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Shelley Winters

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    Flamboyant Young Guy Impersonates Every Best Supporting Actress Winner In History

    From Gale Sondergaard to Octavia Spencer. And he does them brilliantly, starting at about 39 seconds in. He does Fay Bainter, Shelley Winters, Shirley Jones, Rita Moreno, Patty Duke, Ruth Gordon, Estelle Parsons, Jennifer Hudson, Melissa Leo, Monique... He does them all.

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Marilyn Monroe Was Blonde Down There Too

    I found this thigh-opening tidbit in the immortal book Marilyn Monroe Confidential, by the screen legend's maid, Lena Pepitone: "For someone who didn't like the tub, Marilyn spent an unusual amount of time in the bathroom.

  • Film

    January 11, 2012

    Sing Your Song: Harry Belafonte Hagiography

    I found this thigh-opening tidbit in the immortal book Marilyn Monroe Confidential, by the screen legend's maid, Lena Pepitone: "For someone who didn't like the tub, Marilyn spent an unusual amount of time in the bathroom.

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Jackie Hoffman's A Chanukah Carol Is Jewbilant

    The message came from Broadway scene-stealer Jackie Hoffman's publicist: "This Funny Girl is happening -- and unlike Lauren Ambrose, she's Jewish!" And she was even doing a Jewish twist on Patrick Stewart's A Christmas Carol, playing all the parts, at New World Stages. Oy vey, I was so there.

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    My Most Embarrassing Moment Number 5284

    Sometime in the 1990s, I was brought over to meet Shelley Winters at a publicity party. She was the onetime bombshell who'd method-acted her way into two Oscars as she turned into a first-rate character actress adept at blowsy supporting roles. I was introduced, naturally, as being from The Villag ... More >>

  • Film

    May 18, 2011

    The Queen Is Dead: Long Live Liz Taylor

    Sometime in the 1990s, I was brought over to meet Shelley Winters at a publicity party. She was the onetime bombshell who'd method-acted her way into two Oscars as she turned into a first-rate character actress adept at blowsy supporting roles. I was introduced, naturally, as being from The Villag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    The Best Wisdom I Ever Got From My Folks

    ​Here are the three best of many. (3) "Drink lots of water." At the time, I thought this was absolutely cuckoo. But years later, I find it such sage advice that I'm currently as waterlogged as Shelley Winters in The Poseidon Adventure.

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Liz Taylor's Six Best Performances

    ​I know there'll be cries of "But what about...?" Fine. Chime in with your own two cents. But first, here are mine, culled from a glorious career. (6) Cleopatra. 1963. The laborious yet somehow dazzling sand-and-eyeliner epic has been chalked up as a bomb by overeager historians, but in actu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Remembering the Sad Story of Elizabeth Hartman

    ​Freckle-faced beauty Elizabeth Hartman debuted in 1965's A Patch of Blue, earning an Oscar nomination as the blind girl who's tortured by her mother (Shelley Winters) but learns about the brighter side of human nature when she's befriended by the nice black man in the park, Sidney Poitier. H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Clip Job: Dustin Hoffman, Frank Langella, and Sam Shepard -- It's Obies 1966!

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 26, 1966, Vol. XI, No. 32 Village Voice 'Obie' Awards 1965-66 The Eleventh Annual Village Voice Off-Broadway Award were handed out on Saturday afternoon in a gala ceremony at the Village Gate. Anne Jackson, herself a previous "Obi ... More >>

  • Film

    November 10, 2009

    The End Is Near in Emmerich's 2012

    But did the Mayans say if Palin will survive?

  • Voice Choices

    October 27, 2009

    Bloody Mama

    But did the Mayans say if Palin will survive?

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Remembering Nina Foch: Robert Wise's Executive Suite

    But did the Mayans say if Palin will survive?

  • News

    March 4, 2008

    MICHAEL MUSTO as LINDSAY LOHAN as MARILYN MONROE in 'The ultimate re-vamping'

    But did the Mayans say if Palin will survive?

  • Columns

    November 27, 2007

    Violence Is Golden

    And stunning, where Bardem and the Coens are concerned. Plus other dark visions, and peaceful chats with Mamet and Lauper.

  • Film

    April 10, 2007

    The Goulden Age

    Only in the early '70s could Elliott Gould have been a matinee idol. Since then? The Brooklyn schlemiel's long goodbye.

  • Columns

    January 9, 2007

    The Oscar Race Decoded!

    Only in the early '70s could Elliott Gould have been a matinee idol. Since then? The Brooklyn schlemiel's long goodbye.

  • Film

    May 2, 2006

    Just Add Water

    Mechanical disaster-movie remake removes old people, inserts expensive fireballs

  • Film

    November 22, 2005

    Film

    Mechanical disaster-movie remake removes old people, inserts expensive fireballs

  • Theater

    May 3, 2005

    Watering the Off-Broadway Garden

    The founder of the 'Village Voice' Obies recalls what led to their inception 50 years ago

  • Theater

    December 7, 2004

    One-Handers

    Celebrities theatrically pleasure themselves on Broadway

  • Columns

    March 23, 2004

    NY Mirror

    Celebrities theatrically pleasure themselves on Broadway

  • Film

    February 17, 2004

    This charming man: From Eurotrash to aristocrats

    Celebrities theatrically pleasure themselves on Broadway

  • News

    December 30, 2003

    Boy, Girl, Boy

    Sexism at The NYT Book Review?

  • News

    March 25, 2003

    When Doves Cry

    Oscar Declares War on the War

  • Theater

    June 25, 2002

    Strummer Theater

    Oscar Declares War on the War

  • Film

    October 23, 2001

    Houses of the Unholy

    Oscar Declares War on the War

  • Columns

    October 16, 2001

    NY Mirror

    Oscar Declares War on the War

  • Film

    August 14, 2001

    Badly Drawn Boys and Girls

    Oscar Declares War on the War

  • Columns

    July 17, 2001

    NY Mirror

    Oscar Declares War on the War

  • Theater

    June 19, 2001

    Machine Dreams

    Oscar Declares War on the War

  • Film

    December 8, 1998

    Hogging the Spotlight

    Oscar Declares War on the War

  • Music

    November 4, 1997

    Consumer Guide

    Oscar Declares War on the War

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