Robert Shaw It is sad when we consider just how many wonderful performances we were deprived of with Robert Shaw’s untimely death in 1978. The man was only 51 when a massive heart attack killed him on a country road in County Mayo, Ireland. His career consisted of only […]
MARGARET DUMONT (1882 – 1965) Margaret Dumont’s great claim to movie fame was her regular role as the ‘straight woman’ to the Marx Brothers in their movies. She was totally bald beneath her wigs and, consequently, wore them all the time. Groucho was convinced that she rarely understood the group’s […]
1982 Gandhi – Best Picture Ben Kingsley – Gandhi Meryl Streep – Sophie’s Choice Lou Gossett Jr – An Officer and a Gentleman Jessica Lange – Tootsie Kingsley as Gandhi Meryl Streep in Sophie’s Choice Lou Gossett Jr – An Officer […]
For the next few days I am going to focus on character actors, beginning with what I believe are (or were) the ten most ‘interesting’ faces. The old adage, ‘his face was his fortune’, applies as much to character actors as it does to the stars. If you are […]
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