Geraldine Page
Nacimiento : 1924-11-22, Kirksville, Missouri, USA
Muerte : 1987-06-13
Historia
Geraldine Sue Page (November 22, 1924 – June 13, 1987) was an American actress. She earned acclaim for her work on Broadway as well as in major Hollywood films and television productions, garnering an Academy Award (from eight nominations), two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes, a BAFTA Award, and four nominations for the Tony Award.
A native of Kirksville, Missouri, Page studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and with Uta Hagen and Lee Strasberg in New York City before being cast in her first credited part in the Western film Hondo (1953), which earned her her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She was subsequently blacklisted in Hollywood based on her association with Hagen and did not work in film for eight years. Page continued to appear in television and on stage and earned her first Tony Award nomination for her performance in Sweet Bird of Youth (1959–60), a role she reprised in the 1962 film adaptation, the latter of which earned her a Golden Globe Award.
She earned additional Academy Award nominations for her roles in You're a Big Boy Now (1966) and Pete 'n' Tillie (1972), followed by a Tony nomination for her performance in the stage production of Absurd Person Singular (1974–75). Other film appearances during this time included in the thrillers What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969) opposite Ruth Gordon, and The Beguiled (1971) opposite Clint Eastwood. In 1977, she provided the voice of Madam Medusa in Walt Disney's The Rescuers, followed by a role in Woody Allen's Interiors (1978), which earned her a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
After being inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1979 for her stage work, Page returned to Broadway with a lead role in Agnes of God (1982), earning her her third Tony Award nomination. Page was nominated for Academy Awards for her performances in The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) and The Trip to Bountiful (1985), the latter of which earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Page died in New York City in 1987 in the midst of a Broadway run of Blithe Spirit, for which she earned her fourth Tony Award nomination.
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Herself (archive material)
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay filmed over 100 of the greatest stars ever to work on Broadway or in Hollywood. He soon learned that great films can be restored, fine literature can be kept in print - but historic Broadway performances of the past are the most endangered. They leave only memories that, while more vivid, are more difficult to preserve. In their own words — and not a moment too soon — Broadway: The Golden Age tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre. This is the largest cast of legends ever in one film.
Alexandra Del Lago / Alma Winemiller (archive footage)
A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by the final difficult years. Includes some of the most celebrated scenes from film adaptations of Williams' work, among them extracts of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Night of the Iguana, The (1964), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) (TV). Contains footage of Williams being interviewed, including conversations with David Frost, 'Edward R. Murrow (I)', and Melvyn Bragg, as well as reminiscences from people who knew and worked with him, among them Edward Albee, Gore Vidal, and his lifelong friend, Lady Maria St. Just. Features readings from Elia Kazan's Notebook by Kim Hunter.
Peggy
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Itta Halaunbrenner
Beate, una estudiante alemana en París, cambia su vida tranquila al conocer un joven, judío francés, cuyo padre murió asesinado por los nazis. Una vez casados intentan una constante persecución de comandantes de guerra ocultos desde la Guerra Mundial. Mientras su marido investiga, Beate inicia varias acciones que culminan con la persecución de Klaus Barbie, al que consigue desenmascarar en Bolivia tras un azaroso viaje lleno de peligros y amenazas, en compañía de una de las víctimas de 'El carnicero de Lyon' que le sirve de testigo.
Molly
Una joven se compromete a trabajar en un centro para niñas que no pueden permanecer con sus padres. Se envuelve en los apuros de varias de las chicas, y trata de ayudar, pero sólo se mete en problemas con sus padres y su supervisor.
Sally Phelps
Adventurous Huck Finn prefers rafting on the Mississippi River rather than being a part of civilization.
Self
Se entrevista a celebridades sobre la vida social y laboral de Bugs, Daffy, Porky y el resto de los Looney Tunes.
Mrs. Carrie Watts
Una anciana vive en un pequeño apartamento de Houston con su hijo y su nuera. Harta de una vida de penurias y tristeza decide volver al pueblecito donde nació, se casó y cuidó a sus hijos.
Anne Wyatt
Cuando el avión donde viaja Nikolai "Kolya" Rodchenko debe realizar un aterrizaje de emergencia en suelo soviético, el mundialmente famoso bailarín tiene razones para sentirse inquieto: unos años antes, cuando era la gran estrella del ballet ruso y un icono de la propaganda comunista, Kolya desertó y se instaló en los Estados Unidos. Ahora, contra su voluntad, vuelve a un país cuyo gobierno le considera un traidor.
Mama
Aging New York cabbie Flanagan still has hopes of making it as a stage actor. He can recite any Shakespeare sonnet and is facile with accents, but he can't land an agent or a job. During the course of one summing-it-all-up day, he drives his cab around the city dealing with fare evaders, an insolent stage manager determined to keep him from auditioning for his choice director, his estranged wife who has a new lover, his mistress who seems awfully close to her "drawing teacher", and two teenage sons whose bright visions of the future don't seem to include jobs. If he can only cope with all the annoyances of this day, maybe he can deal with the limitations in his abilities and his future.
Mrs. Baumann
A partir de su experiencia y de sus conocimientos científicos, el Doctor Frankestein construye a Eva, una mujer perfecta, que debe ser su fiel servidora. Cuando la ve la primera de sus criaturas, al comprender que no es para él, se enfurece y se escapa. Algunos años después, Eva se ha convertido en una dama un tanto peculiar. Mientras tanto, el monstruo se mantiene alejado, pero el destino podría propiciar su reencuentro.
Mrs. Ritter
En el barrio neoyorquino conocido como “Little Italy”, el taimado buscavidas Charlie (Mickey Rourke) trabaja como empleado en un restaurante, pero sueña con que él y su novia Diane (Hannah) tengan algún día un negocio propio. Por otra parte, su marrullero primo Paulie (Eric Roberts), que trabaja de camarero, sisa todo lo que puede y no para de urdir planes para hacerse rico... Pero los tres están a punto de intentar sacarle el dinero a la persona equivocada: nada más y nada menos que a Eddie “el chinche” (Burt Young), el rey de la mafia del Greenwich Village.
Mrs. Kendrick
During World War II, hard-luck farmer Colvis Nevels leaves his rural Kentucky home to take a factory job in bustling Detroit. Reluctantly accompanying Colvis is his long-suffering wife, Gertie, a talented woodcarver set in her traditional ways. When the perils of city life and Colvis' reckless squandering of money send the Nevels into precarious financial straits, Gertie starts a business making hand-carved dolls in order to provide for her family.
Sarah
When her estranged, drifter husband Matt returns after spending seven years in prison to ask her to let him be a part of her life again, Rachel Kirby's life is thrown into turmoil, which also affects her teenage daughter and mother.
Amelia Whitley
Feature-length prime time pilot for a daytime soap centered around the wealthy and influential Aldens family, who almost alone own the small university town.
Jean Scott Martin
An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.
Sister Mary Clarise
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not to put an exit into the town. The people of Ticlaw, leaded by its Mayor, will do anything in order to convince the governor to alter the project.
'Aunt' Beverly
After his aunt dies of a heart attack while fighting the IRS, Harry Johnson decides to take up the cause.
Eve
Eve, una mujer que ha sido abandonada por su marido, se reúne con sus tres hijas para tratar de afrontar la situación. Ella se encuentra en un momento crítico, pero sus hijas también tienen sus propios problemas, algunos de ellos derivados del poco cariño que han recibido de su madre. Las emociones se desbordan cuando el marido se presenta en la casa familiar acompañado de la mujer con la que quiere casarse.
Madame Medusa (voice)
Una niña huérfana que ha sido secuestrada envía una nota dentro de una botella pidiendo ayuda. Bernardo y Bianca, dos valientes ratones, miembros de la Sociedad Internacional de Rescate, reciben el mensaje que los llevará al peligroso "Pantano del Diablo". Allí, ayudados por la libélula Evinrude y los habitantes del pantano, vivirán un sinfín de emocionantes aventuras luchando contra la malvada Madame Medusa
Ann Cappelletti
This is based on the true story about the relationship between Penn State football player John Cappelletti and his younger brother Joey, who has leukemia. John and Joey's bond is a strong one. Joey hangs out with John in the Penn State locker room, and inspires him to be the top college football player in the country. Their bond knows no boundaries and goes beyond making touchdowns and winning awards.
Sister Walburga
In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither is about to let anything stand in the way of getting what she wants.
Big Sister
Hollywood, finales de los años treinta. Tod Hackett, un joven pintor que intenta abrirse camino como director artístico en el escabroso mundo de la industria cinematográfica, se enamora de su vecina Faye Greener, una aspirante a actriz que prefiere la vida que Homer Simpson, un solitario contable, puede ofrecerle.
Mrs. O'Neill
After being cryogenically frozen for more than 30 years, a woman wakes to find her husband an old man and her children older than she is. Her daughter has also developed a psychotic obsession with her and may be out to kill her.
Anna Witmer
An NYU student visits a Mennonite friend in Lancaster, Pennsylvania after a fellow Mennonite is killed while protesting the Vietnam War.
Gertrude Wilson
A fun-loving bachelor woos and weds a secretary, but the bonds of this marriage aren't strong enough to stop his philandering from continuing.
Eliza Gant
The life of a young man growing up in a small town in the mountains of North Carolina during the early part of the 20th century, based on Thomas Wolfe's autobiographical novel of the same name.
Mama
Después de perder ocho años en prisión, el vaquero J. W. Coop es liberado para volver a la vida como un vaquero de rodeo profesional en los años 60. Decidido a compensar los años 'primordiales' perdidos de su carrera, avanza tenazmente y aprende que no solo ha cambiado el negocio del rodeo durante su encarcelamiento, sino que también la sociedad en su conjunto ha realizado cambios dramáticos.
Martha Farnsworth
Guerra Civil norteamericana (1861-1865) John Mc Burney (Clint Eastwood), un soldado yanki malherido es rescatado por una jovencita de una escuela de señoritas del Sur. Se las arregla para llevarlo a la escuela, pero al principio todas las mujeres están aterrorizadas. Cuando empieza a recuperarse, una a una las irá conquistando a todas, y así el ambiente se irá enrareciendo a causa de los celos.
Felisa
The story is set during the South American Wars of Independence. Simón Bolivar, the liberator, has escaped from Spanish custody with the aid of an idealistic Spanish officer, Captain Montserrat. The Spanish commander, Colonel Izquierdo ('left' in Spanish), threatens Montserrat with torture to find out where Bolivar can be recaptured.
Mrs Marrable
Una serie de inquietantes acontecimientos tienen lugar en la casa de la señora viuda Claire Marrable... Desde hace algún tiempo las amas de llaves que han entrado a trabajar a sus servicios han ido desapareciendo misteriosamente. Casualmente todas ellas poseían recursos económicos y no contaban con parientes cercanos. Un pino joven aparece plantado en el jardín cada vez que se produce una desaparición. Cuando llega la siguiente ama de llaves quiere saber que ha sido de la anterior, su querida amiga.
Woman
Trilogy is an anthology film of three adaptations of Truman Capote short stories: Miriam, Among the Paths to Eden and A Christmas Memory. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.
Mrs. Duke
Filadelfia, 1916. Para desesperación de su fiel esposa Cordelia, el millonario Anthony J. Drexel Biddle ha convertido su hogar en un lugar donde practica toda suerte de ejercicios físicos, como su afición por el boxeo, al tiempo que amaestra cocodrilos, entre otras «exóticas» dedicaciones. Pero ahora la principal preocupación para la Sra. Biddle es que su hija Cordy finalice sus estudios en Nueva Jersey. A su regreso, empero, Cordelia no puede evitar que su primogénita se comprometa sentimentalmente, a su temprana edad, con Angier Buchanan Duke, el hijo de un importante empresario del sector del tabaco.
Miss Sook
Adaptation of Truman Capote's short story. A sequel, from the same filmmakers, to the critically acclaimed A Christmas Memory (1966).
Carol Richardson
The daughter of an American marriage in Puerto Rico forces her parents to find a doll that her father mistakenly sent in a box of aid during a flood.
Woman
Narrated by Truman Capote. Emmy Award winning adaptation of Capote's recollection of his youth in the rural South during the Depression. Later released in the anthology film Trilogy (1969) along with two other Capote adaptations by Frank and Eleanor Perry.
The last few days in the life of Socrates, including his trial.
Margery Chanticleer
Bernard Chanticleer es un muchacho que ya ha cumplido los veinte años, pero su madre sigue tratándolo como si fuera un niño. Dispuesto a acabar con esta situación, el padre decide que su hijo se independice. Con este fin, lo obliga a abandonar la casa paterna y a trasladarse a una pensión; además, para que se gane la vida, lo contrata como empleado de la biblioteca de la que es director.
Olga
In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters and their brother live but dream daily of their return to their former home in Moscow, where life is charming and stimulating meaningful. But for now they exist in a malaise of dissatisfaction. Soldiers from the local military post provide them some companionship and society, but nothing can suffice to replace Moscow in their hopes. Andrei marries a provincial girl, Natasha, and begins to settle into a life of much less meaning than he had hoped. Natasha begins to run the family her way. Masha, though married, yearns for the sophisticated life and begins a dalliance with Vershinin, an army officer with a sick and suicidal wife. Even Irina, the freshest, most optimistic of the sisters, begins to waver in her dreams until, finally, tragedy strikes.
Evie Jackson
Evie llega a Nueva York sola y soltera para visitar la convención Postmasters. En su hotel se aloja un mujeriego que acaba de ascender a jefe de 'marketing' de su empresa. Ella se enamora de él, ya que cree que es el hombre de su vida, pero a él solo parece molestarle la presencia de Evie.
Carrie Berniers
Julian Berniers (Dean Martin) lleva a su esposa Lily (Yvette Mimieux) a Nueva Orleáns para que conozca a su familia. Llevan espléndidos regalos para Carrie (Geraldine Page) y Anne (Wendy Hiller), las hermanas de Julian, que albergan la esperanza de que su hermano las ayude económicamente; lo que ignoran es que Julian se ha visto obligado a cerrar su fábrica y tiene también problemas económicos
Alexandra Del Lago
Un aspirante a actor regresa a su ciudad natal convertido en el gigoló de una estrella en declive que promete introducirle en el mundo del cine. Pero lo que realmente desea es recuperar el amor de su antigua novia, la hija del cacique del pueblo.
Alma Winemiller
Adaptación del drama homónimo de Tennessee Williams, ambientado en una pequeña población de Mississippi. Desde siempre, Alma (Geraldine Page), una joven tímida y muy espiritual, ha estado enamorada de John Buchanan (Laurence Harvey), un médico de ideas materialistas que sólo tiene ojos para Rosa Zacharias (Rita Moreno), la apasionada y desenvuelta hija del dueño del casino.
Florry
Based on a true story, Donald Bashor robs and bludgeons two women to their deaths. While committing the crimes he maintans a normal existence with his girlfriend Florry.
Angie Lowe
Los tambores de guerra apaches representan una clara y siniestra advertencia para Angie Lowe (Geraldine Page), una mujer que vive con su hijo Johnny en una granja aislada. Hondo Lane (John Wayne), un correo de la caballería, se convierte en protector de la testaruda mujer y en una figura paternal para su hijo. Angie, decidida a esperar el regreso de su marido, rehúsa dejar su hacienda a pesar de que el ataque de los indios es inminente. Al mismo tiempo, se siente cada vez más atraída por Hondo, un hombre endurecido por la vida, pero todavía capacitado para la simpatía, la amabilidad y el amor.
Florence Albert (uncredited)
A New York cab driver helps an Irish immigrant with a baby locate her missing husband.
