Vivian Blaine

Vivian Blaine

Nacimiento : 1921-11-22, Newark, New Jersey, USA

Muerte : 1995-12-09

Historia

Vivian Blaine (Newark; 21 de noviembre de 1921 – 9 de diciembre de 1995) fue una actriz y cantante de nacionalidad estadounidense, conocida sobre todo por su papel de Miss Adelaide en el musical Guys and Dolls, así como por actuar también en la posterior adaptación al cine de la obra, actuando junto a Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons y Frank Sinatra. Su verdadero nombre era Vivían Stapleton, nació en Newark, Nueva Jersey.

Perfil

Vivian Blaine

Películas

Broadway's Lost Treasures
Adelaide (segment "Guys & Dolls")
The golden age of the annual Tony Awards ceremony lasted from 1967 to 1986 — the period during which Alexander H. Cohen and his wife, Hildy Parks, were the producers of the show. This film offers a compilation of performances from Tony Award broadcasts during those years. They are presented with color-corrected footage and digitally re-mastered sound.
I'm Going to Be Famous
Laura Lowell
A group of young actors audition for a play by a famous author starring and a famous star. These hopefuls have every weapon available to achieve their goal including blackmail, sex and murder.
Showbiz Goes to War
Archive Footage
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. Comedian David Steinberg plays host for this star-studded, 90-minute documentary, which looks at the way Tinseltown helped the United States' war effort.
Parásito
Elizabeth Daley
Paul Dean ha creado un parásito mortal que ahora está adherido a su estómago. Él y su compañera, Patricia Welles, deben encontrar una manera de destruirlo mientras intentan evitar a Ricus, sus campesinos sureños y un malvado agente del gobierno llamado Merchant.
Oscuridad
Cortney Floyd
Proyecto que comenzó a rodar Tobe Hooper (pero no acabó) en el que un alienígena mutante se dedica a cazar y matar víctimas humanas durante la noche. Fue finalizada por John 'Bud' Cardos y acreditada a su nombre.
Sooner or Later
Cosmetics Saleslady
Thirteen-year-old Jessie is in love with Michael, a 17-year-old guitar instructor and aspiring musician. When she finally captures his interest, she lies and tells him she's 16. But what will Michael do when he discovers the truth?
Fast Friends
Sylvia
A young divorcee struggles to provide for her young son and make a new life for herself in the backstage jungle of a TV talk show, becoming fast friends with its head writer whose job it is to see that its host, a woman-chasing egomaniac, stays at the top of the ratings.
The Cracker Factory
Helen
Drama depicting the problems of a suburban housewife suffering from fits of depression and alcoholism, and her stay in a psychiatric center after a feeble suicide attempt.
Katie: Portrait of A Centerfold
Marietta Cutler
A naive Texas beauty queen, seeking Hollywood stardom, quickly learns the realities of the business after attending an unethical modeling school.
Richard
Cameo
A satirical biopic of a fictional US president Richard, who in many ways intentionally resembles the then-current real life U.S. president, Richard Nixon.
Public Pigeon No. 1
Rita DeLacey
Swindlers con a lunchroom clerk into doing them a favor, supposedly on behalf of the FBI.
Ellos y ellas
Miss Adelaide
Adaptación de un musical de Broadway basado en un cuento de Damon Runyon, gran maestro de la literatura picaresca americana. Nathan Detroit (Frank Sinatra), organizador de las partidas más selectas de dados de Nueva York, apuesta mil dólares con uno de los jugadores (Marlon Brando) a que no es capaz de enamorar a una joven puritana que pertenece al Ejército de Salvación (Jean Simmons).
Main Street to Broadway
Self (uncredited)
In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a stage star to take his next effort. When he returns to Broadway, his girl stays behind and starts seeing a local businessman.
Faldas a bordo
Una Yancey
Tres señoritas se inscriben en una especie de entrenamiento en una base naval. Sin embargo, su mayor problema no son las largas marchas o varias semanas en un barco pequeño, sino su vida amorosa.
Tres jovencitas vestidas de azul
Liz Charters
En 1902, en Red Bank, Nueva Jersey, las tres hermanas Charters (Pam, Liz y Myra) han heredado una granja de pollos y esperan una importante suma de dinero en efectivo de su tía Cora. Las chicas planean utilizar los fondos para viajar y buscar maridos ricos. Cuando el abogado les informa que la cantidad es muy pequeña, las hermanas deciden marcharse al lujoso Hotel Chalfonte en Atlantic City, donde conocen al millonario Steve Harrington. Remake de "Three Blind Mice" (1938).
If I'm Lucky
Linda Farrell
Out of work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and entertaining prospective voters at rallies. The candidate is really a stooge for a corrupt political machine, which discovers the band's handsome and appealing singer would make a better stooge. Meanwhile, romance blossoms between the band's singers. When election day approaches, the band's singer wants out of the campaign, but the machine threatens to smear him and his pals in the band if he quits.
Doll Face
Mary Elizabeth 'Doll Face' Carroll
Burlesque queen Doll Face Carroll is dismissed from an audition for a legitimate Broadway show because she lacks culture. Her boss/manager Mike decides that she can get both culture and plenty of publicity by writing her autobiography. He hires a ghost writer to do all the work, but doesn't count on the possibility that Doll Face and her collaborator might have more than a book on their minds.
La feria del Estado
Emily Edwards
Los Frake, una familia de granjeros, acuden a la feria del estado de Iowa. En el primer día de la feria la hija de los Frake, la siempre descontenta Margy, conoce al apuesto Pat Gilbert...
Nob Hill
Sally Templeton
El propietario de un local de San Francisco intenta subir en la escala social. Inicia un romance con una chica bien situada que puede ayudarle a introducirse en la alta sociedad.
The All-Star Bond Rally
Self - Pinup Girl
Inspirational documentary short film featuring Hollywood stars promoting the sales of War Bonds through songs and skits.
Something for the Boys
Blossom Hart
The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who gets radio through her teeth!), inherit southern plantation Magnolia Manor, which alas proves to be a "termite trap" and tax liability. Fortunately, Sgt. Rocky Fulton from a nearby army camp appears with a plan to convert the place to a hotel for army wives; but to pay bills until then, they decide to put on a show. Of course, romantic and military complications intervene...
Greenwich Village
Bonnie Watson
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
Jitterbugs
Susan Cowan
The two-man Laurel and Hardy Zoot Suit Band find themselves fronting a scam for "gasolene pills" in wartime oil-short America. They are however soon on the side of the angels helping recover $10,000 for an attractive young lady whose family have themselves been swindled.
He Hired the Boss
Sally Conway
A shy bookkeeper accidentally discovers that the company where he works is targeted in a series of late-night robberies.
Girl Trouble
Barbara
A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
Thru Different Eyes
Sue Boardman
A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous murder case.