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...best known for originating the role of Martha in Edward Albee's 1962 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; in New York City. Born in Germany and raised in Wisconsin, she began her career in London in 1937 as Ophelia in Eva Le Gallienne's Hamlet. She later won acclaim for her Nina in Chekhov's The Seagull and as the wife of an alcoholic actor in Clifford Odets' The Country Girl. In the late 1940s, she and her second husband, actor-director Herbert Berghof, started HB Studio, a widely respected performing-arts school in New York City...
...this cranky character with some of his own sweet tentativeness of spirit, giving Pekar an audience appeal that perhaps the more churlish original lacks. And he gives himself a problem. A self-confessed "escape artist," a master of submerging self in role, Giamatti is currently trying to escape the acclaim being heaped on him and his movie. Sorry, Paul, you've finally been found out--as one of the movies' best character actors...
According to Bruno, the film studies concentration will be housed alongside VES in the Carpenter Center, whose designer, Le Corbusier, earned acclaim for integrating cinematic elements into his architecture...
...screen documentaries seldom available to the public, “Changing Faces: Tragedy and Triumph” marks the second year the United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) has come to Harvard University. Showcasing films that deal with issues ranging from AIDS to hunger, UNAFF has garnered critical acclaim over its six-year existence for its efforts to publicize topics of global importance
...United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) is an international documentary film festival that has garnered critical acclaim since its inception in 1998. Presented by the Kennedy School Alumni Association of New England, the festival will showcase films tackling global topics such as human rights, women’s issues, religion and war and peace. 12 p.m. Tickets $15; $10 students. Weiner Auditorium, Kenney School of Government, 79 JFK St., Cambridge...