Word: gilda
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rare sector of show biz where critics can still matter. A Short answer: "The theater," he says, "is the ultimate reconfirmation of why you even started out to be an actor." The Canadian-born comic began his career on the Toronto stage, appearing in shows like Godspell (with Gilda Radner) and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown before moving to the U.S., where he became a chameleonlike star on SCTV and Saturday Night Live. He's had a respectable movie career as well, but his occasional stage work--notably in the underrated 1993 musical The Goodbye Girl--showed...
...August 1996 the divorce became final. The day after, JOANNA BULL, founder and executive director of Gilda's Club, a cancer-support community established in memory of comedian Gilda Radner, sat down to tea with the princess at her residence at Kensington Palace. Says Bull: "When I got there, I was surprised to see that it was just she and I who were present. I had thought as I approached the palace that there might be a group of women, her closest friends, who might have gathered to support her. But she told me that she had rearranged her schedule...
...printing "Mothers Against Mullahs" [WORLD, April 21], you have made a big difference in the lives of many Iranians who are suffering under the existing mullahs' regime. You have also touched the hearts of many Iranians abroad who are counting the days until the overthrow of this bloodthirsty regime. GILDA MARKIEH McMahons Point, Australia...
DIED. JEAN LOUIS, 89, Oscar-winning designer whose fluid fashions draped Hollywood's most mythic figures; in Palm Springs, California. Louis's rapport with his leading ladies (Marilyn Monroe reportedly introduced herself by disrobing) inspired such creations as Rita Hayworth's come-hither black satin gown in Gilda and the sequined formfitting dress that Monroe wore to serenade birthday boy (and President) John Kennedy...
...looked to American comedy for inspiration," Ullman said. "I have always admired the female comedians here, like Lucielle Ball, Gilda Radner, Lilly Tomlin, Peter Sellers...