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Post by pimpinainteasy on Feb 16, 2019 14:42:19 GMT
i know of THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES where the beautiful LEE REMICK is directed towards the path of alcoholism by her husband. who are the other female alcoholics?
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Post by mattgarth on Feb 16, 2019 14:52:50 GMT
Two more Oscar nominees:
Eileen Heckart in THE BAD SEED
Sylvia Miles in FAREWELL MY LOVELY
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Post by spiderwort on Feb 16, 2019 14:58:26 GMT
Oscar winner, Susan Hayward, was also a nominee for her role in I'LL CRY TOMORROW, the story of Broadway and Hollywood star, Lillian Roth, who became an alcoholic in an attempt to overcome her sorrows.
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Post by morrisondylanfan on Feb 16, 2019 15:04:25 GMT
Sandra Bullock in 28 Days (2000):  |
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Feb 16, 2019 15:06:54 GMT
FACTOTUM and BARFLY had some female alcoholics.
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Post by wmcclain on Feb 16, 2019 15:08:26 GMT
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Post by wmcclain on Feb 16, 2019 15:09:50 GMT
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Post by jervistetch on Feb 16, 2019 15:10:12 GMT
Jane Fonda in THE MORNING AFTER
Meryl Streep in IRONWEED
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Post by mattgarth on Feb 16, 2019 15:25:45 GMT
And another Oscar nominated performance by Susan Hayward (her first of five) --
SMASHUP -- THE STORY OF A WOMAN (1947)
A fictionalized version of actress Dixie Lee, Bing Crosby's first wife
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Post by kijii on Feb 16, 2019 15:28:20 GMT
After all the drinking she did in The Thin Man series, Myrna Loy finally becomes a true dipsomaniac as Paul Newman's mother in From the Terrace.
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Post by marianne48 on Feb 16, 2019 15:30:18 GMT
In The Graduate, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft) has a little getting-to-know-you chit-chat with Benjamin (Dustin Hoffman): "Did you know that I was an alcoholic?" He didn't really want to know.
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Post by wmcclain on Feb 16, 2019 15:32:21 GMT
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Post by kijii on Feb 16, 2019 15:32:59 GMT
Deborah Kerr made her American debut as Spencer Tracy's constantly-soused wife in Edward, My Son.
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Post by wmcclain on Feb 16, 2019 15:33:35 GMT
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Post by wmcclain on Feb 16, 2019 15:34:39 GMT
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Post by kijii on Feb 16, 2019 15:41:03 GMT
Meg Ryan as Andy Garcia's wife in When a Man Loves a Woman.
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on Feb 16, 2019 16:34:27 GMT
Callie Hacker (played by Rosemary Murphy) in Walking Tall. In every scene she was sucking back a glass of bourbon.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Feb 16, 2019 19:02:54 GMT
Jennifer Connelly in House of Sand and Fog, a great, depressing movie, by the way!   |
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Post by kijii on Feb 18, 2019 0:22:22 GMT
In the movie, Murder, My Sweet (1944), Esther Howard's main role was to play a drunken woman. |
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Post by The Grand Inquisitor on Feb 18, 2019 5:11:08 GMT
Doesn't Charlize Theron's character in Young Adult have a drinking problem?
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