 
|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
|
|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
Hume Cronyn, longtime stage, screen, and television actor, is dead at 91 of cancer. Most famous for his long pairing with his wife of 54 years, the late Jessica Tandy, Cronyn was also a popular actor on his own.Notable films include Hitchcock's "Lifeboat" and the fantasy/sci-fi film "Cocoon." He made numerous television appearances and was one of the most popular actors to appear in the famed "Hallmark Hall of Fame" series.
Cronyn won numerous awards over his long career, including an Emmy and two Tony awards. In 1991 he won, along with his wife and acting partner Jessica Tandy, a lifetime achievement award from the Theater Guild.
Truly a great actor. He will be missed.
Follow Ups:
class. His voice was a national treasure; today's actors can barely speak two sentences in a row, much less a speech. I've got a vinyl copy of Hamlet with Hume as Claudius (and Jessica as Gertrude). Priceless!
Cronyn was first and foremost a stage actor. If you have the opportunity to see live theatre, you will find today's stage actors plenty capable.Movie "actors" and t.v. actors are something else entirely. You would be amazed at the number of times each scene in a movie is shot. A lot of movie actors can barely get up and get out of bed at the same time every morning.
a funny business
people think some of these singers can dance, well look at the number of cuts. They make a move, cut, make another move, cut. The magic happens in the editing room :o)mp
I don't live near great theatre, like you do.
I know this is the film forum, but just which current actors do you think could portray Hamlet, Lear, Othello? I know Keanu has given Hamlet a shot, as has Ethan Hawke (on film, anyway). A raspberry for Keanu (of course, I didn't travel to Canada for the performance...); Ethan didn't exactly distinguish himself in the film (nor did Mel Gibson [or Mad Ham, as I thought him]).
I did see (in Boston), F. Murray Abraham give a terrific performance as Lear, all the more remarkable because he was a last minute sub for the ailing Jason Robards, Jr.
Which brings me to Othello: the last film effort w/the guy from the Matrix was full of sturm and drang---and boring as hell.
Ok. You've made me reconsider. Abraham, Malkovich, Spacey. We do have a few. But they don't have that patrician air. I think THAT is lost, perhaps forever.
Geoffry Rush.
seem to have an inexhaustible supply of excellent, classical actors who can distinguish themselves in both film and stage, i.e. Irons and Rickman.
Yes, he was one of this " shadow actors " whose name you never registered but presence you always cherish. It was reassuring.
Tandy, his wife was an marvelous actrice, too. And WHAT a hell of !
We did not knew that we were missing him.
Now we knows.
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Top of Page ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ Support/Wish List ]
[ Copyright © 2024, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
