In 2018, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role in a revival of Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women, thus becoming one of the few performers to have achieved the “Triple Crown of Acting” in the US.

Maggie Smith Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: Nationality: UK Social Class: Middle; mother Scottish secretary from Glasgow, father, public health pathologist, University of Oxford Race/Ethnicity/Religion Family: Education: Training: Teacher/Inspirational Figure: Radio Debut: TV Debut: Stage Debut: Oxford Playhouse, 1952, aged 18 New Faces of ’56. Broadway Debut: Film Debut: Breakthrough Role: Oscar Role: Prime of Miss […]

Andrews starred in The Sound of Music (1965), which was the highest-grossing film of its year. In 2019, it remains the third highest-grossing film of all time in the US, adjusted for inflation.

Neal won the Best Actress for her performance in Hud (1963), co-starring with Paul Newman. When the film was initially released it was predicted she would be a nominee in the supporting actress category, but when she began collecting awards, they were always for Best Actress, from the New York Film Critics, the National Board of Review and a BAFTA award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

Anne Bancroft Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: Nationality: Social Class: Race/Ethnicity/Religion Family: Education: Training: Teacher/Inspirational Figure: Radio Debut: TV Debut: Stage Debut: Broadway Debut: Film Debut: Breakthrough Role: Oscar Role: Other Noms: Other Awards: Frequent Collaborator: Screen Image: character actor Last Film: Career Output: Film Career Span: Marriage: Politics: Death:   Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria […]