Research in Progress Sep 27, 2021 Amanda Seyfried Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: No Social Class: Upper-Middle; mother, occupational therapist, father pharmacist. Race/Ethnicity/Religion: Allentown, Pennsylvania Family: Education: Training: modeling at 11 Teacher/Inspirational Figure: Radio Debut: TV Debut: acting at 15, Lucy Montgomery CBS soap in As the World Turns, 1999–2001, Joni Stafford on ABC soap, All […]
Death in Hollywood: Vigo, Jean (French Director of L’Atalante), Dead at 29 (Tubercolosis)
September 27, 2021 by
Jean Vigo (French: April 26, 1905–October 5, 1934) was a French film director who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s. His work influenced French New Wave cinema of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Vigo was born to Emily Clero and the militant anarchist Miguel Almereyda. Much of Vigo’s early life was […]
Oscar Actors: Odom, Leslie, Jr.–Background, Career, Award
September 26, 2021 by
Research in Progress: Sep. 21, 2021 Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: 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: Leslie Odom Jr. […]
Oscar Actors: Lorring, Joan–Background, Career, Awards (Cum Advantage, Donaldson, Early Tony)
September 26, 2021 by
For her role as Bessy Watty in The Corn Is Green (1945), Lorring was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Cukor: Hollywood’s Best Actors Director (Actors in Movies, A to Z)
September 25, 2021 by
Cukor: Hollywood’s Best Actors Director (Actors in Movies, A to Z)
