"a huge box-office success, the highest-grossing film worldwide of that year. The character of Alex Forrest has been considered one of Close's most iconic roles; the phrase ""bunny boiler"" has even been added to the dictionary, referring to a scene from the movie. During the re-shoot of the ending, Close suffered a concussion from one of the takes when her head smashed against a mirror. After being rushed to the hospital, she discovered, much to her horror, that she was actually a few weeks pregnant with her daughter. Close stated in an interview that, """"Fatal Attraction"" was really the first"
"Glenn Close Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and producer. She began her professional stage career in 1974 in ""Love for Love"", and was mostly a New York stage actress through the rest of the 1970s and early 1980s, appearing in both plays and musicals, including the Broadway productions of ""Barnum"" in 1980 and ""The Real Thing"" in 1983, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Her film debut was in ""The World According to Garp"" (1982), which she followed with supporting roles in ""The Big Chill"" (1983) and ""The"
"Uncommon Women and Others (film) Uncommon Women and Others is a 1978 made-for-television film (based upon the play of the same name. Wendy Wasserstein wrote both the original play as well as the teleplay for the televised production. It was shown in May, 1978 as part of the Great Performances series on PBS. It was directed by Steven Robman and included all of the original cast from the 1977 Off-Broadway debut (with the exception of Glenn Close who was replaced by Meryl Streep). Alumnae of Mount Holyoke College (Wasserstein's alma mater) meet for lunch one day in 1978 and talk"
"Twitter account. Glenn Close Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and producer. She began her professional stage career in 1974 in ""Love for Love"", and was mostly a New York stage actress through the rest of the 1970s and early 1980s, appearing in both plays and musicals, including the Broadway productions of ""Barnum"" in 1980 and ""The Real Thing"" in 1983, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Her film debut was in ""The World According to Garp"" (1982), which she followed with supporting roles in ""The Big Chill"" (1983)"
"(2014), ""The Girl With All The Gifts"" (2016), and ""The Wife"" (2017). Close is a six-time Academy Award nominee, tying the record for being the actress with the most nominations without winning (along with Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter). , Close has more Oscar nominations without a win than any other living actor. In addition, she has been nominated for four Tony Awards (three wins), fourteen Emmy Awards (three wins), thirteen Golden Globe Awards (two wins), two Drama Desk Awards (one win), and eight Screen Actors Guild Awards (one win). She has also won an Obie Award and has been"
"mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 37 based on 16 reviews, which is interpreted as ""Generally unfavorable"" by Metacritic. The Other Woman (2009 film) The Other Woman is a 2009 American drama film written and directed by Don Roos. It is based on the Ayelet Waldman novel ""Love and Other Impossible Pursuits"" and stars Natalie Portman, Lisa Kudrow, Scott Cohen and Charlie Tahan. It was released in the United Kingdom as Love and Other Impossible Pursuits. It was distributed by Incentive Film Distribution in the US. Emilia (Natalie Portman) is a young lawyer from New York, who in"
"The Other Woman (2009 film) The Other Woman is a 2009 American drama film written and directed by Don Roos. It is based on the Ayelet Waldman novel ""Love and Other Impossible Pursuits"" and stars Natalie Portman, Lisa Kudrow, Scott Cohen and Charlie Tahan. It was released in the United Kingdom as Love and Other Impossible Pursuits. It was distributed by Incentive Film Distribution in the US. Emilia (Natalie Portman) is a young lawyer from New York, who in a short time has seen her disgraceful life come to tragedy: she and her husband Jack (Scott Cohen) have separated following"
"the impossibility of fully realizing one's artistic visions."" The Other Woman (1954 film) The Other Woman is a 1954 film noir written, directed and produced by Hugo Haas. Haas, Cleo Moore and John Qualen starred in the film. After aspiring actress Sherry Stewart auditions for director Walter Darman but doesn't get the part, she decides to blackmail him. Sherry and her boyfriend Ronnie cook up a scheme, drugging Darman's drink, lying to him later that he and Sherry had become intimate, then threatening to tell his wife unless Darman comes up with $50,000. Darman decides to confront Sherry directly, but"
"The Other Woman (2014 film) The Other Woman is a 2014 American comedy film directed by Nick Cassavetes and written by Melissa Stack. The film stars Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Nicki Minaj and Taylor Kinney appear in supporting roles. The film follows three womenCarly (Diaz), Kate (Mann), and Amber (Upton)who are all romantically involved with the same man, Mark (Coster-Waldau). After finding out about each other, the trio take revenge on Mark. Development of ""The Other Woman"" began in January 2012, when 20th Century Fox hired Stack to write the script, based on the original"
"The Other Woman (1954 film) The Other Woman is a 1954 film noir written, directed and produced by Hugo Haas. Haas, Cleo Moore and John Qualen starred in the film. After aspiring actress Sherry Stewart auditions for director Walter Darman but doesn't get the part, she decides to blackmail him. Sherry and her boyfriend Ronnie cook up a scheme, drugging Darman's drink, lying to him later that he and Sherry had become intimate, then threatening to tell his wife unless Darman comes up with $50,000. Darman decides to confront Sherry directly, but tempers flare and he strangles her to death."
"The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon. On 8 January 1986 the production transferred to the 200-seat theatre The Pit in London's Barbican Centre, with its original cast intact. In October of the same year the production moved to the Ambassadors in the West End. In April 1987 the cast, including Duncan, took the play to Broadway. For her performance she was nominated for a Tony and won the Olivier Award for Best Actress and a Theatre World Award. She was replaced by Glenn Close for ""Dangerous Liaisons"" — Stephen Frears's film of the play; similarly John Malkovich was selected for the"
"Glenn Close character: ""You can't let her off the hook. You should kill her. Let's drown her!"" Until his death from Progressive supranuclear palsy, he was married for 61 years to Marjorie Goodman. Their daughter Kevis Goodman is an associate professor of English at UC Berkeley. David Zelag Goodman David Zelag Goodman (January 15, 1930 – September 26, 2011) was a playwright and screenwriter for both TV and film. His most prolific period was from the 1960s to the early 1980s. He was nominated for an Academy Award for ""Lovers and Other Strangers"", though he did not win. He co-wrote,"
"another woman (to the embarrassment of the latter), both of which were rather scandalous for the period. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards in the categories of Best Actress in a Leading Role (Marlene Dietrich), Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Director (Josef von Sternberg). In 1992, ""Morocco"" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"". In Morocco in the late 1920s, the French Foreign Legion is returning from a campaign. Among them is Légionnaire Private Tom Brown (Gary Cooper). Meanwhile, on"
"to wander New York City. Jolie's career prospects began to improve after she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in TNT's ""George Wallace"" (1997), about the life of the segregationist Alabama Governor and presidential candidate George Wallace, played by Gary Sinise. Jolie portrayed Wallace's second wife, Cornelia, a performance Lee Winfrey of ""The Philadelphia Inquirer"" considered a highlight of the film. ""George Wallace"" was very well received by critics and won, among other awards, the Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film. Jolie also received a nomination for an Emmy Award for her performance. Jolie's first"
"positive reviews from critics, with major critical acclaim drawn towards Close's performance which some considered to be the best of her career. Close was nominated for several accolades including Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. This plot description is chronological, although major parts of the film are told in flashback. In 1956, Joan Archer (Annie Starke) meets Joseph Castleman (Harry Lloyd), a handsome young married professor at a women-only college. Although already"
"""The Paper"" (1994), directed by her good friend Ron Howard. She would go on to appear in the alien invasion satire ""Mars Attacks!"" (1996) as The First Lady and as the sinister Cruella de Vil in the Disney hit ""101 Dalmatians."" Close's portrayal of Cruella de Vil was universally praised and earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a comedy. The film was also a commercial success, grossing $320.6 million in theaters against a $75 million budget. The following year, Close appeared in another box office hit with ""Air Force One"" (1997), playing the trustworthy vice president"
"to win Academy Awards for their work on this film. Glenn Close received considerable praise for her performance; she was lauded by ""The New York Times"" for her ""richness and comic delicacy,"" while Mick LaSalle of the ""San Francisco Chronicle"" wrote that, once she ""finally lets loose and gives way to complete animal despair, Close is horrifying."" Roger Ebert thought the two lead roles were ""played to perfection by Close and Malkovich... their arch dialogues together turn into exhausting conversational games, tennis matches of the soul."" Michelle Pfeiffer was also widely acclaimed for her portrayal, despite playing, in the opinion"
"The following year she played Sarah Cooper in ""The Big Chill"", a character that director Lawrence Kasdan said he specifically wrote for her. The movie received positive reviews and was a financial success. Close became the third actor to receive a Tony, Emmy, and Oscar (Academy Award) nomination all in the same calendar year after the release of ""The Big Chill"". In 1984 Close was given a part in Robert Redford's baseball drama ""The Natural"", and although it was a small supporting role she earned a third consecutive Oscar nomination. Close, to this day, credits her nomination to cinematographer Caleb"
"television movie ""Orphan Train"" and ""Too Far to Go"". The latter film, included Blythe Danner and Michael Moriarty in the cast, Close played Moriarty's lover. In 1980, director George Roy Hill discovered Close on Broadway and asked her to audition with Robin Williams for a role in ""The World According to Garp,"" which would become her first film role. The 1980s proved to be Close's most successful decade in Hollywood. She made her debut film performance in ""The World According to Garp"" which earned Close her first Oscar nomination. She played Robin Williams' mother, despite being just four years older."
"outdoor drama, ""The Common Glory,"" written by Pulitzer Prize author Paul Green. She was elected to membership in the honor society of Phi Beta Kappa. Through the years, Close has returned to W&M to lecture and visit the theater department. In 1989, Close was the commencement speaker at W&M and received an honorary doctor of arts degree. Close started her professional stage career in 1974 at the age of 27 and her film work in 1982 at 35. During her senior year of college, Close became inspired to pursue a career in acting after watching an interview of Katharine Hepburn"
"recognized until her performance as Cesira in Vittorio De Sica's ""Two Women""; Loren's performance earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1962 and made her the first actress to win an Oscar for a foreign-language performance. She holds the record for having earned six David di Donatello Awards for Best Actress: ""Two Women""; ""Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow""; ""Marriage Italian Style"" (for which she was nominated for a second Oscar); ""Sunflower""; ""The Voyage""; and ""A Special Day"". After starting a family in the early 1970s, Loren chose to make only occasional film appearances. In later years, she has appeared"
"had first premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The film is an adaptation of Meg Wolitzer's novel of the same name. It centers on Joan Castleman (played by Close) who questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is set to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. It was announced in 2017 that Paramount wanted Close to play Norma Desmond in a remake of ""Sunset Boulevard"", though the film is still in early development. Close began to do television movies in the early 1980s beginning with ""The Elephant Man"" and in 1984,"
"seems to specialize in ""ice queen"" characters, but with Satine, she allows herself to thaw, just a bit."" Subsequently, Kidman received her second Golden Globe Award, for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, as well as many other acting awards and nominations. She also received her first Academy Award nomination, for Best Actress. Also in 2001, she had a starring role in Alejandro Amenábar's horror film ""The Others"" as Grace Stewart, a mother living in the Channel Islands during World War II who suspects her house is haunted. Grossing over $210,947,037 worldwide, the film also earned several"
"to Harrison Ford's president. Ford stated in an interview that the role of the vice president was already written for a woman and that he personally chose Close for the role after meeting her at a birthday party for then-president Bill Clinton. Close would later star in the war film ""Paradise Road"" (1997) as a choir conductor of the women imprisoned by the Japanese in World War II. In 1999, Close provided the voice of Kala in Disney's animated film ""Tarzan"". She later went on to receive great reviews for her comedic role as Camille Dixon in ""Cookie's Fortune"" (1999)."
"The Other Man's Wife The Other Man's Wife is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Carl Harbaugh which, as discussed in its prologue, is dedicated to the part played by women at home during World War I. It was the film debut of George Jessel. The film is considered to be lost. As described in a film magazine, the wartime draft affects three families, one wealthy, one on the East Side, and the other a middle-class family. In the wealthy home a man leaves his butterfly wife and three children, in the middle class home a youth leaves"
"Another Woman Another Woman is a 1988 American drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. It stars Gena Rowlands as a philosophy professor who accidentally overhears the private analysis of a stranger, and finds the woman's regrets and despair awaken something personal in her. ""Another Woman"" is viewed favorably by modern film critics. Marion Post is a New York philosophy professor past the age of 50 on a leave of absence to write a new book. Due to construction work in their building, she sublets a furnished flat downtown to have peace and quiet. Her work there is interrupted"
"Frank are now a couple and are traveling the world together. On January 16, 2012, it was announced that 2007 Black Listed screenwriter Melissa Stack was hired by 20th Century Fox to write an untitled female revenge comedy, which Julie Yorn would produce through LBI Productions. The film's script was described as the original idea from the 1996 film ""The First Wives Club"", but with younger leads. The film's title was revealed to be ""The Other Woman"" on November 13. In January of the following year, Nick Cassavetes signed on to direct the film. In November 2012, Cameron Diaz was"
"The Other Love The Other Love is a 1947 American film noir romance drama film starring directed by Andre DeToth, starring Barbara Stanwyck, David Niven, and Richard Conte. Written by Ladislas Fodor and Harry Brown based on the story ""Beyond"" by Erich Maria Remarque, the film is about a concert pianist who is sent to a sanatorium in Switzerland to treat a serious lung illness. In his review for ""The New York Times"", Bosley Crowther called the film ""a typical artificial romance on the heart-rending theme of ""Camille"""". Not knowing her illness is terminal, concert pianist Karen Duncan checks into"
"MacKenzie Porter MacKenzie Lea Porter (born January 29, 1990) is a Canadian actress and musician. MacKenzie Porter was raised on a cattle and bison ranch near Medicine Hat, Alberta. She began studying piano, violin and voice at age four. Growing up, she toured in a family band with her brother, 2004 ""Canadian Idol"" winner Kalan Porter. Porter has appeared in numerous films and television productions, including ""Dinosapien"" (2007) ""Hell on Wheels"" and ""Travelers"" (2016). She earned a Best Actress in Alberta award for her role in the TV movie ""The Other Woman"". She was also named as one of the"
"as well as dramas, including ""Craig's Wife"" (1936) (which would be the film's second of three remakes; Joan Crawford did the third) and ""The Citadel"" (1938). Russell was first acclaimed when she co-starred with Robert Young in the MGM drama ""West Point of the Air"" (1935). One critic wrote: ""Rosalind Russell as the 'other woman' in the story gives an intelligent and deft handling to her scenes with Young."" She quickly rose to fame, and by 1935, was seen as a replacement for actress Myrna Loy, as she took many roles for which Loy was initially set. In her first"
"in which the women met for a celebration toast at the end of the film. ""The Other Woman""s music was composed by Aaron Zigman, who was reportedly set to score the film on May 31, 2013. The film featured songs from various artists including Etta James, Ester Dean, Morcheeba, Cyndi Lauper, Britt Nicole, Patty Griffin, Lorde, Keyshia Cole and Iggy Azalea. On March 31, 2014, the film had a world premiere in Amsterdam; the next day, on April 1, it had a UK premiere at the Curzon Mayfair Cinema in London. The film later had a US premiere on April"
"as a homicidal weather forecaster in Gus Van Sant's crime comedy-drama ""To Die For"" garnered Kidman a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical in 1996. She worked with Cruise again on Stanley Kubrick's erotic thriller ""Eyes Wide Shut"" in 1999. Kidman played a courtesan in Baz Luhrmann's 2001 musical ""Moulin Rouge!"", for which she received her second Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, and her first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In the same year, Kidman appeared in the horror-thriller ""The Others"" which"
"Alice because they were not able to have children. Her fluency in French was also written into Phoebe's character as she struggled to teach Joey. [[File:Lisa Kudrow at TIFF 2009.jpg|thumb|Kudrow at the film premiere of [[The Other Woman (2009 film)|""The Other Woman""]] in 2009]] Kudrow has been honored with numerous accolades over her career. For her role in the sitcom ""[[Friends]]"", she received six nominations at the [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s, winning in 1996 for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series]]. Kudrow has also received twelve nominations and two wins"