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  1. Uta Hagen was indeed great, but I'm afraid that's not the answer! Further hint: The actress in question is American, but many people think she is English. Different Albee play, by the way. But the fact that you mention The Cherry Orchard shows you're on the right track. The actress in question was Tony-nominated for a production of that play. (But that's not the McKellen connection).

    Okay, Swithin. I believe the actress is Irene Worth. Miss Worth won Best Actress Tony Awards for "Tiny Alice" and "Sweet Bird of Youth" and a third Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in "Lost In Yonkers". Miss Worth played Ian McKellen's mother Volumnia in a stage production of "Coriolanus" at the National Theater. (At the request of Joseph Papp Miss Worth played this role again opposite Christopher Walken as Corolianus in an off-Broadway production.) 

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    one hundred thirteenth category

     

     

    Screen careers that cover at least 7 decades

     

    Lillian Gish..first screen role in 1912, last screen role in 1987..eight decades
     
    Mickey Rooney..first screen role in 1926, last screen role in 2015 (posthumously)..ten decades
     
    Angela Lansbury..first screen role in 1944, most recent in 2014..eight decades
     
    Peggy McCay..first screen role in 1949, most recent in 2016 (Days of Our Lives films five months in advance)..eight decades

     

    John Mills first screen role in 1932, last screen role in 2004...seven decades

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  3. Swithin, I've come up with almost all of your post. The last part being questinable

     

    The actress is the great Uta Hagen, who won Tony Awards for her role as Georgie in "The Country Girl" and Martha in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". The only play I can think of in which she played Ian McKellen's mother is "The Cherry Orchard".

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