Once 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.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:32PMShe won five Tony Awards as a Broadway producer, but was just as well known as the grande dame of Palm Beach, Fla., socialites.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24AMA Broadway hoofer who went to Hollywood to tutor William Holden, Kim Novak, Ingrid Bergman, Jerry Lewis, Tuesday Weld and Jane Fonda, to name a few.
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