allaboutlana Posted September 15, 2010 Author Share Posted September 15, 2010 Yes. Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 I was the daughter of a wealthy businessman. I enrolled at 15 in London's RADA and made my screen debut in the early '60s. I went on to become one of the most intriguing young leads of British cinema of the '60s and '70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 Are you Rita Tushingham ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 No, not Rita. I am more of a leading lady type( more of a looker?) Edited by: finance on Sep 16, 2010 11:41 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudskipper Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Sarah Miles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poinciana Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Susannah York? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Yes, I am Sarah Miles. Your thread, ms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudskipper Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 I'm a character actor who was once a professional football player and wrestler. I was married to a Hawaiian princess and is a close friend of a very famous director who gave me one of my best roles...Who am I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Are you Woody Strode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudskipper Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Woody Strode it is...the role was "Sergeant Rutledge"....Your thread, Fi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 I was born in NYC, and began in show business in a water carnival, then on stage, including much Shakespeare. I was in films from the mid '40s, playing many leads despite not being handsome. I gradually drifted into secondary roles as a cynical heavy. I received one Oscar nomination. My career declined in the '60s, when I was in many minor Italian films. I co-directed and co-produced one film. I co-starred with my second wife in several early '50s films. Edited by: finance on Sep 20, 2010 10:40 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 You sound like John Ireland, although I thought you were born in Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 My source said NYC. Good job, Miles. Yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Thanks. Do you know me? I was a child actor on Broadway and in some silent movies. As a young adult, I alternated between the stage and Hollywood. I became friends with a theatrical couple that I met in New York. I had an affair with the wife. Her drunken husband found out and we had a horrible fist fight. He died and I went to prison for manslaughter. The woman was also imprisoned for a while for covering up evidence. Shortly after our releases, we married and resumed our careers. I was typecast in tough guy roles, usually playing second leads, mobsters, or cops. After nine years of marraige, my wife died in a car accident, leaving me with her child, whom I had adopted. I remarried a year or two later, this time to an actress who did bit parts. We stayed happliy married until my death. Through the thirties, forties, and early fifties, I was one of the busiest actors around. I won a Tony award for drama for the play "Command Decision", but the movie role went to Clark Gable. I starred on Broadway in "The Country Girl", but the film role went to Bing Crosby. I was in a Tarzan movie with Johnny Weismuller, A Torchy Blane movie at Warner Bros., and a movie with Lassie. In the fifties, I did some TV work as well as movies. I died of a heart attack on election day after voting for Adlai Stevenson. Do you know me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 Are you Paul Kelly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 What took you so long? Yes, I am Paul Kelly. Your turn, Lana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 I think that he was on this thread before, so that?s where I remember it. Next: ?Two of my most popular films were for a very famous movie director. He was known for doing things big, and I would marry another respected director, of whom I would star in several of his films. Probably the one movie of mine that is seen most often is one I made with Bette Davis. Our son is an Oscar-nominated actor who has been acting since 1976.? ?Do you know me, my husband, and our son?? Edited by: allaboutlana on Sep 22, 2010 12:06 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinstarhill Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 You are Gena Rowlands, your husband was John Cassavetes, and your son is Nick Cassavetes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted September 22, 2010 Author Share Posted September 22, 2010 No. They're not the people I was thinking of. The post was edited also, just now, with additional information. Edited by: allaboutlana on Sep 22, 2010 12:01 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted September 22, 2010 Author Share Posted September 22, 2010 This is the latest post. Any takers?: ?Two of my most popular films were for a very famous movie director. He was known for doing things big, and I would marry another respected director, of whom I would star in several of his films. Probably the one movie of mine that is seen most often is one I made with Bette Davis in the mid-1930s. Our son is an Oscar-nominated actor who has been acting since 1976.? ?Do you know me, my husband, and our son?? Edited by: allaboutlana on Sep 22, 2010 2:14 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Are you Kay Johnson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted September 22, 2010 Author Share Posted September 22, 2010 You are correct. Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 The other two parts to the question are answered John and James Cromwell...... I'll be back tomorrow with a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I made my first stage appearance at age 3. During my teens I was a band vocalist. I became a studio contract player in the early '40s, where I played leads and second leads, relying on blonde sex appeal and some acting ability. I also entertained in top night clubs, starred briefly in a TV series, appeared in stock stage productions, and worked as a stripper. I died at a relatively young age. Edited by: finance on Sep 23, 2010 11:05 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 deleted Edited by: finance on Sep 24, 2010 10:05 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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