Resultados para "Filmer" en Actores

De-a lungul acestor pagini intime, la fel de sincere ca o conversație personală, Stone vorbește despre rolurile sale esențiale, despre prieteniile care i-au schimbat viața, despre cele mai mari dezamăgiri și realizările ei cu adevărat importante. Dezvăluie cum a trecut de la o copilărie plină de traume și violență la o carieră într-o industrie care, în multe privințe, a fost ecoul acelorași agresiuni, sub paravanul banilor și al farmecului.

This must-listen account of starting at the lowest rung on the production ladder among enormously famous and outrageously demanding people will be devoured for its insights, gossip, humor, and storytelling. Married and with a child, the author takes unpaid gigs to get a foot in the door and eventually ends up working on all seasons of The Sopranos, often named the best TV show ever.

*AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER* "Listeners who appreciated Jennette McCurdy's I'm Glad My Mom Died will enjoy [Alyson] Stoner's savvy memoir, which shows how fame and fortune dangled before a parent's eyes can make their morals take a back seat to the desire to give the...

This is an engrossing and candid book, a beguiling exploration of what it means to be a producer, including purchasing rights, developing scripts, casting actors, managing directors, editing film, and winning awards. Filled with tales of legendary and beloved films, as well as some not-so-legendary and forgotten ones, A Life in Movies takes listeners behind the scenes and into the history of Hollywood.

Dorothy Lamour, born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton (December 10, 1914 - September 22, 1996) was an American actress and big band singer, best remembered for having appeared in the Road to... movies, a series of successful comedies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Her appearance as Ulah in The Jungle Princess (1936) brought her fame and marked the beginning of her image as the "Sarong Queen." For her contribution to the radio and motion picture industry, Lamour has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The following recordings are from TV appearances in 1972 and 1981.

Jean Harlow, born Harlean Harlow Carpenter (March 3, 1911 - June 7, 1937), from Kansas City, MO, was an American actress known for her portrayal of "bad girl" characters. Often nicknamed the "Blonde Bombshell" and the "Platinum Blonde," Harlow was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the pre-Code era of American cinema. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Harlow number 22 on its greatest female screen legends list. In the following recording from 1936, Harlow is interviewed by Elsa Schalert, a radio show host and Los Angeles Times writer.

Elizabeth Ruth Grable (December 18, 1916-July 2, 1973) was an American actress, dancer, and singer. Her 42 films during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than $100 million, and for 10 consecutive years (1942 to 1951) she placed among the Quigley Poll's top 10 box office stars. Throughout her career, Grable was a celebrated sex symbol. Her iconic bathing-suit poster made her the top pin-up girl of World War II, surpassing Rita Hayworth. The photo was later included in the Life magazine project, "100 Photographs That Changed the World." The following recording is a clip from a 1969 TV interview.

Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 to February 1, 1966), born in Piqua, Kansas, was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent films during the 1920s, in which he performed physical comedy and inventive stunts. He frequently maintained a stoic, deadpan facial expression that became his trademark and earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face." In the following recording, from an April 17, 1964 television interview, Keaton reflects on his sixty-year career in show business.

Natalie Wood (née Zacharenko; July 20, 1938-November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began acting at age four and co-starred at age eight in Miracle on 34th Street (1947). As a teenager, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), followed by a role in John Ford's The Searchers (1956). The following recording is from a 1979 interview.

Gloria Mae Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899 to April 4, 1983), born in Chicago, was an American actress who joined United Artists in 1925 as one of the film industry's pioneering women filmmakers. She produced and starred in the 1928 film Sadie Thompson, earning a nomination for Best Actress at the first annual Academy Awards. The following recordings are from two tv interviews, one in 1965 and one in 1957.

Irene Dunne, born Irene Marie Dunn in Louisville, Kentucky (December 20, 1898-September 4, 1990), was an American actress who appeared in 42 movies and was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Actress—for her performances in the western drama Cimarron (1931); the screwball comedies, Theodora Goes Wild (1936) and The Awful Truth (1937); the romance, Love Affair (1939); and the drama, I Remember Mama (1948). Dunne is considered one of the finest actresses never to have won an Academy Award.

Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 to October 20, 1994), born in New York City, was an American actor and World War II veteran. The following audio clips include a 1963 interview discussing Lancaster's participation in the March On Washington, a tv interview from 1963 about his experience working with various directors, and a tv interview from 1974 during which Lancaster promotes his forthcoming Moses The Lawgiving tv mini-series.

Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 to September 8, 1965) was an American actress and singer. She was the first African-American film star to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Carmen Jones (1954). Dandridge had also performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. During her early career, she performed as a part of the Wonder Children, later the Dandridge Sisters, and appeared in a succession of films. In 1959, Dandridge was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Porgy and Bess.

Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920-November 6, 1991), born in New York City, was an American stage and film actress. Acclaimed for her great beauty, Tierney was a prominent leading lady during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She starred in Otto Preminger's Laura (1944), a film noir classic, and in John M. Stahl's Leave Her to Heaven (1945), which earned Tierney a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Darryl F. Zanuck, co-founder of 20th Century Fox, said Tierney was "unquestionably, the most beautiful woman in movie history."

Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson (September 29, 1904-April 6, 1996) was a British and American actress and singer. She was a major star at MGM who became popular during the Second World War for her portrayal of strong women on the homefront and was listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America's Top 10 box office draws from 1942 to 1946.

Tallulah Brockman Bankhead (January 31, 1902 - December 12, 1968) was an American actress, born in Huntsville, Alabama. Primarily a stage actress, Bankhead also appeared in several films including an award-winning performance in Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944). She also had a brief but successful career on radio and made appearances on television. In all, Bankhead amassed nearly 300 film, stage, television and radio roles during her career. She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1972. The following television interview is from 1953.

Constance Frances Marie Ockelman (November 14, 1922-July 7, 1973), born in Brooklyn, NY, known professionally as Veronica Lake, was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lake was best known for her femme fatale roles in films noir with Alan Ladd during the 1940s, her peek-a-boo hairstyle, and films such as Sullivan's Travels (1941) and I Married a Witch (1942). The following audio recording is from a 1971 television interview.

Gloria Mae Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899 - April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most famously for her 1950 turn in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, which earned her a Golden Globe Award. The following recording includes interview clips from 1965 and 1980.

Helen Hayes MacArthur (October 10, 1900 - March 17, 1993) was an American actress. Often referred to as the "First Lady of American Theatre," she was the second person and first woman to win the EGOT (an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award), and the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting.

Margaret Yvonne Middleton (September 1, 1922 - January 8, 2007), known professionally as Yvonne De Carlo, was a Canadian-American actress, dancer and singer. She became a Hollywood film star and sex symbol in the 1940s and 1950s, made several musical recordings, and later acted on television and stage. De Carlo won a Laurel Award for Topliner Supporting Actress for her performance in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments, and later starred in the tv show, The Munsters, from 1964 to 1966, playing Herman Munster's wife, Lily.