She appeared in more than 60 movies and TV shows, working with acclaimed directors including Martin Scorsese, John Schlesinger and Philip Kaufman.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:37PMThe four-time Oscar nominee appeared in movies including “Catch-22,” “Argo” and “Little Miss Sunshine,” which earned him the best supporting actor prize.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:33PMHe rose to stardom with his comic performance in the 1966 film "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming," and won a Tony for "Enter Laughing."
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:49AMThe Canadian-born dancer starred with the Royal Ballet in London, working with choreographers including Kenneth MacMillan and Frederick Ashton.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:04PMHe played stuffy characters on the stage and screen, including in Broadway musicals by Stephen Sondheim and plays by A.R. Gurney.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:42PMShe was one of the last of the great Lindy Hoppers, known for her “silky smoothness” on the dance floor and ability to stop on a dime.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:50PMChampioned by Betty White at the start of his career, he became one of the first Black regulars on a TV variety show. He was later idolized by younger dancers.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:00PMHe helped pioneer the modern comedy club, opening venues in New York and L.A. that fostered the careers of Jay Leno, Richard Pryor, Adam Sandler and others.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:18PMHis acclaimed play about a Black sergeant’s murder was performed by leading African American actors and adapted into an Oscar-nominated film.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:19PMShe was celebrated for her performance in August Wilson's Pulitzer-winning drama, and also known for her screen roles in "Sparkle" and "A Different World."
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:18PMHe starred as a mob boss in Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" and showed his range while playing Henry Kissinger in "Nixon" and a left-wing intellectual in “Reds.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:48PMOften described as the most influential living director, he breathed new life into Shakespeare and staged a nine-hour adaptation of the “Mahabharata.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:48PMHer school inspired the play “Charm” by Philip Dawkins, who called her “the mother of queer Chicago.” She was also the subject of a documentary, “Mama Gloria.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:33PMHe launched his career in musical comedies but was later celebrated for played Truman Capote on Broadway and an eccentric adman on “Mad Men.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:03PMShe was associated with Graham for more than 50 years and danced on Broadway in “The King and I” and “Flower Drum Song.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:54PMHe won the Academy Award for best actor for "Kiss of the Spider Woman."
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:54PMShe also received a Tony nomination for starring in a revival of the musical "Brigadoon."
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:33PMThe two-time Olivier winner was considered one of Britain’s finest classical actors.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:18AMThe British actress also starred onstage as Medea and was married to actor Damian Lewis.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:42PMShe played a headstrong daughter in the 1970s TV series and later published a frank memoir about her battle with bipolar disorder.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:06PMMr. Davis, who died of complications from covid-19, wrote a two-hander that became a staple of community theater after premiering on Broadway in 1981.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24AMHe was “a Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly of street,” dancer and singer Toni Basil said.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:03PMHis breakthrough, "When You Comin Back, Red Ryder?," opened Off-Broadway in 1973 and centered on a Vietnam War veteran who holds a New Mexico diner hostage.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 07:16PM