|
Love Letters (play)
''Love Letters'' is a play by A. R. Gurney that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play centers on two characters, Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III. Using the epistolary form sometimes found in novels, they sit side by side at tables and read the notes, letters and cards – in which over nearly 50 years, they discuss their hopes and ambitions, dreams and disappointments, victories and defeats – that have passed between them throughout their separated lives. The play is a performance favorite for busy name actors, for it requires little preparation, and lines need not be memorized. It was first performed by the playwright himself with Holland Taylor at the New York Public Library, then opened in 1988 at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, with Joanna Gleason and John Rubinstein. Broadway and Off-Broadway productions Directed by John Tillinger, it opened with Kathleen Turner and John Rubinstein on March 27, 1989, at the of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Barrie
Barbara Barrie (born Barbara Ann Berman; May 23, 1931) is an American actress and author. Her film breakthrough came in 1964 with her performance as Julie in the landmark film '' One Potato, Two Potato'', for which she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She is best known for her role as Evelyn Stohler in '' Breaking Away'', which brought her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1979 and an Emmy Award nomination in 1981 when she reprised the role in the television series based on the film. On television, Barrie is perhaps best known for her portrayal of the wife of the namesake captain in the detective sitcom ''Barney Miller'' between 1975 and 1978''.'' She also is known for her extensive work in the theatre, receiving a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 1971 for originating the role of Sarah in Stephen Sondheim's ''Company''. Theatre One of Barrie's first professional stage jobs was a resident actres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Segal
George Segal Jr. (February 13, 1934 – March 23, 2021) was an American actor. He became popular in the 1960s and 1970s for playing both dramatic and comedic roles. After first rising to prominence with roles in acclaimed films such as '' Ship of Fools'' (1965) and '' King Rat'' (1965), he co-starred in the classic drama '' Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1966). Through the next decade and a half, Segal consistently starred in notable films across a variety of genres including '' The Quiller Memorandum'' (1966), '' The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' (1967), '' No Way to Treat a Lady'' (1968), ''The Bridge at Remagen'' (1968), '' Where's Poppa?'' (1970), '' The Owl and the Pussycat'' (1970), '' Born to Win'' (1971), '' The Hot Rock'' (1972), '' Blume in Love'' (1973), '' A Touch of Class'' (1973), '' California Split'' (1974), '' The Terminal Man'' (1974), '' The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox'' (1976), '' Fun with Dick and Jane'' (1977), '' Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Reeve
Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, activist, director, and author. He amassed Christopher Reeve on stage and screen, several stage and screen credits in his 34-year career, including playing the Superman (1978 film series character), title character in the Superman in film, ''Superman'' film series (1978–1987). He won a British Academy Film Awards, British Academy Film Award, an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He was also known for his activism. Born in New York City and raised in Princeton, New Jersey, Reeve discovered a passion for acting and theater at the age of nine. He studied at Cornell University and the Juilliard School, making his Broadway theatre, Broadway debut in 1976. His Breakthrough role, breakthrough came with playing the title character in ''Superman (1978 film), Superman'' (1978) and its three sequels (1980–1987). Afterwards, Reeve turned down multiple roles in big-budget mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsha Mason
Marsha Mason (born April 3, 1942) is an American actress and theatre director. She has been nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in '' Cinderella Liberty'' (1973), '' The Goodbye Girl'' (1977), '' Chapter Two'' (1979), and '' Only When I Laugh'' (1981). The first two also won her Golden Globe Awards. She was married for 10 years (1973–1983) to the playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon, who wrote all but the first film cited above, in addition to several others in which she starred. Mason's film debut was in the 1966 film ''Hot Rod Hullabaloo''. Her other films include '' Blume in Love'' (1973), '' The Cheap Detective'' (1978), '' Max Dugan Returns'' (1983), '' Heartbreak Ridge'' (1986), '' Stella'' (1990) and '' Drop Dead Fred'' (1991). On television, she appeared in the soap opera '' Love of Life'' (1971–72) and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her recurring role on the sitcom '' Frasier'' (1997–98). She has also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hurt
William McChord Hurt (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American actor. For his performances on stage and screen, he received various awards including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. Hurt studied at the Juilliard School before his film debut, in Ken Russell's science-fiction feature ''Altered States'' (1980), for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. He went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Actor playing a gay prisoner in '' Kiss of the Spider Woman'' (1985). Hurt was Oscar-nominated for '' Children of a Lesser God'' (1986), and '' Broadcast News'' (1987), and ''A History of Violence'' (2005). He starred in films such as ''Body Heat'' (1981), '' The Big Chill'' (1983), '' The Accidental Tourist'' (1988), ''Alice'' (1990), '' One True Thing'' (1998), ''Sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Ivey
Dana Ivey (born August 12, 1941) is an American retired actress. She is a five-time Tony Award nominee for her work on Broadway, and won the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her work in both ''Sex and Longing'' and ''The Last Night of Ballyhoo''. She originated the title role in '' Driving Miss Daisy'' and was nominated for a Drama Desk award for Best Actress in a Play. Her film appearances include '' The Color Purple'' (1985), '' Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'' (1988), '' The Addams Family'' (1991), '' Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'' (1992), '' Sleepless in Seattle'' (1993), '' Addams Family Values'' (1993), '' Two Weeks Notice'' (2002), '' Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde'' (2003), ''Rush Hour 3'' (2007), and '' The Help'' (2011). Early life and family Ivey was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Her mother, Mary Nell Ivey Santacroce (née McKoin), was a teacher, speech therapist, and actress who appeared in productions of '' Driving Miss Daisy'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Kiley
Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actor and singer. He is best-known for his distinguished theatrical career in which he twice won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Kiley originated the role of Don Quixote in the original 1965 production of the Broadway musical ''Man of La Mancha'' and was the first to sing and record " The Impossible Dream", the hit song from the show. In the 1953 hit musical '' Kismet'', he played the Caliph in the original Broadway cast and, as such, was one of the quartet who sang " And This Is My Beloved". Additionally, he won four Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards during his 5 decade career and his "sonorous baritone" was also featured in the narration of a number of documentaries and other films. At the time of his death, Kiley was described as "one of theater's most distinguished and versatile actors" and as "an indispensable actor, the kind of performer who could be called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hearn
George Hearn (born June 18, 1934) is an American actor and bass-baritone singer, primarily in Broadway musical theatre. Some of his Broadway credits include Albin in '' La Cage aux Folles'', the title role in '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'', Max von Mayerling in '' Sunset Boulevard'', John Dickinson in ''1776'', Mr. Otto Frank in '' The Diary of Anne Frank'', and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in '' Wicked''. For his work, he won two Tony Awards for '' La Cage aux Folles'' and '' Sunset Boulevard''. As well as being nominated for three others. He also was nominated for an Olivier Award for ''La Cage aux Folles''. Early years Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Hearn studied philosophy at Southwestern at Memphis, now Rhodes College before he embarked on a career in the theater, training for the stage with actress turned acting coach Irene Dailey. Most of Hearn's early performances were in traditional productions at the New York Shakespeare Festival and thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Heald
Anthony Heald (born August 25, 1944) is an American character actor known for portraying Hannibal Lecter's jailer, Dr. Frederick Chilton, in '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991) and '' Red Dragon'' (2002), and for playing vice principal Scott Guber in David E. Kelley's ''Boston Public'' (2000–2004). Heald also had a recurring role as Judge Cooper on Kelley's ''The Practice'' and '' Boston Legal''.The character was named "Wallace Cooper" on ''The Practice'' but "Harvey Cooper" on ''Boston Legal''. He had a prominent role as a troubled psychic in ''The X-Files'' episode " Closure". Early years Heald was born on August 25, 1944, in New Rochelle, New York, and grew up in Massapequa, New York. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1970. Career Heald has worked extensively on Broadway and has been twice nominated for the Tony Award for his work as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh in '' Anything Goes'' (1988) and Terrence McNally's '' Love! Valour! Compassion!'' (1995). He also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Grizzard
George Cooper Grizzard Jr. (April 1, 1928 – October 2, 2007) was an American stage, television, and film actor. He was the recipient of a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award, among other accolades. Biography Early life and education Grizzard was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina and raised in Washington, DC. He once told an interviewer that he was "an only child and probably very lonely, so I made up children to play with — Gene and Bounds and Mrs. Pig and Mrs. Hog and their children and a town called Scottina. It was all a child's fantasy, but I guess that just kind of developed into wanting to create people." He appeared in student productions in junior high school and decided to become an actor while attending Jackson-Reed High School, Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, where he was president of the drama club. He went on to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied advertising and drama. Career He returned to Was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Harris (American Actress)
Julia Ann Harris (December 2, 1925August 24, 2013) was an American actress. Renowned for her classical and contemporary roles, she earned numerous accolades including five Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play, three Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, and a BAFTA Award. She was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1979, received the National Medal of Arts in 1994, the Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award, and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2005. After making her Broadway debut in 1945 Harris went on to win five Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play for her roles in '' I Am a Camera'' (1952), '' The Lark'' (1956), '' Forty Carats'' (1969), '' The Last of Mrs. Lincoln'' (1973), and '' The Belle of Amherst'' (1977). Her other Tony-nominated roles were in '' Marathon '33'' (1964), ''Skyscraper'' (1966), ''The au Pair Man'' (1974), ''Lucifer's Child'' (1991), and '' The Gin Game'' (1997). She starred in the 1950 play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
