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Blanche DuBois
Blanche DuBois (married name Grey) is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams' 1947 Pulitzer Prize-winning play ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. The character was written for Tallulah Bankhead and made popular to later audiences with Elia Kazan's 1951 film adaptation of Williams' play; ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando. Character overview Blanche DuBois is described as an aging Southern belle who lives in a state of perpetual panic about her fading beauty and concerns about how others perceive her looks. She has an obsession with staying out of direct light, and even covers a light bulb with a paper lantern. She is desperate for attention and has a history of sexual promiscuity. She was formerly a teacher, who was fired for having an affair with one of her teenaged students. Williams saw her as being 30 years of age. Michael Kahn, former head of Juilliard's drama program and an acquaintance of Williams, described Blanche as "a moth that i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Streetcar Named Desire
''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of personal losses, leaves her once-prosperous situation to move into a shabby apartment in New Orleans rented by her younger sister Stella and brother-in-law Stanley. ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is one of the most critically acclaimed plays of the 20th century and Williams's most popular work. It still ranks among his most performed plays, and has inspired many adaptations in other forms, notably a critically acclaimed film that was released in 1951.Production notesDecember 3, 1947—December 17, 1949IBDb.com Name Blanche is mentioned in the play as arriving at Stella's apartment by riding in a streetcar on the Desire streetcar line. Tennessee Williams was living in an apartment on Toulouse Street in New Orleans' French Quarter when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (; born 16 March 1953) is a French actress. Known for her portrayals of cold, austere women devoid of morality, she is considered one of the greatest actresses of her generation. With 16 nominations and two wins, Huppert is the most nominated actress at the César Awards. She is also the recipient of several accolades, such as five Lumière Awards, a BAFTA Award, three European Film Awards, two Berlin International Film Festival, three Cannes Film Festival, and Venice Film Festival honors, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award nomination. In 2020, ''The New York Times'' ranked her second on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Huppert's first César Award nomination was for Best Supporting Actress in '' Aloïse'' (1975) and she won Best Actress for ''La Cérémonie'' (1995) and ''Elle'' (2016). For '' The Lacemaker'' (1977) she won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer. She went on to win two Cannes Film Festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Weisz
Rachel Hannah Weisz (; born 7 March 1970) is an English actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received List of awards and nominations received by Rachel Weisz, several awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award. Weisz began acting in stage and television productions in the early 1990s, and made her film debut in ''Death Machine'' (1994). She won a Critics' Circle Theatre Award for her role in the 1994 revival of Noël Coward's play ''Design for Living'', and went on to appear in the 1999 Donmar Warehouse production of Tennessee Williams' drama ''Suddenly Last Summer''. Her film breakthrough came with her starring role as List of The Mummy characters#Evelyn Carnahan, Evelyn Carnahan in the Hollywood action films ''The Mummy (1999 film), The Mummy'' (1999) and ''The Mummy Returns'' (2001). Weisz went on to star in several films of the 2000s, including ''Enemy at the Gates'' (2001), ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Ryan
Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski (born May 3, 1968), known professionally as Amy Ryan, is an American actress. She began her professional stage career in 1987 and made her Broadway debut in 1993 as a replacement in the original production of Wendy Wasserstein's '' The Sisters Rosensweig''. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performances in '' Uncle Vanya'' (2000) and '' A Streetcar Named Desire'' (2005), and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for '' Doubt: A Parable'' (2024). For her breakthrough film role as a troubled single mother in the thriller ''Gone Baby Gone'' (2007), Ryan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other films include '' You Can Count on Me'' (2000), '' Capote'' (2005), ''Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'' (2007), '' Changeling'' (2008), '' Birdman'' (2014), '' Bridge of Spies'' (2015), '' The Infiltrator'' (2016), and '' Beau Is Afraid'' (2023). On television, she played Bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Richardson
Natasha Jane Richardson (11 May 1963 – 18 March 2009) was a British actress. A part of the Redgrave family, Richardson was the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardson and the granddaughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. Her husband was Liam Neeson. Early in her career, Richardson portrayed Mary Shelley in Ken Russell's '' Gothic'' (1986) and Patty Hearst in the eponymous 1988 biopic film directed by Paul Schrader and later received critical acclaim and a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the 1993 revival of '' Anna Christie''. Richardson also appeared in '' The Handmaid's Tale'' (1990), '' Nell'' (1994), '' The Parent Trap'' (1998), '' Maid in Manhattan'' (2002), and '' The White Countess'' (2005). For playing Sally Bowles in the 1998 Broadway revival of ''Cabaret,'' she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical and the Outer Critics Circle Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxine Peake
Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English actress and narrator. She is known for her roles as Twinkle in ''Dinnerladies (TV series), dinnerladies'', a sitcom on BBC One (1998–2000), as List of Shameless (British TV series) characters#Veronica Ball, Veronica Ball in ''Shameless (British TV series), Shameless'', the comedy drama from Channel 4 (2004–2007), Martha Costello in the BBC One legal drama ''Silk (TV series), Silk'' (2011–2014), and Grace Middleton in the BBC One drama series ''The Village (2013 TV series), The Village'' (2013–2014). In 2017, she starred in the ''Black Mirror'' episode "Metalhead (Black Mirror), Metalhead". She has also played the title role in a Royal Exchange, Manchester, Royal Exchange production of ''Hamlet'', as well as the notorious serial killer Myra Hindley in ''See No Evil: The Moors Murders'', the critically acclaimed 2006 dramatisation by ITV (TV network), ITV of the Moors murders. Early life Peake was born in Bolton, England, on 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Ari Parker
Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe (born October 7, 1970) is an American actress and model. She made her screen debut with a leading role in the critically acclaimed independent film '' The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love'' (1995) and went on to appear in ''Boogie Nights'' (1997), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Parker has starred in a number of movies, including '' Blue Streak'' (1999), ''Remember the Titans'' (2000), ''Brown Sugar'' (2002), '' Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins'' (2008), '' Black Dynamite'' (2009), and '' Almost Christmas'' (2016). On television, Parker played the leading role of attorney Teri Joseph (later Carter) in the Showtime drama series ''Soul Food'' (2000–04), for which she received five NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series nominations. She also starred in the short-lived UPN romantic comedy '' Second Time Around'' (2004–05) and the ABC drama '' Time After Time'' (2017). In 2017, she joined the cast of Fox's prime-time soap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine Page
Geraldine Sue Page (November 22, 1924June 13, 1987) was an American actress. With a career which spanned four decades across film, stage, and television, Page was the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Geraldine Page, numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for four Tony Awards. A native of Kirksville, Missouri, Page studied at the The Theatre School at DePaul University, Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago and with Uta Hagen and Lee Strasberg in New York City. During the McCarthyism era, she was Hollywood blacklist, blacklisted in Hollywood based on her association with Hagen and did not work in film for eight years. Page won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in ''The Trip to Bountiful'' (1985). She was Oscar-nominated for her work in ''Hondo (film), Hondo'' (1953), ''Summer and Smoke (film), Summer and Smoke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelica Page
Angelica Page (née Angelica Sue Torn; February 17, 1964) is an American actress, director, producer and screenwriter. She is the only daughter of actors Rip Torn and Geraldine Page. Credited as Angelica Torn in her early career, she legally and professionally changed her name to Angelica Page in September 2011. Page began her career in the 1993 Broadway revival of ''Anna Christie'', and made her feature film debut in '' Nobody's Fool'' (1994). In 1998, she starred in a Broadway production of ''Side Man'', which earned her a Helen Hayes Award for Best Actress. She subsequently appeared in the films ''The Sixth Sense'' (1999), and the political drama '' The Contender'' (2000). She continued to appear Off-Broadway throughout the 2000s, returning to Broadway with a supporting part in a 2012 revival of '' The Best Man''. In 2015, she starred as her mother, Geraldine Page, in the touring stage production '' Turning Page'', a biographical play which she also wrote. Additional film cred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie Nye
Carolyn Nye McGeoy (October 14, 1936 – July 14, 2006), known professionally as Carrie Nye, was an American actress. In her career spanning 32 years, she was nominated for a Tony Award in 1965, a Primetime Emmy Award in 1980, and a Drama Desk Award in 1981. Early life Nye was born Carolyn Nye McGeoy in Greenwood, Mississippi, the only child of Frank Rice McGeoy, president of a local bank, and Emma Evelyn (Reddett) McGeoy. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, then attended the Yale School of Drama, graduating in 1959. She met Dick Cavett at Yale. They married in 1964. Career Most of Nye's work was on the stage. She joined the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 1955 and portrayed a number of roles at the festival through the 1960s and 1970s. Among her credits were the leads in '' The Skin of Our Teeth'' and ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. She was in the American Shakespeare Festival that performed ''Troilus and Cressida'' at the White House during the Kenned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lois Nettleton
Lois June Nettleton (August 16, 1927 – January 18, 2008) was an American film, stage, radio and television actress. She received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won two Daytime Emmy Awards. Early life Lois Nettleton was born on August 16, 1927, in Oak Park, Illinois, to Virginia and Edward L. Nettleton. She was also raised by her maternal aunt's family. She attended Senn High School, where she was a classmate of Lee Stern, and Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago. She was crowned Miss Chicago of 1948 and became a semifinalist at the Miss America 1948 pageant. After performing to favorable reviews with Geraldine Page in repertory theatre at the New Lake Zurich Playhouse in 1946 and with the Woodstock Players the following year, her professional acting career began in 1949. She understudied Barbara Bel Geddes in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' and appeared on television in a production of "Flowers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh ( ; born Vivian Mary Hartley; 5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967), styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British actress. After completing her drama school education, Leigh appeared in small roles in four films in 1935 and progressed to the role of heroine in ''Fire Over England'' (1937). She then won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, for her performances as Scarlett O'Hara in ''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone with the Wind'' (1939) and Blanche DuBois in the film version of ''A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film), A Streetcar Named Desire'' (1951), a role she had also played on stage in London's West End theatre, West End in 1949. She also won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Tony Award for her work in the Broadway theatre, Broadway musical version of ''Tovarich (musical), Tovarich'' (1963). Despite her fame as a screen actress, Leigh was primarily a stage performer. During her 30-year career, she played roles ranging from the heroines of Noël Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
