"Born Yesterday (play) Born Yesterday is a play written by Garson Kanin which premiered on Broadway in 1946, starring Judy Holliday as Billie Dawn. The play was adapted into a successful 1950 film of the same name. An uncouth, corrupt rich junk dealer, Harry Brock, brings his showgirl mistress Billie Dawn with him to Washington, D.C. When Billie's ignorance becomes a liability to Brock's business dealings, he hires a journalist, Paul Verrall, to educate his girlfriend. In the process of learning, Billie Dawn realizes how corrupt Harry is and begins interfering with his plans to bribe a Congressman into passing"
"in the same breath as Carole Lombard. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Garson Kanin's play also served as the basis for the 1993 film remake, directed by Luis Mandoki and starring Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson and John Goodman. Born Yesterday (1950 film) Born Yesterday is a 1950 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor. The screenplay was credited to Albert Mannheimer based on the stage play of the same name by Garson Kanin. According to Kanin's autobiography, Cukor did not like Mannheimer's work, believing it lost much of the value of the play, so"
"Judy Holliday Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim, June 21, 1921 – June 7, 1965) was an American actress, comedian, and singer. She began her career as part of a nightclub act before working in Broadway plays and musicals. Her success in the 1946 stage production of ""Born Yesterday"" as Billie Dawn led to her being cast in the 1950 film version for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. She appeared in several films during the 1950s. She was known for her performance on"
"to re-create on film her Broadway success in Kanin's play ""Born Yesterday"". Receiving positive notices for ""Adam's Rib"", Holliday was cast in the 1950 film version of ""Born Yesterday"", for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. It has been noted that in several scenes of the film, there are unusually long takes, where the camera does not move for minutes at a time. Most of these scenes happen when the principal characters are arguing. According to MGM records the film earned $2,971,000 in the US and Canada and $976,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $826,000. On"
"for roles in ""Born Yesterday"" (1950) and ""A Place in the Sun"" (1951), Hughes refused and instead made her do a supporting role in ""Macao"" (1952). Despite only appearing for a little over nine minutes on screen, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in MGM's ""The Bad and the Beautiful"" (also 1952); she long held the record for the shortest performance on screen to win an acting Oscar until Beatrice Straight won for Network with her 5 minutes and 2 seconds of performance. Other memorable roles included the scheming Irene Neves in ""Sudden Fear"" (also 1952), the"
"Garland was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and, in the run-up to the 27th Academy Awards, was generally expected to win for ""A Star Is Born"". She could not attend the ceremony because she had just given birth to her son, Joseph Luft, so a television crew was in her hospital room with cameras and wires to broadcast her anticipated acceptance speech. The Oscar was won, however, by Grace Kelly for ""The Country Girl"" (1954). The camera crew was packing up before Kelly could even reach the stage. Groucho Marx sent Garland a telegram after the awards"
"Sarah Jessica Parker Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965) is an American actress, producer, and designer. She is known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO television series ""Sex and the City"" (1998–2004), for which she won two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. The character was widely popular during the airing of the series and was later recognized as one of the greatest female characters in American television. She later reprised the role in films ""Sex and the City"" (2008) and ""Sex and"
"Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American film and theatre actress, singer, and dancer. She is perhaps one of the most famous African-American actresses to have a successful Hollywood career and the first nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1954 film ""Carmen Jones"". Dandridge performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. During her early career, she performed as a part of The Wonder Children, later The Dandridge Sisters, and appeared in a succession of films, usually in"
"Eleanor Parker Eleanor Jean Parker (June 26, 1922 – December 9, 2013) was an American actress who appeared in some 80 movies and television series. An actress of notable versatility, she was called ""Woman of a Thousand Faces"" by Doug McClelland, author of a biography of Parker by the same title. At age 18, Parker was signed by Warner Brothers in 1941. She was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress in the 1950s, for ""Caged"" (1950), ""Detective Story"" (1951) and ""Interrupted Melody"" (1955). Her role in ""Caged"" also won her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress"
"Greta Garbo Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. Garbo was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress and received an Academy Honorary Award in 1954 for her ""luminous and unforgettable screen performances."" In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on their list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema, after Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, and Ingrid Bergman. Garbo launched her career with a secondary role in the 1924 Swedish film ""The Saga of Gosta"
"left the role for personal reasons. Kanin then selected Holliday, two decades Arthur's junior, as her replacement. In his book ""Tracy and Hepburn"" (1971), Kanin mentions that when Columbia bought the rights to the film ""Born Yesterday,"" studio boss Harry Cohn would not consider casting the Hollywood-unknown. Kanin, along with George Cukor, Spencer Tracy, and Katharine Hepburn conspired to promote Holliday by offering her a key part in the film ""Adam's Rib"" (1949). She received rave reviews for her performance in ""Born Yesterday"" on Broadway, and Cohn offered her the chance to repeat her role for the film version, but"
"Patricia Neal Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal; January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. She was best known for her film roles as World War II widow Helen Benson in ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961), and the worn-out housekeeper Alma Brown in ""Hud"" (1963), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She featured as the matriarch in the television film ""The Homecoming: A Christmas Story"" (1971); her role as Olivia Walton was re-cast for the series"
"Loretta Young Loretta Young (born Gretchen Young; January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an American actress. Starting as a child actress, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953. She won the 1948 Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1947 film ""The Farmer's Daughter"" and received an Oscar nomination for her role in ""Come to the Stable"" in 1949. Young moved to the relatively new medium of television, where she had a dramatic anthology series, ""The Loretta Young Show"", from 1953 to 1961. The series earned three Emmy Awards"
"in New York City on September 11, 2002, of a heart attack at the age of 79. She was survived by both her daughter and her son. She was cremated and her ashes given to her daughter. Kim Hunter Kim Hunter (born Janet Cole; November 12, 1922 – September 11, 2002) was an American film, theatre, and television actress. She won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, each as Best Supporting Actress, for her performance as Stella Kowalski in the 1951 film ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". Decades later, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for"
"Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental health advocate. Over the course of her career, which spanned over three decades, she was nominated for the Academy Award five times, including one win for Best Actress; as well as a Golden Globe Award win for Best Actress in a Drama. Jones is among the youngest persons to receive an Academy Award, having won on her 25th birthday. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jones worked as a model in her youth before"
"""All About Eve – Joseph L. Mankiewicz"" ""' ""Edmund Gwenn – Mister 880"" ""' ""Josephine Hull – Harvey"" ""' ""Gene Nelson"" ""' ""Broken Arrow (1950 film) directed by Delmer Daves"" ""' ""Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman"" 8th Golden Globe Awards The 8th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1950 films, were held on February 28, 1951, in the Ciro's nightclub in West Hollywood, California, at 8433 Sunset Boulevard, on the Sunset Strip. ""' ""José Ferrer – Cyrano de Bergerac"" ""' ""Fred Astaire – Three Little Words"" ""' ""Gloria Swanson – Sunset Boulevard"" ""' ""Judy Holliday – Born"
"Oscar for Best Original Music Score and two BAFTAs, Best British Cinematography (Colour) and Best British Costume (Colour) (Alan Barrett). Set in the rural West Country in Victorian England, the story features Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie), a beautiful, headstrong, independently minded woman who inherits her uncle's farm and decides to manage it herself. This engenders some disapproval from the local farming community. She employs a former neighbour, Gabriel Oak (Alan Bates), to be her shepherd; rejected by her earlier as a suitor, Gabriel lost his own flock of sheep when they escaped from their enclosure, fled from a dog, and"
"Josephine Hull Marie Josephine Hull (née Sherwood; January 3, 1877 – March 12, 1957) was an American stage and film actress who also was a director of plays. She had a successful 50-year career on stage while taking some of her better known roles to film. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the movie ""Harvey"" (1950), a role she originally played on the Broadway stage. She was sometimes credited as Josephine Sherwood. Hull was born January 3, 1877, in Newtonville, Massachusetts, one of four children born to William H. Sherwood and Mary Elizabeth (""Minnie"") Tewkesbury, but"
"California. She was interred in the family plot in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Her ashes were buried in the grave of her mother, Gladys Belzer. Loretta Young Loretta Young (born Gretchen Young; January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an American actress. Starting as a child actress, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953. She won the 1948 Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1947 film ""The Farmer's Daughter"" and received an Oscar nomination for her role in ""Come to the Stable"" in 1949. Young moved"
"conflict with Billie's new-found independence. She and Paul use her leverage to escape from Harry's domination. She promises to give him back his property little by little as long as he leaves them alone. A brief final scene reveals that Billie and Paul have married. Though all the major Hollywood studios wanted to film Garson Kanin's Broadway play ""Born Yesterday"", Columbia Studios purchased the rights for $1 million in 1948. However, the project was put on the shelf for months because of casting problems. In April 1950, Columbia head Harry Cohn assigned George Cukor to direct the film, though Cukor"
"Joanne Woodward Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an American actress, producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her performance in ""The Three Faces of Eve"" (1957), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. In a career spanning over six decades, she received four Academy Award nominations (winning one), ten Golden Globe Award nominations (winning three), four BAFTA Film Award nominations (winning one), and nine Primetime Emmy Award nominations (winning three). Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward was born on February 27,"
"for Best Supporting Actress), and Daniel Day-Lewis (all three for Best Actor). Katharine Hepburn still holds the record, with four (all for Best Actress). Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Tony Award. She is best remembered for her roles as Ilsa Lund in ""Casablanca"" (1942) and Alicia Huberman in ""Notorious"" (1946). Bergman was born in Stockholm to a Swedish father and a German"
"Debbie Reynolds Mary Frances ""Debbie"" Reynolds (April 1, 1932 – December 28, 2016) was an American actress, singer, businesswoman, film historian, and humanitarian. With a career spanning almost 70 years, She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her portrayal of Helen Kane in the 1950 film ""Three Little Words"", and her breakout role was her first leading role, as Kathy Selden in ""Singin' in the Rain"" (1952). Other successes include ""The Affairs of Dobie Gillis"" (1953), ""Susan Slept Here"" (1954), ""Bundle of Joy"" (1956 Golden Globe nomination), ""The Catered Affair"" (1956 National Board of"
"Nina Arianda Nina Arianda Matijcio (born September 18, 1984) is an American actress. She won the 2012 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as Vanda Jordan in ""Venus in Fur"", and was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for portraying Billie Dawn in ""Born Yesterday"". In 2016, she began starring in Amazon Studios' legal series ""Goliath"". Arianda was born in Manhattan, New York City. Her parents were born in Germany to Ukrainian families. She grew up in Clifton, New Jersey and Heidelberg, Germany. She received a Bachelor of Arts"
"""Café Paradis"". Best Leading and Supporting Actresses were not awarded. Finance minister H. C. Hansen received the first ever Honorary Bodil Award for lowering film taxes. 4th Bodil Awards The 4th Bodil Awards ceremony was held on 30 April 1951 in Copenhagen, Denmark, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1950. The event took place in the World Cinema where ""Born Yesterday"" had its Danish premiere as part of the celebrations. Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen, Jr. won their second Bodil for Best Danish Film in the 4-years history of the awards for ""Café Paradis"". Preben Lerdorff Rye won"
"as a Chinese peasant, she was required to act totally subservient to her husband, being perpetually huddled in submission, and barely spoke a word of dialogue during the entire film. Rainer recalls that Mayer did not approve of the film being produced or her part in it: ""He was horrified at Irving Thalberg's insistence for me to play O-lan, the poor uncomely little Chinese peasant."" However, she again won the Oscar for Best Actress, becoming the first actress to win two consecutive Oscars, a feat not matched until Katharine Hepburn's two Oscar wins thirty years later. Besides bringing a distinctive"
"a day in the lives of the various people in a detective squad. Lee Grant and Joseph Wiseman made their screen debuts in the film, which was nominated for four Academy Awards, including one for Grant. Critic Bosley Crowther lauded the film, describing it as ""a brisk, absorbing film by producer-director William Wyler, with the help of a fine, responsive cast."" ""Carrie"" was released in 1952 starring Jennifer Jones in the title role and Laurence Olivier as Hurstwood. Eddie Albert played Charles Drouet. Carrie received two Academy Award nominations: Costume Design (Edith Head), and Best Art Direction (Hal Pereira, Roland"
"to ""teach her the ropes."" Harry comes to regret it when Billie not only becomes more savvy, questioning his unscrupulous deals and refusing to cooperate in ways she normally would, but also falls in love with Paul. Reviews to ""Born Yesterday"" were mostly negative, as it holds a 23% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Melanie Griffith was nominated for the 1993 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her performance in the film, where she lost to Madonna for her work in ""Body of Evidence"". Born Yesterday (1993 film) Born Yesterday is a 1993 film based on ""Born Yesterday"", a play"
"years later, and his loved ones: ""whatever bad moments that I had certainly could never compare to that family"". Jodie Foster Alicia Christian Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress, director, and producer. She has received two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and the Cecil B DeMille Award. For her work as a director, she has been nominated a Primetime Emmy Award. A child prodigy, Foster began her professional career as a child model when she was three years old, and she made her acting debut in 1968 in the television sitcom"
"Road"", ""Abie's Irish Rose"", ""Deathtrap"", and ""Gemini"". Frank Fay and James Stewart were the most famous actors to portray Elwood P. Dowd. Josephine Hull portrayed his increasingly concerned (and socially obsessed) sister on Broadway originally, and won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in the film. Ruth McDevitt, Marion Lorne, Helen Hayes, and Swoosie Kurtz, among other actresses, also portrayed Veta either onstage or on television. James Stewart was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for the film version, but lost out to Jose Ferrer in the 1950 film version of ""Cyrano de Bergerac"". In 1945, she won the Pulitzer Prize"
"Achievement in the Arts Award from Chapman University (Orange, California). On May 17, 2007, she was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Nevada, Reno, where she had contributed for many years to the film studies program. Debbie Reynolds Mary Frances ""Debbie"" Reynolds (April 1, 1932 – December 28, 2016) was an American actress, singer, businesswoman, film historian, and humanitarian. With a career spanning almost 70 years, She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her portrayal of Helen Kane in the 1950 film ""Three Little Words"", and her"
"occurred in or before 1950, or whose screen debut occurred after 1950, but whose death has marked a completed body of work. The top stars of their respective gender are Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. They starred together in the classic adventure 1951 film ""The African Queen"", for which Bogart won his only Academy Award. AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars is a list of the top 25 male and 25 female greatest screen legends of American film history. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 15,"
"the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Sophie MacDonald in ""The Razor's Edge"" (1946). In 1951, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the title role in ""All About Eve"" (1950). She worked with several of Hollywood's greatest directors, including Alfred Hitchcock in ""I Confess"" (1953), Fritz Lang in ""The Blue Gardenia"" (1953), and Cecil B. DeMille in ""The Ten Commandments"" (1956). Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, to Catherine Dorothy (née Wright; 1894–1979)—whose father was the famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright—and Kenneth Stuart Baxter (1893–1977), an executive with the Seagrams Distillery"