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4 days ago · Richard Burton, Welsh actor known for his portrayals of highly intelligent and articulate men who were world-weary, cynical, or self-destructive. His films included Cleopatra and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (both with Elizabeth Taylor), Becket, and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.
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21 hours ago · Dubbed "Liz and Dick" by the media, they starred in 11 films together, including The V.I.P.s (1963), The Sandpiper (1965), The Taming of the Shrew (1967), and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). Taylor received the best reviews of her career for Woolf, winning her second Academy Award and several other awards for her performance. She and ...
2 days ago · Over 250 movie fans have come together to cast their votes for the best George Segal movies. From his breakout role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? to his later comedies, Segal was an actor who captured a wide range of audiences with his diverse roles.
3 days ago · Abstract. Albee’s play has a campus setting and features two members of faculty and their wives as its only characters. I review the play to pick out themes in their lives and then connect these to Virginia Woolf herself as bipolar personality and as woman and writer. Much of the text is then a discussion of illusion and reality.
4 days ago · Actress Sandy Dennis was alternately praised and criticized for her quirky mannerisms, which became a hallmark of a career that included an Academy Award-winning performance as best supporting actress in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) and Tony Awards for her stage performances in A Thousand Clowns (1962) and Any Wednesday (1964).
1 day ago · This concept makes sense if you think of Elizabeth Taylor, still connected to ordinary, if unusually beautiful, characters in A PLACE IN THE SUN and GIANT, less so as more melodramatic characters in SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER and BUTTERFIELD 8, and on to WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, which sets the template for her later roles.
