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Post by sirjeremy on Jun 2, 2020 14:22:21 GMT
Anna Massey - daughter of Raymond! - so brilliant. One of the most incredible voices I've ever heard. Are you a fan, sirjeremy ? Yes! Coincidentally, last weekend I rewatched Another Country, which she's great in. I also liked her in Frenzy. Her memoir is sitting on my bookshelf so I must read that soon.
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Post by Mattsby on Jul 6, 2020 19:24:59 GMT
Mary Alice , Tony winner, Emmy winner. Although kinda typecast in the mother role - Women of Brewster Place, The Inkwell, Sunshine State, Down in the Delta, To Sleep with Anger, etc... She was always good in them and even better than that the bigger the role was, like Delta and especially To Sleep with Anger. And she's superb in her first leading part, on PBS, The Sty of the Blind Pig (1974). I've never seen her give a false note on screen, she's immediately likable and warm, but I also think there was more there we never got to see. Did she miss out on any really big parts? She showed up here and there on some big tv shows - Sanford and Son, Good Times, A Different World, Cosby, Oz. Worked with De Palma, Clint Eastwood, John Sayles, Spike Lee, Charles Burnett.... I wonder why she stopped the movies, she's still alive at 78 but hasn't done a movie since The Matrix 3 (2003) where she's kinda badass.
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Jul 6, 2020 23:39:29 GMT
One of the greatest character actors for sure . And he's half French on his father's side
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Post by MsMovieStar on Jul 7, 2020 8:08:33 GMT
Oh honey, Muni (Marguerite Dupuy), French actress who played supporting roles in six of Luis Buñuel's movies. She's always wonderful in them.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 29, 2020 18:04:51 GMT
Dame Harriet Walter
I just recently watched a version of Macbeth where she's kinda sorta great and I recognized her from The Crown, Atonement, Killing Eve several things really.
Pretty marvelous.....must seek out some more of her work .......
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Post by fiosnasiob on Aug 6, 2020 10:17:20 GMT
You know who is more underrated than the super talented Damian Lewis ? His wife ! Helen McCrory, probably best known for Harry Potter her role as Aunt Polly in Peaky Blinders in which she's fantastic, MVP of the first 2 seasons imo (I haven't seen the rest). She gives one of the finest performances I've seen on Screen Two (the British television anthology drama series that has shown so many huge talents) as Jo, the single mother forced to deal with an inconvenient pregnancy in Streetlife and has been memorable in pratically everything I've seen from her, especially the few lead roles (in not good stuff) she's "lucky" to get (Flying Blind, Dead Gorgeous, Carla,...). I'm watching Fearless these days, finally a Lead role in a good TV stuff for her and she's killing it so far. She just has that captivating presence and intensity of the level of the very best. And of course, she's a great stage actress, I saw her two National Theatre Live, Medea (2014) and The Deep Blue Sea (2016), two great roles, two absolutely brillant performances. I think she's the same caliber of actress as her fellow Olivia Colman and I hope that her "The Favourite" will arrive someday soon. Sam Mendes directed her several times on stage and even cast her in Skyfall, it may come from him...time will tell. Streetlife Peaky Blinders Fearless Medea
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Post by MsMovieStar on Aug 6, 2020 23:03:42 GMT
Oh honey, the great Armenian / Canadian actress, Arsinée Khanjian. What Gena was to John, Arsinée was to Atom.
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Post by Mattsby on Sept 8, 2020 21:24:20 GMT
Peter Riegert - Haven't even seen that much but he's very good in Local Hero (a big lead part, and only his fifth movie), Crossing Delancey, The Baby Dance, and as the memorably smug biz exec in A Shock to the System. His debut role was in Animal House, pops up in several eps of The Sopranos...... He's someone whose name you forget, who you think you might hate, but the more you see you realize there's a solidly talented actor in there...... He has several moments in Crossing Delancey that took me by surprise (the way he owns over put-downs), that's a believable perf, candid and romantic.... Local Hero is almost like he's going thru the ornery-to-open arc that mirrors my realizing of his ability, how easily he can lean his pared-down style to smug but then how he can get you on his side.
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Post by Mattsby on Nov 22, 2020 20:29:28 GMT
Lin Shaye - Her brother (CEO of New Line Cinema) kept her employed but he was lucky too bc she's often welcome, unafraid, good fun in the movies. She could be very funny (Magda!) even in the horrors (Critters), and got a good get leading the Insidious franchise too. I wonder if there are lesser seen perfs where she stands out...?
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Post by hugobolso on Dec 1, 2020 5:55:02 GMT
Mattsby - Emily Lloyd is definitely an actress I had my eye on. She must've been like Carey Mulligan was in An Education in 1987 with Wish You Were Here. I don't think she was in many other famous movies beyond that one tho, but she was definitely an exciting new British prospect at the time. Reminds me of a young Sarah Miles. (who is positively a divine goddess of a sort) I'm about to get into the 60s with my Best Actress series. That was the breakthrough decade. The sheer amount of new talent in that decade set the foundation for future generations. Actresses were going into new territory. Just probably the peak of all things acting wise occurred in that decade. On that note, let's talk about 50s actresses for a bit? Has anyone here seen any Susan Hayward? Is there anyone? Any microcosm of a soul here? I feel she's so obscure now where in the 50s she must have been known by many people. She's better than Vivien Leigh, Audrey Hepburn, and Bette Davis but nobody takes the time to appreciate her - a true thespian artist who is capable of shedding the melodramatic image of some of her peers who are either 1) stuck in an older diva age 2) too mellow and melo. Her ability to dive deep into the human psyche like in I'll Cry Tomorrow (her masterwork performance) sets her apart, and makes her like a De Havilland in that regard. Last thing I'll say here is.... does anyone kind of forget Deborah Kerr actually did NOT play Lora Meredith in Imitation of Life? I had always pictured and ran through in my head that movie with her as the lead. I forget Lana Turner actually played that part. Emily Lloyd had struggles with stardom. And I don't like the Deborah Kerr of proletarians Susan Hayward.- Never a fan, Still I haven't seen any of her in the past 20 years, except her portray of Messalina in a Victor Mature film.-
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 10, 2020 0:10:17 GMT
Franco Citti - Memorable in a number of Pasolini movies and ....as Calò in The Godfather and once again in The 3rd Godfather film where he commits a very memorable kill. A beautiful face for the movies.....
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Dec 10, 2020 5:16:47 GMT
Ron Perhlman.
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 20, 2020 20:03:12 GMT
Avery reminds me of one of my faves Glynn Turman. A lot of people will recognize him from a lot of things - A Different World, House of Lies, The Wire etc. I'm a huge fan of him in a Law & Order : Criminal Intent where he plays a writer whose son is a plagiarist - one of the very best episodes imo. He often plays military guys because he can be very controlled and precise in his acting - it translates like that. He's had a 50 year career - he's Preach in Cooley High for Godsakes AND he was married to Aretha Franklin too. A real pro as an actor: My man........ ...........LAFCC!
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Post by Mattsby on Dec 23, 2020 20:26:05 GMT
Hefty praise for Gene Evans from Neil Young (not the crooner, the critic) - Viced knows the good word, too. "I was never a movie star. A star's like the world champion, who fights once or twice a year because that's all he has to do. I was more like a club fighter, who had to fight at least once a month or he will starve to death."Evans was still taking gigs as an extra in 1951 when he starred, superbly, in Sam Fuller's The Steel Helmet - Fuller refused John Wayne in favor of Evans. He costarred in Fixed Bayonets! in '51 too as well as a part in Ace in the Hole and several other movies. He then stars in Fuller's Park Row in '52 - slimmer, slick, kinda unrecognizable - and we see an actor who can do more than you think and not yet 30y/o. He had a long career TV guesting and sideline parts in mostly Westerns, but that notch up to leading man never happened.
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Post by cheesecake on Jan 4, 2021 18:01:53 GMT
Recently rewatched Kindergarten Cop for its 30th anniversary, and man, Pamela Reed is so awesome. Haven't seen her in anything of note in ages (mostly TV these days), but she's a lot of fun in Junior and Bean as well. Love her energy and chemistry with co-stars.
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Post by Mattsby on Jan 4, 2021 19:24:10 GMT
Recently rewatched Kindergarten Cop for its 30th anniversary, and man, Pamela Reed is so awesome. Haven't seen her in anything of note in ages (mostly TV these days), but she's a lot of fun in Junior and Bean as well. Love her energy and chemistry with co-stars. Love her in Kindergarten Cop - best thing about it tbh~! Hilarious physical comedy there too. I like whenever she pops in (Chattahoochee, Parks n Rec, etc) but especially like her in Tanner 88 - sort of the Anna Chlumsky-in-Veep of that.
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Post by hugobolso on Jan 15, 2021 20:55:31 GMT
Genevieve Page. Born in 1927. She is the goddaughter of Christian Dior, I never seen a more elegant lady on screen. She didn't made a lot of movies as a leading lady, she was more often a character player, and had a verylarge career or over 50 years on theatre, films and TV, working in Europe, UK and US, but she works with several of the best directors including Billy Wilder and Luis Buñuel and the biggest stars including Robert Mitchum, Charlston Heston, Sophia Loren, Jean Marais, Dick Bogarde, Gerard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve and Isabelle Adjani. Her Urraca eclipsed la Loren, and her Anais Caty Deneuve.- ADjani
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Post by Viced on Feb 25, 2021 19:17:06 GMT
Gerrit GrahamEarly De Palma favorite... particularly memorable in The Phantom of the Paradise. And I'm kind of in disbelief that he was only 19 when Greetings was released, where he does some very unique things. A decent role in Used Cars and a shitload of TV credits... but he should've had a much better film career in oddball supporting roles with great directors.
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Feb 25, 2021 19:47:26 GMT
So grossly underused.Had the potential to be really bigger. I've read that she's currently the owner of a successful lingerie boutique called "Jenette Bras" in L.A. That's pretty cool.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2021 17:04:36 GMT
Tony-winning Broadway legend and fellow Tar Heel ( ) Sidney Blackmer, certainly best known for his chilling performance as Roman Castevet in Rosemary's Baby - should've been Oscar nominated for that, right?
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Post by Mattsby on May 13, 2021 1:37:25 GMT
Moses Gunn was a commanding presence on TV screens and 70s movies especially. Often playing men in positions of authority but he could play the complete opposite too and he never allowed that characteristic to feel inappropriate - his characters had dignity regardless of their status in life. Joe Mott in the filmed Iceman Cometh and many memorable roles on episodic TV - he is in some ways a precursor to many "heirs of James Earl Jones" acting types - wise, knowing, not one to be toyed with and deeply sympathetic from the moment he came on screen. You always felt like you knew him already whenever he popped up. I've been posting about him a lot after streaking some of his work, so one last encore for Moses Gunn. Spot on write up Pac. He definitely had that respected, sympathetic quality and our trust just by the way he carried himself. That's kinda why he tuned so well into various projects and it didn't seem a stretch - he always had us. He filmed Iceman Cometh and the Moms Mabley movie in the same year.... Roots and Good Times in the same year. All those intelligent, imposing parts... like the lawyer in Cornbread, Booker T Washington, the frightening undertaker in that Tales from the Crypt episode, or the Shafts and The Hot Rock - in those two he's hilarious with one-liners ("Huh - I am a criminal") and just the way he plays the camera. He had that Shakespearean weight to him (and performed the Bard often on stage), but you never questioned those lower rung parts... working in a meatpacking plant in The Killing Floor, a street vendor in Homicide Life on the Street, I even buy him as crazy in that brief but funny part in Ninth Configuration. There's also Remember My Name...where he's particularly bittersweet as a lonely ol' cop who sees more in his relationship with Geraldine Chaplin than she does. He was also one of a bunch who made their screen debuts in that masterpiece Nothing But a Man - along with Esther Rolle, Julius Harris, Yaphet Kotto.
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Post by Mattsby on May 13, 2021 1:59:46 GMT
On that note, let's talk about 50s actresses for a bit? Has anyone here seen any Susan Hayward? Is there anyone? Any microcosm of a soul here? I feel she's so obscure now where in the 50s she must have been known by many people. She's better than Vivien Leigh, Audrey Hepburn, and Bette Davis but nobody takes the time to appreciate her - a true thespian artist who is capable of shedding the melodramatic image of some of her peers who are either 1) stuck in an older diva age 2) too mellow and melo. Her ability to dive deep into the human psyche like in I'll Cry Tomorrow (her masterwork performance) sets her apart, and makes her like a De Havilland in that regard. I haven't seen much.....and she is curiously not as highly regarded as you'd think for a 5x Lead nominee. My favs are from 1947....Not even Smash Up which she was nominated for.... but The Lost Moment, a very underrated Gothic drama... and They Won't Believe You, a very good noir that just was restored and aired by TCM... I think she'd be my personal Supp Actress win for the year for that... a darkly charming, bitter, teasing perf.
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Post by stephen on May 13, 2021 2:06:37 GMT
Moses Gunn was a commanding presence on TV screens and 70s movies especially. Often playing men in positions of authority but he could play the complete opposite too and he never allowed that characteristic to feel inappropriate - his characters had dignity regardless of their status in life. Joe Mott in the filmed Iceman Cometh and many memorable roles on episodic TV - he is in some ways a precursor to many "heirs of James Earl Jones" acting types - wise, knowing, not one to be toyed with and deeply sympathetic from the moment he came on screen. You always felt like you knew him already whenever he popped up. I've been posting about him a lot after streaking some of his work, so one last encore for Moses Gunn. ...a street vendor in Homicide Life on the Street Great, great call on his Homicide guest turn. Should've won the Emmy.
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Post by Mattsby on May 13, 2021 2:18:25 GMT
I've been posting about him a lot after streaking some of his work, so one last encore for Moses Gunn. ...a street vendor in Homicide Life on the Street Great, great call on his Homicide guest turn. Should've won the Emmy. I wrote about it in the Last Great Perf thread That ep shakes you. It's one of only a few eps I've seen, I hate to admit. I thought NBC has a Hulu deal or something? It's gotta hit the streams eventually...? I know, I know... one day I'm gonna regret not just buying the DVD
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Post by stephen on May 13, 2021 2:24:29 GMT
Great, great call on his Homicide guest turn. Should've won the Emmy. I wrote about it in the Last Great Perf thread That ep shakes you. It's one of only a few eps I've seen, I hate to admit. I thought NBC has a Hulu deal or something? It's gotta hit the streams eventually...? I know, I know... one day I'm gonna regret not just buying the DVD Homicide is just packed with great actors giving career-peak single-episode turns. Gunn, D'Onofrio, Buscemi, Robin Williams, Elijah Wood, Charles S. Dutton. Erik Todd Dellums gives one of my favorite recurring villain performances in a crime series. Hell, Lewis Black has a great appearance in a later season.
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