She was best known for starring in the 1958 screen version of “South Pacific.” But her Hollywood career was brief, and she soon shifted her focus to Las Vegas and TV.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:12AMShe earned an extraordinary array of awards, from Oscars to Emmys to Tonys, but could still go almost everywhere unrecognized. Then came “Downton Abbey.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:42AMOnce labeled a “natural-born heavy,” he shined onscreen and especially onstage, securing a Tony nomination and winning an Obie Award.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:12PMShe first made her mark in the all-star 1944 movie “Hollywood Canteen” before finding acclaim on the musical stage. Movie and TV roles followed.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:32PMShe received a Golden Globe in 1954 as that year’s rising star and appeared in movies alongside Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Paul Newman.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMIn a trans-Atlantic career that endured for more than 60 years, she was also known for her role in the hit 1965 Disney movie “Mary Poppins.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PMHer Tony-winning Broadway career included “Driving Miss Daisy,” “On Golden Pond” and “The Heiress.” On TV she had maternal roles in “Cheers” and “Sex and the City.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:02PMShe wrote 70 plays, won an Obie Award and wrote and directed “Viet Rock,” a musical that predated “Hair” and is considered the first U.S. stage work to address the Vietnam War.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18PMAs Carmine Ragusa on the hit sitcom, he got to show off his singing, tap-dancing and gymnastic skills — and to croon “Rags to Riches” many times.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:03AMIn a career that began in 1976, she won nine Tony Awards and helped bring “Equus,” “Amadeus” and the work of Edward Albee to the New York stage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:24PMBest known as the gruff newsman he first played on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” he was also a busy character actor and a political activist.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMA veteran of the stage known for playing worldly wise and world-weary characters, she was cast in mature roles as early as her late 30s.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:12PMArthur Kopit, the avant-garde playwright who thrust off-Broadway into a new era with the absurdist satirical farce “Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ S…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 02:51PMA three-time Tony nominee, he first became known for avant-garde works, many of them christened with rambling titles, that sparked spirited reactions.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24AMShe preferred the stage, but she won praise for her work on television as the rebellious and thoroughly spoiled Elizabeth Bellamy, and later as Anna Karenina.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:42PMShe appeared in early Ingmar Bergman classics like “The Seventh Seal,” “Wild Strawberries” and “The Virgin Spring” and devoted much of her long career to the stage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18PMHer character on the hit 1960s sitcom radiated all-American wholesomeness and a youthful charm. After her TV career cooled down, she focused on theater acting.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:36PMHer Broadway career, fueled by her crystal-clear operatic soprano, brought her Tony Award nominations for “Showboat,” “The Music Man” and “Mary Poppins.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:54AMShe had a leading role as an uptight debutante-turned-hippie in the original Broadway production. She died of Covid-19.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:12PMShe first achieved acclaim on the stage. But she was best known for her Emmy-nominated role as Berta, Charlie Sheen’s gruff housekeeper.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:12PMHe played Hamlet, the wizard Gandalf and Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof.” But he was probably best known for “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:36PMIn a long career she was best known for an early role: Pussy Galore, who declared herself immune to Agent 007’s charms before judo-flipping him.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:48PMMr. Blum, who died of coronavirus complications, was also seen on Broadway; in “Crocodile Dundee” and other movies; and on numerous television shows.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:03PMShe went from being “Broadway’s hottest producer” to “one of the cleverest and most successful white-collar criminals in the history of this state.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:42PMA memorable character actor on stage and screen, Mr. Aiello won an Academy Award nomination for his role in Spike Lee’s 1989 film.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18PMShe was also nominated for a Tony for her performance in the title role of “Anna Karenina” and was a member of the original cast of “Les Misérables.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:33PMShe bantered with John Lennon in “A Hard Day’s Night” and won a Tony for playing four women in “Stop the World — I Want to Get Off.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:06PMMr. Torn won an Emmy for “The Larry Sanders Show” and acclaim for his theater work. But he was dogged by his reputation as a troublemaker.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:03AMIn a career that lasted almost half a century, he also appeared on screen opposite Clint Eastwood and other stars and was frequently seen on television.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:48PMA childhood friend of Leonard Bernstein, he won an Oscar and a Grammy for his work on the film “West Side Story” and 12 Clio Awards for his work in TV advertising.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:32PMShe won Oscar nominations for “Midnight Cowboy” and “Farewell, My Lovely” and gossip-column attention for her indefatigable partygoing.
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