Titanic
1953
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Feb 14, 2021 · Queer or not, Webb portrayed soft-spoken characters, stepping outside of the hyper-masculine gender roles of the time. I want to start by sharing how much I adore Clifton Webb. I discovered him in one of my favorite noirs: Laura. He plays the gossip columnist best friend to Gene Tierney's Laura.
Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck (November 19, 1889 [1] – October 13, 1966), known professionally as Clifton Webb, was an American actor, singer, and dancer. He worked extensively and was known for his stage appearances in the plays of Noël Coward, including Blithe Spirit, as well as appearances on Broadway in a number of successful musical revues.
Aug 2, 2018 · There’s one in Laura, there’s a scene with Vincent Price, Dame Judith Anderson, and Clifton Webb. Those three people were major clients of Scotty, and there they are together.
- Jackson Mchenry
- Critic
In the American theater of the 1930s and 1940s, the designation “queer star” was an oxymoron – except when applied to Clifton Webb. The Indiana-born singer and dancer was (according to colleagues) homosexual and (according to critics and audiences) queer.
Webb and Maybelle lived together until her death at age 91. When Clifton's obsessive grieving for his mother continued on for well over a year, close friend Noël Coward, keeping their lengthy friendship in mind, is said to have remarked with a bit of exasperation, "it must be difficult to be orphaned at seventy."
- Actor, Soundtrack
- October 13, 1966
- November 19, 1889
Dec 30, 2001 · Mann is most amusing in noting the “gay markers” of Clifton Webb, yet he’s as at a loss for words in explaining how and why he became--at a very advanced age--a major “mainstream” movie ...
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Everyone from Debbie Reynolds and Darryl Zanuck to Lady Mendl and Lord Snowdon flocked to Clifton Webb's elite parties and delighted in his campy humor. Due to health problems, Webb spent the last five years of his life as a recluse at his home in Beverly Hills, California.
