query: who played big mama in cat on a hot tin roof

pos: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film) wife Mae (Madeleine Sherwood) have a whole pack of children. Big Daddy and Big Mama (Judith Anderson) arrive home from the hospital via their private airplane and are greeted by Gooper and his wife—and all their kids—along with Maggie. Despite the efforts of Mae, Gooper and their kids to draw his attention to them, Big Daddy has eyes only for Maggie. The news is that Big Daddy is not dying from cancer. However, the doctor later meets privately with first Gooper and then Brick where he divulges that it is a deception. Big Daddy has inoperable cancer and will likely

pos: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film) wife Mae (Madeleine Sherwood) have a whole pack of children. Big Daddy and Big Mama (Judith Anderson) arrive home from the hospital via their private airplane and are greeted by Gooper and his wife—and all their kids—along with Maggie. Despite the efforts of Mae, Gooper and their kids to draw his attention to them, Big Daddy has eyes only for Maggie. The news is that Big Daddy is not dying from cancer. However, the doctor later meets privately with first Gooper and then Brick where he divulges that it is a deception. Big Daddy has inoperable cancer and will likely

pos: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and was directed by James Dacre. In this production, O'Malley was singled out for his performance and won an MTA Award and Stage Nomination for his portrayal of Big Daddy. The Berkshire Theatre Festival produced the play in June, 2016, under the direction of David Auburn, with Michael Raymond-James as Brick, Rebecca Brooksher as Maggie, Linda Gehringer as Big Mama, and Jim Beaver as Big Daddy. The big-screen adaptation of the play was made in 1958 by MGM, and starred Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Judith Anderson, and Jack Carson, with Burl Ives and Madeleine Sherwood reprising their stage roles. The

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" was produced, starring the then husband-and-wife team of Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner, and featuring Laurence Olivier as Big Daddy and Maureen Stapleton as Big Mama. In 1984 a television version was produced by American Playhouse, starring Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn, Kim Stanley, David Dukes, and Penny Fuller. This adaptation, directed by Jack Hofsiss, revived the sexual innuendos which had been muted in the 1958 film. Both Stanley and Fuller were nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special, and Stanley won. The recent

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Bollywood movie "Kapoor and Sons" also drew its inspiration from the play. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams. One of Williams's more famous works and his personal favorite, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. Set in the "plantation home in the Mississippi Delta" of Big Daddy Pollitt, a wealthy cotton tycoon, the play examines the relationships among members of Big Daddy's family, primarily between his son Brick and Maggie the "Cat", Brick's wife. "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" features motifs such as social

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams. One of Williams's more famous works and his personal favorite, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. Set in the "plantation home in the Mississippi Delta" of Big Daddy Pollitt, a wealthy cotton tycoon, the play examines the relationships among members of Big Daddy's family, primarily between his son Brick and Maggie the "Cat", Brick's wife. "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" features motifs such as social mores, greed, superficiality, mendacity, decay, sexual desire, repression and death. Dialogue throughout

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film) die from cancer and that this birthday will be his last. Shaken, Big Daddy retreats to the basement. Meanwhile, Gooper, who is a lawyer, and his wife argue with Big Mama about the family's cotton business and Big Daddy's will. Brick descends into the basement, a labyrinth of antiques and family possessions hidden away. He and Big Daddy confront each other before a large cut-out of Brick in his glory days as an athlete, and ultimately reach a reconciliation of sorts. The rest of the family begins to crumble under pressure, with Big Mama stepping up as a strong figure.

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof room, leading the party gathered out on the gallery to drift inside. Maggie, Brick, Mae, Gooper, and Doc Baugh (the family's physician) decide to tell Big Mama the truth about his illness, and she is devastated by the news. Gooper and Mae start to discuss the division of the Pollitt estate. Big Mama defends her husband from Gooper and Mae's proposals. Big Daddy reappears and makes known his plans to die peacefully. Attempting to secure Brick's inheritance, Maggie tells him she is pregnant. Gooper and Mae know this is a lie, but Big Mama and Big Daddy believe that Maggie

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Mama. The 1988 London National Theatre production, directed by Howard Davies, starred Ian Charleson, Lindsay Duncan, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, and Eric Porter. A revival in 1990 featured Kathleen Turner, who was nominated for a Tony for her performance as Maggie, though "New York" magazine called her "hopelessly lost ... in this limp production." Charles Durning, as Big Daddy, received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. Daniel Hugh Kelly was Brick, and Polly Holliday was Big Mama. Holliday also was nominated for a Tony. A 2003 revival received lukewarm reviews despite the presence of film stars Ashley Judd

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Mae. Shortly afterward, Masterson and Davidson were married. In 2008, an all-black production directed by Debbie Allen opened on Broadway. Terrence Howard made his Broadway debut as Brick, with James Earl Jones as Big Daddy, Phylicia Rashad as Big Mama, Anika Noni Rose as Maggie and Lisa Arrindell Anderson as Mae. In November 2009, the production moved to London's West End, where Adrian Lester played Brick and Sanaa Lathan played Maggie. The West End Production received the 2010 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival of a Play. In 2010, a production of the play opened at Cambridge University's ADC Theatre,

neg: Debbie Allen all-African-American Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", starring stage veterans James Earl Jones (Big Daddy), her sister Phylicia Rashad (Big Mama) and Anika Noni Rose (Maggie the Cat), as well as film actor Terrence Howard, who made his Broadway debut as Brick. The production, with some roles recast, had a limited run (2009 – April 2010) in London. Allen has released two solo albums, 1986's "Sweet Charity" and 1989's "Special Look" which also had several singles off the album. In 1995, Allen lent her voice (as well directing the voice cast) to

neg: Judith Anderson "The Ten Commandments" (1956). In 1955 she toured Australia with "Medea". In 1956 he did a production of "Caesar and Cleopatra" for "Producers' Showcase". Anderson did a 1958 adaptation of "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" for "The DuPont Show of the Month " and played the memorable role of "Big Mama" alongside "Big Daddy" Burl Ives, in the screen adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958). She followed it with a return to Broadway, the short-lived "Comes a Day " by Speed Lampkin (1958). "I don't profess to know much about films," she said

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Jason Patric. Only Ned Beatty as Big Daddy and Margo Martindale as Big Mama were singled out for impressive performances. Martindale received a Tony nomination. A 2003 revival for Belvoir St Theatre was directed by Simon Stone and starred Jacqueline McKenzie as Maggie, Ewen Leslie as Brick, and Marshall Napier as Big Daddy. This production was a box office hit, with season extended to the Theatre Royal (Sydney). A 2004 production at the Kennedy Center featured Mary Stuart Masterson as Maggie, Jeremy Davidson as Brick, George Grizzard as Big Daddy, Dana Ivey as Big Mama, and Emily Skinner as

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and in January 2011, a production to mark Williams' 100th birthday was presented at Vienna's English Theatre, Vienna, Austria. The play was performed at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada in 2011 and in 2012 at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. A 2013 Broadway revival featured Ciarán Hinds as Big Daddy, Debra Monk as Big Mama, Benjamin Walker as Brick, George Porteous as Sonny, and Scarlett Johansson as Maggie. A 2014 production played at Royal & Derngate, Royal Exchange Theatre and Northern Stage, with original music by White Lies. It featured Mariah Gale, Charles Aitken, Daragh O'Malley and Kim Criswell

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof crisis, especially the husband Brick and wife Margaret (usually called Maggie or "Maggie the Cat"), and their interaction with Brick's family over the course of one evening's gathering at the family estate in Mississippi. The party is to celebrate the birthday of patriarch Big Daddy Pollitt, "the Delta's biggest cotton-planter", and his return from the Ochsner Clinic with what he has been told is a clean bill of health. All family members (except Big Daddy and his wife Big Mama) are aware of Big Daddy's true diagnosis: He is dying of cancer. His family has lied to Big Daddy and

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof "has life". When they are alone again, Maggie locks away the liquor and promises Brick that she will "make the lie true". Mendacity is a recurring theme throughout the play. Brick uses the word to express his disgust with the "lies and liars" he sees around him, and with complicated rules of social conduct in Southern society and culture. Big Daddy states that Brick's disgust with mendacity is really disgust with himself for rejecting Skipper before his suicide. With the exception of Brick, the entire family lies to Big Daddy and Big Mama about his terminal cancer. Furthermore, Big Daddy

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof lies to his wife, and Gooper and Mae exhibit avaricious motives in their attempt to secure Big Daddy's estate. In some cases, characters refuse to believe certain statements, leading them to believe they are lies. A recurring phrase is the line, "Wouldn't it be funny if that was true?", said by both Big Daddy and Brick after Big Mama and Maggie (respectively) claim their love. The characters' statements of feeling are no longer clear-cut truths or lies; instead they become subject more to certainty or uncertainty. This phrase is the last line of the play as originally written by Williams

neg: James Earl Jones Jeffrey Finn. In February 2008, he starred on Broadway as Big Daddy in a limited-run, all-African-American production of Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", directed by Debbie Allen and mounted at the Broadhurst Theatre. In November 2009, James reprised the role of Big Daddy in "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" at the Novello Theatre in London's West End. This production also stars Sanaa Lathan as Maggie, Phylicia Rashad as Big Mamma, and Adrian Lester as Brick. In October 2010, Jones returned to the Broadway stage in Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy" along with Vanessa

neg: Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore a Fedora Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore a Fedora Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora is a 2015 action-adventure platform game created by American indie studio Glass Bottom Games. Emma Jones is an ex-firefighter who has become a private detective; her partner is Franky, a cat. Together, they must explore the city and solve a murder mystery. "Hot Tin Roof" is a three-dimensional action-adventure game in which the player controls Emma and Franky in their search for clues around the city. Initially, they can do little but walk and jump, but as they uncover more of the

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film) Maggie says that she'd like to give Big Daddy her birthday present: the announcement of her being pregnant. After the jealous Mae calls Maggie a liar, Big Daddy and Brick defend her, even though Brick knows the statement is untrue and Big Daddy thinks the statement may be untrue. Even Gooper finds himself admitting, "That girl's got life in her, alright." Maggie and Brick reconcile, and the two kiss, with the implication that they will possibly make Maggie's "lie" become "truth". The original stage production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opened on Broadway March 24, 1955, with Ives

neg: Phylicia Rashad a revival of "Fences", also by Wilson, at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey, which ran to generally positive reviews, and continued an ongoing focus on Wilson's work, including a well-received production of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" that she directed at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in late 2016. In 2008, Rashad starred on Broadway as Big Mama in an all African-American production of Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" directed by her sister Debbie Allen. She appeared alongside stage veterans James Earl Jones (Big Daddy) and Anika Noni Rose (Maggie), as

neg: Mercedes McCambridge seemed to be struggling against its restraints. According to Friedkin, she initially requested no credit for the film—fearing it would take away from the attention of Blair's performance—but later complained about her absence of credit during the film's premiere. Her dispute with Friedkin and the Warner Bros. over her exclusion ended when, with the help of the Screen Actors Guild, she was properly credited for her vocal work in the film. In the 1970s, she toured in a road company production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" as Big Mama, opposite John Carradine as Big Daddy. She appeared as

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Ives as Big Daddy, Mildred Dunnock as Big Mama, Pat Hingle as Gooper, and Madeleine Sherwood as Mae. Bel Geddes was the only cast member nominated for a Tony Award, and Kazan was nominated for Best Director of a Play. Both Ives and Sherwood would reprise their roles in the 1958 film version. The cast also featured the southern blues duo Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry and had as Gazzara's understudy the young Cliff Robertson. When Gazzara left the play, Jack Lord replaced him. Others from the original Broadway production included R.G. Armstrong as Doctor Baugh, Fred Stewart as Reverend

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984 film) was a reunion of sorts for Stanley and Lange, who received Oscar nominations for playing mother and daughter in 1982's "Frances." The film was also nominated for a plethora of CableACE Award specifically, Actor in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special (Rip Torn), Art Direction on Video Tape (John Retsek, David Jenkins, Showtime Networks), Theatrical Special (Lou LaMonte, Phylis Geller, Showtime Networks), Writing a Theatrical or Dramatic Special (Tennessee Williams, Showtime Networks) and Lighting Direction on Video Tape (Danny Franks, Ken Dettling, Showtime Networks). Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984 film) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1984

neg: Kim Stanley an Actress in a Leading Role for her appearance in the episode, "A Cardinal Act of Mercy" (1963), of the television series, "Ben Casey" (1961–1966), and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special for her appearance in the 1984 television adaptation of Tennessee Williams's Southern melodrama "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", this time as Big Mama. Stanley did not act during her later years, preferring the role of teacher, in New York City, Los Angeles, and later Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she died. She was inducted into the New Mexico Entertainment

neg: Kim Stanley for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and as Pancho Barnes in "The Right Stuff" (1983). She received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie for her performance as Big Mama in a television adaptation of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" in 1985. That same year, Kim Stanley was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Stanley was born in Tularosa, New Mexico, the daughter of Ann ("née" Miller), an interior decorator, and J. T. Reid, a professor of philosophy and education at the University of New Mexico, located in Albuquerque.

neg: Daragh O'Malley the Pacino film. In 2011, O'Malley returned to the stage, appearing as Father Jack in a UK production of Brien Friel's "Dancing at Lughnasa" and as Trade Unionist John Rainey in a much-acclaimed London production of Irving's "Mixed Marriage". Michael Billington of The Guadian described O'Malley's performance as "magnificent" in "the most compelling play in London". In late 2014, O'Malley appeared as Big Daddy in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre. O'Malley was nominated as Best Actor at The MTA Theatre Awards - MTA stated "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof seethes with unhappy people

neg: Daragh O'Malley Marriage", which received positive reviews. In 2014, O'Malley appeared as Big Daddy in a widely acclaimed production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at The Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester, for which he was nominated for an MTA Best Actor award. UK's The Stage selected O'Malley's performance in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as one of the Top Five Performances in UK theatre in 2014. In 2016, it was announced that O'Malley would play the screen legend Marlon Brando in the one man stage play "Brando" which is being developed by the Sundance Theatre Forum with The Brando Estate.

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Big Mama to spare the aging couple from pain on the patriarch's birthday but, throughout the course of the play, it becomes clear that the Pollitt family has long constructed a web of deceit for itself. Maggie, determined and beautiful, has escaped a childhood of poverty to marry into the wealthy Pollitts, but finds herself unfulfilled. The family is aware that Brick has not slept with Maggie for a long time, which has strained their marriage. Brick, an aging football hero, infuriates her by ignoring his brother Gooper's attempts to gain control of the family fortune. Brick's indifference and his

neg: Margo Martindale for four years at the Actors Theatre, Louisville, Kentucky. While there she became good friends with fellow actress Kathy Bates. Martindale made her Broadway debut in 2004 as Big Mama in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". She received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play, for her work in the role. Prior to that, Martindale had starred in several Off-Broadway stage productions, most notably originating the role of Truvy Jones in the first production of "Steel Magnolias" Off-Broadway, as well as starring in the first national tour of the play. Other Off-Broadway appearances include "Always...Patsy

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film) transferred to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios where he became the general music director and composed the theme for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". The remaining songs on the soundtrack are composed by a variety of artists such as Andre Previn, Daniel Decatur Emmett and Ludwig van Beethoven. Tennessee Williams was reportedly unhappy with the screenplay, which removed almost all of the homosexual themes and revised the third act section to include a lengthy scene of reconciliation between Brick and Big Daddy. Paul Newman, the film's star, had also stated his disappointment with the adaptation. The Hays Code limited Brick's portrayal

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984 film) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984 film) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film directed by Jack Hofsiss and starring Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn, Kim Stanley, David Dukes, and Penny Fuller. The film was written Tennessee Williams, produced by American Playhouse and originally premiered on Showtime on August 19, 1984. This adaptation revived the sexual innuendos which had been muted in the 1958 film. Both Stanley and Fuller were nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special, and Stanley went on to win. It

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film) MGM records the film earned $7,660,000 in the US and Canada and $3,625,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $2,428,000. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1958 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks. It is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams and adapted by Richard Brooks and James Poe. One of the top-ten box office hits of 1958, the film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, and Burl Ives. Late one night, a drunken Brick Pollitt (Paul Newman) is out trying to recapture

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1958 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks. It is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams and adapted by Richard Brooks and James Poe. One of the top-ten box office hits of 1958, the film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, and Burl Ives. Late one night, a drunken Brick Pollitt (Paul Newman) is out trying to recapture his glory days of high school sports by leaping hurdles on a track field, dreaming about his moments as a

neg: Larry Gates Gates played Polonius opposite Sam Waterston in a New York revival of "Hamlet". He starred in the 1976 Broadway play "Poor Murderer", which is about an actor who questions whether or not he, who is playing Hamlet, actually killed the actor playing Polonius, or if it was just a dream. His films included "Has Anybody Seen My Gal?" (1952), "Francis Covers the Big Town" (1953), "The Girl Rush" (1955), "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956), "The Strange One" (1957), "The Brothers Rico" (1957), "Some Came Running" (1958), "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958), "The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker" (1959), "One

neg: Marshall W. Mason theater in 1961. At the age of 19, while at Northwestern, he received his first award for directing a production of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". Upon graduating, he moved to Manhattan, where he began working in the off-off-Broadway theater movement in venues such as the Caffe Cino, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, and the Judson Poets Theatre. Mason directed multiple productions at La MaMa during the 1960s. The first was "Balm in Gilead" (1965), which was also his first collaboration with playwright Lanford Wilson. He then directed Wilson's "The Sand Castle or There is a Tavern

neg: Alfred Schieske Sir Toby Belch (German: Tobias Rülps) in "Twelfth Night". He played Vladimir in "Waiting for Godot", Adam in "The Broken Jug", Götz in "Götz von Berlichingen" and Big Daddy in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". In 1961, in one of his most successful roles, he began playing Alfred P. Doolittle (Eliza's father) in the musical "My Fair Lady", first in Berlin, then Hamburg. Schieske's most important film role was in the 1948 DEFA production, the "Blum Affair", playing Otto Bonte, a criminal investigator who saves a Jewish man falsely accused of a crime, saves him and brings the real

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film) youthful athlete. Unexpectedly, he falls and breaks his leg, leaving him dependent on a crutch. Brick, along with his wife, Maggie "the Cat" (Elizabeth Taylor), are seen the next day visiting his family's estate in eastern Mississippi, there to celebrate Big Daddy's (Burl Ives) 65th birthday. Depressed, Brick has spent the last few years drinking, while resisting the affections of his wife, who taunts him about the inheritance of Big Daddy's wealth. This has resulted in an obviously tempestuous marriage—there are speculations as to why Maggie does not yet have a child while Brick's brother Gooper (Jack Carson) and his

neg: Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore a Fedora the 3D spin on the traditional 'Metroidvania' setup", but found the game's emphasis on searching for clues "incredibly frustrating", and also criticized the game's writing, arguing it was "of dubious quality. Some of it is genuinely funny and engaging, while other times it feels stilted and dull, as if the developers just needed more length to the script." Adam Smith of "Rock Paper Shotgun" was more positive, writing that the game "delighted me and made me laugh so many times", specifically praising the "worldbuilding that consistently tickled my funnybone." Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore a Fedora Hot Tin

neg: Tennessee Williams relationship, and Richard Brooks ("Cat"). Both plays included references to elements of Williams's life such as homosexuality, mental instability, and alcoholism. Although "The Flowering Peach" by Clifford Odets was the preferred choice of the Pulitzer Prize jury in 1955, and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" was at first considered the weakest of the five shortlisted nominees, Joseph Pulitzer Jr., chairman of the Board, had seen "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and thought it worthy of the drama prize. The Board went along with him after considerable discussion. Williams wrote "The Parade, or Approaching the End of a Summer"

neg: Fred Gwynne character had originally been played by Boris Karloff in the Broadway theater production of the play; Karloff had also famously played the movies' Frankenstein character that Gwynne's Herman Munster character would later be based on.) A talented vocalist, Gwynne sang in a "Hallmark Hall of Fame" made-for-television production, "The Littlest Angel" (1969), and went on to perform in a variety of roles on stage and screen. In 1974, drawing upon his own Southern roots, he appeared in the role of Big Daddy Pollitt in the Broadway revival of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" with Elizabeth Ashley, Keir Dullea and

neg: Barbara Bel Geddes Barbara Bel Geddes Barbara Bel Geddes (October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005) was an American stage and screen actress, artist, and children's author whose career spanned six decades. She was best known for her starring role as Miss Ellie Ewing in the television series "Dallas". Bel Geddes also starred as Maggie in the original Broadway production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" in 1955. Her notable films included "I Remember Mama" (1948) and "Vertigo" (1958). Throughout her career, she was the recipient of several acting awards and nominations. Bel Geddes was born on October 31, 1922, in New

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and again in the 1974 version. The ways in which humans deal with death are also at the focus of this play, as are the futility and nihilism some encounter when confronted with imminent mortality. Similar ideas are found in Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night", which Williams excerpted and added as an epigraph to his 1974 version. These lines are appropriate, as Thomas wrote the poem to his own dying father. Additionally, in one of his many drafts, in a footnote on Big Daddy's action in the third act, Williams deems "Cat on a Hot

neg: Shirley Crabtree long afterwards, Shirley's brother, Max, was appointed as Northern area booker with Joint Promotions and began to transform Crabtree into the persona for which he would be best remembered. Based originally on the character of the same name played by actor Burl Ives in the first screen adaptation of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958), 'Big Daddy' was first given life by Crabtree in late 1974, initially still as a villain. The character's leotards were emblazoned with just a large "D" and were fashioned by his wife Eunice from their chintz sofa. The character first gained attention

neg: Professional Children's School included "Annie Get Your Gun", "Carousel", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "The Children's Hour", "The Innocents", "The King and I", "I Remember Mama", "Life With Father", "Member of the Wedding", "South Pacific", and "The Sound of Music". In 1956, PCS acquired its own 7-story building on West 60th Street, across the street from the proposed Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. By the late 1960s, with the School of American Ballet and The Juilliard School now just a few blocks away, PCS students studying ballet and classical music outnumbered actors and entertainers. In 2004, PCS undertook a $9-million renovation

neg: Adrian Lester Williams' play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the Novello Theatre in London. In 2012, Lester appeared as Ira Aldridge in the play "Red Velvet", written by his wife Lolita Chakrabarti. Lester played the part of Othello in the Shakespeare play of the same name in 2013 alongside Rory Kinnear as Iago at the National Theatre. Both actors won the Best Actor award in the "Evening Standard" Theatre Awards for their roles; the award is traditionally given to only one actor, but the judges were unable to choose between the pair. Lester is known for playing a big-time con

neg: Gary Files Off Chapel, "Alive At Williamstown Pier" at the Beckett Theatre, "Mysteries" for the Keene/Taylor Company, "Go In Tight" for La Mama, Father Smythe in the Australian musical "Eureka" at Her Majesty's Theatre, Dr Sweet in "Bug" for Red Stitch Theatre, Uncle Konrad in "The Revisionist" for Summers/Blackman and the Rev. Tooker in "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" for the M.T.C. He has toured Tasmania with the period instrument group Nuove Musiche Ensemble reading Elizabethan and Jacobean poetry and prose. Files has appeared in several Australian films, "Money Movers", "The Club", "Evil Angels" ("A Cry in the Dark"), "Mull" and

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is often rendered phonetically to represent accents of the Southern United States. The original production starred Barbara Bel Geddes, Burl Ives and Ben Gazzara. The play was adapted as a motion picture of the same name in 1958, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman as Maggie and Brick, with Burl Ives and Madeleine Sherwood recreating their stage roles. Williams made substantial excisions and alterations to the play for a revival in 1974. This has been the version used for most subsequent revivals, which have been numerous. "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is the story of a Southern family in

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film) of a tortured and tested young man" and Taylor "terrific." "Variety" called the picture "a powerful, well-seasoned film produced within the bounds of good, if 'adults only,' taste ... Newman again proves to be one of the finest actors in films, playing cynical underacting against highly developed action." "Harrison's Reports" declared it "an intense adult drama, superbly acted by a formidable cast." Richard L. Coe of "The Washington Post" wrote, "'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' has been transposed to the screen with almost astonishing skill ... Paul Newman does his finest work in the rich role of Brick, catching

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film) honored the following day by the New York Friars' Club. The plane crashed, and all passengers, including Todd, were killed. Beset with grief, Taylor remained off the film until April 14, 1958, at which time she returned to the set in a much thinner and weaker condition. The music score, "Love Theme from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," was composed by Charles Wolcott in 1958. He was an accomplished music composer, having worked for Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, Rudy Vallee and George Burns and Gracie Allen. From 1934 to 1944, he worked at Walt Disney Studios. In 1950, he

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof drinking have escalated with the suicide of his friend Skipper. Maggie fears that Brick's malaise will ensure that Gooper and his wife Mae inherit Big Daddy's estate. Through the evening, Brick, Big Daddy and Maggie—and the entire family—separately must face the issues which they have bottled up inside. Big Daddy attempts a reconciliation with the alcoholic Brick. Both Big Daddy and Maggie separately confront Brick about the true nature of his relationship with his pro football buddy Skipper, which appears to be the source of Brick's sorrow and the cause of his alcoholism. Brick explains to Big Daddy that Maggie

neg: Jim Beaver the Festival to play Big Daddy in Tennessee Williams's "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". For several years after his move to California, Beaver shared a house with character actor Hank Worden, who had been a friend since Beaver's childhood. During college, Beaver married a fellow student, Debbie Young, in August 1973; the couple separated four months later, though divorce did not occur until 1976. In 1989, following four years of dating, Beaver married actress and casting director Cecily Adams. Their daughter, Madeline, was born in 2001. Adams died of lung cancer on March 3, 2004. Beaver has been in

neg: Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore a Fedora game's world, they will acquire additional items that will allow them to access new areas, and thus find additional clues, gradually unravelling the mystery. The city is filled with enemies who must be dispatched with Emma's gun; she can then acquire various types of ammunition from her defeated foes. The duo can also question NPCs for information, with conversations guided by dialogue trees. "Hot Tin Roof" received mixed reviews, currently sitting at 66/100 on Metacritic. Jason Faulkner of "Destructoid" gave the game 6/10, saying, "[s]ome things were well executed, while others were distracting and annoying." He said he "really liked

neg: Keir Dullea play, he introduced the title song written by Stephen Schwartz (later recording the tune on an album for Platypus Records). In 1974, he played Brick in the Tennessee Williams classic "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opposite Elizabeth Ashley. The production featured the now definitive rewrite of the play. He also starred in the 1975 play "P.S. Your Cat Is Dead". Dullea was one of the last people to see actor Sal Mineo alive. The two were rehearsing for P.S. Your Cat is Dead on the night of Mineo's murder. In 1982, Dullea starred in an off-Broadway production of "Sweet

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film) fails to harmonise the revised characterisation of Brick with the author's original conception." The film received six Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor (Newman), Best Actress (Taylor), Best Director (Brooks), Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, and Best Cinematography, Color (William Daniels). "Cat" may have been too controversial for the Academy voters; the film eventually didn't win any Oscars and the Best Picture award went to "Gigi", another Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, that year. Ives won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "The Big Country" at the same ceremony. The film was a hit with audiences. According to

neg: Big Daddy (album) he was going through a divorce from his second wife Vicki when he was writing songs for this album. "Big Daddy of Them All" is the account of a parental authority figure whose selfish womanizing ways have led to his downfall, and it is an autobiographical song about Mellencamp himself. The "Big Daddy" name was derived from a character in the old Tennessee Williams play "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof"—one of Mellencamp's favorite plays/movies. The single "Pop Singer," which as been widely misinterpreted, refers to living in a disposable, pop world, where McDonald's has infiltrated every town in America.

neg: Jesse M. Unruh Johnson (who served 33 years between 1923 and 1956). The University of Southern California Department of Political Science includes the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics. Unruh's nickname "Big Daddy" apparently derives from a character in the Tennessee Williams play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". Former Senate pro Tempore Jim Mills in his book "A Disorderly House" insists it was given to him by then-Assemblyman Don Allen, though perhaps from the play. Another version is that Unruh was given the nickname by Raquel Welch when the two were allegedly romantically involved, though Welch denies the claim. Unruh was a

neg: Burl Ives of cultural and political freedom to save his own career. Forty-one years later, Ives, by then confined to a wheelchair, reunited with Seeger during a benefit concert in New York City, having reconciled years earlier. They sang "Blue Tail Fly" together. Ives expanded his appearances in films during this decade. His movie credits include the role of Sam the Sheriff of Salinas, California, in "East of Eden", Big Daddy in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", roles in "Desire Under the Elms", "Wind Across the Everglades", "The Big Country", for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor,

neg: Peter de Jersey in Tennessee Williams´ "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the Novello Theatre, London, performing alongside James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad and Adrian Lester. Peter de Jersey played Androgar in the "Doctor Who" 50th Anniversary episode "The Day of the Doctor" broadcast on 23 November 2013. Peter de Jersey Peter de Jersey is a British television and theatre actor. Perhaps best known for his long-time recurring role as "Jerome Taylor" in "The Bill", he has acted in numerous UK programmes. From 2000 to 2003 he played "Steve Waring" in "Holby City" until the character was involved in a car crash

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tin Roof" a "play which says only one affirmative thing about 'Man's Fate': that he has it still in his power not to squeal like a pig but to keep a tight mouth about it." There are many versions of the play script, one of which was influenced by director Elia Kazan, who directed the play on Broadway, and another which was performed for the first time in London. The original Broadway production, which opened at the Morosco Theater on March 24, 1955, was directed by Elia Kazan and starred Barbara Bel Geddes as Maggie, Ben Gazzara as Brick, Burl

neg: Mark Waschke 1999 he studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts. From 1999 until 2008, Waschke was a regular staff member of the Berlin theatre company "Schaubühne" under Thomas Ostermeier, who has described him as "a goodlooking, virile actor, who takes full responsibility for his play and display of emotional diversity. At Schaubühne he played lead roles in plays such as William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". In 2006, he performed at the Deutsches Theater Berlin in "Kasimir und Karoline" by Ödön von Horváth (directed by Andreas Dresen) and in 2009 at the

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film) be dead within a year, and the truth is being kept from him. Brick later confides in Maggie with the truth about Big Daddy's health, and she is heartbroken. Maggie wants Brick to take an interest in his father—for both selfish and unselfish reasons, but Brick stubbornly refuses. As the party winds down for the night, Big Daddy meets with Brick in his room and reveals that he is fed up with his alcoholic son's behavior, demanding to know why he is so stubborn. At one point Maggie joins them and reveals what happened a few years ago on the

neg: Tennessee Williams Hot Tin Roof" (1955), "Orpheus Descending" (1957), "Garden District" (1958), and "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1959). By 1959 he had earned two Pulitzer Prizes, three New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, three Donaldson Awards, and a Tony Award. Williams' work reached wide audiences in the early 1950s when "The Glass Menagerie" and "A Streetcar Named Desire" were adapted as motion pictures. Later plays also adapted for the screen included "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "The Rose Tattoo", "Orpheus Descending", "The Night of the Iguana", "Sweet Bird of Youth", and "Summer and Smoke." After the extraordinary successes of the 1940s

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof restored much of the text which he had removed from the original one at the insistence of Elia Kazan. He included a revised third act and made substantial revisions elsewhere. According to Ashley, Williams allowed the actors to examine his original notes and various drafts of the script, and to make additions to the dialogue. When this production moved from Connecticut to Broadway, the part of Lacey was omitted and the number of Mae and Gooper's children reduced to three. In that same decade, John Carradine and Mercedes McCambridge toured in a road company production as Big Daddy and Big

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was jealous of the close friendship between Brick and Skipper because she believed it had a romantic undercurrent. He states that Skipper took Maggie to bed to prove her wrong. Brick believes that when Skipper couldn't complete the act, his self-questioning about his sexuality and his friendship with Brick made him "snap". Brick also reveals that, shortly before he committed suicide, Skipper confessed his feelings to Brick, but Brick rejected him. Disgusted with the family's "mendacity", Brick tells Big Daddy that the report from the clinic about his condition was falsified for his sake. Big Daddy storms out of the

neg: Lea Salonga Center Manila in Ermita, Manila, to Feliciano Genuino Salonga, a naval Rear admiral and shipping company owner (1929–2016), and his wife, María Ligaya Alcantara, "née" Imutan. She spent the first six years of her childhood in Angeles City before moving to Manila. Her brother, Gerard Salonga, is a conductor. She made her professional debut in 1978 at the age of seven in the musical "The King and I" with Repertory Philippines. She played the title role in "Annie" in 1980 and appeared in other productions such as "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "Fiddler on the Roof", "The Sound of

neg: Kim Stanley Denker's "A Far Country". Stanley also portrayed Maggie "The Cat" in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" in the original London production of the play. Stanley was a leading lady of live television drama, which flourished in New York City during the 1950s. Among her many starring roles was Wilma, a star-struck 15-year-old girl from the U.S. Gulf Coast of Texas in Horton Foote's "A Young Lady of Property", which aired on "The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse" on April 5, 1953. She was played Masha in the London performance of an Actors Studio production of Anton Chekhov's play "The Three Sisters"

neg: Charles Durning De Niro, "Sisters" (1973) and "The Fury" (1978). He also appeared in "" (1972) with Barbara Hershey and John Lithgow. Durning's performances in Broadway productions include "Drat! The Cat!" (1965), "Pousse-Café" (1966), "The Happy Time" (1968), "Indians" (1969), "That Championship Season" (1972), "In the Boom Boom Room" (1973), "The au Pair Man" (1973), "Knock Knock" (1976), "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1990), "Inherit the Wind" (1996), "The Gin Game" (1997), and "The Best Man" (2000). In 2002, he performed in Bertolt Brecht's "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" with Al Pacino, produced by Tony Randall. He played the role

neg: Karolina Slunéčková in life we can consider the role of Margaret in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof(1966), where half the performance took place in a black jumpsuit. Only two performances were filmed, namely A Flea in Her Ear (1969) and The Man Who Came to Dinner (1977). Karolina got the biggest chance in the movie The Orange Boy (1975), where she played the mother of Otakar Brousek Junior's mother. Karolina met future husband Rudolf Vodrážka while still at school. After a few years they married and in 1960 their son Rudolf was born. Just a week before her death, she came

neg: Floyd Simmons the film version of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". as Allan Quatermain in 'Watusi" and was signed to play "Mr. Roberts" in a Joshua Logan television series of the same name that was unmade. Floyd Simmons Floyd Macon Simmons (April 10, 1923 – April 1, 2008) was an American athlete and actor who competed mainly in the decathlon. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. Raised in Charlotte, Simmons was the son of a builder and former football coach of Davidson College. Nicknamed "Chunk" by a nurse for his size when still a baby, Simmons played football for Central

neg: Richard Blackwood station Choice FM and did some cover work on Capital FM. In 2010, he played Brightie in the Tennessee Williams play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", alongside Adrian Lester and James Earl Jones at the Novello Theatre in London. In March 2011, he played the role of Russell - the Store Manager, in "Anuvahood", starring Adam Deacon. Also in 2011, he played the role of Donkey in the West End production of "Shrek the Musical". The show opened at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 14 June 2011. He has starred alongside such performers as Amanda Holden, Nigel Lindsay,

neg: Carroll Baker on suspension, which prevented her from starring in "The Brothers Karamazov" (1958) at MGM. Baker was also chosen by MGM for the lead in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958) and by Twentieth Century Fox for "The Three Faces of Eve" (1957), but her contract with Warner Bros. again prevented her from accepting the roles. Tensions between Baker and the studio escalated further when she went against their wishes by appearing in "Arms and the Man" on stage. Baker commented on the effect of the system on her career, saying: "I came in at the end of the big

neg: Robert Christopher Riley Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 2003. In 2006, he received his Masters in Theater from Ohio University. He played college football and wrote his first theatrical script which he also directed. From 2013 to 2016, Riley played Terrence Wall in the VH1 television drama series "Hit The Floor". On Broadway, Riley played the role of Dave Robinson in "Lombardi" and starred in the 2009 production of Tennessee Williams "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" as Brick, succeeding Terrence Howard in the role. In 2014, he appeared as Jay "The Sport" Jackson in the Old Globe Theatre's production of television

neg: Armen Dzhigarkhanyan During the 1970s and 1980s, Dzhigarkhanyan appeared less frequently on stage and more frequently in films and became known to the wider Soviet public. Even with decreased number of appearances on stage, Dzhigarkhanyan's every role became an object of discussion. The finest roles from this period include Big Daddy in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams, Lord Bothwell in Robert Bolt's "Vivat! Vivat Regina!", Nero in Edvard Radzinsky's "Theater in the Time of Nero and Seneca" and others. Between 1989 and 1997, Dzhigarkhanyan taught the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), Russia's state film school. In the mid-1990s,

neg: Charles Durning veteran goes through a cathartic reliving of the battlefield events. For his numerous roles on television, he earned nine Emmy Award nominations. He also received Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominations for "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" in 1982 and "To Be or Not to Be" in 1983. He won a Golden Globe in 1990 for his supporting role in the television miniseries "The Kennedys of Massachusetts", having had three previous nominations. That same year, he won a Tony Award for his performance as Big Daddy in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". He received two Drama Desk

neg: Barbara Bel Geddes the Donaldson Award (forerunner of the Tony Awards) presented to her by Laurette Taylor, for "Outstanding Achievement in The Theatre". From 1951 to 1953, Bel Geddes played 924 performances of the F. Hugh Herbert hit comedy "The Moon Is Blue". In 1955, she created the role of Maggie "The Cat" in Elia Kazan's original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", and in 1961 created the title role in the Jean Kerr comedy "Mary, Mary" which became Broadway's longest-running show with over 1,500 performances. Both roles earned her Tony Award nominations. Other highlights include John Steinbeck's

neg: George Coulouris at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre (1952); the lead (Dr. Stockmann) in "An Enemy of the People" (1959) at the Arts Theatre, Cambridge; Peter Flynn in Seán O'Casey's "The Plough and the Stars" at the Mermaid Theatre (1962); a part in August Strindberg's "The Dance of Death"; and Big Daddy in Tennessee Williams's "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1970). Later film roles included parts in "The Heart of the Matter" (1953), "Doctor in the House" (1954), "Papillon" (1973), "Mahler" and "Murder on the Orient Express" (both 1974). He had rare leading roles in the British horror movies "The Man Without

neg: Brownie McGhee of albums. Despite their later fame as "pure" folk artists playing for white audiences, in the 1940s Terry and McGhee had attempted to be successful recording artists, fronting a jump blues combo with honking saxophone and rolling piano, variously calling themselves Brownie McGhee and his Jook House Rockers or Sonny Terry and his Buckshot Five, often with Champion Jack Dupree and Big Chief Ellis. They also appeared in the original Broadway productions of "Finian's Rainbow" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". During the blues revival of the 1960s, Terry and McGhee were popular on the concert and music festival

neg: George Murdock (actor) George Murdock (actor) George Murdock (June 25, 1930 – April 30, 2012) was an American character actor, especially prolific on television. Murdock was born George Sawaya, Jr. in Salina, Kansas. He was the second child of seven children born to George R Sawaya and Olive (Johnson) Sawaya. Murdock was known for frequently playing judges, (for instance, Judge Julius Hoffman in West Coast and Chicago stage productions of "The Chicago Conspiracy Trial" and in an adaptation for BBC Radio), he also performed the role of "Big Daddy" in Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" with the Arizona Theater Company

neg: Daragh O'Malley MTA AWard. In 2015, O'Malley was nominated for an MTA Award and STAGE Best Actor Award for his performance as Big Daddy in Tennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. In 2017, O'Malley was nominated for a West End Offie Award for his performance as the crooked police chief Ivan in the UK Premiere of Maxine Gorky's "The Last Ones" at The Jermyn Street Theatre. O'Malley was founder of The Sharpe's Children Foundation, a charity designed to fight poverty with education and take orphaned and destitute children off the streets of the third world

neg: Nick Heath Nick Heath Nick Heath (born 25 March 1949 in Wimbledon, London) is an English music producer, publisher, designer and film producer. He is a son of British big band leader Ted Heath. Heath joined Robbins Music Corporation, the music publishing division of MGM, in the A&R department. He was initially responsible for managing the company’s film soundtrack division, including: "The Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain, Kiss Me Kate, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Guys and Dolls, High Society, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Gigi, Ben-Hur, North by Northwest, How the West Was Won, Doctor Zhivago, , The

neg: Jacqueline McKenzie role of Margaret (aka Maggie) in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams for Belvoir St., directed by Simon Stone, co-starring Ewen Leslie (as Brick) and Marshall Napier (as Big Daddy). A sell out production with an extension season at the Theatre Royal, Sydney, McKenzie's performance, in the role that made Elizabeth Taylor famous, was highly acclaimed: "Jacqueline McKenzie has far more scope in this play than she had in the recent "Sex with Strangers" to display her mesmerizing and neurasthenic talents that are so reminiscent of the early Judy Davis. She squirms, hops, skips and flops through

neg: George Grizzard Tony Randall. Grizzard appeared as Big Daddy in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the Kennedy Center in 2004. Grizzard's last film appearance was in Clint Eastwood's "Flags of Our Fathers". He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2002. Grizzard died in Manhattan of complications from lung cancer. According to his "New York Times" obituary, his only survivor was his long-time companion William Tynan. Grizzard had kept his sexuality private during his life. George Grizzard George Cooper Grizzard, Jr. (April 1, 1928 – October 2, 2007) was an American Emmy Award- and Tony Award-winning actor

neg: Larry Gates Larry Gates Larry Gates (September 24, 1915December 12, 1996) was an American actor. His notable roles include H.B. Lewis on daytime's "Guiding Light" and Doc Baugh in the film version of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958). He played the role of Lewis from 1983 to 1996 and won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor at the 1985 awards. (He had previously played the role of District Attorney Eric Van Gelder on "Guiding Light" in 1977 and 1978.) Gates is also remembered for his role in the film version of "In the Heat of the Night" (1967), where his

neg: Pat Hingle he became a member of the Actors Studio. This led to his first Broadway show, "End as a Man". On Broadway, he originated the role of Gooper in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1955). He played the title role in the award winning Broadway play "J.B." by Archibald MacLeish (1958). He appeared in the 1963 Actors Studio production of "Strange Interlude", directed by Jose Quintero, and "That Championship Season" (1972). He earned a Tony Award nomination for his performance in "Dark at the Top of the Stairs" (1957). In 1997, he played

neg: John Carradine in a 13-month run of Jean Giraudoux's "The Madwoman of Chaillot", Lycus in a 15-month run of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", and DeLacey in the expensive one-night flop "Frankenstein" in 1981. He also toured in road companies of such shows as "Tobacco Road" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," in which he was properly emaciated as the cancer-ridden Big Daddy, a part, he said, which Tennessee Williams wrote for him. Carradine claimed to have appeared in more than 450 movies, but only 225 movies can be documented. His count is closer to fact

neg: Burl Ives decided against further surgery. He fell into a coma and died from the disease on April 14, 1995, at the age of 85, at his home in Anacortes, Washington. He was buried in Mound Cemetery in Hunt City Township, Jasper County, Illinois. Ives' Broadway career included appearances in "The Boys from Syracuse" (1938–39), "Heavenly Express" (1940), "This Is the Army" (1942), "Sing Out, Sweet Land" (1944), "Paint Your Wagon" (1951–52), and "Dr. Cook's Garden" (1967). His most notable Broadway performance (later reprised in a 1958 movie) was as "Big Daddy" Pollitt in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1955–56). Ives'

neg: Debra Jo Rupp Yale Repertory Theatre's Winterfest play festival of 1988. She guest-starred on numerous television shows, including "Kate & Allie", "Spenser for Hire", and "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd". In 1988, Rupp landed her first feature-film role as Miss Patterson, the timid secretary of Tom Hanks' Josh Baskins, in the comedy "Big". In 1990, Rupp returned to New York City to perform in a Broadway stage production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" with Kathleen Turner at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. In it, Rupp portrayed Mae (Sister Woman). Her television work during the early 1990s included recurring roles as

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tooker, Janice Dunn as Trixie, Seth Edwards as Sonny, Maxwell Glanville as Lacey, Pauline Hahn as Dixie, Darryl Richard as Buster, Eva Vaughn Smith as Daisy, and Musa Williams as Sookey. In London, the play was directed by Peter Hall and opened at the Comedy Theatre on January 30, 1958. Kim Stanley starred as Maggie, with Paul Massie as Brick and Leo McKern as Big Daddy. A 1974 revival by the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, Connecticut, featured Elizabeth Ashley, Keir Dullea, Fred Gwynne, Kate Reid, and Charles Siebert. Ashley was nominated for a Tony Award. For this production, Williams

neg: Keir Dullea Video released "Bunny Lake Is Missing" for the first time on DVD. In April 2010, Dullea performed the role of Tom Garrison in the off-Broadway production of the Robert Anderson play, "I Never Sang for My Father" co-starring Oscar-nominated actress Marsha Mason (as Margaret Garrison) and film and stage actor Matt Servitto (as Gene Garrison). In October 2012, Dullea performed the role of Heinrich Mann in the Guthrie Theater production of "Tales from Hollywood" by Christopher Hampton. During August and September 2013, Keir Dullea starred as Big Daddy in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," playing opposite wife Mia Dillon

neg: Jack Carson the perpetually scheming Wally Fay opposite Joan Crawford in the title role. Also in 1945, he played the role of Harold Pierson, the second husband of Louise Randall, played by Rosalind Russell, in "Roughly Speaking". Another role which won accolades for him was as publicist Matt Libby in "A Star is Born" (1954). One of his last film roles was as the older brother "Gooper" in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958). His TV appearances, extending into the early 1960s, included "The Martha Raye Show", "The Guy Mitchell Show", and "The Polly Bergen Show" in 1957; "Alcoa Theatre" and

neg: Seana McKenna actress looking very different from one role to another. 2013 was her 22nd season: She played Queen Elizabeth I in Friedrich Schiller's "Mary Stuart" directed by Antoni Cimolino and Madame Arcati in Noël Coward's "Blithe Spirit" directed by Brian Bedford. She has also played leading roles in many other major houses across Canada, including the title role in "Antony and Cleopatra" by William Shakespeare (Centaur Theatre), Maggie in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams (Grand Theatre, London), "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe" by Jane Wagner (Belfry Theatre, Neptune Theatre, National Arts Centre,

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film) and Sherwood in the roles they subsequently played in the movie. Ben Gazzara played Brick in the stage production and rejected the film role as did Elvis Presley. Athlete turned film star Floyd Simmons also tested for the role. Lana Turner and Grace Kelly were both considered for the part of Maggie before the role went to Taylor. Production began on March 12, 1958, and by March 19, Taylor had contracted a virus which kept her off the shoot. On March 21, she canceled plans to fly with her husband Mike Todd to New York, where he was to be

neg: Paul Newman the set in 1957 (they had first met in 1953). He won Best Actor at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival for this film. He had a supporting role in the Coen brothers' first big-budget production, 1994's "The Hudsucker Proxy". Newman starred in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)", "The Young Philadelphians" (1959), "Exodus" (1960), "From the Terrace", (1960), "The Hustler" (1961), "Hud" (1963), Torn Curtain (1966), "Harper" (1966), "Hombre" (1967), "Cool Hand Luke" (1967), "The Towering Inferno" (1974), "Slap Shot" (1977), "Absence of Malice" (1981) and "The Verdict" (1982). He teamed with fellow actor Robert Redford and director George

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Hays Code limited Brick's portrayal of sexual desire for Skipper, and diminished the original play's critique of homophobia and sexism. Williams reportedly was unhappy with the screenplay, which removed almost all of the homosexual themes and revised the third act section to include a lengthy scene of reconciliation between Brick and Big Daddy. Paul Newman, the film's star, also had stated his disappointment with the adaptation. Despite this, the film was highly acclaimed and was nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman both received Oscar nominations for their performances. In 1976, a television version

neg: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film) night Brick's best friend and football teammate Skipper committed suicide. Maggie was jealous of Skipper because he had more of Brick's time, and says that Skip was lost without Brick at his side. She decided to ruin their relationship "by any means necessary", intending to seduce Skipper and put the lie to his loyalty to her husband. However, Maggie ran away without completing the plan. Brick had blamed Maggie for Skipper's death, but actually blames himself for not helping Skipper when he repeatedly phoned Brick in a hysterical state. After an argument, Brick lets it slip that Big Daddy will

neg: Burl Ives Ives's best-known roles in that medium included parts in "So Dear to My Heart" (1949) and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958), as well as Rufus Hannassey in "The Big Country" (1958), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Ives is often remembered for his voice-over work as Sam the Snowman, narrator of the classic 1964 Christmas television special "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", which continues to air annually around Christmas. Ives was born near Hunt City, an unincorporated town in Jasper County, Illinois, near Newton, to Levi "Frank" Ives (1880–1947) and Cordelia "Dellie" (née White)

neg: Penny Fuller of Bernard Pomerance's play "The Elephant Man" (1982) and in another stage-to-TV presentation, the 1984 version of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", in which she played Mae (a.k.a. "Sister Woman") opposite Jessica Lange and Tommy Lee Jones. In 1992 she played Nancy McKeon's mother, Ruth Benson in the CBS movie Baby Snatcher, based on a true story. Fuller has appeared in dozens of TV series, including "The Edge of Night" (1964), "Love, American Style" (1969), "The Bob Newhart Show" (1972), "Banacek" (1973), "Trapper John, M.D." (1979 and 1981), "One Day at a Time" (1983), "The Love Boat"

neg: Polly Holliday "The Golden Girls", where she played Rose Nylund's blind sister Lily, in a recurring role as Jill Taylor's mother on "Home Improvement", and a regular on "The Client". Holliday's notable roles in films include "All the President's Men", "Mrs. Doubtfire", the 1998 remake of "The Parent Trap" and her role as Mrs. Ruby Deagle in the 1984 box office smash "Gremlins". On the Broadway stage, she has appeared in revivals of "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1986) as Martha Brewster, one of the dotty, homicidal, sweet old aunties; "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1990), for which she was nominated for

neg: Lois Nettleton of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", and first appeared on television in a 1954 episode of "Captain Video". Nettleton played Patsy in the radio soap opera "The Brighter Day". She performed in dozens of guest-starring roles on television shows. Early roles included "The Twilight Zone" (episode "The Midnight Sun", 1961); "Naked City"; "Route 66"; "Mr. Novak"; "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (episode "The Dark Pool", 1963); "The Eleventh Hour"; "Dr. Kildare"; "Twelve O'Clock High"; "The Fugitive"; "The F.B.I."; "Bonanza"; "Gunsmoke"; "The Virginian"; and "Daniel Boone". In 1973, she appeared on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" as Lou Grant's

neg: Emily Skinner the resulting Broadway production. She is a featured vocalist on the cast albums for "A Christmas Carol", "Side Show", "The Full Monty", and "Prince of Broadway". At the Kennedy Center she appeared in "Merrily We Roll Along" and "Company" during the 2002 Sondheim Celebration, played Agnes Gooch in "Mame" (2006), starred in their production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (2004), and has performed in concert there in the Barbara Cook Spotlight Series twice. She toured the U.S. in 2004 and 2005 in the Disney revue "On the Record". Elsewhere, she has appeared regionally in leading roles at The