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Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
"Miriam? He really... isn't here, is he? Just now, I thought I heard... sometimes at night, when I wake up, it seems as if he really is here. Don't turn on the light. It's not real when it's light. It's only real when it's dark - dark and still."
#hush...hush sweet charlotte#hush...hush‚ sweet charlotte#robert aldrich#1964#american cinema#lukas heller#henry farrell#bette davis#olivia de havilland#joseph cotten#agnes moorehead#cecil kellaway#victor buono#mary astor#wesley addy#william campbell#bruce dern#george kennedy#frank ferguson#frank de vol#Aldrich's follow up to Baby Jane reunited him with star Davis (and initially Crawford‚ until she left the project under a cloud; she can#just about be glimpsed in one of the long shots of cousin Miriam arriving at the house by taxi) and even provides a cameo for Baby Jane co#star Buono. the rest of his cast is also notably starry: de Havilland‚ Cotten‚ Moorehead‚ even a genuine cinematic legend like Astor not to#mention a pre fame Dern and Kennedy. sadly all that increased star power doesn't translate to a film even better than its predecessor#this is solid‚ a strong and sweaty gothic grotesquerie‚ but it's a little flabby and nowhere near as sharp or as honed as Baby Jane was#Davis often goes very large and brushes caricature more than once with her faded Southern belle but to give her her dues there are other#moments of true heartbreaking beauty in her performance. de Havilland is also very strong altho maybe tips her hat a little soon in#revealing the true personality lingering beneath the surface of her mysterious outsider. Aldrich is as strong as ever helming a killer#fantasy sequence... tbh the more i think about it the kinder my memory of this becomes. it has just one main flaw and that's that it isn't#Baby Jane. but then what is? Aldrich never quite hit those heights again (tho he did some p great work) and this is a commendable try
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R.I.P. Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland. July, 1, 1916 - July , 26, 2020
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The murder starts in the heart, and its first weapon is a vicious tongue.
Hush... Hush, sweet Charlotte - Robert Aldrich (1964)
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Afternoon movie 🍿 📼🎬🎥
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Olivia de Havilland
Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland DBE July 1, 1916 – July 26, 2020) was a British and American actress. The major works of her cinematic career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films and was one of the leading actresses of her time. At the time of her death in 2020 at age 104, she was the oldest living and earliest surviving Academy Award winner and was widely considered as being the last surviving major star from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Her younger sister was Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine.
De Havilland first came to prominence with Errol Flynn as a screen couple in adventure films such as Captain Blood (1935) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). One of her best-known roles is that of Melanie Hamilton in Gone with the Wind (1939), for which she received her first of five Oscar nominations, the only one for Best Supporting Actress. De Havilland departed from ingénue roles in the 1940s and later distinguished herself for performances in Hold Back the Dawn (1941), To Each His Own (1946), The Snake Pit (1948), and The Heiress (1949), receiving nominations for Best Actress for each and winning for To Each His Own and The Heiress. She was also successful in work on stage and television. De Havilland lived in Paris from the 1950s and received honours such as the National Medal of the Arts, the Légion d'honneur, and the appointment to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire at the age of 101.
In addition to her film career, de Havilland continued her work in the theatre, appearing three times on Broadway, in Romeo and Juliet (1951), Candida (1952), and A Gift of Time (1962). She also worked in television, appearing in the successful miniseries Roots: The Next Generations (1979) and Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Movie or Series. During her film career, de Havilland also collected two New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress, and the Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup. For her contributions to the motion picture industry, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She and her sister remain the only siblings to have won major acting Academy Awards.
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Canción de cuna para un cadáver (1964)
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which streaming service has the most vintage movies? If you don't know, maybe your followers could answer? 🙏
Ooh hoo hoo you asked and I'll answer!!
I actually made a post like this for the hot men tournament, but I can't find it now so I'll do it again from scratch. The short answer is that I don't know of any one streaming service that has all the old vintage movies—but most streaming services have a "classics" genre category that can get you started. Here's a small selection of what you can find on different streaming services:
TUBI (free):
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Olivia de Havilland)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Vivien Leigh)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Jane Powell, Julie Newmar)
North by Northwest (Eva Marie Saint)
The Music Man (Shirley Jones)
The Women (Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, Joan Crawford, Joan Fontaine, Paulette Goddard, several other hotties in small parts)
The Philadelphia Story (Katharine Hepburn, Ruth Hussey)
Notorious (Ingrid Bergman)
Bell, Book, and Candle (Kim Novak, Elsa Lanchester)
The Talk of the Town (Jean Arthur)
Dark Victory (Bette Davis)
Stray Dog (Keiko Awaji)
Some Like It Hot (Marilyn Monroe)
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Sophia Loren)
Dirty Girtie From Harlem USA (Francine Everett)
Passport (Madhubala)
Dark Passage (Lauren Bacall)
Sepia Cinderella (Sheila Guyse)
On The Town (Ann Miller, Vera-Ellen, Betty Garrett)
The Bandwagon (Cyd Charisse)
Devar (Sharmila Tagore)
Reet-Petite and Gone (June Richmond)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (Lana Turner)
KANOPY (free through some libraries):
Dial M for Murder (Grace Kelly)
His Girl Friday (Rosalind Russell)
Ball of Fire (Barbara Stanwyck)
Black Orpheus (Marpessa Dawn)
Flower Drum Song (Reiko Sato, Nancy Kwan, Miyoshi Umeki)
Marriage Italian Style (Sophia Loren)
The Rose Tattoo (Anna Magnani)
Tokyo Story (Setsuko Hara)
War and Peace (Audrey Hepburn, Anita Ekberg)
Salt of the Earth (Rosaura Revueltas)
Metropolis (Brigitte Helm)
The Red Shoes (Moira Shearer)
HOOPLA (free through some libraries):
The Court Jester (Angela Lansbury, Glynis Johns)
Sunset Boulevard (Gloria Swanson)
A Place in the Sun (Elizabeth Taylor)
Barefoot in the Park (Jane Fonda)
The Barefoot Contessa (Ava Gardner)
Wings (Clara Bow)
YOUTUBE (has a lot of older movies that have slipped through copyright/are still up for some reason):
Charade (Audrey Hepburn)
Story Weather (Lena Horne)
Gilda (Rita Hayworth)
Rebecca (Joan Fontaine)
This entire playlist of Indian cinema that I just found (Madhubala, Waheeda Rehman, Nargis, Meena Kumari, etc.)
And that's just a small sample. There is also always your local library for physical DVDs, the Internet Archive, and....other methods.....if you know exactly what you're looking for.
I haven't seen all of these movies, so don't consider them personal recommendations—these are just famous movies with our hotties in them, so please be careful if you have content warnings. Good luck and have fun!
EDIT 5/16: Added a few more movies to the different sections, but this is still just a small selection of what the different streaming services have. Good luck!
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Candidates for the title of
🌹Queen of Love & Beauty🌹
Candidates were given priority based on the number of submissions they received (in brackets behind their names and credentials). After all candidates with multiple submissions were entered, single submission candidates were admitted in order of submission.
Guinevere [Angel Coulby], BBC’s Merlin (2008-2012) [17]
Morgana Pendragon [Katie McGrath], BBC’s Merlin (2008-2012) [11]
Lady Éowyn of Rohan [Miranda Otto], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) [10]
Lady Marian Fitzwalter [Olivia de Havilland], The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) [9]
Isabeau of Anjou [Michelle Pfeiffer], Ladyhawke (1985) [8]
Arwen Undomiel [Liv Tyler], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) [7]
Galadriel of Lothlórien [Cate Blanchett], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) [7]
Princess Buttercup [Robin Wright], The Princess Bride (1987) [6]
Lucrezia Borgia [Holliday Grainger], The Borgias (2011-2013) [6]
Princess Isabella Maria Lucia Elizabetta of Valencia [Karen David], Galavant (2015-2016) [5]
Lagertha [Katheryn Winnick], Vikings (2013-2020) [5]
Sorsha [Joanne Whalley], Willow (1988) [5]
Lady Æthelflæd of Mercia [Millie Brady], The Last Kingdom (2015-2022) [4]
Princess Gwendolyn [Angela Lansbury], The Court Jester (1955) [4]
Maid Jean [Glynis Johns], The Court Jester (1955) [4]
Lady Marion of Leaford [Judi Trott], Robin of Sherwood (1984-1986) [4]
Rebecca of York [Olivia Hussey], Ivanhoe (1982) [4]
Alicent Hightower [Olivia Cooke], House of the Dragon (2022-) [3]
Aliena [Hayley Atwell], The Pillars of the Earth (2010) [3]
Queen Cersei Lannister [Lena Headey], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) [3]
Princess Daenerys Targaryen [Emilia Clarke], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) [3]
Danielle de Barbarac [Drew Barrymore], Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998) [3]
Devasena [Anushka Shetty], Baahubali (2017) [3]
Elizabeth de Burgh [Florence Pugh], Outlaw King (2018) [3]
Queen Guinevere [Vanessa Redgrave], Camelot (1967) [3]
Hürrem Sultan [Meryem Uzleri], Magnificent Century {Muhteşem Yüzyıl} (2011-2014) [3]
Lady Jocelyn [Shannyn Sossamon], A Knight’s Tale (2001) [3]
Princess Lili [Mia Sara], Legend (1985) [3]
Lady Margaery Tyrell [Natalie Dormer], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) [3]
Marian of Knighton [Lucy Griffiths], BBC’s Robin Hood (2006-2009) [3]
Lady Sansa Stark [Sophie Turner], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) [3]
Sheng Minglan [Zhang Liying], The Story of Minglan (2018) [3]
Queen Susan the Gentle [Sophie Winkleman], The Chronicles of Narnia (2005-2010) [3]
Lady Anne Neville [Claire Bloom], Richard III (1955) [2]
Lady Anne Neville [Phoebe Fox], The Hollow Crown (2012-2016) [2]
Brienne of Tarth [Gwendoline Christie], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) [2]
Bronwyn [Nazanin Bonialdi], The Rings of Power (2022-) [2]
Queen Catherine of Aragon [Maria Doyle Kennedy], The Tudors (2007-2010) [2]
Contessina de Bardi [Annabel Scholey], Medici (2016-2019) [2]
Egwene Al’Vere [Madeleine Madden], The Wheel of Time (2021-) [2]
Queen Eleanore of Aquitane [Katharine Hepburn], The Lion in Winter (1968) [2]
Queen Elizabeth Woodville [Rebecca Ferguson], The White Queen (2013) [2]
Donna Giulia Farnese [Lotte Verbeek], The Borgias (2011-2013) [2]
Queen Guinevere [Cheri Lunghi], Excalibur (1981) [2]
Jadis, the White Witch [Tilda Swinton], The Chronicles of Narnia (2005-2010) [2]
Jeanne d’Arc [Renee Falconetti], The Passion of Joan of Arc {La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc} (1928) [2]
Joan of Arc [Milla Jovovich], The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) [2]
Kate [Laura Fraser], A Knight’s Tale (2001) [2]
Lady Kate Percy [Michelle Dockery], The Hollow Crown (2012-2016) [2]
Queen Lucy the Valiant [Rachael Henley] [2]
Queen Madelena [Mallory Jansen], Galavant (2015-2016) [2]
Queen Margaret of Anjou [Sophie Okonedo], The Hollow Crown (2012-2016) [2]
Lady Mary Boleyn [Charity Wakefield], Wolf Hall (2015-2024) [2]
Moiraine Damodred [Rosamund Pike], The Wheel of Time (2021-) [2]
Morgana Pendragon [Eva Green], Camelot (2011) [2]
Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen [Emma D’Arcy], House of the Dragon (2022-) [2]
Queen Sibylla of Jerusalem [Eva Green], Kingdom of Heaven (2005) [2]
Eliška Pomořanská [Jana Brejchová], A Night at Karlstein {Noc na Karlštejně} (1973) [1]
Lady Marian [Audrey Hepburn], Robin & Marian (1976) [1]
Ophelia [Jean Simmons], Hamlet (1948) [1]
Aykız Hatun [Hande Subaşı], Diriliş: Ertuğrul (2014-2019) [1]
Roberta Steingas [Clare Foster], Galavant (2015-2016) [1]
Tamina [Gemma Arterton], Prince of Persia (2010) [1]
Princess Isabelle [Sophie Marceau], Braveheart (1995) [1]
Alexandra [Geraldine Viswanathan], Miracle Workers: The Dark Ages (2020) [1]
Isabella of Valois [Emma Hamilton], RSC’s Richard II (2013) [1]
Jade Claymore [Erin Kellyman], Willow (2022) [1]
Anne Boleyn [Genevieve Bujold], Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) [1]
Mu Nihuang [Liu Tao], Nirvana in Fire (2015-2018) [1]
Padmavati [Deepika Padukone], Padmaavat (2018) [1]
Queen Isabella [Tilda Swinton], Edward II (1991) [1]
Djaq [Anjali Jay], BBC’s Robin Hood (2006-2009) [1]
Below is a list of Honorable Mentions...
Anne Boleyn [Natalie Portman], The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Aslaug [Alyssa Sutherland], Vikings (2013-2020)
Aviendha [Ayoola Smart], The Wheel of Time (2021-)
Catherine of Aragon [Charlotte Hope], The Spanish Princess (2019-2020)
Cecilia Algotsdotter [Sofia Helin], Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)
Doric [Sophia Lillis], Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (2023)
Queen Elizabeth of York [Jodie Comer], The White Princess (2017)
Jiang Yanli [Xuan Lu], The Untamed (2019)
Guinevere [Julia Ormond], First Knight (1995)
Hafsa Sultan [Nebahat Çehre], Magnificent Century {Muhteşem Yüzyıl} (2011-2014)
Hatice Sultan [Selma Ergeç], Magnificent Century {Muhteşem Yüzyıl} (2011-2014)
Queen Isabella of Castile [Michelle Jenner], Isabel (2011-2014)
Isolde [Sophia Myles], Tristan + Isolde (2006)
Joan of Arc [Ingrid Bergman], Joan of Arc (1948)
Kira [Lisa Maxwell, Kathryn Mullen], The Dark Crystal (1982)
Queen Mab [Miranda Richardson], Merlin (1998)
Maleficent [Angelina Jolie], Maleficent (2014)
Lady Margaret Tudor [Georgie Henley], The Spanish Princess (2019-2020)
Marian Dubois [Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio], Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Lady Mary Tudor [Sai Bennett], The Spanish Princess (2019-2020)
Empress Maude [Alison Pill], The Pillars of the Earth (2010)
Morgaine [Julianna Marguiles], The Mists of Avalon (2001)
Queen Ravenna [Charlize Theron], Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
Rebecca of York [Elizabeth Taylor], Ivanhoe (1952)
Rosie Cotton [Sarah MacLeod], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
Sharako Lohar [Abigail Thorn], House of the Dragon (2022-)
Tár-Miriel [Cynthia Addai-Robinson], The Rings of Power (2022-)
Ygritte [Rose Leslie], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)
Yara Greyjoy [Gemma Whelan], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)
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Weekend links, April 14, 2024
My posts
Honestly, I spent much of the week coping with storm migraines. You can tell, because I was reblogging a lot from under a cold compress rather than doing anything useful with life. 
Reblogs of interest
The Hot Vintage Lady Polls are rough out there, y’all. Round three started closing yesterday (see what’s still open here), and as of this writing, we have lost Bette Davis, Alla Nazimova, Theda Bara, Myrna Loy, Barbra Streisand, Fay Wray, Lucille Ball, Ginger Rogers, and Olivia de Havilland--and it looks like Catherine Deneuve, Clara Bow, Lana Turner, and Mary Pickford are on their way out. Meanwhile, I learned about a ton of actresses I’d never heard of before, only to shriek when Sharmila Tagore, Nadira, and Waheeda Rehman lost this round. (Edwige, I will never forget you.) 
Let me remind you (and me sometimes, too): Not everyone has the same taste or childhood attachments or cinema experiences as you. And everybody in this bracket loses. Everybody but one. 
(I can tell I’m not cut out for brawling because I’m like, “I will be very sad to see Norma Shearer go, but Hazel Scott seems nice!”)
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“Actually, Mr. Musk, I am an attorney. Do you know that?” Here’s the highlights of Mark Bankston, the man who brought down Alex Jones, coping with Elon Musk and Elon Musk’s Lawyer, who is not even licensed in Texas, for 100 pages of deposition. 
Hozier Watch 2024: “Too Sweet” has now charted higher in the UK than “Take Me to Church,” and it’s getting real close on the US charts. This is a song that didn’t even make last year’s album. I am endlessly fascinated. 
Happy Leland Melvin Day!
Happy Neil Banging Out the Tunes Day!
“Posting endless DNIs because we can’t (or don’t know we can) make spaces just for the people we do want to interact with” actually makes a lot of sense in this centralized social media hellscape. 
There is a 20k mg weed gummy and nobody needs that. “Forget meeting the Hat Man this is what turns you into the Hat Man. This is worse than that torture drug that makes you experience 600 billion years in a second. This is the secret to honest to god shifting.” 
One of the best uses of the Kate Beaton Poe comic I’ve ever seen
“Americanisms that tell you to check on your American” (they are all correct)
“Tuxedo Mask is the first example of being ‘Kenough’”
Just this once, I will allow this AI rendition of a “traditional Polish family” and their traditional Polish woodchuck. 
I am absolutely not saying there is anything wrong with being into tentacles; I’m just saying that Pyramid Head doesn’t even have them and thus is a pretty tame choice to complain about. 
Little Guy, a game
A cursèd chair called “Oops!”
Sparrow Tarot: Honestly, this is one of my favorite takes on the Hanged Man.
This dog is a biscuit and she is precious
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One of the things that’s so great about this Ilia Malinin free-skate program is, he makes it look so effortless that I would have never figured out on my own, without Tumblr’s commentary, that there’s a couple moves in here that no one in the world can do but him. Like, the very first jump and the announcers start screaming. 
A journey from fearing moths to raising them
A dude puts on a dress For the Meme and then discovers that he loves it (and then he styles it as a full outfit and it looks SO GOOD)
Watching this cat ride around on a roomba on a sped-up surveillance camera is self-care.
So is this (although it’s a bit strobe-y)
Bat type: hi doggy
Was the jello for the tuna salad lamb supposed to be lime?
The sacred texts
Holy Shit, Two Cakes
The origin of “Me, an intellectual”
#AllMyLifeIHadToFight
Personal tag of the week
Designer Roberto Cavalli, who passed away this week at age 83. I reblogged several fashion posts--I hadn’t even realized myself that he had designed Beyoncé’s famous yellow dress in Lemonade.
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Pierre Balmain Haute Couture Collection Spring/Summer 1958. Marie-Thérèse presents the actress Olivia de Havilland and Madame Laura DeKay Houghton, the wife of the United States Ambassador to France; "Shanghai", an afternoon dress in silk surah printed in blue tones on a black background, large hat in turquoise blue baku with a grosgrain ribbon in the same tone decorated with a black eagle's knife feather. Pierre Balmain Collection Haute Couture Printemps/Été 1958. Marie-Thérèse présente à l'actrice Olivia de Havilland et à Madame Laura DeKay Houghton l'épouse de l'Ambassadeur des États-Unis en France; "Shanghaï", une robe d'après-midi en surah de soie imprimé dans des tons bleus sur fond noir, grand chapeau en bakou bleu turquoise à ruban en gros-grain de même ton orné d'une plume couteau d'aigle noir. Photo Jean-Philippe Charbonnier. (Paris, Pavillon d'Armenonville 25 février 1958)
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Happy heavenly Birthday Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland. July, 1, 1916
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-I'm an authority on you. You're my favourite living mystery. -Have you ever solved me? -No. But then you wouldn't be a mystery anymore, would you?
Hush... Hush, sweet Charlotte - Robert Aldrich (1964)
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Round 1 is officially over!
Congratulations to the actresses who made it to Round 2!
Round 2 will begin on Saturday, May 4th
The winners of Round 1:
Maude Adams
Anna Maria Alberghetti
Julie Andrews
Angela Baddeley
Hermione Baddeley
Lauren Bacall
Olga Baclanova
Pearl Bailey
Josephine Baker
Lucille Ball
Anne Bancroft
Tallulah Bankhead
Theda Bara
Mona Barrie
Jessie Bateman
Polly Bergen
Claire Bloom
Mrs Patrick Campbell
Diahann Carroll
Lina Cavalieri
Helen Chandler
Geraldine Chaplin
Ruth Chatterton
Claudette Colbert
Constance Collier
Gladys Cooper
Katharine Cornell
Phyllis Dare
Zena Dare
Ruby Dee
Judi Dench
Stephanie Deste
Marie Doro
Geraldine Farrar
Maude Fealy
Edwige Feuillère
Susanna Foster
Trixie Friganza
Jane Froman
Eva Gabor
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Mary Garden
Greer Garson
Dusolina Giannini
Hermione Gingold
Dorothy Gish
Lillian Gish
Frances Greer
Mata Hari
Dolores Hart
Olivia de Havilland
Jill Haworth
Audrey Hepburn
Libby Holman
Lena Horne
Sally Ann Howes
Ethel Irving
Diane Keaton
Lisa Kirk
Eartha Kitt
Angela Landbury
Carol Lawrence
Vivien Leigh
Lotte Lenya
Beatrice Lillie
Bambi Linn
Gillian Lynne
Heather MacRae
Jayne Mansfield
Mary Martin
Jessie Matthews
Siobhán McKenna
Meng Xiaodong
Helen Menken
Ethel Merman
Cléo de Mérode
Evelyn Millard
Liza Minnelli
Rita Moreno
Odette Myrtil
Pola Negri
Julie Newmar
Nichelle Nichols
Maureen O’Sullivan
Aida Overton Walker
Anna Pavlova
Bernadette Peters
Lily Pons
Rosa Ponselle
Lee Remick
Diana Rigg
Thelma Ritter
Chita Rivera
Ginger Rogers
Lillian Russell
Rosalind Russell
Diana Sands
Lizabeth Scott
Maggie Smith
Emily Stevens
Susan Strasberg
Barbra Streisand
Yma Sumac
Inga Swenson
Laurette Taylor
Hilda Trevelyan
Monique Van Vooren
Fannie Ward
Ethel Warwick
Elisabeth Welch
Mae West
Anna May Wong
Diana Wynyard
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
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DAME ANGELA LANSBURY (1925-Died October 11th 2022,at 96). British American actress and singer who played many film, theatre and television roles. With one of the longest careers in the entertainment industry, her career spanned over 80 years, much of it in the United States; her work also received much international attention. Upon the death of Olivia de Havilland in July 2020, Lansbury became the earliest surviving Academy Award nominee and one of the last stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.Lansbury was born to an upper-middle-class family in central London, the daughter of Irish actress Moyna Macgill and English politician Edgar Lansbury. To escape the Blitz, in 1940 she moved to the United States, there studying acting in New York City. Proceeding to Hollywood in 1942, she signed to MGM and obtained her first film roles, in Gaslight (1944) and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), earning her two Oscar nominations and a Golden Globe Award. She appeared in 11 further MGM films, mostly in minor roles, and after her contract ended in 1952 she began supplementing her cinematic work with theatrical appearances. Although largely seen as a B-list star during this period, her appearance in the film The Manchurian Candidate (1962) received widespread acclaim and is cited as being one of her finer performances leading her to her third Academy Award nomination. Moving into musical theatre, Lansbury finally gained stardom for playing the leading role in the Broadway musical Mame (1966), which earned her her first Tony Award and established her as a gay icon.Amid difficulties in her personal life, Lansbury moved from California to County Cork, Ireland in 1970, and continued with a variety of theatrical and cinematic appearances throughout that decade. These included leading roles in the stage musicals Gypsy, Sweeney Todd, and The King and I, as well as in the hit Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). Moving into television in 1984, she achieved worldwide fame as fictional writer and sleuth Jessica Fletcher in the American whodunit series Murder, She Wrote, which ran for 12 seasons until 1996, becoming one of the longest-running and most popular detective drama series in television history. Through Corymore Productions, a company that she co-owned with her husband Peter Shaw, Lansbury assumed ownership of the series and was its executive producer for the final four seasons. She also moved into voice work, contributing to animated films like Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991) and Don Bluth's Anastasia (1997). She toured in a variety of international productions and continued to make occasional film appearances such as Nanny McPhee (2005) and Mary Poppins Returns (2018).Lansbury received an Honorary Academy Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the BAFTA, a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award and five additional Tony Awards, six Golden Globes, and an Olivier Award. She also was nominated for numerous other industry awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress on three occasions, and various Primetime Emmy Awards on 18 occasions, and a Grammy Award. In 2014, Lansbury was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. Her Murder,She Wrote,co star,Ron Masak,who played the cadillac driving sheriff of Cabot Cove, Mort Metzger,died just nine days later,on October 20th.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Lansbury
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