Her brief Hollywood career earned her two Oscar nominations and an iconic place in the Universal horror universe. For the What a Character! 2015 Blogathon, Scene Stealers salutes Russian-born actress Maria Ouspenskaya.
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Dwight Frye: The Man with the Thousand-Watt Stare
He guarded Dracula’s coffin and tormented Frankenstein’s Monster, but yearned for the dramatic roles that won him acclaim on Broadway. In this classic Scene Stealers salute, we trace the life and stormy screen career of the wide-eyed and often maniacal Dwight Frye.
Read more →Walter Brennan in The Westerner/My Darling Clementine: Bad Judge/Bad Dad
He was usually a kindly grandfather or loyal sidekick, but he played memorable real-life villains in two classic frontier dramas. For the Great Villain Blogathon, we salute Walter Brennan’s menacing turns in The Westerner and My Darling Clementine.
Read more →Dennis Hoey: A Closer Inspection
You may remember him as Inspector Lestrade, always a step behind Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes in the 1940s. Guest writer Constance Metzinger goes beyond the badge to examine the life and career of British character actor Dennis Hoey.
Read more →Mary Wickes: We Suspect She’s a Treasure
She was the nurse in The Man to Came to Dinner and Now, Voyager, the bus-driving nun in the Sister Act films, and Lucy Ricardo’s ballet teacher on I Love Lucy. Wisecracking actress Mary Wickes is MovieFanFare’s latest Scene Stealer.
Read more →Henry Travers: Attaboy, Clarence!
As part of the 2014 What a Character! Blogathon, MovieFanFare salutes the life and career of British-born actor Henry Travers, who earned his wings helping James Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life and an Academy Award nomination for the WWII drama Mrs. Miniver.
Read more →Happy 100th Birthday, Norman Lloyd!
MovieFanFare presents a special centennial salute to stage and film actor Norman Lloyd, co-star of Alfred Hitchcock’s Saboteur, Dead Poets Society, and the TV drama St. Elsewhere, who is still going strong on the eve of his 100th birthday.
Read more →Gladys Cooper: From Wide-Eyed to Steel-Willed
She went from innocent stage heroine to dour and determined English aristocrat on the screen. For our latest Scene Stealer, guest writer The Lady Eve salutes the life and career of three-time Academy Award nominee Gladys Cooper.
Read more →Roy Barcroft: King of the “B” Western Bad Guys
He was the man frontier film fans loved to hate, causing trouble for Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and other cowboy heroes for over 20 years. Perennial western villain Roy Barcroft is MovieFanFare’s latest Scene Stealer.
Read more →Josephine Hull in Harvey: Livin’ La Veta Loca
What’s a woman to do when her brother’s best friend is a giant rabbit that only he can see? Guest blogger Aurora looks at how veteran stage and screen actress Josephine Hull handled the situation in her Oscar-winning role from the 1950 comedy Harvey.
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