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...teacher) were full of encouragement when she decided that she wanted to change her educational direction from Russian studies to acting. At 15, freckled, a bit chubby, with the look of a beauty five years before she would be beautiful, she had a small part in Faustine et le Bel Etc. Even then she was very much self-propelled, and by now she has an unusually firm idea of what she wants to do with her career. She has just finished playing Anne, the youngest Bronte, in Andre Techine's The Bronte Sisters. She prefers directors who let actors...
Mary, Mary, which opens Saturday, is strong on the verbal wit. Written by Jean Kerr, author of Please Don't Eat the Daisies and wife to critic Walter Kerr, the comedy made a star of Barbara Bel Geddes in the fifties. Admittedly a bit slow in spots, Mary contains many sharp lines: "That's what I hate about intellectuals--they're all so dumb!" is a good one to throw at pompous TA's. At the Actors Workshop Theater; call 266-6840 for the usual info. and ask about the student rate...
...Bel-Ami De Montreux Houston...
...influx of well-to-do foreigners to California in the past two years or so has resulted in the biggest real estate boom in Los Angeles since the invention of the cinematograph. An estimated 20% of all property in the chic Beverly Hills-Brentwood-Bel Air area is now foreign owned. Iranians have nicknamed Loma Vista Drive "Aga Sheik Hadi Avenue," after the street where many lived in Tehran. Says Elaine Young, a Beverly Hills real estate broker who has sold palatial properties to foreigners from many countries: "Southern California has become the world's rich melting...
...Bel Canto's--Mass Ave near City Hall, Pizza for the hip. Not hip as in pelvis, kids; hip as in Definitely worth a try, but be forwarned--the is the pizza of the '70s, and it's really good. Where else can you get a deep-dish whole wheat-crust pizza topped with (mmm) walnuts and broccoli? Nowhere! Seriously, though, Bel Canto's offers an interesting, tasty and rather expensive variation on the all-American dish. Definitely worth a try but be forewarned--the place is tiny, the service is slow, and at peak times you have to wait...