MikaelaArsenault Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 https://deadline.com/2021/02/christopher-plummer-dies-91-sound-of-music-all-the-money-in-the-world-star-1234688379/ Christopher Plummer Dies: Oscar Winner & ‘Sound Of Music,’ ‘All The Money In The World’ Star A True Hollywood Legend Christopher Plummer, who starred in The Sound of Music, won an Oscar for Beginners and was nominated for All the Money in the World and The Last Station, peacefully today at his home in Connecticut, his family confirmed. Elaine Taylor, his wife and true best friend for 53 years, was by his side. Lou Pitt, his longtime friend and manager of 46 years said; “Chris was an extraordinary man who deeply loved and respected his profession with great old fashion manners, self deprecating humor and the music of words. He was a National Treasure who deeply relished his Canadian roots. Through his art and humanity, he touched all of our hearts and his legendary life will endure for all generations to come. He will forever be with us.” Plummer spent the past 75 years as a stalwart of stage and screen, the latter of which covered more than 100 film. He is best known for playing Captain John Von Trapp in 1965 Robert Wise-directed classic The Sound of Music, but he won his Oscar for the 2010 film Beginners, and he was most recently Oscar nominated for the Ridley Scott-directed All The Money In The World. In that film, he replaced Kevin Spacey in the role of J Paul Getty, after Spacey had an #MeToo downfall. Plummer most recently costarred in the ensemble of the Rian Johnson-directed Knives Out. Raised in Montreal, Plummer began his professional career on stage and radio in both French and English. After Eva Le Gallienne gave him his New York debut (1954) he went on to star in many celebrated productions on Broadway and London’s West End winning accolades on both sides of the Atlantic. He won two Tony Awards for the musical Cyranoand for Barrymore plus seven Tony nominations, his latest for his King Lear (2004) and for his Clarence Darrow in Inherit the Wind (2007); also three Drama Desk Awards and the National Arts Club Medal. A former leading member of the Royal National Theatre under Sir Laurence Olivier and the Royal Shakespeare Company under Sir Peter Hall, where he won London’s Evening Standard Award for Best Actor in Becket; he has also led Canada’s Stratford Festival in its formative years under Sir Tyrone Guthrie and Michael Langham. Since Sidney Lumet introduced him to the screen in Stage Struck (1958), his range of notable films include The Man Who Would Be King, Battle of Britain, Waterloo, Fall of The Roman Empire, Star Trek VI, Twelve Monkeys and the 1965 Oscar-winning The Sound of Music. More recent films include The Insider as Mike Wallace; (National Film Critics Award), the acclaimed A Beautiful Mind, Man in the Chair, Must Love Dogs, National Treasure, Syriana and Inside Man. His TV appearances, which number close to 100, include the Emmy-winning BBC Hamlet at Elsinore playing the title role; the Emmy-winning productions The Thornbirds, Nuremberg, Little Moon of Alban and HBO’s Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight earning him seven Emmy nominations and taking home two Emmys. He was last seen in the Canadian series, Departures. Apart from honors in the UK, USA, Austria and Canada, he was the first performer to receive the Jason Robards Award in memory of his great friend, the Edwin Booth Award and the Sir John Gielgud Quill Award. In 1968, sanctioned by Elizabeth II, he was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada (an honorary knighthood). An Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts at Juilliard, he also received the Governor General’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. In 1986 he was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame and in 2000 Canada’s Walk of Fame. Plummer’s projects include the highly praised animated films Up, 9 as well as the title role in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, directed by Terry Gilliam. He played the great novelist Tolstoy opposite Helen Mirren in The Last Station for Sony Classics where he received his first Academy Award nomination in 2010. He followed that up the next year with another nomination and a win for Best Supporting Actor in Beginners from writer/director Mike Mills and appeared in David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo that same year. In July and August 2012, he returned to the Stratford Festival to perform his one-man show that he created entitled A Word or Two, directed by Des McAnuff. In 2013, he starred opposite Oscar winner Shirley MacLaine in Elsa & Fred directed by Michael Radford, Hector And The Search for Happiness directed by Peter Chelsom, Danny Collins opposite Al Pacino and Annette Benning for writer/director Dan Fogelman and The Forger opposite John Travolta directed by Phillip Martin. In 2015, he starred in Remember, directed by Atom Egoyan and in 2017 The Exception, based on the novel “The Kaiser’s Last Kiss” co-starring Lily James, Jai Courtney and Janet McTeer and The Man Who Invented Christmas, co-starring Dan Stevens. That same year he replaced Kevin Spacey in All the Money in the World, earning him his fourth Golden Globe and third Academy Award nominations. Boundaries for Sony Classics, co-starring Vera Farmiga in 2018, and Last Full Measure with Sebastian Stan, Ed Harris and Samuel L. Jackson. He was recently seen in the very successful KNIVES OUT starring Daniel Craig and Chris Evans. His recent self-written best selling memoir, In Spite of Myself (Alfred A. Knopf Publishers) praised by critics and public remains a best seller. 1 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Man, they are dropping like flies. Sad news. Rest in peace Captain Von Trapp. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
hamradio Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Only he can quote Shakespeare in the original Klingon. 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Hibi Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 So sorry to hear this! Was just thinking of him the other day. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
yanceycravat Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Absolutely marvelous on stage as Barrymore. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
yanceycravat Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 They're not leaving. They're escaping! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 18 minutes ago, Hibi said: So sorry to hear this! Was just thinking of him the other day. Just last night I watched my DVD of THE SILENT PARTNER('77) Lost a good 'un this time. Rest In Peace, Chris. Sepiatone 3 Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 For years, he was one of the notable actors who had never received an Academy Award nomination. Then he wound up with three in the 2010s -- all in the Best Supporting Actor category. His 2012 acceptance speech for "Beginners" is one of my all-time favorites. 5 4 Link to post Share on other sites
MikaelaArsenault Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 Filmography: https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0001626/filmotype/actor?ref_=m_nmfm_1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Allhallowsday Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 I saw CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER in a production of Inherit The Wind opposite BRIAN DENNEHY. Plummer was a wonderful talent. Good night, CHRISTOPHER. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
MikaelaArsenault Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 Remembering Christopher Plummer (1929-2021) We celebrate the life and career of Oscar winner, Christopher Plummer. https://m.imdb.com/gallery/rg1214552832/mediaviewer/rm2614023681?pf_rd_m=A2FGELUUNOQJNL&pf_rd_p=d4e24641-7610-4c1c-9a26-c208c9635c23&pf_rd_r=PABX0B3CHYVZ2P4AQWYM&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_t=15011&pf_rd_i=nm0001626&ref_=m_nm_ecw_tty_plummer_sm And a photo gallery from The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2021/feb/05/christopher-plummer-a-life-in-pictures-sound-of-music 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Det Jim McLeod Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 1 hour ago, yanceycravat said: Absolutely marvelous on stage as Barrymore. I saw him on Broadway as Macbeth in 1988, one of my greatest theater experiences. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Just now, Det Jim McLeod said: I saw him on Broadway as Macbeth in 1988, one of my greatest theater experiences. How cool! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 A long time ago he pushed me out of the way in order to get to the bar. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
MikaelaArsenault Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 Awards and nominations: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Christopher_Plummer 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Swithin Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Great actor, excelled and took most pride in his classical roles. As King Lear, Lincoln Center Theater, 2004 2 Link to post Share on other sites
nakano Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 A great actor he was a memorable Sherlock Holmes with another great James Mason as an intelligent Watson in Murder by Decree in 1978,i have seen it when first released.Plummer and Mason were a remarquable duo,he was great in many roles recently in Barrymore and in Remember with Martin Landau. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Aritosthenes Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 23 minutes ago, Swithin said: Great actor, excelled and took most pride in his classical roles. As King Lear, Lincoln Center Theater, 2004 GoodHEAVENS.. ...What a BEAUTIFUL Picture... 🙏😔🙁😣😥😥😥😥 / 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊☺️☺️☺️☺️😊😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌 _ Rest in Peace to a D*** FINE Artisan,. 🙏🕊🌈🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌌🌈🌠 . ... .. Adel Weiss.. .....STILL Gives Me Big. Phat,. BEAUTIFUL Chills ... 😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌🌈😌😌😌😊☺️😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌 And My Favourite Pic "of" His is Probably One.. ... . The Exception,. ..... Pardon the Expletive Here Everyone.. but DAMN.. FINE,. .. War Pic. And .. ...in Fact.. ... .. $#@&;"/@!&^% ... ..... just saw its on Netflix..... ..think ill watch it again Tonight,. 😌🕊🌠🌈🌌 2 Link to post Share on other sites
LornaHansonForbes Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 1 hour ago, jakeem said: For years, he was one of the notable actors who had never received an Academy Award nomination. Then he wound up with three in the 2010s -- all in the Best Supporting Actor category. His 2012 acceptance speech for "Beginners" is one of my all-time favorites. Not just that, but he should have been nominated for THE INSIDER and NICHOLAS NICKLEBY before he got those three late in life nods. I also remember how *very much* in the wilderness he found himself in the 1980s, he really appeared in some absolutely terrible films (That’s not saying anything against him mind you, he was a SPLENDID ACTOR who *always* managed to be good, he just appeared in a span of *really* terrible films in order to pay the bills.) anyone recall FIREHEAD or VAMPIRE IN VENICE? 2 Link to post Share on other sites
MikaelaArsenault Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 Julie Andrews Pays Tribute to ‘Sound of Music’ Costar Christopher Plummer After His Death https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/julie-andrews-honors-christopher-plummer-after-his-death/ Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 3 minutes ago, MikaelaArsenault said: Julie Andrews Pays Tribute to ‘Sound of Music’ Costar Christopher Plummer After His Death https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/julie-andrews-honors-christopher-plummer-after-his-death/ That's great. Thanks for sharing this link. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MikaelaArsenault Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 11 minutes ago, TopBilled said: That's great. Thanks for sharing this link. You’re welcome. Link to post Share on other sites
Allhallowsday Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 1 hour ago, LornaHansonForbes said: Not just that, but he should have been nominated for THE INSIDER and NICHOLAS NICKLEBY before he got those three late in life nods. I also remember how *very much* in the wilderness he found himself in the 1980s, he really appeared in some absolutely terrible films (That’s not saying anything against him mind you, he was a SPLENDID ACTOR who *always* managed to be good, he just appeared in a span of *really* terrible films in order to pay the bills.)... Reminds me of MICHAEL CAINE who once said of his own career, "I was in a lot of sh!t." 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Canada's news channels have been devoting long tribute segments to Christopher Plummer concentrating on his stage accomplishments. It is said that he came to terms with the popularity of The Sound of Music when he became older but thought the part was pretty limited in scope. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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