Meirion Bowen writes: Peter Hall played a key role in rescuing the reputation as an opera composer of Sir Michael Tippett, dismissed and mocked in the 1950s as bafflingly over-complex and bi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMVersatile actor with notable roles in films such as The Thief and KluteThe actor Rita Gam, who has died aged 87, starred in many films from the 1950s onwards, alongside famous names includin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AMComplex and avant-garde French film director best known for Night and Fog and Last Year in MarienbadAlain Resnais, who has died aged 91, was a director of elegance and distinction who, despi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:51AMActor and director who brought dark good looks and a commanding presence to his rolesAustrian by birth, Swiss by circumstance and international by reputation, Maximilian Schell, who has died…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMAward-winning actor renowned for her work on Broadway and roles in classic films such as East of Eden and The HauntingUnable to make sufficient money from her novels, the great American writ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMActor who starred as the troubled pupil in Tea and Sympathy on stage and screenThe actor John Kerr, who has died aged 81, won a Tony award in his first starring role on the Broadway stage, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:26AMThe Oscar-winner for Charly in 1968 and a dogged challenger of studio malpracticeThe actor Cliff Robertson, who has died aged 88, had many claims to fame, among them being selected by Presid…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:45PMAmerican actor whose success as the scruffy TV detective Columbo was complemented by a variety of roles on stage and screenShow-business history records that the American actor Peter Falk, w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:20PMActor who rose to fame in Hitchcock's Rope and Strangers On a Train, but refused to conform to Hollywood pressuresEarly on in his career, the actor Farley Granger, who has died aged 85, work…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:59AMVersatile British film director known for Bullitt, The Deep and Breaking AwayThe director Peter Yates, who has died aged 81, helped Steve McQueen achieve iconic status with the cop movie Bu…
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