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...Caretaker was the making of him. Born 49 years ago as the son and grandson of railroad workers in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Pleasence developed his first yen for acting after his mother had enrolled him in speaking classes. He was an R.A.F. wireless operator in World War II, was shot down, and spent a year in a German prison camp. After some postwar repertory and lots of television, he was about to sign a film contract when he read the script of The Caretaker. The play paid him ?10 a week at London's Arts Theater Club; it proved such...
...major exhibition is the best way to sort things out." To prepare the show, Lee and his curator, Wai-Kam Ho, who was born and educated in China, have traveled from Berlin to Tokyo, assembled objects from ten different countries. Yet the impact of the exhibit lies less in the individual pieces than in the way they unite to convey the spirit of a century...
...Born. To Jane Fonda, 30, film star; and Roger Vadim, her director-husband: their first child, a daughter; in Paris...
...said to bear the stigmata, or the wounds inflicted on Christ during his passion; of a heart attack; in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy. Blood first appeared on his hands, feet and side 50 years ago and, though the Vatican never officially considered his wounds of divine origin, Pio (born Francesco Forgione) attracted millions of pilgrims who came to his monastery in San Giovanni in hopes of seeing...
Syndicate Specialist. A Manhattan-born Quaker, Helmsley grew up in The Bronx, joined the firm he now heads after leaving high school at 16. Rising from office boy to rent collector to building manager to broker, he performed so well that his name went on the company's title before he was 30. Later, as a specialist in syndicate purchasing, Helmsley joined with Lawrence Wien, a Manhattan lawyer and investor, and began putting together his realty domain. The Empire State Building, which they bought in 1961 for $65 million, is the crown jewel, but their widespread holdings include shopping...