Research in Progress, Feb 1, 2021 Marie Christine Barrault Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: father worked in theater Social Class: Upper-middle Race/Ethnicity/Religion Family: Education: Training: Teacher/Inspirational Figure: Radio Debut: TV Debut: Stage Debut: Broadway Debut: Film Debut: Breakthrough Role: Oscar Role: Cousin Cousine, 1976; aged 32 Other Noms: Other Awards: Frequent Collaborator: Screen Image: character actor […]
Death in Hollywood: Bern, Paul (Jean Harlow’s First Husband)–Suicide or Murder?
February 1, 2021 by
He helped launch the career of Jean Harlow, whom he married in July 1932; two months later, he was found dead of a gunshot wound, leaving a suicide note.
1 Hitchcock: Actors Playing Actors, Performative, Role Playing, Theatricality
January 31, 2021 by
July 9, 2022 Hitchcock: Themes–Role Playing–Performative In many of his films, the characters claim and/or know that they, like everyone else, are playing a role: Murder: Theater setting 39 Steps: Robert Donat in the first scene Stage Fright: The young detective, smitten with Eve Gills (Jane Wyman) remarks that she does not look like an […]
Oscar Actors: Ross, Diana (Nominee)–Background, Career, Awards (Cum Advantage)
January 30, 2021 by
Singer Diana Ross has also ventured into acting, with a Golden Globe Award-winning and Oscar-nominated performance in the film Lady Sings the Blues (1972).
Oscar Actors: Bening, Annette–Background, Career, Awards (Cum Advantage, Tony, Emmy Noms)
January 29, 2021 by
Research in Progress (Jan 29, 2021) Annette Bening Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: mother church soloist Nationality: US Social Class: Middle/Upper-Middle Race/Ethnicity/Religion Family: one of 4 Education: Training: Teacher/Inspirational Figure: Radio Debut: TV Debut: Stage Debut: Broadway Debut: Film Debut: Breakthrough Role: The Grifters, 1990, aged 32 Oscar Role: Other Noms: 4 (3 lead and 1 […]
