Word: ullmann
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Then the Scott connection got to Ullmann. As Birnbaum recalls it: "One morning she phoned and said, 'I dreamed about you-or George C. Scott-last night. It was a terrible nightmare, with murder and everything, but you-or George C. Scott-saved me.' I told her that it was I who had performed the rescue, not Scott. She seemed reassured...
...convey enough emotional depth to make Peter Finch-or any other man-willing to trudge over a snow-blown Himalaya for her. Audrey Hepburn was the sort of woman the part called for, and in fact Audrey was one of the prime prospects. But the part went to Liv Ullmann...
...movie adaptation of Broadway's Forty Carats. What was needed was a deft comedienne who could also encompass the transformation from faceless widow to a sparkling "older woman" who carries on an affair with a 20-year-old boy. An Elizabeth Taylor, perhaps. Producer Mike Frankovich wanted Liv Ullmann-so much so that he was willing to have the part rewritten to suit her, lowering the matron's age and making her Scandinavian-born...
...17th century Queen Christina, who converted from Protestantism to Catholicism and abdicated to spend the rest of her life in Rome. The studio had been thinking of Vanessa Redgrave for the title role, with its demands for classical style and impassioned nobility. But no-who better than Liv Ullmann...
...luxury. But that's only for a short time. After such a day I also like to go back to my room, close the door and just be myself. Perhaps I go to the mirror, smile at myself and say: 'Remember, Liv, you are just Liv Ullmann, a quite ordinary actress; just a woman who has been luckier than others...