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Geraldine Page
Geraldine Sue Page was an American actress. With a career that spanned four decades across film, stage, and television, Page was the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for four Tony Awards.
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entertainment · American actress (1924–1987) · stage actor · film actor · voice actor · television actor · actor · also Geraldine Page, Page
Born 22 November 1924 · Died 13 June 1987 · Q228650
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2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 5,489 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.6× the usual 722, with 0 article edits.
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2016· 1 entry
Followed by performances in New York City in 2017
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2015· 1 entry
Angelica Page revealed that her mother had an affair with Dean during the production of The Immoralist
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1987· 3 entries
Died 1987-06-13.
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Page failed to arrive at the Neil Simon Theatre for both the afternoon and evening performances of Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit, which had begun its run in March
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What's the big fuss?" In spite of their separation, Page and Torn remained married until her death; her daughter described their relationship as still "close" up until Page died in 1987.
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1986· 3 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actress for The Trip to Bountiful (1986).
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Appeared on Broadway in The Circle by W
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Said: "I used to think that by opening [night] all the work was done
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1983· 2 entries
Rain by John Colton (based on the short story "Miss Thompson" by W
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Sabra Jones Strasberg and her husband John Strasberg founded the Mirror Theater Ltd and invited Page to accept the role of Founding Artist in Residence for its repertory program the Mirror Repertory Company
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1982· 1 entry
And ran for 599 performances with Page performing in nearly all of them; for her role, she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
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1980· 1 entry
Followed by a supporting role in Harry's War (1981)
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1979· 1 entry
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Interiors (1979).
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1977· 1 entry
Appeared as a nun in the British comedy Nasty Habits, and provided the voice role of the villainess Madame Medusa in the Walt Disney animated film The Rescuers
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1974· 1 entry
Page played Regina in a production of "The Little Foxes" in which she starred opposite her husband Rip Torn (in the role of Benjamin Hubbard) directed by Philip Minor
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1969· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for The Thanksgiving Visitor (1969).
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1967· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for ABC Stage 67 (1967).
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Page appeared again onstage in Peter Shaffer's Black Comedy/White Lies, a production which also included Michael Crawford and Lynn Redgrave, who were making their Broadway debuts
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1964· 1 entry
Starred in a Lee Strasberg-directed Broadway revival of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, playing the eldest sister Olga to Kim Stanley's Masha with Barbara Baxley as the interloper Natasha
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1963· 3 entries
Married actor Rip Torn, who was six years her junior, in Pinal, Arizona
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for Sweet Bird of Youth (1963).
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Page starred in Toys in the Attic, based on the Lillian Hellman play, garnering her a Golden Globe nomination
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1962· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for Summer and Smoke (1962).
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1959· 1 entry
Page was nominated for the Best Single Performance by an Actress Emmy Award for her role in the Playhouse 90 episode "The Old Man", written by William Faulkner
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1953· 1 entry
Awarded Theatre World Award (1953).
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1952· 1 entry
Appeared in a revival of Summer and Smoke, placing her, the play, and director Jose Quintero at the beginning of the Off-Broadway scene
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1945· 2 entries
Made her New York stage debut in Seven Mirrors, a play devised by Immaculate Heart High School students from Los Angeles
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Page studied acting at the Herbert Berghof School (HB Studio) and the American Theatre Wing in New York City, studying with Uta Hagen for seven years, and then at the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg
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1924· 1 entry
Born 1924-11-22.
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