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DESCRIPTION :   Up for auction is a RARE , Over 60 years old original 1959  Hebrew-Israeli ADVERTISING THEATRE POSTER for  DELMER DAVES   film " A SUMMER PLACE " . Starring TROY DONAHUE , SANDRA DEE , DOROTHY McGUIRE , RICHARD EGAN  and ARTHUR KENNEDY  to name only a few  ORIGINAL beautifuly illustrated   ISRAELI Theatre POSTER .    The theatre   poster depicts  an  impressive  ROMANTIC  IMAGE of TROY DANAHUE and SANDRA DEE from the legendary beloved  movie The poster was issued in  1959  by the Israeli distributers of the film for its ISRAELI PREMIERE   RELEASE   Kindly note : This is an ISRAELI MADE poster   Which  was designed ,   Printed and distributed only in  Israel    ( Not an adapted foreign poster ). Archaic Hebrew .  Size around 27" x 19" .  The   theatre poster is in a very  good used condition. Folded twice. Slight wear of the folding lines.  ( Please watch the scan for a reliable AS IS scan ) .   Poster will be sent   rolled in a special protective rigid sealed tube.

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  A Summer Place is a 1959 American romantic drama film based on Sloan Wilson's 1958 novel of the same name, about teenage lovers from different social classes who get back together 20 years later, and then must deal with the passionate love affair of their own teenage children by previous marriages. Delmer Daves directed the movie, which stars Richard Egan and Dorothy McGuire as the middle-aged lovers, and Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue as their respective children. The film contains a memorable instrumental theme composed by Max Steiner, which spent nine weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1960.[2] Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release and reception 5 "Theme from A Summer Place" 6 In popular culture 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Plot[edit] Alcoholic Bart Hunter (Arthur Kennedy), his long-suffering wife Sylvia (Dorothy McGuire), and their teenage son Johnny (Troy Donahue) operate a crumbling inn on Pine Island off the Maine coast. The inn was previously Bart's elegant family mansion in an exclusive resort, but as his family fortunes have dwindled, the Hunters are forced to rent rooms to paying guests. Bart receives a reservation request from an old acquaintance, Ken Jorgenson (Egan), who was a lowly lifeguard on the island 20 years ago, but is now a successful research chemist and millionaire. Ken wants to bring his wife and daughter to the island for the summer. Bart suggests that Ken is just coming to lord his new wealth over Bart, who is no longer rich. Bart wants to refuse the reservation, but Sylvia insists that he accept because they badly need the money, even going so far as to move themselves into the small guest house so their own master bedroom suite can be rented to Ken and his family. Ken arrives with his wife Helen (Constance Ford) and teenage daughter Molly (Sandra Dee). Helen and Ken have an unhappy marriage, sleep in separate bedrooms, and frequently argue, including over proper behavior standards for their daughter. Helen is a prude who disapproves of Molly's developing figure and healthy interest in boys, particularly Johnny Hunter, who is also attracted to Molly. Ken is much more relaxed and permissive, and tells his daughter that her natural desires are not shameful. Helen also tries, unsuccessfully, to put on airs and impress the upper-class residents of the island, while Ken is not interested in pretense and is even happy to talk with older people who remember him from when he worked as a lifeguard. As it turns out, Ken and Sylvia were lovers 20 years ago, when they were teenagers. It soon becomes apparent that they still love each other and have missed each other for many years, and that Ken returned to Pine Island in hopes of seeing Sylvia again. They had broken up because Ken was a poor college student, while Bart was the son of a rich, established family, so Sylvia married Bart, and Ken, after seeing Sylvia's wedding announcement in the newspaper, married Helen. Both marriages were unhappy, but Ken and Sylvia stayed in them because of their love for their respective children, Molly and Johnny. Ken and Sylvia find themselves drawn to each other again and begin secretly meeting every night. They are soon spotted by the island's night watchman, who informs Helen. Helen initially keeps quiet, on her mother's advice, planning to catch them in the act to ensure a large divorce settlement. Ken goes on a business trip for a weekend, during which time Molly and Johnny, with Ken's permission, go sailing around the island. Their boat capsizes in rough water, stranding them on the beach overnight. The Coast Guard rescues them the next day, but Helen is suspicious that the teenagers were intimate on the beach, although they deny it. Helen sends for a doctor to forcibly examine Molly to make sure she is still a virgin, finding she is. Horrified, Molly runs away and sees Johnny, who threatens to kill Helen if she hurts Molly ever again. Helen contacts law enforcement, and then in a fit of anger, reveals Sylvia and Ken's affair in front of Bart, Ken, Sylvia, and Johnny. Bart reveals he has long known about Sylvia's love for Ken, and offers to forgive her, but she cannot go back. The Hunters and Jorgensons each go through an acrimonious public divorce, and Molly and Johnny are sent to boarding schools several states apart. Molly and Johnny are angry at Ken and Sylvia and stop speaking to them, becoming increasingly dependent on each other for emotional support, despite Helen's constant interference and criticism of Molly's morals. Ken and Sylvia eventually marry and move into a beach house. They talk Molly and Johnny into visiting them there, to which the teenagers agree largely because it will give them a chance to be together away from Helen, who is unable to prevent the visit, owing to a court order. During their visit, Molly and Johnny secretly consummate their love. Ken and Sylvia suspect that the teenagers are sleeping together and are concerned about the possible ill effects, but in view of their own past teen history, feel they cannot order Molly and Johnny to stop loving each other. Soon after, Molly discovers she is pregnant, and Johnny and she run away together planning to get married. They seek Bart's blessing, but he is about to be admitted to the veterans' hospital to treat ulcers due to his drinking, and drunkenly tries to talk them out of marriage, later calling Helen to let her know what happened. The local justice of the peace sees they are under legal age to marry, and turns them down. In desperation, Molly and Johnny go to the house of Ken and Sylvia, who are supportive. In the end, happy Johnny and Molly, just married, return to Pine Island for their honeymoon. Cast[edit] Richard Egan as Ken Jorgenson Dorothy McGuire as Sylvia Hunter Sandra Dee as Molly Jorgenson Arthur Kennedy as Bart Hunter Troy Donahue as Johnny Hunter Constance Ford as Helen Jorgenson Beulah Bondi as Mrs. Emily Hamilton Hamble Jack Richardson as Claude Andrews Martin Eric as Todd Harper Production[edit] The film was shot in Pacific Grove and around the Monterey Peninsula.[3] Sloan Wilson wrote the first screenplay, which covered the 22-year span of the novel. Delmer Daves focused the new draft on one year. Daves said: I have two kids who are just about the same age of these two in A Summer Place and I know how difficult communication between generations can be. And while this may sound corny, it can be assisted by love and understanding. Amid some rather tempestuous social activities, this is what we are trying to demonstrate. That there are two affairs may sound sensational, but that's not the point. We have received the approval of the Johnstone office, because the intent of the picture is a moral one. Frankness and impatience will help pull the cork on a situation blocked by intolerance. What we are trying to do is dramatise that pulling of the cork.[3] Some exterior and interior scenes involving Ken and Sylvia's beach house were filmed at Frank Lloyd Wright's Mrs. Clinton Walker House, built in 1948. In the film, Sylvia tells Molly that Wright designed the house, ostensibly located on the East Coast near the movie's "Pine Island" location (since Molly and Johnny drive from Pine Island to the house after being sent away by the justice of the peace). In reality, Walker House is located on the beach side of Scenic Road on Monterey Bay in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The real house has only one level, although in the movie, the house is depicted as if it has a lower level at the same level as the beach. Additional scenes were filmed at the Honeymoon Cottage located at Mission Ranch in Carmel.[4] Release and reception[edit] The movie became popular after its release, but had a mixed critical reception. Harrison's Reports, a industry newsletter for independent movie theater owners, thought it "money in the bank at the box office", "a well-made bit of entertainment" and "sleek and svelte in the best tradition of popular films..." but warned exhibitors the film was "devoted almost exclusively" to sex.[5] Howard Thompson of The New York Times called it "one of the most laboriously and garishly sex-scented movies in years" with "Max Steiner's music hammering away at each sexual nuance like a pile driver".[6] On Rotten Tomatoes, A Summer Place holds an approval rating of 83% based on six reviews, with an average rating of 6.00/10.[7] "Theme from A Summer Place"[edit] Main article: Theme from A Summer Place The 1960 instrumental hit "Theme from A Summer Place", composed by Max Steiner, was used in the film as a secondary musical theme (not the main title theme) for scenes featuring Molly and Johnny. The version used in the film was recorded by Hugo Winterhalter. It was later arranged and recorded by Percy Faith and performed by his orchestra, enriching and improving on the original. In 1960, the Percy Faith version reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for nine consecutive weeks, a record at that time.[2] The theme has been covered in instrumental or vocal versions by numerous other artists, including The Lettermen, Andy Williams, The Chordettes, Cliff Richard, Julie London, Billy Vaughn, Joanie Sommers, and The Ventures, and has been featured in many other films and television programs. In popular culture[edit] In the 1971 film The Omega Man, the lead character Robert Neville played by Charlton Heston, listens to the film soundtrack main theme in his car on an 8-track tape cartridge during the precredit opening sequence. The lyrics of the song "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee" from the musical Grease are in part specifically about the events in this movie. The film is part of a plot point in the Barry Levinson 1982 film Diner. Set in 1959, the character "Boogie" and several of his friends attend a movie theater showing of A Summer Place, where Boogie plays a sexual prank on his date as Molly and Johnny kiss onscreen. The 1985 Canadian film My American Cousin, set in 1959, plays the song a number of times. The 'I washed my hair for you scene' can be seen on the 1990s show Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in the first-season episode: "Honeymoon in Metropolis". Lois is spending the weekend at the Lexor hotel in town for relaxation but is getting bored with the love stories being shown on television.[8] The 2001 version of Ocean's Eleven contains the theme from A Summer Place during the initial scene between Daniel Ocean (George Clooney) and Tess (Julia Roberts). ****  Troy Donahue (born Merle Johnson Jr., January 27, 1936 – September 2, 2001) was an American film and television actor and singer. He was a popular sex symbol in the 1950s and 1960s. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early years 1.2 Hollywood 1.3 Universal 1.4 Warner Bros. and A Summer Place 1.5 Surfside 6 1.6 Recording star 1.7 Leaving Warner Bros. 1.8 Universal 1.9 Decline 1.10 Move to New York 1.11 Return to Hollywood 1.12 Later years 2 Personal life 3 Death 4 Filmography 4.1 Box office ranking 4.2 Theatre credits 5 In popular culture 6 References 7 External links Biography[edit] Early years[edit] Born in New York City, Donahue was the son of a retired stage actress and the manager of the motion-picture department of General Motors.[1] Donahue stated in a 1959 interview: Acting is all I ever wanted. Ever since I can remember, I've studied and read plays. My mother would help me, but my parents didn't want me to become an actor. They preferred something more stable—doctor, lawyer, Indian chief, anything.[2] "I can remember always being exposed to Broadway and theater people", he added in 1984. "I can remember sitting with Gertrude Lawrence while she read her reviews in The King and I."[3] To please his parents, Donahue attended a New York military academy, where he met Francis Ford Coppola. He was going to attend West Point, but suffered a knee injury at a track meet. He volunteered for the army, but was rejected.[4] When Donahue was 18, he moved to New York and got a job as a messenger in a film company founded by his father (who had died when he was 14). He was fired, he says, because he was too young to join the union.[2] He attended Columbia University and studied journalism. He acted in summer stock in Bucks County. He trained briefly with Ezra Stone, and then moved to Hollywood. Hollywood[edit] One evening, producer William Asher and director James Sheldon spotted Donahue in a diner in Malibu and arranged for a screen test with Columbia Pictures, but it was unsuccessful. Some time later, Donahue was in a car accident in which he drove off a road and plunged 40 feet down a canyon.[4] Actress Fran Bennett introduced him to agent Henry Willson, who represented Rock Hudson, among others. Willson signed him and changed his name to Troy Donahue.[5] "At first they had Paris, the lover of Helen of Troy, in mind", Donahue says. "But I guess they thought they couldn't name me Paris Donahue because there was already a Paris, France, and Paris, Illinois."[3] He later added, "it took me five minutes to get used to [my]" new name.[2] Universal[edit] Donahue signed with Universal Studios in October 1956.[6] They started him off in small roles in films such as Man Afraid, Man of a Thousand Faces, The Tarnished Angels, Above All Things, and The Monolith Monsters (all 1957). In 1958, he was also used in Summer Love, and had a slightly bigger part in Live Fast, Die Young. He began appearing on TV in a guest part in Man Without a Gun. This was followed by parts in This Happy Feeling, Wild Heritage, Voice in the Mirror, The Perfect Furlough, and Monster on the Campus (billed fifth). He often had better roles in TV, guest-starring in episodes of The Californians, Rawhide, Wagon Train, and Tales of Wells Fargo and The Virginian. He later said "In most of those Universal pictures, if you went out for popcorn you missed me."[7] Donahue achieved good reviews for a brief, but effective part in Imitation of Life (1959), playing a man who beats up his girlfriend after he discovers she is black. Warner Bros. and A Summer Place[edit] The big break of Donahue's career came when he was cast opposite Sandra Dee in A Summer Place, made by Warner Bros. in 1959. The director was Delmer Daves.[8] Warner signed him to a long-term contract.[9] They put him to work guest-starring in episodes of their Western TV series, such as Colt .45 (1959), Maverick (1959), Sugarfoot (1959), The Alaskans (1960), and Lawman (1960). A Summer Place was a hit and made Donahue a name, especially among teenaged audiences. In 1960, he was named by Film Daily as one of the five "finds" of the year.[10] He had a support part in a disaster movie, The Crowded Sky (1960). He was reportedly going to be cast in Splendor in the Grass, but missed out to Warren Beatty.[11] Surfside 6[edit] Instead, Warner Bros. put him in a TV series, Surfside 6 (1960–62), one of several spin-offs of 77 Sunset Strip, announced in April 1960.[12] On Surfside 6, Donahue starred with Van Williams, Lee Patterson, Diane McBain, and Margarita Sierra in the ABC series, set in Miami Beach, Florida.[5][13] After Surfside 6 was cancelled, Donahue joined the cast of Hawaiian Eye, another spinoff of Sunset Strip, for its last season from 1962 to 1963 in the role of hotel director Philip Barton, joining Robert Conrad and Connie Stevens in the series lead.[14] Donahue with showgirl Margarita Sierra in the ABC/Warner Bros. television series Surfside 6 (1961) Donahue's career got a big break when Joshua Logan dropped out as director of Parrish (1961); Logan was replaced by Delmer Daves, who brought in Donahue as star, and the film was a hit. Donahue and Daves reunited for another melodrama, Susan Slade (1962). They made a fourth film, Rome Adventure (1962), a romance starring Suzanne Pleshette. In 1962, he claimed he received 5,000–7,500 fan letters a week.[15] The following year, exhibitors voted him the 20th most popular star in the US.[16] He was also popular in Japan.[17] "I guess because I was blond, blue-eyed, and tanned, people associated me with all those beach movies that were around then, even though I never did one", he later said. "I was always the goody-goody, the guy who did what he was supposed to."[3] He did appear in a nearly beach-party film, Palm Springs Weekend (1963), alongside several other Warner Bros. players. As a change of pace, Pleshette and he were cast in a Western A Distant Trumpet (1964), the last film of director Raoul Walsh. Recording star[edit] Donahue also had a brief tenure as a recording artist at the height of his fame in the early 1960s, releasing a handful of singles for Warner Bros. Records, including "Live Young" and "Somebody Loves Me". However, none of his recordings entered the Billboard Hot 100 list. Leaving Warner Bros.[edit] In 1965, Donahue was cast as a psychopathic killer opposite Joey Heatherton in My Blood Runs Cold. While Donahue was happy to break type and play a different type of role, it was not well received by the public. His contract with Warner Bros. ended shortly thereafter—although it ran until early 1968, Donahue asked to be released from it in January 1966.[18] Donahue later claimed: Jack Warner called every studio I used to work for and used his muscle to keep me busted. I was blackballed and everyone in the business knew it. Please print that. I made one film in Europe playing a Victorian astronaut, but no one ever saw it. Then by the time I could get work again, it was too late because my type was already out of fashion.[19] He later reflected on this period, "They pumped me til the well went dry. My image came out of Warner Bros. and it was one that was on its way out. I think I'm a little deeper than the roles I was given to play."[20] In 1967, he said Parrish had been the most satisfactory of his movies. "I had the best script and the best opportunity as an actor. Not too many of those came my way. But I did get great exposure at Warner [Bros.]. Now I'm free to call my own shots. I've made more money in two years on my own than the whole time I was under contract."[21] The work was not very distinguished, however: a spy spoof, Come Spy with Me (1967); a British adventure tale, Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967); and a Western for Albert Zugsmith, The Phantom Gunslinger (shot 1967, released 1970). In 1967, Donahue walked out of a contract to appear in the play Poor Richard at the Pheasant Run Playhouse.[22][23] He was sued for $200,000.[24] Universal[edit] In 1968, Donahue signed a long-term contract with Universal Studios for films and TV.[25] This lasted a year and saw him get four roles: guest shots on Ironside (1968), The Name of the Game (1968), and The Virginian (1969), and an appearance in the TV movie The Lonely Profession (1969).[7] Decline[edit] Donahue declared bankruptcy in 1968 and eventually lost his home.[26] "I was living like a movie star but wasn't being paid like one", he says. "I lived way over my head and got into great trouble and lost everything. I went from a beautiful home, garden, swimming pool to living in shabby apartments."[3] Donahue later admitted that he began abusing drugs and alcohol at the peak of his career and increased use after his career began to wane: I was loaded all the time... I'd wake up about 6:30 in the morning, take three aspirins mixed with codeine, slug down half a pint of vodka and then do four lines of cocaine. That was just so I could get the front door open to peek out and see if I could face the day... I would lie, steal and cheat, all those wonderful things that drunks do. I was crafty. Nobody knew how much I drank then. If a bottle was out on the counter, I'd take a swig when I passed it and quickly put it back.[3] "I spent a lot of time judging beauty contests and opening banks", Donahue said of this period.[20] He also wrote TV screenplays under a pseudonym. Donahue was struggling to make his way in a changing Hollywood. As he said later, "If you're the boy next door and you're supposed to be squeaky clean, all you had to do was let your sideburns grow and suddenly you were a hippie."[27] Donahue says when he met casting directors they would ask "Why don't you comb your hair? How come you have grown a moustache? What are you doing with a beard?"[27] He also thinks his career was hurt by the fact he was an anti-Vietnam War Democrat while "everybody assumed I was a Republican".[27] He wrote screenplays under a pseudonym and performed in The Owl and the Pussycat on stage in stock.[7] Move to New York[edit] In 1969, Donahue moved from Los Angeles to New York City. He said a few years later: It took guts to walk out of Hollywood, but it would have been worse to stay. I had a house, seven black Cadillac convertibles, and two wrecked marriages. I already had my head turned; turning back was easy. It doesn't matter if I have a beard or a crewcut. People respond to me because I have a human quality. I know I'll be put down by Hollywood, but I don't speak to anybody out there anyway... I smoke grass and ride cycles, my lifestyle is casual, but I'm not a dope fiend or a hippie freak. I've found strength in Jesus Christ and he's easier to follow than Zen Buddhism. I'm not strung out. I'm a very reasonable, professional actor.[19] While in New York, Donahue appeared in the daytime CBS drama The Secret Storm for six months. He later called the role "the best part I ever had".[20] By this time, Donahue's drug addiction and alcoholism had ruined him financially. One summer, he was homeless and lived in Central Park. "There was always somebody who could be amused by Troy Donahue", he says. "I'd meet them anywhere, in a park, street, party, in bed. I lived in a bush in Central Park for one summer. I kept everything I had in a backpack."[3] He had roles in low-budget films such as Sweet Savior (1971), The Last Stop (1972), and Seizure (1974), Oliver Stone's directorial debut. In 1974, Francis Ford Coppola cast him in a small part in The Godfather Part II as the fiancé of Connie Corleone. His character was named Merle Johnson, a nod to Donahue's real name. Donahue was paid $10,000 for the role for one week's work. Return to Hollywood[edit] Donahue moved back to Los Angeles, where he married for a fourth time. He appeared in Cockfighter (1974) for director Monte Hellman, and made South Seas in the Philippines. He acted in occasional television guest spots (Ellery Queen, The Hardy Boys, CHiPs) and appeared in whiskey commercials for the Japanese television market. Donahue said in 1978: After eight years at Warners, I did a few independent pictures that never went any place. I travelled, played stickball, had a few marriages and many affairs. I just totally enjoyed myself and did the things I didn't get to do when I was a kid. Now I've decided I wanna go back to work again and I've been encouraged by a lot of people who feel that I have the talent and everything that goes with it.[27] There was talk of a TV movie, Return to a Summer Place, but it was never made.[27] After his fourth marriage ended in 1981, Donahue decided to seek help for his drinking and drug use.[3] In May 1982, he joined Alcoholics Anonymous, which he credited for helping him achieve and maintain sobriety.[28] "I look upon my sobriety as a miracle", he says. "I simply do it one day at a time. The obsession to not drink has become as big as the obsession to drink. I was very fortunate."[3] Later years[edit] Donahue continued to act in films throughout the 1980s and into the late 1990s. He appeared in the feature film Grandview USA which was shot in Pontiac, Illinois. "Crowds of teenaged girls would swarm around C. Thomas Howell, and teenaged boys around Jamie Lee Curtis, but the major celebrity was Donahue", recalls director Randall Kleiser. "These women who had grown up with him as their heartthrob followed him everywhere."[3] However, he never obtained the recognition that he had in the earlier years of his career.[29] Donahue's final film role was in the 2000 comedy film The Boys Behind the Desk, directed by Sally Kirkland. Personal life[edit] Donahue was married four times and had one child, Sean.[3][30] His first marriage was to actress Suzanne Pleshette, with whom he had twice co-starred in films. They wed on January 5, 1964, in Beverly Hills,[31] and divorced nine months later.[28][32] On October 21, 1966, Donahue married actress Valerie Allen in Dublin, Ireland.[33] They separated in April 1967, and she filed for divorce in April 1968, charging him with cruelty, divorcing in November 1968.[34][35] Donahue's third marriage was to executive secretary Alma Sharpe. They married on November 15, 1969, in Roanoke, Virginia.[36][37] "I couldn't take care of myself, and I knew this friend would take me under her wing", he says. They divorced in 1972.[3] Donahue's fourth and final marriage was to land developer Vicki Taylor. They were married in 1979 and divorced in 1981.[3] In his final years, Donahue was in a long-term relationship with mezzo-soprano Zheng Cao, to whom he was engaged and with whom he lived in Santa Monica, California.[5][29] Donahue had a son, Sean, by a woman with whom he had a brief relationship in 1969. He only found out about the son in the early 1980s when he ran into the woman again. As he recalled in 1984: She walked over and introduced herself and I remembered that we had been together four or five times in L.A. in 1969. Nothing serious. Just fun and games. She said, "I'm glad I saw you. I've always wanted to tell you about something. Look over there, Troy." I looked and across the room I saw a 13-year-old spitting image of what I looked like when I was young. "This is your son, Sean", she said. "He's known all his life that you are his father."... I see him every couple of weeks now.[3] In 1958, Donahue was jailed for 15 days for speeding.[38] In 1961, his one-time fiancée Lili Kardell sued him for damages, claiming he had hit her without provocation.[39] Death[edit] On August 30, 2001, Donahue suffered a heart attack and was admitted to Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica. He died three days later on September 2 at the age of 65.[40] Filmography[edit] Film Year Title Role Notes 1957 Man Afraid Reporter Uncredited 1957 Man of a Thousand Faces Assistant Director in Bullpen Uncredited 1957 The Tarnished Angels Frank Burnham 1957 Flood Tide Teenager at Beach Uncredited 1957 The Monolith Monsters Hank Jackson Uncredited 1957 Summer Love Sax Lewis 1958 Live Fast, Die Young Artie Sanders / Artie Smith 1958 This Happy Feeling Tony Manza 1958 Wild Heritage Jesse Bascomb 1958 Voice in the Mirror Paul Cunningham 1958 The Perfect Furlough Sgt. Nickles 1958 Monster on the Campus Jimmy Flanders 1959 Imitation of Life Frankie 1959 A Summer Place Johnny Hunter 1960 The Crowded Sky McVey 1961 Parrish Parrish McLean 1961 Susan Slade Hoyt Brecker 1962 Rome Adventure Don Porter 1963 Palm Springs Weekend Jim Munroe 1964 A Distant Trumpet 2nd Lt. Matthew 'Matt' Hazard 1965 My Blood Runs Cold Ben Gunther 1967 Come Spy with Me Pete Barker 1967 Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon Gaylord Alternative title: Those Fantastic Flying Fools 1970 The Phantom Gunslinger Bill 1971 Sweet Savior Moon Alternative title: Frenetic Party 1972 The Last Stop Sheriff 1974 Seizure Mark Frost 1974 Cockfighter Randall Mansfield 1974 South Seas Steve 1974 The Godfather: Part II Merle Johnson 1977 The Legend of Frank Woods Sheriff John Baxom 1977 Ultraje Daniel 1983 Tin Man Lester 1984 Katy the Caterpillar Walla Voice, English-dubbed version 1984 Grandview, U.S.A. Donny Vinton 1986 Low Blow John Templeton Alternative title: The Last Fight to Win: The Bloody End 1987 Fight to Win Rosenberg Alternative titles: Dangerous Passages Eyes of the Dragon 1987 Cyclone Bob Jenkins 1987 Hyôryu kyôshitsu Taggart English title: The Drifting Classroom 1987 Hollywood Cop Lt. Maxwell 1987 Deadly Prey Don Michaelson 1988 Hawkeye Mayor Alternative title: Karate Cops 1988 Hard Rock Nightmare Uncle Gary 1989 Assault of the Party Nerds Sid Witherspoon Direct-to-video release 1989 American Rampage Police Psychiatrist 1989 Dr. Alien Dr. Ackerman 1989 Terminal Force Slim 1989 Sounds of Silence Larry Haughton 1989 Bad Blood Jack Barnes 1989 Hot Times at Montclair High Mr. Nichols 1989 Blood Nasty Barry Hefna 1989 The Chilling Dr. Miller 1989 Deadly Spygames Python 1989 The Platinum Triangle Harold Farber 1990 Click: The Calendar Girl Killer Alan 1990 Cry-Baby Hatchet's Father 1990 Omega Cop Slim 1990 Nudity Required Jack Alternative title: Young Starlet 1990 Sexpot Phillip 1991 Shock 'Em Dead Record Exec 1991 Deadly Diamonds Matt Plimpton Direct-to-video release 1992 Double Trouble Leonard 1992 The Pamela Principle Troy 1993 Showdown Police Captain 1998 Merchants of Venus FBI Agent Alternative title: A Dirty Little Business 2000 The Boys Behind the Desk unknown role Television Year Title Role Notes 1958 Man Without a Gun Jan Episode: "Night of Violence" 1958 The Californians Episode: "A Girl Named Sue" 1959 Rawhide Buzz Travis Episode: "Incident at Alabaster Plain" 1959 Wagon Train Ted Garner Segment: "The Hunter Malloy Story" 1959 Tales of Wells Fargo Cliff Smith Episode: "The Rawhide Kid" 1959 Maverick Dan Jamison Episode: "Pappy" 1959 Sugarfoot Ken Savage Episode: "The Wild Bunch" 1959 Colt .45 James 'Jim' Gibson Episode: "The Hothead" 1959 Bronco Roy Parrott Bart Bonner 2 episodes 1959 The Alaskans Ted Andrews Episode: "Heart of Gold" 1960 Lawman David Manning Episode: "The Payment" 1960–1961 77 Sunset Strip Star Bright Sandy Winfield I 2 episodes 1960–1962 Surfside 6 Sandy Winfield II 71 episodes 1962–1963 Hawaiian Eye Philip Barton 26 episodes 1965 The Patty Duke Show Dr. Morgan Episode: "Operation: Tonsils" 1968 Ironside Father Dugan 2 episodes 1968 The Name of the Game Norman Hoak Episode: "Nightmare" 1969 The Virginian Bracken Episode: "Fox, Hound and the Widow McCloud" 1969 The Lonely Profession Julian Thatcher Television movie 1970 The Secret Storm R.B. Keefer Unknown episodes 1976 Ellery Queen Gilbert Mallory Episode: "The Adventure of the Sinister Scenario" 1977 The Godfather Saga Merle Johnson Miniseries 1978 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries Alan Summerville Episode: "Mystery on the Avalanche Express" 1978 CHiPs Bob Niles Episode: "Peaks and Valleys" 1978 Vega$ Teddy Howard Episode: "The Games Girls Play" 1978 The Eddie Capra Mysteries Duane Episode: "Dying Declaration" 1978–1981 Fantasy Island Jack Terry Wallis Jaeger 2 episodes 1980 Laverne and Shirley Himself 1 episode 1980 The Love Boat Mr. Clark Episode: "Tell Her She's Great..." 1982 Matt Houston William 'Willie' Hoyt Episode: "Joey's Here" 1983 Malibu Clint Redman Television movie 1990 Monsters Dr. Thomas Becker Episode: "Micro Minds" 1998 Legion Flemming Television movie 1999 Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story Rob Kamen Miniseries Box office ranking[edit] 1960: voted 5th most likely star of Tomorrow 1961: 24th most popular star in the US 1963: 20th most popular star in the US Theatre credits[edit] Stalag 17 (1953)[21] The Owl and the Pussycat (1966)[41] Poor Richard (1967)[22] In popular culture[edit] Troy Donahue was one of the inspirations for The Simpsons character Troy McClure, along with Doug McClure, and a measure of the character's voice actor Phil Hartman.[42] Donahue is mentioned in the song "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee", from the 1971 musical Grease, reflecting his status as a teen idol at the time in which the action is set. The line, which is performed by Stockard Channing in the 1978 film version, is as follows: "As for you, Troy Donahue, I know what you want to do."[43] Donahue is also mentioned in the song "Mother" in the musical A Chorus Line, when the character Bobby sings, "If Troy Donahue could be a movie star, then I could be a movie star."[43]  *** Sandra Dee (born Alexandra Zuck; April 23, 1942 – February 20, 2005) was an American actress. Dee began her career as a child model, working first in commercials, and then film in her teenage years. Best known for her portrayal of ingénues, Dee earned a Golden Globe Award as one of the year's most promising newcomers for her performance in Robert Wise's Until They Sail (1958). She became a teenage star for her performances in Imitation of Life and Gidget (both 1959), which made her a household name.[1] By the late 1960s, her career had started to decline, and a highly publicized marriage to Bobby Darin (m. 1960–1967) ended in divorce. The year of her divorce, Dee's contract with Universal Pictures was dropped. She attempted a comeback with the 1970 independent horror film The Dunwich Horror, but rarely acted after this time, appearing only occasionally in television productions throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. The rest of the decade was marred by alcoholism, mental illness, plus near total reclusiveness, particularly after her mother died in 1988. Afterwards she sought medical and psychological help in the early 1990s, and died in 2005 of complications from kidney disease, brought on by a lifelong struggle with anorexia nervosa. Contents 1 Life and career 1.1 1942–1951: Early life 1.2 1952–1956: Modeling career 1.3 1957–1958: Early films and Universal contract 1.4 1959–1965: Stardom 1.5 1966–1983: Career decline and later roles 1.6 1984–2005: Later life and retirement 2 Death 3 Filmography 3.1 Film 3.2 Television 4 Accolades 5 Box office rating 6 In popular culture 7 References 8 Sources 9 External links Life and career[edit] 1942–1951: Early life[edit] Dee was born Alexandra Zuck on April 23, 1942 in Bayonne, New Jersey,[2] the only child of John Zuck and Mary (née Cymboliak) Zuck, who met as teenagers at a Russian Orthodox church dance. They married shortly afterward, but divorced before Sandra was five years old.[3][4] She was of Carpatho-Rusyn ancestry,[5] and raised in the Russian Orthodox faith. Her son Dodd Darin wrote in his biographical book about his parents, titled Dream Lovers, that Dee's mother, Mary, and her aunt Olga "were first generation daughters of a working-class Russian Orthodox couple".[5] Dee recalled, "we belonged to a Russian Orthodox Church, and there was dancing at the social events."[5] Alexandra soon took the name Sandra Dee. She became a professional model by the age of 4 and progressed to television commercials.[citation needed] There has been some dispute as to Dee's actual birth year, with evidence pointing to both 1942 and 1944. Legal records, including her California divorce record from Bobby Darin, as well as the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) and her own gravestone all give her year of birth as 1942. In a 1967 interview with the Oxnard Press-Courier, she acknowledged being 18 in 1960 when she first met Bobby Darin, and the couple wed three months later.[6] According to her son's book, Dee was born in 1944, but, having begun modelling and acting at a very young age, she and her mother falsely inflated her age by two years so she could find more work.[5] Dee's parents divorced in 1950, and her mother then married a man who had been sexually abusing Sandra and continued to do so after he married her mother.[7] 1952–1956: Modeling career[edit] Producer Ross Hunter claimed to have discovered Dee on Park Avenue in New York City with her mother when she was 12 years old.[1] In a 1959 interview, Dee recalled that she "grew up fast", surrounded mostly by older people, and was "never held back in anything [she] wanted to do".[8] During her modeling career, Dee attempted to lose weight to "be as skinny as the high-fashion models", although an improper diet "ruined [her] skin, hair, nails—everything". Having slimmed down, her body was unable to digest any food she ate, and it took the help of a doctor to regain her health. According to the actress, she "could have killed [herself]" and "had to learn to eat all over again".[8] In spite of the damaging effects on her health, Dee earned a generous $75,000 in 1956 ($714,000 today) working as a child model in New York, which she used to support herself and her mother after the death of her stepfather in 1956. According to sources, Dee's large modeling salary was more than she later earned as an actress.[7] While modeling in New York she attended the Professional Children's School.[9] 1957–1958: Early films and Universal contract[edit] Ending her modeling career, Dee moved from New York to Hollywood in 1957. She graduated from University High School in Los Angeles in June 1958. Dee's onscreen debut was in the 1957 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) film Until They Sail, directed by Robert Wise.[9] To promote the film, Dee appeared in a December issue of Modern Screen in a column by Louella Parsons, who praised the young girl and compared her looks and talent to those of Shirley Temple.[7] Her performance made her one of that year's winners of the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress.[10] MGM cast her as the female lead in The Reluctant Debutante (1958), with John Saxon as her romantic co-star. It was the first of several films they made together. She provided the voice of Gerda for the English dub of The Snow Queen (1957). Despite or because of her newfound success, and the effects of sexual abuse, Dee continued to struggle with anorexia nervosa, which led to her kidneys temporarily shutting down.[7] In 1958, Dee was signed with Universal Pictures, and was one of the company's last contract players prior to the dissolution of the old studio system[11] She had a lead role in The Restless Years (1958) for producer Ross Hunter, opposite Saxon and Teresa Wright. She followed this with another for Hunter, A Stranger in My Arms (1959). 1959–1965: Stardom[edit] Dee in Imitation of Life (1959) The original Gidget (1959) Dee's third film for Hunter had the biggest impact: Imitation of Life (1959), opposite Lana Turner.[1] The film was a box-office success, grossing over $50 million.[12] At the time, it was Universal Pictures's highest-grossing film in history, and made Dee a household name.[1] She was loaned to Columbia Pictures to play the titular role in the teenage beach comedy Gidget (1959),[13] which was a solid hit, helping spawn the beach party genre and leading to two sequels, two television series and two television movies (although Dee did not appear in any of these). For a complete change of pace, Universal cast her opposite Audie Murphy in a Western romantic comedy, The Wild and the Innocent (1959), playing a tomboy.[14] Warner Bros. borrowed her for another melodrama in the vein of Imitation of Life, A Summer Place (1959), opposite Troy Donahue as her romantic co-star. The film was a massive hit, and that year U.S. box office exhibitors voted her the 16th most popular star in the country.[15] Hunter reunited Dee with Lana Turner and John Saxon in Universal's Portrait in Black (1960), a thriller that was a financial success despite receiving harsh reviews.[16] Dee was the nation's seventh biggest star at the end of 1960.[15] Peter Ustinov used her as the lead in the Cold War comedy Romanoff and Juliet (1961). Her romantic co-star was Universal's new heartthrob John Gavin, reuniting them from Imitation of Life.[17] Dee and Gavin played together again in producer Hunter's Tammy Tell Me True (1961), where Dee took over the Tammy role originated by Debbie Reynolds.[17] It was popular; even more so was Come September (1961), where she worked with Bobby Darin in his film debut (following a cameo in an earlier movie). She and Darin married after filming, on December 1, 1960.[18] On December 16, 1961, she gave birth to their son, Dodd Mitchell Darin (also known as Morgan Mitchell Darin).[19] In 1961, Dee still had three years on her Universal contract. She signed a new one for seven years.[20] The newlyweds Dee and Darin appeared together in the Hunter romantic comedy If a Man Answers (1962). She appeared in the final "Tammy" film, Tammy and the Doctor (1963). She had another big hit in the comedy Take Her, She's Mine (1963),[17] playing a character loosely based on Nora Ephron. That year, she was voted the 8th biggest star in the country; it was her last appearance in the top 10.[15] I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)[17] was a musical remake of It Started with Eve, once again for producer Ross Hunter. She was reunited with Darin in That Funny Feeling (1965), then appeared in her last film at Universal under her contract with the spy comedy A Man Could Get Killed (1966).[17] Dee was also a singer and recorded some singles in the early 1960s including a cover version of 'When I Fall In Love'. 1966–1983: Career decline and later roles[edit] Dee and Dean Stockwell in The Dunwich Horror (1970) By the end of the 1960s, Dee's career had slowed significantly, and she was dropped by Universal Pictures.[21] Dee rarely acted following her 1967 divorce from Bobby Darin.[22] In a 1967 interview with Roger Ebert, Dee reflected on her experience in the studio system, and on the ingénue image that had been foisted on her, which she found constricting: Look at this––[a] cigarette. I like to smoke. I'm 25 years old, and it so happens that I like to smoke. So out in Hollywood the studio press agents are still pulling cigarettes out of my hand and covering my drink with a napkin whenever my picture is taken. Little Sandra Dee isn't supposed to smoke, you know. Or drink. Or breathe.[23] She made Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1967) which was a mild success. Ross Hunter asked her to come back to Universal in a co-starring role in Rosie! (1967). The film was not a success. Dee was inactive in the film industry for a few years before appearing in the 1970 American International Pictures occult horror film The Dunwich Horror—a loose adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft story—as a college student who finds herself in the center of an occult ritual plot.[24] "The reason I decided to do Dunwich was because I couldn't put the script down once I started reading it," Dee commented. "I had read so many that I had to plow through, just because I promised someone. Even if this movie turns out be a complete disaster, I guarantee it will change my image."[25] However, Dee refused to be nude in the film's final sequence, which was written in the screenplay.[25] Throughout the 1970s, Dee took roles sporadically on episodes of several television series, appearing in Night Gallery, Fantasy Island,[2] and Police Woman. Her final film performance was in the low-budget drama Lost (1983).[26] In her later years, Dee told a newspaper that she "felt like a has-been that never was".[27] 1984–2005: Later life and retirement[edit] Dee's years in the 1980s were marked by poor health, and she became a self-described recluse after retiring from acting.[27] At one point she finally confronted her mother about the sexual abuse by her stepfather when she was a child, as well as her mother's obliviousness to it. One night I couldn't control the pressure any longer. My mother and I were at home with a few of her close friends, and she started eulogizing my stepfather. I was slowly getting more and more irate. Finally I said, "Mom, shut up. A saint he wasn't." My mother started defending him, and I said, "Well, guess what your saint did to me? He had sex with me." My mother was shocked, then angry. I knew I hurt her. I wanted to. I had so much anger toward her for not doing something to help me. But she ignored me, and the subject never came up again. I realize now that my mother erased the abuse from her own mind. It didn't exist, so she didn't have to feel guilty.[28] She battled anorexia nervosa, depression, and alcoholism for many years, hitting a low point in 1988 when her mother died of lung cancer. Dee stated that for months she was just a recluse living on soup, crackers, and scotch, with her body weight falling to only 80 pounds. After she began to vomit blood, her son compelled her to be hospitalized, and then seek psychiatric treatment. Both her mental and physical condition improved afterwards, and she expressed a desire to be in a TV sitcom, in part to belong to a family. She quit drinking altogether after being diagnosed with kidney failure in 2000, attributed to years of heavy drinking and smoking.[9] In 1994's Dream Lovers: The Magnificent Shattered Lives of Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee, Dodd Darin chronicled his mother's anorexia, drug and alcohol problems, stating that she had been sexually abused as a child by her stepfather Eugene Douvan.[29] The same year, Dee had her final acting credit—a voice only appearance—on an episode of Frasier. Death[edit] Crypt of Sandra Dee at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills After needing kidney dialysis for the last four years of her life, complications from kidney disease led to Dee's death on February 20, 2005, at the Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, California at the age of 62.[30][31] She was interred in a crypt at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills, California. Filmography[edit] Film[edit] Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1957 Until They Sail Evelyn Leslie [32] 1957 The Snow Queen Gerda Voice: 1959 English version [32] 1958 The Reluctant Debutante Jane Broadbent [32] 1958 The Restless Years Melinda Grant Alternative title: The Wonderful Years [32] 1959 A Stranger in My Arms Pat Beasley Alternative title: And Ride a Tiger [32] 1959 Gidget Gidget (Frances Lawrence) [32] 1959 Imitation of Life Susie, age 16 [32] 1959 The Wild and the Innocent Rosalie Stocker [32] 1959 A Summer Place Molly Jorgenson [32] 1960 Portrait in Black Cathy Cabot [32] 1961 Romanoff and Juliet Juliet Moulsworth Alternative title: Dig That Juliet [32] 1961 Tammy Tell Me True Tambrey "Tammy" Tyree [32] 1961 Come September Sandy Stevens [32] 1962 If a Man Answers Chantal Stacy [32] 1963 Tammy and the Doctor Tambrey "Tammy" Tyree [32] 1963 Take Her, She's Mine Mollie Michaelson [32] 1964 I'd Rather Be Rich Cynthia Dulaine [32] 1965 That Funny Feeling Joan Howell [32] 1966 A Man Could Get Killed Amy Franklin Alternative title: Welcome, Mr. Beddoes [32] 1967 Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! Heather Halloran [32] 1967 Rosie! Daphne Shaw [32] 1970 The Dunwich Horror Nancy Wagner [32] 1972 The Manhunter Mara Bocock Television film [17] 1972 The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Ada Television film [17] 1972 Love, American Style Bonnie Galloway Segment: "Love and the Sensuous Twin" 1974 Houston, We've Got a Problem Angie Cordell Television film [17] 1977 Fantasy Island Francesca Hamilton Television film [17] 1983 Lost Penny Morrison Final film role [26] Television[edit] Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1971–1972 Night Gallery Ann Bolt / Millicent/Marion Hardy 2 episodes 1972 The Sixth Sense Alice Martin Episode: "Through a Flame Darkly" 1978 Police Woman Marie Quinn Episode: "Blind Terror" 1983 Fantasy Island Margaret Winslow Episode: "Eternal Flame/A Date with Burt" 1994 Frasier Connie (voice only) Episode: "The Botched Language of Cranes" Accolades[edit] Award Category Year Nominated work Result Ref. Golden Globe Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female 1958 Until They Sail Won [33] Laurel Award Top Female New Personality 1959 — Won Top Female Comedy Performance 1960 Gidget 5th place [34] Top Female Star — 14th place 1961 — 5th place 1962 — 11th place Top Female Comedy Performance 1963 If a Man Answers 4th place Top Female Star — 6th place Top Female Comedy Performance 1964 Take Her, She's Mine 4th place Top Female Star — 7th place 1965 — 9th place 1966 — 10th place 1967 — 14th place Box office rating[edit] For a number of years, exhibitors voted Dee one of the most popular box office stars in the United States:[15] 1959—16th 1960—7th 1961—6th 1962—9th 1963—8th In popular culture[edit] Dee is referenced in the title of "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee", a song from the 1971 musical Grease and its 1978 film adaptation.[14]  **** Dorothy Hackett McGuire (June 14, 1916 – September 13, 2001) was an American actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress for Friendly Persuasion (1956).[1] Contents 1 Life and career 1.1 Early years 1.2 Theatre 1.3 Film 1.4 Radio 1.5 Later films 1.6 Mother roles 1.7 Television 2 Personal life and death 3 Recognition 4 Filmography 5 Complete TV credits 6 Radio appearances 7 References 8 External links Life and career[edit] Dorothy McGuire and Spring Byington in the short film Reward Unlimited (1944) Dorothy McGuire and John Garfield in Gentleman's Agreement (1947) Early years[edit] Born in Omaha, Nebraska,[2] McGuire was the only child of Thomas Johnson McGuire and Isabelle Flaherty McGuire.[3] She made her stage debut at the age of 13 at the local community playhouse in Barrie's A Kiss for Cinderella. Her co-star was Henry Fonda, who was also born in Nebraska and was making a return visit to his home town after becoming a success on Broadway.[1] After her father's death, McGuire attended a convent school in Indianapolis, Indiana. She later attended Pine Manor Junior College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, serving as president of that school's drama club. She graduated from Pine Manor when she was 19.[3] Theatre[edit] McGuire appeared in summer stock at Deertrees, Maine, in 1937 before going to New York. She acted on radio, playing Sue in the serial Big Sister (1937) and took part in an experimental television broadcast, The Mysterious Mummy Case (1938). She was hired by producer Jed Harris to understudy the ingenue in a Broadway play, Stop Over (1938), which ran only 23 performances. McGuire was an understudy to Martha Scott in Our Town in 1938, eventually taking over Scott's role. She toured in My Dear Children opposite John Barrymore, and in 1939, was in a revue with Benny Goodman, Swingin' the Dream. She had a role in the short-lived Medicine Show (1940), and a part in the longer-running revival of Kind Lady (1940). McGuire gained attention on Broadway when cast in the title role of the domestic comedy Claudia.[2] It ran for 722 performances from 1941 to 1943. Brooks Atkinson wrote: "She gives a splendid performance of a part that would be irritating if it were played by a dull actress. She is personally genuine; the charm she radiates across the play is not merely theatrical mannerism." Film[edit] Brought to Hollywood by producer David O. Selznick (who called her "a born actress")[4] on the strength of her stage performance, McGuire starred in her first film, Claudia (1943), a movie adaptation of her Broadway success,[2] portraying a child bride who almost destroys her marriage through her selfishness. Selznick developed the project, then sold it to 20th Century Fox; under this deal, Selznick would share McGuire's contract with Fox.[5] McGuire's co-star in Claudia was Robert Young, and RKO reunited them in The Enchanted Cottage (1945), which was a box-office success.[6] At age 28, she played the mother in A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (1945), replacing Gene Tierney, who had become pregnant. Under the direction of Elia Kazan at 20th Century Fox, the film was a big success. So, too, was The Spiral Staircase (1946) in which McGuire played the lead role, a mute. It was originally prepared by Selznick, who envisioned Ingrid Bergman in the lead; Selznick sold the project to RKO along with the services for his producer Dore Schary.[7] McGuire and Young made a third film together, Claudia and David (1946), a sequel to Claudia, which was less well received. Schary and RKO put her in Till the End of Time (also 1946), a hit with audiences.[6] She later said: "I fought the hardest for this role and it was my least successful. I went right back to playing nice girls and faithful wives. "[8] She was offered the lead in Anna and the King of Siam (1946), but turned it down to go travelling with her family.[9] McGuire was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Gentleman's Agreement (1947) directed by Kazan for Fox. The film was a surprise hit.[10] Following this film, McGuire, co-star Gregory Peck, and some other actors helped form the La Jolla Playhouse. She appeared in productions of The Importance of Being Earnest, I Am a Camera, The Winslow Boy, and Tonight at 8:30, then went to live in Italy for a year.[8] Selznick announced a variety of films to star McGuire that were not made, including Dark Medallion,[11] A Doll's House[12] Wings of the Dove and Sands of Time.[13] Radio[edit] McGuire was a member of the cast of Big Sister (playing Sue Evans[14]), and Joyce Jordan, M.D.. She also appeared in This Is My Best (Miracle in the Rain),[15] Screen Directors Playhouse (The Spiral Staircase) and in Theatre Guild on the Air (Hamlet[16] A Doll's House, Our Town[17]). Later films[edit] McGuire spent some time away from screens before returning in two movies for Fox, Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950) and Mister 880 (1950). Neither was particularly popular. She made her TV debut in Robert Montgomery Presents, an adaptation of Dark Victory, with McGuire playing the Bette Davis role. Schary had become head of production at MGM, where McGuire appeared in Callaway Went Thataway (1951), which lost money. She did I Want You (1951) for Sam Goldwyn, then returned to Broadway for Legend of Lovers (1951–52), but it only had a short run. McGuire made Invitation (1952) at MGM, which flopped, and Make Haste to Live (1954) at Republic. She had a huge hit with Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) at Fox and appeared in episodes of The United States Steel Hour, Lux Video Theatre, The Best of Broadway (an adaptation of The Philadelphia Story, as Tracey Lord), and Climax!. At MGM, she was in Trial (1955), playing Glenn Ford's love interest. The movie was a hit.[1] Mother roles[edit] McGuire was cast as Gary Cooper's wife in Friendly Persuasion (1956), directed by William Wyler. The success of this performance led her to being cast in a series of "mother" roles, continuing with Old Yeller (1957) at Disney.[1] McGuire returned to Broadway in Winesburg, Ohio (1958), which had a short run, then she played a wife and mother in The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959) at Fox. She played the matriarch in some melodramas: This Earth Is Mine (1959) with Jean Simmons at Universal; A Summer Place (1959) for Delmer Daves with Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue at Warner Bros., a big success; and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960).[18] She returned to Disney with Swiss Family Robinson (1960), one of the most popular films of the year. She made a second film with Daves and Donahue, Susan Slade (1961), playing a mother who passed off her daughter's illegitimate child as her own. She was a mother in Disney's Summer Magic (1963).[1] McGuire played the Virgin Mary in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). She was off screen for a number of years before returning in a British family film, Flight of the Doves (1971). Television[edit] McGuire appeared in some TV movies, She Waits (1972) and a PBS adaptation of Another Part of the Forest (1972). She provided voice work for Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973), and made one final appearance on Broadway in a revival of The Night of the Iguana (1976–77) alongside Richard Chamberlain. Most of McGuire's later career work was for the small screen: The Runaways (1975), Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), the pilot for Little Women (1976), The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979), Ghost Dancing (1983), Amos (1985), Between the Darkness and the Dawn (1985), American Geisha (1986), Caroline? (1990), and The Last Best Year (1990).[19] She was also in episodes of Fantasy Island, Hotel, The Love Boat, Glitter, St. Elsewhere, and Highway to Heaven. She provided the narration for Summer Heat (1987), and toured in 1987 in I Never Sang for My Father.[20] In 1982, she said, "I love my career, but I never felt much about it--about how to nurture it...It's been very erratic, after all ... To this day, I don't know what shapes a Hollywood career ... I was never a classic beauty. I had no image, so I found myself in a lot of things accidentally."[21] Personal life and death[edit] Married to Life magazine photographer John Swope for more than 35 years, she had a son, photographer Mark Swope, and a daughter, actress Topo Swope.[3][22] McGuire died of cardiac arrest on September 13, 2001, following a brief illness, at the age of 85.[citation needed] Recognition[edit] For her contribution to the motion-picture industry, Dorothy McGuire has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard. It was dedicated February 8, 1960.[23] Filmography[edit] Year Title Role Notes 1943 Claudia Claudia Naughton 1944 Reward Unlimited Peggy Adams Short film for the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps[24] 1945 The Enchanted Cottage Laura Pennington 1945 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Katie Nolan 1946 The Spiral Staircase Helen Capel 1946 Claudia and David Claudia Naughton 1946 Till the End of Time Pat Ruscomb 1947 Gentleman's Agreement Kathy Lacy Nominated–Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated–New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress 1950 Mother Didn't Tell Me Jane Morgan 1950 Mister 880 Ann Winslow 1951 Callaway Went Thataway Deborah Patterson 1951 I Want You Nancy Greer 1952 Invitation Ellen Bowker Pierce 1954 Make Haste to Live Crystal Benson 1954 Three Coins in the Fountain Miss Frances 1955 Trial Abbe Nyle 1956 Friendly Persuasion Eliza Birdwell National Board of Review Award for Best Actress 1957 Old Yeller Katie Coates 1959 The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker Mrs. Emily 'Ma' Pennypacker 1959 This Earth Is Mine Martha Fairon 1959 A Summer Place Sylvia Hunter 1960 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Cora Flood 1960 Swiss Family Robinson Mother Robinson 1961 Susan Slade Leah Slade 1963 Summer Magic Margaret Carey 1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told The Virgin Mary 1971 Flight of the Doves Granny O'Flaherty 1972 She Waits Sarah Wilson TV movie 1972 Another Part of the Forest Lavinia Hubbard TV movie 1973 Jonathan Livingston Seagull Mother Voice 1975 The Runaways Angela Lakey TV movie 1978 Little Women Marmee March 7 episodes 1979 The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel Effie Webb TV movie 1983 Ghost Dancing Sarah Bowman TV movie 1985 Amos Hester Farrell TV movie Nominated–Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special 1985 Between the Darkness and the Dawn Beryl Foster TV movie 1986 American Geisha Ann Suzuki TV movie 1987 Summer Heat Narrator Voice 1990 Caroline? Flora Atkins Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie 1990 The Last Best Year Anne TV movie (final film role) Complete TV credits[edit] Year Title Role Episode 1951 Robert Montgomery Presents Judith Traherne "Dark Victory" 1954 The United States Steel Hour Tina "A Garden in the Sea" 1954 Lux Video Theatre Jody Norris "To Each His Own" 1954 The Best of Broadway Tracy Lord "The Philadelphia Story" 1954 Climax! Janet Spence "The Gioconda Smile" Nominated–Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Single Performance 1954 What's My Line Herself (Celebrity Mystery Guest) 1956 Climax! Miranda "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" 1964 The Red Skelton Hour Guest Vocalist "A Man and His Money Are Soon Parted" 1976 Rich Man, Poor Man Mary Jordache 7 episodes Nominated–Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 1982 The Love Boat Hanna Hamilton "Thanksgiving Cruise: The Best of Friends/Too Many Dads/Love Will Find a Way" 1983 Fantasy Island Joan Mallory "Three's a Crowd/Second Time Around" 1984 The Love Boat Sarah Webster "Aerobic April/The Wager/Story of the Century" 1984 The Young and the Restless Cora Miller 1985 Hotel Mrs. Christopher "Skeletons" 1985 Glitter The Matriarch "The Matriarch" 1986 St. Elsewhere Augusta Endicott 3 episodes 1986 Highway to Heaven Jane Thompson "Keep Smiling" 1988 Highway to Heaven Jane Thompson "We Have Forever: Part 1" "We Have Forever: Part 2" 1988 American Playhouse Margaret Garrison "I Never Sang for My Father" Radio appearances[edit] Year Program Episode/source 1945 Lux Radio Theater I'll Be Seeing You 1947 Radio Reader's Digest Sweet Rosie O'Grady 1953 Lux Summer Theatre The Fall of Maggie Phillips[25]  ebay 5626

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