The Godfather
1972
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American actorJun 13, 2022 · Meryl Streep met John Cazale, who was 14 years her senior, in 1976 when they were starring in a play together. They had a brief romance before he died of lung cancer in 1978. Streep was devastated by his death and got married to Don Gummer, who was her producer and the father of her children.
- Meryl Streep
- Kramer vs. Kramer
- John Cazale
- The Godfather
- The Love Affair
- Mid-1970S
- Diagnosis
- Working Through The Pain
- The Deer Hunter
- Passing
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In 1978, Meryl Streep was on the verge of becoming the greatest actress of her generation. The 29-year-old had already wrapped production on The Deer Hunter, Michael Cimino’s Oscar-winning Vietnam War epic, and had recently finished filming Manhattan; Woody Allen’s successful follow-up to Annie Hall (1977), and Interiors(1978). Streep was also abou...
In a 2018 interview with the New York Times, Streep called out Dustin Hoffman for the way he had behaved and treated her forty years earlier. In addition to throwing a wine glass near Streep’s head without warning her, Hoffman regularly insulted and demeaned the actress throughout the production. Streep would go on to say: The Oscar-winning role of...
John Cazale grew up outside of Boston, Massachusetts, and studied drama at Oberlin College in Ohio. Later, he would transfer to Boston University, where he would study under Peter Kass, whose students included Olympia Dukakis, Faye Dunaway, Maureen Stapleton, and Val Kilmer, among others. After college, Cazale would have several menial jobs to make...
In 1971, while performing Line with Richard Dreyfus at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City, casting director Fred Roos noticed the veteran stage actor and recommended him to director Francis Ford Coppola, who was about to commence filming on an adaptation of Mario Puzo’s national bestseller, The Godfather. Roos thought Cazale’s demeanor on ...
With Cazale’s legacy secure as a successful character actor, he returned to the place that he loved, the stage. In the summer of 1976, Cazale co-starred in Measure for Measureat the Delacorte Theater. Written by William Shakespeare, his castmates were Sam Waterson and a young Meryl Streep. Streep had been rapidly building a career as a theater actr...
In the mid-1970s in Manhattan, Meryl Streep and John Cazale were sharing a loft on Franklin Street, in Lower Manhattan. Horovitz, who was close friends with the couple would later comment: Cazale had promised to marry Streep as soon as he got his “first big break.” Things were going well for the couple. They were award-winning stage actors, with le...
The actor had been feeling unwell; so much so that he had missed several performances. Papp was able to get him an emergency appointment with his doctor, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Cazale, Streep, and Papp were informed that the diagnosis was terminal metastasized lung cancer. He was 41 years old. While leaving the stage and stopp...
De Niro had seen Streep onstage in Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchardat Lincoln Center. He convinced Cimino to hire the actress. Streep, who was not a fan of the character development of “Linda” primarily took the role to remain with Cazale for the duration of filming. Pacino would take Cazale to his radiation treatments. No one but Streep, Cazale, and a...
With his time limited, Cazale worked through The Deer Hunter. Cimino would rearrange his schedule and shoot Cazale’s scenes first. To keep up with the mounting medical bills, Streep signed on for a nine-hour television drama, Holocaust. She would start as soon as she wrapped up her work on The Deer Hunter. Streep would win an Emmy for the series, b...
On March 12, 1978, a doctor woke Streep up, who was by Cazale’s side. Cazale had passed away. The love affair between Meryl Streep and John Cazale was over. Israel Horovitz, days later, would publish a eulogy in The Village Voice for the late John Holland Cazale: For all that Meryl Streep has accomplished — twenty-one Academy Award nominations, the...
Learn how Meryl Streep won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1979 for The Deer Hunter, after co-starring with John Cazale, who was a stage actor and friend of Al Pacino. Discover the history of their relationship, from their early collaboration on The Godfather trilogy to their mutual loss of John Cazale in 1978.
Apr 23, 2016 · She was living in a loft on Franklin Street with her boyfriend, actor John Cazale. He was 14 years her senior and a legend among his peers. “Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep”
Dec 22, 2020 · Despite her on-screen accomplishments, Streep has had her fair share of personal struggles and heartbreaking tragedies, namely her relationship with the deceased actor John Cazale, whom she met...
Oct 24, 2023 · Meryl Streep and John Cazale: The actress' first love was John Cazale. They starred together until his untimely death from cancer in 42.
Jun 22, 2022 · Jun 22, 2022 01:50 P.M. Meryl Streep and "The Godfather" star, a successful character actor, John Cazale, met in the 1970s. Even though they were very much in love, their relationship was short-lived as the Golden Globe-nominated actor passed away. Here's an inside look into their love story. Advertisement.
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Mar 15, 2022 · “He was maniacal about the work,” added Meryl Streep, who costarred with Cazale in The Deer Hunter and was his girlfriend from 1976 until his death from cancer in 1978. “I was more glib and...
