Ventriloquist and female impersonator Bobbie Kimber, whose gender identity shifted as his life progressed, is the topic of film historian Anthony Slide’s latest book.
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Ruth Hussey (actress) movies and bio: Often wasted in ‘wife’ roles, this pretty and personable performer received one Oscar nod for The Philadelphia Story.
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Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe joined forces on the problem-plagued The Misfits. See also: The playwright’s answer to Elia Kazan’s 1954 Oscar winner On the Waterfront.
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Playwright Arthur Miller vs. Red Scare paranoia: The Crucible and the Salem witch hunts demythologize the concept of ‘American exceptionalism.’
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Visions of the shattered American Dream in 2 ‘Arthur Miller movies’: The subversive family dramas All My Sons and Death of a Salesman.
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Harold Prince (director) movies and bio: Broadway musical legend handled a couple of notable big-screen titles, Something for Everyone and A Little Night Music.
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West End Theater Raves and Best Actress Tony Award plus Laurence Olivier Costar in Eugene O’Neill masterwork: Minor Columbia Actress Went Far.
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Theodore Bikel Movies: The Oscar-nominated activist and The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof star was bypassed for the movie versions.
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Ron Moody: Doctor Who Was Biggest Professional Regret of Oscar-Nominated Actor who would be nominated for Tony Award for Oliver! revival.
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Ron Moody: Oliver! Actor, Oscar Nominee Dead. Dickens’ Fagin in troubled but highly successful stage musical and later Best Picture winner..
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Teresa Wright: From Broadway triumph (minus Tony nomination) to cult classic Somewhere in Time and The Rainmaker with Matt Damon.
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Henry V Movie (1944) Actress Renée Asherson: Laurence Olivier’s Leading Lady was London stage star married to Oscar winner Robert Donat.
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Polly Bergen, actress in Hollywood and on Broadway, was on Richard Nixon’s extended Enemies List, along with other liberal Democrat celebrities.
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Tom Hanks in Lucky Guy. Tony Awards 2013: Tom Hanks, Nora Ephron among nominees April 30 update: The Tony Awards 2013 nominations were announced earlier today. Missing in action is …
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Male impersonator Kitty Doner: Vaudeville Theatre History. Vaudeville theatre history: The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville Vaudeville history in Anthony Slide’s The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville. Vaudeville is now extinct – at least …