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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on May 16, 2020 14:05:57 GMT
Jane Alexander - Met her at the airport years ago. She has a home nearby. Best Actress nominee for The Great White Hope (1970) and Testament (1983) Best Supporting Actress nominee for All the President's Men (1976) and Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)  Red Buttons - Met him on a cruise years ago. Best Supporting Actor winner for Sayonara (1957)  Melissa Etheridge - Saw her perform a show right after her cancer treatment. Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song winner for An Inconvenient Truth, I Need To Wake Up Julie Harris - Stumbled upon the filming of a TV movie in downtown Vancouver, she was in her trailer with the door open, putting on gloves for her scene. Best Actress nominee for The Member of the Wedding (1952)  Ethan Hawke - Met him at the airport, he has a home nearby. Very laidback guy. Best Supporting Actor nominee for Training Day (2001) and Boyhood (2014) Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay nominee for Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2014)  Martin Landau - Watched a scene from EdTV (1999) being filmed in L.A. Best Supporting Actor winner for Ed Wood (1994) Best Supporting Actor nominee for Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)  Queen Latifah - Sat in the front row on her original talk show in 2000. It was last minute, weird and surreal. She was lovely and so sweet. Best Supporting Actress nominee for Chicago (2002) 
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Post by bravomailer on May 16, 2020 14:32:40 GMT
I chatted briefly with William Friedkin at the unveiling of a commemorative plaque at the Exorcist Stairs in Washington. He signed a photo from the movie in which a friend who'd been an extra stood next to Ellen Burstyn.
More like "came across" than actually met:
Dennis Hopper (1974) - I was going up an escalator at the Albuquerque airport and he was coming down, so to speak. When he saw that I recognized him, a look of near paranoia came across his face. We passed each other in silence.
Kevin Costner (1990) - I came across him coming out of a building in Cambridge, Mass where he was receiving an award.
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Post by Doghouse6 on May 16, 2020 15:53:01 GMT
Some that I can recall:
Chatted for about a half-hour about cinematography with Freddie Francis in a West Hollywood cocktail lounge; lovely man.
Gave a ride across the MGM lot on an electric cart to Cliff Robertson; easy guy to talk to.
Charleton Heston at an AFI open house, and again backstage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion about three years later; I may not have agreed with his politics, but he was quite a gentleman. Approaching each other from opposite directions in a hallway on that second encounter, he said, "Hello, we've met, haven't we?" Remarkable. A friend who knew him had told me he had an amazing memory for faces, and he was right.
Burt Lancaster at that same AFI open house. Quite cordial and informative. And yes, that big, toothy smile emerged even from behind the beard he was sporting.
Also backstage at the Chandler, Shirley MacLaine and Liza Minnelli; MacLaine was there to see Minnelli's Broadway-bound show, and was quite enthusiastic.
Cary Grant at an after-theater party at Frascati on the Sunset Strip (met Rita Hayworth that same night, although she was never a nominee...but c'mon: how often are you gonna meet Grant and Hayworth on the same night?).
Barbara Bel Geddes in an office on the MGM lot; nice sense of humor.
Donna Reed in the lot's commissary (when she came to replace Bel Geddes on Dallas); first time I'd ever become tongue-tied and made a fool of myself meeting a luminary, but it was a big deal to me. She'd been semi-retired for nearly 20 years, and her show had been regular weekly viewing at my house.
Jane Wyman at the Warners (then TBS) studio; crusty and all business, but nice.
Eileen Brennan, who, along with her sister and nephew, joined some coworkers and me for a round of drinks - and another and another - after a long Christmastime lunch at The Smoke House in Burbank. We eventually got so rowdy that the management threw us all out, and my coworkers and I damn near lost our jobs. The rest of it's a long story.
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Post by mikef6 on May 16, 2020 17:08:49 GMT
I attended a concert where Theodore Bikel (Supporting Actor nominee for The Defiant Ones) sang accompanying himself on acoustic guitar.  I met Golden Globe winner and nominee three other times nominated Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. in an airport and got an autograph. (I hope Golden Globes are close enough to meet the criteria,)  Saw John Wayne (Best Actor Winner) and Chill Wills (Supporting Actor nominee) among hundreds of other people in a supermarket parking lot when the cast of The Alamo came to town for the premiere. (Also on the stage were non-nominees Richard Boone and Linda Cristal.)   I have never lived in a place that was conducive to celebrity spotting. |
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Post by Jonesy1 on May 16, 2020 17:17:50 GMT
I once met Mickey Rooney and I don't think I've ever met anyone as rude.
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Post by Prime etc. on May 16, 2020 20:57:14 GMT
Some might say meeting a rude Mickey Rooney is better than meeting no Mickey Rooney.
Wow Freddie Francis-I wonder if he would have chatted about the movies he directed.
Red Buttons on a cruise--I assume the ship got into port safely.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Nov 13, 2023 22:03:32 GMT
Some might say meeting a rude Mickey Rooney is better than meeting no Mickey Rooney. Wow Freddie Francis-I wonder if he would have chatted about the movies he directed. Red Buttons on a cruise--I assume the ship got into port safely. :\ I think I was the only one on board who made the connection with The Poseidon Adventure (1972). Sorry for the late reply Prime etc. (3 years and six months later). |
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Post by Prime etc. on Nov 13, 2023 22:30:41 GMT
I think I was the only one on board who made the connection with The Poseidon Adventure (1972). Sorry for the late reply Prime etc. (3 years and six months later). *wow I remember making the comment--I didn't realize it was 3 years ago. |
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Post by mattgarth on Nov 14, 2023 3:56:25 GMT
In charge of a yearly New England Film Festival program gave me the opportunity to rub elbows with the guests, including---
Fredric March and Teresa Wright at a tribute to him
Robert Montgomery and Frank McHugh at a tribute to the former
Kirk Douglas at a screening of a film he was starring in and he directed
Jane Alexander
Elia Kazan
At golf tournaments--
Bob Hope
Jerry Lewis
Sammy Davis Jr.
Chad Everett
Ken Howard
Claude Akins
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