Post by teleadm on Sept 19, 2018 9:47:53 GMT
Happy 91st Birthday Rosemary Harris!!! 
Born on September 19, 1927 in Ashby, Suffolk, England
Thanks for everything, ...retired since 2015
Classically trained actress who made occasional movie and television roles, for younger generations maybe best known as Aunt May in three Spider-Man movies.
Early in her acting career, she gained experience in English repertory theatre. In 1948, she acted in Kiss and Tell at Eastbourne with Tilsa Page and John Clark and later with Anthony Cundell's company at Penzance, where she played the mother in Black Chiffon. She went from Penzance to train at RADA.
She first appeared in New York in 1951 in Moss Hart's Climate of Eden, and then returned to Britain for her West End debut in The Seven Year Itch which ran for a year at the Aldwich Theatre.
On Broadway she won a Tony Award for The Lion in Winter 1966.
Her TV debut was in 1952 and her movie debut was in Beau Brummell 1954.
She was nominated for a Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar for Tom & Viv 1994.
She won a Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series Emmy for playing George Sand in Notorious Woman 1974.
She won a Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama Golden Globes award for Holocaust 1978.
Some samples from her career:
Movie debut in Beau Brummell 1954, with Elizabeth Taylor, the movie is in colour.
The Shiralee 1957, with Peter Finch
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV 3 parter I Killed the Count 1957, with Melville Cooper (front), Charles Cooper and Alan Napier.
Blithe Spirit TV version 1966, with Dirk Bogarde, Rachel Roberts and Ruth Gordon. For NBC.
A Flea in Her Ear 1968, with Rex Harrison
As George Sand in Notorious Woman TV 7-parter, that won her an Emmy.
Holocaust TV 4-parter, with Fritz Weaver, that won her a Golden Globe Award.
The Boys from Brazil 1978
The Chisholms 1979, a short-lived TV-series 1979-1980, with Robert Preston.
The Camomile Lawn 1992 TV 4-parter, with Felicity Kendel and Nicholas Le Prevost.
Tom & Viv 1994, with Miranda Richardson.
Hamlet 1996, with Charlton Heston
Sunshine 1999, with Ralph Fiennes
As Aunt May in three Spider-Man movies, 2002, 2004 and 2007, with Tobey Maguire.
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music 2015, as the elderly Agathe von Trapp.
Rosemary Harris has acted in 60 movie and television production.
Born on September 19, 1927 in Ashby, Suffolk, England
Thanks for everything, ...retired since 2015
Classically trained actress who made occasional movie and television roles, for younger generations maybe best known as Aunt May in three Spider-Man movies.
Early in her acting career, she gained experience in English repertory theatre. In 1948, she acted in Kiss and Tell at Eastbourne with Tilsa Page and John Clark and later with Anthony Cundell's company at Penzance, where she played the mother in Black Chiffon. She went from Penzance to train at RADA.
She first appeared in New York in 1951 in Moss Hart's Climate of Eden, and then returned to Britain for her West End debut in The Seven Year Itch which ran for a year at the Aldwich Theatre.
On Broadway she won a Tony Award for The Lion in Winter 1966.
Her TV debut was in 1952 and her movie debut was in Beau Brummell 1954.
She was nominated for a Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar for Tom & Viv 1994.
She won a Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series Emmy for playing George Sand in Notorious Woman 1974.
She won a Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama Golden Globes award for Holocaust 1978.
Some samples from her career:
Movie debut in Beau Brummell 1954, with Elizabeth Taylor, the movie is in colour.
The Shiralee 1957, with Peter Finch
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV 3 parter I Killed the Count 1957, with Melville Cooper (front), Charles Cooper and Alan Napier.
Blithe Spirit TV version 1966, with Dirk Bogarde, Rachel Roberts and Ruth Gordon. For NBC.
A Flea in Her Ear 1968, with Rex Harrison
As George Sand in Notorious Woman TV 7-parter, that won her an Emmy.
Holocaust TV 4-parter, with Fritz Weaver, that won her a Golden Globe Award.
The Boys from Brazil 1978
The Chisholms 1979, a short-lived TV-series 1979-1980, with Robert Preston.
The Camomile Lawn 1992 TV 4-parter, with Felicity Kendel and Nicholas Le Prevost.
Tom & Viv 1994, with Miranda Richardson.
Hamlet 1996, with Charlton Heston
Sunshine 1999, with Ralph Fiennes
As Aunt May in three Spider-Man movies, 2002, 2004 and 2007, with Tobey Maguire.
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music 2015, as the elderly Agathe von Trapp.
Rosemary Harris has acted in 60 movie and television production.
