Jean Simmons dies at 80
Interpreter comprehensive and acclaimed career, the British Jean Simmons died yesterday at 80 years of age at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., after a long battle with lung cancer.
Born into a large family of London, Simmons began to demonstrate their artistic inclinations from a very small achievement in adolescence and become a promising figure of the cinema of his country after appearing in the now classic black Necessity duo and Powell & Press burger version of Great illusions that David Lean directed and in which Jean had the role of the young Estella. Read the rest of this entry »
Peter Cushing
Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein and Dr. Van Helsing, amongst many other roles, often appearing opposite Christopher Lee, and occasionally Vincent Price. A familiar face on both sides of the Atlantic, he also starred as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) and as the Doctor in two Doctor Who cinema films, Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD in 1965 and 1966. Read the rest of this entry »
Dame Judi
(born Dec. 9, 1934, York, North Yorkshire, England) British actress known for her numerous and varied stage roles, her work in television, and her supporting parts in a variety of films.
Dench studied at the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art in London. In 1957 she gave her first important critically acclaimed performance, as [...]
Helena Bonham Carter
Actress. Born on May 26, 1966, in London, England. Helena Bonham Carter is perhaps best known for playing quintessential English heroines. She made her cinematic debut as Lady Jane Grey in Lady Jane (1985). Later film credits include Hamlet (1990), Howard’s End (1992), Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994), and Twelfth Night (1996).
Robert Shaw
Robert Archibald Shaw (9 August 1927 – 28 August 1978) was an English stage and film actor and novelist, remembered for his performances in The Sting, From Russia with Love, A Man for All Seasons, the original The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), and in particular, Jaws, where he played the shark-obsessed fisherman [...]
Theoni V. Aldredge
Full name, Theoni Athanasios Vachlioti Aldredge; born August 22, 1932, in Salonika, Greece; daughter of Athanasios (an army general and politician) and Meropi (maiden name, Gregoriades) Vachlioti; immigrated to the United States, c. 1949; married Tom Aldredge (an actor), December 10, 1953. Addresses:Agent: The Gersh Agency, 232 N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.
Jack Lemmon
Nobody deserves this much money–certainly not an actor.
— Jack Lemmon
THE son of a prosperous doughnut king, Jack Lemmon was educated at Andover and Harvard and served in the Navy before learning the acting ropes in New York. Once in Hollywood, he established himself in comedies and quickly won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his [...]
Steve Zahn
I live an hour outside New York on a farm, man. And when I’m not pretending, I’m cutting hay.
— Steve Zahn
Steve Zahn has one of those faces that everyday folks try to pinpoint, but which they could just as easily peg as belonging to a guy from their freshman biology lab as to a bankable [...]
Theatrical thrills
Echoing elements of “Hamlet” and Les Diaboliques, this ostensible thriller of a brother and sister who plan an elaborate living theater pageant to drive their sister-in-law mad turns into a jubilant tribute to the glory of theater and storytelling. Calculated and carefully observed where most Iranian films are loose and seemingly [...]
Billy Crystal
I’m completely obsessive. I haven’t slept since 1948 worrying about whether my schtick is going to be funny or not.
— Billy Crystal
BILLY CRYSTAL has been a successful stand-up comic and talk show guest since his twenties — he’s been hamming it up even longer than that. Born in Long Beach, New York,
