Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing’s last photographs together, 1994
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Tag: stage
Joan Blondell – 1933
A very good actress…and proud public-nudist too. hahaha…
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Honor Blackman dies, 94
Honor Blackman, the actor best known for playing the Bond girl Pussy Galore, has died aged 94.
Blackman, who became a household name in the 1960s as Cathy Gale in The Avengers and had a career spanning eight decades, died of natural causes unrelated to coronavirus.
Peter Lorre – 1931
Berlin stage production of ‘Mann ist Mann’ by Bertolt Brecht
Director/Writer, Stuart Gordon, dies, 72
If you ever went into a video store and picked out the horror movie with the most messed-up cover ever, it might have been directed by Stuart Gordon. With a filmography that included Re-Animator, From Beyond, Fortress, and Robot Jox, Gordon was one of the kings of cult films in the ‘80s and ‘90s. He was filled with vision and talent but, tragically, he passed away this week at the age of 72.
The writers breathing life into black British history
From an African girl who was “gifted” to Queen Victoria to a slave who took on his master in a British court, several little-known but remarkable chapters of black British history are being put in the spotlight on stage this year.
Mischa Auer – Born Today, Nov 17, 1905
Over 170 film and television roles including My Man Godfrey (Carlo), You Can’t Take It with You (Kolenkhov), and Destry Rides Again (Boris)…
The Odd Couple – 1965
Art Carney was the original ‘Felix Unger’ in ‘The Odd Couple’ on Broadway opposite Walter Matthau, 1965
Audrey Hepburn – 1948
Hepburn during auditions for ‘High Button Shoes’ in London in 1948—her stage debut.
