Imogen StubbsImogen Stubbs (born 21 November 1961) is a British actress. She was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. When her family moved to a barge in London, she was educated at St Paul's Girls School in Hammersmith and Westminster School, and then took her degree at the University of Oxford. She then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her films include Privileged, Erik the Viking, True Colors, Jack and Sarah, Sense and Sensibility, and Twelfth Night. She has also appeared on television and on stage. She is married to Sir Trevor Nunn; they have two children. This page about Imogen Stubbs includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Imogen Stubbs News stories about Imogen Stubbs External links for Imogen Stubbs Videos for Imogen Stubbs Wikis about Imogen Stubbs Discussion Groups about Imogen Stubbs Blogs about Imogen Stubbs Images of Imogen Stubbs |
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She is married to Sir Trevor Nunn; they have two children. Partial filmography:. She has also appeared on television and on stage. Tuesday Weld continues to makes occasional appearances in film or television. Her films include Privileged, Erik the Viking, True Colors, Jack and Sarah, Sense and Sensibility, and Twelfth Night. After thirteen years, that marriage also ended in divorce. She then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In 1980 she was divorced from Dudley Moore and in 1985 married the renowned Israeli concert violinist, Pinchas Zukerman. When her family moved to a barge in London, she was educated at St Paul's Girls School in Hammersmith and Westminster School, and then took her degree at the University of Oxford. She also won acclaim for her supporting role in Sergio Leone's 1984 film Once Upon a Time in America. She was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The following year she played a comic role in Author! Author! with Al Pacino. Imogen Stubbs (born 21 November 1961) is a British actress. Weld co-starred with James Caan in Michael Mann's acclaimed film noir classic Thief. In 1981, Ms. Goodbar that earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. After divorcing her first husband with whom she had had a daughter, in 1975 she married British actor Dudley Moore, giving birth to their son the following year. In 1977, she gave a strong performance in Looking for Mr. In her thirties, she began acting in a number of made-for-television films but for her big screen role in Play It As It Lays, she was nominated for a 1973 Golden Globe. Weld married screenwriter Claude Harz in 1965, the same year she appeared in the successful 1965 Norman Jewison film, The Cincinatti Kid. Although a box-office success, Weld nevertheless had to share the spotlight with actress Ann-Margret. Actor Roddy McDowall, who co-starred with her in a 1966 film, said: "no actress was ever so good in so many bad films.". Although Weld had the final say in such matters, many question the quality of advice her agent was providing. In part, her lack of great success was as a result of her turning down roles in films that were great successes and that made mega-stars out of others such as Lolita, the lead in Bonnie and Clyde, True Grit and in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. However, Weld never achieved the level of stardom many thought her looks and talent could bring. Although frequently typecast as the "blonde in the tight sweater," both the critics and working members of the film industry acknowledged her talent. Tuesday Weld appeared with Jackie Gleason and Steve McQueen in the 1963 comedy/drama, Soldier in the Rain and although her performance was well received, the film was only a minor success. However, in Hollywood, her reputation for a reckless lifestyle was fodder for the gossip columnists and Louella Parsons reportedly said, as politely as possible, that "Miss Weld is not a very good representative for the motion picture industry." The romance with Elvis did not last long after Colonel Tom Parker cautioned Presley against the relationship, fearful it would harm his image. In 1961, after starring opposite Elvis Presley in Wild in the Country, the two began an off-screen romance. Added to her problem in a business where looks are everything, she had to deal with a weight problem throughout most of her life. Physically, she appeared well beyond her twelve years and at that age had already began dating older boys, losing her virginity in a hapless relationship that, combined with her other problems, led to a suicide attempt. Without parental guidance from a mother with whom she would have a lifelong strained relationship, by age ten she had begun smoking cigarettes and using alcohol. The product of a dysfunctional family, she was a very troubled girl who, at age nine, suffered a nervous breakdown. Unfortunately, despite her talent, beauty, and early success, Tuesday Weld is frequently described as the poster-girl for self-destruction. Although Weld was only a cast member for a few months, the show gave her considerable national publicity and she was named a co-winner of a "Most Promising Newcomer" award at the Golden Globe Awards. In 1959, still only sixteen years old, she was given a role in the CBS television show, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. In the film, Connie Francis did the vocals for Weld's singing parts. She then got the lead in a film celebrating the advent of Rock and Roll called Rock, Rock, Rock that featured record promoter Alan Freed and singers Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon, and Johnny Burnette, plus others. Using her resumé from modelling, her mother got her an agent and Tuesday Weld made her acting debut on television at age 12 and her motion picture debut at the age of 13 in a bit role in the Alfred Hitchcock crime drama, The Wrong Man. Weld's mother took advantage of her beauty and found work for her as a child model that provided income to help sustain the family. Born Susan Ker Weld in New York City, her father died when she was a child of three and her widowed mother and two siblings were left in difficult financial circumstances. Tuesday Weld, born August 27, 1943, is an American film actress. The Wrong Man (1956). Rock, Rock, Rock! (1956). The Five Pennies (1959). Return to Peyton Place (1961). Wild in the Country (1961). Bachelor Flat (1962). Soldier in the Rain (1963). The Cincinnati Kid (1965). Lord Love a Duck (1966). Pretty Poison (1968). I Walk the Line (1970). A Safe Place (1971). Play It As It Lays (1972). Goodbar (1977). Looking for Mr. Madame X (1981) (TV). Thief (1981). Author! Author! (1982). The Rainmaker (1982) (TV). Once Upon a Time in America (1984). Heartbreak Hotel (1988). Falling Down (1993). Feeling Minnesota (1996). Investigating Sex (2001). Chelsea Walls (2002). |