By Ligia Fernandez

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January 2012

 


Source: bombshells.com

Rosalind Russell
(1941 - 1976)

BEST KNOWN MUSICAL THEATRE ROLES: Ruth Sherwood (WONDERFUL TOWN)

MOVIE/TV CREDITS: GYPSY (Rose) / AUNTIE MAME (Mame Dennis) / THE WOMEN (Sylvia Fowler) / HIS GIRL FRIDAY (Hildy Johnson) / MY SISTER EILEEN (Ruth Sherwood) / WONDERFUL TOWN (Ruth Sherwood) / SISTER KENNY (Elizabeth Kenny) / MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA (Lavinia Mannon) / PICNIC (Rosemary) / ROSIE! (Rosie Lord)

AWARDS/NOMINATIONS: Tony Award Winner - WONDERFUL TOWN ('53) / Tony Award Nomination - AUNTIE MAME ('57) / Academy Award Nominations - MY SISTER EILEEN ('43), SISTER KENNY ('47), MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA ('48), AUNTIE MAME ('59) / Golden Globe Winner - SISTER KENNY ('47), MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA ('48), AUNTIE MAME ('59), A MAJORITY OF ONE ('62), GYPSY ('62)

Rosalind Russell & company in "Swing" from WONDERFUL TOWN

 


 


Source: avclub.com
Kevin Kline
(1947 - )

BEST KNOWN MUSICAL THEATRE ROLES: Jamie Lockhart (THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM) / Bruce Grant (ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY) / Pirate King (THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE)

MOVIE/TV CREDITS: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Pirate King) / SOPHIE'S CHOICE (Nathan) / THE BIG CHILL (Harold) / A FISH CALLED WANDA (Otto) / SOAPDISH (Jeffrey Anderson) / CHAPLIN (Douglas Fairbanks) / IN & OUT (Howard Brackett) / DE-LOVELY (Cole Porter) / A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION (Guy Noir)

AWARDS/NOMINATIONS: Tony Award Winner - ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ('78), THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE ('81) / Tony Award nomination - HENRY IV ('04) / Drama Desk Award Winner - ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ('78), THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE ('81), HENRY IV ('04) / Drama Desk Award nominations - HAMLET ('86, '91), THE TEMPEST ('96), CYRANO DE BERGERAC ('04) / Academy award Winner - A FISH CALLED WANDA ('89) / Golden Globe nomination - SAVE THE TIGER ('73) / Emmy Award nomination - GREAT PERFORMANCES - CYRANO DE BERGERAC ('09) / Golden Globe nominations - SOPHIE'S CHOICE '83), SOAPDISH ('91), DAVE ('94), IN & OUT ('98), DE-LOVELY ('05)

CURRENT PROJECT(s): Starring with Diane Keaton & Diane Wiest in the upcoming indie feature film DARLING COMPANION.

Kevin Kline, Rex Smith & Patricia Routledge in "It Really Doesn't Matter" from THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE

 

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