"commenting that she played it on ""automatic pilot"". She performed the role of Katherine in ""The Taming of the Shrew"" for Shakespeare in the Park, and also played a supporting role in ""Manhattan"" (1979) for Woody Allen. Streep later said that Allen did not provide her with a complete script, giving her only the six pages of her own scenes, and did not permit her to improvise a word of her dialogue. In the drama ""Kramer vs. Kramer"", Streep was cast opposite Dustin Hoffman as an unhappily married woman who abandons her husband and child. Streep thought that the script"
"West 11th Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan when in 1970 members of The Weather Underground, a group of left-wing militants protesting the Vietnam war, became responsible for the inadvertent ignition of weapons they'd been stockpiling in the house next door to the couple. Dustin Hoffman can be seen in footage from the scene. Anne Byrne (actress) Anne Byrne Hoffman (born September 28, 1943) is an American actress. She had a small role as the wife of Woody Allen's philandering best friend in ""Manhattan"" (1979), and also appeared in ""Why Would I Lie?"" (1980) and ""A Night Full of Rain"" (1978)."
"Anne Byrne (actress) Anne Byrne Hoffman (born September 28, 1943) is an American actress. She had a small role as the wife of Woody Allen's philandering best friend in ""Manhattan"" (1979), and also appeared in ""Why Would I Lie?"" (1980) and ""A Night Full of Rain"" (1978). She was the first wife of actor Dustin Hoffman, having one child, Jenna Byrne (born October 15, 1970), by him. Hoffman adopted Byrne's daughter from a previous marriage, Karina Hoffman-Birkhead (born 1966). Byrne and Hoffman divorced in 1980 and both remarried that same year, Byrne to Ivan Kronenfeld. Byrne and Hoffman lived on"
"""Manhattan"" is a composite of any number of Allen's presumed other real-life young paramours from that period, not necessarily Nelkin or Englehardt. When asked, Allen declined to comment. Allen and Mia Farrow met in 1979 and began a 12-year relationship in 1980; Farrow starred in 13 of Allen's films from 1982 to 1992. Throughout the relationship they lived in separate apartments on opposite sides of Central Park in Manhattan. Farrow had seven children when they met; there were three biological sons from her marriage to composer André Previn, three adopted girls (two Vietnamese and one Korean, Soon-Yi Previn), and one"
"Manhattan Murder Mystery Manhattan Murder Mystery is a 1993 American comedy murder mystery film directed by Woody Allen, co-written by Allen and Marshall Brickman, and starring Allen, Diane Keaton, Anjelica Huston and Alan Alda. The film centers on a married couple's investigation of the death of their neighbor's wife. The film began as an early draft of ""Annie Hall"", which Allen co-wrote with Brickman. Eventually, the script evolved and principal photography took place in 1992, in the titular city. It was released in August 1993 to positive reviews. Keaton was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress –"
"a ""New York Times"" op-ed and in 2018 with a statement to CBS, denying the allegation in both. Woody Allen and Mia Farrow began a 12-year relationship in 1980, during which Farrow starred in 13 of Allen's films. They maintained separate apartments in Manhattan throughout the relationship—Farrow on Central Park West and Allen on Fifth Avenue—and did not marry; they had both been married twice. When the relationship began, Farrow had seven children: three biological sons from her marriage to composer André Previn; three adopted girls (two Vietnamese and one Korean, Soon-Yi Previn); and one adopted Korean boy, Moses. In"
"Jane Holzer Jane Holzer (née Bruckenfeld; born October 23, 1940) is an American art collector and film producer who was previously an actress, model, and Warhol superstar. She was often known by the nickname Baby Jane Holzer. The daughter of real estate investor Carl Bruckenfeld, she married Leonard Holzer, an heir to a New York real estate fortune. Holzer was noted for including art projects in his developments, particularly at the Smith Haven Mall. Movies she appeared in included Andy Warhol's ""Soap Opera"" (1964), ""Couch"" (1964), and ""Camp"" (1965), and the independently produced ""Ciao! Manhattan"" (1972). She co-produced the 1985"
"and the Manhattan Players of Rochester. They were wed at her aunt's home in Maplewood, New Jersey. She was married to Frederic March from 1927 until his death in 1975, and appeared alongside him on stage and in films. Like her husband, she was a liberal Democrat. She died of a heart attack aged 86. She was buried alongside her husband at the March Estate in New Milford, Connecticut. Florence Eldridge Florence Eldridge (born Florence McKechnie, September 5, 1901, in Brooklyn, New York - August 1, 1988, in Long Beach, California) was an American actress. She was nominated for the"
"Mariel Hemingway Mariel Hadley Hemingway (born November 22, 1961) is an American actress. She began acting at age 14 with a Golden Globe–nominated breakout role in ""Lipstick"" (1976), and received Academy and BAFTA Award nominations for her performance in Woody Allen's ""Manhattan"" (1979). She is also known for her leading roles in ""Personal Best"" (1982) and ""Star 80"" (1983), as well as in the TV series ""Civil Wars"", for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. Amid mental health struggles, Hemingway's career dwindled in the 1990s. She has also starred in and co-produced videos about yoga and holistic living. She"
"on the Nile"" (1978). Farrow was in a relationship with actor-director Woody Allen from 1980 to 1992 and appeared in thirteen of his fourteen films over that period, including ""Zelig"" (1983), ""Broadway Danny Rose"" (1984), ""The Purple Rose of Cairo"" (1985), ""Hannah and Her Sisters"" (1986), ""Radio Days"" (1987), ""Crimes and Misdemeanors"" (1989), ""Alice"" (1990), and ""Husbands and Wives"" (1992). Her later film roles include ""Widows' Peak"" (1994), ""The Omen"" (2006), ""Be Kind Rewind"" (2008), ""Dark Horse"" (2011), and Luc Besson's ""Arthur"" series (2006–2010). María de Lourdes Villiers Farrow was born February 9, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, the third"
"33 years, until Cromwell's death in 1979 from a pulmonary embolism. She was the stepmother of actor James Cromwell. Nelson died on September 12, 1992, at her home in New York City from cancer complicated by a stroke and pneumonia. Ruth Nelson (actress) Ruth Nelson (August 2, 1905 – September 12, 1992) was an American stage and film actress. She is known for her roles in such films as ""Wilson"", ""A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"", ""Humoresque"", ""3 Women"", ""The Late Show"" and ""Awakenings"". She was the wife of John Cromwell, whom she acted alongside on multiple occasions. Born in Saginaw,"
"interested in is these lobbies, and these strange ballrooms in these old hotels.' So I began shooting them"", she recalled in 2003. ""These places were deserted, and I could just sneak in anytime and nobody cared. It was so easy and I could do it myself. It was an adventure for me."" ""Reservations"", her collection of photos of hotel interiors, was published in book form in 1980. In ""Manhattan"" in 1979, Keaton and Woody Allen ended their long working relationship; the film would be their last major collaboration until 1993. In 1978, she became romantically involved with Warren Beatty, and"
"Ciao! Manhattan Ciao! Manhattan is a 1972 American avant garde film starring Edie Sedgwick. A scripted drama in which most of the actors play themselves, it centers on a character very closely based on Sedgwick, and deals with the pain of addiction and the lure of fame. Written and directed by John Palmer and David Weisman, ""Ciao! Manhattan"" is the semi-biographical tale of 1960s counterculture icon Edie Sedgwick. The film follows young Susan Superstar (Sedgwick) through her tumultuous party years in Manhattan as one of Warhol's Superstars. Through actual audio recordings of Sedgwick's account of her time in Warhol's Factory"
"death. She also served as a producer on the 2002 television remake of ""The Time Tunnel"" and as Executive Producer of the film ""Poseidon"". She died on November 15, 2013 at her home in Malibu, California, after an extended battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Sheila Matthews Allen Sheila Mathews Allen (February 2, 1929 – November 15, 2013) was an American actress. Born Sheila Marie Mathews in New York City to Christopher Joseph and Elizabeth (née McCloskey) Mathews, both immigrants from Ireland. She was married to producer Irwin Allen until his death in 1991. She appeared in several of her husband's TV"
"selling out, admitting that he himself could conceive of giving away all of his ""possessions to charity and living in much more modest circumstances,"" and adding that he has ""rationalized [his] way out of it so far, but [he] could conceive of doing it."" According to actress Stacey Nelkin, ""Manhattan"" was based on her romantic relationship with Woody Allen. Her bit part in ""Annie Hall"" ended up on the cutting-room floor, and their relationship started when she was 17 years old and a student at New York’s Stuyvesant High School. Allen did not publicly acknowledge the relationship until 2014. Allen"
"Sheila Matthews Allen Sheila Mathews Allen (February 2, 1929 – November 15, 2013) was an American actress. Born Sheila Marie Mathews in New York City to Christopher Joseph and Elizabeth (née McCloskey) Mathews, both immigrants from Ireland. She was married to producer Irwin Allen until his death in 1991. She appeared in several of her husband's TV series and movies through to 1986. Appearances include ""City Beneath the Sea"", ""Lost in Space"", ""Land of the Giants"", ""The Poseidon Adventure"" and ""The Towering Inferno"". Following his death in 1991 she remained on the board of Irwin Allen Productions up until her"
"Manhattan (soundtrack) Manhattan is the original motion picture soundtrack to Woody Allen's 1979 American romantic comedy-drama film, ""Manhattan"", that uses music composed by George Gershwin. It was performed by the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under Michael Tilson Thomas. The soundtrack works supremely well with the film and is equally effective without the film. It was nominated for Best Soundtrack in the 33rd British Academy Film Awards. Normally, Allen's finding and adding music to a film would be done during the editing process. However, in the case of this soundtrack, Allen knew beforehand exactly"
"in a 2016 poll of ""Time Out"" contributors, with editor Joshua Rothkopf singling out the character of Holly as ""the kind of desperate, flailing Manhattanite that future director-writers would spin entire careers out of"". Hannah and Her Sisters Hannah and Her Sisters is a 1986 American comedy-drama film which tells the intertwined stories of an extended family over two years that begins and ends with a family Thanksgiving dinner. The film was written and directed by Woody Allen, who stars along with Mia Farrow as Hannah, Michael Caine as her husband, and Barbara Hershey and Dianne Wiest as her sisters."
"wife Alma, and Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh. The film was released by Fox Searchlight Pictures and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 85th Academy Awards. His grandfather Frank Gervasi was Rome bureau chief for Hearst's International News Service and joined ""Collier's Weekly"" at the start of World War II, covering the fall of the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. He was later a correspondent for ""The Washington Post"" and the chief of information for the Marshall Plan in Italy. His grandmother was Katherine McQuiggan from Philadelphia, but his grandfather Frank remarried, to singer Georgia"
"Nancy Allen (actress) Nancy Anne Allen (born June 24, 1950) is an American actress and anti-cancer activist best known for her roles in the films ""Carrie"" (1976), ""RoboCop"" (1987), and ""Dressed to Kill"" (1980), the last of which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. Allen began an acting and modeling career as a child, and from the mid-1970s appeared in small film roles, most notably the anchor of Robert Zemeckis' ensemble comedy ""I Wanna Hold Your Hand"" (1978) and in Steven Spielberg's 1979 comedy ""1941"". A pivotal supporting role in ""Carrie"" (1976) brought her recognition, and after marrying the director"
"does not deny that Allen wrote the part for her and about her. The film is ranked at No. 35 on the ""American Film Institute"" ""100 Best Movies"" and at No. 4 on the AFI list of ""100 Best Comedies."" ""Manhattan"" (1979), is a black-and-white film often viewed as an homage to New York City. As in many Allen films, the main protagonists are upper-middle class writers and academics. The lovehate opinion of cerebral persons found in ""Manhattan"" is characteristic of many of Allen's movies, including ""Crimes and Misdemeanors"" and ""Annie Hall."" ""Manhattan"" focuses on the complicated relationship between middle-aged"
"(Nanny), Pamela Payton-Wright (Tillie), and Sada Thompson (Beatrice). The play was presented on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre, from March 9, 1978 (previews) to March 26, 1978. Directed by A. J. Antoon, the cast included Shelley Winters (Beatrice), Carol Kane (Tillie), Lolly Boroff (Janice Vickery), Isabella Hoopes (Nanny), and Lori Shelle (Ruth). It was adapted for the screen in 1972, directed by Paul Newman and starring his wife Joanne Woodward, daughter Nell Potts, and Roberta Wallach, daughter of Eli Wallach. Woodward won the award for Best Actress at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. The play revolves around a dysfunctional family"
"in Watertown, New York, who, determined to give her daughter all the opportunities she never had, ultimately makes a selfless sacrifice to ensure her happiness. The movie scored mediocre reviews, while Midler received her first Razzie Award nomination for Worst Actress. She co-starred with Woody Allen in the 1991 film ""Scenes from a Mall"", again for Paul Mazursky. In the film, Allen's character reveals to his author wife Deborah, played by Midler, after years of a happy marriage, that he has had an affair, resulting in her request for divorce. The movie performed poorly, and received a mixed reception by"
"Kate Williamson Kate Williamson (September 19, 1931 – December 6, 2013) was an American actress, whose career spanned nearly three decades. Williamson was born as Robina Jane Sparks in 1931, the daughter of actress/singer Nydia Westman and writer/producer Salathiel Robert Sparks. She began her acting career in 1977. Most of Williamson's credits were television appearances. She was best known for her roles on ""Ellen"" (1995), ""Disclosure"" (1994), and ""Dahmer"" (2002). She married character actor Al Ruscio in June 1954, and was known to loved ones as ""Jane Kate Ruscio"". The couple had four children and remained together until Al Ruscio's"
"roles, Osborne wrote the character of Annie in his play ""The Hotel in Amsterdam"" (1968) for her. But Bennett's busy schedule prevented her from playing the role until it was screened on television in 1971. She co-starred with Rachel Roberts in the Alan Bennett television play ""The Old Crowd"" (1979), directed by Lindsay Anderson. She was the live-in companion of actor Godfrey Tearle in the late 1940s and early 1950s. She was married to screenwriter Willis Hall and later to John Osborne. She and Osborne divorced acrimoniously in 1978. She had no children. She died by suicide in October 1990,"
"(1939). Brady was married to actor James Crane from 1919 to 1922, when they divorced. They co-starred in three silent films together: ""His Bridal Night"" (1919), ""Sinners"" (1920) and ""A Dark Lantern"" (1920). The couple had one child, Donald. Alice Brady died from cancer on October 28, 1939, five days before her 47th birthday. For her portrayal of Mrs. Molly O'Leary — a fictionalized version of Catherine O'Leary – in 1937's ""In Old Chicago"", Brady won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She had been nominated for the same award the year before as well, for her work in"
"film, ""We'll Take Manhattan"", with Karen Gillan playing the part of Shrimpton. Jean Shrimpton Jean Rosemary Shrimpton (born 7 November 1942) is an English model and actress. She was an icon of Swinging London and is considered to be one of the world's first supermodels. She appeared on numerous magazine covers including ""Vogue"", ""Harper's Bazaar"", ""Vanity Fair"", ""Glamour"", ""Elle"", ""Ladies' Home Journal"", ""Newsweek"", and ""Time"". In 2009, Shrimpton was named by ""Harper's Bazaar"" as one of the 26 best models of all time and in 2012, by ""Time"" as one of the 100 most influential fashion icons of all time."
"Laurie Holden Heather Laurie Holden (born December 17, 1969) is an American-Canadian actress, producer, model, and human rights activist. She is known for her roles as Marita Covarrubias in ""The X-Files"" (1996–2002), Adele Stanton in ""The Majestic"" (2001), Cybil Bennett in ""Silent Hill"" (2006), Amanda Dumfries in ""The Mist"" (2007), Olivia Murray in ""The Shield"" (2008), Andrea in ""The Walking Dead"" (2010–2013) and Renee in ""The Americans"" (2017-2018). Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Holden holds dual citizenship in the United States and Canada. After her parents, actors Glen Corbett and Adrienne Ellis,"
"Ruth Nelson (actress) Ruth Nelson (August 2, 1905 – September 12, 1992) was an American stage and film actress. She is known for her roles in such films as ""Wilson"", ""A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"", ""Humoresque"", ""3 Women"", ""The Late Show"" and ""Awakenings"". She was the wife of John Cromwell, whom she acted alongside on multiple occasions. Born in Saginaw, Michigan, Nelson was the daughter of vaudeville actress Eva Mudge. She attended Immaculate Heart Convent School in Los Angeles and went on to study at the American Laboratory Theatre in New York City during the early 1920s. Nelson made her"
"being cut from the film early in the period of principal photography. Before being cast as Mary, she had done a screen test for the role of Pris but the role ultimately went to Daryl Hannah. Nelkin's screen test appears on Disc 4 of the collector's edition DVD set. Nelkin has made guest appearances in several TV series, including ""CHiPs"", ""The A-Team"", ""Eight Is Enough"", ""1st & Ten"" and ""Hunter"". Her best-known TV role was on the soap opera ""Generations"" (1990) as Christy Russell. According to Nelkin, Woody Allen's film ""Manhattan"" (1979) was based on her romantic relationship with the"
"daughters, Emily and Zooey, are also actresses. Mary Jo Deschanel Mary Jo Deschanel (born November 25, 1945) is an American actress. Deschanel was born as Mary Josephine Weir. Her ancestry includes Irish, French, Swiss, Dutch, and English. In her first major appearance in show business in 1983, Deschanel played Annie Glenn, the wife of the astronaut John Glenn (played by Ed Harris), in the movie adaptation of the Tom Wolfe book ""The Right Stuff"". The next year, Deschanel played Betty Fernandez, the remarried former wife of the astronaut Dave Bowman (played by Keir Dullea), in the film ""2010"". She also"
"role in Darren Aronofsky's film ""Requiem for a Dream"" (2000), and co-starred with Renée Taylor in ""National Lampoon's Gold Diggers"" (2003). Lasser acted in two episodes of HBO's ""Girls"" as a Manhattan artist for the series' 3rd season (2014). She is a member of faculty at HB Studio, where she teaches acting technique. She was married to Woody Allen from 1966 to 1970. She currently lives in Manhattan. Louise Lasser Louise Lasser (born April 11, 1939) is an American actress and television writer. She is known for her portrayal of the title character on the soap opera satire ""Mary Hartman,"
"4th Floor"" (1999). In the 2000s, Duvall accepted minor roles, including the mother of Matthew Lawrence's character in the horror-comedy ""Boltneck"" and Haylie Duff's aunt in the independent family film ""Dreams in the Attic"", which was sold to the Disney Channel but was never released. Her most recent acting appearance was a small role in the 2002 independent film ""Manna from Heaven"". Duvall was married to artist Bernard Sampson between 1970 and 1974; the couple divorced as Duvall's acting career accelerated. While she was shooting in New York for her part in Woody Allen's ""Annie Hall"" (1977), she met singer/songwriter"