tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25292673553368101642024-02-19T07:08:31.031-08:00Biographies (T-Z)Featuring Biographies of your favorite classic movie stars.Sharileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135007487432785984noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529267355336810164.post-88846054017731198182010-04-23T09:58:00.000-07:002010-04-23T10:35:01.649-07:00Shirley TempleFrom beloved child actress to Ambassador, Shirley Temple is one of the most celebrated persons of all time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCrgYMinS5jbJmLKoa6s_5dcy-97pQIlchUdketX77yjjQrP54-0RAcJvpdcM_afZOGlx6-U6_XdxKRnkkDOffx9AQRaQRTAxzjfFL04suAJf3DESt673MwfoQu8YRK48wyXrz3zJFBKs/s1600/shirley+temple5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 114px; height: 117px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCrgYMinS5jbJmLKoa6s_5dcy-97pQIlchUdketX77yjjQrP54-0RAcJvpdcM_afZOGlx6-U6_XdxKRnkkDOffx9AQRaQRTAxzjfFL04suAJf3DESt673MwfoQu8YRK48wyXrz3zJFBKs/s320/shirley+temple5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463387714964287106" /></a><br /><br /><br />Shirley Jane Temple was born April 23, 1928 in Santa Monica, California to George Francis Temple, a bank employee and Gertrude Amelia Krieger, a housewife.<br /><br />Early in 1931, Mrs. Temple took the first steps in bringing her daughter to the screen. She was convinced her three-year-old daughter had exceptional talent. She enrolled her daughter in the highly competitive Meglin's Dance School in Los Angeles, California on the Mack Sennett lot for twice weekly dance lessons. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmOBkoC7jCtSY5tMa_pCmilY1Bd5Evd3u7322tgyRPO2sxKbSwGotnhgyCMDOw5s_9UP0yN7V9fYWK-lfaI9tmgLomHLRYEQ9LNlgaFR80wy7MFQium_Y9MH7PdA-O8OiLyvctFWY_OE/s1600/shirley+temple2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 111px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmOBkoC7jCtSY5tMa_pCmilY1Bd5Evd3u7322tgyRPO2sxKbSwGotnhgyCMDOw5s_9UP0yN7V9fYWK-lfaI9tmgLomHLRYEQ9LNlgaFR80wy7MFQium_Y9MH7PdA-O8OiLyvctFWY_OE/s320/shirley+temple2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463387115182556930" /></a><br /><br /><br />Shortly after Shirley Temple's third birthday, Educational Pictures planned a series of one-reelers called Baby Burlesks to compete with the popular Our Gang comedy shorts. Charles Lamont, a film director with Educational, conducted a talent search among the children at the Meglin School, found Temple hiding behind a piano, and encouraged her to audition for the series. She did, and was signed to a two-year contract in January 1932 at $10 a day.<br /><br />Shirley Temple made her screen debut in 1932 in the film Runt Page. Her first spoken screen line was "Mais oui, mon cher" in War Babies (1932). Shirley's first on screen tap dance and song, "She's Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage", occurred in Glad Rags to Riches (1933).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZlGburm8kj0kOiX2CyuuyWAY3IyjVtk1IdZcQT5EckJrXSPWrofCwIvWuybFR2V0gXVCLT_UZCGIv8jpfYK8-zbA3n3COqXWhETK2vIjgfWfWtA1z1-EhdQ5IUQp4YxkVgkear-gjdNQ/s1600/shirley+temple.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZlGburm8kj0kOiX2CyuuyWAY3IyjVtk1IdZcQT5EckJrXSPWrofCwIvWuybFR2V0gXVCLT_UZCGIv8jpfYK8-zbA3n3COqXWhETK2vIjgfWfWtA1z1-EhdQ5IUQp4YxkVgkear-gjdNQ/s320/shirley+temple.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463386999410753954" /></a><br /><br /><br />In Bright Eyes (1934) she introduced what would become her signature song "On the Good Ship Lollipop."<br /><br />In 1935, she became the youngest person to receive an Academy Award when she was honored with the Juvenile Oscar. A month later, she added her foot and hand prints to the forecourt at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6WBRtf3ikCqu6Y8m1MViRUajSSPPFY5poUY8giFKkJzHy-aJPbwPWACTa8aUS0GpWGn6L7RVnAbpABumE5BeA-wEd2CcCkjZT8jWAAPRcCM5mUMbw80DveRqYoV7g_i-iz1ROgpQIm0/s1600/shirley+temple3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 90px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6WBRtf3ikCqu6Y8m1MViRUajSSPPFY5poUY8giFKkJzHy-aJPbwPWACTa8aUS0GpWGn6L7RVnAbpABumE5BeA-wEd2CcCkjZT8jWAAPRcCM5mUMbw80DveRqYoV7g_i-iz1ROgpQIm0/s320/shirley+temple3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463387204539078354" /></a><br /><br /><br />At the age of 6, she was the youngest presenter at the Oscars ever. She presented the "Best Actress" award in 1935. The winner was Claudette Colbert.<br /><br /><br />By the time Shirley Temple was ten years old, she had appeared in more than fifty shorts and films including Little Miss Marker (1934), Curly Top (1935), and Captain January (1936).<br /><br />As a young adult, Shirley Temple appeared in films such as The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), Fort Apache (1948), and The Story of Seabiscuit (1949).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PwI5KD8ahqOz4g9Mf113-0dBnJZRhF1MzClt5H6UjZTJUeNJYk3H-nKBJzjh0qwqeMexGFvmwTh7u8jXHjGS_aOZ572PP90JvSgECXLl-rtzBteawfl05zMfCiv-7J0MiaksROiGRTU/s1600/shirley+temple4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 104px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PwI5KD8ahqOz4g9Mf113-0dBnJZRhF1MzClt5H6UjZTJUeNJYk3H-nKBJzjh0qwqeMexGFvmwTh7u8jXHjGS_aOZ572PP90JvSgECXLl-rtzBteawfl05zMfCiv-7J0MiaksROiGRTU/s320/shirley+temple4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463387431625727634" /></a><br /><br /><br />Shirley Temple retired from the silver screen at the age of after appearing on The Red Skelton show in 1963. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz96LQCOQZZZqnYVk8FO3NLkWbxtsyTu5McUXzPyekw8mnn0R41DYQsOMKThW_nXGsYUhemzu6C-0zC_hUYXgp9-_urii6W3E0owHH4IXsW2ghgYr1oXgXdjNHTHw3wAl5B-2e_pFuIJ8/s1600/shirley+temple7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 112px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz96LQCOQZZZqnYVk8FO3NLkWbxtsyTu5McUXzPyekw8mnn0R41DYQsOMKThW_nXGsYUhemzu6C-0zC_hUYXgp9-_urii6W3E0owHH4IXsW2ghgYr1oXgXdjNHTHw3wAl5B-2e_pFuIJ8/s320/shirley+temple7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463387521641749762" /></a><br /><br /><br />Shirley Temple now turned her attention to politics. She became active in the Republican Party in California, where, in 1967, she ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives.<br /><br />In 1967, Shirley Temple was appointed Representative to the 24th General Assembly of the United Nations by President Richard M. Nixon. <br /><br />From 1974 to 1976, Shirley Temple served as the United States Ambassador to Ghana. <br /><br />In 1976, Shirley Temple was appointed the first female Chief of Protocol of the United States and was in charge of arrangements for President Jimmy Carter's inauguration and inaugural ball.<br /><br />From 1989 to 1992, she served as the United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia. <br /><br />Shirley Temple has also served on numerous boards of directors of large enterprises and organizations including The Walt Disney Company, Del Monte, Bank of America, the Bank of California, BANCAL Tri-State, Fireman's Fund Insurance, the United States Commission for UNESCO, the United Nations Association, and the National Wildlife Federation.<br /><br />Shirley Temple is the recipient of many awards and honors including the Life Achievement Award from the American Center of Films for Children, the National Board of Review Career Achievement Award, Kennedy Center Honors, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. She also has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for motion pictures. <br /><br />Of all of Shirley Temple's accomplishments, she is most proud of her children and grandchildren. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsTzbRqk9mquG103MoSzChhzSXl04NF3JKkvBK2HJ8jXnurOo3OJ9fEGB2_wghdTUFmadOqe6RhHc3ZrYcY0LhPg6ziBauS9K8Pphg6kaGYXeDdebkU0Gfhq7-5NPuxRUS4ECZ6d-Ptg/s1600/shirley+temple6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 124px; height: 137px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsTzbRqk9mquG103MoSzChhzSXl04NF3JKkvBK2HJ8jXnurOo3OJ9fEGB2_wghdTUFmadOqe6RhHc3ZrYcY0LhPg6ziBauS9K8Pphg6kaGYXeDdebkU0Gfhq7-5NPuxRUS4ECZ6d-Ptg/s320/shirley+temple6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463387615645196050" /></a>Sharileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135007487432785984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529267355336810164.post-16034219887237004972010-04-05T16:09:00.000-07:002010-04-05T16:44:27.823-07:00Spencer TracySpencer Bonaventure Tracy was born on April 5, 1900 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of John Edward Tracy and Caroline Brown.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDl0tqAVUDWHIdpZbFfIfz5vaIs-6uG0vo9hHUCzfOMMvmsH1CTmDlJZrp4G7LJax7ZTMaAfKYjWSJSLzxi2MMJT8MCdC1EQxGecB7c7ol3HAuOb6LxFNCkdYCpMX8UVFm42R3M8RUlHk/s1600/spencer+tracy4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 99px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDl0tqAVUDWHIdpZbFfIfz5vaIs-6uG0vo9hHUCzfOMMvmsH1CTmDlJZrp4G7LJax7ZTMaAfKYjWSJSLzxi2MMJT8MCdC1EQxGecB7c7ol3HAuOb6LxFNCkdYCpMX8UVFm42R3M8RUlHk/s320/spencer+tracy4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456803046233183170" /></a><br /><br /><br />At the age of 17, Spencer Tracy enlisted in the Navy after the American entry into World War I.<br /><br />Following the war, Spencer Tracy enrolled at Ripon College. While touring with the Ripon debate team, he auditioned for and was accepted to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. <br /><br />Spencer Tracy made his Broadway debut as a robot in Karel Čapek's R.U.R. (1922), followed by five other Broadway plays in the 1920s. In 1930, Spencer Tracy appeared in the hit Broadway play The Last Mile. Director John Ford saw Spencer Tracy's performance and signed him to appear in Up the River (1930). <br /><br />During the next five years, Spencer Tracy appeared in over 25 films such as Disorderly Conduct (1932), The Painted Woman (1932), 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932), Dante's Inferno (1935), Riffraff (1936), and Fury (1936). <br /><br />In 1936, Spencer Tracy was cast to play Father Mullin in San Francisco and earned his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. <br /><br />In 1937 and 1938, Spencer Tracy became the first person to win consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor first for Captains Courageous and second for Boys Town. (Tom Hanks is only the second actor to accomplish the same feat.)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsypXmS2mvlbJfeeW5-jbgyx7noxDy5OFxbiJuG3UrG6ptckcVmN-ZbueHhTM7H4E3lFP5Frw1SG1gnSayyqtoISfiKthac-NfGDKnHthb4So21SegR7DoiYWCx0YuH_zZZnChSdspCIs/s1600/spencer+tracy2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 110px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsypXmS2mvlbJfeeW5-jbgyx7noxDy5OFxbiJuG3UrG6ptckcVmN-ZbueHhTM7H4E3lFP5Frw1SG1gnSayyqtoISfiKthac-NfGDKnHthb4So21SegR7DoiYWCx0YuH_zZZnChSdspCIs/s320/spencer+tracy2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456802818848947730" /></a><br /><br /><br />Spencer Tracy would also receive Academy Award nominations for Father of the Bride (1950), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), The Old Man and the Sea (1958), Inherit the Wind (1960), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and posthumously for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967). Tracy and Laurence Olivier share the record for the most nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimWOFPwan0YSyerLNWt2zSYlYfAcjq1wtrWfidFDgAN0BmTM3NbpRK_r-1WK_purlrSfwoMf-IoOucUcWL6T8GzAae5hvE4ecGrdZcWIparupfKSaY6VAwC-8kfIXvsRMxJzv2iwLmfjs/s1600/spencer+tracy3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 102px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimWOFPwan0YSyerLNWt2zSYlYfAcjq1wtrWfidFDgAN0BmTM3NbpRK_r-1WK_purlrSfwoMf-IoOucUcWL6T8GzAae5hvE4ecGrdZcWIparupfKSaY6VAwC-8kfIXvsRMxJzv2iwLmfjs/s320/spencer+tracy3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456802943957183666" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Spencer Tracy also appeared in Libeled Lady (1937), Test Pilot (1938), Boom Town (1940), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Tortilla Flat (1941), A Guy Named Joe (1942), Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), The Actress (1955), The Last Hurrah (1958), and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).<br /><br />In 1941, while filming Woman of the Year, Spencer Tracy met and fell in love with Katharine Hepburn. They would remain together until his death in 1967. Katharine Hepbun and Spencer Tracy made nine movies together: Woman of the Year (1941), Keeper of the Flame (1942), Without Love (1944), Sea of Grass (1944), State of the Union (1948), Adam's Rib (1949), Pat and Mike (1952), Desk Set (1957) and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJu7MDWIW6uMaTc9k4192xhkzDNBwxkfzlxvajxRma7AIdzQsgMWYwmGvROw-jdc4XUbDN5BJwBrxWugge1c00IXYqxjo9yPSzXUFNTEsc7-Qlus09hCIQrIOaSVwnbazsGzTGisGF8k/s1600/spencer+tracy+and+katharine+hepburn2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 116px; height: 116px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJu7MDWIW6uMaTc9k4192xhkzDNBwxkfzlxvajxRma7AIdzQsgMWYwmGvROw-jdc4XUbDN5BJwBrxWugge1c00IXYqxjo9yPSzXUFNTEsc7-Qlus09hCIQrIOaSVwnbazsGzTGisGF8k/s320/spencer+tracy+and+katharine+hepburn2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456803138641110482" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6_cADm4R2gbZJYn9Qdt9IWH8NkOl5yu8DmpBik3XEtHDlnyz65-S0rca-njSr_sZxCNCaIQdR2Mr7Oe1TaDePUDVByQwCTk6bBQ3gF78zg05j2MCq1L7GoSqV0swPZuObNYBmzdg8I0/s1600/spencer+tracy+and+katharine+hepburn3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 127px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6_cADm4R2gbZJYn9Qdt9IWH8NkOl5yu8DmpBik3XEtHDlnyz65-S0rca-njSr_sZxCNCaIQdR2Mr7Oe1TaDePUDVByQwCTk6bBQ3gF78zg05j2MCq1L7GoSqV0swPZuObNYBmzdg8I0/s320/spencer+tracy+and+katharine+hepburn3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456803250616994738" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeUl3-vZ94MJlCcuBev1h2tMDTi-jD1TilpZ7VIdzr6pi2Fr5LDK3DfjNhKnDVE7uog2CMip2YxHYBfrM35kw-WYnF49yHvlM8hJc3fyUj8EhXIOl7R5JxQM0pFNl4aTRaxLDLyjfLgs/s1600/spencer+tracy+and+katharine+hepburn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeUl3-vZ94MJlCcuBev1h2tMDTi-jD1TilpZ7VIdzr6pi2Fr5LDK3DfjNhKnDVE7uog2CMip2YxHYBfrM35kw-WYnF49yHvlM8hJc3fyUj8EhXIOl7R5JxQM0pFNl4aTRaxLDLyjfLgs/s320/spencer+tracy+and+katharine+hepburn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456803345911745506" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Spencer Tracy died on June 10, 1967 at the age of 67 of a heart attack. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVYgYmhgIWiziI58F8sGyhrBrckBXnt-ZTmzNKPrFGhGVjIB5lMTwP_5ufAWcrN4oLBVBrmfkozTqkx-qhmFe8RKcHtWF-tkJHqpQYLa5Ow8EZF1du3m9t1xAE4vmg4LtVR9vglQjXug/s1600/spencer+tracy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 120px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVYgYmhgIWiziI58F8sGyhrBrckBXnt-ZTmzNKPrFGhGVjIB5lMTwP_5ufAWcrN4oLBVBrmfkozTqkx-qhmFe8RKcHtWF-tkJHqpQYLa5Ow8EZF1du3m9t1xAE4vmg4LtVR9vglQjXug/s320/spencer+tracy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456802611159697378" /></a>Sharileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135007487432785984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529267355336810164.post-45414819697309784882010-02-26T18:33:00.000-08:002010-02-26T19:15:56.518-08:00Joanne WoodwardJoanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward was born on February 27, 1930 in Thomasville, Georgia, the daughter of Elinor Trimmier and Wade Woodward, Jr..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgseySho__RAaN8efXHW6puZ3zByHTNGYWPd2HkvLGm1sQF-3EmlnU_DJF-fsmS47wBB3XjLeVFpgOobzWbkL_fSHJB1hGRbzluG_DhktZHFSSaTmSFHPW61nDvoVyLdnKzAJELiI7lPCY/s1600-h/joanne+woodward.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 102px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgseySho__RAaN8efXHW6puZ3zByHTNGYWPd2HkvLGm1sQF-3EmlnU_DJF-fsmS47wBB3XjLeVFpgOobzWbkL_fSHJB1hGRbzluG_DhktZHFSSaTmSFHPW61nDvoVyLdnKzAJELiI7lPCY/s320/joanne+woodward.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442756218308669010" /></a><br /><br /><br />Attending the premiere of Gone with the Wind in Atlanta, nine-year-old Joanne Woodward rushed out into the parade of stars and sat on the lap of Laurence Olivier, star Vivien Leigh's partner and future husband. She eventually worked with Olivier in 1979, in a television production of Come Back, Little Sheba. During rehearsals, she mentioned this incident to him and he told her he remembered her doing it.<br /><br /><br />As a teenager, Joanne Woodward won many beauty contests. She also appeared in theatrical productions at Greenville High and in Greenville's Little Theatre in Georgia. After high school, Joanne Woodward majored in drama at Louisiana State University.<br /><br />In 1952, Joanne Woodward made her television debut on an episode of Tales of Tomorrow. She next appeared as Ann Rutledge in several episdoes of Omnibus. <br /><br />During the early 1950s, Joanne Woodward devoted most of her time to television appearing in episodes of The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, The Ford Television Theatre, Robert Montgomery Presents, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. <br /><br />In 1955, Joanne Woodward made her film debut in Count Three and Pray. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Usr6El-7r3TzkdflnumJYTBnQMYi2rjvgf074Z2xC-7qBL_V-N_VEy_hsYkOgtL5IKKB6VL7wUzZa_ZTGFoO3ZZneXd5S5A4ceqAaUPu2V7SwtywyImTAJ0pa9RoVzaVFuzPcNJm86A/s1600-h/joanne+woodward4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 99px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Usr6El-7r3TzkdflnumJYTBnQMYi2rjvgf074Z2xC-7qBL_V-N_VEy_hsYkOgtL5IKKB6VL7wUzZa_ZTGFoO3ZZneXd5S5A4ceqAaUPu2V7SwtywyImTAJ0pa9RoVzaVFuzPcNJm86A/s320/joanne+woodward4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442756314950892018" /></a><br /><br /><br />Joanne Woodward's big break came when she was cast to play Eve in The Three Faces of Eve (1957). She would win the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.<br /><br />Alternating her time between Hollywood and Broadway, Joanne Woodward was an understudy in the produciton of Picnic which featured Paul Newman. In 1958, the two would appear together in the movie The Long, Hot Summer. The couple married on January 29, 1958 shortly after filming completed. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwNql8abyaWLRYFe1-jz5C0-1BuyWn-wTsC2ZoNvHXsZnPxyIGUhbFGwBn81uYYMtBXXk8BLeZbZumpYvRUQYDtOgX7FLdKbm3P9Q7VqCwpObTxZUOIti63eCtObpvHkI2YyBCEmMarY/s1600-h/joanne+woodward3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 101px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwNql8abyaWLRYFe1-jz5C0-1BuyWn-wTsC2ZoNvHXsZnPxyIGUhbFGwBn81uYYMtBXXk8BLeZbZumpYvRUQYDtOgX7FLdKbm3P9Q7VqCwpObTxZUOIti63eCtObpvHkI2YyBCEmMarY/s320/joanne+woodward3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442756556981559410" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward would appear in nine more films together: Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958), From the Terrace (1960), Paris Blues (1961) <br />A New Kind of Love (1963), Winning (1969), WUSA (1970), The Drowning Pool (1975) <br />Harry & Son (1984), and Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990). <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4dKAPE5KsxP6Nlt_H7VTYXil9FstTCi2DqV_RKk8zzlFOzhIA0UpCNNrZfOr7jidHzFixvr4RHuKtf4XlqTbBvgD0hernGtXESQtmvaSGRQWcsLysQ0a5Qy7ZwpnxI4hTlLye4G54dho/s1600-h/joanne+woodward2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 110px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4dKAPE5KsxP6Nlt_H7VTYXil9FstTCi2DqV_RKk8zzlFOzhIA0UpCNNrZfOr7jidHzFixvr4RHuKtf4XlqTbBvgD0hernGtXESQtmvaSGRQWcsLysQ0a5Qy7ZwpnxI4hTlLye4G54dho/s320/joanne+woodward2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442756445704523778" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Joanne Woodward would also star in five films that Paul Newman directed or produced: <br />Rachel, Rachel (1968), They Might Be Giants (1971) , The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Nell Potts (1972), The Shadow Box (TV, 1980) and The Glass Menagerie (1987). <br /><br />Joanne Woodward was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Rachel, Rachel, (1968), Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973) and Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990). <br /><br />In 1960, Joanne Woodward became the first actress to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<br /><br />Joanne Woodward has also won three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress for The Three Faces of Eve (1957), Rachel, Rachel (1968) and Breathing Lessons (TV 1994).<br /><br />Joanne Woodward has won three Emmy Awards for her performances in See How She Runs (1978), Do You Remember Love (1985), and American Masters: Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989). <br /><br /><br />In 1986, Joanne Woodward received the Screen Actors Guild Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhss09i-Zr8cLdHllH6qyuFfu_tkrSnSd3szn89-OK7Yv8czzDItp1cTXq03MH49xKkyrx7z_5uxtNKjVT9TUyXdM81FpZetyEb35tOxwfC72hU-KRz8fYzDdjFRpuoj4X6jMngyGYG5hU/s1600-h/joanne+woodward5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 124px; height: 82px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhss09i-Zr8cLdHllH6qyuFfu_tkrSnSd3szn89-OK7Yv8czzDItp1cTXq03MH49xKkyrx7z_5uxtNKjVT9TUyXdM81FpZetyEb35tOxwfC72hU-KRz8fYzDdjFRpuoj4X6jMngyGYG5hU/s320/joanne+woodward5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442756647434413250" /></a><br /><br /><br />Most recently, Joanne Woodward appeared in Empire Falls (TV 2005).Sharileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135007487432785984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529267355336810164.post-26810163970301101882010-02-26T17:40:00.000-08:002010-02-26T18:32:17.100-08:00Elizabeth TaylorElizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born on February 27, 1932 in London, England. Her parents Francis Lenn Taylor and Sara Viola Warmbrodt were Americans originally from Arkansas, Kansas who were living in London at the time. Her father was an art dealer and her mother a former actress whose stage name was Sara Sothern.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknl4frgmrAKoi5Xqlrr1GqcW5ddF4F8i98a15H30kh-8QrBQ057d5RThip3dqimKV6Ev-5ho9k5EgkWr9utxZxPGMAr3B9h0Zo0J9h44n5v8J0xaIjF9PjKoNI6tltMr49waebZflzeU/s1600-h/elizabeth+taylor.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 101px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknl4frgmrAKoi5Xqlrr1GqcW5ddF4F8i98a15H30kh-8QrBQ057d5RThip3dqimKV6Ev-5ho9k5EgkWr9utxZxPGMAr3B9h0Zo0J9h44n5v8J0xaIjF9PjKoNI6tltMr49waebZflzeU/s320/elizabeth+taylor.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442744964500618178" /></a><br /><br /><br />Elizabeth Taylor is a dual citizen of the UK and the United States as she was born both a British subject and an American Citizen by being born on British soil under the principle of jus soli, and through her parents under the principle of jus sanguinis.<br /><br />Shortly before the beginning of World War II, her parents decided to return to the United States to avoid hostilities. They settled in Los Angeles, California.<br /><br />At the age of three, Elizabeth Taylor began taking ballet lessons with Vaccani. Elizabeth Taylor appeared in her first film at the age of nine: There's One Born Every Minute (1942).<br /><br />As a child actress, Elizabeth Taylor appeared in such classics as Lassie Come Home (1943), National Velvet (1944), Courage of Lassie (1946), Life with Father (1947), Julia Misbehaves (1948) and Little Women (1949). <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_avbmw_vrvVw40Z5aoOXJWMGAFTBkSOJRE7TvcKb_Nq-sm6V7VSf27kWJnWHPy_xUmLNpdTVaGxINUUZSb4pp6lZ1AYlTNnZlKXXkj2hzzhctYZT57vm_Jo5tnjjguCXgNHx3qbInDc/s1600-h/elizabeth+taylor2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 90px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_avbmw_vrvVw40Z5aoOXJWMGAFTBkSOJRE7TvcKb_Nq-sm6V7VSf27kWJnWHPy_xUmLNpdTVaGxINUUZSb4pp6lZ1AYlTNnZlKXXkj2hzzhctYZT57vm_Jo5tnjjguCXgNHx3qbInDc/s320/elizabeth+taylor2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442745065248013026" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0kRXwZj0t7i3xR2JRkZWyjQOazgZ3Ozk0kZlHbL2iz45b9qUkQ1Ir3nkJ-p04oq687gpUl3MhYp2CznWprTDyuEyB7wBbOw2QaaIqyOgrGtVc7siLDYxM2Q7OXjxaxBlu4g2VPtVxOrE/s1600-h/elizabeth+taylor4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 124px; height: 92px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0kRXwZj0t7i3xR2JRkZWyjQOazgZ3Ozk0kZlHbL2iz45b9qUkQ1Ir3nkJ-p04oq687gpUl3MhYp2CznWprTDyuEyB7wBbOw2QaaIqyOgrGtVc7siLDYxM2Q7OXjxaxBlu4g2VPtVxOrE/s320/elizabeth+taylor4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442745264985017298" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Unlike many child stars, Elizabeth Taylor easily made the transition into young adult roles. During her 20s, Elizabeth Taylor appeared in such classics as Father of the Bride (1950), Father's Little Dividend (1951), A Place in the Sun (1951), <br />Ivanhoe (1952), Giant (1956), Raintree County (1957), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), <br />Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), and BUtterfield 8 (1960). <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZuEf-1mLGzO3tRzkRO0k02tTax3Ic5nZTs-ylbxeXX44tcOJCzv45K_ox_EpDxJy8-rN_-eIdHawJn2iAFLkJ4lYiuYa6iILW-j7oen2eBEKXGFIFJfmvIn5XLi7YGp_z-9xY5LalwM/s1600-h/elizabeth+taylor5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 112px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZuEf-1mLGzO3tRzkRO0k02tTax3Ic5nZTs-ylbxeXX44tcOJCzv45K_ox_EpDxJy8-rN_-eIdHawJn2iAFLkJ4lYiuYa6iILW-j7oen2eBEKXGFIFJfmvIn5XLi7YGp_z-9xY5LalwM/s320/elizabeth+taylor5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442745376775791826" /></a><br /><br /><br />She would receive Academy Award nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role<br />for her performances in Raintree County (1957), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) and Suddenly, Last Summer (1959).<br /><br />She would win the Academy Award for Best Actress for BUtterfield 8 (1960). <br /><br />During the filming of Raintree County, Montgomery Clift was seriously injured in an automobile accident after leaving a party at her house. It was she who found him first, got into the wreck and removed some teeth from his throat that threatened to choke him and saved his life. <br /><br />As Elizabeth Taylor entered her 30s and 40s, she turned to more mature roles in Cleopatra (1963), The Sandpiper (1965), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)<br />Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), Secret Ceremony (1968), The Blue Bird (1976) and <br />A Little Night Music (1977).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7px1JjlNbfY09dzFzOreOLhMwi9TmIGIPz40HmuoSI3GHzacfVphf35BZyyz9ljjyggl_YoFWLT7FmMIfrtRht1XaDdcSmNNHw_yxsRHp89-CuRzQCxdLgPClfFEBzwuvltOQ4Na9WWk/s1600-h/elizabeth+taylor3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 105px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7px1JjlNbfY09dzFzOreOLhMwi9TmIGIPz40HmuoSI3GHzacfVphf35BZyyz9ljjyggl_YoFWLT7FmMIfrtRht1XaDdcSmNNHw_yxsRHp89-CuRzQCxdLgPClfFEBzwuvltOQ4Na9WWk/s320/elizabeth+taylor3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442745161260451602" /></a><br /><br /><br />Elizabeth Taylor would win her second Academy Award for Best Actress for Who's Afraid of Viginia Woolf (1966).<br /><br />As Elizabeth Taylor approached her 50s, she turned her acting talents to one of her favorite forms of entertainment: Soap Operas. She would appear on both General Hospital and All My Children, two of her favorite shows. <br /><br />During the 1980s, Elizabeth Taylor also appeared in the epic mini series North and South. <br /><br />In 1981, Elizabeth Taylor made her Broadway debut as Regina Giddens in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes, for which she received a Tony Award nomination, the Drama Desk Award nomination and won the Theatre World Special Award. <br /><br />During the 1990s, Elizabeth Taylor provided her voice on two episodes of The Simpsons, once as herself and once as the voice of Little Maggie Simpson. <br /><br />Elizabeth Taylor also appeared in The Flintstones (1994). Her final appearance was on an episdoe of God, the Devil and Bob in 2003.<br /><br />In addition to being honored with two Academy Awards, Elizabeth Taylor received the 1982 Cecil B. DeMille Award , the 1992 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, the 1998 Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2002 John F. Kennedy Center Honor, and has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for motion pictures. <br /><br />Elizabeth Taylor has devoted much of her time and energy to AIDS-related charities and fundraising. She helped start the American Foundation for AIDS Research.<br /><br />She also has a passion for jewlry. Elizabeth Taylor started designing jewels for the The Elizabeth Collection, creating fine jewelry with elegance and flair. The Elizabeth Taylor collection by Piranesi is sold at Christie's. She has also launched three perfumes, "Passion," "White Diamonds," and "Black Pearls."<br /><br />Elizabeth Taylor has been married eight times to seven husbands and has three children and nine grandchildren. She is also the godmother to Michael Jackson's children Paris and Prince Michael.Sharileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135007487432785984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529267355336810164.post-67997185892885348102010-02-23T16:03:00.000-08:002010-02-23T16:46:31.537-08:00Abe VigodaAbe Vigoda is a movie and television character actor who has proved himself in both gritty dramatic roles and as an actor with wonderful comedic timing.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOkYbTZIrrCaJeJIXlvolcXIqxWwOT9D432JE_shyphenhyphen4vMQxQkVpxe8K8aXMlENsXvMTOYmIz-8ha2-RDRIWXn2ZWS-H4GZvHEoiH8RZpOBbdtqQZStX2Qcor4qkA_xdkah9JZcAl04bJY/s1600-h/abe+vigoda4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 80px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOkYbTZIrrCaJeJIXlvolcXIqxWwOT9D432JE_shyphenhyphen4vMQxQkVpxe8K8aXMlENsXvMTOYmIz-8ha2-RDRIWXn2ZWS-H4GZvHEoiH8RZpOBbdtqQZStX2Qcor4qkA_xdkah9JZcAl04bJY/s320/abe+vigoda4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441604893472402674" /></a><br /><br /><br />Abraham Charles "Abe" Vigoda was born February 24, 1921 in New York City. The son of Lena Moses and Samuel Vigoda, a tailor. Abe Vigoda's brother, Bill Vigoda, was a comic-book artist who drew for the Archie comics franchise and others in the 1940s.<br /><br />Abe Vigoda began his acting career at age 17 and plodded away in small theatre shows for over 20 years. <br /><br />In 1949, Abe Vigoda appeared in an episode of Suspense entitled Lunch Box which marked. Roles soon followed on episdoes of Studio One and Dark Shadows. <br /><br />In 1965, Abe Vigoda made his film debut as a waiter in Three Rooms in Manhattan.<br /><br />In 1972, Abe Vigoda got his big break when he was cast to play Sal Tessio in The Godfather. He would reprise the role in The Godfather, Part II (1974). <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_QW_erA_OmbQm2KAP0znu1Wl4nvBkIB6Vt0QZSDiDNHG2CTvLs9CCIBbHd-Dxr4OC5ePSTKXaxhw6IrPPIc1LGmCHPF6tPhaI6j2-2KvO1nSb76yI9aFP_OcbwdJ3zehQwEffYxvsRY/s1600-h/abe+vigoda5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 114px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_QW_erA_OmbQm2KAP0znu1Wl4nvBkIB6Vt0QZSDiDNHG2CTvLs9CCIBbHd-Dxr4OC5ePSTKXaxhw6IrPPIc1LGmCHPF6tPhaI6j2-2KvO1nSb76yI9aFP_OcbwdJ3zehQwEffYxvsRY/s320/abe+vigoda5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441604789823051298" /></a><br /><br /><br />In 1974, he would be cast as Detective Phil Fish in the now classic television show Barney Miller, a role which would earn him three Emmy nominations. He would reprise the character in the short lived spin off Fish. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAqcPCrnmiR2FFAMm3Xd1Qxa_TSDbE79knlYYwIwbKH5txUEoxAhqDfQfiEpUp4k5j-4aoIxX6zyN5HYof2oj9o01CCCMQ9SKRZ_QvWhJgGgoNvLNqn9BWCD9oS_ar22YyXKKpld1WD0/s1600-h/abe+vigoda3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAqcPCrnmiR2FFAMm3Xd1Qxa_TSDbE79knlYYwIwbKH5txUEoxAhqDfQfiEpUp4k5j-4aoIxX6zyN5HYof2oj9o01CCCMQ9SKRZ_QvWhJgGgoNvLNqn9BWCD9oS_ar22YyXKKpld1WD0/s320/abe+vigoda3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441604689975042210" /></a><br /><br /><br />A familiar face on television for the past forty years, Abe Vigoda has appeared in episdoes of Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Mannix, Hawaii Five-O, Wings, Law & Order, Mad About You, Kojak, The Rockford Files, Diagnosis Murder and many more television shows. Abe Vigoda also made frequent cameo appearances on The Late Show with Conan O'Brien.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71E72SdarTAs9ejJoIw6RIRv17mspVOxKd4ykJvr3gr7DBz857d7uZByu3jcG09uL8QxSCNnOgKmDvSKaygNg7ZQf652pNfWsgpVNjbRHYGhfXuQ5AO62WNDVqUsbPp8wrruyL2lFiSU/s1600-h/abe+vigoda.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 104px; height: 131px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71E72SdarTAs9ejJoIw6RIRv17mspVOxKd4ykJvr3gr7DBz857d7uZByu3jcG09uL8QxSCNnOgKmDvSKaygNg7ZQf652pNfWsgpVNjbRHYGhfXuQ5AO62WNDVqUsbPp8wrruyL2lFiSU/s320/abe+vigoda.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441604498109571490" /></a><br /><br /><br />Abe Vigoda also appeared in films such as Cannonball Run II (1984) Look Who's Talking (1989) Prancer (1989) Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) North (1994) and Crime Spree (2003).<br /><br />On Broadway, Abe Vigoda has appeared in The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade, The Man in the Glass Booth, Inquest and Arsenic and Old Lace. <br /><br />Abe Vigoda was married once, to Beatrice Schy from February 25, 1968 until her death on April 30, 1992. They had one child, a daughter, Carol. <br /><br />In 1982, People magazine erroneously declared him dead. Abe Vigoda took the error with good humor, posing for a photograph showing him sitting up in a coffin, holding the magazine in question. <br /><br />Erroneous reports of Abe Vigoda's death as well as questions of whether he is alive or dead have become a running joke, there is a website AbeVigoda.com lists Abe Vigoda's current state as dead or alive. In addition, A Late Night with David Letterman skit showed Letterman trying to summon Vigoda's ghost. Vigoda then walked in and declared, "I'm not dead, you idiot!" A November 2006 Conan O'Brien sketch showed an audience member summoning the dead. The "deceased person" turned out to be Vigoda. <br /><br /><br />Abe Vigoda's most recent appearance was in a Superbowl commercial for Snickers with Betty White.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYy0rVvFh-FYv0DtRcH2W1nIRbpuEngWSqkPfNh-mP_VwT5Ms8PJ5rQAWvynf1yzNu6urJ2LbECxaH9DTdxqIjJr9NgtoxwOZduuRdVy2Jgo4rn4ifJpUsFSJOBrOOlRKqyv4LXW_AZMQ/s1600-h/abe+vigoda2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 91px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYy0rVvFh-FYv0DtRcH2W1nIRbpuEngWSqkPfNh-mP_VwT5Ms8PJ5rQAWvynf1yzNu6urJ2LbECxaH9DTdxqIjJr9NgtoxwOZduuRdVy2Jgo4rn4ifJpUsFSJOBrOOlRKqyv4LXW_AZMQ/s320/abe+vigoda2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441604601710978802" /></a><br /><br /><br />Later this year, Abe Vigoda will appear as Mel in the movie Small Town Hero (2010).<br /><br />Abe Vigoda, at the age of 89, is still very active. He currently has three film roles in pre production for upcoming movies Mobster Movie (2011), Mafioso II (2010) and The Driver (2010).Sharileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135007487432785984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529267355336810164.post-37367034907136716152010-02-09T15:45:00.000-08:002010-02-09T16:38:55.356-08:00Robert WagnerRobert John Wagner was born on February 10, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnblBLjeK0ig5g-_jRZ4vGKeGwP56ea9cOU0LyBBim3JorAhRXvmpAhoHPT-G6D5VWB3IBSgDHlyUeOotumu1vbzECGsy-ncKK5CCL226MhyphenhyphenrKfVtpaQ8I_MNi1eSrVwQ32vduwVuhrKA/s1600-h/robert+wagner.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 79px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnblBLjeK0ig5g-_jRZ4vGKeGwP56ea9cOU0LyBBim3JorAhRXvmpAhoHPT-G6D5VWB3IBSgDHlyUeOotumu1vbzECGsy-ncKK5CCL226MhyphenhyphenrKfVtpaQ8I_MNi1eSrVwQ32vduwVuhrKA/s320/robert+wagner.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436407077630082306" /></a><br /><br />One of Robert Wagner's first jobs before being discovered in 1950 was as Clark Gable's caddy. <br /><br />One evening when Robert Wagner was dining with his parents at a restaurant in Beverly Hils, he was "discovered" by a talent scout. He was soon cast to play Adams, Cleaves Catcher in The Happy Years (1950).<br /><br />During the 1950s and 1960s, Robert Wagner appeared in movies such as Stars and Stripes Forever (1952), Titanic (1953), Prince Valiant (1954), A Kiss Before Dying (1956), The Longest Day (1962), The War Lover (1962), and The Pink Panther (1963).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjTMZkrMTPfUzIH7tNkO_cgFMl7SsTpODkzfLH4R0MqBCtmbMIiBKJkKdJkyooZGTwunQlSbKuPAhO8lCXz-6O1A2zswtnDhylycy5hblJ6DicyojJY0Sy7F0QwbGLFZbPrGt70M8aFI/s1600-h/robert+wagner4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 114px; height: 116px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjTMZkrMTPfUzIH7tNkO_cgFMl7SsTpODkzfLH4R0MqBCtmbMIiBKJkKdJkyooZGTwunQlSbKuPAhO8lCXz-6O1A2zswtnDhylycy5hblJ6DicyojJY0Sy7F0QwbGLFZbPrGt70M8aFI/s320/robert+wagner4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436407275403363074" /></a><br /><br /><br />From 1968 to 1970, Robert Wagner starred as playboy-thief-turned-secret agent Alexander Mundy in the television series It Takes a Thief. He would receive an Emmy nomination for his performance.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimp9me7vFPapr1rwZhZxI1ePUf2-5YJWTTOhqEob0NdBUPHXLmpikOuunwfqHFabgirD6GP0bmPQMf4xpY7ZXkXXpi9EKLdXiL46bd014gkSJHy-3BxljGp183VURILbAx5zcmSjHhXaI/s1600-h/it+takes+a+thief.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimp9me7vFPapr1rwZhZxI1ePUf2-5YJWTTOhqEob0NdBUPHXLmpikOuunwfqHFabgirD6GP0bmPQMf4xpY7ZXkXXpi9EKLdXiL46bd014gkSJHy-3BxljGp183VURILbAx5zcmSjHhXaI/s320/it+takes+a+thief.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436406805768148594" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />During the 1970s Robert Wagner appeared in The Towering Inferno (1974) and Midway (1976). He also made several television movies such as The Affair (1973), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976), and The Critical List (1978).<br /><br />From 1975 to 1978, he played Detective Pete Ryan in the television drama Switch.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVBb6Ux8qwSLH7yY2nVpHKPHqT369QyJbt6AjKEY5BGMHaGtDL-tgbp3b7TXbzCto2eYHalFgZWicopkvfWhLXECjXTOgBmOlHM3cnvFSW03LjRVQ24Hh7bnwZkMTVnsu9pTjCIzxTqpw/s1600-h/switch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 123px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVBb6Ux8qwSLH7yY2nVpHKPHqT369QyJbt6AjKEY5BGMHaGtDL-tgbp3b7TXbzCto2eYHalFgZWicopkvfWhLXECjXTOgBmOlHM3cnvFSW03LjRVQ24Hh7bnwZkMTVnsu9pTjCIzxTqpw/s320/switch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436407728120867586" /></a><br /><br /><br />But it was in 1979, Robert Wagner was cast in the role he is most famous for: Jonathan Hart in Hart to Hart (1979-1984).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQrJ0P0IxTxIFm22uFJohRxv_I3Yjaf_bt6UYgyZCYEXT44_qeFqWWX6rl7vbaoEqYotnn2Jy1rtCjbtNRx3VJmuUDF7UZXsYYjLeOtHwTbMS6PnUpEFxwgEv3XLnFV0beG7wVEtZqj0/s1600-h/hart+to+hart.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 107px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQrJ0P0IxTxIFm22uFJohRxv_I3Yjaf_bt6UYgyZCYEXT44_qeFqWWX6rl7vbaoEqYotnn2Jy1rtCjbtNRx3VJmuUDF7UZXsYYjLeOtHwTbMS6PnUpEFxwgEv3XLnFV0beG7wVEtZqj0/s320/hart+to+hart.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436406701161513202" /></a><br /><br /><br />The 1990s brought Robert Wagner roles in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), Wild Things (1998), and Something to Believe In (1998).<br /><br />Robert Wagner's career made a comeback from his Hart to Hart days when he was cast as Number Two in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA62qXNtEObG7DKNzcQQRvqhCVxktFv6rQwgeOMJhbJQXZOy8NOx1iDSlHB4O917umFpBI3GBXAYWKfZmaUiEteCsQTi_dhAHov_7FHiBoaCNtlfJX9IIkM8SreViLTuBpWdO_jsX57XE/s1600-h/robert+wagner6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 135px; height: 88px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA62qXNtEObG7DKNzcQQRvqhCVxktFv6rQwgeOMJhbJQXZOy8NOx1iDSlHB4O917umFpBI3GBXAYWKfZmaUiEteCsQTi_dhAHov_7FHiBoaCNtlfJX9IIkM8SreViLTuBpWdO_jsX57XE/s320/robert+wagner6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436407378172069282" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Robert Wagner has been married four times. From December 28, 1957 to April 26, 1962, he was married to Natalie Wood. <br /><br />After their divorce, he married Marion Marshall (July 22, 1963 to April 26, 1971, divorced). Marion and Robert have one daughter, actress Katie Wagner. Marion Marshall and Robert Wagner had worked together in Halls of Montezuma (1950) and appeared together in an episode of It Takes A Thief after their marriage. <br /><br />On July 16, 1972, Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood married a second time. Natalie and Robert had a daughter, Courtney Wagner who is also an actress. Robert Wagner also adopted Natalie's daughter, Natasha. Natalie Wood was died during a boating accident on November 29, 1981. Almost thirty years later, there is still much speculation about her death.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1bJpXDYc9SSrhgEUk0jNGyN-4u7IgN12DKi6KAikzQVmeBtR7EsD0nZi12y9g6MnIvbBmuxLXVvp3LpAeGlddDwcu2bLJ02jS5AJp4z89xpPccEEeTI0oqvfvF8KzCVOeGPB7gMAt6I/s1600-h/robert+wagner+and+natalie+wood.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 124px; height: 92px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1bJpXDYc9SSrhgEUk0jNGyN-4u7IgN12DKi6KAikzQVmeBtR7EsD0nZi12y9g6MnIvbBmuxLXVvp3LpAeGlddDwcu2bLJ02jS5AJp4z89xpPccEEeTI0oqvfvF8KzCVOeGPB7gMAt6I/s320/robert+wagner+and+natalie+wood.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436407588850891746" /></a><br /><br /><br />Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood worked together in All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960), The Affair (1973) (TV) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976) (TV).<br /><br /><br />On May 26, 1990, Robert Wagner married actress Jill St. John, they will be celebrating their 20th anniversary this May. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHT4-CxZGBiP2YJy5O5hGDjSsHi6Fzu3oVHeu2XYPf_cd9Ob70fISkj9xuqN3MX_Galqzpowvpsu6nTpbR-5qc3csKaTJWOKsgX7-o5Twh-l_TZpOu5JWxJ1QlAAfsPbHsCeqtR3g8260/s1600-h/robert+wagner+and+jill+st.+john.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 85px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHT4-CxZGBiP2YJy5O5hGDjSsHi6Fzu3oVHeu2XYPf_cd9Ob70fISkj9xuqN3MX_Galqzpowvpsu6nTpbR-5qc3csKaTJWOKsgX7-o5Twh-l_TZpOu5JWxJ1QlAAfsPbHsCeqtR3g8260/s320/robert+wagner+and+jill+st.+john.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436407486526774786" /></a><br /><br /><br />Jill St. John and Robert Wagner played husband and wife in a classic episode of Seinfeld entitled The Yada Yada. <br /><br />Most recently, Robert Wagner played Anthony DiNozzo Sr. on an episode of NCIS entitled Flesh and Blood. (Michael Weatherly who plays Anthony DiNozzo Jr. on NCIS had previously portrayed Robert Wagner in The Mystery of Natalie Wood).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40mBI_e8mmgUu0gkpky6kowIRgwzNHyTNwhsBdg77GuQKJIoV6DcoEMDOTCfo4DSEPguM50M_NyDP5bZK-zXUpB0aBqfgE0xqIDnbTHor69bPHsz-7u7bvOdOxeqhttSsbjIeF3tBo8w/s1600-h/robert+wagner3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 85px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40mBI_e8mmgUu0gkpky6kowIRgwzNHyTNwhsBdg77GuQKJIoV6DcoEMDOTCfo4DSEPguM50M_NyDP5bZK-zXUpB0aBqfgE0xqIDnbTHor69bPHsz-7u7bvOdOxeqhttSsbjIeF3tBo8w/s320/robert+wagner3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436407179734128242" /></a>Sharileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135007487432785984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529267355336810164.post-74622324046681144092010-02-08T15:44:00.000-08:002010-02-08T16:30:10.549-08:00John WilliamsJohn Williams is one of the most successful and talented composers of all time. He has composed musical scores for movies, television and the Olympics. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7Dw8CvYsb0C9VB_zyf9qltkgzcUyyBLQkW3abzLUxqUcS6bSTK60f7zTV0OaGqYPJydw9lp99Kv7YEQfPyK2Zmy81iTvHupxMn0LATU5lsmlhsih5W7sIEEo1XZcihqVTJRcOG7enGk/s1600-h/john+williams1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 97px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7Dw8CvYsb0C9VB_zyf9qltkgzcUyyBLQkW3abzLUxqUcS6bSTK60f7zTV0OaGqYPJydw9lp99Kv7YEQfPyK2Zmy81iTvHupxMn0LATU5lsmlhsih5W7sIEEo1XZcihqVTJRcOG7enGk/s320/john+williams1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436033979065528914" /></a><br /><br /><br />John Williams has five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, 21 Grammy Awards, and 2 Emmy Awards. <br /><br />With 45 Oscar nominations, Williams currently holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for a living person and is tied with late film composer Alfred Newman for the most nominations in the history of the Academy Awards. <br /><br />John Williams was born on February 8, 1932, in Flushing, Queens, New York, the son of Esther and John Williams, Sr. His father was a jazz drummer who played with the Raymond Scott Quintet.<br /><br />John Williams attended the University of California where he studied privately with composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.<br /><br />In 1952, Williams was drafted into the United States Air Force, where he conducted and arranged music for the Air Force Band as part of his duties.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxc7OmuUXz00B2d_2_yZP44T3b-_ERPrqvZPz4h7s1NRkq-C_PYRsKX_yYfOM9EdhKlDAiR6eRozWI7RS2wA_84htiJBsdmA2SK0B9tsCkOPloJFe69YZrssI20b-c7SafRxscW9sqZr4/s1600-h/john+williams2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 118px; height: 118px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxc7OmuUXz00B2d_2_yZP44T3b-_ERPrqvZPz4h7s1NRkq-C_PYRsKX_yYfOM9EdhKlDAiR6eRozWI7RS2wA_84htiJBsdmA2SK0B9tsCkOPloJFe69YZrssI20b-c7SafRxscW9sqZr4/s320/john+williams2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436034068669568210" /></a><br /><br /><br />After his service ended in 1955, John Williams moved to New York City and entered Juilliard School, where he studied piano with Rosina Lhévinne. During this time he worked as a jazz pianist at New York's many studios and clubs. <br /><br />He also played for composer Henry Mancini and recorded with Mancini on the film soundtracks of Peter Gunn (1959), Charade (1963), and Days of Wine and Roses (1962). <br /><br />After his studies at Juilliard, John Williams returned to Los Angeles and began working as an orchestrator in film studios. <br /><br />John Williams began to compose music scores for television series programs in the late 1950s, eventually leading to the pilot episode theme for Gilligan's Island, Lost in Space, and The Time Tunnel.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwepSe1CmDQLmCJqImpdnL2D49d74RHpYdh-kAbKvwsTsY32tHkm4OTKqpNHxac34bl6z160ul7GSf0lIMtx47psiZN0nBnViTu3xox9nJipMR4o8-zmzND_51W6cOUPESg4qi6UmMeeQ/s1600-h/john+williams4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 129px; height: 135px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwepSe1CmDQLmCJqImpdnL2D49d74RHpYdh-kAbKvwsTsY32tHkm4OTKqpNHxac34bl6z160ul7GSf0lIMtx47psiZN0nBnViTu3xox9nJipMR4o8-zmzND_51W6cOUPESg4qi6UmMeeQ/s320/john+williams4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436034274231755026" /></a><br /><br /><br />Williams's first major film composition was for the B movie Daddy-O in 1958, and his first screen credit came two years later in Because They're Young.<br /><br />John Williams received his first Academy Award nomination for his score to the 1967 film Valley of the Dolls.<br /><br />John Williams won his first Academy Award for his adapted score to the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof. <br /><br />John Williams Academy Award nominated scores include The Sugarland Express (1974), The Reivers (1969), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Towering Inferno (1974), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Superman (1978), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Home Alone (1990), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) and so many more. <br /><br />John Williams also won Academy Awards for the scores to Jaws (1975), Star Wars (1977), E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Schindler's List (1993).<br /><br />John Williams has also composed the scores for Gidget Goes to Rome (1963), The Killers (1964), A Guide for the Married Man (1967), The Paper Chase (1973) , and<br />Family Plot (1976).<br /><br />Williams has composed music for four Olympic Games: "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" – 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles; "The Olympic Spirit" – 1988 Summer Olympics, Seoul; "Summon the Heroes" – 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta, Georgia; and "Call of the Champions" – 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSIAASPeSMe-FsTLJ45cHvb-LJ99_F7fKFyBpHqjcYT_MIBPTlqsW5NwzjXuzwe29c_QpgCOMIzkORb8vqvePbr9suhzGcyAXIMN_37HGpFaTNUB7u0b0P0zRQDm5ahuebK1bsI7Zsjz0/s1600-h/john+williams5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 104px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSIAASPeSMe-FsTLJ45cHvb-LJ99_F7fKFyBpHqjcYT_MIBPTlqsW5NwzjXuzwe29c_QpgCOMIzkORb8vqvePbr9suhzGcyAXIMN_37HGpFaTNUB7u0b0P0zRQDm5ahuebK1bsI7Zsjz0/s320/john+williams5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436034385146924738" /></a><br /><br /><br />John Williams has received two Emmy Awards, one for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Special Program for: Jane Eyre (1970) and Outstanding Achievement in Musical Composition for: Heidi (1968).<br /><br /><br />John Williams has won 21 Grammy awards for classics like Jaws (1975), Star Wars (1977), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1978) Superman (1979), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), E.T. (1982), Schindler's List (1993) and many other classics. He has been nominated for a total of 59 Grammy Awards. <br /><br />John Williams won the Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Score for Jaws (1975), <br />Star Wars (1977), E.T. (1982), and Memoirs of a Geisha (2005). He has 21 nominations for a Golden Globe. <br /><br />John Williams is also the composer behind the theme music for NBC News, NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, Meet the Press and Sunday Night Football.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tro6WlgidjJtr7-4MldJ420PJq0Vc8uAyb4Hza44s1UUm2ZYQ7vhUMVUIv-o_vyjePUt7sJHgEKFfwjOLFv_T-VipNAJiuNbadYlQl-3Bk1aOWc6jrSl8gjhZjeMrvf2HeORM1qjMq4/s1600-h/john+williams3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 87px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tro6WlgidjJtr7-4MldJ420PJq0Vc8uAyb4Hza44s1UUm2ZYQ7vhUMVUIv-o_vyjePUt7sJHgEKFfwjOLFv_T-VipNAJiuNbadYlQl-3Bk1aOWc6jrSl8gjhZjeMrvf2HeORM1qjMq4/s320/john+williams3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436034159523641298" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />In addition to his work in film and television, John Williams was the Conductor of the Boston Pops for 12 years.Sharileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135007487432785984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529267355336810164.post-66732176868572018842009-12-07T16:34:00.001-08:002009-12-07T16:35:01.836-08:00Eli Wallach<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwkl7xxQpFbrEXhBklmutj2tdx313sNKgJzvqllazx_MYZnBs0veSifT1FyTIZ8E4iNjcSNIvw3RoKottlpWjULqm5NgOtn5wZIYxfe4QxvL70zcp6JUjcpLD1YKu7365M7RTNVEZq6Y/s1600-h/eli+wallach3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 116px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwkl7xxQpFbrEXhBklmutj2tdx313sNKgJzvqllazx_MYZnBs0veSifT1FyTIZ8E4iNjcSNIvw3RoKottlpWjULqm5NgOtn5wZIYxfe4QxvL70zcp6JUjcpLD1YKu7365M7RTNVEZq6Y/s320/eli+wallach3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412656600603765122" /></a><br />Eli Wallach is one of Hollywood's finest character "Method" actors. He has been acting on stage, televison and in film for over 50 years. <br /><br />At the age of 94, Eli Wallach is still active. His most recent appearance was on an episode of Nurse Jackie. In 2010, he will appear in the film The Ghost. <br /><br />Eli Wallach was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 7, 1915. The son of Bertha Schorr and Abraham Wallach. His parents owned Bertha's, a candy store.<br /><br />Eli Wallach graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and received a Masters of Arts from the City College of New York. However, he gained his first method acting experience at the Neighborhood Playhouse. It was while attending the University of Texas that Wallach performed in a play with fellow students Ann Sheridan and Walter Cronkite. Eli Wallach also took classes in acting at the Dramatic Workshop of the New School in New York with the influential German director Erwin Piscator.<br /><br />During World War II, Eli Wallach served as a staff sergeant in Hawaii in a military hospital in the United States Army. However, he was soon sent to Officer Candidate School in Texas to undergo training to become a medical administrative officer. He graduated as a Second Lieutenant.<br /><br />In 1945, Eli Wallach made his Broadway debut in Skydrift. In 1951, he won the Tony Award for his performance in the Tennessee Williams play The Rose Tattoo. He also appeared in the Broadway productions of Mister Roberts, The Teahouse of the August Moon, Camino Real, Major Barbara, Luv, Alice in Wonderland, and Staircase. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_52yGdR8DrvJ4-aqbBmew5HG_bNUzmQxek3xoCHD1w5Lz4AJ6IeP0EYhbf3vLGSZVjSijjEF_5YDYTkcY9eNGPtCC-DQaZy4mIjqBRitZiEwnoQn59xg5c2P8pOZIRIgv_BnO9CBiZxA/s1600-h/eli+wallach4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 121px; height: 139px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_52yGdR8DrvJ4-aqbBmew5HG_bNUzmQxek3xoCHD1w5Lz4AJ6IeP0EYhbf3vLGSZVjSijjEF_5YDYTkcY9eNGPtCC-DQaZy4mIjqBRitZiEwnoQn59xg5c2P8pOZIRIgv_BnO9CBiZxA/s320/eli+wallach4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412656249075392834" /></a><br /><br />Eli Wallach's film debut was in Elia Kazan's controversial Baby Doll(1956). He also appeared in films such as The Misfits (1961), How The West Was Won (1962), How to Steal a Million (1966), The Deep (1977), The Hunter (1980), Nuts (1987) and The Godfather Part III (1990).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqw_Eoa7Zxrc8bgdvs_Dwi476sco4j_PM_SiwXMgdoqkevLL8mKJxHosI9Gor2Kn3OuPKOP8LJ70dDlwOzgqNyvnQe2y5lhyphenhypheng4cEaiEAUVhrGnU1cF0FgLVqsIBkVfKwHbGA-8aczCkao/s1600-h/eli+wallach5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 113px; height: 86px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqw_Eoa7Zxrc8bgdvs_Dwi476sco4j_PM_SiwXMgdoqkevLL8mKJxHosI9Gor2Kn3OuPKOP8LJ70dDlwOzgqNyvnQe2y5lhyphenhypheng4cEaiEAUVhrGnU1cF0FgLVqsIBkVfKwHbGA-8aczCkao/s320/eli+wallach5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412656145545426418" /></a><br /><br />He is best known for his role as Mexican bandit Calvera in The Magnificent Seven (1960) and Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwBngN5BxeO89XnVLX2sT3eFhpmhNGH-uxBFMsrAC8PlU1Z3z75ssOZnLdWVj5lSBLJowWp2jO1a-WxqGnPmycqrSXsqqbTgX36Mc9KhoJVFEmyDVd2z-RpGIl18xyrhgwSx2enFi67mI/s1600-h/eli+wallach.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 125px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwBngN5BxeO89XnVLX2sT3eFhpmhNGH-uxBFMsrAC8PlU1Z3z75ssOZnLdWVj5lSBLJowWp2jO1a-WxqGnPmycqrSXsqqbTgX36Mc9KhoJVFEmyDVd2z-RpGIl18xyrhgwSx2enFi67mI/s320/eli+wallach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412656365728303474" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBRaMLtf4Y97BOjPMy9Z0K5ZcNF7-ioI0UTMkyumW3SA2gJTFuoELGWo9o5UNL15q7ak2ZXd-OFzryW8EM0hsSyvjWenGqx_CXnmD_8W2GrK2QgyHWo_10z3vMCSHsK-Hcf5FBp6P5-I/s1600-h/eli+wallach2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 127px; height: 155px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBRaMLtf4Y97BOjPMy9Z0K5ZcNF7-ioI0UTMkyumW3SA2gJTFuoELGWo9o5UNL15q7ak2ZXd-OFzryW8EM0hsSyvjWenGqx_CXnmD_8W2GrK2QgyHWo_10z3vMCSHsK-Hcf5FBp6P5-I/s320/eli+wallach2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412656489557985346" /></a><br /><br /><br />Eli Wallach's television credits include Batman, ER, Murder She Wrote, 100 Centre Street, Law & Order, LA Law, and Highway to Heaven. In 1966 he won the Emmy for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama for Poppies Are Also Flowers.<br /><br />Eli Wallach married Anne Jackson on March 5, 1948 and have one of the longest marriages in Hollywood, 61 years. They have three children: Peter, Katherine and Roberta. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlEETQbOug4RRoHET7QPdtMt-cARpztgHkoyMCk557RfCovyfb4OZ21X-3TEuJN_TuZlPBn6wN2friKFwoGd5CwJsedFUSfjswemP03W85H-BA52XjwH1L_OSKKuRwFZq5SmZ7U30Qa8Q/s1600-h/eli+wallach6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 86px; height: 129px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlEETQbOug4RRoHET7QPdtMt-cARpztgHkoyMCk557RfCovyfb4OZ21X-3TEuJN_TuZlPBn6wN2friKFwoGd5CwJsedFUSfjswemP03W85H-BA52XjwH1L_OSKKuRwFZq5SmZ7U30Qa8Q/s320/eli+wallach6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412655986807254050" /></a>Sharileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135007487432785984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529267355336810164.post-22707992421184692402009-11-19T17:02:00.001-08:002009-11-19T17:04:30.850-08:00Gene Tierney<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOwSowvRjATDyJ4rqgzV_eiGg5CUv2YRMojztLrbAACxrFVgKe6giEkXpgx1BqVBoQycM54vO50-ISxNlOgNR030Ar_-pEKyqYdLaGBYfFLRp2fQVrjTeQVKL8AfaIY3GKhqJ9uoTaEQ/s1600/gene+tierney1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 111px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOwSowvRjATDyJ4rqgzV_eiGg5CUv2YRMojztLrbAACxrFVgKe6giEkXpgx1BqVBoQycM54vO50-ISxNlOgNR030Ar_-pEKyqYdLaGBYfFLRp2fQVrjTeQVKL8AfaIY3GKhqJ9uoTaEQ/s320/gene+tierney1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405985403427748338" /></a><br />Gene Tierney was born November 20, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York. The daughter of Howard Sherwood Tierney, an insurance broker, and Belle Lavina Taylor, a gym teacher. <br /><br />On a trip to the West Coast, she visited Warner Brothers Studio. Director Anatole Litvak, who was so taken by the seventeen-year-old’s beauty, told her that she should become an actress. Warner Bros. wanted to sign her to a contract, but her parents advised against it because of the low salary. Her father felt “If Gene is to be an actress, it should be in the legitimate theatre.” Tierney began studying acting at a small Greenwich Village acting studio in New York.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCu3vkcYtD04UzzkdhTmWru9Qn4erFCxfHuAaqBTCuwT7MPfp2yKcXXD4yvIz9MFCdHG30DZH2sWO8QJcbwJ6uFA2P0b0eMl1Vuy8vQUHEfYNTCgyEJWZC2zfyqIlzO3UE7tcNbK-0iEM/s1600/gene+tierney2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 104px; height: 135px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCu3vkcYtD04UzzkdhTmWru9Qn4erFCxfHuAaqBTCuwT7MPfp2yKcXXD4yvIz9MFCdHG30DZH2sWO8QJcbwJ6uFA2P0b0eMl1Vuy8vQUHEfYNTCgyEJWZC2zfyqIlzO3UE7tcNbK-0iEM/s320/gene+tierney2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405985280713927682" /></a><br /><br />In 1938, she made her Broadway debut carrying a bucket of water across the stage in What a Life. A critic for Variety magazine stated "Miss Tierney is certainly the most beautiful water carrier I’ve ever seen!" She appeared in Broadway productions such as Mrs. O'Brien Entertains, Ring Two, and The Male Animal. <br /><br />In 1940, Gene Tierney made her film debut as Elenore Stone in The Return of Frank James.<br /><br />Gene Tierney's most notable films include Heaven can Wait (1943), Laura (1944), Leave Her to Heaven (1945), The Ghost and Mrs. Muri (1947), The Iron Curtain (1948), Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950), The Secret of Convict Lake (1951) and Advise & Consent (1962). <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_erXfOylJ0Q_aZa4OuC1ZIMB3M8kYSFtxIjPdE51hIDiLE21nLmk91EiqppvZrc7hLAgLPxirczenvgog-TbXD0XsAD1QqbpZG8bCSZxYdnRRmTK_in1YFraKRi5Wnb1A7_8bq0nohYU/s1600/gene+tierney3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 104px; height: 135px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_erXfOylJ0Q_aZa4OuC1ZIMB3M8kYSFtxIjPdE51hIDiLE21nLmk91EiqppvZrc7hLAgLPxirczenvgog-TbXD0XsAD1QqbpZG8bCSZxYdnRRmTK_in1YFraKRi5Wnb1A7_8bq0nohYU/s320/gene+tierney3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405985173200526866" /></a><br /><br /><br />She received one Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for Leave Her To Heaven (1945).<br /><br />She appeared in five movies with Dana Andrews: Tobacco Road (1941), Belle Starr (1941), Laura (1944), The Iron Curtain (1948) and Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950). <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FoIb7V1ys7mRqVahmfFY9IweH77EpQMENhfo8QG_Hmo-RUbkKDtl7KlWToDlaFNE05mvN1jtDugqP6Go6pvG5wndLTIyV2KyIfRBxjNvWvW5E12bvBKW-KCLonpCPpVHVezvlNKTNG8/s1600/gene+tierney+and+dana+andrews.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 87px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FoIb7V1ys7mRqVahmfFY9IweH77EpQMENhfo8QG_Hmo-RUbkKDtl7KlWToDlaFNE05mvN1jtDugqP6Go6pvG5wndLTIyV2KyIfRBxjNvWvW5E12bvBKW-KCLonpCPpVHVezvlNKTNG8/s320/gene+tierney+and+dana+andrews.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405984959730875890" /></a><br /><br />Gene Tierney has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for motion pictures.<br /><br />Gene Tierney's first daughter, Daria, was born deaf, partially blind and mentally retarded. Gene had contracted measles during her only appearance at the Hollywood Canteen. Howard Hughes provided the funds for her daughter's medical care. Gene never forogt Hughes' acts of kindness. <br /><br />Like Vivian Leigh, Gene Tierney was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder. During the 1950s, she received extensive shock treatment which forced her to drop out of Mogambo and was replaced by Grace Kelly. Later in life, Gene became an outspoken opponent of shock treatment therapy, claiming that it had destroyed significant portions of her memory.<br /><br />In 1958, Gene Tierney met Texas oil baron, W. Howard Lee, (who was married to Hedy Lamarr from 1953 to 1960). Tierney and Lee married in on July 11, 1960 and remained married until his death in 1981. <br /><br />After retiring from motion pictures, Gene settled in Texas where she became an excellent contract bridge player.<br /><br />Gene Tierney died on November 6, 1991 shortly before her 71st birthday of emphysema.Sharileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135007487432785984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529267355336810164.post-83205712416025272592009-10-28T12:16:00.000-07:002009-10-28T12:19:39.432-07:00Edward Van Sloan<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVvDNQs-OQKhoIr1yAY3QZ_fv_yIVrKg4ESnuy0Q_ijzeSXcYEL9KArIoVKX1oDdTKwBSy9D4x73bdpludgIMerJs5tqUzKeq2iqX6UkPgiWprk5IAIOYJqf52hNczGenEYi07rVkbjqY/s1600-h/edward+van+sloan4.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVvDNQs-OQKhoIr1yAY3QZ_fv_yIVrKg4ESnuy0Q_ijzeSXcYEL9KArIoVKX1oDdTKwBSy9D4x73bdpludgIMerJs5tqUzKeq2iqX6UkPgiWprk5IAIOYJqf52hNczGenEYi07rVkbjqY/s320/edward+van+sloan4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397732511733353666" /></a><br />Edward Van Sloan was a character actor best known for his roles in Universal Studios' horror films. He is best known for his roles in Dracula (1931) as Dr. Van Helsing, Frankenstein (1931) as Dr. Waldman, and The Mummy (1932) as Dr. Muller. <br /> <br />His close-cropped gray hair, thick spectacles, and clipped, ominous tones would serve memorably as the nemesis and antagonist of evil-doers and monsters played by Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and Erich von Strotheim. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMH-mLin7gk1-IQ6GlN8EtLIb8rt3M03-5UBVQ9m7COrA6RgFtDwpWK0yZvmoKZdwNdba70bIPE-mUNXnwexNf8yK0tKhZWbbjU8UL-p67IVEOTK1vUA3QyKc_OUO98ltDfes_boYIglU/s1600-h/edward+van+sloan1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 114px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMH-mLin7gk1-IQ6GlN8EtLIb8rt3M03-5UBVQ9m7COrA6RgFtDwpWK0yZvmoKZdwNdba70bIPE-mUNXnwexNf8yK0tKhZWbbjU8UL-p67IVEOTK1vUA3QyKc_OUO98ltDfes_boYIglU/s320/edward+van+sloan1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397732594294663026" /></a><br /> <br />Edward Van Sloan had a style of playing horror roles that was unmistakably his, speaking his lines in a slow, exaggerated style of elocution. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_46D4UqFZSooym5GEwgg6pWmSvtx5-fVLq6EfS_zVKsMv_-fIG5HoARfiYJ2fa9f2zkjv58gwkutxZatmvJVpxI-lxAuXqqmWclXoJh6EDykFmNZPTz4A5G6GEtNkedkMyE1IS4He8o/s1600-h/edward+van+sloan2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 99px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_46D4UqFZSooym5GEwgg6pWmSvtx5-fVLq6EfS_zVKsMv_-fIG5HoARfiYJ2fa9f2zkjv58gwkutxZatmvJVpxI-lxAuXqqmWclXoJh6EDykFmNZPTz4A5G6GEtNkedkMyE1IS4He8o/s320/edward+van+sloan2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397732356126560530" /></a><br /> <br /> <br />Edward Van Sloan was born on November 1, 1882 in Minnesota and passed away on March 6, 1964 at the age of 81. <br /> <br />After a lengthy career as a commercial artist, Van Sloan turned to the stage and movies after World War I. <br /> <br />He made his film debut in 1916 playing Joseph Tremaine in Slander. He did not appear in another movie until 1931. <br /> <br />From 1916 to 1927, Edward Van Sloan had a successful career on Broadway appearing in The Unknown Purple, Polly Preferred, Morals, Schweiger, Juarez and Maximilian, Remote Control, and Lost. <br /> <br />In 1927 he would be cast as Dr. Abraham Van Helsing in the Broadway production of Dracula starring Bela Lugosi as Dracula. <br /> <br />His broadway role would lead to his successful film career as a character actor. He was cast to play Dr. Abraham Van Helsing in the 1931 film Dracula. He would later recreate the role of Dr. Van Helsing in Dracula's Daughter (1936). <br /> <br />Edward's third movie credit was playing Dr. Waldman in Frankenstein (1931) starring Boris Karloff. Right before the opening credits of Frankenstein, he stepped out in front of a curtain to warn the audience that they now had a chance to escape the theater if they were too squeamish. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagie4Eoeka-wrUMH1SVJbNGbih39SfvkxriwTCNRGrGI0XSGuw9dsjlu1NkV0rpMKKQbbmaNEjNOX5vIzAj8d2z-Q6BGK-Vejsn_JwxWorhRIyQlPYXntvznkO_dYfYUQ1D5rMUXEAhA/s1600-h/edward+van+sloan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 97px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagie4Eoeka-wrUMH1SVJbNGbih39SfvkxriwTCNRGrGI0XSGuw9dsjlu1NkV0rpMKKQbbmaNEjNOX5vIzAj8d2z-Q6BGK-Vejsn_JwxWorhRIyQlPYXntvznkO_dYfYUQ1D5rMUXEAhA/s320/edward+van+sloan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397732178470769842" /></a><br /> <br />Edward was also a successful character actor in mystery films of the era including The Death Kiss (1932), Trick or Treat (1933), Murder on Campus (1934), and Danger on the Air (1938).<br /> <br />He also appeared in such classics as Baby Face (1933), Manhatten Melodrama (1934), The Woman in Red (1935), Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), and Love Crazy (1941).<br /> <br />In the late 1940s, Edward would return to the Broadway stage in The Vigil. <br /> <br />Edward Van Sloan retired from both the stage and movies in 1950 after a final performance in an uncredited movie role as a Minister in The Underworld Story.Sharileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135007487432785984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529267355336810164.post-70286746305233545482009-10-27T16:36:00.001-07:002009-10-27T16:36:30.729-07:00Jack Warden<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIPoQVZE6lYafsWhXvKhEIpU6g_Y0gwycdIEsLXGyen3kCb_SqspvlMkEWu1_j_wRtSXkxKq7zbXIJoM1W6hqxDvJ45Sf4aoUg8khSAyJkt1QqgvAjMgLfSedg20Y-PFRgg0x_r7HS2NTr/s1600-h/aaaaa.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 102px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIPoQVZE6lYafsWhXvKhEIpU6g_Y0gwycdIEsLXGyen3kCb_SqspvlMkEWu1_j_wRtSXkxKq7zbXIJoM1W6hqxDvJ45Sf4aoUg8khSAyJkt1QqgvAjMgLfSedg20Y-PFRgg0x_r7HS2NTr/s320/aaaaa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397110934403473826" /></a><br /><br /><br />Jack Warden was a character actor from the 1950s to 2000. He made his acting debut at the age of 30 and worked steadily until he was 80 years old. He appeared in over one hundred movies, typically playing gruff cops, sports coaches, soliders, trusted friends and similar type roles. His career spanned six decades and the peak of his career was when he was in his 60s. He also had a career on Broadway and in television.<br /><br />Jack Warden was born John H. Lebzelter on September 18, 1920 in Newark, New Jersey to Jack Warden Lebzelter and Laura Costello. Jack Warden was raised in Louisville, Kentucky. <br /><br />At the age of 17, young Jack, was expelled from school for fighting. Good with his fists, he turned professional boxer as a welterweight under the name Johnny Costello.<br /><br />Since there was not much money in boxing, Jack left the ring and began working as a bouncer in a night club. He also worked as a lifeguard before signing with the U.S. Navy in 1938. He served in China with the Yangtazee River Patrol before joining the Merchant Marine in 1941. <br /><br />Dissatisfied with life on a ship, he quit in 1942 in order to enlist in the U.S. Army. He was a paratrooper with the elite 101st Airborne Division and missed the June 1944 invasion of Normandy due to a broken leg he suffered during a practice jump shortly before D-Day. After he recovered, he did gone on to fight in the Battle of the Bulge.<br /><br />While recovering with the broken leg (he spent almost a year in the hospital) he read a Clifford Odets play and decided to become an actor. <br /><br />After World War II, he moved to New York City and pursued an acting career on the G.I. Bill. He joined the company of the Dallas Alley Theater and performed on the stage for five years. After several years in small, local productions, he made his Broadway debut in 1952 in Golden Boy. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhawqitDzSqiyQ1X_7hhr2SaIs7R8fjGlGTtYyNXV-50xIhtt53YlteIJrBn4GWUVFIIRNGWEMBA4zo37dpm6nLN4dr3zY5RWPa_Asdb_HvqIxpus-0k_wyxGz8r7H1KIyZO26Om3481h/s1600-h/a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 103px; height: 115px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhawqitDzSqiyQ1X_7hhr2SaIs7R8fjGlGTtYyNXV-50xIhtt53YlteIJrBn4GWUVFIIRNGWEMBA4zo37dpm6nLN4dr3zY5RWPa_Asdb_HvqIxpus-0k_wyxGz8r7H1KIyZO26Om3481h/s320/a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397110778323181058" /></a><br /><br />He made his television debut in 1948, on The Philco Television Playhouse. He also would go on to appear in such television shows as Studio One, Mr. Peepers, The Twilight Zone, Bewitched, Dr. Kildare and Crazy Like A Fox.<br /><br />In 1971, he won an Emmy award for supporting actor for his performance as Chicago Bears coach George Halas in Brian's Song. He also received two Emmy nominations for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Crazy Like a Fox.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBK8VHhG5hzmSd9TguEIbI6mADpbEnMtE7dt9QFaVa9A6Wnxj7KLnnGXpfAU5ZCFm9i3JpnVExd4itlK_TvnzUvfCuDqrz3s91wTN96stKX0d4BNITZARRTa_lkUU9uiK04LXOeDPJpVFr/s1600-h/aa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 93px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBK8VHhG5hzmSd9TguEIbI6mADpbEnMtE7dt9QFaVa9A6Wnxj7KLnnGXpfAU5ZCFm9i3JpnVExd4itlK_TvnzUvfCuDqrz3s91wTN96stKX0d4BNITZARRTa_lkUU9uiK04LXOeDPJpVFr/s320/aa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397110673844709218" /></a><br /><br />Jack Warden made his film debut in 1950 in a bit part in an uncredited role in The Asphalt Jungle. <br /><br />Jack Warden appeared in such films as From Here to Eternity (1953), Edge of the City (1953), 12 Angry Men (1957), Run Silent, Run Deep (1958), Donovan's Reef (1963), Shampoo (1975), All The President's Men (1976), Heaven Can Wait (1978), And Justice for All (1979), Used Cars (1980), The Verdict (1982), Problem Child (1990), While You Were Sleeping (1995) and Dirty Work (1998). <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mfUFUD2bxSMcbamkGmukVE6L3IoCuFP145lveYeSPHGAT4eQhq9EXgwkzYXAu20kDZA38s3sxWKKZJu6OwpgJjP-Ix-gh2n1oJRCbxtQK6fD6-NZOl8-1Tu3jbhr52nxZkvv9K0tT9C4/s1600-h/aaa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 84px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mfUFUD2bxSMcbamkGmukVE6L3IoCuFP145lveYeSPHGAT4eQhq9EXgwkzYXAu20kDZA38s3sxWKKZJu6OwpgJjP-Ix-gh2n1oJRCbxtQK6fD6-NZOl8-1Tu3jbhr52nxZkvv9K0tT9C4/s320/aaa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397110473875252978" /></a><br /><br />At the age of 80, his final film appearance would be in the The Replacements (2000). <br /><br />Jack Warden was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Shampoo (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). <br /><br />Jack Warden passed away on July 19, 2006 at the age of 85 from heart and kidney failure. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89fbXqtyDrEAJMa5mbNYw7-iTxq9QlqXN-1-bVYwf3m3RR3Lvsce2DGO81UX4YSLQbcNHpUwrwWr3H3vSMJom_f1gUSDeLgfmo_zHYWOi5xIRbhbE3dbXjHXFZzDYXFUX8bxGI7yW463f/s1600-h/aaaa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 90px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89fbXqtyDrEAJMa5mbNYw7-iTxq9QlqXN-1-bVYwf3m3RR3Lvsce2DGO81UX4YSLQbcNHpUwrwWr3H3vSMJom_f1gUSDeLgfmo_zHYWOi5xIRbhbE3dbXjHXFZzDYXFUX8bxGI7yW463f/s320/aaaa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397110369835568722" /></a>Sharileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135007487432785984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529267355336810164.post-2128364713359857082009-10-27T16:35:00.003-07:002009-10-27T16:36:01.224-07:00Teresa Wright<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNASGaBFplQYMhdp4aaNP9rrr5a4fQP_AZ3JZNKD4_qmorXoXTN8HalnWA8DGcbYIjEELwpi7DHqoCNV0otFfhrAklYKVoTxWyU7zGlgK63fq0HzZVfPap8zJ6U_4iPv0m09TntQP_rW_1/s1600-h/teresa+wright2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 110px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNASGaBFplQYMhdp4aaNP9rrr5a4fQP_AZ3JZNKD4_qmorXoXTN8HalnWA8DGcbYIjEELwpi7DHqoCNV0otFfhrAklYKVoTxWyU7zGlgK63fq0HzZVfPap8zJ6U_4iPv0m09TntQP_rW_1/s320/teresa+wright2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397323929676069122" /></a><br />Teresa Wright was born Murial Teresa Wright on October 27, 1918 in Harlem and grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey. The daughter of the daughter of Martha Espy and Arthur Wright, who was an insurance agent.<br /><br />While in highschool at Columbia High School, Teresa became seriously interested in acting and spent her summers working in Provincetown theater productions, appearing in such plays as such plays as "The Vinegar Tree" and "Susan and God." Following her high school graduation in 1938, she returned to New York and was hired to be the understudy of Dorothy McGuire and later Martha Scott in the role of Emily in the Broadway production of Our Town. <br /><br />In the fall of 1939, she appeared in the Broadway play Life with Father, playing the role of Mary Skinner for two years. It was there that she was discovered by a talent scout hired by Samuel Goldwyn.<br /><br />She was cast in the role of Bette Davis' daughter in the film Little Foxes (1941). Teresa was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her film debut.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8au5veeXzVtU7qm6Gr6Z3kJEdvvp3oygWIgrVGtnmGY6D5Nv06psd_c8JIc26FPFgTWlSdWFXcsc6eufULlHF9i_dZqu_bN6y5pMSbmNV-L4EgNa5Rf-Am_4JWatW8dSofVyujZCt5z2/s1600-h/teresa+wright4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 112px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8au5veeXzVtU7qm6Gr6Z3kJEdvvp3oygWIgrVGtnmGY6D5Nv06psd_c8JIc26FPFgTWlSdWFXcsc6eufULlHF9i_dZqu_bN6y5pMSbmNV-L4EgNa5Rf-Am_4JWatW8dSofVyujZCt5z2/s320/teresa+wright4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397323529757761586" /></a><br /><br />In 1942, she would play the wife of Lou Gehrig in The Pride of the Yankees and earn her second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. <br /><br />That same year, she won Best Supporting Actress as the daughter-in-law of Greer Garson's character in Mrs. Miniver. <br /><br />She is one of the elite ten thespians to have been nominated for both a Supporting and Lead Acting Academy Award in the same year for their achievements in two different movies.<br /><br />No actor has ever duplicated her accomplishment of receiving an Oscar nomination for each of her first three films.<br /><br />Teresa Wright also appeared in such films as Shadow of a Doubt (1943), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), The Imperfect Lady (1947), Something to Live For (1952), The Actress (1953), Escapade in Japan (1957). <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbi5nlbpyaD4RdMgeDulN_oychQumVAHOmaU57l_8vQvHwfswDu5NzYVofq4bE5QYutoDAT0Q6ZK3dvrwzwhjbIaP-UBxKB26E5JH0BgyWekdzgxS44OU15mdHr_3j-fNeQpPXZJxPav7W/s1600-h/teresa+wright3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbi5nlbpyaD4RdMgeDulN_oychQumVAHOmaU57l_8vQvHwfswDu5NzYVofq4bE5QYutoDAT0Q6ZK3dvrwzwhjbIaP-UBxKB26E5JH0BgyWekdzgxS44OU15mdHr_3j-fNeQpPXZJxPav7W/s320/teresa+wright3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397323641840898530" /></a><br /><br />Teresa Wright rebelled against the studio system of the time. When Samuel Goldwyn fired her citing her refusal to publicize the film Enchantment (1948). She would say "The type of contract between players and producers is, I feel, antiquated in form and abstract in concept... We have no privacies which producers cannot invade, they trade us like cattle, boss us like children."<br /><br />After 1959, she worked mainly in television and on Broadway. She was in the 1975 Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman and the 1980 revival Morning's at Seven, for which she won the Drama Desk Award as a a member of the Outstanding Ensemble Performance.<br /><br />She would earn Emmy nominations for The Miracle Worker (1957) and The Margaret Bourke White Story (1960). <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_7vFfzHhHKlMAHYMhjCwe_AYmfJuPXpB8kQ2QbzgkWUIj3qu4U1BXInC0ELisA0xawhfwLjYFJFhLIahq4K70W4dui2cSQxlim5hQpVNnEvFML3CniXfo2hiW7z1m96S-rshKMpO8hyphenhyphend/s1600-h/teresa+wright.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 111px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_7vFfzHhHKlMAHYMhjCwe_AYmfJuPXpB8kQ2QbzgkWUIj3qu4U1BXInC0ELisA0xawhfwLjYFJFhLIahq4K70W4dui2cSQxlim5hQpVNnEvFML3CniXfo2hiW7z1m96S-rshKMpO8hyphenhyphend/s320/teresa+wright.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397323789767066610" /></a><br /><br />She also appeared on classic television shows as Robert Montgomery Presents, Your Show of Shows, General Electric Theater, Four Star Playhouse, Bonanza, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Defenders, The Guiding Light and The Love Boat.<br /><br />Teresa Wright would return to the silver screen in The Rainmaker (1997), her final acting performance before officially retiring.<br /><br />Teresa Wright has two Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for television and one for motion pictures. <br /><br />Teresa Wright passed away on March 5, 2005 at the age of 86 due to a heart attack.Sharileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135007487432785984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529267355336810164.post-82922750091793969352009-10-27T16:35:00.001-07:002009-10-27T16:35:32.597-07:00Fay Wray<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAIb3ra9THDlnJjc1fVTxRjzKQEIQIKWlD7RPV-b-1XoxzHpG7qhlCJHgAZvcPP2Yr_Ibnzb2f0NvEkc5dMROFtROyUwyJ6TpiZrZOBrGxszpL9fJ4qJWB645nlWcZzCttmz_teuLv4ig0/s1600-h/aa.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAIb3ra9THDlnJjc1fVTxRjzKQEIQIKWlD7RPV-b-1XoxzHpG7qhlCJHgAZvcPP2Yr_Ibnzb2f0NvEkc5dMROFtROyUwyJ6TpiZrZOBrGxszpL9fJ4qJWB645nlWcZzCttmz_teuLv4ig0/s320/aa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397050205640037714" /></a><br />Fay Wray was born September 15, 1907 in Alberta Canada. <br /><br />She is regarded as Hollywood's first "scream queen" originating from her appearances in the 1932 film Doctor X and the 1933 film King Kong.<br /><br />She was barely in her teens when she started working as an extra. She began her career as a heroine in westerns at Universal during the silent era. Her first appearance was in Blind Husbands (1919).<br /><br />Wray gained media attention when she was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1926 with Joan Crawford, Dolores Del Rio, Mary Astor and Janet Ganyor. This resulted in a contract at Paramount Pictures.<br /><br />In 1928, director Erich von Stoheim cast Wray as the main female lead in his troubled production of The Wedding March. <br /><br />However, she is best remembered for her role as Ann Darrow, the blonde captive of the gigantic gorilla in the classic King Kong (1933). She wore a blonde wig over her naturally dark hair for the role. Fay was approached by producer Merian C. Cooper, who told her that he had a part for her in a picture in which she would be working with a tall, dark leading man. What he didn't tell her was that her "tall, dark leading man" was a giant gorilla.<br /><br />Wray died in her sleep on August 8, 2004, in her Manhattan apartment of natural causes She was 96 years old, only 38 days shy of her 97th birthday.<br /><br />After her death was announced the lights on the Empire State Building were extinguished for 15 minutes in her memory.Sharileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135007487432785984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529267355336810164.post-17925990157769873512009-10-27T16:34:00.001-07:002009-10-27T16:34:58.696-07:00Shelley Winters<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QHdDB5kuZftbn5KmPKkC55WxEkc1kcsJ4UUbEG0KUUReSW6zTnmfMz72I38QCKZeHoroRT8YcM2AU-mOnFzXKvNQKVdBD2R2Rc7Rh1WA-jsdOgQBqhxcr4qE_mfLy39-XET_KGULDiCe/s1600-h/a.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 112px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QHdDB5kuZftbn5KmPKkC55WxEkc1kcsJ4UUbEG0KUUReSW6zTnmfMz72I38QCKZeHoroRT8YcM2AU-mOnFzXKvNQKVdBD2R2Rc7Rh1WA-jsdOgQBqhxcr4qE_mfLy39-XET_KGULDiCe/s320/a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397053462840904290" /></a><br />Shelley Winters was born Shirley Schrift on August 18, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri. <br /><br />Shirley Schrift took her mother's maiden name (Winter) as her stage name and added Shelley for her favorite poet. When she saw the call sheet for A Double Life (1947) she discovered that Universal had added an "s", making her Shelley Winters.<br /><br />Shelley Winters had a career spanning six decades who appeared in films, on the broadway stage and on television.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpd29T0_8DakM3YIyW81NSK5Fre8wJTilhhHU5TYgYeGP6F5EDH6C130DzLqHACwocPKbqTzX2Ya-2iuvsrEuJUGCHlATO28Fi5yfq5LXy7MtzQqz-LHNRejU0CIWbvvwMrSPXnNxsE0q6/s1600-h/aa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 103px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpd29T0_8DakM3YIyW81NSK5Fre8wJTilhhHU5TYgYeGP6F5EDH6C130DzLqHACwocPKbqTzX2Ya-2iuvsrEuJUGCHlATO28Fi5yfq5LXy7MtzQqz-LHNRejU0CIWbvvwMrSPXnNxsE0q6/s320/aa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397053373056856242" /></a><br /><br />Shelley began her career on the broadway stage appearing in "The Night Before Christmas" in 1941 and followed it with the operetta "Rosalinda" (1942). <br /><br />In 1943, Shelley Winters began her film career with a bit role in There's Something About a Soldier. She even had an uncredited role as a dance hall girl in Red River (1948). <br /><br />Shelley received her big break in 1947 when she was casted in A Double Life (1947). She also appeared in The Great Gatsby (1949), Winchester 73 (1950), A Place in the Sun (1951), Executive Suite (1954), The Night of the Hunter (1955), The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), Lolita (1962), A Patch of Blue (1965), Alfie (1966) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972). <br /><br />She was nominated for an academy award four times: The Poseidon Adventure, The Diary of Anne Frank, A Place in the Sun and a Patch of Blue. She won an academy award for both A Patch of Blue and The Diary of Anne Frank. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnhVr4V6_hOpg-fpJ2sysOrxf7iwAC6cGoWri_TwKUBEwwaXdTCFvepSfVvIIBKT2iGk8iCB9UrU4lNr2llcYLtWVPOSyTVtofz8_lDfzV8jxERb28ROraRDwhH-H-AKPeVza0Kaw4cDX/s1600-h/aaa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 97px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnhVr4V6_hOpg-fpJ2sysOrxf7iwAC6cGoWri_TwKUBEwwaXdTCFvepSfVvIIBKT2iGk8iCB9UrU4lNr2llcYLtWVPOSyTVtofz8_lDfzV8jxERb28ROraRDwhH-H-AKPeVza0Kaw4cDX/s320/aaa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397053229865136866" /></a><br /><br />She donated her Oscar for The Diary of Anne Frank to the Anne Frank museum. <br /><br />One of her final roles was on televsion, playing Nana Mary on the 1990's sitcom Roseanne. <br /><br />Shelley Winter's early acting training was under the great Charles Laughton. <br /><br />Shelley Winter's was also roomates with Marilyn Monroe when they were both starting out in Hollywood. <br /><br />Shelley was married four times. Her first husband was Captain Mack Paul Mayer (1942-1948, divorced); her second husband was Vittorio Gassman (1952, 1954, divorced); her third husband was Anthony Franciosa (1957-1960, divorced). Her last husband Gerry Deford she was married to only hours before her death. On her death bed, she married her partner of 19 years. <br /><br />Shelley Winters had one daughter with Vittorio Gassman. <br /><br />Shelley Winters suffered a significant weight gain later in life, frequently stating that it was a marketing tool, since there were plenty of prominent normal-weight older actresses but fewer overweight ones, and her obesity would enable her to find work more easily.<br /><br />In 1973, Winters even put on a short-lived Broadway musical revue entitled "The Hoofing Hollywood Heifer." Although it closed after only eight performances, this show was applauded by many critics, one of whom stated that Winters was a "Whale of a talent looking for a sea of applause big enough to rest her massive girth."<br /><br />Shelley Winters was an actress who showed pizazz and knew how to take the ball and run with it. She was gutsy, uncompromising who cuold play the Hollywood game while exposing and criticizing it at the same time. She never apologized for any of it. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kwyDwM8tth1WHpvz2gWVqDR1kBksYXghO1MxTw4CYTJt2vhIvIj8n1XpIB9sPOVw3KDSBNI-ZHVO5wegkJsktiLfoKj_kfVhFX1BpmBllXP8IVqVRtlDz_e9rmGAyCHfVPBevZRNDRx2/s1600-h/aaaa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 89px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kwyDwM8tth1WHpvz2gWVqDR1kBksYXghO1MxTw4CYTJt2vhIvIj8n1XpIB9sPOVw3KDSBNI-ZHVO5wegkJsktiLfoKj_kfVhFX1BpmBllXP8IVqVRtlDz_e9rmGAyCHfVPBevZRNDRx2/s320/aaaa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397053119036908130" /></a><br /><br /><br />Shelley Winters passed away on January 14, 2006 of natural causes at the age of 85.Sharileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135007487432785984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529267355336810164.post-5736692815215460962009-10-27T16:33:00.002-07:002009-10-27T16:34:28.896-07:00Robert Taylor<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoV6hE_mi3i13PFY5hbI1dSDCGLzFZ8OPQA92gDa_ILB_E06LixWhN727Khg3E7EBe-mDWQds137HNV6aG5wIugyBvxCiEpxGQVKXM-r8XdFQtEwaaw-ZJB9j9CRNKnS2tiCDxMYSZKcxZ/s1600-h/taylor1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 131px; height: 118px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoV6hE_mi3i13PFY5hbI1dSDCGLzFZ8OPQA92gDa_ILB_E06LixWhN727Khg3E7EBe-mDWQds137HNV6aG5wIugyBvxCiEpxGQVKXM-r8XdFQtEwaaw-ZJB9j9CRNKnS2tiCDxMYSZKcxZ/s320/taylor1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396613991212726018" /></a><br /><br />Robert Taylor was born Spangler Arlington Brugh on August 5, 1911 in Filley, Nebraska. <br /><br />He passed away at the age of 57 on June 8, 1969 in Santa Monica, California from lung cancer. His funeral was attented by many hollywood celebrities and the eulogy was performed by long time friend and then Governor of California, Ronald Reagan.<br /><br />In 1934, he signed with MGM. Although his first movie, was Handy Andy in 1934, when MGM loaned him to Fox. He got his big break when MGM once again loaned him out this time to Universal when he was cast as the leading man opposite Irene Dunne in Magnificent Obsession (1935). <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr4-70aOVN3UctUaPxX5HWhvacz2hRkgIrZD8SXpvF4d1HphyDiekTnHTIxM3oZhZxzUSx0ebJRnTKrrlJHLPvP_Rfs_e9XA0TvGTAQpMBWn3X0zU2o9YNlIdd3ls8fxbVPb8JSESq8oNy/s1600-h/taylor.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 86px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr4-70aOVN3UctUaPxX5HWhvacz2hRkgIrZD8SXpvF4d1HphyDiekTnHTIxM3oZhZxzUSx0ebJRnTKrrlJHLPvP_Rfs_e9XA0TvGTAQpMBWn3X0zU2o9YNlIdd3ls8fxbVPb8JSESq8oNy/s320/taylor.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396614071387579250" /></a><br /><br /><br />He was groomed by MGM to become "The Heartthrob of the Nation." He was cast to play romantic roles opposite the most famous leading ladies of that time like Janet Gaynor, Eleanor Powell, Jean Harlow, Loretta Young, Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford. He became one of the most popular box-office stars.<br /><br />In 1936 he met Barbara Stanwyck, beginning a long and solid relationship. On January 1939, Photoplay magazine published an article titled "Hollywood's Unmarried Husbands and Wives" condemning the relationships between several couples including Taylor and Stanwyck. At Louis B. Mayer's urging and encouragement, Taylor and Stanwyck married on May 14, 1939 to avoid more public scandal. They would divorce on February 21, 1951. He appeared in three movies with Barbara Stanwyck, This is My Affair (1937), His Brother's Wife (1936) and The Night Walker (1964).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuUkHoc5sO35_yMOlv8rK3fZM8wNeYyl-168NNW-g2UV_UrmX2EpDIMPtxK3hHnfys4mXMagcbc81scIvQRw6Ahiwi32s9eGL96LD7X_H3YVjF0wF_uEpqbe_PsjTtzS5xrrcy8xl_0af/s1600-h/taylor2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 102px; height: 131px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuUkHoc5sO35_yMOlv8rK3fZM8wNeYyl-168NNW-g2UV_UrmX2EpDIMPtxK3hHnfys4mXMagcbc81scIvQRw6Ahiwi32s9eGL96LD7X_H3YVjF0wF_uEpqbe_PsjTtzS5xrrcy8xl_0af/s320/taylor2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396614175903910674" /></a><br /><br /><br />He married a second time to Ursula Thiess on May 24, 1954 and they would remain married until his death. Together they had two children. <br /><br />He holds Hollywood record for longest contract with one studio (MGM) 24 years from early 1934 to late 1958<br /><br />His films include, in addition to the ones already mentioned, Above and Beyond, Camille, Waterloo Bridge, Billy the Kid, Ivanhoe, Personal Property, Private Number and Three Comrades.<br /><br />Robert Taylor was one of the most handsome actors to grace the silver screen and he had talent to go with his good looks.Sharileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135007487432785984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529267355336810164.post-48050971398669253892009-10-27T16:33:00.001-07:002009-10-27T16:33:58.217-07:00Keenan Wynn<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmSFyvSecva2fjhrxTb_2tx3r8bJQr4ZS5pehicP92bqLtFBLZd8patpNfAXdaJ7DKr9lQ9IKFUA6Esc7HyrZ8AWvifnTxxxHMrUH9XJMBXScbXulPTECZCYPiwSD9q_jtDNjThXnQHco1/s1600-h/wynn1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 99px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmSFyvSecva2fjhrxTb_2tx3r8bJQr4ZS5pehicP92bqLtFBLZd8patpNfAXdaJ7DKr9lQ9IKFUA6Esc7HyrZ8AWvifnTxxxHMrUH9XJMBXScbXulPTECZCYPiwSD9q_jtDNjThXnQHco1/s320/wynn1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396607922045682178" /></a><br /><br />He was born on July 27, 1916 in New York, New York to a show biz family. His father was Edward Wynn and they starred together in The Huckster's, Annie Get Your Gun and Kiss Me Kate. His mother Hilda Wynn was also a minor actress. His paternal grandfather Frank Keenan was a Shakespearean tragedian.<br /><br />A wonderful character actor who starred in more than 100 movies and television shows. He made his uncredited debut in Somewhere I Will Find You in 1942. He also starred as Gene Kelly's agent in For Me and My Gal (1942), a drunk in The Clock (1945), and a newspaper editor in Easy to Wed (1946). In these roles he usually played a shady brute who provided comic relief. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNr-6XU30EmMrmk1RWPzzd-tkLYmwhhsoSg5jT4XZwwn4fm1iNodNUJtrynY-2jYuG-Qk9BTTp8Lj7wpIzfbCNmomg6Aa7oeu8hfCoDk9Bmu4JfKCGS6_cS-9MCQnWhF0LqqHO6hIA5Bsp/s1600-h/wynn3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 95px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNr-6XU30EmMrmk1RWPzzd-tkLYmwhhsoSg5jT4XZwwn4fm1iNodNUJtrynY-2jYuG-Qk9BTTp8Lj7wpIzfbCNmomg6Aa7oeu8hfCoDk9Bmu4JfKCGS6_cS-9MCQnWhF0LqqHO6hIA5Bsp/s320/wynn3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396608063401127474" /></a><br /><br /><br />He stole scenes as a self-important burlesque star in The Hucksters (1947), his jazz reedman in Song of the Thin Man (1927) and pal to Kirk Douglas in My Dear Secretary (1949). <br /><br />His later works included Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) and The Great Race (1965). <br /><br />He was also one of the actor's to play Digger Barnes on Dallas, appearing in 10 episodes.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqy-ZK3SQhxNIVcI7MSZFyhwc0LGnt9qBhY_FXHDyDJhWScxdZ_VmQgjwfV1j59waMXUub-Z9b9JTj1KiyAkAGvQjWO79pSiKIVRBJTDL7oqLKabr0ANhni31gktpEOmR35mL-VO94ksJJ/s1600-h/wynn2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 118px; height: 89px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqy-ZK3SQhxNIVcI7MSZFyhwc0LGnt9qBhY_FXHDyDJhWScxdZ_VmQgjwfV1j59waMXUub-Z9b9JTj1KiyAkAGvQjWO79pSiKIVRBJTDL7oqLKabr0ANhni31gktpEOmR35mL-VO94ksJJ/s320/wynn2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396608165569293730" /></a><br /><br /><br />He passed away October 14, 1986 of pancreatic cancer. He worked right up to the end, appearing in four different television shows in 1986 including The Fall Guy.Sharileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135007487432785984noreply@blogger.com0