Anthony Franciosa
Actor Anthony Franciosa died of a massive stroke this past Friday, Jan. 20, at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 77.
Franciosa’s film career began late — but auspiciously — in 1957. The 32-year-old actor (born in New York City on Oct. 28, 1925) had key roles in Robert Wise’s This Could Be the Night, George Cukor’s Wild Is the Wind, Elia Kazan’s A Face in the Crowd, and Fred Zinnemann’s A Hatful of Rain, in which he recreated his well-regarded Broadway role.
For his somewhat mechanical performance — stage mannerisms were much in evidence — Franciosa received his one and only best actor Academy Award nomination.
Yet, major stardom proved elusive. Although he was [...]
by Andre Soares | January 22, 2006
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Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters, winner of two best supporting actress Academy Awards, died of heart failure at the Rehabilitation Centre of Beverly Hills on Jan. 14. In October, she had been hospitalized after suffering a heart attack. She was 85.
Besides her two Oscars — for The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and A Patch of Blue (1965) — Winters received two other nominations: in 1951 as best actress for A Place in the Sun (top, with Montgomery Clift) and a supporting nod in 1972 for her underwater prowess in The Poseidon Adventure (right). (Sylvia Syms played Winters’ role in the 2005 made-for-TV remake.)
Née Shirley Schrift in St. Louis, Mo., on Aug. 18, 1920 (some sources claim 1922), to an amateur [...]
