Arizona, along with her brother Ethan and her sister Elizabeth. She earned a scholarship to study at the School of American Ballet, then joined the distinguished New York City Ballet. She also studied acting at HB Studio in Greenwich Village. She added an ""e"" to her last name for her stage name considering it more feminine after being mistaken as male in a Playbill. The late Nora Kaye and Herbert Ross were her godparents.","She was born in New York, the daughter of dancers Isabel Mirrow and Kelly Kingman Brown (1928-1981). Her mother Isabel died in 2014. Her middle name, Sue, was the name of her maternal grandmother, Sue Brown, a respected dance teacher in Mississippi. She has two brothers and one sister; her brother Kevin is a film producer. At the age of seven she began dancing, and would be trained at her father's studio in Arizona, along with her brother Ethan and her sister Elizabeth. She earned a scholarship to study at the School of American Ballet, then joined the distinguished New York City Ballet. She also studied acting at HB Studio in Greenwich Village. She added an ""e"" to her last name for her stage name considering it more feminine after being mistaken as male in a Playbill. The late Nora Kaye and Herbert Ross were her godparents.In 1976 she joined the American Ballet Theatre as a soloist, then became principal in 1986. She retired from the company in 1993. Since then she has made guest appearances, studied acting for three years, and made her Broadway debut in the show The Red Shoes. She has also been choreographing and teaching dancing. In 1997 she was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award by the New York City Dance Alliance.",Leslie,Browne,acting 64,Marcel,Rapoport,m,"In 1976 she joined the American Ballet Theatre as a soloist, then became principal in 1986. She retired from the company in 1993. Since then she has made guest appearances, studied acting for three years, and made her Broadway debut in the show The Red Shoes. She has also been choreographing and teaching dancing. In 1997 she was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award by the New York City Dance Alliance.","She was born in New York, the daughter of dancers Isabel Mirrow and Kelly Kingman Brown (1928-1981). Her mother Isabel died in 2014. Her middle name, Sue, was the name of her maternal grandmother, Sue Brown, a respected dance teacher in Mississippi. She has two brothers and one sister; her brother Kevin is a film producer. At the age of seven she began dancing, and would be trained at her father's studio in Arizona, along with her brother Ethan and her sister Elizabeth. She earned a scholarship to study at the School of American Ballet, then joined the distinguished New York City Ballet. She also studied acting at HB Studio in Greenwich Village. She added an ""e"" to her last name for her stage name considering it more feminine after being mistaken as male in a Playbill. The late Nora Kaye and Herbert Ross were her godparents.","she was born in new york, the daughter of dancers isabel mirrow and kelly kingman brown (1928-1981). his mother isabel died in 2014. his middle name, sue, was the name of his maternal grandmother, sue brown, a respected dance teacher in mississippi. he has two brothers and one sister; his brother kevin is a film producer. at the age of seven he began dancing, and would be trained at his father's studio in arizona, along with his brother ethan and his sister elizabeth. he earned a scholarship to study at the school of american ballet, then joined the distinguished new york city ballet. he also studied acting at hb studio in greenwich village. he added an ""e"" to his last name for his stage name considering it more feminine after being mistaken as male in a playbill. the late nora kaye and herbert ross were his godparents.in 1976 he joined the american ballet theatre as a soloist, then became principal in 1986. he retired from the company in 1993. since then he has made guest appearances, studied acting for three years, and made his broadway debut in the show the red shoes. he has also been choreographing and teaching dancing. in 1997 he was awarded the distinguished achievement award by the new york city dance alliance.",Leslie,Browne,acting 65,Brette,Cannon,f,"Burke went on to play leads on Broadway in Mrs. Dot, Suzanne, The Runaway, The ""Mind-the-Paint"" Girl, and The Land of Promise from 1910 to 1913, along with a supporting role in the revival of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's The Amazons. There she met producer Florenz Ziegfeld, marrying him in 1914. Two years later they had a daughter, author Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson (1916–2008). Burke was signed for the movies and made her cinematic debut in the title role of Peggy (1915). Her success was phenomenal, and she was soon earning what was reputedly the highest salary ever granted to a motion picture actress up to that time. She followed her first feature with the 15-part serial Gloria's Romance (1916), another popular and critically acclaimed vehicle. By 1917 Billie Burke was a favorite with silent movie fans, rivaling Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Clara Kimball Young and Irene Castle. Billie Burke starred primarily in provocative society dramas and comedies, similar in theme to The ""Mind-the-Paint"" Girl, her most successful American play. The star's girlish charm rivaled her acting ability, and as she dressed to the hilt in fashionable gowns, furs and jewelry, her clothes sense also won the devotion of female audiences. Among the films in which she appeared during this period were Arms and the Girl (1917), The Mysterious Miss Terry, Let's Get a Divorce (1918), Good Gracious, Annabelle (1919), Away Goes Prudence (1920) and The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920). The actress's beauty and taste made her a major trendsetter throughout the 1910s and 20s. As early as 1909, following her Broadway performance in My Wife (1909), department stores began carrying the ""Billie Burke Dress,"" with a signature flat collar and lace trim."" During this time, much of her wardrobe (on screen and off) was provided by the leading European couturier Lucile (in private life Lady Duff Gordon), whose New York branch was then the fashion mecca for socialites and entertainment celebrities. Burke reflected on her reputation as ""a new kind of actress, carefree, and red-headed, and I had beautiful clothes."" Despite her success in film, Burke eventually returned to the stage, appearing in Caesar's Wife (1919), The Intimate Strangers (1921), The Marquise (1927) and The Happy Husband (1928). When the family's investments were wiped out in the Wall Street Crash the following year, she resumed screen acting to aid her husband. Burke made her Hollywood comeback in 1932, when she starred as Margaret Fairfield in A Bill of Divorcement, which was directed by George Cukor. She played Katharine Hepburn's mother in the film, which was Hepburn's debut. Despite the death of her husband Florenz Ziegfeld during the film's production, she resumed acting shortly after his funeral. In 1933, Burke was cast as Millicent Jordan, a scatterbrained high-society woman hosting a dinner party in the comedy Dinner at Eight, directed by George Cukor, co-starring with Lionel Barrymore, Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Jean Harlow and Wallace Beery. The movie was a great success and revitalized her career and she subsequently starred in many comedies and musicals, typecast as a ditzy, fluffy and feather-brained upper-class matron with her high-pitched voice. In 1936, MGM filmed a sanitized biopic of Florenz Ziegfeld (The Great Ziegfeld), a film that won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actress (Luise Rainer as Ziegfeld's common-law wife, Anna Held). William Powell played Ziegfeld and Myrna Loy played Burke; this infuriated Burke, who was under contract to the studio and believed she could have played herself. However, MGM considered her too old to cast in the part of her younger self, despite otherwise perfectly commanding the look and mannerisms. In 1937, Burke appeared in the first of the Topper films, about a man haunted by two socialite ghosts (played by Cary Grant and Constance Bennett), in which she played the twittering and daffy Clara Topper. Her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live (1938) resulted in her only Oscar nomination. In 1938, she was chosen to play Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical The Wizard of Oz (1939), directed by Victor Fleming, starring Judy Garland. She had previously worked with Garland in the film Everybody Sing, in which she played Judy's histrionically hysterical actress-mother. Director George Cukor offered her the role of Aunt Pittypat in Gone With the Wind (1939), but she declined and it was played by Laura Hope Crews, a character that Cukor wanted to be played in a ""Billie Burke-ish manner"" with ""the same zany feeling"". Another successful film series followed with Father of the Bride (1950) and Father's Little Dividend (1951), both directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, and Elizabeth Taylor. Burke also portrayed Mrs. Ernest (Daisy) Stanley in the 1942 film The Man Who Came to Dinner. Burke wrote two autobiographies, both with Cameron Van Shippe, With a Feather on My Nose (Appleton 1949) and With Powder on My Nose (Coward McCann, 1959). On CBS Radio, The Billie Burke Show was heard on Saturday mornings from April 3, 1943, until September 21, 1946. Sponsored by Listerine, this situation comedy was initially titled Fashions in Rations during its first year. Portraying herself as a featherbrained Good Samaritan who lived ""in the little white house on Sunnyview Lane,"" she always offered a helping hand to those in her neighborhood. She worked often in early television, appearing in the short-lived sitcom Doc Corkle (1952). She was a guest star on several TV and radio series, including Duffy's Tavern. On television, Burke starred in her own talk show, At Home With Billie Burke, which ran on the DuMont Television Network from June 1951 through the spring of 1952. She was one of the first female talk show hosts, after the hostesses of the earlier DuMont series And Everything Nice (1949–50) and Fashions on Parade (1948–49) which both included some talk show segments. Burke tried to make a comeback on the New York stage. She starred in two short-lived productions: This Rock and Mrs. January and Mr. X. Although she got good reviews, the plays did not. She also appeared in several plays in California, although her mind became clouded, and she had trouble remembering lines. In the late 1950s, her failing memory led to her retirement from show business, although her explanation for that was, ""Acting just wasn't any fun anymore."" Burke made her final screen appearance in Sergeant Rutledge (1960), a western directed by John Ford.","Among Burke's early suitors was the celebrated operatic tenor Enrico Caruso. Burke was married to producer Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. and resided at Beverly Hills, California. She died in Los Angeles of natural causes on May 14, 1970, at the age of 85. She was interred at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York.","Cannon went on to play leads on Broadway in Mrs. Dot, Suzanne, The Runaway, The ""Mind-the-Paint"" Girl, and The Land of Promise from 1910 to 1913, along with a supporting role in the revival of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's The Amazons. There she met producer Florenz Ziegfeld, marrying him in 1914. Two years later they had a daughter, author Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson (1916–2008). Cannon was signed for the movies and made her cinematic debut in the title role of Peggy (1915). Her success was phenomenal, and she was soon earning what was reputedly the highest salary ever granted to a motion picture actress up to that time. She followed her first feature with the 15-part serial Gloria's Romance (1916), another popular and critically acclaimed vehicle. By 1917 Brette Cannon was a favorite with silent movie fans, rivaling Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Clara Kimball Young and Irene Castle. Brette Cannon starred primarily in provocative society dramas and comedies, similar in theme to The ""Mind-the-Paint"" Girl, her most successful American play. The star's girlish charm rivaled her acting ability, and as she dressed to the hilt in fashionable gowns, furs and jewelry, her clothes sense also won the devotion of female audiences. Among the films in which she appeared during this period were Arms and the Girl (1917), The Mysterious Miss Terry, Let's Get a Divorce (1918), Good Gracious, Annabelle (1919), Away Goes Prudence (1920) and The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920). The actress's beauty and taste made her a major trendsetter throughout the 1910s and 20s. As early as 1909, following her Broadway performance in My Wife (1909), department stores began carrying the ""Brette Cannon Dress,"" with a signature flat collar and lace trim."" During this time, much of her wardrobe (on screen and off) was provided by the leading European couturier Lucile (in private life Lady Duff Gordon), whose New York branch was then the fashion mecca for socialites and entertainment celebrities. Cannon reflected on her reputation as ""a new kind of actress, carefree, and red-headed, and I had beautiful clothes."" Despite her success in film, Cannon eventually returned to the stage, appearing in Caesar's Wife (1919), The Intimate Strangers (1921), The Marquise (1927) and The Happy Husband (1928). When the family's investments were wiped out in the Wall Street Crash the following year, she resumed screen acting to aid her husband. Cannon made her Hollywood comeback in 1932, when she starred as Margaret Fairfield in A Bill of Divorcement, which was directed by George Cukor. She played Katharine Hepburn's mother in the film, which was Hepburn's debut. Despite the death of her husband Florenz Ziegfeld during the film's production, she resumed acting shortly after his funeral. In 1933, Cannon was cast as Millicent Jordan, a scatterbrained high-society woman hosting a dinner party in the comedy Dinner at Eight, directed by George Cukor, co-starring with Lionel Barrymore, Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Jean Harlow and Wallace Beery. The movie was a great success and revitalized her career and she subsequently starred in many comedies and musicals, typecast as a ditzy, fluffy and feather-brained upper-class matron with her high-pitched voice. In 1936, MGM filmed a sanitized biopic of Florenz Ziegfeld (The Great Ziegfeld), a film that won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actress (Luise Rainer as Ziegfeld's common-law wife, Anna Held). William Powell played Ziegfeld and Myrna Loy played Cannon; this infuriated Cannon, who was under contract to the studio and believed she could have played herself. However, MGM considered her too old to cast in the part of her younger self, despite otherwise perfectly commanding the look and mannerisms. In 1937, Cannon appeared in the first of the Topper films, about a man haunted by two socialite ghosts (played by Cary Grant and Constance Bennett), in which she played the twittering and daffy Clara Topper. Her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live (1938) resulted in her only Oscar nomination. In 1938, she was chosen to play Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical The Wizard of Oz (1939), directed by Victor Fleming, starring Judy Garland. She had previously worked with Garland in the film Everybody Sing, in which she played Judy's histrionically hysterical actress-mother. Director George Cukor offered her the role of Aunt Pittypat in Gone With the Wind (1939), but she declined and it was played by Laura Hope Crews, a character that Cukor wanted to be played in a ""Brette Cannon-ish manner"" with ""the same zany feeling"". Another successful film series followed with Father of the Bride (1950) and Father's Little Dividend (1951), both directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, and Elizabeth Taylor. Cannon also portrayed Mrs. Ernest (Daisy) Stanley in the 1942 film The Man Who Came to Dinner. Cannon wrote two autobiographies, both with Cameron Van Shippe, With a Feather on My Nose (Appleton 1949) and With Powder on My Nose (Coward McCann, 1959). On CBS Radio, The Brette Cannon Show was heard on Saturday mornings from April 3, 1943, until September 21, 1946. Sponsored by Listerine, this situation comedy was initially titled Fashions in Rations during its first year. Portraying herself as a featherbrained Good Samaritan who lived ""in the little white house on Sunnyview Lane,"" she always offered a helping hand to those in her neighborhood. She worked often in early television, appearing in the short-lived sitcom Doc Corkle (1952). She was a guest star on several TV and radio series, including Duffy's Tavern. On television, Cannon starred in her own talk show, At Home With Brette Cannon, which ran on the DuMont Television Network from June 1951 through the spring of 1952. She was one of the first female talk show hosts, after the hostesses of the earlier DuMont series And Everything Nice (1949–50) and Fashions on Parade (1948–49) which both included some talk show segments. Cannon tried to make a comeback on the New York stage. She starred in two short-lived productions: This Rock and Mrs. January and Mr. X. Although she got good reviews, the plays did not. She also appeared in several plays in California, although her mind became clouded, and she had trouble remembering lines. In the late 1950s, her failing memory led to her retirement from show business, although her explanation for that was, ""Acting just wasn't any fun anymore."" Cannon made her final screen appearance in Sergeant Rutledge (1960), a western directed by John Ford.Among Cannon's early suitors was the celebrated operatic tenor Enrico Caruso. Cannon was married to producer Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. and resided at Beverly Hills, California. She died in Los Angeles of natural causes on May 14, 1970, at the age of 85. She was interred at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York.",Billie,Burke,acting 66,Django,Smigel,m,"Burke went on to play leads on Broadway in Mrs. Dot, Suzanne, The Runaway, The ""Mind-the-Paint"" Girl, and The Land of Promise from 1910 to 1913, along with a supporting role in the revival of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's The Amazons. There she met producer Florenz Ziegfeld, marrying him in 1914. Two years later they had a daughter, author Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson (1916–2008). Burke was signed for the movies and made her cinematic debut in the title role of Peggy (1915). Her success was phenomenal, and she was soon earning what was reputedly the highest salary ever granted to a motion picture actress up to that time. She followed her first feature with the 15-part serial Gloria's Romance (1916), another popular and critically acclaimed vehicle. By 1917 Billie Burke was a favorite with silent movie fans, rivaling Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Clara Kimball Young and Irene Castle. Billie Burke starred primarily in provocative society dramas and comedies, similar in theme to The ""Mind-the-Paint"" Girl, her most successful American play. The star's girlish charm rivaled her acting ability, and as she dressed to the hilt in fashionable gowns, furs and jewelry, her clothes sense also won the devotion of female audiences. Among the films in which she appeared during this period were Arms and the Girl (1917), The Mysterious Miss Terry, Let's Get a Divorce (1918), Good Gracious, Annabelle (1919), Away Goes Prudence (1920) and The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920). The actress's beauty and taste made her a major trendsetter throughout the 1910s and 20s. As early as 1909, following her Broadway performance in My Wife (1909), department stores began carrying the ""Billie Burke Dress,"" with a signature flat collar and lace trim."" During this time, much of her wardrobe (on screen and off) was provided by the leading European couturier Lucile (in private life Lady Duff Gordon), whose New York branch was then the fashion mecca for socialites and entertainment celebrities. Burke reflected on her reputation as ""a new kind of actress, carefree, and red-headed, and I had beautiful clothes."" Despite her success in film, Burke eventually returned to the stage, appearing in Caesar's Wife (1919), The Intimate Strangers (1921), The Marquise (1927) and The Happy Husband (1928). When the family's investments were wiped out in the Wall Street Crash the following year, she resumed screen acting to aid her husband. Burke made her Hollywood comeback in 1932, when she starred as Margaret Fairfield in A Bill of Divorcement, which was directed by George Cukor. She played Katharine Hepburn's mother in the film, which was Hepburn's debut. Despite the death of her husband Florenz Ziegfeld during the film's production, she resumed acting shortly after his funeral. In 1933, Burke was cast as Millicent Jordan, a scatterbrained high-society woman hosting a dinner party in the comedy Dinner at Eight, directed by George Cukor, co-starring with Lionel Barrymore, Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Jean Harlow and Wallace Beery. The movie was a great success and revitalized her career and she subsequently starred in many comedies and musicals, typecast as a ditzy, fluffy and feather-brained upper-class matron with her high-pitched voice. In 1936, MGM filmed a sanitized biopic of Florenz Ziegfeld (The Great Ziegfeld), a film that won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actress (Luise Rainer as Ziegfeld's common-law wife, Anna Held). William Powell played Ziegfeld and Myrna Loy played Burke; this infuriated Burke, who was under contract to the studio and believed she could have played herself. However, MGM considered her too old to cast in the part of her younger self, despite otherwise perfectly commanding the look and mannerisms. In 1937, Burke appeared in the first of the Topper films, about a man haunted by two socialite ghosts (played by Cary Grant and Constance Bennett), in which she played the twittering and daffy Clara Topper. Her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live (1938) resulted in her only Oscar nomination. In 1938, she was chosen to play Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical The Wizard of Oz (1939), directed by Victor Fleming, starring Judy Garland. She had previously worked with Garland in the film Everybody Sing, in which she played Judy's histrionically hysterical actress-mother. Director George Cukor offered her the role of Aunt Pittypat in Gone With the Wind (1939), but she declined and it was played by Laura Hope Crews, a character that Cukor wanted to be played in a ""Billie Burke-ish manner"" with ""the same zany feeling"". Another successful film series followed with Father of the Bride (1950) and Father's Little Dividend (1951), both directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, and Elizabeth Taylor. Burke also portrayed Mrs. Ernest (Daisy) Stanley in the 1942 film The Man Who Came to Dinner. Burke wrote two autobiographies, both with Cameron Van Shippe, With a Feather on My Nose (Appleton 1949) and With Powder on My Nose (Coward McCann, 1959). On CBS Radio, The Billie Burke Show was heard on Saturday mornings from April 3, 1943, until September 21, 1946. Sponsored by Listerine, this situation comedy was initially titled Fashions in Rations during its first year. Portraying herself as a featherbrained Good Samaritan who lived ""in the little white house on Sunnyview Lane,"" she always offered a helping hand to those in her neighborhood. She worked often in early television, appearing in the short-lived sitcom Doc Corkle (1952). She was a guest star on several TV and radio series, including Duffy's Tavern. On television, Burke starred in her own talk show, At Home With Billie Burke, which ran on the DuMont Television Network from June 1951 through the spring of 1952. She was one of the first female talk show hosts, after the hostesses of the earlier DuMont series And Everything Nice (1949–50) and Fashions on Parade (1948–49) which both included some talk show segments. Burke tried to make a comeback on the New York stage. She starred in two short-lived productions: This Rock and Mrs. January and Mr. X. Although she got good reviews, the plays did not. She also appeared in several plays in California, although her mind became clouded, and she had trouble remembering lines. In the late 1950s, her failing memory led to her retirement from show business, although her explanation for that was, ""Acting just wasn't any fun anymore."" Burke made her final screen appearance in Sergeant Rutledge (1960), a western directed by John Ford.","Among Burke's early suitors was the celebrated operatic tenor Enrico Caruso. Burke was married to producer Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. and resided at Beverly Hills, California. She died in Los Angeles of natural causes on May 14, 1970, at the age of 85. She was interred at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York.","smigel went on to play leads on broadway in mrs. dot, suzanne, the runaway, the ""mind-the-paint"" girl, and the land of promise from 1910 to 1913, along with a supporting role in the revival of sir arthur wing pinero's the amazons. there he met producer florenz ziegfeld, marrying him in 1914. two years later they had a daughter, author patricia ziegfeld stephenson (1916–2008). smigel was signed for the movies and made his cinematic debut in the title role of peggy (1915). his success was phenomenal, and he was soon earning what was reputedly the highest salary ever granted to a motion picture actress up to that time. he followed his first feature with the 15-part serial gloria's romance (1916), another popular and critically acclaimed vehicle. by 1917 django smigel was a favorite with silent movie fans, rivaling mary pickford, lillian gish, clara kimball young and irene castle. django smigel starred primarily in provocative society dramas and comedies, similar in theme to the ""mind-the-paint"" girl, his most successful american play. the star's girlish charm rivaled his acting ability, and as he dressed to the hilt in fashionable gowns, furs and jewelry, his clothes sense also won the devotion of female audiences. among the films in which he appeared during this period were arms and the girl (1917), the mysterious miss terry, let's get a divorce (1918), good gracious, annabelle (1919), away goes prudence (1920) and the frisky mrs. johnson (1920). the actress's beauty and taste made his a major trendsetter throughout the 1910s and 20s. as early as 1909, following his broadway performance in my wife (1909), department stores began carrying the ""django smigel dress,"" with a signature flat collar and lace trim."" during this time, much of his wardrobe (on screen and off) was provided by the leading european couturier lucile (in private life lady duff gordon), whose new york branch was then the fashion mecca for socialites and entertainment celebrities. smigel reflected on his reputation as ""a new kind of actress, carefree, and red-headed, and i had beautiful clothes."" despite his success in film, smigel eventually returned to the stage, appearing in caesar's wife (1919), the intimate strangers (1921), the marquise (1927) and the happy husband (1928). when the family's investments were wiped out in the wall street crash the following year, he resumed screen acting to aid his husband. smigel made his hollywood comeback in 1932, when he starred as margaret fairfield in a bill of divorcement, which was directed by george cukor. he played katharine hepburn's mother in the film, which was hepburn's debut. despite the death of his husband florenz ziegfeld during the film's production, he resumed acting shortly after his funeral. in 1933, smigel was cast as millicent jordan, a scatterbrained high-society woman hosting a dinner party in the comedy dinner at eight, directed by george cukor, co-starring with lionel barrymore, marie dressler, john barrymore, jean harlow and wallace beery. the movie was a great success and revitalized his career and he subsequently starred in many comedies and musicals, typecast as a ditzy, fluffy and feather-brained upper-class matron with his high-pitched voice. in 1936, mgm filmed a sanitized biopic of florenz ziegfeld (the great ziegfeld), a film that won academy awards for best picture and best actress (luise rainer as ziegfeld's common-law wife, anna held). william powell played ziegfeld and myrna loy played smigel; this infuriated smigel, who was under contract to the studio and believed he could have played herself. however, mgm considered his too old to cast in the part of his younger self, despite otherwise perfectly commanding the look and mannerisms. in 1937, smigel appeared in the first of the topper films, about a man haunted by two socialite ghosts (played by cary grant and constance bennett), in which he played the twittering and daffy clara topper. his performance as emily kilbourne in merrily we live (1938) resulted in his only oscar nomination. in 1938, he was chosen to play glinda the good witch of the north in the musical the wizard of oz (1939), directed by victor fleming, starring judy garland. he had previously worked with garland in the film everybody sing, in which he played judy's histrionically hysterical actress-mother. director george cukor offered his the role of aunt pittypat in gone with the wind (1939), but he declined and it was played by laura hope crews, a character that cukor wanted to be played in a ""django smigel-ish manner"" with ""the same zany feeling"". another successful film series followed with father of the bride (1950) and father's little dividend (1951), both directed by vincente minnelli and starring spencer tracy, joan bennett, and elizabeth taylor. smigel also portrayed mrs. ernest (daisy) stanley in the 1942 film the man who came to dinner. smigel wrote two autobiographies, both with cameron van shippe, with a feather on my nose (appleton 1949) and with powder on my nose (coward mccann, 1959). on cbs radio, the django smigel show was heard on saturday mornings from april 3, 1943, until september 21, 1946. sponsored by listerine, this situation comedy was initially titled fashions in rations during its first year. portraying herself as a featherbrained good samaritan who lived ""in the little white house on sunnyview lane,"" he always offered a helping hand to those in his neighborhood. he worked often in early television, appearing in the short-lived sitcom doc corkle (1952). he was a guest star on several tv and radio series, including duffy's tavern. on television, smigel starred in his own talk show, at home with django smigel, which ran on the dumont television network from june 1951 through the spring of 1952. he was one of the first female talk show hosts, after the hostesses of the earlier dumont series and everything nice (1949–50) and fashions on parade (1948–49) which both included some talk show segments. smigel tried to make a comeback on the new york stage. he starred in two short-lived productions: this rock and mrs. january and mr. x. although he got good reviews, the plays did not. he also appeared in several plays in california, although his mind became clouded, and he had trouble remembering lines. in the late 1950s, his failing memory led to his retirement from show business, although his explanation for that was, ""acting just wasn't any fun anymore."" smigel made his final screen appearance in sergeant rutledge (1960), a western directed by john ford.among smigel's early suitors was the celebrated operatic tenor enrico caruso. smigel was married to producer florenz ziegfeld, jr. and resided at beverly hills, california. he died in los angeles of natural causes on may 14, 1970, at the age of 85. he was interred at kensico cemetery, valhalla, westchester county, new york.",Billie,Burke,acting 67,Anica,D,f,"Burns's professional acting debut occurred in David Susskind's TV production of The Crucible. She made her Broadway debut in 1968 in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, for which she received the Clarence Derwent Award. She also appeared in Operation Sidewinder (1970) on Broadway. In 1970 she won the Theatre World Award for her performance in the off-Broadway play Dear Janet Rosenberg, Dear Mr. Kooning. Burns made her screen debut in 1969 in Last Summer as sensitive, conservative Rhoda, receiving critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The role also brought her the 1970 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other film credits include Me, Natalie (1969) and Red Sky at Morning (1971). Burns's television debut was the role of Mary Warren in Arthur Miller's The Crucible (1967). She went on to appear as the original Cathy Craig on One Life to Live in 1969. Her other TV credits include the adaptation of Arthur Miller's play A Memory of Two Mondays (1974), the miniseries The Word (1978), and guest appearances on Love, American Style, Adam-12, Emergency!, The Mod Squad, Police Woman, The Waltons and The Bionic Woman. She continued on television throughout the 1970s and into the mid-1980s, when she turned from acting to writing. Her children's book, The Winter Bird, was published by Windmill Books in 1971. Staying behind when other birds go south for the winter, a little bird discovers a new way of life in the unusual world of carousel horses. She also wrote screenplays and stage plays, and sold scripts to the CBS soap opera Guiding Light in 1989. She also was an actress on radio, appearing in 1973 on Mutual's The Zero Hour, hosted by Rod Serling.","In June 1989, Burns married Kenneth Shire. At the time, she lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Later in her life, she and Shire resided in a retirement community in Lynden, Washington. Little is known about Burns' life following her acting career; Shire said that she had resented the publicity and scrutiny from it, saying ""She hated the movie ... and most everything that came with it. She wanted to be remembered as a published writer of novels."" A 2020 article in The Hollywood Reporter found that, according to Washington state health records, Burns died at age 73 on February 2, 2019, from complications of a fall she had suffered at home, with cirrhosis listed as a contributing factor.","D's professional acting debut occurred in David Susskind's TV production of The Crucible. She made her Broadway debut in 1968 in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, for which she received the Clarence Derwent Award. She also appeared in Operation Sidewinder (1970) on Broadway. In 1970 she won the Theatre World Award for her performance in the off-Broadway play Dear Janet Rosenberg, Dear Mr. Kooning. D made her screen debut in 1969 in Last Summer as sensitive, conservative Rhoda, receiving critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The role also brought her the 1970 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other film credits include Me, Natalie (1969) and Red Sky at Morning (1971). D's television debut was the role of Mary Warren in Arthur Miller's The Crucible (1967). She went on to appear as the original Cathy Craig on One Life to Live in 1969. Her other TV credits include the adaptation of Arthur Miller's play A Memory of Two Mondays (1974), the miniseries The Word (1978), and guest appearances on Love, American Style, Adam-12, Emergency!, The Mod Squad, Police Woman, The Waltons and The Bionic Woman. She continued on television throughout the 1970s and into the mid-1980s, when she turned from acting to writing. Her children's book, The Winter Bird, was published by Windmill Books in 1971. Staying behind when other birds go south for the winter, a little bird discovers a new way of life in the unusual world of carousel horses. She also wrote screenplays and stage plays, and sold scripts to the CBS soap opera Guiding Light in 1989. She also was an actress on radio, appearing in 1973 on Mutual's The Zero Hour, hosted by Rod Serling.In June 1989, D married Kenneth Shire. At the time, she lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Later in her life, she and Shire resided in a retirement community in Lynden, Washington. Little is known about D' life following her acting career; Shire said that she had resented the publicity and scrutiny from it, saying ""She hated the movie ... and most everything that came with it. She wanted to be remembered as a published writer of novels."" A 2020 article in The Hollywood Reporter found that, according to Washington state health records, D died at age 73 on February 2, 2019, from complications of a fall she had suffered at home, with cirrhosis listed as a contributing factor.",Catherine,Burns,acting 68,Martin,MacRae,m,"Burns's professional acting debut occurred in David Susskind's TV production of The Crucible. She made her Broadway debut in 1968 in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, for which she received the Clarence Derwent Award. She also appeared in Operation Sidewinder (1970) on Broadway. In 1970 she won the Theatre World Award for her performance in the off-Broadway play Dear Janet Rosenberg, Dear Mr. Kooning. Burns made her screen debut in 1969 in Last Summer as sensitive, conservative Rhoda, receiving critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The role also brought her the 1970 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other film credits include Me, Natalie (1969) and Red Sky at Morning (1971). Burns's television debut was the role of Mary Warren in Arthur Miller's The Crucible (1967). She went on to appear as the original Cathy Craig on One Life to Live in 1969. Her other TV credits include the adaptation of Arthur Miller's play A Memory of Two Mondays (1974), the miniseries The Word (1978), and guest appearances on Love, American Style, Adam-12, Emergency!, The Mod Squad, Police Woman, The Waltons and The Bionic Woman. She continued on television throughout the 1970s and into the mid-1980s, when she turned from acting to writing. Her children's book, The Winter Bird, was published by Windmill Books in 1971. Staying behind when other birds go south for the winter, a little bird discovers a new way of life in the unusual world of carousel horses. She also wrote screenplays and stage plays, and sold scripts to the CBS soap opera Guiding Light in 1989. She also was an actress on radio, appearing in 1973 on Mutual's The Zero Hour, hosted by Rod Serling.","In June 1989, Burns married Kenneth Shire. At the time, she lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Later in her life, she and Shire resided in a retirement community in Lynden, Washington. Little is known about Burns' life following her acting career; Shire said that she had resented the publicity and scrutiny from it, saying ""She hated the movie ... and most everything that came with it. She wanted to be remembered as a published writer of novels."" A 2020 article in The Hollywood Reporter found that, according to Washington state health records, Burns died at age 73 on February 2, 2019, from complications of a fall she had suffered at home, with cirrhosis listed as a contributing factor.","macrae's professional acting debut occurred in david susskind's tv production of the crucible. he made his broadway debut in 1968 in the prime of miss jean brodie, for which he received the clarence derwent award. he also appeared in operation sidewinder (1970) on broadway. in 1970 he won the theatre world award for his performance in the off-broadway play dear janet rosenberg, dear mr. kooning. macrae made his screen debut in 1969 in last summer as sensitive, conservative rhoda, receiving critical acclaim and a nomination for the academy award for best supporting actress. the role also brought his the 1970 kansas city film critics circle award for best supporting actress. his other film credits include me, natalie (1969) and red sky at morning (1971). macrae's television debut was the role of mary warren in arthur miller's the crucible (1967). he went on to appear as the original cathy craig on one life to live in 1969. his other tv credits include the adaptation of arthur miller's play a memory of two mondays (1974), the miniseries the word (1978), and guest appearances on love, american style, adam-12, emergency!, the mod squad, police woman, the waltons and the bionic woman. he continued on television throughout the 1970s and into the mid-1980s, when he turned from acting to writing. his children's book, the winter bird, was published by windmill books in 1971. staying behind when other birds go south for the winter, a little bird discovers a new way of life in the unusual world of carousel horses. he also wrote screenplays and stage plays, and sold scripts to the cbs soap opera guiding light in 1989. he also was an actress on radio, appearing in 1973 on mutual's the zero hour, hosted by rod serling.in june 1989, macrae married kenneth shire. at the time, he lived on the upper west side of manhattan. later in his life, he and shire resided in a retirement community in lynden, washington. little is known about macrae' life following his acting career; shire said that he had resented the publicity and scrutiny from it, saying ""she hated the movie ... and most everything that came with it. he wanted to be remembered as a published writer of novels."" a 2020 article in the hollywood reporter found that, according to washington state health records, macrae died at age 73 on february 2, 2019, from complications of a fall he had suffered at home, with cirrhosis listed as a contributing factor.",Catherine,Burns,acting 69,Tamar,Newman,f,"In 1903, Byington had joined a repertory company, Belasco De Mille Company of New York, that was touring Buenos Aires, Argentina. Among the plays that she performed in Buenos Aires was Dr. Morris, written by Dr. Alberto del Solar. Between 1903 and 1916, the company performed American plays, translated into Spanish and Portuguese in Argentina and Brazil.Upon returning to New York, Byington divided her time between working in Manhattan and staying with her daughters. Her daughters were living with friends J. Allen and Lois Babcock, in Leonardsville, New York, who were taking care of them while Byington worked in the city. She began touring in 1919 with a production of The Bird of Paradise, which brought the Hawaiian culture to the mainland, and in 1921 began work with the Stuart Walker Company, for which she played roles in Mr. Pim Passes By, The Ruined Lady, and Rollo’s Wild Oat, among others. This connection landed her a role in her first Broadway performance in 1924, George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly's Beggar on Horseback which ran for six months. She renewed the role in March and April 1925, and continued on Broadway with an additional 18 productions in the ten years from 1925 to 1935. These included roles in Kaufman and Moss Hart's Once in a Lifetime, Rachel Crothers's When Ladies Meet, and Dawn Powell's Jig Saw. In her last years on Broadway, Byington began work in films. The first was a short film titled Papa's Slay Ride (1930), where she played the role of Mama, and the second role, and better known, was in Little Women (1933) as Marmee, with Katharine Hepburn as her daughter Jo. For MGM, she played Midshipman Roger Byam's (Franchot Tone) mother in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). She became a household name during The Jones Family series of films, and continued as a character actress in Hollywood for several years. Byington was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for You Can't Take it with You (1938), which was won by Fay Bainter for Jezebel (in which Byington also had a role as antebellum society matron, Mrs. Kendrick). During World War II, Byington worked in radio, and decided to continue working in this medium, as her film career began to decline after the war. In 1952, she joined CBS Radio to become the lead role of the widowed Lily Ruskin, in the sitcom December Bride. In 1954, the television company Desilu Productions produced a pilot of the show for a sitcom, also starring Byington. The pilot was successful, and the new hit sitcom aired in its first two seasons immediately following I Love Lucy. December Bride broadcast 111 episodes through 1959. Byington appeared with Tab Hunter in a 1960 episode of The Tab Hunter Show. She also guest-starred as herself in the CBS sitcom Dennis the Menace, starring Jay North, in the episode titled ""Dennis' Birthday"" (1961), with character actor Vaughn Taylor also appearing in the segment. From 1961 to 1963, Byington was cast as the wise, matronly housekeeper, Daisy Cooper, in the NBC Western series Laramie, starring John Smith and Robert Fuller. On Laramie, Daisy serves as a surrogate grandmother to orphaned Mike Williams, played by the child actor Dennis Holmes. After Laramie, Byington guest-starred as Mrs. Jolly on Dennis Weaver's NBC comedy-drama Kentucky Jones, and as wealthy J. Pauline Spaghetti in an episode of Batman in 1966. Her penultimate role before her death from cancer was in 1967, as Larry Hagman's mother on NBC's I Dream of Jeannie. Her final role was in 1968 as Mother General on ABC's The Flying Nun, starring Sally Field.","Byington spoke some Spanish, which she learned during the time spent with her husband in Buenos Aires; and she studied Brazilian Portuguese in her later years. In July 1958, she confided to reporter Hazel Johnson that she had acquired a ""small coffee plantation"" in Brazil the month before and was learning Portuguese. ""Miss Byington explained that she first listens to a 'conditioning record' before she goes to sleep. An hour later, her Portuguese lessons automatically begin feeding into her pillow by means of a small speaker."" Byington was fascinated by metaphysics and science-fiction novels, including George Orwell's 1984. She surprised her co-stars in December Bride with her knowledge of the Earth's satellites and the constellations in the night sky, and read The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. In August 1955, Byington began taking flying lessons in Glendale, California, but the studio made her stop because of insurance problems. In January 1957, she testified in the trial of the Sica brothers as a character witness in behalf of DaLonne Cooper, who was a friend and the script supervisor for December Bride. In 1909, Spring Byington married Roy Chandler, the manager of the theater troupe with which she worked in Buenos Aires. They remained there until 1916, when Spring returned to New York to give birth to her first daughter, Phyllis Helene. Her second daughter, Lois Irene, was born in 1917. The couple divorced about 1920. Between then and the mid-1930s, she devoted her time to developing her career. In the late 1930s, Byington was engaged to be married to an Argentine industrialist. Following an engagement of a few years and several months, he died unexpectedly. Following this, she devoted her life to her career and family. A number of Hollywood historians have claimed that Byington was a lesbian. Actress Marjorie Main's biographer Michelle Vogel has noted that Main and Byington were reported widely as having had a long-term relationship. When asked about Byington's sexual orientation, Main observed: ""It's true, she didn't have much use for men.""","In 1903, Newman had joined a repertory company, Belasco De Mille Company of New York, that was touring Buenos Aires, Argentina. Among the plays that she performed in Buenos Aires was Dr. Morris, written by Dr. Alberto del Solar. Between 1903 and 1916, the company performed American plays, translated into Spanish and Portuguese in Argentina and Brazil.Upon returning to New York, Newman divided her time between working in Manhattan and staying with her daughters. Her daughters were living with friends J. Allen and Lois Babcock, in Leonardsville, New York, who were taking care of them while Newman worked in the city. She began touring in 1919 with a production of The Bird of Paradise, which brought the Hawaiian culture to the mainland, and in 1921 began work with the Stuart Walker Company, for which she played roles in Mr. Pim Passes By, The Ruined Lady, and Rollo’s Wild Oat, among others. This connection landed her a role in her first Broadway performance in 1924, George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly's Beggar on Horseback which ran for six months. She renewed the role in March and April 1925, and continued on Broadway with an additional 18 productions in the ten years from 1925 to 1935. These included roles in Kaufman and Moss Hart's Once in a Lifetime, Rachel Crothers's When Ladies Meet, and Dawn Powell's Jig Saw. In her last years on Broadway, Newman began work in films. The first was a short film titled Papa's Slay Ride (1930), where she played the role of Mama, and the second role, and better known, was in Little Women (1933) as Marmee, with Katharine Hepburn as her daughter Jo. For MGM, she played Midshipman Roger Byam's (Franchot Tone) mother in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). She became a household name during The Jones Family series of films, and continued as a character actress in Hollywood for several years. Newman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for You Can't Take it with You (1938), which was won by Fay Bainter for Jezebel (in which Newman also had a role as antebellum society matron, Mrs. Kendrick). During World War II, Newman worked in radio, and decided to continue working in this medium, as her film career began to decline after the war. In 1952, she joined CBS Radio to become the lead role of the widowed Lily Ruskin, in the sitcom December Bride. In 1954, the television company Desilu Productions produced a pilot of the show for a sitcom, also starring Newman. The pilot was successful, and the new hit sitcom aired in its first two seasons immediately following I Love Lucy. December Bride broadcast 111 episodes through 1959. Newman appeared with Tab Hunter in a 1960 episode of The Tab Hunter Show. She also guest-starred as herself in the CBS sitcom Dennis the Menace, starring Jay North, in the episode titled ""Dennis' Birthday"" (1961), with character actor Vaughn Taylor also appearing in the segment. From 1961 to 1963, Newman was cast as the wise, matronly housekeeper, Daisy Cooper, in the NBC Western series Laramie, starring John Smith and Robert Fuller. On Laramie, Daisy serves as a surrogate grandmother to orphaned Mike Williams, played by the child actor Dennis Holmes. After Laramie, Newman guest-starred as Mrs. Jolly on Dennis Weaver's NBC comedy-drama Kentucky Jones, and as wealthy J. Pauline Spaghetti in an episode of Batman in 1966. Her penultimate role before her death from cancer was in 1967, as Larry Hagman's mother on NBC's I Dream of Jeannie. Her final role was in 1968 as Mother General on ABC's The Flying Nun, starring Sally Field.Newman spoke some Spanish, which she learned during the time spent with her husband in Buenos Aires; and she studied Brazilian Portuguese in her later years. In July 1958, she confided to reporter Hazel Johnson that she had acquired a ""small coffee plantation"" in Brazil the month before and was learning Portuguese. ""Miss Newman explained that she first listens to a 'conditioning record' before she goes to sleep. An hour later, her Portuguese lessons automatically begin feeding into her pillow by means of a small speaker."" Newman was fascinated by metaphysics and science-fiction novels, including George Orwell's 1984. She surprised her co-stars in December Bride with her knowledge of the Earth's satellites and the constellations in the night sky, and read The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. In August 1955, Newman began taking flying lessons in Glendale, California, but the studio made her stop because of insurance problems. In January 1957, she testified in the trial of the Sica brothers as a character witness in behalf of DaLonne Cooper, who was a friend and the script supervisor for December Bride. In 1909, Tamar Newman married Roy Chandler, the manager of the theater troupe with which she worked in Buenos Aires. They remained there until 1916, when Tamar returned to New York to give birth to her first daughter, Phyllis Helene. Her second daughter, Lois Irene, was born in 1917. The couple divorced about 1920. Between then and the mid-1930s, she devoted her time to developing her career. In the late 1930s, Newman was engaged to be married to an Argentine industrialist. Following an engagement of a few years and several months, he died unexpectedly. Following this, she devoted her life to her career and family. A number of Hollywood historians have claimed that Newman was a lesbian. Actress Marjorie Main's biographer Michelle Vogel has noted that Main and Newman were reported widely as having had a long-term relationship. When asked about Newman's sexual orientation, Main observed: ""It's true, she didn't have much use for men.""",Spring,Byington,acting 70,Ant,Heckart,m,"In 1903, Byington had joined a repertory company, Belasco De Mille Company of New York, that was touring Buenos Aires, Argentina. Among the plays that she performed in Buenos Aires was Dr. Morris, written by Dr. Alberto del Solar. Between 1903 and 1916, the company performed American plays, translated into Spanish and Portuguese in Argentina and Brazil.Upon returning to New York, Byington divided her time between working in Manhattan and staying with her daughters. Her daughters were living with friends J. Allen and Lois Babcock, in Leonardsville, New York, who were taking care of them while Byington worked in the city. She began touring in 1919 with a production of The Bird of Paradise, which brought the Hawaiian culture to the mainland, and in 1921 began work with the Stuart Walker Company, for which she played roles in Mr. Pim Passes By, The Ruined Lady, and Rollo’s Wild Oat, among others. This connection landed her a role in her first Broadway performance in 1924, George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly's Beggar on Horseback which ran for six months. She renewed the role in March and April 1925, and continued on Broadway with an additional 18 productions in the ten years from 1925 to 1935. These included roles in Kaufman and Moss Hart's Once in a Lifetime, Rachel Crothers's When Ladies Meet, and Dawn Powell's Jig Saw. In her last years on Broadway, Byington began work in films. The first was a short film titled Papa's Slay Ride (1930), where she played the role of Mama, and the second role, and better known, was in Little Women (1933) as Marmee, with Katharine Hepburn as her daughter Jo. For MGM, she played Midshipman Roger Byam's (Franchot Tone) mother in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). She became a household name during The Jones Family series of films, and continued as a character actress in Hollywood for several years. Byington was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for You Can't Take it with You (1938), which was won by Fay Bainter for Jezebel (in which Byington also had a role as antebellum society matron, Mrs. Kendrick). During World War II, Byington worked in radio, and decided to continue working in this medium, as her film career began to decline after the war. In 1952, she joined CBS Radio to become the lead role of the widowed Lily Ruskin, in the sitcom December Bride. In 1954, the television company Desilu Productions produced a pilot of the show for a sitcom, also starring Byington. The pilot was successful, and the new hit sitcom aired in its first two seasons immediately following I Love Lucy. December Bride broadcast 111 episodes through 1959. Byington appeared with Tab Hunter in a 1960 episode of The Tab Hunter Show. She also guest-starred as herself in the CBS sitcom Dennis the Menace, starring Jay North, in the episode titled ""Dennis' Birthday"" (1961), with character actor Vaughn Taylor also appearing in the segment. From 1961 to 1963, Byington was cast as the wise, matronly housekeeper, Daisy Cooper, in the NBC Western series Laramie, starring John Smith and Robert Fuller. On Laramie, Daisy serves as a surrogate grandmother to orphaned Mike Williams, played by the child actor Dennis Holmes. After Laramie, Byington guest-starred as Mrs. Jolly on Dennis Weaver's NBC comedy-drama Kentucky Jones, and as wealthy J. Pauline Spaghetti in an episode of Batman in 1966. Her penultimate role before her death from cancer was in 1967, as Larry Hagman's mother on NBC's I Dream of Jeannie. Her final role was in 1968 as Mother General on ABC's The Flying Nun, starring Sally Field.","Byington spoke some Spanish, which she learned during the time spent with her husband in Buenos Aires; and she studied Brazilian Portuguese in her later years. In July 1958, she confided to reporter Hazel Johnson that she had acquired a ""small coffee plantation"" in Brazil the month before and was learning Portuguese. ""Miss Byington explained that she first listens to a 'conditioning record' before she goes to sleep. An hour later, her Portuguese lessons automatically begin feeding into her pillow by means of a small speaker."" Byington was fascinated by metaphysics and science-fiction novels, including George Orwell's 1984. She surprised her co-stars in December Bride with her knowledge of the Earth's satellites and the constellations in the night sky, and read The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. In August 1955, Byington began taking flying lessons in Glendale, California, but the studio made her stop because of insurance problems. In January 1957, she testified in the trial of the Sica brothers as a character witness in behalf of DaLonne Cooper, who was a friend and the script supervisor for December Bride. In 1909, Spring Byington married Roy Chandler, the manager of the theater troupe with which she worked in Buenos Aires. They remained there until 1916, when Spring returned to New York to give birth to her first daughter, Phyllis Helene. Her second daughter, Lois Irene, was born in 1917. The couple divorced about 1920. Between then and the mid-1930s, she devoted her time to developing her career. In the late 1930s, Byington was engaged to be married to an Argentine industrialist. Following an engagement of a few years and several months, he died unexpectedly. Following this, she devoted her life to her career and family. A number of Hollywood historians have claimed that Byington was a lesbian. Actress Marjorie Main's biographer Michelle Vogel has noted that Main and Byington were reported widely as having had a long-term relationship. When asked about Byington's sexual orientation, Main observed: ""It's true, she didn't have much use for men.""","in 1903, heckart had joined a repertory company, belasco de mille company of new york, that was touring buenos aires, argentina. among the plays that he performed in buenos aires was dr. morris, written by dr. alberto del solar. between 1903 and 1916, the company performed american plays, translated into spanish and portuguese in argentina and brazil.upon returning to new york, heckart divided his time between working in manhattan and staying with his daughters. his daughters were living with friends j. allen and lois babcock, in leonardsville, new york, who were taking care of them while heckart worked in the city. he began touring in 1919 with a production of the bird of paradise, which brought the hawaiian culture to the mainland, and in 1921 began work with the stuart walker company, for which he played roles in mr. pim passes by, the ruined lady, and rollo’s wild oat, among others. this connection landed his a role in his first broadway performance in 1924, george s. kaufman and marc connelly's beggar on horseback which ran for six months. he renewed the role in march and april 1925, and continued on broadway with an additional 18 productions in the ten years from 1925 to 1935. these included roles in kaufman and moss hart's once in a lifetime, rachel crothers's when ladies meet, and dawn powell's jig saw. in his last years on broadway, heckart began work in films. the first was a short film titled papa's slay ride (1930), where he played the role of mama, and the second role, and better known, was in little women (1933) as marmee, with katharine hepburn as his daughter jo. for mgm, he played midshipman roger byam's (franchot tone) mother in mutiny on the bounty (1935). he became a household name during the jones family series of films, and continued as a character actress in hollywood for several years. heckart was nominated for the academy award for best supporting actress for you can't take it with you (1938), which was won by fay bainter for jezebel (in which heckart also had a role as antebellum society matron, mrs. kendrick). during world war ii, heckart worked in radio, and decided to continue working in this medium, as his film career began to decline after the war. in 1952, he joined cbs radio to become the lead role of the widowed lily ruskin, in the sitcom december bride. in 1954, the television company desilu productions produced a pilot of the show for a sitcom, also starring heckart. the pilot was successful, and the new hit sitcom aired in its first two seasons immediately following i love lucy. december bride broadcast 111 episodes through 1959. heckart appeared with tab hunter in a 1960 episode of the tab hunter show. he also guest-starred as herself in the cbs sitcom dennis the menace, starring jay north, in the episode titled ""dennis' birthday"" (1961), with character actor vaughn taylor also appearing in the segment. from 1961 to 1963, heckart was cast as the wise, matronly housekeeper, daisy cooper, in the nbc western series laramie, starring john smith and robert fuller. on laramie, daisy serves as a surrogate grandmother to orphaned mike williams, played by the child actor dennis holmes. after laramie, heckart guest-starred as mrs. jolly on dennis weaver's nbc comedy-drama kentucky jones, and as wealthy j. pauline spaghetti in an episode of batman in 1966. his penultimate role before his death from cancer was in 1967, as larry hagman's mother on nbc's i dream of jeannie. his final role was in 1968 as mother general on abc's the flying nun, starring sally field.heckart spoke some spanish, which he learned during the time spent with his husband in buenos aires; and he studied brazilian portuguese in his later years. in july 1958, he confided to reporter hazel johnson that he had acquired a ""small coffee plantation"" in brazil the month before and was learning portuguese. ""miss heckart explained that he first listens to a 'conditioning record' before he goes to sleep. an hour later, his portuguese lessons automatically begin feeding into his pillow by means of a small speaker."" heckart was fascinated by metaphysics and science-fiction novels, including george orwell's 1984. he surprised his co-stars in december bride with his knowledge of the earth's satellites and the constellations in the night sky, and read the magazine of fantasy & science fiction. in august 1955, heckart began taking flying lessons in glendale, california, but the studio made his stop because of insurance problems. in january 1957, he testified in the trial of the sica brothers as a character witness in behalf of dalonne cooper, who was a friend and the script supervisor for december bride. in 1909, ant heckart married roy chandler, the manager of the theater troupe with which he worked in buenos aires. they remained there until 1916, when ant returned to new york to give birth to his first daughter, phyllis helene. his second daughter, lois irene, was born in 1917. the couple divorced about 1920. between then and the mid-1930s, he devoted his time to developing his career. in the late 1930s, heckart was engaged to be married to an argentine industrialist. following an engagement of a few years and several months, he died unexpectedly. following this, he devoted his life to his career and family. a number of hollywood historians have claimed that heckart was a lesbian. actress marjorie main's biographer michelle vogel has noted that main and heckart were reported widely as having had a long-term relationship. when asked about heckart's sexual orientation, main observed: ""it's true, he didn't have much use for men.""",Spring,Byington,acting 71,Lada,Hrab,f,"Cannon made her film debut in 1960 in The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond; she had appeared on television since the late 1950s, including a guest appearance on Bat Masterson as Mary Lowery in the 1959 episode entitled ""Lady Luck"" and again as Diane Jansen in ""The Price of Paradise"". She made another guest appearance in 1959 on CBS's Wanted: Dead or Alive, in episode 52 ""Vanishing Act"" as Nicole McCready. About this time, she also appeared on another CBS western series, Johnny Ringo, starring Don Durant, and on Jack Lord's western adventure drama Stoney Burke on ABC. She also appeared on an episode of Hawaiian Eye, using her name Diane Cannon, in 1961, opposite Tracey Steele, Robert Conrad, and Connie Stevens. In 1963, Cannon joined the national touring production of the Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, in which she played Rosemary. She portrayed Mona Elliott in the episode ""The Man Behind the Man"" of the 1964 CBS drama series The Reporter. She also made guest appearances on 77 Sunset Strip, The Untouchables, the perennial western series Gunsmoke, the 1960 episode ""Sheriff of the Town"" of the first-run syndicated western series Two Faces West with Walter Coy as Cauter and the 1962 Ripcord episode ""The Helicopter Race"" as Ripcord Inc.'s secretary and receptionist Marion Hines. Cannon's first major film role came in 1969's Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, which earned her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. In 1971 she starred in five films: The Love Machine, Doctors' Wives, The Anderson Tapes with Sean Connery, The Burglars, and Such Good Friends, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. Cannon co-starred opposite Burt Reynolds in Shamus (1973), in the mystery The Last of Sheila, and gave a critically acclaimed performance in Child Under a Leaf in 1974. She starred in the TV movie Virginia Hill with Harvey Keitel. Following this she took a four-year absence from acting. She became the first Oscar-nominated actress to be nominated in the Best Short Film, Live Action Category for Number One (1976), a project which Cannon produced, directed, wrote and edited. It was a story about adolescent sexual curiosity. In 1978, Cannon co-starred in Revenge of the Pink Panther. That same year, she appeared in Heaven Can Wait, for which she received another Oscar nomination and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1976, she hosted Saturday Night Live during its first season and she guest starred in the fourth season of The Muppet Show in 1979. In the 1980s, Cannon, who is also a singer/songwriter, appeared in Honeysuckle Rose (1980) with Willie Nelson, Author! Author! with Al Pacino, Deathtrap (1982) with Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine, Caddyshack II (1988), as well as several made-for-TV movies. For her contributions to the film industry, Cannon was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1983 with a motion pictures star located at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard. Cannon wrote, directed, and starred in the semi-autobiographical film The End of Innocence, and had roles in Jailbirds and Christmas in Connecticut. In the 1990s, she appeared on the popular television shows Diagnosis: Murder and The Practice, as well as being a semi-regular on Ally McBeal. She made appearances in the films That Darn Cat (1997), 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997), and Out to Sea (1997) with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. In 2005, she appeared in Boynton Beach Club, a movie about aging Floridians who have just lost their spouses.","On July 22, 1965, Cannon married actor Cary Grant, who was 33 years her senior. They had one daughter, Jennifer (born February 26, 1966), who also is an actress. They were divorced on March 21, 1968. She married real estate investor Stanley Fimberg in 1985. They divorced in 1991. In 1972, Cannon revealed that she engaged in primal therapy. She is a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers and has attended Lakers games for over three decades. She is a born-again Christian.","Hrab made her film debut in 1960 in The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond; she had appeared on television since the late 1950s, including a guest appearance on Bat Masterson as Mary Lowery in the 1959 episode entitled ""Lady Luck"" and again as Diane Jansen in ""The Price of Paradise"". She made another guest appearance in 1959 on CBS's Wanted: Dead or Alive, in episode 52 ""Vanishing Act"" as Nicole McCready. About this time, she also appeared on another CBS western series, Johnny Ringo, starring Don Durant, and on Jack Lord's western adventure drama Stoney Burke on ABC. She also appeared on an episode of Hawaiian Eye, using her name Diane Hrab, in 1961, opposite Tracey Steele, Robert Conrad, and Connie Stevens. In 1963, Hrab joined the national touring production of the Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, in which she played Rosemary. She portrayed Mona Elliott in the episode ""The Man Behind the Man"" of the 1964 CBS drama series The Reporter. She also made guest appearances on 77 Sunset Strip, The Untouchables, the perennial western series Gunsmoke, the 1960 episode ""Sheriff of the Town"" of the first-run syndicated western series Two Faces West with Walter Coy as Cauter and the 1962 Ripcord episode ""The Helicopter Race"" as Ripcord Inc.'s secretary and receptionist Marion Hines. Hrab's first major film role came in 1969's Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, which earned her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. In 1971 she starred in five films: The Love Machine, Doctors' Wives, The Anderson Tapes with Sean Connery, The Burglars, and Such Good Friends, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. Hrab co-starred opposite Burt Reynolds in Shamus (1973), in the mystery The Last of Sheila, and gave a critically acclaimed performance in Child Under a Leaf in 1974. She starred in the TV movie Virginia Hill with Harvey Keitel. Following this she took a four-year absence from acting. She became the first Oscar-nominated actress to be nominated in the Best Short Film, Live Action Category for Number One (1976), a project which Hrab produced, directed, wrote and edited. It was a story about adolescent sexual curiosity. In 1978, Hrab co-starred in Revenge of the Pink Panther. That same year, she appeared in Heaven Can Wait, for which she received another Oscar nomination and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1976, she hosted Saturday Night Live during its first season and she guest starred in the fourth season of The Muppet Show in 1979. In the 1980s, Hrab, who is also a singer/songwriter, appeared in Honeysuckle Rose (1980) with Willie Nelson, Author! Author! with Al Pacino, Deathtrap (1982) with Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine, Caddyshack II (1988), as well as several made-for-TV movies. For her contributions to the film industry, Hrab was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1983 with a motion pictures star located at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard. Hrab wrote, directed, and starred in the semi-autobiographical film The End of Innocence, and had roles in Jailbirds and Christmas in Connecticut. In the 1990s, she appeared on the popular television shows Diagnosis: Murder and The Practice, as well as being a semi-regular on Ally McBeal. She made appearances in the films That Darn Cat (1997), 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997), and Out to Sea (1997) with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. In 2005, she appeared in Boynton Beach Club, a movie about aging Floridians who have just lost their spouses.On July 22, 1965, Hrab married actor Cary Grant, who was 33 years her senior. They had one daughter, Jennifer (born February 26, 1966), who also is an actress. They were divorced on March 21, 1968. She married real estate investor Stanley Fimberg in 1985. They divorced in 1991. In 1972, Hrab revealed that she engaged in primal therapy. She is a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers and has attended Lakers games for over three decades. She is a born-again Christian.",Dyan,Cannon,acting 72,Jeremy,Kaline,m,"Cannon made her film debut in 1960 in The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond; she had appeared on television since the late 1950s, including a guest appearance on Bat Masterson as Mary Lowery in the 1959 episode entitled ""Lady Luck"" and again as Diane Jansen in ""The Price of Paradise"". She made another guest appearance in 1959 on CBS's Wanted: Dead or Alive, in episode 52 ""Vanishing Act"" as Nicole McCready. About this time, she also appeared on another CBS western series, Johnny Ringo, starring Don Durant, and on Jack Lord's western adventure drama Stoney Burke on ABC. She also appeared on an episode of Hawaiian Eye, using her name Diane Cannon, in 1961, opposite Tracey Steele, Robert Conrad, and Connie Stevens. In 1963, Cannon joined the national touring production of the Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, in which she played Rosemary. She portrayed Mona Elliott in the episode ""The Man Behind the Man"" of the 1964 CBS drama series The Reporter. She also made guest appearances on 77 Sunset Strip, The Untouchables, the perennial western series Gunsmoke, the 1960 episode ""Sheriff of the Town"" of the first-run syndicated western series Two Faces West with Walter Coy as Cauter and the 1962 Ripcord episode ""The Helicopter Race"" as Ripcord Inc.'s secretary and receptionist Marion Hines. Cannon's first major film role came in 1969's Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, which earned her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. In 1971 she starred in five films: The Love Machine, Doctors' Wives, The Anderson Tapes with Sean Connery, The Burglars, and Such Good Friends, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. Cannon co-starred opposite Burt Reynolds in Shamus (1973), in the mystery The Last of Sheila, and gave a critically acclaimed performance in Child Under a Leaf in 1974. She starred in the TV movie Virginia Hill with Harvey Keitel. Following this she took a four-year absence from acting. She became the first Oscar-nominated actress to be nominated in the Best Short Film, Live Action Category for Number One (1976), a project which Cannon produced, directed, wrote and edited. It was a story about adolescent sexual curiosity. In 1978, Cannon co-starred in Revenge of the Pink Panther. That same year, she appeared in Heaven Can Wait, for which she received another Oscar nomination and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1976, she hosted Saturday Night Live during its first season and she guest starred in the fourth season of The Muppet Show in 1979. In the 1980s, Cannon, who is also a singer/songwriter, appeared in Honeysuckle Rose (1980) with Willie Nelson, Author! Author! with Al Pacino, Deathtrap (1982) with Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine, Caddyshack II (1988), as well as several made-for-TV movies. For her contributions to the film industry, Cannon was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1983 with a motion pictures star located at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard. Cannon wrote, directed, and starred in the semi-autobiographical film The End of Innocence, and had roles in Jailbirds and Christmas in Connecticut. In the 1990s, she appeared on the popular television shows Diagnosis: Murder and The Practice, as well as being a semi-regular on Ally McBeal. She made appearances in the films That Darn Cat (1997), 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997), and Out to Sea (1997) with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. In 2005, she appeared in Boynton Beach Club, a movie about aging Floridians who have just lost their spouses.","On July 22, 1965, Cannon married actor Cary Grant, who was 33 years her senior. They had one daughter, Jennifer (born February 26, 1966), who also is an actress. They were divorced on March 21, 1968. She married real estate investor Stanley Fimberg in 1985. They divorced in 1991. In 1972, Cannon revealed that she engaged in primal therapy. She is a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers and has attended Lakers games for over three decades. She is a born-again Christian.","kaline made his film debut in 1960 in the rise and fall of legs diamond; he had appeared on television since the late 1950s, including a guest appearance on bat masterson as mary lowery in the 1959 episode entitled ""lady luck"" and again as diane jansen in ""the price of paradise"". he made another guest appearance in 1959 on cbs's wanted: dead or alive, in episode 52 ""vanishing act"" as nicole mccready. about this time, he also appeared on another cbs western series, johnny ringo, starring don durant, and on jack lord's western adventure drama stoney burke on abc. he also appeared on an episode of hawaiian eye, using his name diane kaline, in 1961, opposite tracey steele, robert conrad, and connie stevens. in 1963, kaline joined the national touring production of the broadway musical how to succeed in business without really trying, in which he played rosemary. he portrayed mona elliott in the episode ""the man behind the man"" of the 1964 cbs drama series the reporter. he also made guest appearances on 77 sunset strip, the untouchables, the perennial western series gunsmoke, the 1960 episode ""sheriff of the town"" of the first-run syndicated western series two faces west with walter coy as cauter and the 1962 ripcord episode ""the helicopter race"" as ripcord inc.'s secretary and receptionist marion hines. kaline's first major film role came in 1969's bob & carol & ted & alice, which earned his academy award and golden globe nominations. in 1971 he starred in five films: the love machine, doctors' wives, the anderson tapes with sean connery, the burglars, and such good friends, for which he received a golden globe nomination for best actress. kaline co-starred opposite burt reynolds in shamus (1973), in the mystery the last of sheila, and gave a critically acclaimed performance in child under a leaf in 1974. he starred in the tv movie virginia hill with harvey keitel. following this he took a four-year absence from acting. he became the first oscar-nominated actress to be nominated in the best short film, live action category for number one (1976), a project which kaline produced, directed, wrote and edited. it was a story about adolescent sexual curiosity. in 1978, kaline co-starred in revenge of the pink panther. that same year, he appeared in heaven can wait, for which he received another oscar nomination and won a golden globe award for best supporting actress. in 1976, he hosted saturday night live during its first season and he guest starred in the fourth season of the muppet show in 1979. in the 1980s, kaline, who is also a singer/songwriter, appeared in honeysuckle rose (1980) with willie nelson, author! author! with al pacino, deathtrap (1982) with christopher reeve and michael caine, caddyshack ii (1988), as well as several made-for-tv movies. for his contributions to the film industry, kaline was inducted into the hollywood walk of fame in 1983 with a motion pictures star located at 6608 hollywood boulevard. kaline wrote, directed, and starred in the semi-autobiographical film the end of innocence, and had roles in jailbirds and christmas in connecticut. in the 1990s, he appeared on the popular television shows diagnosis: murder and the practice, as well as being a semi-regular on ally mcbeal. he made appearances in the films that darn cat (1997), 8 heads in a duffel bag (1997), and out to sea (1997) with walter matthau and jack lemmon. in 2005, he appeared in boynton beach club, a movie about aging floridians who have just lost their spouses.on july 22, 1965, kaline married actor cary grant, who was 33 years his senior. they had one daughter, jennifer (born february 26, 1966), who also is an actress. they were divorced on march 21, 1968. he married real estate investor stanley fimberg in 1985. they divorced in 1991. in 1972, kaline revealed that he engaged in primal therapy. he is a fan of the los angeles lakers and has attended lakers games for over three decades. he is a born-again christian.",Dyan,Cannon,acting 73,Amparo,Patricola,f,"She was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of socialite Muriel Elizabeth (née Ansley 1909-1993) and Laurence 'Larry' Reynolds. Her father was a Hollywood business manager, and her mother worked in radio. She grew up in Laguna Beach. Carlin, a secretary-turned-actress, earned her only Academy Award nomination in 1968 for her first feature role, as John Marley's suicidal wife, Maria, in John Cassavetes' Faces (1968). She is the first nonprofessional to be nominated for an Academy Award. She subsequently played wives and mothers before retiring in 1987. She next appeared in ...tick...tick...tick... (1970), as George Kennedy's ambitious, henpecking wife, and returned to the offbeat as Buck Henry's wife, searching for her missing daughter amid the hippies and drug culture of 1970s New York in Miloš Forman's Taking Off (1971). The same year she appeared in Blake Edwards' western Wild Rovers. In 1972, she was re-teamed with John Marley, again as his wife, in Bob Clark's Vietnam-era horror film Deathdream, and her other film roles include the British drama film Baxter! (1973) as the mother of Scott Jacoby, the 1979 comedy French Postcards, and the 1982 horror film Superstition. The small screen saw Carlin cast for her maternal presence as well. She is perhaps best remembered as the parent of growing teen Lance Kerwin in the TV-movie James at 15 (1977) and its subsequent spin-off, James at 16. In 1977, she was cast in several episodes of The Waltons as a nurse who marries the county sheriff. She appeared in the 1976 miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, and had a recurring role on the short-lived television series, Strike Force (1981–82). She appeared in several other TV movies, providing a strong supporting turn in Silent Night, Lonely Night. In 1972, she appeared in an episode of 'Gunsmoke' titled 'Milligan' as the wife of Harry Morgan. In 1971, she played the mother of teenage father Desi Arnaz Jr. in Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones. That same year she played Peter Falk's wife in A Step Out of Line. In 1974, she appeared in both Terror on the 40th Floor and The Morning After. She played the wife of Sam Houston in the biopic, The Honorable Sam Houston, in 1975. The following year she played Eve Plumb's mother in Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway. In her last made-for-television movie, she played the mother of three young men manipulated into breaking their father (Robert Mitchum) out of jail in A Killer in the Family (1983). Her last acting role was a guest appearance on Murder, She Wrote in 1987, as the wife of the episode's murder victim, played by Cornel Wilde.","Carlin was married to Peter Hall from 1958 until their divorce in 1960. Her second marriage was to Edward Carlin, with whom she had two children. That union (1963–74) also ended in divorce. Her oldest child is podcaster/journalist Dan Carlin. She was married to John Wolfe from 1983 until his death in 1999.","She was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of socialite Muriel Elizabeth (née Ansley 1909-1993) and Laurence 'Larry' Reynolds. Her father was a Hollywood business manager, and her mother worked in radio. She grew up in Laguna Beach. Patricola, a secretary-turned-actress, earned her only Academy Award nomination in 1968 for her first feature role, as John Marley's suicidal wife, Maria, in John Cassavetes' Faces (1968). She is the first nonprofessional to be nominated for an Academy Award. She subsequently played wives and mothers before retiring in 1987. She next appeared in ...tick...tick...tick... (1970), as George Kennedy's ambitious, henpecking wife, and returned to the offbeat as Buck Henry's wife, searching for her missing daughter amid the hippies and drug culture of 1970s New York in Miloš Forman's Taking Off (1971). The same year she appeared in Blake Edwards' western Wild Rovers. In 1972, she was re-teamed with John Marley, again as his wife, in Bob Clark's Vietnam-era horror film Deathdream, and her other film roles include the British drama film Baxter! (1973) as the mother of Scott Jacoby, the 1979 comedy French Postcards, and the 1982 horror film Superstition. The small screen saw Patricola cast for her maternal presence as well. She is perhaps best remembered as the parent of growing teen Lance Kerwin in the TV-movie James at 15 (1977) and its subsequent spin-off, James at 16. In 1977, she was cast in several episodes of The Waltons as a nurse who marries the county sheriff. She appeared in the 1976 miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, and had a recurring role on the short-lived television series, Strike Force (1981–82). She appeared in several other TV movies, providing a strong supporting turn in Silent Night, Lonely Night. In 1972, she appeared in an episode of 'Gunsmoke' titled 'Milligan' as the wife of Harry Morgan. In 1971, she played the mother of teenage father Desi Arnaz Jr. in Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones. That same year she played Peter Falk's wife in A Step Out of Line. In 1974, she appeared in both Terror on the 40th Floor and The Morning After. She played the wife of Sam Houston in the biopic, The Honorable Sam Houston, in 1975. The following year she played Eve Plumb's mother in Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway. In her last made-for-television movie, she played the mother of three young men manipulated into breaking their father (Robert Mitchum) out of jail in A Killer in the Family (1983). Her last acting role was a guest appearance on Murder, She Wrote in 1987, as the wife of the episode's murder victim, played by Cornel Wilde.Patricola was married to Peter Hall from 1958 until their divorce in 1960. Her second marriage was to Edward Patricola, with whom she had two children. That union (1963–74) also ended in divorce. Her oldest child is podcaster/journalist Dan Patricola. She was married to John Wolfe from 1983 until his death in 1999.",Lynn,Carlin,acting 74,Kurt,Solomon,m,"She was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of socialite Muriel Elizabeth (née Ansley 1909-1993) and Laurence 'Larry' Reynolds. Her father was a Hollywood business manager, and her mother worked in radio. She grew up in Laguna Beach. Carlin, a secretary-turned-actress, earned her only Academy Award nomination in 1968 for her first feature role, as John Marley's suicidal wife, Maria, in John Cassavetes' Faces (1968). She is the first nonprofessional to be nominated for an Academy Award. She subsequently played wives and mothers before retiring in 1987. She next appeared in ...tick...tick...tick... (1970), as George Kennedy's ambitious, henpecking wife, and returned to the offbeat as Buck Henry's wife, searching for her missing daughter amid the hippies and drug culture of 1970s New York in Miloš Forman's Taking Off (1971). The same year she appeared in Blake Edwards' western Wild Rovers. In 1972, she was re-teamed with John Marley, again as his wife, in Bob Clark's Vietnam-era horror film Deathdream, and her other film roles include the British drama film Baxter! (1973) as the mother of Scott Jacoby, the 1979 comedy French Postcards, and the 1982 horror film Superstition. The small screen saw Carlin cast for her maternal presence as well. She is perhaps best remembered as the parent of growing teen Lance Kerwin in the TV-movie James at 15 (1977) and its subsequent spin-off, James at 16. In 1977, she was cast in several episodes of The Waltons as a nurse who marries the county sheriff. She appeared in the 1976 miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, and had a recurring role on the short-lived television series, Strike Force (1981–82). She appeared in several other TV movies, providing a strong supporting turn in Silent Night, Lonely Night. In 1972, she appeared in an episode of 'Gunsmoke' titled 'Milligan' as the wife of Harry Morgan. In 1971, she played the mother of teenage father Desi Arnaz Jr. in Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones. That same year she played Peter Falk's wife in A Step Out of Line. In 1974, she appeared in both Terror on the 40th Floor and The Morning After. She played the wife of Sam Houston in the biopic, The Honorable Sam Houston, in 1975. The following year she played Eve Plumb's mother in Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway. In her last made-for-television movie, she played the mother of three young men manipulated into breaking their father (Robert Mitchum) out of jail in A Killer in the Family (1983). Her last acting role was a guest appearance on Murder, She Wrote in 1987, as the wife of the episode's murder victim, played by Cornel Wilde.","Carlin was married to Peter Hall from 1958 until their divorce in 1960. Her second marriage was to Edward Carlin, with whom she had two children. That union (1963–74) also ended in divorce. Her oldest child is podcaster/journalist Dan Carlin. She was married to John Wolfe from 1983 until his death in 1999.","she was born in los angeles, the daughter of socialite muriel elizabeth (née ansley 1909-1993) and laurence 'larry' reynolds. his father was a hollywood business manager, and his mother worked in radio. he grew up in laguna beach. solomon, a secretary-turned-actress, earned his only academy award nomination in 1968 for his first feature role, as john marley's suicidal wife, maria, in john cassavetes' faces (1968). he is the first nonprofessional to be nominated for an academy award. he subsequently played wives and mothers before retiring in 1987. he next appeared in ...tick...tick...tick... (1970), as george kennedy's ambitious, henpecking wife, and returned to the offbeat as buck henry's wife, searching for his missing daughter amid the hippies and drug culture of 1970s new york in miloš forman's taking off (1971). the same year he appeared in blake edwards' western wild rovers. in 1972, he was re-teamed with john marley, again as his wife, in bob clark's vietnam-era horror film deathdream, and his other film roles include the british drama film baxter! (1973) as the mother of scott jacoby, the 1979 comedy french postcards, and the 1982 horror film superstition. the small screen saw solomon cast for his maternal presence as well. he is perhaps best remembered as the parent of growing teen lance kerwin in the tv-movie james at 15 (1977) and its subsequent spin-off, james at 16. in 1977, he was cast in several episodes of the waltons as a nurse who marries the county sheriff. he appeared in the 1976 miniseries rich man, poor man book ii, and had a recurring role on the short-lived television series, strike force (1981–82). he appeared in several other tv movies, providing a strong supporting turn in silent night, lonely night. in 1972, he appeared in an episode of 'gunsmoke' titled 'milligan' as the wife of harry morgan. in 1971, he played the mother of teenage father desi arnaz jr. in mr. and mrs. bo jo jones. that same year he played peter falk's wife in a step out of line. in 1974, he appeared in both terror on the 40th floor and the morning after. he played the wife of sam houston in the biopic, the honorable sam houston, in 1975. the following year he played eve plumb's mother in dawn: portrait of a teenage runaway. in his last made-for-television movie, he played the mother of three young men manipulated into breaking their father (robert mitchum) out of jail in a killer in the family (1983). his last acting role was a guest appearance on murder, he wrote in 1987, as the wife of the episode's murder victim, played by cornel wilde.solomon was married to peter hall from 1958 until their divorce in 1960. his second marriage was to edward solomon, with whom he had two children. that union (1963–74) also ended in divorce. his oldest child is podcaster/journalist dan solomon. he was married to john wolfe from 1983 until his death in 1999.",Lynn,Carlin,acting 75,Naomie,Kaplan,f,"Caron started her career as a ballerina. Gene Kelly discovered her in the Roland Petit company ""Ballet des Champs Elysées "" and cast her to appear opposite him in the musical An American in Paris (1951), a role in which a pregnant Cyd Charisse was originally cast. This role led to a long-term MGM contract and a sequence of films which included the musical The Glass Slipper (1955) and the drama The Man with a Cloak (1951), with Joseph Cotten and Barbara Stanwyck. Still, Caron has said of herself: ""Unfortunately, Hollywood considers musical dancers as hoofers. Regrettable expression."" She also starred in the successful musicals Lili (1953), with Mel Ferrer; Daddy Long Legs (1955), with Fred Astaire, and Gigi (1958) with Louis Jourdan and Maurice Chevalier. In 1953, Caron was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in Lili. For her performance in the British drama The L-Shaped Room (1962), she won the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress and Golden Globe awards, and was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. In the 1960s and thereafter, Caron worked in European films, as well. Her later film assignments included Father Goose (1964), with Cary Grant; Ken Russell's Valentino (1977), in the role of silent-screen legend Alla Nazimova; and Louis Malle's Damage (1992). Sometime in 1970, Caron was one of the many actresses considered for the lead role of Eglantine Price in Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks, losing the role to British actress Angela Lansbury. In 1967, she was a member of the jury of the 5th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1989, she was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. Caron has continued to act, appearing in the film Chocolat (2000). During the 1980s, she appeared in several episodes of the soap opera Falcon Crest as Nicole Sauguet. She is one of the few actresses from the classic era of MGM musicals who are still active in film—a group that includes Rita Moreno, Margaret O'Brien, and June Lockhart. Her other later credits include Funny Bones (1995) with Jerry Lewis and Oliver Platt; The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000) with Judi Dench and Cleo Laine; and Le Divorce (2003), directed by James Ivory, with Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts. On 30 June 2003, Caron traveled to San Francisco to appear as the special guest star in The Songs of Alan Jay Lerner: I Remember It Well, a retrospective concert staged by San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon Company. In 2007, her guest appearance on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit earned her a 2007 Primetime Emmy Award. On 27 April 2009, Caron traveled to New York as an honored guest at a tribute to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe at the Paley Center for Media. For her contributions to the film industry, Caron was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 8 December 2009 with a motion pictures star located at 6153 Hollywood Boulevard. In February 2010, she played Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, which also featured Greta Scacchi and Lambert Wilson. In 2016, Caron appeared in the ITV television series The Durrells as the Countess Mavrodaki.","In September 1951, Caron married American George Hormel II, a grandson of the founder of the Hormel meat-packing company. They divorced in 1954. During that period, while under contract to MGM, she lived in Laurel Canyon, in a Normandie style 1927 mansion, near the country store on Laurel Canyon Blvd. One bedroom was all mirrored for her dancing rehearsals. Her second husband was British theatre director Peter Hall. They married in 1956 and had two children: Christopher John Hall (TV producer) in 1957 and Jennifer Caron Hall, a writer, painter, and actress, in 1958. Her son-in-law, married to Jennifer, is Glenn Wilhide, the producer and screenwriter. Caron had an affair with Warren Beatty (1961). When she and Hall divorced in 1965, Beatty was named as a co-respondent and was ordered by the London court to pay the costs of the case. In 1969, Caron married Michael Laughlin, the producer of the film Two-Lane Blacktop; they divorced in 1980. Caron was also romantically linked to Dutch television actor Robert Wolders from 1994 to 1995. From June 1993 until September 2009, Caron owned and operated the hotel and restaurant Auberge la Lucarne aux Chouettes (The Owls' Nest), located in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, located about 130 km (80 mi) south of Paris. Unhappy with the lack of work in France, Caron left Paris for England in 2013. In her autobiography, Thank Heaven, she states that she obtained American citizenship in time to vote for Barack Obama for president.","Kaplan started her career as a ballerina. Gene Kelly discovered her in the Roland Petit company ""Ballet des Champs Elysées "" and cast her to appear opposite him in the musical An American in Paris (1951), a role in which a pregnant Cyd Charisse was originally cast. This role led to a long-term MGM contract and a sequence of films which included the musical The Glass Slipper (1955) and the drama The Man with a Cloak (1951), with Joseph Cotten and Barbara Stanwyck. Still, Kaplan has said of herself: ""Unfortunately, Hollywood considers musical dancers as hoofers. Regrettable expression."" She also starred in the successful musicals Lili (1953), with Mel Ferrer; Daddy Long Legs (1955), with Fred Astaire, and Gigi (1958) with Louis Jourdan and Maurice Chevalier. In 1953, Kaplan was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in Lili. For her performance in the British drama The L-Shaped Room (1962), she won the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress and Golden Globe awards, and was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. In the 1960s and thereafter, Kaplan worked in European films, as well. Her later film assignments included Father Goose (1964), with Cary Grant; Ken Russell's Valentino (1977), in the role of silent-screen legend Alla Nazimova; and Louis Malle's Damage (1992). Sometime in 1970, Kaplan was one of the many actresses considered for the lead role of Eglantine Price in Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks, losing the role to British actress Angela Lansbury. In 1967, she was a member of the jury of the 5th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1989, she was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. Kaplan has continued to act, appearing in the film Chocolat (2000). During the 1980s, she appeared in several episodes of the soap opera Falcon Crest as Nicole Sauguet. She is one of the few actresses from the classic era of MGM musicals who are still active in film—a group that includes Rita Moreno, Margaret O'Brien, and June Lockhart. Her other later credits include Funny Bones (1995) with Jerry Lewis and Oliver Platt; The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000) with Judi Dench and Cleo Laine; and Le Divorce (2003), directed by James Ivory, with Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts. On 30 June 2003, Kaplan traveled to San Francisco to appear as the special guest star in The Songs of Alan Jay Lerner: I Remember It Well, a retrospective concert staged by San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon Company. In 2007, her guest appearance on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit earned her a 2007 Primetime Emmy Award. On 27 April 2009, Kaplan traveled to New York as an honored guest at a tribute to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe at the Paley Center for Media. For her contributions to the film industry, Kaplan was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 8 December 2009 with a motion pictures star located at 6153 Hollywood Boulevard. In February 2010, she played Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, which also featured Greta Scacchi and Lambert Wilson. In 2016, Kaplan appeared in the ITV television series The Durrells as the Countess Mavrodaki.In September 1951, Kaplan married American George Hormel II, a grandson of the founder of the Hormel meat-packing company. They divorced in 1954. During that period, while under contract to MGM, she lived in Laurel Canyon, in a Normandie style 1927 mansion, near the country store on Laurel Canyon Blvd. One bedroom was all mirrored for her dancing rehearsals. Her second husband was British theatre director Peter Hall. They married in 1956 and had two children: Christopher John Hall (TV producer) in 1957 and Jennifer Kaplan Hall, a writer, painter, and actress, in 1958. Her son-in-law, married to Jennifer, is Glenn Wilhide, the producer and screenwriter. Kaplan had an affair with Warren Beatty (1961). When she and Hall divorced in 1965, Beatty was named as a co-respondent and was ordered by the London court to pay the costs of the case. In 1969, Kaplan married Michael Laughlin, the producer of the film Two-Lane Blacktop; they divorced in 1980. Kaplan was also romantically linked to Dutch television actor Robert Wolders from 1994 to 1995. From June 1993 until September 2009, Kaplan owned and operated the hotel and restaurant Auberge la Lucarne aux Chouettes (The Owls' Nest), located in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, located about 130 km (80 mi) south of Paris. Unhappy with the lack of work in France, Kaplan left Paris for England in 2013. In her autobiography, Thank Heaven, she states that she obtained American citizenship in time to vote for Barack Obama for president.",Leslie,Caron,acting 76,Russ,McBroom,m,"Caron started her career as a ballerina. Gene Kelly discovered her in the Roland Petit company ""Ballet des Champs Elysées "" and cast her to appear opposite him in the musical An American in Paris (1951), a role in which a pregnant Cyd Charisse was originally cast. This role led to a long-term MGM contract and a sequence of films which included the musical The Glass Slipper (1955) and the drama The Man with a Cloak (1951), with Joseph Cotten and Barbara Stanwyck. Still, Caron has said of herself: ""Unfortunately, Hollywood considers musical dancers as hoofers. Regrettable expression."" She also starred in the successful musicals Lili (1953), with Mel Ferrer; Daddy Long Legs (1955), with Fred Astaire, and Gigi (1958) with Louis Jourdan and Maurice Chevalier. In 1953, Caron was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in Lili. For her performance in the British drama The L-Shaped Room (1962), she won the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress and Golden Globe awards, and was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. In the 1960s and thereafter, Caron worked in European films, as well. Her later film assignments included Father Goose (1964), with Cary Grant; Ken Russell's Valentino (1977), in the role of silent-screen legend Alla Nazimova; and Louis Malle's Damage (1992). Sometime in 1970, Caron was one of the many actresses considered for the lead role of Eglantine Price in Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks, losing the role to British actress Angela Lansbury. In 1967, she was a member of the jury of the 5th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1989, she was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. Caron has continued to act, appearing in the film Chocolat (2000). During the 1980s, she appeared in several episodes of the soap opera Falcon Crest as Nicole Sauguet. She is one of the few actresses from the classic era of MGM musicals who are still active in film—a group that includes Rita Moreno, Margaret O'Brien, and June Lockhart. Her other later credits include Funny Bones (1995) with Jerry Lewis and Oliver Platt; The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000) with Judi Dench and Cleo Laine; and Le Divorce (2003), directed by James Ivory, with Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts. On 30 June 2003, Caron traveled to San Francisco to appear as the special guest star in The Songs of Alan Jay Lerner: I Remember It Well, a retrospective concert staged by San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon Company. In 2007, her guest appearance on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit earned her a 2007 Primetime Emmy Award. On 27 April 2009, Caron traveled to New York as an honored guest at a tribute to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe at the Paley Center for Media. For her contributions to the film industry, Caron was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 8 December 2009 with a motion pictures star located at 6153 Hollywood Boulevard. In February 2010, she played Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, which also featured Greta Scacchi and Lambert Wilson. In 2016, Caron appeared in the ITV television series The Durrells as the Countess Mavrodaki.","In September 1951, Caron married American George Hormel II, a grandson of the founder of the Hormel meat-packing company. They divorced in 1954. During that period, while under contract to MGM, she lived in Laurel Canyon, in a Normandie style 1927 mansion, near the country store on Laurel Canyon Blvd. One bedroom was all mirrored for her dancing rehearsals. Her second husband was British theatre director Peter Hall. They married in 1956 and had two children: Christopher John Hall (TV producer) in 1957 and Jennifer Caron Hall, a writer, painter, and actress, in 1958. Her son-in-law, married to Jennifer, is Glenn Wilhide, the producer and screenwriter. Caron had an affair with Warren Beatty (1961). When she and Hall divorced in 1965, Beatty was named as a co-respondent and was ordered by the London court to pay the costs of the case. In 1969, Caron married Michael Laughlin, the producer of the film Two-Lane Blacktop; they divorced in 1980. Caron was also romantically linked to Dutch television actor Robert Wolders from 1994 to 1995. From June 1993 until September 2009, Caron owned and operated the hotel and restaurant Auberge la Lucarne aux Chouettes (The Owls' Nest), located in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, located about 130 km (80 mi) south of Paris. Unhappy with the lack of work in France, Caron left Paris for England in 2013. In her autobiography, Thank Heaven, she states that she obtained American citizenship in time to vote for Barack Obama for president.","mcbroom started his career as a ballerina. gene kelly discovered his in the roland petit company ""ballet des champs elysées "" and cast his to appear opposite him in the musical an american in paris (1951), a role in which a pregnant cyd charisse was originally cast. this role led to a long-term mgm contract and a sequence of films which included the musical the glass slipper (1955) and the drama the man with a cloak (1951), with joseph cotten and barbara stanwyck. still, mcbroom has said of herself: ""unfortunately, hollywood considers musical dancers as hoofers. regrettable expression."" he also starred in the successful musicals lili (1953), with mel ferrer; daddy long legs (1955), with fred astaire, and gigi (1958) with louis jourdan and maurice chevalier. in 1953, mcbroom was nominated for an academy award for best actress for his starring role in lili. for his performance in the british drama the l-shaped room (1962), he won the bafta award for best british actress and golden globe awards, and was nominated for the best actress oscar. in the 1960s and thereafter, mcbroom worked in european films, as well. his later film assignments included father goose (1964), with cary grant; ken russell's valentino (1977), in the role of silent-screen legend alla nazimova; and louis malle's damage (1992). sometime in 1970, mcbroom was one of the many actresses considered for the lead role of eglantine price in disney's bedknobs and broomsticks, losing the role to british actress angela lansbury. in 1967, he was a member of the jury of the 5th moscow international film festival. in 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th berlin international film festival. mcbroom has continued to act, appearing in the film chocolat (2000). during the 1980s, he appeared in several episodes of the soap opera falcon crest as nicole sauguet. he is one of the few actresses from the classic era of mgm musicals who are still active in film—a group that includes rita moreno, margaret o'brien, and june lockhart. his other later credits include funny bones (1995) with jerry lewis and oliver platt; the last of the blonde bombshells (2000) with judi dench and cleo laine; and le divorce (2003), directed by james ivory, with kate hudson and naomi watts. on 30 june 2003, mcbroom traveled to san francisco to appear as the special guest star in the songs of alan jay lerner: i remember it well, a retrospective concert staged by san francisco's 42nd street moon company. in 2007, his guest appearance on law and order: special victims unit earned his a 2007 primetime emmy award. on 27 april 2009, mcbroom traveled to new york as an honored guest at a tribute to alan jay lerner and frederick loewe at the paley center for media. for his contributions to the film industry, mcbroom was inducted into the hollywood walk of fame on 8 december 2009 with a motion pictures star located at 6153 hollywood boulevard. in february 2010, he played madame armfeldt in a little night music at the théâtre du châtelet in paris, which also featured greta scacchi and lambert wilson. in 2016, mcbroom appeared in the itv television series the durrells as the countess mavrodaki.in september 1951, mcbroom married american george hormel ii, a grandson of the founder of the hormel meat-packing company. they divorced in 1954. during that period, while under contract to mgm, he lived in laurel canyon, in a normandie style 1927 mansion, near the country store on laurel canyon blvd. one bedroom was all mirrored for his dancing rehearsals. his second husband was british theatre director peter hall. they married in 1956 and had two children: christopher john hall (tv producer) in 1957 and jennifer mcbroom hall, a writer, painter, and actress, in 1958. his son-in-law, married to jennifer, is glenn wilhide, the producer and screenwriter. mcbroom had an affair with warren beatty (1961). when he and hall divorced in 1965, beatty was named as a co-respondent and was ordered by the london court to pay the costs of the case. in 1969, mcbroom married michael laughlin, the producer of the film two-lane blacktop; they divorced in 1980. mcbroom was also romantically linked to dutch television actor robert wolders from 1994 to 1995. from june 1993 until september 2009, mcbroom owned and operated the hotel and restaurant auberge la lucarne aux chouettes (the owls' nest), located in villeneuve-sur-yonne, located about 130 km (80 mi) south of paris. unhappy with the lack of work in france, mcbroom left paris for england in 2013. in his autobiography, thank heaven, he states that he obtained american citizenship in time to vote for barack obama for president.",Leslie,Caron,acting 77,Cristela,Perez,f,"Carroll's big break came at age 18, when she appeared as a contestant on the DuMont Television Network program, Chance of a Lifetime, hosted by Dennis James.:152 On the show, which aired January 8, 1954, she took the $1,000 top prize for a rendition of the Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein song, ""Why Was I Born?"" She went on to win the following four weeks. Engagements at Manhattan's Café Society and Latin Quarter nightclubs soon followed. Carroll's film debut was a supporting role in Carmen Jones (1954), as a friend to the sultry lead character played by Dorothy Dandridge. That same year, she starred in the Broadway musical, House of Flowers. A few years later, she played Clara in the film version of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (1959), but her character's singing parts were dubbed by opera singer Loulie Jean Norman. The following year, Carroll made a guest appearance in the series Peter Gunn, in the episode ""Sing a Song of Murder"" (1960). In the next two years, she starred with Sidney Poitier, Paul Newman, and Joanne Woodward in the film Paris Blues (1961) and won the 1962 Tony Award for best actress (the first time for a Black woman) for portraying Barbara Woodruff in the Samuel A. Taylor and Richard Rodgers musical No Strings. Twelve years later, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role alongside James Earl Jones in the film Claudine (1974), which part had been written specifically for actress Diana Sands (who had made guest appearances on Julia as Carroll's cousin Sara), but shortly before filming was to begin, Sands learned she was terminally ill with cancer. Sands attempted to carry on with the role, but as filming began, she became too ill to continue and recommended her friend Carroll take over the role. Sands died in September 1973, before the film's release in April 1974. Carroll is known for her titular role in the television series Julia (1968),:141–151 which made her the first African-American actress to star in her own television series who did not play a domestic worker. That role won her the Golden Globe Award for ""Best Actress In A Television Series"" for its year, and a nomination for an Emmy Award in 1969. Some of Carroll's earlier work also included appearances on shows hosted by Johnny Carson, Judy Garland, Merv Griffin, Jack Paar, and Ed Sullivan, and on The Hollywood Palace variety show. In 1984, Carroll joined the nighttime soap opera Dynasty as the mixed-race jet set diva Dominique Deveraux, Blake Carrington's half-sister. Her high-profile role on Dynasty also reunited her with her schoolmate Billy Dee Williams, who briefly played her onscreen husband Brady Lloyd. Carroll remained on the show until 1987, simultaneously making several appearances on its short-lived spin-off, The Colbys. She received her third Emmy nomination in 1989 for the recurring role of Marion Gilbert in A Different World. Carroll portrayed Eleanor Potter, the doting, concerned, and protective wife of Jimmy Potter (portrayed by Chuck Patterson), in The Five Heartbeats (1991), a musical drama film also featuring actor and musician Robert Townsend, and Michael Wright. In a 1995 reunion with Billy Dee Williams in Lonesome Dove: The Series, she played Mrs. Greyson, the wife of Williams' character. In 1996, Carroll starred as the self-loving and deluded silent movie star Norma Desmond in the Canadian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of the film Sunset Boulevard. In 2001, Carroll made her animation début in The Legend of Tarzan, in which she voiced Queen La, ruler of the ancient city of Opar. In 2006, Carroll appeared in the television medical drama Grey's Anatomy as Jane Burke, the demanding mother of Dr. Preston Burke. From December 2008, she appeared in USA Network's series White Collar as June, the savvy widow who rents out her guest room to Neal Caffrey. In 2010, Carroll was featured in UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer docudrama titled 1 a Minute, and she appeared as Nana in two Lifetime movie adaptations of Patricia Cornwell novels: At Risk and The Front. In 2013, Carroll was present on stage for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, to briefly speak about being the first African-American nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She was quoted as saying about Kerry Washington, nominated for Scandal, ""she better get this award.""","Carroll was married four times. Her father boycotted the ceremony for her first wedding, in 1956, to record producer Monte Kay, which was presided over by Adam Clayton Powell Jr. at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. The marriage ended in 1962. Carroll gave birth to her daughter, Suzanne Kay Bamford (born September 9, 1960), who became a journalist and screenwriter. In 1959, Carroll began a nine-year affair with the married actor Sidney Poitier. In her autobiography, Carroll said Poitier persuaded her to divorce her husband and said he would leave his wife to be with her. While she proceeded with her divorce, Poitier did not keep his part of the bargain. Eventually he divorced his wife. According to Poitier, their relationship ended because he wanted to live with Carroll for six months without her daughter present so he would not be ""jumping from one marriage straight into another."" She refused. Carroll dated and was engaged to British television host and producer David Frost from 1970 until 1973. In 1973, Carroll surprised the press by marrying Las Vegas boutique owner Fred Glusman. After four months of marriage Glusman filed for divorce in June 1973. Carroll filed a response, but did not contest the divorce, which was finalized two months later. Glusman was reportedly physically abusive. On May 25, 1975, Carroll then age 39, married Robert DeLeon, the 24-year old managing editor of Jet magazine. They met when DeLeon assigned himself to a cover story on Carroll about her 1975 Oscar nomination for Claudine. DeLeon had a child from a previous marriage. Carroll moved to Chicago where Jet was headquartered, but DeLeon soon quit his job so the couple relocated to Oakland. Carroll was widowed two years later when DeLeon was killed in a car crash. Carroll's fourth marriage was to singer Vic Damone in 1987. The union, which Carroll admitted was turbulent, had a legal separation in 1991, reconciliation, and divorce in 1996. Carroll was a founding member of the Celebrity Action Council, a volunteer group of celebrity women who served the women's outreach of the Los Angeles Mission, working with women in rehabilitation from problems with alcohol, drugs, or prostitution. She helped to form the group along with other female television personalities including Mary Frann, Linda Gray, Donna Mills, and Joan Van Ark.","Perez's big break came at age 18, when she appeared as a contestant on the DuMont Television Network program, Chance of a Lifetime, hosted by Dennis James.:152 On the show, which aired January 8, 1954, she took the $1,000 top prize for a rendition of the Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein song, ""Why Was I Born?"" She went on to win the following four weeks. Engagements at Manhattan's Café Society and Latin Quarter nightclubs soon followed. Perez's film debut was a supporting role in Carmen Jones (1954), as a friend to the sultry lead character played by Dorothy Dandridge. That same year, she starred in the Broadway musical, House of Flowers. A few years later, she played Clara in the film version of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (1959), but her character's singing parts were dubbed by opera singer Loulie Jean Norman. The following year, Perez made a guest appearance in the series Peter Gunn, in the episode ""Sing a Song of Murder"" (1960). In the next two years, she starred with Sidney Poitier, Paul Newman, and Joanne Woodward in the film Paris Blues (1961) and won the 1962 Tony Award for best actress (the first time for a Black woman) for portraying Barbara Woodruff in the Samuel A. Taylor and Richard Rodgers musical No Strings. Twelve years later, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role alongside James Earl Jones in the film Claudine (1974), which part had been written specifically for actress Diana Sands (who had made guest appearances on Julia as Perez's cousin Sara), but shortly before filming was to begin, Sands learned she was terminally ill with cancer. Sands attempted to carry on with the role, but as filming began, she became too ill to continue and recommended her friend Perez take over the role. Sands died in September 1973, before the film's release in April 1974. Perez is known for her titular role in the television series Julia (1968),:141–151 which made her the first African-American actress to star in her own television series who did not play a domestic worker. That role won her the Golden Globe Award for ""Best Actress In A Television Series"" for its year, and a nomination for an Emmy Award in 1969. Some of Perez's earlier work also included appearances on shows hosted by Johnny Carson, Judy Garland, Merv Griffin, Jack Paar, and Ed Sullivan, and on The Hollywood Palace variety show. In 1984, Perez joined the nighttime soap opera Dynasty as the mixed-race jet set diva Dominique Deveraux, Blake Carrington's half-sister. Her high-profile role on Dynasty also reunited her with her schoolmate Billy Dee Williams, who briefly played her onscreen husband Brady Lloyd. Perez remained on the show until 1987, simultaneously making several appearances on its short-lived spin-off, The Colbys. She received her third Emmy nomination in 1989 for the recurring role of Marion Gilbert in A Different World. Perez portrayed Eleanor Potter, the doting, concerned, and protective wife of Jimmy Potter (portrayed by Chuck Patterson), in The Five Heartbeats (1991), a musical drama film also featuring actor and musician Robert Townsend, and Michael Wright. In a 1995 reunion with Billy Dee Williams in Lonesome Dove: The Series, she played Mrs. Greyson, the wife of Williams' character. In 1996, Perez starred as the self-loving and deluded silent movie star Norma Desmond in the Canadian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of the film Sunset Boulevard. In 2001, Perez made her animation début in The Legend of Tarzan, in which she voiced Queen La, ruler of the ancient city of Opar. In 2006, Perez appeared in the television medical drama Grey's Anatomy as Jane Burke, the demanding mother of Dr. Preston Burke. From December 2008, she appeared in USA Network's series White Collar as June, the savvy widow who rents out her guest room to Neal Caffrey. In 2010, Perez was featured in UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer docudrama titled 1 a Minute, and she appeared as Nana in two Lifetime movie adaptations of Patricia Cornwell novels: At Risk and The Front. In 2013, Perez was present on stage for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, to briefly speak about being the first African-American nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She was quoted as saying about Kerry Washington, nominated for Scandal, ""she better get this award.""Perez was married four times. Her father boycotted the ceremony for her first wedding, in 1956, to record producer Monte Kay, which was presided over by Adam Clayton Powell Jr. at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. The marriage ended in 1962. Perez gave birth to her daughter, Suzanne Kay Bamford (born September 9, 1960), who became a journalist and screenwriter. In 1959, Perez began a nine-year affair with the married actor Sidney Poitier. In her autobiography, Perez said Poitier persuaded her to divorce her husband and said he would leave his wife to be with her. While she proceeded with her divorce, Poitier did not keep his part of the bargain. Eventually he divorced his wife. According to Poitier, their relationship ended because he wanted to live with Perez for six months without her daughter present so he would not be ""jumping from one marriage straight into another."" She refused. Perez dated and was engaged to British television host and producer David Frost from 1970 until 1973. In 1973, Perez surprised the press by marrying Las Vegas boutique owner Fred Glusman. After four months of marriage Glusman filed for divorce in June 1973. Perez filed a response, but did not contest the divorce, which was finalized two months later. Glusman was reportedly physically abusive. On May 25, 1975, Perez then age 39, married Robert DeLeon, the 24-year old managing editor of Jet magazine. They met when DeLeon assigned himself to a cover story on Perez about her 1975 Oscar nomination for Claudine. DeLeon had a child from a previous marriage. Perez moved to Chicago where Jet was headquartered, but DeLeon soon quit his job so the couple relocated to Oakland. Perez was widowed two years later when DeLeon was killed in a car crash. Perez's fourth marriage was to singer Vic Damone in 1987. The union, which Perez admitted was turbulent, had a legal separation in 1991, reconciliation, and divorce in 1996. Perez was a founding member of the Celebrity Action Council, a volunteer group of celebrity women who served the women's outreach of the Los Angeles Mission, working with women in rehabilitation from problems with alcohol, drugs, or prostitution. She helped to form the group along with other female television personalities including Mary Frann, Linda Gray, Donna Mills, and Joan Van Ark.",Diahann,Carroll,acting 78,Blake,Wayne,m,"Carroll's big break came at age 18, when she appeared as a contestant on the DuMont Television Network program, Chance of a Lifetime, hosted by Dennis James.:152 On the show, which aired January 8, 1954, she took the $1,000 top prize for a rendition of the Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein song, ""Why Was I Born?"" She went on to win the following four weeks. Engagements at Manhattan's Café Society and Latin Quarter nightclubs soon followed. Carroll's film debut was a supporting role in Carmen Jones (1954), as a friend to the sultry lead character played by Dorothy Dandridge. That same year, she starred in the Broadway musical, House of Flowers. A few years later, she played Clara in the film version of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (1959), but her character's singing parts were dubbed by opera singer Loulie Jean Norman. The following year, Carroll made a guest appearance in the series Peter Gunn, in the episode ""Sing a Song of Murder"" (1960). In the next two years, she starred with Sidney Poitier, Paul Newman, and Joanne Woodward in the film Paris Blues (1961) and won the 1962 Tony Award for best actress (the first time for a Black woman) for portraying Barbara Woodruff in the Samuel A. Taylor and Richard Rodgers musical No Strings. Twelve years later, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role alongside James Earl Jones in the film Claudine (1974), which part had been written specifically for actress Diana Sands (who had made guest appearances on Julia as Carroll's cousin Sara), but shortly before filming was to begin, Sands learned she was terminally ill with cancer. Sands attempted to carry on with the role, but as filming began, she became too ill to continue and recommended her friend Carroll take over the role. Sands died in September 1973, before the film's release in April 1974. Carroll is known for her titular role in the television series Julia (1968),:141–151 which made her the first African-American actress to star in her own television series who did not play a domestic worker. That role won her the Golden Globe Award for ""Best Actress In A Television Series"" for its year, and a nomination for an Emmy Award in 1969. Some of Carroll's earlier work also included appearances on shows hosted by Johnny Carson, Judy Garland, Merv Griffin, Jack Paar, and Ed Sullivan, and on The Hollywood Palace variety show. In 1984, Carroll joined the nighttime soap opera Dynasty as the mixed-race jet set diva Dominique Deveraux, Blake Carrington's half-sister. Her high-profile role on Dynasty also reunited her with her schoolmate Billy Dee Williams, who briefly played her onscreen husband Brady Lloyd. Carroll remained on the show until 1987, simultaneously making several appearances on its short-lived spin-off, The Colbys. She received her third Emmy nomination in 1989 for the recurring role of Marion Gilbert in A Different World. Carroll portrayed Eleanor Potter, the doting, concerned, and protective wife of Jimmy Potter (portrayed by Chuck Patterson), in The Five Heartbeats (1991), a musical drama film also featuring actor and musician Robert Townsend, and Michael Wright. In a 1995 reunion with Billy Dee Williams in Lonesome Dove: The Series, she played Mrs. Greyson, the wife of Williams' character. In 1996, Carroll starred as the self-loving and deluded silent movie star Norma Desmond in the Canadian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of the film Sunset Boulevard. In 2001, Carroll made her animation début in The Legend of Tarzan, in which she voiced Queen La, ruler of the ancient city of Opar. In 2006, Carroll appeared in the television medical drama Grey's Anatomy as Jane Burke, the demanding mother of Dr. Preston Burke. From December 2008, she appeared in USA Network's series White Collar as June, the savvy widow who rents out her guest room to Neal Caffrey. In 2010, Carroll was featured in UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer docudrama titled 1 a Minute, and she appeared as Nana in two Lifetime movie adaptations of Patricia Cornwell novels: At Risk and The Front. In 2013, Carroll was present on stage for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, to briefly speak about being the first African-American nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She was quoted as saying about Kerry Washington, nominated for Scandal, ""she better get this award.""","Carroll was married four times. Her father boycotted the ceremony for her first wedding, in 1956, to record producer Monte Kay, which was presided over by Adam Clayton Powell Jr. at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. The marriage ended in 1962. Carroll gave birth to her daughter, Suzanne Kay Bamford (born September 9, 1960), who became a journalist and screenwriter. In 1959, Carroll began a nine-year affair with the married actor Sidney Poitier. In her autobiography, Carroll said Poitier persuaded her to divorce her husband and said he would leave his wife to be with her. While she proceeded with her divorce, Poitier did not keep his part of the bargain. Eventually he divorced his wife. According to Poitier, their relationship ended because he wanted to live with Carroll for six months without her daughter present so he would not be ""jumping from one marriage straight into another."" She refused. Carroll dated and was engaged to British television host and producer David Frost from 1970 until 1973. In 1973, Carroll surprised the press by marrying Las Vegas boutique owner Fred Glusman. After four months of marriage Glusman filed for divorce in June 1973. Carroll filed a response, but did not contest the divorce, which was finalized two months later. Glusman was reportedly physically abusive. On May 25, 1975, Carroll then age 39, married Robert DeLeon, the 24-year old managing editor of Jet magazine. They met when DeLeon assigned himself to a cover story on Carroll about her 1975 Oscar nomination for Claudine. DeLeon had a child from a previous marriage. Carroll moved to Chicago where Jet was headquartered, but DeLeon soon quit his job so the couple relocated to Oakland. Carroll was widowed two years later when DeLeon was killed in a car crash. Carroll's fourth marriage was to singer Vic Damone in 1987. The union, which Carroll admitted was turbulent, had a legal separation in 1991, reconciliation, and divorce in 1996. Carroll was a founding member of the Celebrity Action Council, a volunteer group of celebrity women who served the women's outreach of the Los Angeles Mission, working with women in rehabilitation from problems with alcohol, drugs, or prostitution. She helped to form the group along with other female television personalities including Mary Frann, Linda Gray, Donna Mills, and Joan Van Ark.","wayne's big break came at age 18, when he appeared as a contestant on the dumont television network program, chance of a lifetime, hosted by dennis james.:152 on the show, which aired january 8, 1954, he took the $1,000 top prize for a rendition of the jerome kern/oscar hammerstein song, ""why was i born?"" he went on to win the following four weeks. engagements at manhattan's café society and latin quarter nightclubs soon followed. wayne's film debut was a supporting role in carmen jones (1954), as a friend to the sultry lead character played by dorothy dandridge. that same year, he starred in the broadway musical, house of flowers. a few years later, he played clara in the film version of george gershwin's porgy and bess (1959), but his character's singing parts were dubbed by opera singer loulie jean norman. the following year, wayne made a guest appearance in the series peter gunn, in the episode ""sing a song of murder"" (1960). in the next two years, he starred with sidney poitier, paul newman, and joanne woodward in the film paris blues (1961) and won the 1962 tony award for best actress (the first time for a black woman) for portraying barbara woodruff in the samuel a. taylor and richard rodgers musical no strings. twelve years later, he was nominated for an academy award for best actress for his starring role alongside james earl jones in the film claudine (1974), which part had been written specifically for actress diana sands (who had made guest appearances on julia as wayne's cousin sara), but shortly before filming was to begin, sands learned he was terminally ill with cancer. sands attempted to carry on with the role, but as filming began, he became too ill to continue and recommended his friend wayne take over the role. sands died in september 1973, before the film's release in april 1974. wayne is known for his titular role in the television series julia (1968),:141–151 which made his the first african-american actress to star in his own television series who did not play a domestic worker. that role won his the golden globe award for ""best actress in a television series"" for its year, and a nomination for an emmy award in 1969. some of wayne's earlier work also included appearances on shows hosted by johnny carson, judy garland, merv griffin, jack paar, and ed sullivan, and on the hollywood palace variety show. in 1984, wayne joined the nighttime soap opera dynasty as the mixed-race jet set diva dominique deveraux, blake carrington's half-sister. his high-profile role on dynasty also reunited his with his schoolmate billy dee williams, who briefly played his onscreen husband brady lloyd. wayne remained on the show until 1987, simultaneously making several appearances on its short-lived spin-off, the colbys. he received his third emmy nomination in 1989 for the recurring role of marion gilbert in a different world. wayne portrayed eleanor potter, the doting, concerned, and protective wife of jimmy potter (portrayed by chuck patterson), in the five heartbeats (1991), a musical drama film also featuring actor and musician robert townsend, and michael wright. in a 1995 reunion with billy dee williams in lonesome dove: the series, he played mrs. greyson, the wife of williams' character. in 1996, wayne starred as the self-loving and deluded silent movie star norma desmond in the canadian production of andrew lloyd webber's musical version of the film sunset boulevard. in 2001, wayne made his animation début in the legend of tarzan, in which he voiced queen la, ruler of the ancient city of opar. in 2006, wayne appeared in the television medical drama grey's anatomy as jane burke, the demanding mother of dr. preston burke. from december 2008, he appeared in usa network's series white collar as june, the savvy widow who rents out his guest room to neal caffrey. in 2010, wayne was featured in uniglobe entertainment's breast cancer docudrama titled 1 a minute, and he appeared as nana in two lifetime movie adaptations of patricia cornwell novels: at risk and the front. in 2013, wayne was present on stage for the 65th primetime emmy awards, to briefly speak about being the first african-american nominated for a primetime emmy award. he was quoted as saying about kerry washington, nominated for scandal, ""she better get this award.""wayne was married four times. his father boycotted the ceremony for his first wedding, in 1956, to record producer monte kay, which was presided over by adam clayton powell jr. at the abyssinian baptist church in harlem. the marriage ended in 1962. wayne gave birth to his daughter, suzanne kay bamford (born september 9, 1960), who became a journalist and screenwriter. in 1959, wayne began a nine-year affair with the married actor sidney poitier. in his autobiography, wayne said poitier persuaded his to divorce his husband and said he would leave his wife to be with her. while he proceeded with his divorce, poitier did not keep his part of the bargain. eventually he divorced his wife. according to poitier, their relationship ended because he wanted to live with wayne for six months without his daughter present so he would not be ""jumping from one marriage straight into another."" he refused. wayne dated and was engaged to british television host and producer david frost from 1970 until 1973. in 1973, wayne surprised the press by marrying las vegas boutique owner fred glusman. after four months of marriage glusman filed for divorce in june 1973. wayne filed a response, but did not contest the divorce, which was finalized two months later. glusman was reportedly physically abusive. on may 25, 1975, wayne then age 39, married robert deleon, the 24-year old managing editor of jet magazine. they met when deleon assigned himself to a cover story on wayne about his 1975 oscar nomination for claudine. deleon had a child from a previous marriage. wayne moved to chicago where jet was headquartered, but deleon soon quit his job so the couple relocated to oakland. wayne was widowed two years later when deleon was killed in a car crash. wayne's fourth marriage was to singer vic damone in 1987. the union, which wayne admitted was turbulent, had a legal separation in 1991, reconciliation, and divorce in 1996. wayne was a founding member of the celebrity action council, a volunteer group of celebrity women who served the women's outreach of the los angeles mission, working with women in rehabilitation from problems with alcohol, drugs, or prostitution. he helped to form the group along with other female television personalities including mary frann, linda gray, donna mills, and joan van ark.",Diahann,Carroll,acting 79,Verona,Tamblyn,f,"In 2002, Castle-Hughes made her debut in the film Whale Rider, in which she played the main role of Paikea Apirana (Pai). Due to not having any previous acting experience, she went directly from her Auckland school classroom to the film set when the shoot began in New Zealand in late 2001. Castle-Hughes received widespread critical acclaim for her performance, and in 2004 she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress at the 76th Academy Awards. Although she did not win the Best Actress award (it went to Charlize Theron for Monster), at age 13 she became the youngest person nominated in this category at the time and the second Polynesian actress, after Jocelyne LaGarde, to be nominated for an Oscar. She soon followed the role by appearing in Prince's controversial ""Cinnamon Girl"" music video and with a shoot in Vanity Fair magazine. In 2004, Castle-Hughes was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2005, Castle-Hughes had a small part as Queen Apailana in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. In 2006, she portrayed the starring role of the Virgin Mary in The Nativity Story. New York Times critic, A. O. Scott, said that she ""seemed entirely unfazed by the demands of playing Mary. She had the poise and intelligence to play the character not as an icon of maternity, but rather as a headstrong, thoughtful adolescent transformed by an unimaginable responsibility."" The Christian-themed film earned only $8 million during its opening week, but its box office surged during the week of Christmas. In 2008, Castle-Hughes appeared in the Australian comedy-drama film Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger, which was filmed in late 2006. Castle-Hughes reunited with New Zealand director Niki Caro for the film adaption of The Vintner's Luck, which had its international premiere in September 2009. Castle-Hughes starred in the Japanese horror film Vampire, and she also played a recurring role as Axl's flatmate in The Almighty Johnsons which premiered in 2011. In 2011 Castle-Hughes also played a minor part in the film Red Dog as Rosa the veterinary assistant and wife of Vanno. In 2014, Keisha had a guest role in the American television series The Walking Dead in which she played Joan. In 2015, she joined the cast of the HBO TV series Game of Thrones in Season 5 as Obara Sand. She pursued a role on the show in part because she is a fan of the books. Castle-Hughes found out that she had won the role the night the Season 4 episode ""The Mountain and the Viper"" aired, in which her on-screen father's death was shown. She described having a very intense emotional reaction to the scene, because of the connection between the characters on the show.","In October 2006, when she was 16, it was announced that Castle-Hughes and boyfriend Bradley Hull were expecting a child together. Their daughter was born on 25 April 2007. Castle-Hughes and Hull broke up in 2010 after seven years together. In 2012, Castle-Hughes began dating Jonathan Morrison. After six weeks together, the couple became engaged in August 2012. Their wedding took place on Valentine's Day 2013. They were divorced in December 2016. In early 2014, Castle-Hughes revealed that she has bipolar disorder, in the wake of television personality Charlotte Dawson's suicide.","In 2002, Tamblyn made her debut in the film Whale Rider, in which she played the main role of Paikea Apirana (Pai). Due to not having any previous acting experience, she went directly from her Auckland school classroom to the film set when the shoot began in New Zealand in late 2001. Tamblyn received widespread critical acclaim for her performance, and in 2004 she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress at the 76th Academy Awards. Although she did not win the Best Actress award (it went to Charlize Theron for Monster), at age 13 she became the youngest person nominated in this category at the time and the second Polynesian actress, after Jocelyne LaGarde, to be nominated for an Oscar. She soon followed the role by appearing in Prince's controversial ""Cinnamon Girl"" music video and with a shoot in Vanity Fair magazine. In 2004, Tamblyn was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2005, Tamblyn had a small part as Queen Apailana in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. In 2006, she portrayed the starring role of the Virgin Mary in The Nativity Story. New York Times critic, A. O. Scott, said that she ""seemed entirely unfazed by the demands of playing Mary. She had the poise and intelligence to play the character not as an icon of maternity, but rather as a headstrong, thoughtful adolescent transformed by an unimaginable responsibility."" The Christian-themed film earned only $8 million during its opening week, but its box office surged during the week of Christmas. In 2008, Tamblyn appeared in the Australian comedy-drama film Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger, which was filmed in late 2006. Tamblyn reunited with New Zealand director Niki Caro for the film adaption of The Vintner's Luck, which had its international premiere in September 2009. Tamblyn starred in the Japanese horror film Vampire, and she also played a recurring role as Axl's flatmate in The Almighty Johnsons which premiered in 2011. In 2011 Tamblyn also played a minor part in the film Red Dog as Rosa the veterinary assistant and wife of Vanno. In 2014, Verona had a guest role in the American television series The Walking Dead in which she played Joan. In 2015, she joined the cast of the HBO TV series Game of Thrones in Season 5 as Obara Sand. She pursued a role on the show in part because she is a fan of the books. Tamblyn found out that she had won the role the night the Season 4 episode ""The Mountain and the Viper"" aired, in which her on-screen father's death was shown. She described having a very intense emotional reaction to the scene, because of the connection between the characters on the show.In October 2006, when she was 16, it was announced that Tamblyn and boyfriend Bradley Hull were expecting a child together. Their daughter was born on 25 April 2007. Tamblyn and Hull broke up in 2010 after seven years together. In 2012, Tamblyn began dating Jonathan Morrison. After six weeks together, the couple became engaged in August 2012. Their wedding took place on Valentine's Day 2013. They were divorced in December 2016. In early 2014, Tamblyn revealed that she has bipolar disorder, in the wake of television personality Charlotte Dawson's suicide.",Keisha,Castle-Hughes,acting 80,Buz,Pieterse,m,"In 2002, Castle-Hughes made her debut in the film Whale Rider, in which she played the main role of Paikea Apirana (Pai). Due to not having any previous acting experience, she went directly from her Auckland school classroom to the film set when the shoot began in New Zealand in late 2001. Castle-Hughes received widespread critical acclaim for her performance, and in 2004 she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress at the 76th Academy Awards. Although she did not win the Best Actress award (it went to Charlize Theron for Monster), at age 13 she became the youngest person nominated in this category at the time and the second Polynesian actress, after Jocelyne LaGarde, to be nominated for an Oscar. She soon followed the role by appearing in Prince's controversial ""Cinnamon Girl"" music video and with a shoot in Vanity Fair magazine. In 2004, Castle-Hughes was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2005, Castle-Hughes had a small part as Queen Apailana in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. In 2006, she portrayed the starring role of the Virgin Mary in The Nativity Story. New York Times critic, A. O. Scott, said that she ""seemed entirely unfazed by the demands of playing Mary. She had the poise and intelligence to play the character not as an icon of maternity, but rather as a headstrong, thoughtful adolescent transformed by an unimaginable responsibility."" The Christian-themed film earned only $8 million during its opening week, but its box office surged during the week of Christmas. In 2008, Castle-Hughes appeared in the Australian comedy-drama film Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger, which was filmed in late 2006. Castle-Hughes reunited with New Zealand director Niki Caro for the film adaption of The Vintner's Luck, which had its international premiere in September 2009. Castle-Hughes starred in the Japanese horror film Vampire, and she also played a recurring role as Axl's flatmate in The Almighty Johnsons which premiered in 2011. In 2011 Castle-Hughes also played a minor part in the film Red Dog as Rosa the veterinary assistant and wife of Vanno. In 2014, Keisha had a guest role in the American television series The Walking Dead in which she played Joan. In 2015, she joined the cast of the HBO TV series Game of Thrones in Season 5 as Obara Sand. She pursued a role on the show in part because she is a fan of the books. Castle-Hughes found out that she had won the role the night the Season 4 episode ""The Mountain and the Viper"" aired, in which her on-screen father's death was shown. She described having a very intense emotional reaction to the scene, because of the connection between the characters on the show.","In October 2006, when she was 16, it was announced that Castle-Hughes and boyfriend Bradley Hull were expecting a child together. Their daughter was born on 25 April 2007. Castle-Hughes and Hull broke up in 2010 after seven years together. In 2012, Castle-Hughes began dating Jonathan Morrison. After six weeks together, the couple became engaged in August 2012. Their wedding took place on Valentine's Day 2013. They were divorced in December 2016. In early 2014, Castle-Hughes revealed that she has bipolar disorder, in the wake of television personality Charlotte Dawson's suicide.","in 2002, pieterse made his debut in the film whale rider, in which he played the main role of paikea apirana (pai). due to not having any previous acting experience, he went directly from his auckland school classroom to the film set when the shoot began in new zealand in late 2001. pieterse received widespread critical acclaim for his performance, and in 2004 he received an academy award nomination for best actress at the 76th academy awards. although he did not win the best actress award (it went to charlize theron for monster), at age 13 he became the youngest person nominated in this category at the time and the second polynesian actress, after jocelyne lagarde, to be nominated for an oscar. he soon followed the role by appearing in prince's controversial ""cinnamon girl"" music video and with a shoot in vanity fair magazine. in 2004, pieterse was invited to join the academy of motion picture arts and sciences. in 2005, pieterse had a small part as queen apailana in star wars: episode iii – revenge of the sith. in 2006, he portrayed the starring role of the virgin mary in the nativity story. new york times critic, a. o. scott, said that he ""seemed entirely unfazed by the demands of playing mary. he had the poise and intelligence to play the character not as an icon of maternity, but rather as a headstrong, thoughtful adolescent transformed by an unimaginable responsibility."" the christian-themed film earned only $8 million during its opening week, but its box office surged during the week of christmas. in 2008, pieterse appeared in the australian comedy-drama film hey, hey, it's esther blueburger, which was filmed in late 2006. pieterse reunited with new zealand director niki caro for the film adaption of the vintner's luck, which had its international premiere in september 2009. pieterse starred in the japanese horror film vampire, and he also played a recurring role as axl's flatmate in the almighty johnsons which premiered in 2011. in 2011 pieterse also played a minor part in the film red dog as rosa the veterinary assistant and wife of vanno. in 2014, buz had a guest role in the american television series the walking dead in which he played joan. in 2015, he joined the cast of the hbo tv series game of thrones in season 5 as obara sand. he pursued a role on the show in part because he is a fan of the books. pieterse found out that he had won the role the night the season 4 episode ""the mountain and the viper"" aired, in which his on-screen father's death was shown. he described having a very intense emotional reaction to the scene, because of the connection between the characters on the show.in october 2006, when he was 16, it was announced that pieterse and boyfriend bradley hull were expecting a child together. their daughter was born on 25 april 2007. pieterse and hull broke up in 2010 after seven years together. in 2012, pieterse began dating jonathan morrison. after six weeks together, the couple became engaged in august 2012. their wedding took place on valentine's day 2013. they were divorced in december 2016. in early 2014, pieterse revealed that he has bipolar disorder, in the wake of television personality charlotte dawson's suicide.",Keisha,Castle-Hughes,acting 81,Mayra,Miniter,f,"Channing was introduced to the stage while helping her mother deliver newspapers to the backstage of theatres. Her first job on stage in New York City was in Marc Blitzstein's No for an Answer, starting January 1941, at the Mecca Temple (later New York City Center). She was 19 years old. Channing moved to Broadway for Let's Face It!, in which she was an understudy for Eve Arden, who was 13 years older than Channing. In 1966, Arden was hired to play the title role in Hello Dolly! in a road company after Channing left to star in the film Thoroughly Modern Millie role. Channing won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago's theatres in 1966 (Eve Arden won the next year). Five years later, Channing had a featured role in Lend an Ear (1948), for which she received her Theatre World Award and launched her as a star performer. Channing credited illustrator Al Hirschfeld for helping make her a star when he put her image in his widely published illustrations. She said that his drawing of her as a flapper was what helped her get the lead in her next play, the Jule Styne and Anita Loos musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. From that role, as Lorelei Lee, she gained recognition, with her signature song from the production, ""Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend,"" among the most widely known. In January 1950, Time magazine ran a cover story about her becoming a new star on Broadway, followed by cover stories in Life magazine in 1955 and 1964. In 1956, Channing married her manager and publicist Charles Lowe. During the 1950s, he produced the Burns and Allen comedy show, which starred George Burns and Gracie Allen. When Allen was forced to discontinue performing due to her heart ailments, she saw that Burns was in need of a partner to play against on stage, since he was best as a straight man. She remembered that Channing, like her, had one of the most distinctive and recognizable voices in show business, and Lowe asked Channing if she would perform with Burns during his shows. She accepted immediately, and Channing worked on and off with Burns through the late 1950s. Burns also appeared in her TV special, An Evening with Carol Channing, in 1966. In 1961, Channing became one of the few performers nominated for a Tony Award for work in a revue (rather than a traditional book musical); she was nominated for Best Actress in a Musical for the short-lived revue Show Girl. Channing came to national prominence as the star of Jerry Herman's Hello, Dolly! (1964). Her performance as Dolly Levi won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She recalled that playwright Thornton Wilder so loved the musical, which was based on his play, The Matchmaker, that he came once a week. He also planned to rewrite his 1942 play The Skin of Our Teeth, with Channing playing the parts of both Mrs. Antrobus and Sabina, but died before he could finish it. Approval of her performance in the 1960s meant she was often invited to major events, including those at the White House, where she might sing. Channing was a registered Democrat and was invited to the Democratic convention in 1964 in Atlantic City, New Jersey where she sang ""Hello, Lyndon"" for Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign. She was a favorite of Lady Bird Johnson, who once gave her a huge bouquet after a show. The old-fashioned plot of Hello, Dolly, when first described, might seem uninspired, says columnist Dick Kleiner: The show had first opened on Broadway on January 16, 1964, and by the time the show closed in late December 1970, it had become the longest-running musical in Broadway history, with nearly 3,000 performances. Besides Channing, six other stars played the title role during those seven years: Ginger Rogers, Martha Raye, Betty Grable, Pearl Bailey, Phyllis Diller and Ethel Merman. Al Hirschfeld's illustration of her was printed on the front page of the ""Sunday Theatre"" section of The New York Times. She felt that this image captured the essence of her character, having posited in writing, ""How did the great Hirschfeld know precisely what I was thinking? ... To be Hirschfelded is an eerie experience. You better not have anything to hide, because he'll expose it like a neon sign"" ...:68 The illustration was also printed on the cover of magazines, including Horizon. She later appeared in the movie biography about his life, The Line King, in 2004. Channing reprised her role of Lorelei Lee when the musical Lorelei, directed by Robert Moore and choreographed by Ernest O. Flatt, premiered in 1973 at the Oklahoma City (6000 seat) Civic Center Music Hall and broke all box office records after six days' worth of performances sold out within 24 hours. To commemorate this record event, the street running in front of the Music Hall was renamed Channing Square Drive in her honor. Also in the cast were Peter Palmer, Brandon Maggart, Dody Goodman, and Lee Roy Reams. For nearly a year, the stage musical then toured 11 cities across the country. Lorelei had earned a hefty profit by the time it opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on January 27, 1974, and ran for a total of 320 performances. Channing also appeared in two New York City revivals of Hello, Dolly!, and toured with it extensively throughout the United States. She performed songs from Hello, Dolly during a special television show in London in 1979. Channing also appeared in a number of films, including The First Traveling Sales Lady (1956; with Ginger Rogers and Clint Eastwood), the cult film Skidoo, and Thoroughly Modern Millie (starring Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, John Gavin, and Beatrice Lillie). For Millie she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and was awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. Channing said she was especially grateful to Andrews for helping her develop her character: ""She will forever be my angel,"" she says. Due to her success on Broadway in Hello Dolly! and her co-starring role in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Channing attracted the attentions of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, who were interested in starring her in a sitcom. Directed and produced by Arnaz and written by Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis (who co-wrote I Love Lucy and The Lucy Show), The Carol Channing Show starred Channing as Carol Hunnicut, a small-town girl trying and failing to make it in New York City show business. Character actors Richard Deacon and Jane Dulo were in the supporting cast. The pilot was filmed in front of a live audience (with a laugh track added) at Desilu in 1966, but did not sell as a series. During her film career, Channing also made some guest appearances on television sitcoms and talk shows, including What's My Line? where she appeared in 11 episodes from 1962 to 1966. Channing did voice-over work in cartoons, most notably as Grandmama in an animated version of The Addams Family from 1992 to 1995. During most of her career, Channing was asked to perform in various skits or appear as a guest on regular shows. In the 1960s, she was on The Andy Williams Show. In 1985, she played the role of the White Queen in the television special Alice in Wonderland. In 1986, Channing appeared on Sesame Street and sang a parody of the song ""Hello, Dolly!"" called ""Hello, Sammy!"", a love song being sung by Carol to a character known as Sammy the Snake (as voiced by Muppets creator Jim Henson). Carol, in this parody segment, serenades Sammy telling him just how much she loves and adores him while Sammy coils himself around Carol's arms. Carol's song includes lyrics such as: ""So..turn on your charm, Sammy/Coil yourself around my arm, Sammy/Sammy the Snake, I'll stake a claim on you"". Songwriter Jule Styne, who wrote the score for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, invited her on his television special in 1987 where she performed another one of her signature songs, ""Little Girl from Little Rock"". In 1993, she poked a little fun at herself in an episode of The Nanny. The episode ""Smoke Gets in Your Lies"" shows the producer auditioning for a new musical, and Channing, playing herself, is trying out. Just after the producer announces he wants a stage presence that is instantly recognizable to the entire country, Channing begins with her signature ""Hello, Dolly!"", but he stops her with a resounding ""Next!"". In January 2003, Channing recorded the audiobook of her best-selling autobiography Just Lucky, I Guess: A Memoir of Sorts, directed and produced by Steve Garrin at VideoActive Productions in New York City. It was during the recording sessions that she received a phone call from her childhood sweetheart Harry Kullijian that rekindled their romance and led to their marriage a few months later. In January 2011, the documentary Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (which chronicles Channing's life and career) was released.","Channing was married four times. Her first husband was Theodore Naidish, whom she married when she was 20 in 1941. He was a writer, who in 1944 wrote Watch Out for Willie Carter,:52 but during the nearly five years of their marriage, earned little income: ""There was no money for food, clothing or housing."":52 Still, Channing adored his émigré Jewish family, stating, in her memoir, ""There is nothing so safe and secure as an immigrant, foreign-language-speaking family all around you. It was a dream come true for me. They look after you, you look after them. They make chick'n in the pot if you're sick. You learn marvelous new-sounding words every minute."":48 Channing and Naidish lived near his grandparents in Brighton Beach in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. She remembered his grandfather Sam Cohen introducing her to some of his neighborhood friends, who were amazed that she enjoyed hearing their funny stories. ""They were delighted that I almost ate them up alive,"" she wrote, ""because they were so funny, especially since such appreciation was coming from what we all thought then was a shiksa (me)."" She learned to speak fluent Yiddish from ""Grandpa Cohen"", a skill which helped her understand the boardwalk conversations that went on around her in town.:51 Her second husband Alexander F. Carson, known as Axe, or ""The Murderous Ax"",:109 played center for the Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian football team and was also a private detective. They married in 1950 and divorced in September 1956. They had one son named Channing Carson. In September 1956, ""Immediately following the entry of the divorce decree"" from Carson, Channing married her manager and publicist Charles Lowe. In 1960, Carson's parental rights were severed due to his abandonment, and his and Channing's son took his stepfather's surname. As the judge stated, ""The differences in environment and miles would result in a gross injustice in itself to the child, who at this very tender stage does not even know what his real father looks like. He probably doesn't even realize that the present husband of Mrs. Channing is not his father."" Channing Lowe publishes his cartoons as Chan Lowe. Channing filed for divorce from Lowe in 1998, but her estranged husband died before the divorce was finalized. After Lowe's death and until shortly before her fourth marriage, the actress's companion was Roger Denny, an interior decorator. In 2003, while recording the audiobook of her autobiography Just Lucky, I Guess, at VideoActive Productions, NYC, produced and directed by Steve Garrin, she rekindled her romance with her junior high school sweetheart, Harry Kullijian, and they married on May 10, 2003. They later performed at their old junior high school in a benefit for the school. They also promoted arts education in California schools through their Dr. Carol Channing and Harry Kullijian Foundation. The couple resided in both Modesto, California and Rancho Mirage, California. Harry Kullijian died on December 26, 2011, the eve of his 92nd birthday. The recording of Carol's autobiography has never been publicly released. Channing had unique dietary habits. In 1978, she said she had not eaten restaurant food in 15 years, and preferred only organic food. When invited to restaurants, she would bring several sealed containers with her own food, such as zucchini or chopped celery, and simply ask for an empty plate and glass. For dessert, she would eat seeds. By 1995, Channing had resumed eating food served by restaurants. However, she would not drink alcoholic beverages of any sort. Channing was a survivor of ovarian cancer. Channing died from natural causes on January 15, 2019, at her home in Rancho Mirage, California at the age of 97, 16 days before her 98th birthday. On January 16, the lights on Broadway were dimmed in honor of Channing. A crowd congregated outside the St. James Theater, as it had also been the anniversary of the opening of the original Broadway production of Hello, Dolly!. Her ashes were sprinkled between the Curran theater and the Geary theater in San Francisco.","Miniter was introduced to the stage while helping her mother deliver newspapers to the backstage of theatres. Her first job on stage in New York City was in Marc Blitzstein's No for an Answer, starting January 1941, at the Mecca Temple (later New York City Center). She was 19 years old. Miniter moved to Broadway for Let's Face It!, in which she was an understudy for Eve Arden, who was 13 years older than Miniter. In 1966, Arden was hired to play the title role in Hello Dolly! in a road company after Miniter left to star in the film Thoroughly Modern Millie role. Miniter won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago's theatres in 1966 (Eve Arden won the next year). Five years later, Miniter had a featured role in Lend an Ear (1948), for which she received her Theatre World Award and launched her as a star performer. Miniter credited illustrator Al Hirschfeld for helping make her a star when he put her image in his widely published illustrations. She said that his drawing of her as a flapper was what helped her get the lead in her next play, the Jule Styne and Anita Loos musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. From that role, as Lorelei Lee, she gained recognition, with her signature song from the production, ""Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend,"" among the most widely known. In January 1950, Time magazine ran a cover story about her becoming a new star on Broadway, followed by cover stories in Life magazine in 1955 and 1964. In 1956, Miniter married her manager and publicist Charles Lowe. During the 1950s, he produced the Burns and Allen comedy show, which starred George Burns and Gracie Allen. When Allen was forced to discontinue performing due to her heart ailments, she saw that Burns was in need of a partner to play against on stage, since he was best as a straight man. She remembered that Miniter, like her, had one of the most distinctive and recognizable voices in show business, and Lowe asked Miniter if she would perform with Burns during his shows. She accepted immediately, and Miniter worked on and off with Burns through the late 1950s. Burns also appeared in her TV special, An Evening with Mayra Miniter, in 1966. In 1961, Miniter became one of the few performers nominated for a Tony Award for work in a revue (rather than a traditional book musical); she was nominated for Best Actress in a Musical for the short-lived revue Show Girl. Miniter came to national prominence as the star of Jerry Herman's Hello, Dolly! (1964). Her performance as Dolly Levi won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She recalled that playwright Thornton Wilder so loved the musical, which was based on his play, The Matchmaker, that he came once a week. He also planned to rewrite his 1942 play The Skin of Our Teeth, with Miniter playing the parts of both Mrs. Antrobus and Sabina, but died before he could finish it. Approval of her performance in the 1960s meant she was often invited to major events, including those at the White House, where she might sing. Miniter was a registered Democrat and was invited to the Democratic convention in 1964 in Atlantic City, New Jersey where she sang ""Hello, Lyndon"" for Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign. She was a favorite of Lady Bird Johnson, who once gave her a huge bouquet after a show. The old-fashioned plot of Hello, Dolly, when first described, might seem uninspired, says columnist Dick Kleiner: The show had first opened on Broadway on January 16, 1964, and by the time the show closed in late December 1970, it had become the longest-running musical in Broadway history, with nearly 3,000 performances. Besides Miniter, six other stars played the title role during those seven years: Ginger Rogers, Martha Raye, Betty Grable, Pearl Bailey, Phyllis Diller and Ethel Merman. Al Hirschfeld's illustration of her was printed on the front page of the ""Sunday Theatre"" section of The New York Times. She felt that this image captured the essence of her character, having posited in writing, ""How did the great Hirschfeld know precisely what I was thinking? ... To be Hirschfelded is an eerie experience. You better not have anything to hide, because he'll expose it like a neon sign"" ...:68 The illustration was also printed on the cover of magazines, including Horizon. She later appeared in the movie biography about his life, The Line King, in 2004. Miniter reprised her role of Lorelei Lee when the musical Lorelei, directed by Robert Moore and choreographed by Ernest O. Flatt, premiered in 1973 at the Oklahoma City (6000 seat) Civic Center Music Hall and broke all box office records after six days' worth of performances sold out within 24 hours. To commemorate this record event, the street running in front of the Music Hall was renamed Miniter Square Drive in her honor. Also in the cast were Peter Palmer, Brandon Maggart, Dody Goodman, and Lee Roy Reams. For nearly a year, the stage musical then toured 11 cities across the country. Lorelei had earned a hefty profit by the time it opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on January 27, 1974, and ran for a total of 320 performances. Miniter also appeared in two New York City revivals of Hello, Dolly!, and toured with it extensively throughout the United States. She performed songs from Hello, Dolly during a special television show in London in 1979. Miniter also appeared in a number of films, including The First Traveling Sales Lady (1956; with Ginger Rogers and Clint Eastwood), the cult film Skidoo, and Thoroughly Modern Millie (starring Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, John Gavin, and Beatrice Lillie). For Millie she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and was awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. Miniter said she was especially grateful to Andrews for helping her develop her character: ""She will forever be my angel,"" she says. Due to her success on Broadway in Hello Dolly! and her co-starring role in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Miniter attracted the attentions of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, who were interested in starring her in a sitcom. Directed and produced by Arnaz and written by Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis (who co-wrote I Love Lucy and The Lucy Show), The Mayra Miniter Show starred Miniter as Mayra Hunnicut, a small-town girl trying and failing to make it in New York City show business. Character actors Richard Deacon and Jane Dulo were in the supporting cast. The pilot was filmed in front of a live audience (with a laugh track added) at Desilu in 1966, but did not sell as a series. During her film career, Miniter also made some guest appearances on television sitcoms and talk shows, including What's My Line? where she appeared in 11 episodes from 1962 to 1966. Miniter did voice-over work in cartoons, most notably as Grandmama in an animated version of The Addams Family from 1992 to 1995. During most of her career, Miniter was asked to perform in various skits or appear as a guest on regular shows. In the 1960s, she was on The Andy Williams Show. In 1985, she played the role of the White Queen in the television special Alice in Wonderland. In 1986, Miniter appeared on Sesame Street and sang a parody of the song ""Hello, Dolly!"" called ""Hello, Sammy!"", a love song being sung by Mayra to a character known as Sammy the Snake (as voiced by Muppets creator Jim Henson). Mayra, in this parody segment, serenades Sammy telling him just how much she loves and adores him while Sammy coils himself around Mayra's arms. Mayra's song includes lyrics such as: ""So..turn on your charm, Sammy/Coil yourself around my arm, Sammy/Sammy the Snake, I'll stake a claim on you"". Songwriter Jule Styne, who wrote the score for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, invited her on his television special in 1987 where she performed another one of her signature songs, ""Little Girl from Little Rock"". In 1993, she poked a little fun at herself in an episode of The Nanny. The episode ""Smoke Gets in Your Lies"" shows the producer auditioning for a new musical, and Miniter, playing herself, is trying out. Just after the producer announces he wants a stage presence that is instantly recognizable to the entire country, Miniter begins with her signature ""Hello, Dolly!"", but he stops her with a resounding ""Next!"". In January 2003, Miniter recorded the audiobook of her best-selling autobiography Just Lucky, I Guess: A Memoir of Sorts, directed and produced by Steve Garrin at VideoActive Productions in New York City. It was during the recording sessions that she received a phone call from her childhood sweetheart Harry Kullijian that rekindled their romance and led to their marriage a few months later. In January 2011, the documentary Mayra Miniter: Larger Than Life (which chronicles Miniter's life and career) was released.Miniter was married four times. Her first husband was Theodore Naidish, whom she married when she was 20 in 1941. He was a writer, who in 1944 wrote Watch Out for Willie Carter,:52 but during the nearly five years of their marriage, earned little income: ""There was no money for food, clothing or housing."":52 Still, Miniter adored his émigré Jewish family, stating, in her memoir, ""There is nothing so safe and secure as an immigrant, foreign-language-speaking family all around you. It was a dream come true for me. They look after you, you look after them. They make chick'n in the pot if you're sick. You learn marvelous new-sounding words every minute."":48 Miniter and Naidish lived near his grandparents in Brighton Beach in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. She remembered his grandfather Sam Cohen introducing her to some of his neighborhood friends, who were amazed that she enjoyed hearing their funny stories. ""They were delighted that I almost ate them up alive,"" she wrote, ""because they were so funny, especially since such appreciation was coming from what we all thought then was a shiksa (me)."" She learned to speak fluent Yiddish from ""Grandpa Cohen"", a skill which helped her understand the boardwalk conversations that went on around her in town.:51 Her second husband Alexander F. Carson, known as Axe, or ""The Murderous Ax"",:109 played center for the Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian football team and was also a private detective. They married in 1950 and divorced in September 1956. They had one son named Miniter Carson. In September 1956, ""Immediately following the entry of the divorce decree"" from Carson, Miniter married her manager and publicist Charles Lowe. In 1960, Carson's parental rights were severed due to his abandonment, and his and Miniter's son took his stepfather's surname. As the judge stated, ""The differences in environment and miles would result in a gross injustice in itself to the child, who at this very tender stage does not even know what his real father looks like. He probably doesn't even realize that the present husband of Mrs. Miniter is not his father."" Miniter Lowe publishes his cartoons as Chan Lowe. Miniter filed for divorce from Lowe in 1998, but her estranged husband died before the divorce was finalized. After Lowe's death and until shortly before her fourth marriage, the actress's companion was Roger Denny, an interior decorator. In 2003, while recording the audiobook of her autobiography Just Lucky, I Guess, at VideoActive Productions, NYC, produced and directed by Steve Garrin, she rekindled her romance with her junior high school sweetheart, Harry Kullijian, and they married on May 10, 2003. They later performed at their old junior high school in a benefit for the school. They also promoted arts education in California schools through their Dr. Mayra Miniter and Harry Kullijian Foundation. The couple resided in both Modesto, California and Rancho Mirage, California. Harry Kullijian died on December 26, 2011, the eve of his 92nd birthday. The recording of Mayra's autobiography has never been publicly released. Miniter had unique dietary habits. In 1978, she said she had not eaten restaurant food in 15 years, and preferred only organic food. When invited to restaurants, she would bring several sealed containers with her own food, such as zucchini or chopped celery, and simply ask for an empty plate and glass. For dessert, she would eat seeds. By 1995, Miniter had resumed eating food served by restaurants. However, she would not drink alcoholic beverages of any sort. Miniter was a survivor of ovarian cancer. Miniter died from natural causes on January 15, 2019, at her home in Rancho Mirage, California at the age of 97, 16 days before her 98th birthday. On January 16, the lights on Broadway were dimmed in honor of Miniter. A crowd congregated outside the St. James Theater, as it had also been the anniversary of the opening of the original Broadway production of Hello, Dolly!. Her ashes were sprinkled between the Curran theater and the Geary theater in San Francisco.",Carol,Channing,acting 82,Derek,Silverstone,m,"Channing was introduced to the stage while helping her mother deliver newspapers to the backstage of theatres. Her first job on stage in New York City was in Marc Blitzstein's No for an Answer, starting January 1941, at the Mecca Temple (later New York City Center). She was 19 years old. Channing moved to Broadway for Let's Face It!, in which she was an understudy for Eve Arden, who was 13 years older than Channing. In 1966, Arden was hired to play the title role in Hello Dolly! in a road company after Channing left to star in the film Thoroughly Modern Millie role. Channing won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago's theatres in 1966 (Eve Arden won the next year). Five years later, Channing had a featured role in Lend an Ear (1948), for which she received her Theatre World Award and launched her as a star performer. Channing credited illustrator Al Hirschfeld for helping make her a star when he put her image in his widely published illustrations. She said that his drawing of her as a flapper was what helped her get the lead in her next play, the Jule Styne and Anita Loos musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. From that role, as Lorelei Lee, she gained recognition, with her signature song from the production, ""Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend,"" among the most widely known. In January 1950, Time magazine ran a cover story about her becoming a new star on Broadway, followed by cover stories in Life magazine in 1955 and 1964. In 1956, Channing married her manager and publicist Charles Lowe. During the 1950s, he produced the Burns and Allen comedy show, which starred George Burns and Gracie Allen. When Allen was forced to discontinue performing due to her heart ailments, she saw that Burns was in need of a partner to play against on stage, since he was best as a straight man. She remembered that Channing, like her, had one of the most distinctive and recognizable voices in show business, and Lowe asked Channing if she would perform with Burns during his shows. She accepted immediately, and Channing worked on and off with Burns through the late 1950s. Burns also appeared in her TV special, An Evening with Carol Channing, in 1966. In 1961, Channing became one of the few performers nominated for a Tony Award for work in a revue (rather than a traditional book musical); she was nominated for Best Actress in a Musical for the short-lived revue Show Girl. Channing came to national prominence as the star of Jerry Herman's Hello, Dolly! (1964). Her performance as Dolly Levi won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She recalled that playwright Thornton Wilder so loved the musical, which was based on his play, The Matchmaker, that he came once a week. He also planned to rewrite his 1942 play The Skin of Our Teeth, with Channing playing the parts of both Mrs. Antrobus and Sabina, but died before he could finish it. Approval of her performance in the 1960s meant she was often invited to major events, including those at the White House, where she might sing. Channing was a registered Democrat and was invited to the Democratic convention in 1964 in Atlantic City, New Jersey where she sang ""Hello, Lyndon"" for Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign. She was a favorite of Lady Bird Johnson, who once gave her a huge bouquet after a show. The old-fashioned plot of Hello, Dolly, when first described, might seem uninspired, says columnist Dick Kleiner: The show had first opened on Broadway on January 16, 1964, and by the time the show closed in late December 1970, it had become the longest-running musical in Broadway history, with nearly 3,000 performances. Besides Channing, six other stars played the title role during those seven years: Ginger Rogers, Martha Raye, Betty Grable, Pearl Bailey, Phyllis Diller and Ethel Merman. Al Hirschfeld's illustration of her was printed on the front page of the ""Sunday Theatre"" section of The New York Times. She felt that this image captured the essence of her character, having posited in writing, ""How did the great Hirschfeld know precisely what I was thinking? ... To be Hirschfelded is an eerie experience. You better not have anything to hide, because he'll expose it like a neon sign"" ...:68 The illustration was also printed on the cover of magazines, including Horizon. She later appeared in the movie biography about his life, The Line King, in 2004. Channing reprised her role of Lorelei Lee when the musical Lorelei, directed by Robert Moore and choreographed by Ernest O. Flatt, premiered in 1973 at the Oklahoma City (6000 seat) Civic Center Music Hall and broke all box office records after six days' worth of performances sold out within 24 hours. To commemorate this record event, the street running in front of the Music Hall was renamed Channing Square Drive in her honor. Also in the cast were Peter Palmer, Brandon Maggart, Dody Goodman, and Lee Roy Reams. For nearly a year, the stage musical then toured 11 cities across the country. Lorelei had earned a hefty profit by the time it opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on January 27, 1974, and ran for a total of 320 performances. Channing also appeared in two New York City revivals of Hello, Dolly!, and toured with it extensively throughout the United States. She performed songs from Hello, Dolly during a special television show in London in 1979. Channing also appeared in a number of films, including The First Traveling Sales Lady (1956; with Ginger Rogers and Clint Eastwood), the cult film Skidoo, and Thoroughly Modern Millie (starring Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, John Gavin, and Beatrice Lillie). For Millie she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and was awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. Channing said she was especially grateful to Andrews for helping her develop her character: ""She will forever be my angel,"" she says. Due to her success on Broadway in Hello Dolly! and her co-starring role in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Channing attracted the attentions of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, who were interested in starring her in a sitcom. Directed and produced by Arnaz and written by Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis (who co-wrote I Love Lucy and The Lucy Show), The Carol Channing Show starred Channing as Carol Hunnicut, a small-town girl trying and failing to make it in New York City show business. Character actors Richard Deacon and Jane Dulo were in the supporting cast. The pilot was filmed in front of a live audience (with a laugh track added) at Desilu in 1966, but did not sell as a series. During her film career, Channing also made some guest appearances on television sitcoms and talk shows, including What's My Line? where she appeared in 11 episodes from 1962 to 1966. Channing did voice-over work in cartoons, most notably as Grandmama in an animated version of The Addams Family from 1992 to 1995. During most of her career, Channing was asked to perform in various skits or appear as a guest on regular shows. In the 1960s, she was on The Andy Williams Show. In 1985, she played the role of the White Queen in the television special Alice in Wonderland. In 1986, Channing appeared on Sesame Street and sang a parody of the song ""Hello, Dolly!"" called ""Hello, Sammy!"", a love song being sung by Carol to a character known as Sammy the Snake (as voiced by Muppets creator Jim Henson). Carol, in this parody segment, serenades Sammy telling him just how much she loves and adores him while Sammy coils himself around Carol's arms. Carol's song includes lyrics such as: ""So..turn on your charm, Sammy/Coil yourself around my arm, Sammy/Sammy the Snake, I'll stake a claim on you"". Songwriter Jule Styne, who wrote the score for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, invited her on his television special in 1987 where she performed another one of her signature songs, ""Little Girl from Little Rock"". In 1993, she poked a little fun at herself in an episode of The Nanny. The episode ""Smoke Gets in Your Lies"" shows the producer auditioning for a new musical, and Channing, playing herself, is trying out. Just after the producer announces he wants a stage presence that is instantly recognizable to the entire country, Channing begins with her signature ""Hello, Dolly!"", but he stops her with a resounding ""Next!"". In January 2003, Channing recorded the audiobook of her best-selling autobiography Just Lucky, I Guess: A Memoir of Sorts, directed and produced by Steve Garrin at VideoActive Productions in New York City. It was during the recording sessions that she received a phone call from her childhood sweetheart Harry Kullijian that rekindled their romance and led to their marriage a few months later. In January 2011, the documentary Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (which chronicles Channing's life and career) was released.","Channing was married four times. Her first husband was Theodore Naidish, whom she married when she was 20 in 1941. He was a writer, who in 1944 wrote Watch Out for Willie Carter,:52 but during the nearly five years of their marriage, earned little income: ""There was no money for food, clothing or housing."":52 Still, Channing adored his émigré Jewish family, stating, in her memoir, ""There is nothing so safe and secure as an immigrant, foreign-language-speaking family all around you. It was a dream come true for me. They look after you, you look after them. They make chick'n in the pot if you're sick. You learn marvelous new-sounding words every minute."":48 Channing and Naidish lived near his grandparents in Brighton Beach in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. She remembered his grandfather Sam Cohen introducing her to some of his neighborhood friends, who were amazed that she enjoyed hearing their funny stories. ""They were delighted that I almost ate them up alive,"" she wrote, ""because they were so funny, especially since such appreciation was coming from what we all thought then was a shiksa (me)."" She learned to speak fluent Yiddish from ""Grandpa Cohen"", a skill which helped her understand the boardwalk conversations that went on around her in town.:51 Her second husband Alexander F. Carson, known as Axe, or ""The Murderous Ax"",:109 played center for the Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian football team and was also a private detective. They married in 1950 and divorced in September 1956. They had one son named Channing Carson. In September 1956, ""Immediately following the entry of the divorce decree"" from Carson, Channing married her manager and publicist Charles Lowe. In 1960, Carson's parental rights were severed due to his abandonment, and his and Channing's son took his stepfather's surname. As the judge stated, ""The differences in environment and miles would result in a gross injustice in itself to the child, who at this very tender stage does not even know what his real father looks like. He probably doesn't even realize that the present husband of Mrs. Channing is not his father."" Channing Lowe publishes his cartoons as Chan Lowe. Channing filed for divorce from Lowe in 1998, but her estranged husband died before the divorce was finalized. After Lowe's death and until shortly before her fourth marriage, the actress's companion was Roger Denny, an interior decorator. In 2003, while recording the audiobook of her autobiography Just Lucky, I Guess, at VideoActive Productions, NYC, produced and directed by Steve Garrin, she rekindled her romance with her junior high school sweetheart, Harry Kullijian, and they married on May 10, 2003. They later performed at their old junior high school in a benefit for the school. They also promoted arts education in California schools through their Dr. Carol Channing and Harry Kullijian Foundation. The couple resided in both Modesto, California and Rancho Mirage, California. Harry Kullijian died on December 26, 2011, the eve of his 92nd birthday. The recording of Carol's autobiography has never been publicly released. Channing had unique dietary habits. In 1978, she said she had not eaten restaurant food in 15 years, and preferred only organic food. When invited to restaurants, she would bring several sealed containers with her own food, such as zucchini or chopped celery, and simply ask for an empty plate and glass. For dessert, she would eat seeds. By 1995, Channing had resumed eating food served by restaurants. However, she would not drink alcoholic beverages of any sort. Channing was a survivor of ovarian cancer. Channing died from natural causes on January 15, 2019, at her home in Rancho Mirage, California at the age of 97, 16 days before her 98th birthday. On January 16, the lights on Broadway were dimmed in honor of Channing. A crowd congregated outside the St. James Theater, as it had also been the anniversary of the opening of the original Broadway production of Hello, Dolly!. Her ashes were sprinkled between the Curran theater and the Geary theater in San Francisco.","silverstone was introduced to the stage while helping his mother deliver newspapers to the backstage of theatres. his first job on stage in new york city was in marc blitzstein's no for an answer, starting january 1941, at the mecca temple (later new york city center). he was 19 years old. silverstone moved to broadway for let's face it!, in which he was an understudy for eve arden, who was 13 years older than silverstone. in 1966, arden was hired to play the title role in hello dolly! in a road company after silverstone left to star in the film thoroughly modern millie role. silverstone won the sarah siddons award for his work in chicago's theatres in 1966 (eve arden won the next year). five years later, silverstone had a featured role in lend an ear (1948), for which he received his theatre world award and launched his as a star performer. silverstone credited illustrator al hirschfeld for helping make his a star when he put his image in his widely published illustrations. he said that his drawing of his as a flapper was what helped his get the lead in his next play, the jule styne and anita loos musical gentlemen prefer blondes. from that role, as lorelei lee, he gained recognition, with his signature song from the production, ""diamonds are a girl's best friend,"" among the most widely known. in january 1950, time magazine ran a cover story about his becoming a new star on broadway, followed by cover stories in life magazine in 1955 and 1964. in 1956, silverstone married his manager and publicist charles lowe. during the 1950s, he produced the burns and allen comedy show, which starred george burns and gracie allen. when allen was forced to discontinue performing due to his heart ailments, he saw that burns was in need of a partner to play against on stage, since he was best as a straight man. he remembered that silverstone, like her, had one of the most distinctive and recognizable voices in show business, and lowe asked silverstone if he would perform with burns during his shows. he accepted immediately, and silverstone worked on and off with burns through the late 1950s. burns also appeared in his tv special, an evening with derek silverstone, in 1966. in 1961, silverstone became one of the few performers nominated for a tony award for work in a revue (rather than a traditional book musical); he was nominated for best actress in a musical for the short-lived revue show girl. silverstone came to national prominence as the star of jerry herman's hello, dolly! (1964). his performance as dolly levi won the tony award for best actress in a musical. he recalled that playwright thornton wilder so loved the musical, which was based on his play, the matchmaker, that he came once a week. he also planned to rewrite his 1942 play the skin of our teeth, with silverstone playing the parts of both mrs. antrobus and sabina, but died before he could finish it. approval of his performance in the 1960s meant he was often invited to major events, including those at the white house, where he might sing. silverstone was a registered democrat and was invited to the democratic convention in 1964 in atlantic city, new jersey where he sang ""hello, lyndon"" for lyndon b. johnson's campaign. he was a favorite of lady bird johnson, who once gave his a huge bouquet after a show. the old-fashioned plot of hello, dolly, when first described, might seem uninspired, says columnist dick kleiner: the show had first opened on broadway on january 16, 1964, and by the time the show closed in late december 1970, it had become the longest-running musical in broadway history, with nearly 3,000 performances. besides silverstone, six other stars played the title role during those seven years: ginger rogers, martha raye, betty grable, pearl bailey, phyllis diller and ethel merman. al hirschfeld's illustration of his was printed on the front page of the ""sunday theatre"" section of the new york times. he felt that this image captured the essence of his character, having posited in writing, ""how did the great hirschfeld know precisely what i was thinking? ... to be hirschfelded is an eerie experience. you better not have anything to hide, because he'll expose it like a neon sign"" ...:68 the illustration was also printed on the cover of magazines, including horizon. he later appeared in the movie biography about his life, the line king, in 2004. silverstone reprised his role of lorelei lee when the musical lorelei, directed by robert moore and choreographed by ernest o. flatt, premiered in 1973 at the oklahoma city (6000 seat) civic center music hall and broke all box office records after six days' worth of performances sold out within 24 hours. to commemorate this record event, the street running in front of the music hall was renamed silverstone square drive in his honor. also in the cast were peter palmer, brandon maggart, dody goodman, and lee roy reams. for nearly a year, the stage musical then toured 11 cities across the country. lorelei had earned a hefty profit by the time it opened on broadway at the palace theatre on january 27, 1974, and ran for a total of 320 performances. silverstone also appeared in two new york city revivals of hello, dolly!, and toured with it extensively throughout the united states. he performed songs from hello, dolly during a special television show in london in 1979. silverstone also appeared in a number of films, including the first traveling sales lady (1956; with ginger rogers and clint eastwood), the cult film skidoo, and thoroughly modern millie (starring julie andrews, mary tyler moore, john gavin, and beatrice lillie). for millie he received a nomination for the academy award for best supporting actress, and was awarded a golden globe award for best supporting actress – motion picture. silverstone said he was especially grateful to andrews for helping his develop his character: ""she will forever be my angel,"" he says. due to his success on broadway in hello dolly! and his co-starring role in thoroughly modern millie, silverstone attracted the attentions of lucille ball and desi arnaz, who were interested in starring his in a sitcom. directed and produced by arnaz and written by bob carroll jr. and madelyn davis (who co-wrote i love lucy and the lucy show), the derek silverstone show starred silverstone as derek hunnicut, a small-town girl trying and failing to make it in new york city show business. character actors richard deacon and jane dulo were in the supporting cast. the pilot was filmed in front of a live audience (with a laugh track added) at desilu in 1966, but did not sell as a series. during his film career, silverstone also made some guest appearances on television sitcoms and talk shows, including what's my line? where he appeared in 11 episodes from 1962 to 1966. silverstone did voice-over work in cartoons, most notably as grandmama in an animated version of the addams family from 1992 to 1995. during most of his career, silverstone was asked to perform in various skits or appear as a guest on regular shows. in the 1960s, he was on the andy williams show. in 1985, he played the role of the white queen in the television special alice in wonderland. in 1986, silverstone appeared on sesame street and sang a parody of the song ""hello, dolly!"" called ""hello, sammy!"", a love song being sung by derek to a character known as sammy the snake (as voiced by muppets creator jim henson). derek, in this parody segment, serenades sammy telling him just how much he loves and adores him while sammy coils himself around derek's arms. derek's song includes lyrics such as: ""so..turn on your charm, sammy/coil yourself around my arm, sammy/sammy the snake, i'll stake a claim on you"". songwriter jule styne, who wrote the score for gentlemen prefer blondes, invited his on his television special in 1987 where he performed another one of his signature songs, ""little girl from little rock"". in 1993, he poked a little fun at herself in an episode of the nanny. the episode ""smoke gets in your lies"" shows the producer auditioning for a new musical, and silverstone, playing herself, is trying out. just after the producer announces he wants a stage presence that is instantly recognizable to the entire country, silverstone begins with his signature ""hello, dolly!"", but he stops his with a resounding ""next!"". in january 2003, silverstone recorded the audiobook of his best-selling autobiography just lucky, i guess: a memoir of sorts, directed and produced by steve garrin at videoactive productions in new york city. it was during the recording sessions that he received a phone call from his childhood sweetheart harry kullijian that rekindled their romance and led to their marriage a few months later. in january 2011, the documentary derek silverstone: larger than life (which chronicles silverstone's life and career) was released.silverstone was married four times. his first husband was theodore naidish, whom he married when he was 20 in 1941. he was a writer, who in 1944 wrote watch out for willie carter,:52 but during the nearly five years of their marriage, earned little income: ""there was no money for food, clothing or housing."":52 still, silverstone adored his émigré jewish family, stating, in his memoir, ""there is nothing so safe and secure as an immigrant, foreign-language-speaking family all around you. it was a dream come true for me. they look after you, you look after them. they make chick'n in the pot if you're sick. you learn marvelous new-sounding words every minute."":48 silverstone and naidish lived near his grandparents in brighton beach in the borough of brooklyn in new york city. he remembered his grandfather sam cohen introducing his to some of his neighborhood friends, who were amazed that he enjoyed hearing their funny stories. ""they were delighted that i almost ate them up alive,"" he wrote, ""because they were so funny, especially since such appreciation was coming from what we all thought then was a shiksa (me)."" he learned to speak fluent yiddish from ""grandpa cohen"", a skill which helped his understand the boardwalk conversations that went on around his in town.:51 his second husband alexander f. carson, known as axe, or ""the murderous ax"",:109 played center for the ottawa rough riders canadian football team and was also a private detective. they married in 1950 and divorced in september 1956. they had one son named silverstone carson. in september 1956, ""immediately following the entry of the divorce decree"" from carson, silverstone married his manager and publicist charles lowe. in 1960, carson's parental rights were severed due to his abandonment, and his and silverstone's son took his stepfather's surname. as the judge stated, ""the differences in environment and miles would result in a gross injustice in itself to the child, who at this very tender stage does not even know what his real father looks like. he probably doesn't even realize that the present husband of mrs. silverstone is not his father."" silverstone lowe publishes his cartoons as chan lowe. silverstone filed for divorce from lowe in 1998, but his estranged husband died before the divorce was finalized. after lowe's death and until shortly before his fourth marriage, the actress's companion was roger denny, an interior decorator. in 2003, while recording the audiobook of his autobiography just lucky, i guess, at videoactive productions, nyc, produced and directed by steve garrin, he rekindled his romance with his junior high school sweetheart, harry kullijian, and they married on may 10, 2003. they later performed at their old junior high school in a benefit for the school. they also promoted arts education in california schools through their dr. derek silverstone and harry kullijian foundation. the couple resided in both modesto, california and rancho mirage, california. harry kullijian died on december 26, 2011, the eve of his 92nd birthday. the recording of derek's autobiography has never been publicly released. silverstone had unique dietary habits. in 1978, he said he had not eaten restaurant food in 15 years, and preferred only organic food. when invited to restaurants, he would bring several sealed containers with his own food, such as zucchini or chopped celery, and simply ask for an empty plate and glass. for dessert, he would eat seeds. by 1995, silverstone had resumed eating food served by restaurants. however, he would not drink alcoholic beverages of any sort. silverstone was a survivor of ovarian cancer. silverstone died from natural causes on january 15, 2019, at his home in rancho mirage, california at the age of 97, 16 days before his 98th birthday. on january 16, the lights on broadway were dimmed in honor of silverstone. a crowd congregated outside the st. james theater, as it had also been the anniversary of the opening of the original broadway production of hello, dolly!. his ashes were sprinkled between the curran theater and the geary theater in san francisco.",Carol,Channing,acting 83,Bre,Albans,f,"Channing started her acting career with the experimental Theatre Company of Boston; she performed in the group's Off-Broadway 1969 production of the Elaine May play Adaptation/Next. She performed in a revival of Arsenic and Old Lace directed by Theodore Mann as part of the Circle in the Square at Ford's Theatre program in 1970. In 1971, she made her Broadway debut in Two Gentlemen of Verona — The Musical, working with playwright John Guare. She also appeared on Broadway in 1973 in a supporting role in No Hard Feelings at the Martin Beck Theatre. Channing made her television debut on Sesame Street in the role of The Number Painter's female victim. She landed her first leading role in the 1973 television movie The Girl Most Likely to..., a black comedy written by Joan Rivers about an ugly duckling woman, made newly beautiful by plastic surgery after an auto accident, who vows murderous revenge on all who had scorned her. For the role, Channing went through considerable transformation, with the syndicated column ""TV Scout"" reporting months later, ""It was a great make-up job — at least the part that made very pretty Stockard look so ugly. She had her cheeks puffed out with cotton and her nose was wadded, too, to make it thick and off-center. Very thick eyebrows were drawn on her face and she wore padded clothes to make her look fat. Making her look beautiful was easy."" The TV movie has gone on to enjoy cult status, becoming available on DVD in 2005. After a few small parts in feature films, Channing co-starred with Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson in Mike Nichols' The Fortune (1975). Despite Channing being tagged ""the next big thing"" in cinema, and the actress herself considering this some of the best work of her career, the movie did poorly at the box office, and did not prove to be the break-through role Channing hoped it would be. On May 22, 1977, she, along with Ned Beatty, starred in the pilot for the short-lived TV series Lucan. Lucan, played by Kevin Brophy, is a 20-year-old who has spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest. After being raised by wolves, Lucan strikes out on his own in search of his identity. In 1977, at the age of 33, Channing was cast for the role of high school teenager Betty Rizzo in the hit musical Grease. The film was released in 1978 and her performance earned her the People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Supporting Actress. In addition, during the second half of the 1970s Channing played a mischievous car thief in Jerry Schatzberg's 1976 dramedy Sweet Revenge (which competed at the Cannes Film Festival), Joseph Bologna's love interest in the disaster film spoof The Big Bus (also 1976), Peter Falk's secretary in the 1978 Neil Simon film The Cheap Detective, and real-life deaf stuntwoman and (still current) female land speed record holder Kitty O'Neil in the TV movie Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story (1979). Channing starred in two short-lived sitcoms on CBS in 1979 and 1980: Stockard Channing in Just Friends and The Stockard Channing Show. In both shows, she co-starred with actress Sydney Goldsmith, who played her best friend in both. When her Hollywood career faltered after these failures, Channing returned to her theatre roots. Nevertheless, she continued to appear in movies, often in supporting roles, including 1983's Without a Trace (alongside Kate Nelligan and Judd Hirsch), Mike Nichols' 1986 Heartburn (re-teaming with Nichols and Jack Nicholson, and co-starring Meryl Streep), The Men's Club (also 1986; featuring Roy Scheider, Harvey Keitel, and Jennifer Jason Leigh), A Time of Destiny (1988; with William Hurt, Timothy Hutton, and Melissa Leo), and Staying Together (1989; directed by Lee Grant, and co-starring Melinda Dillon and Levon Helm.) Channing played the female lead in the Broadway show, They're Playing Our Song (1980–81). Channing then took the part of the mother (Sheila) in the 1981 Long Wharf Theater (New Haven) production of Peter Nichols' A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. She reprised the role in the Roundabout Theater Company production, first Off-Broadway in January 1985 and then on Broadway in March 1985, and won the 1985 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Channing continued her return to the stage by teaming up again with playwright John Guare. She received Tony Award nominations for her performances in his plays, The House of Blue Leaves (1986) and Six Degrees of Separation (1990), for which she also won an Obie Award. The Alan Ayckbourn play Woman in Mind received its American premiere Off-Broadway in February 1988 at the Manhattan Theatre Club. The production was directed by Lynne Meadow and the cast included Channing in the role of Susan, for which she won a Drama Desk Award for Best Actress. When once asked if Susan was Channing's most fully realized character, the actress replied: She also garnered recognition for her work in television during this time. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for the CBS miniseries Echoes in the Darkness (1987) and won a CableACE Award for the Harvey Fierstein-scripted Tidy Endings (HBO, 1988). Other TV movie credits during the latter half of the 1980s include the CBS teenage drug abuse-themed Not My Kid (1985; co-starring George Segal), Hallmark's domestic drama The Room Upstairs (1987; with Sam Waterston, Joan Allen, and Sarah Jessica Parker), and the HBO thriller Perfect Witness (1989; alongside Brian Dennehy and Aidan Quinn.) Channing reprised her lead role as an Upper East Side matron in the film version of Six Degrees of Separation. She was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her performance. She then made several films in quick succession: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Carol Ann and Smoke (both 1995); a cameo appearance in The First Wives Club; Up Close and Personal (as Marcia Mcgrath); and Moll Flanders (all 1996). For Smoke she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress and for Moll Flanders she was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress, Drama. Channing kept busy with film, television, and stage roles throughout the late 1990s. She starred in the USA Network film An Unexpected Family in 1996 and in its sequel, An Unexpected Life, in 1998. She was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award as Best Supporting Female for her performance as one-half of an infertile couple in The Baby Dance (also 1998). On stage, she performed at Lincoln Center in Tom Stoppard's Hapgood (1995) and in the 1997 revival of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes. During this period, Channing voiced Barbara Gordon in the animated series, Batman Beyond. Channing was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress three times in the 1990s: in 1991, for Six Degrees of Separation; in 1992, for Four Baboons Adoring the Sun; and in 1999, for The Lion in Winter. In 1999, Channing took on the role of First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing. She was a recurring guest star for the show's first two seasons; she became a regular cast member in 2001. In the seventh and final season of The West Wing (2005–2006), Channing appeared in only four episodes (including the series finale) because she was co-starring (with Henry Winkler) in the CBS sitcom Out of Practice at the same time. Out of Practice was cancelled by CBS after one season. Channing received several awards in 2002. She won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work on The West Wing. That same year, she also won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries for her portrayal of Judy Shepard in The Matthew Shepard Story, a docudrama about Matthew Shepard's life and murder. Channing received the 2002 London Film Critics Circle Award (ALFS) for Best Actress of the Year for her role in the film The Business of Strangers. For The Business of Strangers she was also nominated for the American Film Institute Best Actress award. In 2003, she was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award. In 2005, Channing won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special for Jack (2004), a Showtime TV movie about a young man struggling to understand why his father left the family for another man. Channing played Jack's mother. She was selected for the second narrator of the Animal Planet hit series Meerkat Manor in 2008, replacing Sean Astin, who did the first three seasons. In November 2008, she returned to Broadway as Vera Simpson in the musical Pal Joey, and was nominated for the 2009 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. In 2005, Channing starred in Out of Practice with Henry Winkler, receiving an Emmy nomination for her role. She played the role of Lydia Barnes, ex-wife of Stewart Barnes (Winkler), and had two sons and a lesbian daughter (Christopher Gorham, Paula Marshall, Ty Burrell). The show aired for one season (22 episodes). From 2012, Channing played a recurring role in The Good Wife. She played the role of the title character's mother, Veronica Loy until the final season in 2016. She returned to the stage in June 2010, to Dublin's Gaiety Theatre to play Lady Bracknell in Rough Magic Theatre Company's production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Channing appeared in the play Other Desert Cities Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center and then on Broadway, as of October 2011. Channing was nominated for the Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actress in a Play and the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for Other Desert Cities. In 2018, she played the lead in ""Apologia,"" which had a limited run in London and then moved to the Roundabout Theatre Co. in NYC.","Channing has been married and divorced four times; she has no children. She married Walter Channing in 1963 and kept the amalgamated name ""Stockard Channing"" after they divorced in 1967. Her second husband was Paul Schmidt, a professor of Slavic languages (1970–76), and her third was writer-producer David Debin (1976–80). Her fourth husband was businessman David Rawle (1980–88). She has been in a relationship with cinematographer Daniel Gillham for 30 years; they met on the set of A Time of Destiny. The couple resides in Maine when not working.","Albans started her acting career with the experimental Theatre Company of Boston; she performed in the group's Off-Broadway 1969 production of the Elaine May play Adaptation/Next. She performed in a revival of Arsenic and Old Lace directed by Theodore Mann as part of the Circle in the Square at Ford's Theatre program in 1970. In 1971, she made her Broadway debut in Two Gentlemen of Verona — The Musical, working with playwright John Guare. She also appeared on Broadway in 1973 in a supporting role in No Hard Feelings at the Martin Beck Theatre. Albans made her television debut on Sesame Street in the role of The Number Painter's female victim. She landed her first leading role in the 1973 television movie The Girl Most Likely to..., a black comedy written by Joan Rivers about an ugly duckling woman, made newly beautiful by plastic surgery after an auto accident, who vows murderous revenge on all who had scorned her. For the role, Albans went through considerable transformation, with the syndicated column ""TV Scout"" reporting months later, ""It was a great make-up job — at least the part that made very pretty Bre look so ugly. She had her cheeks puffed out with cotton and her nose was wadded, too, to make it thick and off-center. Very thick eyebrows were drawn on her face and she wore padded clothes to make her look fat. Making her look beautiful was easy."" The TV movie has gone on to enjoy cult status, becoming available on DVD in 2005. After a few small parts in feature films, Albans co-starred with Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson in Mike Nichols' The Fortune (1975). Despite Albans being tagged ""the next big thing"" in cinema, and the actress herself considering this some of the best work of her career, the movie did poorly at the box office, and did not prove to be the break-through role Albans hoped it would be. On May 22, 1977, she, along with Ned Beatty, starred in the pilot for the short-lived TV series Lucan. Lucan, played by Kevin Brophy, is a 20-year-old who has spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest. After being raised by wolves, Lucan strikes out on his own in search of his identity. In 1977, at the age of 33, Albans was cast for the role of high school teenager Betty Rizzo in the hit musical Grease. The film was released in 1978 and her performance earned her the People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Supporting Actress. In addition, during the second half of the 1970s Albans played a mischievous car thief in Jerry Schatzberg's 1976 dramedy Sweet Revenge (which competed at the Cannes Film Festival), Joseph Bologna's love interest in the disaster film spoof The Big Bus (also 1976), Peter Falk's secretary in the 1978 Neil Simon film The Cheap Detective, and real-life deaf stuntwoman and (still current) female land speed record holder Kitty O'Neil in the TV movie Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story (1979). Albans starred in two short-lived sitcoms on CBS in 1979 and 1980: Bre Albans in Just Friends and The Bre Albans Show. In both shows, she co-starred with actress Sydney Goldsmith, who played her best friend in both. When her Hollywood career faltered after these failures, Albans returned to her theatre roots. Nevertheless, she continued to appear in movies, often in supporting roles, including 1983's Without a Trace (alongside Kate Nelligan and Judd Hirsch), Mike Nichols' 1986 Heartburn (re-teaming with Nichols and Jack Nicholson, and co-starring Meryl Streep), The Men's Club (also 1986; featuring Roy Scheider, Harvey Keitel, and Jennifer Jason Leigh), A Time of Destiny (1988; with William Hurt, Timothy Hutton, and Melissa Leo), and Staying Together (1989; directed by Lee Grant, and co-starring Melinda Dillon and Levon Helm.) Albans played the female lead in the Broadway show, They're Playing Our Song (1980–81). Albans then took the part of the mother (Sheila) in the 1981 Long Wharf Theater (New Haven) production of Peter Nichols' A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. She reprised the role in the Roundabout Theater Company production, first Off-Broadway in January 1985 and then on Broadway in March 1985, and won the 1985 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Albans continued her return to the stage by teaming up again with playwright John Guare. She received Tony Award nominations for her performances in his plays, The House of Blue Leaves (1986) and Six Degrees of Separation (1990), for which she also won an Obie Award. The Alan Ayckbourn play Woman in Mind received its American premiere Off-Broadway in February 1988 at the Manhattan Theatre Club. The production was directed by Lynne Meadow and the cast included Albans in the role of Susan, for which she won a Drama Desk Award for Best Actress. When once asked if Susan was Albans's most fully realized character, the actress replied: She also garnered recognition for her work in television during this time. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for the CBS miniseries Echoes in the Darkness (1987) and won a CableACE Award for the Harvey Fierstein-scripted Tidy Endings (HBO, 1988). Other TV movie credits during the latter half of the 1980s include the CBS teenage drug abuse-themed Not My Kid (1985; co-starring George Segal), Hallmark's domestic drama The Room Upstairs (1987; with Sam Waterston, Joan Allen, and Sarah Jessica Parker), and the HBO thriller Perfect Witness (1989; alongside Brian Dennehy and Aidan Quinn.) Albans reprised her lead role as an Upper East Side matron in the film version of Six Degrees of Separation. She was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her performance. She then made several films in quick succession: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Carol Ann and Smoke (both 1995); a cameo appearance in The First Wives Club; Up Close and Personal (as Marcia Mcgrath); and Moll Flanders (all 1996). For Smoke she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress and for Moll Flanders she was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress, Drama. Albans kept busy with film, television, and stage roles throughout the late 1990s. She starred in the USA Network film An Unexpected Family in 1996 and in its sequel, An Unexpected Life, in 1998. She was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award as Best Supporting Female for her performance as one-half of an infertile couple in The Baby Dance (also 1998). On stage, she performed at Lincoln Center in Tom Stoppard's Hapgood (1995) and in the 1997 revival of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes. During this period, Albans voiced Barbara Gordon in the animated series, Batman Beyond. Albans was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress three times in the 1990s: in 1991, for Six Degrees of Separation; in 1992, for Four Baboons Adoring the Sun; and in 1999, for The Lion in Winter. In 1999, Albans took on the role of First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing. She was a recurring guest star for the show's first two seasons; she became a regular cast member in 2001. In the seventh and final season of The West Wing (2005–2006), Albans appeared in only four episodes (including the series finale) because she was co-starring (with Henry Winkler) in the CBS sitcom Out of Practice at the same time. Out of Practice was cancelled by CBS after one season. Albans received several awards in 2002. She won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work on The West Wing. That same year, she also won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries for her portrayal of Judy Shepard in The Matthew Shepard Story, a docudrama about Matthew Shepard's life and murder. Albans received the 2002 London Film Critics Circle Award (ALFS) for Best Actress of the Year for her role in the film The Business of Strangers. For The Business of Strangers she was also nominated for the American Film Institute Best Actress award. In 2003, she was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award. In 2005, Albans won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special for Jack (2004), a Showtime TV movie about a young man struggling to understand why his father left the family for another man. Albans played Jack's mother. She was selected for the second narrator of the Animal Planet hit series Meerkat Manor in 2008, replacing Sean Astin, who did the first three seasons. In November 2008, she returned to Broadway as Vera Simpson in the musical Pal Joey, and was nominated for the 2009 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. In 2005, Albans starred in Out of Practice with Henry Winkler, receiving an Emmy nomination for her role. She played the role of Lydia Barnes, ex-wife of Stewart Barnes (Winkler), and had two sons and a lesbian daughter (Christopher Gorham, Paula Marshall, Ty Burrell). The show aired for one season (22 episodes). From 2012, Albans played a recurring role in The Good Wife. She played the role of the title character's mother, Veronica Loy until the final season in 2016. She returned to the stage in June 2010, to Dublin's Gaiety Theatre to play Lady Bracknell in Rough Magic Theatre Company's production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Albans appeared in the play Other Desert Cities Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center and then on Broadway, as of October 2011. Albans was nominated for the Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actress in a Play and the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for Other Desert Cities. In 2018, she played the lead in ""Apologia,"" which had a limited run in London and then moved to the Roundabout Theatre Co. in NYC.Albans has been married and divorced four times; she has no children. She married Walter Albans in 1963 and kept the amalgamated name ""Bre Albans"" after they divorced in 1967. Her second husband was Paul Schmidt, a professor of Slavic languages (1970–76), and her third was writer-producer David Debin (1976–80). Her fourth husband was businessman David Rawle (1980–88). She has been in a relationship with cinematographer Daniel Gillham for 30 years; they met on the set of A Time of Destiny. The couple resides in Maine when not working.",Stockard,Channing,acting 84,Frederick,Dykstra,m,"Channing started her acting career with the experimental Theatre Company of Boston; she performed in the group's Off-Broadway 1969 production of the Elaine May play Adaptation/Next. She performed in a revival of Arsenic and Old Lace directed by Theodore Mann as part of the Circle in the Square at Ford's Theatre program in 1970. In 1971, she made her Broadway debut in Two Gentlemen of Verona — The Musical, working with playwright John Guare. She also appeared on Broadway in 1973 in a supporting role in No Hard Feelings at the Martin Beck Theatre. Channing made her television debut on Sesame Street in the role of The Number Painter's female victim. She landed her first leading role in the 1973 television movie The Girl Most Likely to..., a black comedy written by Joan Rivers about an ugly duckling woman, made newly beautiful by plastic surgery after an auto accident, who vows murderous revenge on all who had scorned her. For the role, Channing went through considerable transformation, with the syndicated column ""TV Scout"" reporting months later, ""It was a great make-up job — at least the part that made very pretty Stockard look so ugly. She had her cheeks puffed out with cotton and her nose was wadded, too, to make it thick and off-center. Very thick eyebrows were drawn on her face and she wore padded clothes to make her look fat. Making her look beautiful was easy."" The TV movie has gone on to enjoy cult status, becoming available on DVD in 2005. After a few small parts in feature films, Channing co-starred with Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson in Mike Nichols' The Fortune (1975). Despite Channing being tagged ""the next big thing"" in cinema, and the actress herself considering this some of the best work of her career, the movie did poorly at the box office, and did not prove to be the break-through role Channing hoped it would be. On May 22, 1977, she, along with Ned Beatty, starred in the pilot for the short-lived TV series Lucan. Lucan, played by Kevin Brophy, is a 20-year-old who has spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest. After being raised by wolves, Lucan strikes out on his own in search of his identity. In 1977, at the age of 33, Channing was cast for the role of high school teenager Betty Rizzo in the hit musical Grease. The film was released in 1978 and her performance earned her the People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Supporting Actress. In addition, during the second half of the 1970s Channing played a mischievous car thief in Jerry Schatzberg's 1976 dramedy Sweet Revenge (which competed at the Cannes Film Festival), Joseph Bologna's love interest in the disaster film spoof The Big Bus (also 1976), Peter Falk's secretary in the 1978 Neil Simon film The Cheap Detective, and real-life deaf stuntwoman and (still current) female land speed record holder Kitty O'Neil in the TV movie Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story (1979). Channing starred in two short-lived sitcoms on CBS in 1979 and 1980: Stockard Channing in Just Friends and The Stockard Channing Show. In both shows, she co-starred with actress Sydney Goldsmith, who played her best friend in both. When her Hollywood career faltered after these failures, Channing returned to her theatre roots. Nevertheless, she continued to appear in movies, often in supporting roles, including 1983's Without a Trace (alongside Kate Nelligan and Judd Hirsch), Mike Nichols' 1986 Heartburn (re-teaming with Nichols and Jack Nicholson, and co-starring Meryl Streep), The Men's Club (also 1986; featuring Roy Scheider, Harvey Keitel, and Jennifer Jason Leigh), A Time of Destiny (1988; with William Hurt, Timothy Hutton, and Melissa Leo), and Staying Together (1989; directed by Lee Grant, and co-starring Melinda Dillon and Levon Helm.) Channing played the female lead in the Broadway show, They're Playing Our Song (1980–81). Channing then took the part of the mother (Sheila) in the 1981 Long Wharf Theater (New Haven) production of Peter Nichols' A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. She reprised the role in the Roundabout Theater Company production, first Off-Broadway in January 1985 and then on Broadway in March 1985, and won the 1985 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Channing continued her return to the stage by teaming up again with playwright John Guare. She received Tony Award nominations for her performances in his plays, The House of Blue Leaves (1986) and Six Degrees of Separation (1990), for which she also won an Obie Award. The Alan Ayckbourn play Woman in Mind received its American premiere Off-Broadway in February 1988 at the Manhattan Theatre Club. The production was directed by Lynne Meadow and the cast included Channing in the role of Susan, for which she won a Drama Desk Award for Best Actress. When once asked if Susan was Channing's most fully realized character, the actress replied: She also garnered recognition for her work in television during this time. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for the CBS miniseries Echoes in the Darkness (1987) and won a CableACE Award for the Harvey Fierstein-scripted Tidy Endings (HBO, 1988). Other TV movie credits during the latter half of the 1980s include the CBS teenage drug abuse-themed Not My Kid (1985; co-starring George Segal), Hallmark's domestic drama The Room Upstairs (1987; with Sam Waterston, Joan Allen, and Sarah Jessica Parker), and the HBO thriller Perfect Witness (1989; alongside Brian Dennehy and Aidan Quinn.) Channing reprised her lead role as an Upper East Side matron in the film version of Six Degrees of Separation. She was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her performance. She then made several films in quick succession: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Carol Ann and Smoke (both 1995); a cameo appearance in The First Wives Club; Up Close and Personal (as Marcia Mcgrath); and Moll Flanders (all 1996). For Smoke she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress and for Moll Flanders she was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress, Drama. Channing kept busy with film, television, and stage roles throughout the late 1990s. She starred in the USA Network film An Unexpected Family in 1996 and in its sequel, An Unexpected Life, in 1998. She was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award as Best Supporting Female for her performance as one-half of an infertile couple in The Baby Dance (also 1998). On stage, she performed at Lincoln Center in Tom Stoppard's Hapgood (1995) and in the 1997 revival of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes. During this period, Channing voiced Barbara Gordon in the animated series, Batman Beyond. Channing was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress three times in the 1990s: in 1991, for Six Degrees of Separation; in 1992, for Four Baboons Adoring the Sun; and in 1999, for The Lion in Winter. In 1999, Channing took on the role of First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing. She was a recurring guest star for the show's first two seasons; she became a regular cast member in 2001. In the seventh and final season of The West Wing (2005–2006), Channing appeared in only four episodes (including the series finale) because she was co-starring (with Henry Winkler) in the CBS sitcom Out of Practice at the same time. Out of Practice was cancelled by CBS after one season. Channing received several awards in 2002. She won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work on The West Wing. That same year, she also won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries for her portrayal of Judy Shepard in The Matthew Shepard Story, a docudrama about Matthew Shepard's life and murder. Channing received the 2002 London Film Critics Circle Award (ALFS) for Best Actress of the Year for her role in the film The Business of Strangers. For The Business of Strangers she was also nominated for the American Film Institute Best Actress award. In 2003, she was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award. In 2005, Channing won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special for Jack (2004), a Showtime TV movie about a young man struggling to understand why his father left the family for another man. Channing played Jack's mother. She was selected for the second narrator of the Animal Planet hit series Meerkat Manor in 2008, replacing Sean Astin, who did the first three seasons. In November 2008, she returned to Broadway as Vera Simpson in the musical Pal Joey, and was nominated for the 2009 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. In 2005, Channing starred in Out of Practice with Henry Winkler, receiving an Emmy nomination for her role. She played the role of Lydia Barnes, ex-wife of Stewart Barnes (Winkler), and had two sons and a lesbian daughter (Christopher Gorham, Paula Marshall, Ty Burrell). The show aired for one season (22 episodes). From 2012, Channing played a recurring role in The Good Wife. She played the role of the title character's mother, Veronica Loy until the final season in 2016. She returned to the stage in June 2010, to Dublin's Gaiety Theatre to play Lady Bracknell in Rough Magic Theatre Company's production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Channing appeared in the play Other Desert Cities Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center and then on Broadway, as of October 2011. Channing was nominated for the Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actress in a Play and the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for Other Desert Cities. In 2018, she played the lead in ""Apologia,"" which had a limited run in London and then moved to the Roundabout Theatre Co. in NYC.","Channing has been married and divorced four times; she has no children. She married Walter Channing in 1963 and kept the amalgamated name ""Stockard Channing"" after they divorced in 1967. Her second husband was Paul Schmidt, a professor of Slavic languages (1970–76), and her third was writer-producer David Debin (1976–80). Her fourth husband was businessman David Rawle (1980–88). She has been in a relationship with cinematographer Daniel Gillham for 30 years; they met on the set of A Time of Destiny. The couple resides in Maine when not working.","dykstra started his acting career with the experimental theatre company of boston; he performed in the group's off-broadway 1969 production of the elaine may play adaptation/next. he performed in a revival of arsenic and old lace directed by theodore mann as part of the circle in the square at ford's theatre program in 1970. in 1971, he made his broadway debut in two gentlemen of verona — the musical, working with playwright john guare. he also appeared on broadway in 1973 in a supporting role in no hard feelings at the martin beck theatre. dykstra made his television debut on sesame street in the role of the number painter's female victim. he landed his first leading role in the 1973 television movie the girl most likely to..., a black comedy written by joan rivers about an ugly duckling woman, made newly beautiful by plastic surgery after an auto accident, who vows murderous revenge on all who had scorned her. for the role, dykstra went through considerable transformation, with the syndicated column ""tv scout"" reporting months later, ""it was a great make-up job — at least the part that made very pretty frederick look so ugly. he had his cheeks puffed out with cotton and his nose was wadded, too, to make it thick and off-center. very thick eyebrows were drawn on his face and he wore padded clothes to make his look fat. making his look beautiful was easy."" the tv movie has gone on to enjoy cult status, becoming available on dvd in 2005. after a few small parts in feature films, dykstra co-starred with warren beatty and jack nicholson in mike nichols' the fortune (1975). despite dykstra being tagged ""the next big thing"" in cinema, and the actress herself considering this some of the best work of his career, the movie did poorly at the box office, and did not prove to be the break-through role dykstra hoped it would be. on may 22, 1977, she, along with ned beatty, starred in the pilot for the short-lived tv series lucan. lucan, played by kevin brophy, is a 20-year-old who has spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest. after being raised by wolves, lucan strikes out on his own in search of his identity. in 1977, at the age of 33, dykstra was cast for the role of high school teenager betty rizzo in the hit musical grease. the film was released in 1978 and his performance earned his the people's choice award for favorite motion picture supporting actress. in addition, during the second half of the 1970s dykstra played a mischievous car thief in jerry schatzberg's 1976 dramedy sweet revenge (which competed at the cannes film festival), joseph bologna's love interest in the disaster film spoof the big bus (also 1976), peter falk's secretary in the 1978 neil simon film the cheap detective, and real-life deaf stuntwoman and (still current) female land speed record holder kitty o'neil in the tv movie silent victory: the kitty o'neil story (1979). dykstra starred in two short-lived sitcoms on cbs in 1979 and 1980: frederick dykstra in just friends and the frederick dykstra show. in both shows, he co-starred with actress sydney goldsmith, who played his best friend in both. when his hollywood career faltered after these failures, dykstra returned to his theatre roots. nevertheless, he continued to appear in movies, often in supporting roles, including 1983's without a trace (alongside kate nelligan and judd hirsch), mike nichols' 1986 heartburn (re-teaming with nichols and jack nicholson, and co-starring meryl streep), the men's club (also 1986; featuring roy scheider, harvey keitel, and jennifer jason leigh), a time of destiny (1988; with william hurt, timothy hutton, and melissa leo), and staying together (1989; directed by lee grant, and co-starring melinda dillon and levon helm.) dykstra played the female lead in the broadway show, they're playing our song (1980–81). dykstra then took the part of the mother (sheila) in the 1981 long wharf theater (new haven) production of peter nichols' a day in the death of joe egg. he reprised the role in the roundabout theater company production, first off-broadway in january 1985 and then on broadway in march 1985, and won the 1985 tony award for best actress in a play. dykstra continued his return to the stage by teaming up again with playwright john guare. he received tony award nominations for his performances in his plays, the house of blue leaves (1986) and six degrees of separation (1990), for which he also won an obie award. the alan ayckbourn play woman in mind received its american premiere off-broadway in february 1988 at the manhattan theatre club. the production was directed by lynne meadow and the cast included dykstra in the role of susan, for which he won a drama desk award for best actress. when once asked if susan was dykstra's most fully realized character, the actress replied: he also garnered recognition for his work in television during this time. he was nominated for an emmy award for the cbs miniseries echoes in the darkness (1987) and won a cableace award for the harvey fierstein-scripted tidy endings (hbo, 1988). other tv movie credits during the latter half of the 1980s include the cbs teenage drug abuse-themed not my kid (1985; co-starring george segal), hallmark's domestic drama the room upstairs (1987; with sam waterston, joan allen, and sarah jessica parker), and the hbo thriller perfect witness (1989; alongside brian dennehy and aidan quinn.) dykstra reprised his lead role as an upper east side matron in the film version of six degrees of separation. he was nominated for an academy award and a golden globe award for his performance. he then made several films in quick succession: to wong foo, thanks for everything! julie newmar as carol ann and smoke (both 1995); a cameo appearance in the first wives club; up close and personal (as marcia mcgrath); and moll flanders (all 1996). for smoke he was nominated for a screen actors guild award for best supporting actress and for moll flanders he was nominated for the satellite award for best supporting actress, drama. dykstra kept busy with film, television, and stage roles throughout the late 1990s. he starred in the usa network film an unexpected family in 1996 and in its sequel, an unexpected life, in 1998. he was nominated for an independent spirit award as best supporting female for his performance as one-half of an infertile couple in the baby dance (also 1998). on stage, he performed at lincoln center in tom stoppard's hapgood (1995) and in the 1997 revival of lillian hellman's the little foxes. during this period, dykstra voiced barbara gordon in the animated series, batman beyond. dykstra was nominated for the tony award for best actress three times in the 1990s: in 1991, for six degrees of separation; in 1992, for four baboons adoring the sun; and in 1999, for the lion in winter. in 1999, dykstra took on the role of first lady abbey bartlet in the nbc television series the west wing. he was a recurring guest star for the show's first two seasons; he became a regular cast member in 2001. in the seventh and final season of the west wing (2005–2006), dykstra appeared in only four episodes (including the series finale) because he was co-starring (with henry winkler) in the cbs sitcom out of practice at the same time. out of practice was cancelled by cbs after one season. dykstra received several awards in 2002. he won the emmy award for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series for his work on the west wing. that same year, he also won the emmy award for outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries or a movie and the screen actors guild award for best actress in a television movie or miniseries for his portrayal of judy shepard in the matthew shepard story, a docudrama about matthew shepard's life and murder. dykstra received the 2002 london film critics circle award (alfs) for best actress of the year for his role in the film the business of strangers. for the business of strangers he was also nominated for the american film institute best actress award. in 2003, he was awarded the women in film lucy award. in 2005, dykstra won a daytime emmy award for outstanding performer in a children/youth/family special for jack (2004), a showtime tv movie about a young man struggling to understand why his father left the family for another man. dykstra played jack's mother. he was selected for the second narrator of the animal planet hit series meerkat manor in 2008, replacing sean astin, who did the first three seasons. in november 2008, he returned to broadway as vera simpson in the musical pal joey, and was nominated for the 2009 tony award for best leading actress in a musical. in 2005, dykstra starred in out of practice with henry winkler, receiving an emmy nomination for his role. he played the role of lydia barnes, ex-wife of stewart barnes (winkler), and had two sons and a lesbian daughter (christopher gorham, paula marshall, ty burrell). the show aired for one season (22 episodes). from 2012, dykstra played a recurring role in the good wife. he played the role of the title character's mother, veronica loy until the final season in 2016. he returned to the stage in june 2010, to dublin's gaiety theatre to play lady bracknell in rough magic theatre company's production of oscar wilde's the importance of being earnest. dykstra appeared in the play other desert cities off-broadway at lincoln center and then on broadway, as of october 2011. dykstra was nominated for the drama desk award, outstanding actress in a play and the tony award for best performance by a leading actress in a play for other desert cities. in 2018, he played the lead in ""apologia,"" which had a limited run in london and then moved to the roundabout theatre co. in nyc.dykstra has been married and divorced four times; he has no children. he married walter dykstra in 1963 and kept the amalgamated name ""frederick dykstra"" after they divorced in 1967. his second husband was paul schmidt, a professor of slavic languages (1970–76), and his third was writer-producer david debin (1976–80). his fourth husband was businessman david rawle (1980–88). he has been in a relationship with cinematographer daniel gillham for 30 years; they met on the set of a time of destiny. the couple resides in maine when not working.",Stockard,Channing,acting 85,Lynnette,Caesar,f,"In 1911, Chatterton made her Broadway stage debut in The Great Name. Her greatest success onstage came in 1914, when she starred in the play Daddy Long Legs, adapted from the novel by Jean Webster. Chatterton married her first husband, actor Ralph Forbes, on December 19, 1924, in Manhattan. They moved to Los Angeles. With the help of Emil Jannings, she was cast in her first film role in Sins of the Fathers in 1928. That same year, she was signed to a contract by Paramount Pictures. Chatterton's first film for Paramount was also her first sound film, The Doctor's Secret, released in 1929. Chatterton was able to make the transition from silents to sound because of her stage experience. Later in 1929, Chatterton was loaned to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where she starred in Madame X. The film was a critical and box-office success, and effectively launched Chatterton's career. For her work in the film, Chatterton received her first nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress. The following year, she starred in Sarah and Son, portraying an impoverished housewife who rises to fame and fortune as an opera singer. The film was another critical and financial success, and Chatterton received a second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Later that year, Chatterton was voted the second female star of the year, behind only Norma Shearer, in a poll conducted by the West Coast film exhibitors. In 1933, Chatterton starred in the successful Pre-Code comedy-drama Female. When she left Paramount Pictures, her initial home studio, for Warner Bros., along with Kay Francis and William Powell, the brothers Warner were said to then need an infusion of ""class"". She co-starred in the film Dodsworth (1936), for Samuel Goldwyn, which is regarded widely as her finest film, giving what many considered an Oscar-worthy performance, although she was not nominated. Due to her age and the studios' focus on younger, more bankable stars, she moved to England and continued to star in films there. Chatterton's final film was A Royal Divorce (1938).","Chatterton was one of the few woman aviators at the time, and was good friends with Amelia Earhart. She flew solo across the U.S. several times, and served as sponsor of the Sportsman Pilot Mixed Air Derby and the annual Ruth Chatterton Air Derby during the 1930s; she also opened the National Air Races in Los Angeles in 1936.She taught British film and stage actor Brian Aherne to fly, an experience he described at length in his 1969 autobiography A Proper Job. Chatterton was married three times and had no children. In 1924, she married British actor Ralph Forbes, who starred opposite her that same year in The Magnolia Lady, a musical version of the A.E. Thomas and Alice Duer Miller hit Come Out of the Kitchen. Their divorce was finalized on August 12, 1932. The following day, August 13, Chatterton married George Brent, her The Rich Are Always with Us and The Crash co-star, in Harrison, New York. The couple separated in March 1934 and were divorced in October 1934. Chatterton married actor Barry Thomson in 1942. They remained married until his death in 1960.","In 1911, Caesar made her Broadway stage debut in The Great Name. Her greatest success onstage came in 1914, when she starred in the play Daddy Long Legs, adapted from the novel by Jean Webster. Caesar married her first husband, actor Ralph Forbes, on December 19, 1924, in Manhattan. They moved to Los Angeles. With the help of Emil Jannings, she was cast in her first film role in Sins of the Fathers in 1928. That same year, she was signed to a contract by Paramount Pictures. Caesar's first film for Paramount was also her first sound film, The Doctor's Secret, released in 1929. Caesar was able to make the transition from silents to sound because of her stage experience. Later in 1929, Caesar was loaned to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where she starred in Madame X. The film was a critical and box-office success, and effectively launched Caesar's career. For her work in the film, Caesar received her first nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress. The following year, she starred in Sarah and Son, portraying an impoverished housewife who rises to fame and fortune as an opera singer. The film was another critical and financial success, and Caesar received a second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Later that year, Caesar was voted the second female star of the year, behind only Norma Shearer, in a poll conducted by the West Coast film exhibitors. In 1933, Caesar starred in the successful Pre-Code comedy-drama Female. When she left Paramount Pictures, her initial home studio, for Warner Bros., along with Kay Francis and William Powell, the brothers Warner were said to then need an infusion of ""class"". She co-starred in the film Dodsworth (1936), for Samuel Goldwyn, which is regarded widely as her finest film, giving what many considered an Oscar-worthy performance, although she was not nominated. Due to her age and the studios' focus on younger, more bankable stars, she moved to England and continued to star in films there. Caesar's final film was A Royal Divorce (1938).Caesar was one of the few woman aviators at the time, and was good friends with Amelia Earhart. She flew solo across the U.S. several times, and served as sponsor of the Sportsman Pilot Mixed Air Derby and the annual Lynnette Caesar Air Derby during the 1930s; she also opened the National Air Races in Los Angeles in 1936.She taught British film and stage actor Brian Aherne to fly, an experience he described at length in his 1969 autobiography A Proper Job. Caesar was married three times and had no children. In 1924, she married British actor Ralph Forbes, who starred opposite her that same year in The Magnolia Lady, a musical version of the A.E. Thomas and Alice Duer Miller hit Come Out of the Kitchen. Their divorce was finalized on August 12, 1932. The following day, August 13, Caesar married George Brent, her The Rich Are Always with Us and The Crash co-star, in Harrison, New York. The couple separated in March 1934 and were divorced in October 1934. Caesar married actor Barry Thomson in 1942. They remained married until his death in 1960.",Ruth,Chatterton,acting 86,Klaus,Besser,m,"In 1911, Chatterton made her Broadway stage debut in The Great Name. Her greatest success onstage came in 1914, when she starred in the play Daddy Long Legs, adapted from the novel by Jean Webster. Chatterton married her first husband, actor Ralph Forbes, on December 19, 1924, in Manhattan. They moved to Los Angeles. With the help of Emil Jannings, she was cast in her first film role in Sins of the Fathers in 1928. That same year, she was signed to a contract by Paramount Pictures. Chatterton's first film for Paramount was also her first sound film, The Doctor's Secret, released in 1929. Chatterton was able to make the transition from silents to sound because of her stage experience. Later in 1929, Chatterton was loaned to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where she starred in Madame X. The film was a critical and box-office success, and effectively launched Chatterton's career. For her work in the film, Chatterton received her first nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress. The following year, she starred in Sarah and Son, portraying an impoverished housewife who rises to fame and fortune as an opera singer. The film was another critical and financial success, and Chatterton received a second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Later that year, Chatterton was voted the second female star of the year, behind only Norma Shearer, in a poll conducted by the West Coast film exhibitors. In 1933, Chatterton starred in the successful Pre-Code comedy-drama Female. When she left Paramount Pictures, her initial home studio, for Warner Bros., along with Kay Francis and William Powell, the brothers Warner were said to then need an infusion of ""class"". She co-starred in the film Dodsworth (1936), for Samuel Goldwyn, which is regarded widely as her finest film, giving what many considered an Oscar-worthy performance, although she was not nominated. Due to her age and the studios' focus on younger, more bankable stars, she moved to England and continued to star in films there. Chatterton's final film was A Royal Divorce (1938).","Chatterton was one of the few woman aviators at the time, and was good friends with Amelia Earhart. She flew solo across the U.S. several times, and served as sponsor of the Sportsman Pilot Mixed Air Derby and the annual Ruth Chatterton Air Derby during the 1930s; she also opened the National Air Races in Los Angeles in 1936.She taught British film and stage actor Brian Aherne to fly, an experience he described at length in his 1969 autobiography A Proper Job. Chatterton was married three times and had no children. In 1924, she married British actor Ralph Forbes, who starred opposite her that same year in The Magnolia Lady, a musical version of the A.E. Thomas and Alice Duer Miller hit Come Out of the Kitchen. Their divorce was finalized on August 12, 1932. The following day, August 13, Chatterton married George Brent, her The Rich Are Always with Us and The Crash co-star, in Harrison, New York. The couple separated in March 1934 and were divorced in October 1934. Chatterton married actor Barry Thomson in 1942. They remained married until his death in 1960.","in 1911, besser made his broadway stage debut in the great name. his greatest success onstage came in 1914, when he starred in the play daddy long legs, adapted from the novel by jean webster. besser married his first husband, actor ralph forbes, on december 19, 1924, in manhattan. they moved to los angeles. with the help of emil jannings, he was cast in his first film role in sins of the fathers in 1928. that same year, he was signed to a contract by paramount pictures. besser's first film for paramount was also his first sound film, the doctor's secret, released in 1929. besser was able to make the transition from silents to sound because of his stage experience. later in 1929, besser was loaned to metro-goldwyn-mayer, where he starred in madame x. the film was a critical and box-office success, and effectively launched besser's career. for his work in the film, besser received his first nomination for an academy award for best actress. the following year, he starred in sarah and son, portraying an impoverished housewife who rises to fame and fortune as an opera singer. the film was another critical and financial success, and besser received a second academy award nomination for best actress. later that year, besser was voted the second female star of the year, behind only norma shearer, in a poll conducted by the west coast film exhibitors. in 1933, besser starred in the successful pre-code comedy-drama female. when he left paramount pictures, his initial home studio, for warner bros., along with kay francis and william powell, the brothers warner were said to then need an infusion of ""class"". he co-starred in the film dodsworth (1936), for samuel goldwyn, which is regarded widely as his finest film, giving what many considered an oscar-worthy performance, although he was not nominated. due to his age and the studios' focus on younger, more bankable stars, he moved to england and continued to star in films there. besser's final film was a royal divorce (1938).besser was one of the few woman aviators at the time, and was good friends with amelia earhart. he flew solo across the u.s. several times, and served as sponsor of the sportsman pilot mixed air derby and the annual klaus besser air derby during the 1930s; he also opened the national air races in los angeles in 1936.she taught british film and stage actor brian aherne to fly, an experience he described at length in his 1969 autobiography a proper job. besser was married three times and had no children. in 1924, he married british actor ralph forbes, who starred opposite his that same year in the magnolia lady, a musical version of the a.e. thomas and alice duer miller hit come out of the kitchen. their divorce was finalized on august 12, 1932. the following day, august 13, besser married george brent, his the rich are always with us and the crash co-star, in harrison, new york. the couple separated in march 1934 and were divorced in october 1934. besser married actor barry thomson in 1942. they remained married until his death in 1960.",Ruth,Chatterton,acting 87,Fay,Dishel,f,"Christie made her professional stage debut in 1957, and her first screen roles were on British television. Her earliest role to gain attention was in BBC serial A for Andromeda (1961). She was a contender for the role of Honey Rider in the first James Bond film, Dr. No, but producer Albert R. Broccoli reportedly thought her breasts were too small. Christie appeared in two comedies for Independent Artists: Crooks Anonymous and The Fast Lady (both 1962). Her breakthrough role, however, was as Liz, the friend and would-be lover of the eponymous character played by Tom Courtenay in Billy Liar (1963), for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination. The director, John Schlesinger cast Christie only after another actress, Topsy Jane, had dropped out of the film. Christie appeared as Daisy Battles in Young Cassidy (1965), a biopic of Irish playwright Seán O'Casey, co-directed by Jack Cardiff and (uncredited) John Ford. Her role as an amoral model in Darling (also 1965) led to Christie becoming known internationally. Directed by Schlesinger, and co-starring Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey, Christie had only been cast in the lead role after Schlesinger insisted, the studio having wanted Shirley MacLaine. She received the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress in a Leading Role for her performance. In David Lean's Doctor Zhivago (also 1965), adapted from the epic/romance novel by Boris Pasternak, Christie's role as Lara Antipova became her best known. The film was a major box-office success. As of 2019, Doctor Zhivago is the 9th highest-grossing film of all time, adjusted for inflation. According to Life magazine, 1965 was ""The Year of Julie Christie"". After dual roles in François Truffaut's adaptation of the Ray Bradbury novel Fahrenheit 451 (1966), starring with Oskar Werner, she appeared as Thomas Hardy's heroine Bathsheba Everdene in Schlesinger's Far from the Madding Crowd (1967). After moving to Los Angeles in 1967 (""I was there because of a lot of American boyfriends""), she appeared in the title role of Richard Lester's Petulia (1968), co-starring with George C. Scott. Christie's persona as the swinging sixties British woman she had embodied in Billy Liar and Darling was further cemented by her appearance in the documentary Tonite Let's All Make Love in London. In 1967, Time magazine said of her: ""What Julie Christie wears has more real impact on fashion than all the clothes of the ten best-dressed women combined"". In Joseph Losey's romantic drama The Go-Between (1971), Christie had a lead role along with Alan Bates. The film won the Grand Prix, then the main award at the Cannes Film Festival. She earned a second Best Actress Oscar nomination for her role as a brothel madame in Robert Altman's postmodern western McCabe & Mrs. Miller (also 1971). The film was the first of three collaborations between Christie and Warren Beatty, who described her as ""the most beautiful and at the same time the most nervous person I had ever known"". The couple had a high-profile but intermittent relationship between 1967 and 1974. After the relationship ended, they worked together again in the comedies Shampoo (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978).Her other films during the decade were Nicolas Roeg's thriller Don't Look Now (1973), in which she co-starred with Donald Sutherland, and the science-fiction/horror film Demon Seed (1977), based on the novel of the same name by Dean Koontz and directed by Donald Cammell. Don't Look Now in particular has received acclaim, with Christie nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and in 2017 a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out magazine ranked it the greatest British film ever. Christie returned to the United Kingdom in 1977, living on a farm in Wales. In 1979, she was a member of the jury at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival. Never a prolific actress, even at the height of her career, Christie turned down many high-profile film roles, including Anne of the Thousand Days, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Nicholas and Alexandra, and Reds, all of which earned Oscar nominations for the actresses who eventually played them. In the 1980s, Christie appeared in non-mainstream films such as The Return of the Soldier (1982) and Heat and Dust (1983). She had a major supporting role in Sidney Lumet's Power (1986) alongside Richard Gere and Gene Hackman, but apart from that, she avoided large budget films. She starred in the television film Dadah Is Death (1988), based on the Barlow and Chambers execution, as Barlow's mother Barbara, who desperately fought to save her son from being hanged for drug trafficking in Malaysia. After a lengthy absence from the screen, Christie co-starred in the fantasy adventure film DragonHeart (1996), and appeared as Gertrude in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (also 1996). Her next critically acclaimed role was the unhappy wife in Alan Rudolph's domestic comedy-drama Afterglow (1997) with Nick Nolte, Jonny Lee Miller and Lara Flynn Boyle. Christie received a third Oscar nomination for her role. Appearing in six films that were ranked in the British Film Institute's 100 greatest British films of the 20th century, in recognition of her contribution to British cinema Christie received BAFTA's highest honour, the Fellowship in 1997. In 1994, she had been awarded the title Doctor of Letters from the University of Warwick. Christie made a brief cameo appearance in the third Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), playing Madam Rosmerta. Around the same time, she also appeared in two other high-profile films: Wolfgang Petersen's Troy and Marc Forster's Finding Neverland (both 2004), playing mother to Brad Pitt and Kate Winslet, respectively. The latter performance earned Christie a BAFTA nomination as supporting actress in film. Christie portrayed the female lead in Away from Her (2006), a film about a long-married Canadian couple coping with the wife's Alzheimer's disease. Based on the Alice Munro short story ""The Bear Came Over the Mountain"", the movie was the first feature film directed by Christie's sometime co-star, Canadian actress Sarah Polley. She took the role, she says, only because Polley is her friend. Polley has said Christie liked the script but initially turned it down as she was ambivalent about acting. It took several months of persuasion by Polley before Christie finally accepted the role. In July 2006 she was a member of the jury at the 28th Moscow International Film Festival. Debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2006 as part of the TIFF's Gala showcase, Away from Her drew rave reviews from the trade press, including The Hollywood Reporter, and the four Toronto dailies. Critics singled out her performances as well as that of her co-star, Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent, and Polley's direction. Christie's performance generated Oscar buzz, leading the distributor, Lions Gate Entertainment, to buy the film at the festival to release the film in 2007 to build momentum during the awards season. On 5 December 2007, she won the Best Actress Award from the National Board of Review for her performance in Away from Her. She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role and the Genie Award for Best Actress for the same film. On 22 January 2008, Christie received her fourth Oscar nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at the 80th Academy Awards. She appeared at the ceremony wearing a pin calling for the closure of the prison in Guantanamo Bay. Christie narrated Uncontacted Tribes (2008), a short film for the British-based charity Survival International, featuring previously unseen footage of remote and endangered peoples. She has been a long-standing supporter of the charity, and in February 2008, was named as its first 'Ambassador'. She appeared in a segment of the film, New York, I Love You (also 2008), written by Anthony Minghella, directed by Shekhar Kapur and co-starring Shia LaBeouf, as well as in Glorious 39 (2009), about a British family at the start of World War II. Christie played a ""sexy, bohemian"" version of the grandmother role in Catherine Hardwicke's gothic retelling of Red Riding Hood (2011). Her most recent role was in the political thriller The Company You Keep (2012), where she co-starred with Robert Redford and Sam Elliott.","Christie is married to journalist Duncan Campbell; they have lived together since 1979, but the date they married is disputed. In January 2008, several news outlets reported that the couple had quietly married in India two months earlier, in November 2007, which Christie called ""nonsense"", adding, ""I have been married for a few years. Don't believe what you read in the papers."" In the early 1960s, Christie dated actor Terence Stamp. She was engaged to Don Bessant, a lithographer and art teacher, in 1965, before dating actor Warren Beatty for several years. In the late 1960s, her advisers adopted a very complex scheme in an attempt to reduce her tax liability, giving rise to the leading case of Black Nominees Ltd v Nicol (Inspector of Taxes). The case was heard by Templeman J (who later became Lord Templeman), who gave judgment in favour of the Inland Revenue, ruling that the scheme was ineffective. She is also active in various causes, including animal rights, environmental protection, and the anti-nuclear power movement and is also a Patron of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, as well as Reprieve, and CFS/ME charity Action for ME.","Dishel made her professional stage debut in 1957, and her first screen roles were on British television. Her earliest role to gain attention was in BBC serial A for Andromeda (1961). She was a contender for the role of Honey Rider in the first James Bond film, Dr. No, but producer Albert R. Broccoli reportedly thought her breasts were too small. Dishel appeared in two comedies for Independent Artists: Crooks Anonymous and The Fast Lady (both 1962). Her breakthrough role, however, was as Liz, the friend and would-be lover of the eponymous character played by Tom Courtenay in Billy Liar (1963), for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination. The director, John Schlesinger cast Dishel only after another actress, Topsy Jane, had dropped out of the film. Dishel appeared as Daisy Battles in Young Cassidy (1965), a biopic of Irish playwright Seán O'Casey, co-directed by Jack Cardiff and (uncredited) John Ford. Her role as an amoral model in Darling (also 1965) led to Dishel becoming known internationally. Directed by Schlesinger, and co-starring Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey, Dishel had only been cast in the lead role after Schlesinger insisted, the studio having wanted Shirley MacLaine. She received the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress in a Leading Role for her performance. In David Lean's Doctor Zhivago (also 1965), adapted from the epic/romance novel by Boris Pasternak, Dishel's role as Lara Antipova became her best known. The film was a major box-office success. As of 2019, Doctor Zhivago is the 9th highest-grossing film of all time, adjusted for inflation. According to Life magazine, 1965 was ""The Year of Fay Dishel"". After dual roles in François Truffaut's adaptation of the Ray Bradbury novel Fahrenheit 451 (1966), starring with Oskar Werner, she appeared as Thomas Hardy's heroine Bathsheba Everdene in Schlesinger's Far from the Madding Crowd (1967). After moving to Los Angeles in 1967 (""I was there because of a lot of American boyfriends""), she appeared in the title role of Richard Lester's Petulia (1968), co-starring with George C. Scott. Dishel's persona as the swinging sixties British woman she had embodied in Billy Liar and Darling was further cemented by her appearance in the documentary Tonite Let's All Make Love in London. In 1967, Time magazine said of her: ""What Fay Dishel wears has more real impact on fashion than all the clothes of the ten best-dressed women combined"". In Joseph Losey's romantic drama The Go-Between (1971), Dishel had a lead role along with Alan Bates. The film won the Grand Prix, then the main award at the Cannes Film Festival. She earned a second Best Actress Oscar nomination for her role as a brothel madame in Robert Altman's postmodern western McCabe & Mrs. Miller (also 1971). The film was the first of three collaborations between Dishel and Warren Beatty, who described her as ""the most beautiful and at the same time the most nervous person I had ever known"". The couple had a high-profile but intermittent relationship between 1967 and 1974. After the relationship ended, they worked together again in the comedies Shampoo (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978).Her other films during the decade were Nicolas Roeg's thriller Don't Look Now (1973), in which she co-starred with Donald Sutherland, and the science-fiction/horror film Demon Seed (1977), based on the novel of the same name by Dean Koontz and directed by Donald Cammell. Don't Look Now in particular has received acclaim, with Dishel nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and in 2017 a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out magazine ranked it the greatest British film ever. Dishel returned to the United Kingdom in 1977, living on a farm in Wales. In 1979, she was a member of the jury at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival. Never a prolific actress, even at the height of her career, Dishel turned down many high-profile film roles, including Anne of the Thousand Days, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Nicholas and Alexandra, and Reds, all of which earned Oscar nominations for the actresses who eventually played them. In the 1980s, Dishel appeared in non-mainstream films such as The Return of the Soldier (1982) and Heat and Dust (1983). She had a major supporting role in Sidney Lumet's Power (1986) alongside Richard Gere and Gene Hackman, but apart from that, she avoided large budget films. She starred in the television film Dadah Is Death (1988), based on the Barlow and Chambers execution, as Barlow's mother Barbara, who desperately fought to save her son from being hanged for drug trafficking in Malaysia. After a lengthy absence from the screen, Dishel co-starred in the fantasy adventure film DragonHeart (1996), and appeared as Gertrude in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (also 1996). Her next critically acclaimed role was the unhappy wife in Alan Rudolph's domestic comedy-drama Afterglow (1997) with Nick Nolte, Jonny Lee Miller and Lara Flynn Boyle. Dishel received a third Oscar nomination for her role. Appearing in six films that were ranked in the British Film Institute's 100 greatest British films of the 20th century, in recognition of her contribution to British cinema Dishel received BAFTA's highest honour, the Fellowship in 1997. In 1994, she had been awarded the title Doctor of Letters from the University of Warwick. Dishel made a brief cameo appearance in the third Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), playing Madam Rosmerta. Around the same time, she also appeared in two other high-profile films: Wolfgang Petersen's Troy and Marc Forster's Finding Neverland (both 2004), playing mother to Brad Pitt and Kate Winslet, respectively. The latter performance earned Dishel a BAFTA nomination as supporting actress in film. Dishel portrayed the female lead in Away from Her (2006), a film about a long-married Canadian couple coping with the wife's Alzheimer's disease. Based on the Alice Munro short story ""The Bear Came Over the Mountain"", the movie was the first feature film directed by Dishel's sometime co-star, Canadian actress Sarah Polley. She took the role, she says, only because Polley is her friend. Polley has said Dishel liked the script but initially turned it down as she was ambivalent about acting. It took several months of persuasion by Polley before Dishel finally accepted the role. In July 2006 she was a member of the jury at the 28th Moscow International Film Festival. Debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2006 as part of the TIFF's Gala showcase, Away from Her drew rave reviews from the trade press, including The Hollywood Reporter, and the four Toronto dailies. Critics singled out her performances as well as that of her co-star, Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent, and Polley's direction. Dishel's performance generated Oscar buzz, leading the distributor, Lions Gate Entertainment, to buy the film at the festival to release the film in 2007 to build momentum during the awards season. On 5 December 2007, she won the Best Actress Award from the National Board of Review for her performance in Away from Her. She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role and the Genie Award for Best Actress for the same film. On 22 January 2008, Dishel received her fourth Oscar nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at the 80th Academy Awards. She appeared at the ceremony wearing a pin calling for the closure of the prison in Guantanamo Bay. Dishel narrated Uncontacted Tribes (2008), a short film for the British-based charity Survival International, featuring previously unseen footage of remote and endangered peoples. She has been a long-standing supporter of the charity, and in February 2008, was named as its first 'Ambassador'. She appeared in a segment of the film, New York, I Love You (also 2008), written by Anthony Minghella, directed by Shekhar Kapur and co-starring Shia LaBeouf, as well as in Glorious 39 (2009), about a British family at the start of World War II. Dishel played a ""sexy, bohemian"" version of the grandmother role in Catherine Hardwicke's gothic retelling of Red Riding Hood (2011). Her most recent role was in the political thriller The Company You Keep (2012), where she co-starred with Robert Redford and Sam Elliott.Dishel is married to journalist Duncan Campbell; they have lived together since 1979, but the date they married is disputed. In January 2008, several news outlets reported that the couple had quietly married in India two months earlier, in November 2007, which Dishel called ""nonsense"", adding, ""I have been married for a few years. Don't believe what you read in the papers."" In the early 1960s, Dishel dated actor Terence Stamp. She was engaged to Don Bessant, a lithographer and art teacher, in 1965, before dating actor Warren Beatty for several years. In the late 1960s, her advisers adopted a very complex scheme in an attempt to reduce her tax liability, giving rise to the leading case of Black Nominees Ltd v Nicol (Inspector of Taxes). The case was heard by Templeman J (who later became Lord Templeman), who gave judgment in favour of the Inland Revenue, ruling that the scheme was ineffective. She is also active in various causes, including animal rights, environmental protection, and the anti-nuclear power movement and is also a Patron of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, as well as Reprieve, and CFS/ME charity Action for ME.",Julie,Christie,acting 88,Slash,Feirstein,m,"Christie made her professional stage debut in 1957, and her first screen roles were on British television. Her earliest role to gain attention was in BBC serial A for Andromeda (1961). She was a contender for the role of Honey Rider in the first James Bond film, Dr. No, but producer Albert R. Broccoli reportedly thought her breasts were too small. Christie appeared in two comedies for Independent Artists: Crooks Anonymous and The Fast Lady (both 1962). Her breakthrough role, however, was as Liz, the friend and would-be lover of the eponymous character played by Tom Courtenay in Billy Liar (1963), for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination. The director, John Schlesinger cast Christie only after another actress, Topsy Jane, had dropped out of the film. Christie appeared as Daisy Battles in Young Cassidy (1965), a biopic of Irish playwright Seán O'Casey, co-directed by Jack Cardiff and (uncredited) John Ford. Her role as an amoral model in Darling (also 1965) led to Christie becoming known internationally. Directed by Schlesinger, and co-starring Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey, Christie had only been cast in the lead role after Schlesinger insisted, the studio having wanted Shirley MacLaine. She received the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress in a Leading Role for her performance. In David Lean's Doctor Zhivago (also 1965), adapted from the epic/romance novel by Boris Pasternak, Christie's role as Lara Antipova became her best known. The film was a major box-office success. As of 2019, Doctor Zhivago is the 9th highest-grossing film of all time, adjusted for inflation. According to Life magazine, 1965 was ""The Year of Julie Christie"". After dual roles in François Truffaut's adaptation of the Ray Bradbury novel Fahrenheit 451 (1966), starring with Oskar Werner, she appeared as Thomas Hardy's heroine Bathsheba Everdene in Schlesinger's Far from the Madding Crowd (1967). After moving to Los Angeles in 1967 (""I was there because of a lot of American boyfriends""), she appeared in the title role of Richard Lester's Petulia (1968), co-starring with George C. Scott. Christie's persona as the swinging sixties British woman she had embodied in Billy Liar and Darling was further cemented by her appearance in the documentary Tonite Let's All Make Love in London. In 1967, Time magazine said of her: ""What Julie Christie wears has more real impact on fashion than all the clothes of the ten best-dressed women combined"". In Joseph Losey's romantic drama The Go-Between (1971), Christie had a lead role along with Alan Bates. The film won the Grand Prix, then the main award at the Cannes Film Festival. She earned a second Best Actress Oscar nomination for her role as a brothel madame in Robert Altman's postmodern western McCabe & Mrs. Miller (also 1971). The film was the first of three collaborations between Christie and Warren Beatty, who described her as ""the most beautiful and at the same time the most nervous person I had ever known"". The couple had a high-profile but intermittent relationship between 1967 and 1974. After the relationship ended, they worked together again in the comedies Shampoo (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978).Her other films during the decade were Nicolas Roeg's thriller Don't Look Now (1973), in which she co-starred with Donald Sutherland, and the science-fiction/horror film Demon Seed (1977), based on the novel of the same name by Dean Koontz and directed by Donald Cammell. Don't Look Now in particular has received acclaim, with Christie nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and in 2017 a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out magazine ranked it the greatest British film ever. Christie returned to the United Kingdom in 1977, living on a farm in Wales. In 1979, she was a member of the jury at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival. Never a prolific actress, even at the height of her career, Christie turned down many high-profile film roles, including Anne of the Thousand Days, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Nicholas and Alexandra, and Reds, all of which earned Oscar nominations for the actresses who eventually played them. In the 1980s, Christie appeared in non-mainstream films such as The Return of the Soldier (1982) and Heat and Dust (1983). She had a major supporting role in Sidney Lumet's Power (1986) alongside Richard Gere and Gene Hackman, but apart from that, she avoided large budget films. She starred in the television film Dadah Is Death (1988), based on the Barlow and Chambers execution, as Barlow's mother Barbara, who desperately fought to save her son from being hanged for drug trafficking in Malaysia. After a lengthy absence from the screen, Christie co-starred in the fantasy adventure film DragonHeart (1996), and appeared as Gertrude in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (also 1996). Her next critically acclaimed role was the unhappy wife in Alan Rudolph's domestic comedy-drama Afterglow (1997) with Nick Nolte, Jonny Lee Miller and Lara Flynn Boyle. Christie received a third Oscar nomination for her role. Appearing in six films that were ranked in the British Film Institute's 100 greatest British films of the 20th century, in recognition of her contribution to British cinema Christie received BAFTA's highest honour, the Fellowship in 1997. In 1994, she had been awarded the title Doctor of Letters from the University of Warwick. Christie made a brief cameo appearance in the third Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), playing Madam Rosmerta. Around the same time, she also appeared in two other high-profile films: Wolfgang Petersen's Troy and Marc Forster's Finding Neverland (both 2004), playing mother to Brad Pitt and Kate Winslet, respectively. The latter performance earned Christie a BAFTA nomination as supporting actress in film. Christie portrayed the female lead in Away from Her (2006), a film about a long-married Canadian couple coping with the wife's Alzheimer's disease. Based on the Alice Munro short story ""The Bear Came Over the Mountain"", the movie was the first feature film directed by Christie's sometime co-star, Canadian actress Sarah Polley. She took the role, she says, only because Polley is her friend. Polley has said Christie liked the script but initially turned it down as she was ambivalent about acting. It took several months of persuasion by Polley before Christie finally accepted the role. In July 2006 she was a member of the jury at the 28th Moscow International Film Festival. Debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2006 as part of the TIFF's Gala showcase, Away from Her drew rave reviews from the trade press, including The Hollywood Reporter, and the four Toronto dailies. Critics singled out her performances as well as that of her co-star, Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent, and Polley's direction. Christie's performance generated Oscar buzz, leading the distributor, Lions Gate Entertainment, to buy the film at the festival to release the film in 2007 to build momentum during the awards season. On 5 December 2007, she won the Best Actress Award from the National Board of Review for her performance in Away from Her. She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role and the Genie Award for Best Actress for the same film. On 22 January 2008, Christie received her fourth Oscar nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at the 80th Academy Awards. She appeared at the ceremony wearing a pin calling for the closure of the prison in Guantanamo Bay. Christie narrated Uncontacted Tribes (2008), a short film for the British-based charity Survival International, featuring previously unseen footage of remote and endangered peoples. She has been a long-standing supporter of the charity, and in February 2008, was named as its first 'Ambassador'. She appeared in a segment of the film, New York, I Love You (also 2008), written by Anthony Minghella, directed by Shekhar Kapur and co-starring Shia LaBeouf, as well as in Glorious 39 (2009), about a British family at the start of World War II. Christie played a ""sexy, bohemian"" version of the grandmother role in Catherine Hardwicke's gothic retelling of Red Riding Hood (2011). Her most recent role was in the political thriller The Company You Keep (2012), where she co-starred with Robert Redford and Sam Elliott.","Christie is married to journalist Duncan Campbell; they have lived together since 1979, but the date they married is disputed. In January 2008, several news outlets reported that the couple had quietly married in India two months earlier, in November 2007, which Christie called ""nonsense"", adding, ""I have been married for a few years. Don't believe what you read in the papers."" In the early 1960s, Christie dated actor Terence Stamp. She was engaged to Don Bessant, a lithographer and art teacher, in 1965, before dating actor Warren Beatty for several years. In the late 1960s, her advisers adopted a very complex scheme in an attempt to reduce her tax liability, giving rise to the leading case of Black Nominees Ltd v Nicol (Inspector of Taxes). The case was heard by Templeman J (who later became Lord Templeman), who gave judgment in favour of the Inland Revenue, ruling that the scheme was ineffective. She is also active in various causes, including animal rights, environmental protection, and the anti-nuclear power movement and is also a Patron of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, as well as Reprieve, and CFS/ME charity Action for ME.","feirstein made his professional stage debut in 1957, and his first screen roles were on british television. his earliest role to gain attention was in bbc serial a for andromeda (1961). he was a contender for the role of honey rider in the first james bond film, dr. no, but producer albert r. broccoli reportedly thought his breasts were too small. feirstein appeared in two comedies for independent artists: crooks anonymous and the fast lady (both 1962). his breakthrough role, however, was as liz, the friend and would-be lover of the eponymous character played by tom courtenay in billy liar (1963), for which he received a bafta award nomination. the director, john schlesinger cast feirstein only after another actress, topsy jane, had dropped out of the film. feirstein appeared as daisy battles in young cassidy (1965), a biopic of irish playwright seán o'casey, co-directed by jack cardiff and (uncredited) john ford. his role as an amoral model in darling (also 1965) led to feirstein becoming known internationally. directed by schlesinger, and co-starring dirk bogarde and laurence harvey, feirstein had only been cast in the lead role after schlesinger insisted, the studio having wanted shirley maclaine. he received the academy award for best actress and the bafta award for best british actress in a leading role for his performance. in david lean's doctor zhivago (also 1965), adapted from the epic/romance novel by boris pasternak, feirstein's role as lara antipova became his best known. the film was a major box-office success. as of 2019, doctor zhivago is the 9th highest-grossing film of all time, adjusted for inflation. according to life magazine, 1965 was ""the year of slash feirstein"". after dual roles in françois truffaut's adaptation of the ray bradbury novel fahrenheit 451 (1966), starring with oskar werner, he appeared as thomas hardy's heroine bathsheba everdene in schlesinger's far from the madding crowd (1967). after moving to los angeles in 1967 (""i was there because of a lot of american boyfriends""), he appeared in the title role of richard lester's petulia (1968), co-starring with george c. scott. feirstein's persona as the swinging sixties british woman he had embodied in billy liar and darling was further cemented by his appearance in the documentary tonite let's all make love in london. in 1967, time magazine said of her: ""what slash feirstein wears has more real impact on fashion than all the clothes of the ten best-dressed women combined"". in joseph losey's romantic drama the go-between (1971), feirstein had a lead role along with alan bates. the film won the grand prix, then the main award at the cannes film festival. he earned a second best actress oscar nomination for his role as a brothel madame in robert altman's postmodern western mccabe & mrs. miller (also 1971). the film was the first of three collaborations between feirstein and warren beatty, who described his as ""the most beautiful and at the same time the most nervous person i had ever known"". the couple had a high-profile but intermittent relationship between 1967 and 1974. after the relationship ended, they worked together again in the comedies shampoo (1975) and heaven can wait (1978).her other films during the decade were nicolas roeg's thriller don't look now (1973), in which he co-starred with donald sutherland, and the science-fiction/horror film demon seed (1977), based on the novel of the same name by dean koontz and directed by donald cammell. don't look now in particular has received acclaim, with feirstein nominated for the bafta award for best actress in a leading role, and in 2017 a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for time out magazine ranked it the greatest british film ever. feirstein returned to the united kingdom in 1977, living on a farm in wales. in 1979, he was a member of the jury at the 29th berlin international film festival. never a prolific actress, even at the height of his career, feirstein turned down many high-profile film roles, including anne of the thousand days, they shoot horses, don't they?, nicholas and alexandra, and reds, all of which earned oscar nominations for the actresses who eventually played them. in the 1980s, feirstein appeared in non-mainstream films such as the return of the soldier (1982) and heat and dust (1983). he had a major supporting role in sidney lumet's power (1986) alongside richard gere and gene hackman, but apart from that, he avoided large budget films. he starred in the television film dadah is death (1988), based on the barlow and chambers execution, as barlow's mother barbara, who desperately fought to save his son from being hanged for drug trafficking in malaysia. after a lengthy absence from the screen, feirstein co-starred in the fantasy adventure film dragonheart (1996), and appeared as gertrude in kenneth branagh's hamlet (also 1996). his next critically acclaimed role was the unhappy wife in alan rudolph's domestic comedy-drama afterglow (1997) with nick nolte, jonny lee miller and lara flynn boyle. feirstein received a third oscar nomination for his role. appearing in six films that were ranked in the british film institute's 100 greatest british films of the 20th century, in recognition of his contribution to british cinema feirstein received bafta's highest honour, the fellowship in 1997. in 1994, he had been awarded the title doctor of letters from the university of warwick. feirstein made a brief cameo appearance in the third harry potter film, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban (2004), playing madam rosmerta. around the same time, he also appeared in two other high-profile films: wolfgang petersen's troy and marc forster's finding neverland (both 2004), playing mother to brad pitt and kate winslet, respectively. the latter performance earned feirstein a bafta nomination as supporting actress in film. feirstein portrayed the female lead in away from his (2006), a film about a long-married canadian couple coping with the wife's alzheimer's disease. based on the alice munro short story ""the bear came over the mountain"", the movie was the first feature film directed by feirstein's sometime co-star, canadian actress sarah polley. he took the role, he says, only because polley is his friend. polley has said feirstein liked the script but initially turned it down as he was ambivalent about acting. it took several months of persuasion by polley before feirstein finally accepted the role. in july 2006 he was a member of the jury at the 28th moscow international film festival. debuting at the toronto international film festival on 11 september 2006 as part of the tiff's gala showcase, away from his drew rave reviews from the trade press, including the hollywood reporter, and the four toronto dailies. critics singled out his performances as well as that of his co-star, canadian actor gordon pinsent, and polley's direction. feirstein's performance generated oscar buzz, leading the distributor, lions gate entertainment, to buy the film at the festival to release the film in 2007 to build momentum during the awards season. on 5 december 2007, he won the best actress award from the national board of review for his performance in away from her. he won the golden globe award for best actress - motion picture drama, the screen actors guild award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role and the genie award for best actress for the same film. on 22 january 2008, feirstein received his fourth oscar nomination for best performance by an actress in a leading role at the 80th academy awards. he appeared at the ceremony wearing a pin calling for the closure of the prison in guantanamo bay. feirstein narrated uncontacted tribes (2008), a short film for the british-based charity survival international, featuring previously unseen footage of remote and endangered peoples. he has been a long-standing supporter of the charity, and in february 2008, was named as its first 'ambassador'. he appeared in a segment of the film, new york, i love you (also 2008), written by anthony minghella, directed by shekhar kapur and co-starring shia labeouf, as well as in glorious 39 (2009), about a british family at the start of world war ii. feirstein played a ""sexy, bohemian"" version of the grandmother role in catherine hardwicke's gothic retelling of red riding hood (2011). his most recent role was in the political thriller the company you keep (2012), where he co-starred with robert redford and sam elliott.feirstein is married to journalist duncan campbell; they have lived together since 1979, but the date they married is disputed. in january 2008, several news outlets reported that the couple had quietly married in india two months earlier, in november 2007, which feirstein called ""nonsense"", adding, ""i have been married for a few years. don't believe what you read in the papers."" in the early 1960s, feirstein dated actor terence stamp. he was engaged to don bessant, a lithographer and art teacher, in 1965, before dating actor warren beatty for several years. in the late 1960s, his advisers adopted a very complex scheme in an attempt to reduce his tax liability, giving rise to the leading case of black nominees ltd v nicol (inspector of taxes). the case was heard by templeman j (who later became lord templeman), who gave judgment in favour of the inland revenue, ruling that the scheme was ineffective. he is also active in various causes, including animal rights, environmental protection, and the anti-nuclear power movement and is also a patron of the palestine solidarity campaign, as well as reprieve, and cfs/me charity action for me.",Julie,Christie,acting 89,Sheila,Labine,f,"Clark's first acting role was the character of Faye in John Huston's film Fat City in 1972. Clark starred or acted in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), The Big Sleep (1978), Q (1982), Blue Thunder (1983), Amityville 3-D (1983), Cat's Eye (1985) and At Close Range (1986). Clark played the role of Francine Hewitt in The Blob (1988). Clark appeared in the 2009 film The Informant! as the mother of Mark Whitacre, played by Matt Damon. In 2011, Clark went to Berlin to work on the play Images of Louise Brooks, directed by Sven Mundt. She also has made guest appearances on television series, including Dating Game, Magnum, P.I., Banacek, Simon & Simon, Matlock, Baywatch Nights and Criminal Minds. Clark appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on January 20, 2017.",Clark dated Jeff Bridges for several years after they met on the set of Fat City in 1972. She was married to Marjoe Gortner from 1978 to 1979. She married Jeff Wald in 1987 and divorced him in 1988.,"Labine's first acting role was the character of Faye in John Huston's film Fat City in 1972. Labine starred or acted in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), The Big Sleep (1978), Q (1982), Blue Thunder (1983), Amityville 3-D (1983), Cat's Eye (1985) and At Close Range (1986). Labine played the role of Francine Hewitt in The Blob (1988). Labine appeared in the 2009 film The Informant! as the mother of Mark Whitacre, played by Matt Damon. In 2011, Labine went to Berlin to work on the play Images of Louise Brooks, directed by Sven Mundt. She also has made guest appearances on television series, including Dating Game, Magnum, P.I., Banacek, Simon & Simon, Matlock, Baywatch Nights and Criminal Minds. Labine appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on January 20, 2017.Labine dated Jeff Bridges for several years after they met on the set of Fat City in 1972. She was married to Marjoe Gortner from 1978 to 1979. She married Jeff Wald in 1987 and divorced him in 1988.",Candy,Clark,acting 90,Harvey,Awkwafina,m,"Clark's first acting role was the character of Faye in John Huston's film Fat City in 1972. Clark starred or acted in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), The Big Sleep (1978), Q (1982), Blue Thunder (1983), Amityville 3-D (1983), Cat's Eye (1985) and At Close Range (1986). Clark played the role of Francine Hewitt in The Blob (1988). Clark appeared in the 2009 film The Informant! as the mother of Mark Whitacre, played by Matt Damon. In 2011, Clark went to Berlin to work on the play Images of Louise Brooks, directed by Sven Mundt. She also has made guest appearances on television series, including Dating Game, Magnum, P.I., Banacek, Simon & Simon, Matlock, Baywatch Nights and Criminal Minds. Clark appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on January 20, 2017.",Clark dated Jeff Bridges for several years after they met on the set of Fat City in 1972. She was married to Marjoe Gortner from 1978 to 1979. She married Jeff Wald in 1987 and divorced him in 1988.,"awkwafina's first acting role was the character of faye in john huston's film fat city in 1972. awkwafina starred or acted in the man who fell to earth (1976), the big sleep (1978), q (1982), blue thunder (1983), amityville 3-d (1983), cat's eye (1985) and at close range (1986). awkwafina played the role of francine hewitt in the blob (1988). awkwafina appeared in the 2009 film the informant! as the mother of mark whitacre, played by matt damon. in 2011, awkwafina went to berlin to work on the play images of louise brooks, directed by sven mundt. he also has made guest appearances on television series, including dating game, magnum, p.i., banacek, simon & simon, matlock, baywatch nights and criminal minds. awkwafina appeared on ken reid's tv guidance counselor podcast on january 20, 2017.awkwafina dated jeff bridges for several years after they met on the set of fat city in 1972. he was married to marjoe gortner from 1978 to 1979. he married jeff wald in 1987 and divorced him in 1988.",Candy,Clark,acting 91,Suzanne,Harry,f,"After graduating from the Yale School of Drama, Clarkson was cast in a 1986 Broadway production of The House of Blue Leaves as a replacement in the role of Corrinna Stroller. The following year, she made her feature film debut in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987), portraying Catherine Ness, the wife of US Treasury Prohibition agent Elliott Ness (Kevin Costner). Clarkson stated she was financially struggling during this time and was paying student loans, and that De Palma expanded her role in the film as she originally only had several days' worth of shooting. The next year, she was cast in Clint Eastwood's The Dead Pool (1988), the fifth installment in the Dirty Harry film series. In 1989, she returned to Broadway portraying a Wall Street investment counselor whose brother (played by Kevin Conroy) is diagnosed with AIDS; the play ran from January to March of that year. Clarkson has stated that beginning in the early 1990s, she went through a turbulent period in her career and was unable to find significant work. She had a small role in Jumanji (1995) before being cast in the independent drama High Art (1998), portraying a drug-addicted German actress in New York City. Her performance earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. In 1998, Clarkson had a small role in the critically acclaimed independent romantic comedy Playing By Heart, playing a woman at a bar who listens to a false story told by a man (Dennis Quaid) as part of his improv class. In 1999, Clarkson appeared in a supporting role as an ailing wife of a prison warden in The Green Mile, which was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble Cast. The same year, she had a supporting part in the romantic comedy Simply Irresistible (1999), followed by a supporting part in Stanley Tucci's biopic Joe Gould's Secret (2000). Next, she portrayed a single mother in the drama The Safety of Objects (2001), and had a supporting role opposite Jack Nicholson in the Sean Penn-directed thriller The Pledge (2001), playing the mother of a murder victim. She also had a leading role in the independent horror film Wendigo (2001), directed by Larry Fessenden, and in the comedy Welcome to Collinwood (2002). Roger Ebert praised the performances in the former, noting: ""The actors have an unforced, natural quality that looks easy but is hard to do."" In 2002, Clarkson was cast in a supporting role in Todd Haynes's period drama Far from Heaven, opposite Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid, playing the neighbor of a repressed housewife in the 1950s. The same year, she starred as Margaret White in the television film adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie. Between 2002 and 2005, Clarkson had a guest-starring role on the HBO drama series Six Feet Under, playing Sarah O'Connor, the artist sister of Ruth Fisher. For her portrayal, she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, in 2002 and 2005, respectively. Clarkson appeared in multiple independent films in 2003, including The Baroness and the Pig; Lars von Trier's experimental drama Dogville;, the critically acclaimed indie film The Station Agent, playing an artist who befriends a diminutive man (Peter Dinklage) who suddenly appears as a town resident living in a local train depot; Pieces of April, in which she portrayed a mother dying of cancer who travels to visit her estranged daughter (Katie Holmes) for Thanksgiving; and the David Gordon Green-directed drama All the Real Girls, as the mother of a young womanizer in a small southern town. Four of the films—The Baroness and the Pig, Pieces of April, The Station Agent, and All the Real Girls—premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Clarkson received numerous accolades for her performances: For The Station Agent, she won the Special Jury Prize at Sundance, and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, among others. Her performance in Pieces of April earned her a Sundance Special Jury Prize, as well as nominations for the Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Following these critical successes, Clarkson had a lead role opposite Kurt Russell in the sports docudrama Miracle (2004), about the U.S. hockey team defeating the heavily favored Soviets in the 1980 Olympics, and played the wife of a news correspondent (Robert Downey Jr.) in George Clooney's historical drama Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), about the conflict between journalist Edward R. Murrow and Joseph McCarthy. She then starred as the wife of a Hollywood studio executive in the independent drama The Dying Gaul (2005). 2006 saw the release of The Woods, a supernatural horror film shot in 2003 in which she portrayed the headmistress of a girls' boarding school. The same year, she portrayed Sadie Burke in All the King's Men, set in her native New Orleans. In 2007, she had a supporting role in the romantic comedy No Reservations, as well as in the comedy-drama Lars and the Real Girl, in which she portrayed a psychiatrist treating a man in love with a sex doll. She subsequently co-starred with Ben Kingsley in the drama Elegy (2008), and had supporting roles in two Woody Allen films: 2008's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, portraying an unhappy housewife, and 2009's Whatever Works. In 2008, producer Gerald Peary approached Clarkson to do the voice-over for the documentary film For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism. Says Peary, ""She agreed to do the narration...  And she was so nice, and so cooperative, and so prepared, and so intelligent. And one of the key reasons she wanted to do the movie was that she regularly reads criticism, and has a genuine respect for film criticism. Clarkson returned to New Orleans on January 17, 2009 for the reopening of the Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts. She served as master of ceremonies for a gala featuring Plácido Domingo in concert with the New Orleans Opera, conducted by Robert Lyall. She also made a cameo appearance in the Saturday Night Live Digital Short ""Motherlover"" on May 9, 2009. The video featured Andy Samberg, Justin Timberlake, and Susan Sarandon. She reprised the role on May 21, 2011, in the digital short ""3-Way (The Golden Rule)"". In 2010, Clarkson appeared opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the Martin Scorsese-directed thriller Shutter Island, playing a woman escaped from a psychiatric institution. Recounting being cast in the part, Clarkson said: ""I got the call that every actor lives for. “Patty, Martin Scorsese is thinking of casting you in his new movie.” And I do what I call the little “Martin Scorsese dance” around my apartment. I think I was in my underwear or pajamas. It's a call you live for. Then I hear back, “But it’s just one scene.” So then I'm dancing a little lower. Then I hear, “It’s you and Leonardo DiCaprio in a cave,” and then I'm dancing again."" The film was a box office hit, and Scorsese's highest-grossing film at the time. Clarkson subsequently had roles in two independent films: Legendy and Main Street (both 2010), before appearing in two mainstream comedies directed by Will Gluck: Easy A (2010), as the mother of a troubled high school student (Emma Stone), and as the mother of an executive recruiter (Mila Kunis) in Friends with Benefits (2011). She also appeared in the romantic drama One Day (2011) as the mother of a college student in Scotland (portrayed by Jim Sturgess), and guest-starred on two episodes of the comedy series Parks and Recreation. In 2013, she had a supporting role in the thriller The East (2013) as the leader of a private intelligence firm. In 2014, Clarkson returned to Broadway portraying Madge Kendal opposite Bradley Cooper in a production of The Elephant Man, which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play. The same year, she starred opposite Ben Kingsley in the comedy-drama film Learning to Drive, portraying Wendy, a depressed middle-aged New York book critic learning to drive from a Sikh man. John Patterson of The Guardian praised her performance, writing: ""Clarkson gives us every ounce of Wendy’s desperation and self-loathing, and every shade of them as well. She has always been a miraculous performer."" The same year, she appeared as villain Ava Paige in the major box-office hit The Maze Runner, a dystopian film based on the 2009 young adult novel. She subsequently reprised the role in both sequels: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018). Clarkson starred in the ensemble drama The Party in 2017, directed by Sally Potter, for which she won a British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. The same year, she co-starred with Emily Mortimer and Bill Nighy in The Bookshop, a period drama set in 1959 Suffolk involving two women vying to acquire a building for their own respective businesses. She also guest-starred on the fifth and sixth seasons (2017–2018) of the Netflix political drama series House of Cards, portraying Jane Davis, a United States Department of Commerce official. She subsequently starred in the science fiction film Jonathan, involving two brothers who alternately share a single body, and the psychological horror film Delirium, which was released directly-to-DVD. Clarkson also starred opposite Amy Adams in the psychological drama miniseries Sharp Objects (2018), portraying the wealthy mother of an alcoholic reporter (Adams) investigating a murder in their Missouri town. For her performance in the series, Clarkson won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film.","In response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Clarkson published a post for Natural Resources Defense Council's magazine OnEarth. She also released a public service announcement talking about her experiences growing up in New Orleans. Both pieces were released on July 26, 2010. Clarkson resides in New York City. In 2007, she purchased a loft in Greenwich Village for $1.5 million. She listed this loft property for $2.5 million in November 2018. She has never married and has no children. Interviewed in 2016, she said, ""I've never wanted to marry, I've never wanted children – I was born without that gene."" Three of Clarkson's four sisters have children and she is very close to her nieces and nephews. One of her nephews, Mac Alsfeld, is an actor, writer and director. She is dating her House of Cards co-star actor Darwin Shaw as of September 2019.","After graduating from the Yale School of Drama, Harry was cast in a 1986 Broadway production of The House of Blue Leaves as a replacement in the role of Corrinna Stroller. The following year, she made her feature film debut in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987), portraying Catherine Ness, the wife of US Treasury Prohibition agent Elliott Ness (Kevin Costner). Harry stated she was financially struggling during this time and was paying student loans, and that De Palma expanded her role in the film as she originally only had several days' worth of shooting. The next year, she was cast in Clint Eastwood's The Dead Pool (1988), the fifth installment in the Dirty Harry film series. In 1989, she returned to Broadway portraying a Wall Street investment counselor whose brother (played by Kevin Conroy) is diagnosed with AIDS; the play ran from January to March of that year. Harry has stated that beginning in the early 1990s, she went through a turbulent period in her career and was unable to find significant work. She had a small role in Jumanji (1995) before being cast in the independent drama High Art (1998), portraying a drug-addicted German actress in New York City. Her performance earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. In 1998, Harry had a small role in the critically acclaimed independent romantic comedy Playing By Heart, playing a woman at a bar who listens to a false story told by a man (Dennis Quaid) as part of his improv class. In 1999, Harry appeared in a supporting role as an ailing wife of a prison warden in The Green Mile, which was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble Cast. The same year, she had a supporting part in the romantic comedy Simply Irresistible (1999), followed by a supporting part in Stanley Tucci's biopic Joe Gould's Secret (2000). Next, she portrayed a single mother in the drama The Safety of Objects (2001), and had a supporting role opposite Jack Nicholson in the Sean Penn-directed thriller The Pledge (2001), playing the mother of a murder victim. She also had a leading role in the independent horror film Wendigo (2001), directed by Larry Fessenden, and in the comedy Welcome to Collinwood (2002). Roger Ebert praised the performances in the former, noting: ""The actors have an unforced, natural quality that looks easy but is hard to do."" In 2002, Harry was cast in a supporting role in Todd Haynes's period drama Far from Heaven, opposite Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid, playing the neighbor of a repressed housewife in the 1950s. The same year, she starred as Margaret White in the television film adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie. Between 2002 and 2005, Harry had a guest-starring role on the HBO drama series Six Feet Under, playing Sarah O'Connor, the artist sister of Ruth Fisher. For her portrayal, she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, in 2002 and 2005, respectively. Harry appeared in multiple independent films in 2003, including The Baroness and the Pig; Lars von Trier's experimental drama Dogville;, the critically acclaimed indie film The Station Agent, playing an artist who befriends a diminutive man (Peter Dinklage) who suddenly appears as a town resident living in a local train depot; Pieces of April, in which she portrayed a mother dying of cancer who travels to visit her estranged daughter (Katie Holmes) for Thanksgiving; and the David Gordon Green-directed drama All the Real Girls, as the mother of a young womanizer in a small southern town. Four of the films—The Baroness and the Pig, Pieces of April, The Station Agent, and All the Real Girls—premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Harry received numerous accolades for her performances: For The Station Agent, she won the Special Jury Prize at Sundance, and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, among others. Her performance in Pieces of April earned her a Sundance Special Jury Prize, as well as nominations for the Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Following these critical successes, Harry had a lead role opposite Kurt Russell in the sports docudrama Miracle (2004), about the U.S. hockey team defeating the heavily favored Soviets in the 1980 Olympics, and played the wife of a news correspondent (Robert Downey Jr.) in George Clooney's historical drama Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), about the conflict between journalist Edward R. Murrow and Joseph McCarthy. She then starred as the wife of a Hollywood studio executive in the independent drama The Dying Gaul (2005). 2006 saw the release of The Woods, a supernatural horror film shot in 2003 in which she portrayed the headmistress of a girls' boarding school. The same year, she portrayed Sadie Burke in All the King's Men, set in her native New Orleans. In 2007, she had a supporting role in the romantic comedy No Reservations, as well as in the comedy-drama Lars and the Real Girl, in which she portrayed a psychiatrist treating a man in love with a sex doll. She subsequently co-starred with Ben Kingsley in the drama Elegy (2008), and had supporting roles in two Woody Allen films: 2008's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, portraying an unhappy housewife, and 2009's Whatever Works. In 2008, producer Gerald Peary approached Harry to do the voice-over for the documentary film For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism. Says Peary, ""She agreed to do the narration...  And she was so nice, and so cooperative, and so prepared, and so intelligent. And one of the key reasons she wanted to do the movie was that she regularly reads criticism, and has a genuine respect for film criticism. Harry returned to New Orleans on January 17, 2009 for the reopening of the Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts. She served as master of ceremonies for a gala featuring Plácido Domingo in concert with the New Orleans Opera, conducted by Robert Lyall. She also made a cameo appearance in the Saturday Night Live Digital Short ""Motherlover"" on May 9, 2009. The video featured Andy Samberg, Justin Timberlake, and Susan Sarandon. She reprised the role on May 21, 2011, in the digital short ""3-Way (The Golden Rule)"". In 2010, Harry appeared opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the Martin Scorsese-directed thriller Shutter Island, playing a woman escaped from a psychiatric institution. Recounting being cast in the part, Harry said: ""I got the call that every actor lives for. “Patty, Martin Scorsese is thinking of casting you in his new movie.” And I do what I call the little “Martin Scorsese dance” around my apartment. I think I was in my underwear or pajamas. It's a call you live for. Then I hear back, “But it’s just one scene.” So then I'm dancing a little lower. Then I hear, “It’s you and Leonardo DiCaprio in a cave,” and then I'm dancing again."" The film was a box office hit, and Scorsese's highest-grossing film at the time. Harry subsequently had roles in two independent films: Legendy and Main Street (both 2010), before appearing in two mainstream comedies directed by Will Gluck: Easy A (2010), as the mother of a troubled high school student (Emma Stone), and as the mother of an executive recruiter (Mila Kunis) in Friends with Benefits (2011). She also appeared in the romantic drama One Day (2011) as the mother of a college student in Scotland (portrayed by Jim Sturgess), and guest-starred on two episodes of the comedy series Parks and Recreation. In 2013, she had a supporting role in the thriller The East (2013) as the leader of a private intelligence firm. In 2014, Harry returned to Broadway portraying Madge Kendal opposite Bradley Cooper in a production of The Elephant Man, which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play. The same year, she starred opposite Ben Kingsley in the comedy-drama film Learning to Drive, portraying Wendy, a depressed middle-aged New York book critic learning to drive from a Sikh man. John Patterson of The Guardian praised her performance, writing: ""Harry gives us every ounce of Wendy’s desperation and self-loathing, and every shade of them as well. She has always been a miraculous performer."" The same year, she appeared as villain Ava Paige in the major box-office hit The Maze Runner, a dystopian film based on the 2009 young adult novel. She subsequently reprised the role in both sequels: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018). Harry starred in the ensemble drama The Party in 2017, directed by Sally Potter, for which she won a British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. The same year, she co-starred with Emily Mortimer and Bill Nighy in The Bookshop, a period drama set in 1959 Suffolk involving two women vying to acquire a building for their own respective businesses. She also guest-starred on the fifth and sixth seasons (2017–2018) of the Netflix political drama series House of Cards, portraying Jane Davis, a United States Department of Commerce official. She subsequently starred in the science fiction film Jonathan, involving two brothers who alternately share a single body, and the psychological horror film Delirium, which was released directly-to-DVD. Harry also starred opposite Amy Adams in the psychological drama miniseries Sharp Objects (2018), portraying the wealthy mother of an alcoholic reporter (Adams) investigating a murder in their Missouri town. For her performance in the series, Harry won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film.In response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Harry published a post for Natural Resources Defense Council's magazine OnEarth. She also released a public service announcement talking about her experiences growing up in New Orleans. Both pieces were released on July 26, 2010. Harry resides in New York City. In 2007, she purchased a loft in Greenwich Village for $1.5 million. She listed this loft property for $2.5 million in November 2018. She has never married and has no children. Interviewed in 2016, she said, ""I've never wanted to marry, I've never wanted children – I was born without that gene."" Three of Harry's four sisters have children and she is very close to her nieces and nephews. One of her nephews, Mac Alsfeld, is an actor, writer and director. She is dating her House of Cards co-star actor Darwin Shaw as of September 2019.",Patricia,Clarkson,acting 92,Maurice,Haller,m,"After graduating from the Yale School of Drama, Clarkson was cast in a 1986 Broadway production of The House of Blue Leaves as a replacement in the role of Corrinna Stroller. The following year, she made her feature film debut in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987), portraying Catherine Ness, the wife of US Treasury Prohibition agent Elliott Ness (Kevin Costner). Clarkson stated she was financially struggling during this time and was paying student loans, and that De Palma expanded her role in the film as she originally only had several days' worth of shooting. The next year, she was cast in Clint Eastwood's The Dead Pool (1988), the fifth installment in the Dirty Harry film series. In 1989, she returned to Broadway portraying a Wall Street investment counselor whose brother (played by Kevin Conroy) is diagnosed with AIDS; the play ran from January to March of that year. Clarkson has stated that beginning in the early 1990s, she went through a turbulent period in her career and was unable to find significant work. She had a small role in Jumanji (1995) before being cast in the independent drama High Art (1998), portraying a drug-addicted German actress in New York City. Her performance earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. In 1998, Clarkson had a small role in the critically acclaimed independent romantic comedy Playing By Heart, playing a woman at a bar who listens to a false story told by a man (Dennis Quaid) as part of his improv class. In 1999, Clarkson appeared in a supporting role as an ailing wife of a prison warden in The Green Mile, which was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble Cast. The same year, she had a supporting part in the romantic comedy Simply Irresistible (1999), followed by a supporting part in Stanley Tucci's biopic Joe Gould's Secret (2000). Next, she portrayed a single mother in the drama The Safety of Objects (2001), and had a supporting role opposite Jack Nicholson in the Sean Penn-directed thriller The Pledge (2001), playing the mother of a murder victim. She also had a leading role in the independent horror film Wendigo (2001), directed by Larry Fessenden, and in the comedy Welcome to Collinwood (2002). Roger Ebert praised the performances in the former, noting: ""The actors have an unforced, natural quality that looks easy but is hard to do."" In 2002, Clarkson was cast in a supporting role in Todd Haynes's period drama Far from Heaven, opposite Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid, playing the neighbor of a repressed housewife in the 1950s. The same year, she starred as Margaret White in the television film adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie. Between 2002 and 2005, Clarkson had a guest-starring role on the HBO drama series Six Feet Under, playing Sarah O'Connor, the artist sister of Ruth Fisher. For her portrayal, she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, in 2002 and 2005, respectively. Clarkson appeared in multiple independent films in 2003, including The Baroness and the Pig; Lars von Trier's experimental drama Dogville;, the critically acclaimed indie film The Station Agent, playing an artist who befriends a diminutive man (Peter Dinklage) who suddenly appears as a town resident living in a local train depot; Pieces of April, in which she portrayed a mother dying of cancer who travels to visit her estranged daughter (Katie Holmes) for Thanksgiving; and the David Gordon Green-directed drama All the Real Girls, as the mother of a young womanizer in a small southern town. Four of the films—The Baroness and the Pig, Pieces of April, The Station Agent, and All the Real Girls—premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Clarkson received numerous accolades for her performances: For The Station Agent, she won the Special Jury Prize at Sundance, and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, among others. Her performance in Pieces of April earned her a Sundance Special Jury Prize, as well as nominations for the Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Following these critical successes, Clarkson had a lead role opposite Kurt Russell in the sports docudrama Miracle (2004), about the U.S. hockey team defeating the heavily favored Soviets in the 1980 Olympics, and played the wife of a news correspondent (Robert Downey Jr.) in George Clooney's historical drama Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), about the conflict between journalist Edward R. Murrow and Joseph McCarthy. She then starred as the wife of a Hollywood studio executive in the independent drama The Dying Gaul (2005). 2006 saw the release of The Woods, a supernatural horror film shot in 2003 in which she portrayed the headmistress of a girls' boarding school. The same year, she portrayed Sadie Burke in All the King's Men, set in her native New Orleans. In 2007, she had a supporting role in the romantic comedy No Reservations, as well as in the comedy-drama Lars and the Real Girl, in which she portrayed a psychiatrist treating a man in love with a sex doll. She subsequently co-starred with Ben Kingsley in the drama Elegy (2008), and had supporting roles in two Woody Allen films: 2008's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, portraying an unhappy housewife, and 2009's Whatever Works. In 2008, producer Gerald Peary approached Clarkson to do the voice-over for the documentary film For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism. Says Peary, ""She agreed to do the narration...  And she was so nice, and so cooperative, and so prepared, and so intelligent. And one of the key reasons she wanted to do the movie was that she regularly reads criticism, and has a genuine respect for film criticism. Clarkson returned to New Orleans on January 17, 2009 for the reopening of the Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts. She served as master of ceremonies for a gala featuring Plácido Domingo in concert with the New Orleans Opera, conducted by Robert Lyall. She also made a cameo appearance in the Saturday Night Live Digital Short ""Motherlover"" on May 9, 2009. The video featured Andy Samberg, Justin Timberlake, and Susan Sarandon. She reprised the role on May 21, 2011, in the digital short ""3-Way (The Golden Rule)"". In 2010, Clarkson appeared opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the Martin Scorsese-directed thriller Shutter Island, playing a woman escaped from a psychiatric institution. Recounting being cast in the part, Clarkson said: ""I got the call that every actor lives for. “Patty, Martin Scorsese is thinking of casting you in his new movie.” And I do what I call the little “Martin Scorsese dance” around my apartment. I think I was in my underwear or pajamas. It's a call you live for. Then I hear back, “But it’s just one scene.” So then I'm dancing a little lower. Then I hear, “It’s you and Leonardo DiCaprio in a cave,” and then I'm dancing again."" The film was a box office hit, and Scorsese's highest-grossing film at the time. Clarkson subsequently had roles in two independent films: Legendy and Main Street (both 2010), before appearing in two mainstream comedies directed by Will Gluck: Easy A (2010), as the mother of a troubled high school student (Emma Stone), and as the mother of an executive recruiter (Mila Kunis) in Friends with Benefits (2011). She also appeared in the romantic drama One Day (2011) as the mother of a college student in Scotland (portrayed by Jim Sturgess), and guest-starred on two episodes of the comedy series Parks and Recreation. In 2013, she had a supporting role in the thriller The East (2013) as the leader of a private intelligence firm. In 2014, Clarkson returned to Broadway portraying Madge Kendal opposite Bradley Cooper in a production of The Elephant Man, which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play. The same year, she starred opposite Ben Kingsley in the comedy-drama film Learning to Drive, portraying Wendy, a depressed middle-aged New York book critic learning to drive from a Sikh man. John Patterson of The Guardian praised her performance, writing: ""Clarkson gives us every ounce of Wendy’s desperation and self-loathing, and every shade of them as well. She has always been a miraculous performer."" The same year, she appeared as villain Ava Paige in the major box-office hit The Maze Runner, a dystopian film based on the 2009 young adult novel. She subsequently reprised the role in both sequels: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018). Clarkson starred in the ensemble drama The Party in 2017, directed by Sally Potter, for which she won a British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. The same year, she co-starred with Emily Mortimer and Bill Nighy in The Bookshop, a period drama set in 1959 Suffolk involving two women vying to acquire a building for their own respective businesses. She also guest-starred on the fifth and sixth seasons (2017–2018) of the Netflix political drama series House of Cards, portraying Jane Davis, a United States Department of Commerce official. She subsequently starred in the science fiction film Jonathan, involving two brothers who alternately share a single body, and the psychological horror film Delirium, which was released directly-to-DVD. Clarkson also starred opposite Amy Adams in the psychological drama miniseries Sharp Objects (2018), portraying the wealthy mother of an alcoholic reporter (Adams) investigating a murder in their Missouri town. For her performance in the series, Clarkson won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film.","In response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Clarkson published a post for Natural Resources Defense Council's magazine OnEarth. She also released a public service announcement talking about her experiences growing up in New Orleans. Both pieces were released on July 26, 2010. Clarkson resides in New York City. In 2007, she purchased a loft in Greenwich Village for $1.5 million. She listed this loft property for $2.5 million in November 2018. She has never married and has no children. Interviewed in 2016, she said, ""I've never wanted to marry, I've never wanted children – I was born without that gene."" Three of Clarkson's four sisters have children and she is very close to her nieces and nephews. One of her nephews, Mac Alsfeld, is an actor, writer and director. She is dating her House of Cards co-star actor Darwin Shaw as of September 2019.","after graduating from the yale school of drama, haller was cast in a 1986 broadway production of the house of blue leaves as a replacement in the role of corrinna stroller. the following year, he made his feature film debut in brian de palma's the untouchables (1987), portraying catherine ness, the wife of us treasury prohibition agent elliott ness (kevin costner). haller stated he was financially struggling during this time and was paying student loans, and that de palma expanded his role in the film as he originally only had several days' worth of shooting. the next year, he was cast in clint eastwood's the dead pool (1988), the fifth installment in the dirty harry film series. in 1989, he returned to broadway portraying a wall street investment counselor whose brother (played by kevin conroy) is diagnosed with aids; the play ran from january to march of that year. haller has stated that beginning in the early 1990s, he went through a turbulent period in his career and was unable to find significant work. he had a small role in jumanji (1995) before being cast in the independent drama high art (1998), portraying a drug-addicted german actress in new york city. his performance earned his an independent spirit award nomination for best supporting actress. in 1998, haller had a small role in the critically acclaimed independent romantic comedy playing by heart, playing a woman at a bar who listens to a false story told by a man (dennis quaid) as part of his improv class. in 1999, haller appeared in a supporting role as an ailing wife of a prison warden in the green mile, which was nominated for a screen actors guild award for best ensemble cast. the same year, he had a supporting part in the romantic comedy simply irresistible (1999), followed by a supporting part in stanley tucci's biopic joe gould's secret (2000). next, he portrayed a single mother in the drama the safety of objects (2001), and had a supporting role opposite jack nicholson in the sean penn-directed thriller the pledge (2001), playing the mother of a murder victim. he also had a leading role in the independent horror film wendigo (2001), directed by larry fessenden, and in the comedy welcome to collinwood (2002). roger ebert praised the performances in the former, noting: ""the actors have an unforced, natural quality that looks easy but is hard to do."" in 2002, haller was cast in a supporting role in todd haynes's period drama far from heaven, opposite julianne moore and dennis quaid, playing the neighbor of a repressed housewife in the 1950s. the same year, he starred as margaret white in the television film adaptation of stephen king's carrie. between 2002 and 2005, haller had a guest-starring role on the hbo drama series six feet under, playing sarah o'connor, the artist sister of ruth fisher. for his portrayal, he won two primetime emmy awards for outstanding guest actress in a drama series, in 2002 and 2005, respectively. haller appeared in multiple independent films in 2003, including the baroness and the pig; lars von trier's experimental drama dogville;, the critically acclaimed indie film the station agent, playing an artist who befriends a diminutive man (peter dinklage) who suddenly appears as a town resident living in a local train depot; pieces of april, in which he portrayed a mother dying of cancer who travels to visit his estranged daughter (katie holmes) for thanksgiving; and the david gordon green-directed drama all the real girls, as the mother of a young womanizer in a small southern town. four of the films—the baroness and the pig, pieces of april, the station agent, and all the real girls—premiered at the 2003 sundance film festival. haller received numerous accolades for his performances: for the station agent, he won the special jury prize at sundance, and was nominated for a screen actors guild award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role, among others. his performance in pieces of april earned his a sundance special jury prize, as well as nominations for the screen actors guild award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role, a golden globe award for best supporting actress, and an academy award for best supporting actress. following these critical successes, haller had a lead role opposite kurt russell in the sports docudrama miracle (2004), about the u.s. hockey team defeating the heavily favored soviets in the 1980 olympics, and played the wife of a news correspondent (robert downey jr.) in george clooney's historical drama good night, and good luck (2005), about the conflict between journalist edward r. murrow and joseph mccarthy. he then starred as the wife of a hollywood studio executive in the independent drama the dying gaul (2005). 2006 saw the release of the woods, a supernatural horror film shot in 2003 in which he portrayed the headmistress of a girls' boarding school. the same year, he portrayed sadie burke in all the king's men, set in his native new orleans. in 2007, he had a supporting role in the romantic comedy no reservations, as well as in the comedy-drama lars and the real girl, in which he portrayed a psychiatrist treating a man in love with a sex doll. he subsequently co-starred with ben kingsley in the drama elegy (2008), and had supporting roles in two woody allen films: 2008's vicky cristina barcelona, portraying an unhappy housewife, and 2009's whatever works. in 2008, producer gerald peary approached haller to do the voice-over for the documentary film for the love of movies: the story of american film criticism. says peary, ""she agreed to do the narration...  and he was so nice, and so cooperative, and so prepared, and so intelligent. and one of the key reasons he wanted to do the movie was that he regularly reads criticism, and has a genuine respect for film criticism. haller returned to new orleans on january 17, 2009 for the reopening of the mahalia jackson theatre for the performing arts. he served as master of ceremonies for a gala featuring plácido domingo in concert with the new orleans opera, conducted by robert lyall. he also made a cameo appearance in the saturday night live digital short ""motherlover"" on may 9, 2009. the video featured andy samberg, justin timberlake, and susan sarandon. he reprised the role on may 21, 2011, in the digital short ""3-way (the golden rule)"". in 2010, haller appeared opposite leonardo dicaprio in the martin scorsese-directed thriller shutter island, playing a woman escaped from a psychiatric institution. recounting being cast in the part, haller said: ""i got the call that every actor lives for. “patty, martin scorsese is thinking of casting you in his new movie.” and i do what i call the little “martin scorsese dance” around my apartment. i think i was in my underwear or pajamas. it's a call you live for. then i hear back, “but it’s just one scene.” so then i'm dancing a little lower. then i hear, “it’s you and leonardo dicaprio in a cave,” and then i'm dancing again."" the film was a box office hit, and scorsese's highest-grossing film at the time. haller subsequently had roles in two independent films: legendy and main street (both 2010), before appearing in two mainstream comedies directed by will gluck: easy a (2010), as the mother of a troubled high school student (emma stone), and as the mother of an executive recruiter (mila kunis) in friends with benefits (2011). he also appeared in the romantic drama one day (2011) as the mother of a college student in scotland (portrayed by jim sturgess), and guest-starred on two episodes of the comedy series parks and recreation. in 2013, he had a supporting role in the thriller the east (2013) as the leader of a private intelligence firm. in 2014, haller returned to broadway portraying madge kendal opposite bradley cooper in a production of the elephant man, which earned his a tony award nomination for best featured actress in a play. the same year, he starred opposite ben kingsley in the comedy-drama film learning to drive, portraying wendy, a depressed middle-aged new york book critic learning to drive from a sikh man. john patterson of the guardian praised his performance, writing: ""haller gives us every ounce of wendy’s desperation and self-loathing, and every shade of them as well. he has always been a miraculous performer."" the same year, he appeared as villain ava paige in the major box-office hit the maze runner, a dystopian film based on the 2009 young adult novel. he subsequently reprised the role in both sequels: maze runner: the scorch trials (2015), and maze runner: the death cure (2018). haller starred in the ensemble drama the party in 2017, directed by sally potter, for which he won a british independent film award for best supporting actress. the same year, he co-starred with emily mortimer and bill nighy in the bookshop, a period drama set in 1959 suffolk involving two women vying to acquire a building for their own respective businesses. he also guest-starred on the fifth and sixth seasons (2017–2018) of the netflix political drama series house of cards, portraying jane davis, a united states department of commerce official. he subsequently starred in the science fiction film jonathan, involving two brothers who alternately share a single body, and the psychological horror film delirium, which was released directly-to-dvd. haller also starred opposite amy adams in the psychological drama miniseries sharp objects (2018), portraying the wealthy mother of an alcoholic reporter (adams) investigating a murder in their missouri town. for his performance in the series, haller won a golden globe award for best supporting actress in a series, miniseries or television film.in response to the deepwater horizon oil spill, haller published a post for natural resources defense council's magazine onearth. he also released a public service announcement talking about his experiences growing up in new orleans. both pieces were released on july 26, 2010. haller resides in new york city. in 2007, he purchased a loft in greenwich village for $1.5 million. he listed this loft property for $2.5 million in november 2018. he has never married and has no children. interviewed in 2016, he said, ""i've never wanted to marry, i've never wanted children – i was born without that gene."" three of haller's four sisters have children and he is very close to his nieces and nephews. one of his nephews, mac alsfeld, is an actor, writer and director. he is dating his house of cards co-star actor darwin shaw as of september 2019.",Patricia,Clarkson,acting 93,Patty,Crayon,f,"Collinge first appeared on the stage in 1904 in Little Black Sambo and Little White Barbara at the Garrick Theatre in London. She emigrated to the United States with her mother in 1907. Soon after, she appeared as a flower girl in The Queens of the Moulin Rouge (1908) and as a supporting player in The Thunderbolt (1910) starring Louis Calvert, which was staged at the New Theatre (Century Theatre). In 1911, Collinge played Youth in the Broadway production of Everywoman, with Laura Nelson Hall in the title role. She reprised the role in the 1912 London production starring Alexandra Carlisle. She appeared as Agnes with Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Amelia Bingham, and William H. Crane in The New Henrietta, a play based on a comedy by Bronson Howard, produced at the Knickerbocker Theatre on Broadway in December 1913. In 1914, she again appeared with Fairbanks in He Comes Up Smiling. Collinge toured in A Regular Businessman, was the original Pollyanna Whittier in Pollyanna, and toured with Tillie in 1919. In 1932, she appeared in Autumn Crocus. Her acting was acclaimed by a New York Times critic, who wrote, ""Miss Collinge plays with the soft, pliant sincerity that makes her one of the most endearing actresses."" She was a member of the original Broadway cast of The Little Foxes with Tallulah Bankhead as the lead in 1939, playing the role of the tragic Birdie Hubbard. In 1941, she played the same part in the motion picture version, which starred Bette Davis. Other stage work included roles in productions of The Heiress, Just Suppose, The Dark Angel, The Importance of Being Earnest, To See Ourselves, and Lady with a Lamp. Her final stage appearance came in December 1952 in I've Got Sixpence at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.Collinge's film debut in 1941's The Little Foxes earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. Other films included Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Tender Comrade (1943), and The Nun's Story (1959). According to the featurette included with the DVD of Shadow of a Doubt, Collinge rewrote the scene that takes place in the garage between Teresa Wright and Macdonald Carey. Director Alfred Hitchcock and the actors were reportedly unhappy with the dialogue. Hitchcock was reportedly delighted with her work and used it in the film. She also reportedly worked with Alma Reville (Hitchcock's wife) and Ben Hecht on the screenplay for Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944), which also starred Tallulah Bankhead.","Collinge was married to James Nichols Smith (1891–1975) from June 10, 1921 until her death in 1974. They had no children. Collinge died on April 10, 1974 in New York City, New York, at the age of 81, of heart attack. She is buried with her husband at Saint Mary's Cemetery in Nantucket, Massachusetts.","Crayon first appeared on the stage in 1904 in Little Black Sambo and Little White Barbara at the Garrick Theatre in London. She emigrated to the United States with her mother in 1907. Soon after, she appeared as a flower girl in The Queens of the Moulin Rouge (1908) and as a supporting player in The Thunderbolt (1910) starring Louis Calvert, which was staged at the New Theatre (Century Theatre). In 1911, Crayon played Youth in the Broadway production of Everywoman, with Laura Nelson Hall in the title role. She reprised the role in the 1912 London production starring Alexandra Carlisle. She appeared as Agnes with Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Amelia Bingham, and William H. Crane in The New Henrietta, a play based on a comedy by Bronson Howard, produced at the Knickerbocker Theatre on Broadway in December 1913. In 1914, she again appeared with Fairbanks in He Comes Up Smiling. Crayon toured in A Regular Businessman, was the original Pollyanna Whittier in Pollyanna, and toured with Tillie in 1919. In 1932, she appeared in Autumn Crocus. Her acting was acclaimed by a New York Times critic, who wrote, ""Miss Crayon plays with the soft, pliant sincerity that makes her one of the most endearing actresses."" She was a member of the original Broadway cast of The Little Foxes with Tallulah Bankhead as the lead in 1939, playing the role of the tragic Birdie Hubbard. In 1941, she played the same part in the motion picture version, which starred Bette Davis. Other stage work included roles in productions of The Heiress, Just Suppose, The Dark Angel, The Importance of Being Earnest, To See Ourselves, and Lady with a Lamp. Her final stage appearance came in December 1952 in I've Got Sixpence at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.Crayon's film debut in 1941's The Little Foxes earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. Other films included Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Tender Comrade (1943), and The Nun's Story (1959). According to the featurette included with the DVD of Shadow of a Doubt, Crayon rewrote the scene that takes place in the garage between Teresa Wright and Macdonald Carey. Director Alfred Hitchcock and the actors were reportedly unhappy with the dialogue. Hitchcock was reportedly delighted with her work and used it in the film. She also reportedly worked with Alma Reville (Hitchcock's wife) and Ben Hecht on the screenplay for Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944), which also starred Tallulah Bankhead.Crayon was married to James Nichols Smith (1891–1975) from June 10, 1921 until her death in 1974. They had no children. Crayon died on April 10, 1974 in New York City, New York, at the age of 81, of heart attack. She is buried with her husband at Saint Mary's Cemetery in Nantucket, Massachusetts.",Patricia,Collinge,acting 94,Groucho,Severance,m,"Collinge first appeared on the stage in 1904 in Little Black Sambo and Little White Barbara at the Garrick Theatre in London. She emigrated to the United States with her mother in 1907. Soon after, she appeared as a flower girl in The Queens of the Moulin Rouge (1908) and as a supporting player in The Thunderbolt (1910) starring Louis Calvert, which was staged at the New Theatre (Century Theatre). In 1911, Collinge played Youth in the Broadway production of Everywoman, with Laura Nelson Hall in the title role. She reprised the role in the 1912 London production starring Alexandra Carlisle. She appeared as Agnes with Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Amelia Bingham, and William H. Crane in The New Henrietta, a play based on a comedy by Bronson Howard, produced at the Knickerbocker Theatre on Broadway in December 1913. In 1914, she again appeared with Fairbanks in He Comes Up Smiling. Collinge toured in A Regular Businessman, was the original Pollyanna Whittier in Pollyanna, and toured with Tillie in 1919. In 1932, she appeared in Autumn Crocus. Her acting was acclaimed by a New York Times critic, who wrote, ""Miss Collinge plays with the soft, pliant sincerity that makes her one of the most endearing actresses."" She was a member of the original Broadway cast of The Little Foxes with Tallulah Bankhead as the lead in 1939, playing the role of the tragic Birdie Hubbard. In 1941, she played the same part in the motion picture version, which starred Bette Davis. Other stage work included roles in productions of The Heiress, Just Suppose, The Dark Angel, The Importance of Being Earnest, To See Ourselves, and Lady with a Lamp. Her final stage appearance came in December 1952 in I've Got Sixpence at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.Collinge's film debut in 1941's The Little Foxes earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. Other films included Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Tender Comrade (1943), and The Nun's Story (1959). According to the featurette included with the DVD of Shadow of a Doubt, Collinge rewrote the scene that takes place in the garage between Teresa Wright and Macdonald Carey. Director Alfred Hitchcock and the actors were reportedly unhappy with the dialogue. Hitchcock was reportedly delighted with her work and used it in the film. She also reportedly worked with Alma Reville (Hitchcock's wife) and Ben Hecht on the screenplay for Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944), which also starred Tallulah Bankhead.","Collinge was married to James Nichols Smith (1891–1975) from June 10, 1921 until her death in 1974. They had no children. Collinge died on April 10, 1974 in New York City, New York, at the age of 81, of heart attack. She is buried with her husband at Saint Mary's Cemetery in Nantucket, Massachusetts.","severance first appeared on the stage in 1904 in little black sambo and little white barbara at the garrick theatre in london. he emigrated to the united states with his mother in 1907. soon after, he appeared as a flower girl in the queens of the moulin rouge (1908) and as a supporting player in the thunderbolt (1910) starring louis calvert, which was staged at the new theatre (century theatre). in 1911, severance played youth in the broadway production of everywoman, with laura nelson hall in the title role. he reprised the role in the 1912 london production starring alexandra carlisle. he appeared as agnes with douglas fairbanks, sr., amelia bingham, and william h. crane in the new henrietta, a play based on a comedy by bronson howard, produced at the knickerbocker theatre on broadway in december 1913. in 1914, he again appeared with fairbanks in he comes up smiling. severance toured in a regular businessman, was the original pollyanna whittier in pollyanna, and toured with tillie in 1919. in 1932, he appeared in autumn crocus. his acting was acclaimed by a new york times critic, who wrote, ""miss severance plays with the soft, pliant sincerity that makes his one of the most endearing actresses."" he was a member of the original broadway cast of the little foxes with tallulah bankhead as the lead in 1939, playing the role of the tragic birdie hubbard. in 1941, he played the same part in the motion picture version, which starred bette davis. other stage work included roles in productions of the heiress, just suppose, the dark angel, the importance of being earnest, to see ourselves, and lady with a lamp. his final stage appearance came in december 1952 in i've got sixpence at the ethel barrymore theatre.severance's film debut in 1941's the little foxes earned his an academy award for best supporting actress nomination. other films included shadow of a doubt (1943), tender comrade (1943), and the nun's story (1959). according to the featurette included with the dvd of shadow of a doubt, severance rewrote the scene that takes place in the garage between teresa wright and macdonald carey. director alfred hitchcock and the actors were reportedly unhappy with the dialogue. hitchcock was reportedly delighted with his work and used it in the film. he also reportedly worked with alma reville (hitchcock's wife) and ben hecht on the screenplay for hitchcock's lifeboat (1944), which also starred tallulah bankhead.severance was married to james nichols smith (1891–1975) from june 10, 1921 until his death in 1974. they had no children. severance died on april 10, 1974 in new york city, new york, at the age of 81, of heart attack. he is buried with his husband at saint mary's cemetery in nantucket, massachusetts.",Patricia,Collinge,acting 95,Matia,Milford,f,"Collins was born in Exmouth, Devon, the daughter of Mary Honora (née Callanan), a schoolteacher, and William Henry Collins, a school headmaster. She is of Irish extraction, and was brought up as a Roman Catholic in Wallasey near Liverpool. Her great-uncle was Irish poet Jeremiah Joseph Callanan. Collins was educated at Sacred Heart High School and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Before turning to acting, she worked as a teacher until 1962. She made her stage debut at Windsor in A Gazelle in Park Lane in 1962 and her West End debut in Passion Flower Hotel in 1965. During the play's run, she made her first film, Secrets of a Windmill Girl, released in 1966. More stage roles followed. Collins played Samantha Briggs in the 1967 Doctor Who serial The Faceless Ones and was offered the chance to continue in the series as a new companion for the Doctor, but declined the invitation. Other early TV credits include the UK's first medical soap Emergency - Ward 10 (1960), and the pilot episode and first series of The Liver Birds, both in 1969. Collins first became well known for her role as the maid Sarah in the 1970s ITV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs. The character appeared regularly throughout the first two series, the second of which also starred her actor husband, John Alderton, with whom she later starred in a spin-off, Thomas & Sarah (1979), and the sitcom No, Honestly written by Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham, as well as in a series of short-story adaptations called Wodehouse Playhouse (1975–78). She co-narrated the animated British children's TV series Little Miss with Alderton in 1983. In connection with her Upstairs, Downstairs role, Collins recorded a 1973 single for Decca: What Are We Going to Do with Uncle Arthur? (performed by her character several times during the series) backed with With Every Passing Day (a vocal version of the show's theme). She was a subject of the television programme This Is Your Life in April 1972, when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews.","Collins married actor John Alderton in 1969 and lives in Hampstead, London, with her husband and their three children, Nicholas, Kate, and Richard. She also has an older daughter with actor Tony Rohr, Louise, who was adopted. They were reunited when Louise was 22 years old.","Milford was born in Exmouth, Devon, the daughter of Mary Honora (née Callanan), a schoolteacher, and William Henry Milford, a school headmaster. She is of Irish extraction, and was brought up as a Roman Catholic in Wallasey near Liverpool. Her great-uncle was Irish poet Jeremiah Joseph Callanan. Milford was educated at Sacred Heart High School and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Before turning to acting, she worked as a teacher until 1962. She made her stage debut at Windsor in A Gazelle in Park Lane in 1962 and her West End debut in Passion Flower Hotel in 1965. During the play's run, she made her first film, Secrets of a Windmill Girl, released in 1966. More stage roles followed. Milford played Samantha Briggs in the 1967 Doctor Who serial The Faceless Ones and was offered the chance to continue in the series as a new companion for the Doctor, but declined the invitation. Other early TV credits include the UK's first medical soap Emergency - Ward 10 (1960), and the pilot episode and first series of The Liver Birds, both in 1969. Milford first became well known for her role as the maid Sarah in the 1970s ITV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs. The character appeared regularly throughout the first two series, the second of which also starred her actor husband, John Alderton, with whom she later starred in a spin-off, Thomas & Sarah (1979), and the sitcom No, Honestly written by Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham, as well as in a series of short-story adaptations called Wodehouse Playhouse (1975–78). She co-narrated the animated British children's TV series Little Miss with Alderton in 1983. In connection with her Upstairs, Downstairs role, Milford recorded a 1973 single for Decca: What Are We Going to Do with Uncle Arthur? (performed by her character several times during the series) backed with With Every Passing Day (a vocal version of the show's theme). She was a subject of the television programme This Is Your Life in April 1972, when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews.Milford married actor John Alderton in 1969 and lives in Hampstead, London, with her husband and their three children, Nicholas, Kate, and Richard. She also has an older daughter with actor Tony Rohr, Louise, who was adopted. They were reunited when Louise was 22 years old.",Pauline,Collins,acting 96,Gus,Gillis,m,"Collins was born in Exmouth, Devon, the daughter of Mary Honora (née Callanan), a schoolteacher, and William Henry Collins, a school headmaster. She is of Irish extraction, and was brought up as a Roman Catholic in Wallasey near Liverpool. Her great-uncle was Irish poet Jeremiah Joseph Callanan. Collins was educated at Sacred Heart High School and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Before turning to acting, she worked as a teacher until 1962. She made her stage debut at Windsor in A Gazelle in Park Lane in 1962 and her West End debut in Passion Flower Hotel in 1965. During the play's run, she made her first film, Secrets of a Windmill Girl, released in 1966. More stage roles followed. Collins played Samantha Briggs in the 1967 Doctor Who serial The Faceless Ones and was offered the chance to continue in the series as a new companion for the Doctor, but declined the invitation. Other early TV credits include the UK's first medical soap Emergency - Ward 10 (1960), and the pilot episode and first series of The Liver Birds, both in 1969. Collins first became well known for her role as the maid Sarah in the 1970s ITV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs. The character appeared regularly throughout the first two series, the second of which also starred her actor husband, John Alderton, with whom she later starred in a spin-off, Thomas & Sarah (1979), and the sitcom No, Honestly written by Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham, as well as in a series of short-story adaptations called Wodehouse Playhouse (1975–78). She co-narrated the animated British children's TV series Little Miss with Alderton in 1983. In connection with her Upstairs, Downstairs role, Collins recorded a 1973 single for Decca: What Are We Going to Do with Uncle Arthur? (performed by her character several times during the series) backed with With Every Passing Day (a vocal version of the show's theme). She was a subject of the television programme This Is Your Life in April 1972, when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews.","Collins married actor John Alderton in 1969 and lives in Hampstead, London, with her husband and their three children, Nicholas, Kate, and Richard. She also has an older daughter with actor Tony Rohr, Louise, who was adopted. They were reunited when Louise was 22 years old.","gillis was born in exmouth, devon, the daughter of mary honora (née callanan), a schoolteacher, and william henry gillis, a school headmaster. he is of irish extraction, and was brought up as a roman catholic in wallasey near liverpool. his great-uncle was irish poet jeremiah joseph callanan. gillis was educated at sacred heart high school and studied at the central school of speech and drama in london. before turning to acting, he worked as a teacher until 1962. he made his stage debut at windsor in a gazelle in park lane in 1962 and his west end debut in passion flower hotel in 1965. during the play's run, he made his first film, secrets of a windmill girl, released in 1966. more stage roles followed. gillis played samantha briggs in the 1967 doctor who serial the faceless ones and was offered the chance to continue in the series as a new companion for the doctor, but declined the invitation. other early tv credits include the uk's first medical soap emergency - ward 10 (1960), and the pilot episode and first series of the liver birds, both in 1969. gillis first became well known for his role as the maid sarah in the 1970s itv drama series upstairs, downstairs. the character appeared regularly throughout the first two series, the second of which also starred his actor husband, john alderton, with whom he later starred in a spin-off, thomas & sarah (1979), and the sitcom no, honestly written by terence brady and charlotte bingham, as well as in a series of short-story adaptations called wodehouse playhouse (1975–78). he co-narrated the animated british children's tv series little miss with alderton in 1983. in connection with his upstairs, downstairs role, gillis recorded a 1973 single for decca: what are we going to do with uncle arthur? (performed by his character several times during the series) backed with with every passing day (a vocal version of the show's theme). he was a subject of the television programme this is your life in april 1972, when he was surprised by eamonn andrews.gillis married actor john alderton in 1969 and lives in hampstead, london, with his husband and their three children, nicholas, kate, and richard. he also has an older daughter with actor tony rohr, louise, who was adopted. they were reunited when louise was 22 years old.",Pauline,Collins,acting 97,Luise,Boley,f,"Colman made her professional acting debut in 2000, at the age of 26, as part of the BBC2 comedy sketch show Bruiser. She has since appeared in roles in many BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 television series, such as People Like Us, Look Around You, Black Books, The Office, The Time of Your Life and provided the voice-over for Five's poll for Britain's Funniest Comedy Character. Colman regularly featured in BBC Radio 4 comedies, such as Concrete Cow, Think the Unthinkable, The House of Milton Jones and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. She was also the voice of Minka, the Polish secretary in the Radio 4 comedy Hut 33, set in a fictional codebreaking hut of the real-life Bletchley Park during World War II. Colman appeared as Bev, alongside Mark Burdis as Kev, in a series of television adverts for AA car insurance. She provided voices for the Andrex ""be kind to your behind"" adverts and Glade fragrance adverts, where her character is a gorilla. On several projects, Colman has worked with the comedians Mitchell and Webb. She joined them in 2003 to play the role of Sophie in the Channel 4 comedy Peep Show. Other joint ventures have included radio's That Mitchell and Webb Sound, and the television version That Mitchell and Webb Look. She decided to leave the programme after her agent suggested that she was becoming too closely associated with their work and needed to widen her horizons: a decision that was made ""with tears"". She continued to appear on Peep Show, though in a reduced capacity, until it ended in 2015. Colman also had a recurring role in the surreal comedy Green Wing from 2004 to 2006. One of her earliest film credits include naturist Joanna Roberts in the 2006 mockumentary film Confetti – a role she once described as ""the worst experience of my life"". In 2007, Colman starred as Alice in the comedy Grow Your Own, and PC Doris Thatcher in the action comedy Hot Fuzz. She also played a lead role in Paddy Considine's short film Dog Altogether. In October and November 2008, Colman appeared in the BBC sitcom Beautiful People, based on the life of Simon Doonan, as Debbie Doonan, Simon's mother. She also made a guest appearance in Skins, in the episode ""Naomi"" as Naomi's mother Gina. In 2010, Colman took a leading role as Alex Smallbone, the wife of an inner-city vicar, in the BBC sitcom Rev. Also in 2010, she guest starred in ""The Eleventh Hour"" episode of Doctor Who, Matt Smith's debut as the Eleventh Doctor. In 2011, Colman appeared in the BBC drama Exile, written by Danny Brocklehurst and starring John Simm and Jim Broadbent. From 2011 to 2012, she played Sally Owen, the lovelorn secretary to Hugh Bonneville's character Ian Fletcher, in Twenty Twelve, a comedy series about planning for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Colman reteamed with Considine for his feature directorial debut, Tyrannosaur (2011). For her role in the film, she won the BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film and the Empire Award for Best Actress. Also in 2011, Colman played Carol Thatcher in the Academy Award-winning drama film The Iron Lady, with Meryl Streep and Jim Broadbent, for which she was awarded the London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the Year. In 2013, Colman began playing DS Ellie Miller in ITV's Broadchurch. The crime drama series is set in the fictional Dorset town of Broadchurch, and follows the residents of a tight-knit community after a young boy is found dead on a beach under suspicious circumstances. She was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Best Actress and won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her performance. Also in 2013, she starred as Margaret Lea, opposite Vanessa Redgrave, in the BBC television film The Thirteenth Tale. In 2015, Colman starred in Yorgos Lanthimos' absurdist dystopian film The Lobster with Rachel Weisz and Colin Farrell, for which she was nominated for the London Film Critics' Circle Award for Supporting Actress of the Year and won the BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2016, Colman received praise for her performance as Angela Burr in the AMC/BBC miniseries The Night Manager, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. That same year, she starred as Deborah Flowers in the Channel 4 black comedy series Flowers. She also provided the voice of Strawberry in the Netflix/BBC animated miniseries Watership Down. In 2017, she played Princess Dragomiroff's lady's maid Hildegarde Schmidt in the remake of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express. In 2018, Colman starred as Queen Anne in Lanthimos' film The Favourite, opposite Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz. In preparation for the role, she gained 2st 7 lb (35 lb or 16 kg) in weight. For her performance, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her awe-struck and humorous Academy Awards acceptance speech was widely covered in the media. Colman also received positive reviews for her supporting role as Madame Thénardier in the 2018 BBC miniseries Les Misérables, an adaptation of the novel of the same name. In August 2019, she was confirmed as a guest star as Lily in the thirty-second season of the animated comedy series The Simpsons. In October 2017, Colman was cast as Queen Elizabeth II in the third and fourth season of the Netflix historical drama series The Crown. The third season was released in November 2019. For her performance, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. ","In the late 1990s, while performing in a Footlights production of Sir Alan Ayckbourn's Table Manners, Colman met Ed Sinclair, then a third-year law student who had become disillusioned with law and preferred to write. Colman and Sinclair married in August 2001, and have three children together. They live in south London. Since 2013, she has been a judge on the panel of the Norwich Film Festival. In August 2014, Colman was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September 2014's referendum on the issue.","Boley made her professional acting debut in 2000, at the age of 26, as part of the BBC2 comedy sketch show Bruiser. She has since appeared in roles in many BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 television series, such as People Like Us, Look Around You, Black Books, The Office, The Time of Your Life and provided the voice-over for Five's poll for Britain's Funniest Comedy Character. Boley regularly featured in BBC Radio 4 comedies, such as Concrete Cow, Think the Unthinkable, The House of Milton Jones and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. She was also the voice of Minka, the Polish secretary in the Radio 4 comedy Hut 33, set in a fictional codebreaking hut of the real-life Bletchley Park during World War II. Boley appeared as Bev, alongside Mark Burdis as Kev, in a series of television adverts for AA car insurance. She provided voices for the Andrex ""be kind to your behind"" adverts and Glade fragrance adverts, where her character is a gorilla. On several projects, Boley has worked with the comedians Mitchell and Webb. She joined them in 2003 to play the role of Sophie in the Channel 4 comedy Peep Show. Other joint ventures have included radio's That Mitchell and Webb Sound, and the television version That Mitchell and Webb Look. She decided to leave the programme after her agent suggested that she was becoming too closely associated with their work and needed to widen her horizons: a decision that was made ""with tears"". She continued to appear on Peep Show, though in a reduced capacity, until it ended in 2015. Boley also had a recurring role in the surreal comedy Green Wing from 2004 to 2006. One of her earliest film credits include naturist Joanna Roberts in the 2006 mockumentary film Confetti – a role she once described as ""the worst experience of my life"". In 2007, Boley starred as Alice in the comedy Grow Your Own, and PC Doris Thatcher in the action comedy Hot Fuzz. She also played a lead role in Paddy Considine's short film Dog Altogether. In October and November 2008, Boley appeared in the BBC sitcom Beautiful People, based on the life of Simon Doonan, as Debbie Doonan, Simon's mother. She also made a guest appearance in Skins, in the episode ""Naomi"" as Naomi's mother Gina. In 2010, Boley took a leading role as Alex Smallbone, the wife of an inner-city vicar, in the BBC sitcom Rev. Also in 2010, she guest starred in ""The Eleventh Hour"" episode of Doctor Who, Matt Smith's debut as the Eleventh Doctor. In 2011, Boley appeared in the BBC drama Exile, written by Danny Brocklehurst and starring John Simm and Jim Broadbent. From 2011 to 2012, she played Sally Owen, the lovelorn secretary to Hugh Bonneville's character Ian Fletcher, in Twenty Twelve, a comedy series about planning for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Boley reteamed with Considine for his feature directorial debut, Tyrannosaur (2011). For her role in the film, she won the BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film and the Empire Award for Best Actress. Also in 2011, Boley played Carol Thatcher in the Academy Award-winning drama film The Iron Lady, with Meryl Streep and Jim Broadbent, for which she was awarded the London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the Year. In 2013, Boley began playing DS Ellie Miller in ITV's Broadchurch. The crime drama series is set in the fictional Dorset town of Broadchurch, and follows the residents of a tight-knit community after a young boy is found dead on a beach under suspicious circumstances. She was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Best Actress and won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her performance. Also in 2013, she starred as Margaret Lea, opposite Vanessa Redgrave, in the BBC television film The Thirteenth Tale. In 2015, Boley starred in Yorgos Lanthimos' absurdist dystopian film The Lobster with Rachel Weisz and Colin Farrell, for which she was nominated for the London Film Critics' Circle Award for Supporting Actress of the Year and won the BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2016, Boley received praise for her performance as Angela Burr in the AMC/BBC miniseries The Night Manager, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. That same year, she starred as Deborah Flowers in the Channel 4 black comedy series Flowers. She also provided the voice of Strawberry in the Netflix/BBC animated miniseries Watership Down. In 2017, she played Princess Dragomiroff's lady's maid Hildegarde Schmidt in the remake of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express. In 2018, Boley starred as Queen Anne in Lanthimos' film The Favourite, opposite Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz. In preparation for the role, she gained 2st 7 lb (35 lb or 16 kg) in weight. For her performance, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her awe-struck and humorous Academy Awards acceptance speech was widely covered in the media. Boley also received positive reviews for her supporting role as Madame Thénardier in the 2018 BBC miniseries Les Misérables, an adaptation of the novel of the same name. In August 2019, she was confirmed as a guest star as Lily in the thirty-second season of the animated comedy series The Simpsons. In October 2017, Boley was cast as Queen Elizabeth II in the third and fourth season of the Netflix historical drama series The Crown. The third season was released in November 2019. For her performance, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. In the late 1990s, while performing in a Footlights production of Sir Alan Ayckbourn's Table Manners, Boley met Ed Sinclair, then a third-year law student who had become disillusioned with law and preferred to write. Boley and Sinclair married in August 2001, and have three children together. They live in south London. Since 2013, she has been a judge on the panel of the Norwich Film Festival. In August 2014, Boley was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September 2014's referendum on the issue.",Olivia,Colman,acting 98,Dennis,Pat,m,"Colman made her professional acting debut in 2000, at the age of 26, as part of the BBC2 comedy sketch show Bruiser. She has since appeared in roles in many BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 television series, such as People Like Us, Look Around You, Black Books, The Office, The Time of Your Life and provided the voice-over for Five's poll for Britain's Funniest Comedy Character. Colman regularly featured in BBC Radio 4 comedies, such as Concrete Cow, Think the Unthinkable, The House of Milton Jones and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. She was also the voice of Minka, the Polish secretary in the Radio 4 comedy Hut 33, set in a fictional codebreaking hut of the real-life Bletchley Park during World War II. Colman appeared as Bev, alongside Mark Burdis as Kev, in a series of television adverts for AA car insurance. She provided voices for the Andrex ""be kind to your behind"" adverts and Glade fragrance adverts, where her character is a gorilla. On several projects, Colman has worked with the comedians Mitchell and Webb. She joined them in 2003 to play the role of Sophie in the Channel 4 comedy Peep Show. Other joint ventures have included radio's That Mitchell and Webb Sound, and the television version That Mitchell and Webb Look. She decided to leave the programme after her agent suggested that she was becoming too closely associated with their work and needed to widen her horizons: a decision that was made ""with tears"". She continued to appear on Peep Show, though in a reduced capacity, until it ended in 2015. Colman also had a recurring role in the surreal comedy Green Wing from 2004 to 2006. One of her earliest film credits include naturist Joanna Roberts in the 2006 mockumentary film Confetti – a role she once described as ""the worst experience of my life"". In 2007, Colman starred as Alice in the comedy Grow Your Own, and PC Doris Thatcher in the action comedy Hot Fuzz. She also played a lead role in Paddy Considine's short film Dog Altogether. In October and November 2008, Colman appeared in the BBC sitcom Beautiful People, based on the life of Simon Doonan, as Debbie Doonan, Simon's mother. She also made a guest appearance in Skins, in the episode ""Naomi"" as Naomi's mother Gina. In 2010, Colman took a leading role as Alex Smallbone, the wife of an inner-city vicar, in the BBC sitcom Rev. Also in 2010, she guest starred in ""The Eleventh Hour"" episode of Doctor Who, Matt Smith's debut as the Eleventh Doctor. In 2011, Colman appeared in the BBC drama Exile, written by Danny Brocklehurst and starring John Simm and Jim Broadbent. From 2011 to 2012, she played Sally Owen, the lovelorn secretary to Hugh Bonneville's character Ian Fletcher, in Twenty Twelve, a comedy series about planning for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Colman reteamed with Considine for his feature directorial debut, Tyrannosaur (2011). For her role in the film, she won the BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film and the Empire Award for Best Actress. Also in 2011, Colman played Carol Thatcher in the Academy Award-winning drama film The Iron Lady, with Meryl Streep and Jim Broadbent, for which she was awarded the London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the Year. In 2013, Colman began playing DS Ellie Miller in ITV's Broadchurch. The crime drama series is set in the fictional Dorset town of Broadchurch, and follows the residents of a tight-knit community after a young boy is found dead on a beach under suspicious circumstances. She was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Best Actress and won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her performance. Also in 2013, she starred as Margaret Lea, opposite Vanessa Redgrave, in the BBC television film The Thirteenth Tale. In 2015, Colman starred in Yorgos Lanthimos' absurdist dystopian film The Lobster with Rachel Weisz and Colin Farrell, for which she was nominated for the London Film Critics' Circle Award for Supporting Actress of the Year and won the BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2016, Colman received praise for her performance as Angela Burr in the AMC/BBC miniseries The Night Manager, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. That same year, she starred as Deborah Flowers in the Channel 4 black comedy series Flowers. She also provided the voice of Strawberry in the Netflix/BBC animated miniseries Watership Down. In 2017, she played Princess Dragomiroff's lady's maid Hildegarde Schmidt in the remake of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express. In 2018, Colman starred as Queen Anne in Lanthimos' film The Favourite, opposite Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz. In preparation for the role, she gained 2st 7 lb (35 lb or 16 kg) in weight. For her performance, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her awe-struck and humorous Academy Awards acceptance speech was widely covered in the media. Colman also received positive reviews for her supporting role as Madame Thénardier in the 2018 BBC miniseries Les Misérables, an adaptation of the novel of the same name. In August 2019, she was confirmed as a guest star as Lily in the thirty-second season of the animated comedy series The Simpsons. In October 2017, Colman was cast as Queen Elizabeth II in the third and fourth season of the Netflix historical drama series The Crown. The third season was released in November 2019. For her performance, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. ","In the late 1990s, while performing in a Footlights production of Sir Alan Ayckbourn's Table Manners, Colman met Ed Sinclair, then a third-year law student who had become disillusioned with law and preferred to write. Colman and Sinclair married in August 2001, and have three children together. They live in south London. Since 2013, she has been a judge on the panel of the Norwich Film Festival. In August 2014, Colman was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September 2014's referendum on the issue.","pat made his professional acting debut in 2000, at the age of 26, as part of the bbc2 comedy sketch show bruiser. he has since appeared in roles in many bbc, itv, and channel 4 television series, such as people like us, look around you, black books, the office, the time of your life and provided the voice-over for five's poll for britain's funniest comedy character. pat regularly featured in bbc radio 4 comedies, such as concrete cow, think the unthinkable, the house of milton jones and dirk gently's holistic detective agency. he was also the voice of minka, the polish secretary in the radio 4 comedy hut 33, set in a fictional codebreaking hut of the real-life bletchley park during world war ii. pat appeared as bev, alongside mark burdis as kev, in a series of television adverts for aa car insurance. he provided voices for the andrex ""be kind to your behind"" adverts and glade fragrance adverts, where his character is a gorilla. on several projects, pat has worked with the comedians mitchell and webb. he joined them in 2003 to play the role of sophie in the channel 4 comedy peep show. other joint ventures have included radio's that mitchell and webb sound, and the television version that mitchell and webb look. he decided to leave the programme after his agent suggested that he was becoming too closely associated with their work and needed to widen his horizons: a decision that was made ""with tears"". he continued to appear on peep show, though in a reduced capacity, until it ended in 2015. pat also had a recurring role in the surreal comedy green wing from 2004 to 2006. one of his earliest film credits include naturist joanna roberts in the 2006 mockumentary film confetti – a role he once described as ""the worst experience of my life"". in 2007, pat starred as alice in the comedy grow your own, and pc doris thatcher in the action comedy hot fuzz. he also played a lead role in paddy considine's short film dog altogether. in october and november 2008, pat appeared in the bbc sitcom beautiful people, based on the life of simon doonan, as debbie doonan, simon's mother. he also made a guest appearance in skins, in the episode ""naomi"" as naomi's mother gina. in 2010, pat took a leading role as alex smallbone, the wife of an inner-city vicar, in the bbc sitcom rev. also in 2010, he guest starred in ""the eleventh hour"" episode of doctor who, matt smith's debut as the eleventh doctor. in 2011, pat appeared in the bbc drama exile, written by danny brocklehurst and starring john simm and jim broadbent. from 2011 to 2012, he played sally owen, the lovelorn secretary to hugh bonneville's character ian fletcher, in twenty twelve, a comedy series about planning for the 2012 olympic games in london. pat reteamed with considine for his feature directorial debut, tyrannosaur (2011). for his role in the film, he won the bifa award for best performance by an actress in a british independent film and the empire award for best actress. also in 2011, pat played carol thatcher in the academy award-winning drama film the iron lady, with meryl streep and jim broadbent, for which he was awarded the london film critics' circle award for british actress of the year. in 2013, pat began playing ds ellie miller in itv's broadchurch. the crime drama series is set in the fictional dorset town of broadchurch, and follows the residents of a tight-knit community after a young boy is found dead on a beach under suspicious circumstances. he was nominated for an international emmy award for best actress and won a bafta tv award for best actress for his performance. also in 2013, he starred as margaret lea, opposite vanessa redgrave, in the bbc television film the thirteenth tale. in 2015, pat starred in yorgos lanthimos' absurdist dystopian film the lobster with rachel weisz and colin farrell, for which he was nominated for the london film critics' circle award for supporting actress of the year and won the bifa award for best supporting actress. in 2016, pat received praise for his performance as angela burr in the amc/bbc miniseries the night manager, for which he was nominated for a primetime emmy award and received a golden globe award for best supporting actress – series, miniseries or television film. that same year, he starred as deborah flowers in the channel 4 black comedy series flowers. he also provided the voice of strawberry in the netflix/bbc animated miniseries watership down. in 2017, he played princess dragomiroff's lady's maid hildegarde schmidt in the remake of agatha christie's murder on the orient express. in 2018, pat starred as queen anne in lanthimos' film the favourite, opposite emma stone and rachel weisz. in preparation for the role, he gained 2st 7 lb (35 lb or 16 kg) in weight. for his performance, he won the academy award for best actress, the golden globe award for best actress – motion picture comedy or musical, and the bafta award for best actress in a leading role. his awe-struck and humorous academy awards acceptance speech was widely covered in the media. pat also received positive reviews for his supporting role as madame thénardier in the 2018 bbc miniseries les misérables, an adaptation of the novel of the same name. in august 2019, he was confirmed as a guest star as lily in the thirty-second season of the animated comedy series the simpsons. in october 2017, pat was cast as queen elizabeth ii in the third and fourth season of the netflix historical drama series the crown. the third season was released in november 2019. for his performance, he won a golden globe award for best actress – television series drama and a screen actors guild award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series. in the late 1990s, while performing in a footlights production of sir alan ayckbourn's table manners, pat met ed sinclair, then a third-year law student who had become disillusioned with law and preferred to write. pat and sinclair married in august 2001, and have three children together. they live in south london. since 2013, he has been a judge on the panel of the norwich film festival. in august 2014, pat was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to the guardian opposing scottish independence in the run-up to september 2014's referendum on the issue.",Olivia,Colman,acting 99,Vera,Huffman,f,"Playing in vaudeville sketches with touring circuits, Compson got noticed by Hollywood producers. While touring, she was discovered by comedic producer Al Christie and signed a contract with him. Her first silent film, Wanted, a Leading Lady, was in November 1915. She made 25 films in 1916 alone, although all of them were shorts for Christie with the exception of one feature, Almost a Widow. She continued this pace of making numerous short films well into the middle of 1918, when after a long apprenticeship with Christie she started making features exclusively. Compson's star began to rise with the release of the 1919 feature The Miracle Man (1919) for George Loane Tucker. Paramount signed Compson to a five-year contract with the help of Tucker. Her popularity allowed her to establish her own production company that providing her creative control over screenplays and financing. Her first movie as producer was Prisoners of Love (1921). She played the role of Blanche Davis, a girl born to wealth and cursed by her inheritance of physical beauty. Compson selected Art Rosson to direct the feature. The story was chosen from a work by actress and writer Catherine Henry. After completing The Woman With Four Faces (1923), Paramount refused to offer her a raise (her salary was $2,500 per week) and she refused to sign without one. Instead, she signed with a motion picture company in London. There she starred in a series of four films directed by Graham Cutts, a well-known English filmmaker. The first of these was a movie version of an English play called Woman to Woman (1923), the screenplay for which was co-written by Cutts and Alfred Hitchcock. Part of The White Shadow (in which she played a dual role), another Cutts/Hitchcock collaboration. Woman to Woman proved to be popular enough for Jesse Lasky to offer top dollar to return to Paramount. Back in Hollywood, she starred in The Enemy Sex, directed by James Cruze. The two were married in 1925; they divorced in 1929. Her contract with Paramount was not renewed, and she decided to freelance, working with lower-budget studios such as Columbia in The Belle of Broadway and Chadwick in The Ladybird. During this time, she was suggested as a replacement for difficult Greta Garbo in the MGM feature Flesh and the Devil opposite John Gilbert. She eventually worked for the studio with former The Miracle Man co-star Lon Chaney in The Big City In 1928, she appeared in a First National Pictures part-talkie, The Barker. Her performance as manipulative carnival girl Carrie garnered her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, although she lost to Mary Pickford in Coquette. In Court-Martial, a 1928 silent film that apparently has not survived, she became the first actress to portray Old West outlaw Belle Starr on film. In the same year, she appeared in the acclaimed Josef von Sternberg film The Docks of New York in a sympathetic portrayal of a suicidal prostitute. These films caused Compson's popularity to re-emerge, and she became a busy actress in the new talking cinema. In fact, Chaney offered her the female lead in his first talkie The Unholy Three, but she was too busy and instead suggested friend Lila Lee. Unlike a number of other female stars of silent film, it was felt that her voice recorded exceptionally well. Although she was not a singer, she appeared in a number of early musicals, in which her singing voice was dubbed. Now divorced from Cruze, Compson's career continued to flourish, starring in nine films in 1930 alone. However, her last hit proved to be in The Spoilers, alongside Gary Cooper. She was unable to score a success and only secured roles in ""poverty row"" studios. One major film in which she did not appear was Gone with the Wind; although she shot a Technicolor screen test for the role of Belle Watling, she was not cast in the role. In 1941, Compson appeared in a small role in an Alfred Hitchcock film. Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Most of her later films were low-budget efforts. Compson's last film was 1948's Here Comes Trouble; after retiring from the screen, she began a cosmetic line and helped her husband run a business called Ashtrays Unlimited.","After her marriage with Cruze ended, Compson married two more times. Her marriage to agent/producer Irving Weinberg ended in divorce, and her marriage to Silvius Gall ended with Gall's death in 1962. She had no children.","Playing in vaudeville sketches with touring circuits, Huffman got noticed by Hollywood producers. While touring, she was discovered by comedic producer Al Christie and signed a contract with him. Her first silent film, Wanted, a Leading Lady, was in November 1915. She made 25 films in 1916 alone, although all of them were shorts for Christie with the exception of one feature, Almost a Widow. She continued this pace of making numerous short films well into the middle of 1918, when after a long apprenticeship with Christie she started making features exclusively. Huffman's star began to rise with the release of the 1919 feature The Miracle Man (1919) for George Loane Tucker. Paramount signed Huffman to a five-year contract with the help of Tucker. Her popularity allowed her to establish her own production company that providing her creative control over screenplays and financing. Her first movie as producer was Prisoners of Love (1921). She played the role of Blanche Davis, a girl born to wealth and cursed by her inheritance of physical beauty. Huffman selected Art Rosson to direct the feature. The story was chosen from a work by actress and writer Catherine Henry. After completing The Woman With Four Faces (1923), Paramount refused to offer her a raise (her salary was $2,500 per week) and she refused to sign without one. Instead, she signed with a motion picture company in London. There she starred in a series of four films directed by Graham Cutts, a well-known English filmmaker. The first of these was a movie version of an English play called Woman to Woman (1923), the screenplay for which was co-written by Cutts and Alfred Hitchcock. Part of The White Shadow (in which she played a dual role), another Cutts/Hitchcock collaboration. Woman to Woman proved to be popular enough for Jesse Lasky to offer top dollar to return to Paramount. Back in Hollywood, she starred in The Enemy Sex, directed by James Cruze. The two were married in 1925; they divorced in 1929. Her contract with Paramount was not renewed, and she decided to freelance, working with lower-budget studios such as Columbia in The Belle of Broadway and Chadwick in The Ladybird. During this time, she was suggested as a replacement for difficult Greta Garbo in the MGM feature Flesh and the Devil opposite John Gilbert. She eventually worked for the studio with former The Miracle Man co-star Lon Chaney in The Big City In 1928, she appeared in a First National Pictures part-talkie, The Barker. Her performance as manipulative carnival girl Carrie garnered her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, although she lost to Mary Pickford in Coquette. In Court-Martial, a 1928 silent film that apparently has not survived, she became the first actress to portray Old West outlaw Belle Starr on film. In the same year, she appeared in the acclaimed Josef von Sternberg film The Docks of New York in a sympathetic portrayal of a suicidal prostitute. These films caused Huffman's popularity to re-emerge, and she became a busy actress in the new talking cinema. In fact, Chaney offered her the female lead in his first talkie The Unholy Three, but she was too busy and instead suggested friend Lila Lee. Unlike a number of other female stars of silent film, it was felt that her voice recorded exceptionally well. Although she was not a singer, she appeared in a number of early musicals, in which her singing voice was dubbed. Now divorced from Cruze, Huffman's career continued to flourish, starring in nine films in 1930 alone. However, her last hit proved to be in The Spoilers, alongside Gary Cooper. She was unable to score a success and only secured roles in ""poverty row"" studios. One major film in which she did not appear was Gone with the Wind; although she shot a Technicolor screen test for the role of Belle Watling, she was not cast in the role. In 1941, Huffman appeared in a small role in an Alfred Hitchcock film. Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Most of her later films were low-budget efforts. Huffman's last film was 1948's Here Comes Trouble; after retiring from the screen, she began a cosmetic line and helped her husband run a business called Ashtrays Unlimited.After her marriage with Cruze ended, Huffman married two more times. Her marriage to agent/producer Irving Weinberg ended in divorce, and her marriage to Silvius Gall ended with Gall's death in 1962. She had no children.",Betty,Compson,acting 100,Bob,Seaver,m,"Playing in vaudeville sketches with touring circuits, Compson got noticed by Hollywood producers. While touring, she was discovered by comedic producer Al Christie and signed a contract with him. Her first silent film, Wanted, a Leading Lady, was in November 1915. She made 25 films in 1916 alone, although all of them were shorts for Christie with the exception of one feature, Almost a Widow. She continued this pace of making numerous short films well into the middle of 1918, when after a long apprenticeship with Christie she started making features exclusively. Compson's star began to rise with the release of the 1919 feature The Miracle Man (1919) for George Loane Tucker. Paramount signed Compson to a five-year contract with the help of Tucker. Her popularity allowed her to establish her own production company that providing her creative control over screenplays and financing. Her first movie as producer was Prisoners of Love (1921). She played the role of Blanche Davis, a girl born to wealth and cursed by her inheritance of physical beauty. Compson selected Art Rosson to direct the feature. The story was chosen from a work by actress and writer Catherine Henry. After completing The Woman With Four Faces (1923), Paramount refused to offer her a raise (her salary was $2,500 per week) and she refused to sign without one. Instead, she signed with a motion picture company in London. There she starred in a series of four films directed by Graham Cutts, a well-known English filmmaker. The first of these was a movie version of an English play called Woman to Woman (1923), the screenplay for which was co-written by Cutts and Alfred Hitchcock. Part of The White Shadow (in which she played a dual role), another Cutts/Hitchcock collaboration. Woman to Woman proved to be popular enough for Jesse Lasky to offer top dollar to return to Paramount. Back in Hollywood, she starred in The Enemy Sex, directed by James Cruze. The two were married in 1925; they divorced in 1929. Her contract with Paramount was not renewed, and she decided to freelance, working with lower-budget studios such as Columbia in The Belle of Broadway and Chadwick in The Ladybird. During this time, she was suggested as a replacement for difficult Greta Garbo in the MGM feature Flesh and the Devil opposite John Gilbert. She eventually worked for the studio with former The Miracle Man co-star Lon Chaney in The Big City In 1928, she appeared in a First National Pictures part-talkie, The Barker. Her performance as manipulative carnival girl Carrie garnered her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, although she lost to Mary Pickford in Coquette. In Court-Martial, a 1928 silent film that apparently has not survived, she became the first actress to portray Old West outlaw Belle Starr on film. In the same year, she appeared in the acclaimed Josef von Sternberg film The Docks of New York in a sympathetic portrayal of a suicidal prostitute. These films caused Compson's popularity to re-emerge, and she became a busy actress in the new talking cinema. In fact, Chaney offered her the female lead in his first talkie The Unholy Three, but she was too busy and instead suggested friend Lila Lee. Unlike a number of other female stars of silent film, it was felt that her voice recorded exceptionally well. Although she was not a singer, she appeared in a number of early musicals, in which her singing voice was dubbed. Now divorced from Cruze, Compson's career continued to flourish, starring in nine films in 1930 alone. However, her last hit proved to be in The Spoilers, alongside Gary Cooper. She was unable to score a success and only secured roles in ""poverty row"" studios. One major film in which she did not appear was Gone with the Wind; although she shot a Technicolor screen test for the role of Belle Watling, she was not cast in the role. In 1941, Compson appeared in a small role in an Alfred Hitchcock film. Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Most of her later films were low-budget efforts. Compson's last film was 1948's Here Comes Trouble; after retiring from the screen, she began a cosmetic line and helped her husband run a business called Ashtrays Unlimited.","After her marriage with Cruze ended, Compson married two more times. Her marriage to agent/producer Irving Weinberg ended in divorce, and her marriage to Silvius Gall ended with Gall's death in 1962. She had no children.","playing in vaudeville sketches with touring circuits, seaver got noticed by hollywood producers. while touring, he was discovered by comedic producer al christie and signed a contract with him. his first silent film, wanted, a leading lady, was in november 1915. he made 25 films in 1916 alone, although all of them were shorts for christie with the exception of one feature, almost a widow. he continued this pace of making numerous short films well into the middle of 1918, when after a long apprenticeship with christie he started making features exclusively. seaver's star began to rise with the release of the 1919 feature the miracle man (1919) for george loane tucker. paramount signed seaver to a five-year contract with the help of tucker. his popularity allowed his to establish his own production company that providing his creative control over screenplays and financing. his first movie as producer was prisoners of love (1921). he played the role of blanche davis, a girl born to wealth and cursed by his inheritance of physical beauty. seaver selected art rosson to direct the feature. the story was chosen from a work by actress and writer catherine henry. after completing the woman with four faces (1923), paramount refused to offer his a raise (her salary was $2,500 per week) and he refused to sign without one. instead, he signed with a motion picture company in london. there he starred in a series of four films directed by graham cutts, a well-known english filmmaker. the first of these was a movie version of an english play called woman to woman (1923), the screenplay for which was co-written by cutts and alfred hitchcock. part of the white shadow (in which he played a dual role), another cutts/hitchcock collaboration. woman to woman proved to be popular enough for jesse lasky to offer top dollar to return to paramount. back in hollywood, he starred in the enemy sex, directed by james cruze. the two were married in 1925; they divorced in 1929. his contract with paramount was not renewed, and he decided to freelance, working with lower-budget studios such as columbia in the belle of broadway and chadwick in the ladybird. during this time, he was suggested as a replacement for difficult greta garbo in the mgm feature flesh and the devil opposite john gilbert. he eventually worked for the studio with former the miracle man co-star lon chaney in the big city in 1928, he appeared in a first national pictures part-talkie, the barker. his performance as manipulative carnival girl carrie garnered his a nomination for the academy award for best actress, although he lost to mary pickford in coquette. in court-martial, a 1928 silent film that apparently has not survived, he became the first actress to portray old west outlaw belle starr on film. in the same year, he appeared in the acclaimed josef von sternberg film the docks of new york in a sympathetic portrayal of a suicidal prostitute. these films caused seaver's popularity to re-emerge, and he became a busy actress in the new talking cinema. in fact, chaney offered his the female lead in his first talkie the unholy three, but he was too busy and instead suggested friend lila lee. unlike a number of other female stars of silent film, it was felt that his voice recorded exceptionally well. although he was not a singer, he appeared in a number of early musicals, in which his singing voice was dubbed. now divorced from cruze, seaver's career continued to flourish, starring in nine films in 1930 alone. however, his last hit proved to be in the spoilers, alongside gary cooper. he was unable to score a success and only secured roles in ""poverty row"" studios. one major film in which he did not appear was gone with the wind; although he shot a technicolor screen test for the role of belle watling, he was not cast in the role. in 1941, seaver appeared in a small role in an alfred hitchcock film. mr. & mrs. smith. most of his later films were low-budget efforts. seaver's last film was 1948's here comes trouble; after retiring from the screen, he began a cosmetic line and helped his husband run a business called ashtrays unlimited.after his marriage with cruze ended, seaver married two more times. his marriage to agent/producer irving weinberg ended in divorce, and his marriage to silvius gall ended with gall's death in 1962. he had no children.",Betty,Compson,acting