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#41718 Fay-Bainter

Fay-Bainter - Fay Bainters career began as a child performer in 1898. For some time, she was a member of the traveling cast of the Morosco Stock Company in Los Angeles. In 1912, she made her Broadway debut in The Rose of Panama, but this and her subsequent play The Bridal Path (1913), were conspicuous failures. She continued in stock and, after forming an association with David Belasco, took another swing at Broadway. She had her first hit with a dynamic performance, which established her as major theatrical star, as Ming Toy in East is West, at the Astor Theatre (1918-1920). Alternating between comedy and melodrama, Fay then shone in The Enemy (1925-26) with Walter Abel and gave an outstanding performance of mid-life crisis as the desperate Fran Dodsworth (Dodsworth,1934-35), opposite Walter Huston as her husband Sam. Fay never had the chance to recreate her stage role on screen - Ruth Chattertongot the part instead. At the same time, now aged 41, she was offered a role in her first motion picture, This Side of Heaven (1934). Co-starring opposite Lionel Barrymore, this was the first of many thoughtful, understanding wives, aunts and mothers she was to play over the next twenty years.Of stocky built, with expressive eyes and a warm, slightly smoky voice, Fay rarely essayed unsympathetic or hard-boiled characters, with the exception of her Oscar-nominated dowager in Niewiniatka (1961). While not often top-billed, her name remained consistently high in the list of credits throughout her career. Critics applauded her sterling performances in productions like Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) and Dziesiec lat zycia (1937), as Katharine Hepburns excitable spinster sister. Fay won the Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for the movie Jezebel - Dzieje grzesznicy (1938). As Bette Davis stern, reproving Aunt Belle, she excelled in a somewhat meatier role than the genteel or fluttery ladies she had previously been engaged to portray. That same year, she was also nominated (as Best Actress) for her housekeeper, Hannah Parmalee, in White Banners (1938), but lost to Bette Davis. Fay enhanced many more films with her presence during the 1940s, notably as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs, in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942), Merle Oberons eccentric aunt from the bayou in Dark Waters (1944) and Danny Kayes mother in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947). From the 1950s, she alternated stage with acting on television. Her last role of note was as Mary Tyrone in Eugene ONeills Long Days Journey into Night, on tour with the National Company in 1958.. Date of Birth, 7December 1893,Los Angeles, California, USA ,Date of Death, 16April 1968,Los Angeles, California, USA (pneumonia) ,Birth Name,Fay Okell Bainter,Height, 55(1.65m)

Fay Bainters career began as a child performer in 1898. For some time, she was a member of the traveling cast of the Morosco Stock Company in Los Angeles. In 1912, she made her Broadway debut in The Rose of Panama, but this and her subsequent play The Bridal Path (1913), were conspicuous failures. She continued in stock and, after forming an association with David Belasco, took another swing at Broadway. She had her first hit with a dynamic performance, which established her as major theatrical star, as Ming Toy in East is West, at the Astor Theatre (1918-1920). Alternating between comedy and melodrama, Fay then shone in The Enemy (1925-26) with Walter Abel and gave an outstanding performance of mid-life crisis as the desperate Fran Dodsworth (Dodsworth,1934-35), opposite Walter Huston as her husband Sam. Fay never had the chance to recreate her stage role on screen - Ruth Chattertongot the part instead. At the same time, now aged 41, she was offered a role in her first motion picture, This Side of Heaven (1934). Co-starring opposite Lionel Barrymore, this was the first of many thoughtful, understanding wives, aunts and mothers she was to play over the next twenty years.Of stocky built, with expressive eyes and a warm, slightly smoky voice, Fay rarely essayed unsympathetic or hard-boiled characters, with the exception of her Oscar-nominated dowager in Niewiniatka (1961). While not often top-billed, her name remained consistently high in the list of credits throughout her career. Critics applauded her sterling performances in productions like Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) and Dziesiec lat zycia (1937), as Katharine Hepburns excitable spinster sister. Fay won the Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for the movie Jezebel - Dzieje grzesznicy (1938). As Bette Davis stern, reproving Aunt Belle, she excelled in a somewhat meatier role than the genteel or fluttery ladies she had previously been engaged to portray. That same year, she was also nominated (as Best Actress) for her housekeeper, Hannah Parmalee, in White Banners (1938), but lost to Bette Davis. Fay enhanced many more films with her presence during the 1940s, notably as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs, in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942), Merle Oberons eccentric aunt from the bayou in Dark Waters (1944) and Danny Kayes mother in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947). From the 1950s, she alternated stage with acting on television. Her last role of note was as Mary Tyrone in Eugene ONeills Long Days Journey into Night, on tour with the National Company in 1958.. Date of Birth, 7December 1893,Los Angeles, California, USA ,Date of Death, 16April 1968,Los Angeles, California, USA (pneumonia) ,Birth Name,Fay Okell Bainter,Height, 55(1.65m) .

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#3247 Steven-Yeun

Steven-Yeun - ABOUT Played the role of Glenn in the AMC zombie series, The Walking Dead. His interest in acting stemmed from watching a college improv group and pursuing work in the improv field. BEFORE FAME He studied psychology at Kalamazoo College in 2005. He studied psychology at Kalamazoo College in 2005. TRIVIA He played the role of Ken on an episode of Law & Order: LA. He played the role of Ken on an episode of Law & Order: LA. FAMILY LIFE He has a brother whom he lived with in Chicago while he pursued acting. He has a brother whom he lived with in Chicago while he pursued acting. ASSOCIATED WITH He was on an episode of The Big Bang Theory with Jim Parsons. He was on an episode of The Big Bang Theory with Jim Parsons. Steven Yeun Popularity Steven Yeun Popularity # 1317 Most Popular Person # 3 Born on December 21 # 28 32 Year Old # 5 Born in South Korea # 3 Person Named Steven # 3 Born in Seoul, South Korea # 1 TV Actor From South Korea # 11 Sagittarius TV Actor

ABOUT Played the role of Glenn in the AMC zombie series, The Walking Dead. His interest in acting stemmed from watching a college improv group and pursuing work in the improv field. BEFORE FAME He studied psychology at Kalamazoo College in 2005. He studied psychology at Kalamazoo College in 2005. TRIVIA He played the role of Ken on an episode of Law & Order: LA. He played the role of Ken on an episode of Law & Order: LA. FAMILY LIFE He has a brother whom he lived with in Chicago while he pursued acting. He has a brother whom he lived with in Chicago while he pursued acting. ASSOCIATED WITH He was on an episode of The Big Bang Theory with Jim Parsons. He was on an episode of The Big Bang Theory with Jim Parsons. Steven Yeun Popularity Steven Yeun Popularity # 1317 Most Popular Person # 3 Born on December 21 # 28 32 Year Old # 5 Born in South Korea # 3 Person Named Steven # 3 Born in Seoul, South Korea # 1 TV Actor From South Korea # 11 Sagittarius TV Actor .

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