Coordinates	12°58′0″N77°34′0″N
name	Claude Rains
birth name	William Claude Rains
birth date	November 10, 1889
birth place	Camberwell, London, England
death date	May 30, 1967
death place	Laconia, New Hampshire, U.S.
occupation	Actor
years active	1920–66
spouse	Isabel Jeans (1913-15) (divorce) Marie Hemingway (1920) (divorce) Beatriz Thomas (1924-35) (divorce) Frances Propper (1935-56) (divorce) Agi Jambor (1959-60) (divorce) Rosemary Clark Schrode (1960-64) (her death) }}

Claude Rains (10 November 1889 – 30 May 1967) was an English stage and film actor whose career spanned 47 years. He was known for many roles in Hollywood films, among them the title role in ''The Invisible Man'' (1933), a corrupt senator in ''Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'' (1939), Mr. Dryden in ''Lawrence of Arabia'' (1962), and, perhaps his most notable performance, as Captain Renault in ''Casablanca'' (1942).

Early life

Rains was born William Claude Rains in Camberwell, London. He grew up, according to his daughter, with "a very serious cockney accent and a speech impediment". His parents were Emily Eliza (Cox) and English stage actor Frederick William Rains. The young Rains made his stage debut at 11 in ''Nell of Old Drury''.

His acting talents were recognised by Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, founder of The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Tree paid for the elocution lessons Rains needed in order to succeed as an actor. Later, Rains taught at the institution, teaching John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier, among others.

Rains served in the First World War in the London Scottish Regiment, with fellow actors Basil Rathbone, Ronald Colman and Herbert Marshall. Rains was involved in a gas attack that left him nearly blind in one eye for the rest of his life. However, the war did aid his social advancement and, by its end, he had risen from the rank of Private to Captain.

Career

Rains began his career in the London theatre, having a success in the title role of John Drinkwater's play ''Ulysses S. Grant'', the follow-up to the playwright's major hit ''Abraham Lincoln'', and traveled to Broadway in the late 1920s to act in leading roles in such plays as Shaw's ''The Apple Cart'' and in the dramatizations of ''The Constant Nymph'', and Pearl S. Buck's novel ''The Good Earth,'' as a Chinese farmer.

Rains came relatively late to film acting and his first screen test was a failure, but his distinctive voice won him the title role in James Whale's ''The Invisible Man'' (1933) when someone accidentally overheard his screen test being played in the next room. Rains later credited director Michael Curtiz with teaching him the more understated requirements of film acting, or "what not to do in front of a camera".

Following ''The Invisible Man'', Universal Studios tried to typecast him in horror films, but he broke free, starting with the gleefully evil role of Prince John in ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' (1938), then with his Academy Award-nominated performance as the conflicted corrupt senator in ''Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'' (1939), and followed with probably his most famous role, the flexible French police Captain Renault in ''Casablanca'' (1942). In 1943, Rains played the title character in Universal's full-color remake of ''Phantom of the Opera''. Bette Davis named him her favorite co-star, and they made four films together, including ''Mr. Skeffington'' and ''Now, Voyager''. Rains became the first actor to receive a million dollar salary, playing Julius Caesar in Gabriel Pascal's lavish and unsuccessful version of Shaw's ''Caesar and Cleopatra'' (1945), made in Britain. In 1946, he played a refugee Nazi agent opposite Cary Grant and ''Casablanca'' co-star Ingrid Bergman in Alfred Hitchcock's ''Notorious''. In 1949, he appeared in David Lean's ''The Passionate Friends''.

His only singing and dancing role was in a television musical version of Robert Browning's ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'', with Van Johnson as the Piper. This 1957 NBC color special, shown as a film rather than a live or videotaped program, was highly successful with the public. Sold into syndication after its first telecast, it was repeated annually by many local TV stations.

Rains remained a popular character actor in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in many films. Two of his well-known later screen roles were as Dryden, a cynical British diplomat in ''Lawrence of Arabia'' (1962) and King Herod in ''The Greatest Story Ever Told'' (1965). The latter was his final film role.

Recordings

Rains made several audio recordings, narrating a few Bible stories for children on Capitol Records, and reciting Richard Strauss's setting for narrator and piano of Tennyson's poem ''Enoch Arden'', with the piano solos played by Glenn Gould. This recording was made by Columbia Masterworks Records.

Personal life

Rains became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1939. He married six times, the first five of which ended in divorce: Isabel Jeans (1913–1915); Marie Hemingway (1920, for less than a year); Beatrix Thomson (1924 – April 8, 1935); Frances Proper (April 9, 1935–1956); and to classic pianist Agi Jambor (November 4, 1959–1960). He married Rosemary Clark Schrode in 1960, and stayed with her until her death on December 31, 1964. His only child, Jessica Rains, was born to him and Proper on January 24, 1938.

He acquired the Stock Grange Farm in West Bradford Township, Pennsylvania just outside Coatesville in 1941, and spent much of his time between takes reading up on agricultural techniques. He eventually sold the farm when his marriage to Proper ended in 1956.

Rains died from an abdominal hemorrhage in Laconia, New Hampshire on May 30, 1967 at the age of 77. He is interred in the Red Hill Cemetery, Moultonborough, New Hampshire.

''Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice'', a biography by David J. Skal and Rains' daughter Jessica Rains, was published in 2008.

Awards and nominations

In 1951, Rains won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for ''Darkness at Noon''. He was also nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for ''Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'' (1939), ''Casablanca'' (1942), ''Mr. Skeffington'' (1944), and ''Notorious'' (1946).

He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 6400 Hollywood Boulevard.

Filmography

! Year	! Title	! Role	! Director	Other cast members	Notes
! 1920	''Build Thy House''	Clarkis		Henry Ainley
! 1933				Gloria Stuart, Henry Travers, Una O'Connor
! 1934	''The Clairvoyant''	Maximus		Fay Wray
! 1934	''Crime Without Passion''	Lee Gentry	, Charles MacArthur
! 1934	''The Man Who Reclaimed His Head''	Paul Verin		Lionel Atwill, Joan Bennett
! 1935		John Stevenson	, Charles Barton	Cary Grant
! 1935		John Jasper
! 1936	''Hearts Divided''	Napoleon Bonaparte		Marion Davies, Dick Powell, Charlie Ruggles, Edward Everett Horton
! 1936	''Anthony Adverse''	Marquis Don Luis		Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland, Gale Sondergaard
! 1937	''Stolen Holiday''	Stefan Orloff
! 1937		Earl of Hertford		Errol Flynn, Billy and Bobby Mauch
! 1937	''They Won't Forget''	Dist. Atty. Andrew J. "Andy" Griffin		Gloria Dickson, Lana Turner
! 1938	''White Banners''	Paul Ward		Fay Bainter, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, Henry O'Neill, Kay Johnson
! 1938	''Gold is Where You Find It''	Colonel Christopher "Chris" Ferris		George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, Tim Holt	Technicolor
! 1938			, William Keighley	Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone	Technicolor
! 1938	''Four Daughters''	Adam Lemp		Lane Sisters
! 1939	''[[They Made Me a Criminal''	Det. Monty Phelan		John Garfield, Gloria Dickson, May Robson
! 1939				Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, John Garfield
! 1939		Haym Salomon		Gale Sondergaard	Technicolor; two-reel short
! 1939	''Daughters Courageous''	Jim Masters		Rosemary, Lola, and Priscilla Lane, Gale Page, John Garfield
! 1939	''Mr. Smith Goes to Washington''	Sen. Joseph Harrison Paine		Jean Arthur, James Stewart (actor)	Nomination—[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
! 1939	''Four Wives''	Adam Lemp		Eddie Albert, Rosemary, Lola, and Priscilla Lane, Gale Page, John Garfield
! 1940	''Saturday's Children''	Mr. Henry Halevy		John Garfield, Anne Shirley
! 1940		Don José Alvarez de Córdoba			Sepia tone (sequence)
! 1940	''Lady with Red Hair''	David Belasco		Miriam Hopkins, Laura Hope Crews
! 1941	''Four Mothers''	Adam Lemp		Rosemary, Lola, and Priscilla Lane, Gale Page
! 1941	''Here Comes Mr. Jordan''	Mr. Jordan
! 1941				Lon Chaney, Jr., Evelyn Ankers, Patric Knowles, Ralph Bellamy, Warren William, Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouspenskaya
! 1942	''Kings Row''	Dr. Alexander Tower		Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Betty Field, Charles Coburn
! 1942	''Moontide''	Nutsy
! 1942	''Now, Voyager''	Dr. Jaquith		Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Gladys Cooper
! 1942				Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Conrad Veidt, S.Z. Sakall, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Dooley Wilson	Nomination—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
! 1943		Ambrose Pomfret	(sequence with Rains)	Anna Neagle, Ray Milland, C. Aubrey Smith
! 1943				Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster	Technicolor
! 1944	''Passage to Marseille''	Captain Freycinet		Humphrey Bogart, Michèle Morgan, Philip Dorn, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Helmut Dantine
! 1944	''Mr. Skeffington''	Job Skeffington		Bette Davis, Walter Abel, George Coulouris, Richard Waring	Nomination—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
! 1945	''Strange Holiday''	John Stevenson		Jean Gabin, Richard Whorf, Allyn Joslyn, Ellen Drew
! 1945	''This Love of Ours''	Joseph Targel		Merle Oberon
! 1945		Julius Caesar		Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger, Flora Robson	Technicolor
! 1946		Alex Sebastian		Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Louis Calhern	Nomination—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
! 1946		Nick		Paul Muni, Anne Baxter
! 1946		Alexander Hollenius		Bette Davis, Paul Henreid
! 1947	''The Unsuspected''	Victor Grandison		Joan Caulfield, Audrey Totter, Constance Bennett, Hurd Hatfield
! 1949	''The Passionate Friends''	Howard Justin		Ann Todd, Trevor Howard
! 1949	''Rope of Sand''	Arthur "Fred" Martingale		Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre
! 1949	''Song of Surrender''	Elisha Hunt		Wanda Hendrix, Macdonald Carey
! 1950		Paul DeLambre		Glenn Ford, Alida Valli, Oskar Homolka, Cedric Hardwicke, Lloyd Bridges	Technicolor
! 1950	''Where Danger Lives''	Frederick Lannington		Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Maureen O'Sullivan
! 1951	''Sealed Cargo''	Captain Skalder		Dana Andrews, Lloyd Bridges
! 1953	''The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By''	Kees Popinga		Märta Torén, Marius Goring	Technicolor
! 1956		Aristides Mavros		Ray Milland, Maureen O'Hara	TrucolorNaturama
! 1957		The Mayor of Hamelin		Van Johnson, Lori Nelson	Technicolor
! 1959	''This Earth Is Mine''	Philippe Rambeau		Rock Hudson, Jean Simmons, Dorothy McGuire	TechnicolorCinemaScope
! 1960				Michael Rennie, Jill St. John, David Hedison, Fernando Lamas, Richard Haydn	Deluxe colorCinemaScope
! 1961	''Battle of the Worlds''	Professor Benson		Bill Carter	Color
! 1962		Mr. Dryden			TechnicolorSuper Panavision 70
! 1963	''Twilight of Honor''	Art Harper		Richard Chamberlain (actor)
! 1965	''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told''	Herod the Great		Max von Sydow, plus many cameos	TechnicolorUltra Panavision 70

References

Bibliography

Aljean Harmetz, ''Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of "Casablanca"'' (New York: Hyperion, 1992)

David J. Skal and Jessica Rains, ''Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice'' (University Press of Kentucky, 2008)

External links

Performances listed in Theatre Archive University of Bristol

Stock Grange Farm

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Coordinates	12°58′0″N77°34′0″N
Name	Fay Wray
Birth name	Vina Fay Wray
Birth date	September 15, 1907
Birth place	Cardston, Alberta, Canada
Death date	August 08, 2004
Death place	New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1919–1980
Spouse	John Monk Saunders (1928–39, div.)Robert Riskin (1942–55, his death)Sanford Rothenberg (1971–91, his death) }}

Fay Wray (born Vina Fay Wray; September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress most noted for playing the lead in ''King Kong''. Through an acting career that spanned 57 years, Wray attained international stardom as an actress in horror film roles, leading to many considering her as the first "scream queen".

After appearing in minor film roles, Wray gained media attention being selected as one of the "WAMPAS Baby Stars". This led to Wray being signed to Paramount Pictures as a teenager, where she made more than a dozen films. After leaving Paramount, she signed deals with various film companies, being cast in her first horror film roles among many other types of roles, including in ''The Bowery'' (1933) and ''Viva Villa'' (1934), both huge productions starring Wallace Beery. For RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., she starred in the film with which she is most identified, ''King Kong'' (1933). After the success of ''King Kong'', Wray appeared in many major film roles and on television, finishing her acting career in 1980.

Early life

Wray, a descendant of both Springfield, Massachusetts settler William Pynchon and Mormon pioneers, was born on a ranch near Cardston, Alberta, Canada to two Mormons, Elvina Marguerite Jones, who was from Salt Lake City, and Joseph Heber Wray, who was from Kingston upon Hull, England. She was one of six children. Her family returned to the United States a few years after she was born; they moved to Salt Lake City in 1912 and moved to Lark, Utah in 1914. In 1919, they moved to Salt Lake City again, before moving to Hollywood, California, where Fay attended Hollywood High School.

Early acting career

In 1923, Wray appeared in her first film at the age of 16, landing a role in a short historical film sponsored by a local newspaper. In the 1920s, Wray landed a major role in the silent films such as ''The Coast Patrol'' (1925), as well as uncredited bit parts at the Hal Roach Studios.

In 1926, American film association the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers selected Wray as one of the "WAMPAS Baby Stars", a group of women who they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom. She was currently under contract to Universal Studios, mostly co-starring in low budget westerns opposite Buck Jones.

The following year in 1927, Wray was signed to a contract with Paramount Pictures In 1928, director Erich von Stroheim cast Wray as the main female lead in his film ''The Wedding March'', released under Paramount, a film noted for its high budget and production values. It was a financial failure, but it gave Wray her first lead role. Wray stayed with Paramount to make more than a dozen more films, staying there to make the transition from silent films to "talkie" films.

Horror films and ''King Kong''

After leaving Paramount, Wray signed to various film companies. It was under these deals that Wray was cast in various horror films, including ''Doctor X''. However, her greatest known films were produced under her deal with RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.. Her first film under RKO was ''The Most Dangerous Game'' (1932), co-starring Joel McCrea and shot at night on the same jungle sets that were being used for ''King Kong'' during the day, with the leads from both films, Wray and Robert Armstrong, appearing in both movies.

''The Most Dangerous Game'' was followed by Wray's most memorable film, ''King Kong''. According to Wray, Jean Harlow had been RKO's original choice, but because MGM put Harlow under exclusive contract during the pre-production phase of the film, she became unavailable and Wray was approached by director Merian C. Cooper to play the role of Ann Darrow, the blonde captive of King Kong. Wray was paid $10,000 dollars to play the role. Wray wore a blonde wig over her naturally dark hair. The film was a commercial success. Wray was reportedly proud that the film saved RKO from bankruptcy. Wray's role would become the one with which she would be most associated. For her appearances in various horror films, many have considered Wray the first "scream queen".

Later career

She continued to star in various films, but by the early 1940s, her appearances became sporadic. She retired from acting in 1942, after her second marriage. However, due to financial problems she had to continue acting, and over the next three decades, Wray appeared in minor film roles and also frequently on television.

Wray was cast in the 1953-1954 ABC situation comedy, ''The Pride of the Family'', as Catherine Morrison. Paul Hartman played her husband, Albie Morrison. Natalie Wood and Robert Hyatt played their children, Ann and Junior Morrison, respectively.

Wray appeared in three episodes of CBS's courtroom drama ''Perry Mason'', the first of which was "The Case Of The Prodigal Parent" (Episode 1-36) aired June 7, 1958.

In 1959, she played Tula Marsh in the episode "The Second Happiest Day" of the CBS anthology series ''Playhouse 90''. In 1960, she appeared as Clara in the episode "Who Killed Cock Robin?" of the ABC detective series ''77 Sunset Strip''. And in 1963, she played as Mrs. Brubaker in the episode "You're So Smart, Why Can't You Be Good?" episode of the NBC medical drama about psychiatry, ''The Eleventh Hour''. She ended her acting career in the made-for TV movie ''Gideon's Trumpet'' (1980).

In 1988, her autobiography, ''On the Other Hand'', was published. In her later years, Wray continued to make public appearances. She was a special guest at the 70th Academy Awards, where the show's host, Billy Crystal, introduced her as the "Beauty who charmed the Beast". She was the only 1920s Hollywood actress in attendance that evening. In January 2003, a 95-year old Wray appeared at the 2003 Palm Beach International Film Festival to celebrate the Rick McKay documentary film ''Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There'', where she was also honored with a "Legend in Film" award. In her later years, she also visited the Empire State Building frequently, once visiting in 1991 as a guest of honor at the building's 60th anniversary, and also in May 2004, which was among her last public appearances. Her final public appearance was at an after-party at the Sardi's restaurant in New York City, following the premiere of the documentary film ''Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There''.

Personal life

Wray was married three times – to the writers John Monk Saunders and Robert Riskin and to the neurosurgeon Dr. Sanford Rothenberg (January 28, 1919 – January 4, 1991).

She had three children: Susan Saunders, Victoria Riskin, and Robert Riskin Jr. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1933.

In her autobiography ''On The Other Hand: A Life Story'' she stated that she was a Republican.

Death

In 2004, Wray was approached by director Peter Jackson to appear in a small cameo for the 2005 remake of ''King Kong''. She met with Naomi Watts, who was to play the role of Ann Darrow, whom Wray originally played. She politely declined the cameo, stating she had no interest in appearing in Jackson's remake, and further claimed the original 'Kong' to be the true 'King.' Before filming of the remake commenced, Wray died in her sleep of natural causes on August 8, 2004, in her Manhattan apartment. Her friend Rick McKay, said that "she just kind of drifted off quietly as if she was going to sleep... she just kind of gave out." She was 96 years old. Wray was buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.

Two days after her death, the lights of the Empire State Building were extinguished for 15 minutes in her memory.

Honours

In 1989, Wray was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award. Wray was honored with a "Legend in Film" award at the 2003 Palm Beach International Film Festival. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Wray was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6349 Hollywood Blvd. She received a star posthumously on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto on June 5, 2005. A small park near Lee's Creek on Main Street in Cardston, Alberta, her birthplace, was named "Fay Wray Park" in her honor. The small sign at the edge of the park on Main Street has a silhouette of King Kong on it, remembering her role in the film ''King Kong''. A large oil portrait of Wray by Alberta artist Neil Boyle is on display in the Empress Theatre in Fort Macleod, Alberta. In May 2006, Wray became one of the first four entertainers to ever be honored by Canada Post by being featured on a postage stamp.

Filmography

''Leaving The House'' (1917) debut uncredited

''Blind Husbands'' (1919)

''Gasoline Love'' (1923 short subject)

''Thundering Landlords'' (1925 short)

''No Father to Guide Him'' (1925 short)

''The Coast Patrol'' (1925)

''Sure-Mike'' (1925 short)

''What Price Goofy'' (1925 short)

''Isn't Life Terrible?'' (1925 short)

''Chasing the Chaser'' (1925 short)

''Madame Sans Jane'' (1925 short)

''Unfriendly Enemies'' (1925 short)

''Your Own Back Yard'' (1925 short)

''Moonlight and Noses'' (1925 short)

''Should Sailors Marry?'' (1925 short)

''WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1926'' (1926 short)

''One Wild Time'' (1926 short)

''Don Key (A Son of a Burro)'' (1926 short)

''The Man in the Saddle'' (1926)

''Don't Shoot'' (1926 short)

''The Wild Horse Stampede'' (1926)

''The Saddle Tramp'' (1926 short)

''The Show Cowpuncher'' (1926 short)

''Lazy Lightning'' (1926)

''Loco Luck'' (1927)

''A One Man Game'' (1927)

''Spurs and Saddles'' (1927)

''A Trip Through the Paramount Studio'' (1927 short)

''The Honeymoon'' (1928) (unreleased)

''The Legion of the Condemned'' (1928)

''Street of Sin'' (1928)

''The First Kiss'' (1928)

''The Wedding March'' (1928)

''Thunderbolt'' (1929)

''The Four Feathers'' (1929)

''Pointed Heels'' (1929)

''Behind the Make-Up'' (1930)

''Paramount on Parade'' (1930)

''The Texan'' (1930)

''The Border Legion'' (1930)

''The Sea God'' (1930)

''Captain Thunder'' (1930)

''Stub Man''(1931)

''The Conquering Horde'' (1931)

''Three Rogues'' (1931)

''The Slippery Pearls'' (1931 short)

''Dirigible'' (1931)

''The Finger Points'' (1931)

''The Lawyer's Secret'' (1931)

''The Unholy Garden'' (1931)

''Hollywood on Parade'' (1932) (short subject)

''Stowaway'' (1932)

''Doctor X'' (1932)

''The Most Dangerous Game'' (1932)

''The Vampire Bat'' (1933)

''Mystery of the Wax Museum'' (1933)

''King Kong'' (1933)

''Below the Sea'' (1933)

''Ann Carver's Profession'' (1933)

''The Woman I Stole'' (1933)

''Shanghai Madness'' (1933)

''The Big Brain'' (1933)

''One Sunday Afternoon'' (1933)

''The Bowery'' (1933)

''Master of Men'' (1933)

''The Clairvoyant'' (1934)

''Madame Spy'' (1934)

''The Countess of Monte Cristo'' (1934)

''Once to Every Woman'' (1934)

''Viva Villa!'' (1934)

''The Affairs of Cellini'' (1934)

''Black Moon'' (1934)

''The Richest Girl in the World'' (1934)

''Cheating Cheaters'' (1934)

''Woman in the Dark'' (1934) also available as ''Woman In The Shadows'', based on a Dashiell Hammett story

''Come Out of the Pantry'' (1935)

''Mills of the Gods'' (1935)

''Bulldog Jack'' (1935)

''White Lies'' (1935)

''When Knights Were Bold'' (1936)

''Roaming Lady'' (1936)

''They Met in a Taxi'' (1936)

''It Happened in Hollywood'' (1937)

''Murder in Greenwich Village'' (1937)

''The Jury's Secret'' (1938)

''Smashing the Spy Ring'' (1939)

''Navy Secrets'' (1939)

''Wildcat Bus'' (1940)

''Melody for Three'' (1941)

''Adam Had Four Sons'' (1941)

''Not a Ladies' Man'' (1942)

''Treasure of the Golden Condor'' (1953)

''Small Town Girl'' (1953)

''Hell on Frisco Bay'' (1955)

''The Cobweb'' (1955)

''Queen Bee'' (1955)

''Rock, Pretty Baby'' (1956)

''Crime of Passion'' (1957)

''Tammy and the Bachelor'' (1957)

''Summer Love'' (1958)

''Dragstrip Riot'' (1958)

''Gideon's Trumpet'' (1980)

''Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's'' (1997 documentary)

''Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There'' (2003 documentary)

See also

Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood

Footnotes

External links

Fay Wray at Northern Stars

Fay Wray trivia

CBC.ca News: Fay Wray dies at 96

Bellaonline.com article: Hollywood's First Scream Queen

Literature on Fay Wray

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Coordinates	12°58′0″N77°34′0″N
name	Jane Baxter
birth date	September 09, 1909
birth place	Bremen, Germany
death date	September 13, 1996
death place	London, England
birth name	Feodora Kathleen Alice Forde
occupation	Actress
years active	1930–1976
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Jane Baxter (9 September 1909 – 13 September 1996) was a British actress. Her stage career spanned half a century, and she appeared in a number of films and in television.

Baxter was born as Feodora Kathleen Alice Forde in Bremen, Germany to an Anglo-Irish naval engineer father and a German mother of noble background, Hedwig von Dieskau. The family castle lies on the outskirts of Halle in Saxony-Anhalt. Hedwig had been lady-in-waiting to Princess Charlotte, sister of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Feodora was named after Charlotte's daughter, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, who committed suicide in 1945.

Career

Feodora Forde came to London at the age of six and studied acting at the Italia Conti Academy. She made her debut on the London stage at the age of 15 at the Adelphi Theatre in 1925 as an urchin in a short-lived musical, ''Love's Prisoner''. Her breakthrough occurred in 1928 when she substituted as Peter Pan for Jean Forbes-Robertson, whom she understudied. On the advice of the play's author, J.M. Barrie, Feodora changed her name to Jane Baxter. She was spotted by the writer Ian Hay, who suggested her for the lead in''" A Damsel in Distress"'', a play he had written with P.G. Wodehouse.

She made her screen debut in 1930 in a B-movie, ''Bed and Breakfast'', and acted in a succession of films in the 1930s. She also performed in several West End shows and in 1935 she joined the repertory company at the Liverpool Playhouse. Here the leading actor was Michael Redgrave who found her "a delightful actress"; she would become his daughter Vanessa's godmother. She had further success in London in 1937 with ''George and Margaret'' which ran for two years and in 1947 she co-starred on Broadway with John Gielgud and Margaret Rutherford in ''The Importance of Being Earnest'', in which she played Cicely Cardew. Another classic role in 1948 was Viola in ''Twelfth Night'' at the Old Vic, directed by Alec Guinness. After a year's run in ''Dial M for Murder'' in 1952, she continued to work in the theatre for 20 years her last West End appearance being in ''A Voyage Round My Father'', which co-starred her old friend, Michael Redgrave. Baxter's television work included plays and series such as ''"Upstairs, Downstairs"'', and her last appearance was in a 1992 documentary, ''Missing Believed Lost'', in which Sir John Mills also appeared.

Personal life

Baxter married Clive Dunfee, the racing driver, in 1930, and witnessed his death in a race at Brooklands two years later. In 1939 she married Arthur Montgomery, a businessman, with whom she had two daughters and one son. One daughter married James Dugdale, 2nd Baron Crathorne the current Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire.

Death

Jane Baxter died in 1996, four days after her 87th birthday, from stomach cancer.

Miscellaneous

Jane Baxter was described by newspaper journalist Tom Vallance as "the epitome of middle-class breeding – sensible and practical, pretty rather than glamorous, with a delicate complexion. Perfect elocution, a beaming smile and just a hint of the coquette behind the cool exterior."

Filmography

''Bed and Breakfast'' (1930)

''Down River'' (1931)

''The Constant Nymph'' (1933)

''Wives Beware'' (1933)

''The Night of the Party'' (1934)

''We Live Again'' (1934)

''Blossom Time'' (1934)

''Girls, Please!'' (1934)

''Enchanted April'' (1935)

''Line Engaged'' (1935)

''The Clairvoyant'' (1935)

''Drake of England'' (1935)

''Dusty Ermine'' (1936)

''The Man Who Could Work Miracles'' (1936)

''April Blossoms'' (1937)

''The Ware Case'' (1938)

''Confidential Lady'' (1939)

''Chinese Bungalow'' (1940)

''Ships with Wings'' (1941)

''The Flemish Farm'' (1943)

''Upstairs Downstairs'' ''(A Change of Scene)'' (1973) ''TV'' : ''The Dowager Lady Newbury''

References

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Coordinates	12°58′0″N77°34′0″N
name	Paul Muni
birth name	Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund
birth date	September 22, 1895
birth place	Lwów, Poland, Austro-Hungarian Empire (present day Lviv, Ukraine)
death date	August 25, 1967
death place	Montecito, California, U.S.
spouse	Bella Finkel (1921-1967-his death)
other names	Moony Weisenfreund
occupation	Actor
years active	1929–62}}

Paul Muni (born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, September 22, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was an Austrian-Hungarian-born American stage and film actor. During the 1930s, he was considered the most prestigious actor at Warner Brothers studios, and one of the rare actors who was given the privilege of choosing which parts he wanted.

His acting quality, usually playing a powerful character, such as ''Scarface'', was partly a result of his intense preparation for his parts, often immersing himself in study of the real character's traits and mannerisms. He was also highly skilled in using makeup techniques, a talent he learned from his parents, who were also actors, and from his early years on stage with the Yiddish Theater, in New York. At the age of 12, he played the stage role of an 80-year-old man; in one of his films, ''Seven Faces'', he played seven different characters.

He was nominated six times for an Oscar, winning once as Best Actor in ''The Story of Louis Pasteur''.

Early life and career

Muni was born to a Polish Jewish family in Lemberg, Galicia, a province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Lviv, Ukraine (formerly Lwów, Poland). His family emigrated to the United States in 1902.

He began his acting career on the Yiddish stage in New York City, where his parents were actors with the Yiddish theatre. As a teenager, he developed an affinity for makeup and often played characters much older. Film historian Robert Osborne notes that his makeup skills were so creative, that for most of his roles, "he transformed his appearance so completely, he was dubbed 'the New Lon Chaney.'" In his first stage role, at the age of 12, he played the role of an eighty-year-old man.

He was quickly recognized by Maurice Schwartz, who signed him up with his Yiddish Art Theater. Edward G. Robinson and Paul Muni were cousins to Charles M. Fritz, who was a notable actor during the Great Depression. In 1921, he married Bella Finkel (February 8, 1898 - October 1, 1971), an actress in the Yiddish theatre. They remained married until Muni's death in 1967.

A 1925 ''New York Times'' article singled out his and Sam Kasten's performances at the People's Theater as among the highlights of that year's Yiddish theater season, describing them as second only to Ludwig Satz.

Broadway and Hollywood

Muni began acting on Broadway in 1926. His first role was that of an elderly Jewish man in the play ''We Americans'', written by playwrights Max Siegel and Milton Herbert Gropper; it was also the first time that he ever acted in English. He was signed by Fox three years later, in 1929, and received an Oscar nomination for his first film ''The Valiant'', although the film did poorly at the box office. His second film, ''Seven Faces'', was also a financial failure. Unhappy with the roles offered him, he returned to Broadway, where he starred in a major hit play, ''Counselor at Law''.

In 1932, Paul Muni returned to Hollywood to star in such harrowing pre-Code films as the original ''Scarface'' and ''I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'', for which he received his second Oscar nomination for Best Actor. The acclaim that Muni received as a result of this performances so impressed Warner Brothers, they signed him to a long-term contract, "publicizing him as the screen's greatest actor."

''Scarface'', also became one of Hollywood's first major gangster films, and was written by Ben Hecht, a leading screenwriter. The film, notes critic Richard Corliss, while a serious gangster film, also "manages both to congratulate journalism for its importance and to chastise it for its chicanery, by underlining the newspapers' complicity in promoting the underworld image."

In 1935, Muni persuaded Warner Bros. to take a financial risk by producing its first historical biography, ''The Story of Louis Pasteur''. This became Muni's first of many later biographical roles, and in it he starred as a crusading scientist who fights derision in his native country to prove that his medical theories will save lives. Until that film, most Warner Bros. stories originated from current events and major news stories.

After the sudden success of the film, it gave Warners "box office gold", notes Osborne. Muni won an Oscar for his performance. He then went on to play other historical figures, including Emile Zola, in ''The Life of Emile Zola'' (1937) and ''Juarez (1939).

In 1937, he played the starring role as a Chinese peasant, with a new bride, in ''The Good Earth''. It costarred Luise Rainer as his humble wife, who won an Academy Award for her part. The film was a re-creation of a revolutionary period in China, and included special effects for a locust attack and the overthrow of the government. It was based on the classic novel, by Pearl Buck, of the same name. Because he was not of Asian descent, when producer Irving Thalberg offered him the role, he stated, "I'm about as Chinese as Herbert Hoover."

Dissatisfied with life in Hollywood, Muni chose not to renew his contract, and returned to the screen only occasionally for such roles as Frederick Chopin's teacher in ''A Song to Remember'' (1945). In 1946, he starred in a rare comic performance, ''Angel on My Shoulder'', playing a gangster whose early death prompts the Devil (played by Claude Rains) to make mischief by putting his soul into the body of a judge, only to have his new identity turn the former criminal into a model citizen.

However, he focused most of his energies on stage work. Also in 1946, he appeared on Broadway in ''A Flag is Born'', also written by Ben Hecht, to help promote the creation of a Jewish state in Israel. Written by Stella Adler's brother and acted alongside Marlon Brando. Ten years later, in 1955-1956, he had his biggest stage success as the crusading lawyer, Henry Drummond (based on Clarence Darrow), in ''Inherit the Wind'', winning a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play.

In late August 1955, Muni was forced to withdraw from the play ''Inherit the Wind'' due to a serious eye ailment causing deterioration in his eyesight. He was later replaced by actor Melvyn Douglas. In early September 1955, Muni, then 59 years old, was diagnosed with a tumor of the left eye. The eye was removed in an operation at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. His right eye was reported to be normal. In early December 1955, Muni returned to his starring role as Henry Drummond in the play ''Inherit the Wind''.

After one more film role as an aging doctor in ''The Last Angry Man'' (1959), for which he was again nominated for an Oscar, his failing eyesight and other health problems forced him to retire from acting. Muni was nominated six times for Academy Awards, winning once, although he appeared in only twenty-five films during his career.

Other productions

Paul Muni starred as Willy Loman in the English opening of ''Death of a Salesman'' by Arthur Miller, on July 28, 1949 at the Phoenix Theatre, London. He took over from Lee J. Cobb who played the principal role in the original Broadway production. Both productions were directed by Elia Kazan.

Acting techniques

Muni was noted for his intense preparation for his roles, especially his biographies. While preparing for ''The Story of Louis Pasteur'', Muni states that "I read most everything that was in the library, and everything I could lay my hands on that had to do with Pasteur, with Lister, or with his contemporaries." He did the same in preparing for his role as Henry Drummond, in the stage production of ''Inherit the Wind''. He read what he could find, talked to people who knew Darrow personally, and even studied mannerisms from his photographs. "To Paul Muni, acting was not just a career, but an obsession", writes the ''New York Times''. They note that despite his enormous success on both Broadway and in films, "he threw himself into each role with a sense of dedication." Playwright Arthur Miller commented that Muni "was pursued by a fear of failure."

As Muni was born into a theater atmosphere, with both of his parents actors, "he learned his craft carefully and thoroughly." On stage, "a Muni whisper could reach the last balcony of any theater", writes the ''Times''. It adds that his style "had drawn into it the warmth of the Yiddish stage", in which he made his debut at the age of 12. In addition, his techique in using makeup "was a work of art." Combined with acting which followed no "method", he perfected his control of voice and gestures into an acting style that was "unique."

Film critic David Shipman called Muni "an actor of great integrity" and he prepared for his roles meticulously. Muni was widely recognized as an eccentric if talented individual. He would go into a rage whenever anyone wore red, but at the same time he could often be found between sessions relaxing with his violin. Over the years, he also became increasingly dependent on his wife, Bella, who terrified directors by forcing them to redo scenes that did not meet her satisfaction. However, Muni himself was "inflexible on matters of taste and principle", once turning down an $800,000 movie contract because he wasn't happy with the studio's choice of film roles.

Personal life

He retired from filmmaking in 1959, soon after receiving his fifth Academy Award nomination for ''The Last Angry Man''; however, he made a final television appearance in the series ''Saints and Sinners'' in 1962.

In his private life, he was considered "exceedingly shy", and would show agony anytime he was recognized while out shopping or dining. He enjoyed reading and going for walks with his wife in secluded sections of Central Park, and would be at the theater by 7:30PM to prepare for his performances each night. After retiring from acting, he lived in California, in what was considered an "austere" setting, where he and his wife enjoyed their privacy. In his den, which he called his "Shangri-La", he spent his time reading books and listening to the radio.

Muni died of a heart disorder in Montecito, California in 1967, aged 71. Muni died the same year that his ''Angel On My Shoulder'' co-star Claude Rains, and another co-star, Spencer Tracy, also died. Muni has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6435 Hollywood Blvd.

Filmography

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Notes

References

Melamed, S.M., "The Yiddish Stage", ''The New York Times'', September 27, 1925 (X2)

Adler, Jacob, ''A Life on the Stage: A Memoir'', translated and with commentary by Lulla Rosenfeld, Knopf, New York, 1999, ISBN 0-679-41351-0. In a comment on p. 377, Rosenfeld mentions "Muni Weisenfreund, now Paul Muni".

External links

Photos of Muni in various costumes and makeup

Paul Muni: Scarface and Beyond

Paul Muni in The Amazing Doctor Clitterhouse (1947 radio version)

Photographs and literature

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Coordinates	12°58′0″N77°34′0″N
name	Anne Baxter
birth date	May 07, 1923
birth place	Michigan City, Indiana, U.S.
death date	December 12, 1985
death place	New York City, New York, U.S.
occupation	Actress
years active	1940–85
spouse	(divorced) 1 child (divorced) 2 children (his death) }}

Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress known for her performances in films such as ''The Magnificent Ambersons'' (1942), ''The Razor's Edge'' (1946), ''All About Eve'' (1950) and ''The Ten Commandments'' (1956).

Early life

Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana to Kenneth Stuart Baxter and Catherine Wright; her maternal grandfather was the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Baxter's father was a prominent executive with the Seagrams Distillery Co. and she was raised in New York City in a well-to-do home, and attended the prestigious Brearley School. At age 10, Baxter attended a Broadway play starring Helen Hayes, and was so impressed that she declared to her family that she wanted to become an actress. By the age of 13, she had appeared on Broadway. During this period, Baxter learned her acting craft as a student of the famed teacher Maria Ouspenskaya.

Career

At 16 Baxter screen-tested for the role of Mrs. DeWinter in ''Rebecca'', losing to Joan Fontaine because director Alfred Hitchcock considered her too young for the role, but she soon secured a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox. Her first movie role was in ''20 Mule Team'' in 1940. She was chosen by director Orson Welles to appear in ''The Magnificent Ambersons'' (1942). Baxter co-starred with Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney in 1946's ''The Razor's Edge'', for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Baxter later recounted that ''The Razor's Edge'' contained her only great performance which was a hospital scene where the character, Sophie, "loses her husband, child and everything else". She said she relived the death of her brother, who had died at age three.

In 1950, Baxter was chosen to co-star in ''All About Eve'', largely because of a resemblance to Claudette Colbert, who was originally set to co-star in the film. The original idea was to have Baxter's character gradually come to mirror Colbert's over the course of the film. Baxter received a nomination for Best Actress for the title role of Eve Harrington. She said she modeled the role on a bitchy understudy she had for her debut performance in the Broadway play ''Seen But Not Heard'' at the age of thirteen and who had threatened to "finish her off". Through the 1950s she continued to act on stage. According to a program from the production, Baxter appeared on Broadway in 1953 opposite Tyrone Power in Charles Laughton's ''John Brown's Body'', a play based upon the narrative poem by Stephen Vincent Benét (though the Internet Broadway Database states that Power's co-star was Judith Anderson). In 1953 Baxter contracted a two picture deal for Warner Brothers. Her first was opposite Montgomery Clift in Alfred Hitchcock's ''I Confess''; the second was the whodunit ''The Blue Gardenia'' as a woman accused of murder.

Baxter is also remembered for her role as the Egyptian Queen Nefretiri opposite Charlton Heston's portrayal of Moses in Cecil B. DeMille's award winning ''The Ten Commandments'' (1956).

Baxter appeared regularly on television in the 1960s. She did a stint as one of the ''What's My Line?'' "Mystery Guests" on the popular Sunday night CBS-TV quiz program. She also starred as guest villain "Zelda the Great" in two episodes of the superhero show ''Batman''. She appeared as another villain, "Olga, Queen of the Cossacks," opposite Vincent Price's "Egghead" in three episodes of the show's third season. She also played an old flame of Raymond Burr on his crime series ''Ironside''.

Baxter returned to Broadway during the 1970s in ''Applause'', the musical version of ''All About Eve'', but this time in the "Margo Channing" role played by Bette Davis in the film. (She was replacing Lauren Bacall, who won a Tony Award in the role.)

In the 1970s, Baxter was a frequent guest and stand-in host on ''The Mike Douglas Show'', since Baxter and host Mike Douglas were friends. She portrayed a murderous film star on an episode of ''Columbo'', called "Requiem for a Fallen Star". In 1983, Baxter starred in the television series ''Hotel'', replacing Bette Davis after Davis became ill.

Baxter has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6741 Hollywood Blvd.

Personal life

In 1946, Baxter married actor John Hodiak. They had a daughter, Katrina, born 1951, and divorced in 1953, which she later blamed on herself.

In 1960, Baxter married her second husband, Randolph Galt. Galt was the American owner of a neighboring cattle station near Sydney, Australia where she was filming ''Summer of the Seventeenth Doll''. She left Hollywood with Katrina to live with him on a remote 37,000 acre cattle station he bought 180 miles north of Sydney called ''Giro'' (pronounced Ghee-ro). During this time, they had two daughters, Melissa (b. 1962) and Maginel (b. 1964). After the birth of Maginel, back in California, Galt suddenly announced they were moving to an 11,000 acre ranch south of Grants, New Mexico. They then moved to Hawaii before settling back in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. Melissa Galt became an interior designer, and Maginel became a Roman Catholic nun.

Baxter married again, in 1977 to David Klee, a prominent stockbroker. It was a brief marriage; Klee died unexpectedly from illness. The newlywed couple had purchased a sprawling property in Easton, Connecticut which they extensively remodeled, however, Klee did not live to see the renovations completed. Aspects of the house were redesigned to be architecturally reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright's 'Prairie School Architecture. The living-room fireplace was remodeled to resemble the famous stone structure in the living room of her grandfather's masterpiece, Fallingwater. Vaulted ceilings were lowered to embrace Wright's essential design protocol against soaring ceilings. Baxter never remarried. Although she maintained a residence in West Hollywood, Baxter considered her Connecticut home to be her primary residence. Baxter was an active benefactor of The Connecticut Early Music Society.

Baxter was a long time friend of celebrated costume designer Edith Head, whom she first met on the set of ''The Ten Commandments''. Head appeared with Baxter in a cameo role in ''Requiem For A Falling Star'', a 1973 ''Columbo'' episode. Upon Head's death in 1981, Melissa Galt, who was also a goddaughter of Head, was bequeathed Head's jewelry collection.

Death

Baxter suffered a brain aneurysm on December 4, 1985, while hailing a taxi on Madison Avenue in New York City. She died 8 days later at Lenox Hill hospital on December 12, aged 62.

Baxter is buried on the estate of Frank Lloyd Wright at Lloyd Jones Cemetery in Spring Green, Wisconsin. She was survived by her three daughters.

Filmography

''20 Mule Team'' (1940)

''The Great Profile'' (1940)

''Charley's Aunt'' (1941)

''Swamp Water'' (1941)

''The Pied Piper'' (1942)

''The Magnificent Ambersons'' (1942)

''Crash Dive'' (1943)

''Five Graves to Cairo'' (1943)

''The North Star'' (1943)

''The Fighting Sullivans'' (1944)

''The Eve of St. Mark'' (1944)

''Sunday Dinner for a Soldier'' (1944)

''Guest in the House'' (1944)

''A Royal Scandal'' (1945)

''Smoky'' (1946)

''Angel on My Shoulder'' (1946)

''The Razor's Edge'' (1946)

''Blaze of Noon'' (1947)

''Mother Wore Tights'' (1947) (narrator)

''Homecoming'' (1948)

''The Walls of Jericho'' (1948)

''The Luck of the Irish'' (1948)

''Yellow Sky'' (1949)

''You're My Everything'' (1949)

''A Ticket to Tomahawk'' (1950)

''All About Eve'' (1950)

''Follow the Sun'' (1951)

''The Outcasts of Poker Flat'' (1952)

''O. Henry's Full House'' (1952)

''My Wife's Best Friend'' (1952)

''I Confess'' (1953)

''The Blue Gardenia'' (1953)

''Carnival Story'' (1954) (also cameo in German version titled ''Carnival of Love'')

''Bedevilled'' (1955)

''One Desire'' (1955)

''The Spoilers'' (1955)

''The Come On'' (1956)

''The Ten Commandments'' (1956)

''Chase a Crooked Shadow'' (1957)

''Three Violent People'' (1957)

''Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'' (1959)

''Cimarron'' (1960)

''The DuPont Show with June Allyson'', as Louise in "The Dance Man" (CBS, 1960)

''Mix Me a Person'' (1962)

''Walk on the Wild Side'' (1962)

''The Family Jewels'' (1965) (Cameo)

''Seven Vengeful Women'' (1966)

''The Busy Body'' (1967)

''Fools' Parade'' (1971)

''The Late Liz'' (1971)

''Columbo: Requiem for a Falling Star'' (1973)

''Jane Austen in Manhattan'' (1980)

References

External links

Photographs and literature

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