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Nov 10, 2008 · Maggie Smith, with her performance in California Suite (1978), became the only person to win an Academy Award for playing a person who loses an Academy Award. In Neil Simon's quartet of short comedies, unrelated except for all being set in the Beverly Hills Hotel, Smith plays Diana Barrie, a distinguished British stage actress not unlike herself who has "slummed" by playing a supporting role ...
Four comedic scenarios play out at a hotel in this adaptation of the Neil Simon play. Divorced couple Hannah (Jane Fonda) and Bill (Alan Alda) argue over custody of their daughter; an actress (Maggie Smith) frets over her Oscar nomination as her gay husband (Michael Caine) comes out of the closet; a businessman (Walter Matthau) finds a comatose prostitute in his bed, and two competitive ...
California Suite. Four comedic scenarios play out at a hotel in this adaptation of the Neil Simon play. Divorced couple Hannah (Jane Fonda) and Bill (Alan Alda) argue over custody of their daughter; an actress (Maggie Smith) frets over her Oscar nomination as her gay husband (Michael Caine) comes out of the closet; a businessman (Walter Matthau ...
The misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Herbert Ross. Director. Neil Simon. Screenplay. Written by on January 17, 2024. The misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Jan 1, 2002 · CALIFORNIA SUITE is the story of five couples who have come to the Beverly Hills Hotel for diverse reasons and who must all confront some rather amusing personal dilemmas. Sidney Cochran (Michael Caine) becomes the victim of wife Diana's (Maggie Smith) outrage when she misses winning an Oscar®.
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1979 | Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role. 1979 | 2 nominations including: Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. BAFTA Awards. 1980 | Nominee: Best Actress. Writers Guild of America. 1979 | Nominee: Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium (Screen) Golden Globes (USA)
CALIFORNIA SUITE is the story of five couples who have come to the Beverly Hills Hotel for diverse reasons and who must all confront some rather amusing personal dilemmas. Sidney Cochran (Michael Caine) becomes the victim of wife Diana's (Maggie Smith) outrage when she misses winning an Oscar(r). (Smith won a real Oscar(r) for Best Supporting Actress in this role). Marvin Michaels (Walter ...
