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Maria Schneider, Brando’s Lover in ‘Last Tango,’ Dies at 58 - NYTimes.com

 

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Maria Schneider (l.), star of 'Last Tango in Paris' (r.), died at the age of 58 in Paris on Thursday morning.

Maria Schneider, Brando’s Lover in ‘Last Tango,’ Dies at 58 - NYTimes.com.

Maria Schneider, Actress in ‘Last Tango,’ Dies at 58

By WILLIAM GRIMES

Published: February 3, 2011

Maria Schneider, the French actress whose sex scenes with Marlon Brando in “Last Tango in Paris” set a new standard for explicitness on screen, died on Thursday in Paris. She was 58.

 

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Maria Schneider in 2003.

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Ms. Schneider with Marlon Brando in “Last Tango in Paris,” (1972); its sexually explicit scenes shocked some audiences.

A spokesman for her agency, Act 1, said she had died after a long illness but provided no other details.

The baby-faced, voluptuous Ms. Schneider was only 19 when the Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci chose her for the role of the free-spirited, mysterious Jeanne in “Last Tango.” She seemed, he said in explaining the choice, “like a Lolita, but more perverse.” The part was originally intended for Dominique Sanda, who dropped out after becoming pregnant.

 

Margaret Price Dies at 69, Soprano With Rich Voice - NYTimes.com

 

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Margaret Price as Elisabetta in Verdi's “Don Carlo” at the Metropolitan Opera in 1989.

Margaret Price Dies at 69, Soprano With Rich Voice - NYTimes.com.

Margaret Price Dies at 69, Soprano With Rich Voice

By ZACHARY WOOLFE

Published: February 1, 2011

Margaret Price, the Welsh soprano who brought a voice of pure, floating richness to lieder and the operas of Mozart and Verdi, died on Friday in Wales. She was 69.

Her death was confirmed by Paul Jenkins, a funeral home director. The BBC reported that she died of heart failure at her home near Cardigan, overlooking the Irish Sea.

Ms. Price was known for the clear beauty of her voice and the modest eloquence of her interpretations. After a recital at Carnegie Hall in 1985, Tim Page wrote in The New York Times, “Her voice has both majesty and intimacy — an all but impossible combination — and her artistry seems capable of illuminating every human truth.”

Margaret Berenice Price was born on April 13, 1941, in Blackwood, Wales. Her father was an amateur pianist who would accompany his daughter in songs when she was young but opposed the idea of a singing career, and she initially planned on becoming a biology teacher. Her music teacher interceded and brought her to audition at Trinity College for the eminent choral conductor Charles Kennedy Scott, who offered her admission on the spot.

SUN COME UP nominated for an Oscar! | WMM Production Assistance Program

News You Can Use Published regularly by Women Make Movies Production Assistance Program, News You Can Use serves as a resource for independent filmmakers and film enthusiasts.   Subscribe to News You Can Use here. Learn more: Production Assistance Fiscal Sponsorship Filmmaker Workshop Series Filmmaker of SUN COME UP, Jennifer Redfearn NYSCA Electronic Media and Film Program Distribution for New York State Artists Administered by free103point9 For more information on the Production Assistance Program  please visit our website   Apply to NYSCA through WMM, January 26-February 18. Click here. SUN COME UP is one of many Production Assistance films that have been nominated for top honors! Be a part of the WMM PA Program - the next deadline to apply is February 15.  Hillman Prize in Broadcast Journalism: honors journalism that fosters social and economic justice. Postmark Deadline January 31 - click here. Women Make Movies 462 Broadway, Suite 500 New York, NY 10013 P/212-925-0606 x300 F/212-925-2052 fsprogram@wmm.com www.wmm.com January 25, 2011 SPECIAL EDITION: WMM CONGRATULATES SUN COME UP AND OTHER OSCAR NOMINEES 2011 Academy Award Nominee SUN COME UP, a WMM Production Assistance film     WMM congratulates Jennifer Redfearn on her Academy Award© nomination for Best Documentary, Short Subject film, with SUN COME UP, which was produced through WMM's Production Assistance (PA) Program. Kudos also to Tracie Holder, WMM Production Assistance Program Consultant, who served as a Consulting Producer for the film.   For the past four years, films from the WMM PA Program have been part of the Academy Awards in Best Documentary categories: FREEHELD, 2008 winner in Short Subject; NERAKHOON, 2009 nominee in Feature; WHICH WAY HOME, 2010 nominee in Feature; and now 2011 nominee SUN COME UP in Short Subject.   SUN COME UP is a lyrical documentary that follows the relocation of the first indigenous culture to lose their ancestral land to climate change – the Carteret Islanders, a community of 3,000 people living on a chain of low-lying islands in the South Pacific Ocean. This is a story about the human face of climate change and a people faced with the loss of a land in which their identity rests.   The film has already received accolades at several festivals, including a world premiere at Full Frame, winner of the Golden Cine at the Montana Cine International Film Festival, and a theatrical run at IFC Center, during IDA DocuWeeks.   SUN COME UP will also be screening on February 10 at 92Y Tribeca as part of the "Story Leads to Action" monthly series.   Congratulations also go to other women who have been nominated:   Lisa Cholodenko (former WMM staff!), Best Screenplay, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT Anne Rosellini, Best Adapted Screenplay, WINTER'S BONE Sara Nesson, Best Documentary, Short Subject, POSTER GIRL Karen Goodman, Best Documentary, Short Subject, STRANGERS NO MORE Ruby Yang, Best Documentary, Short Subject, THE WARRIORS OF QUIGANG Trish Adlesic, Best Documentary, GASLAND Audrey Marrs, Best Documentary, INSIDE JOB Lucy Walker, Best Documentary, WASTE LAND Emma Thomas (Producer), Best Picture, INCEPTION Celine Rattray (Producer), Best Picture, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT Darla K. Anderson (Producer), Best Picture, TOY STORY 3 Alix Madigan-Yorkin and Anne Rosellini (Producers), Best Picture, WINTER'S BONE   PA Program   |   Workshops   |   WMM Catalog About WMM: Women Make Movies is the world's leading distributor of independent films by and about women. For three years in a row, films from WMM have taken home top prizes at Sundance. In 2009, ROUGH AUNTIES by acclaimed filmmaker Kim Longinotto won the World Cinema Documentary Jury Prize; and in 2008 THE GREATEST SILENCE: RAPE IN THE CONGO received the Special Jury Prize in Documentary. Additionally, WMM's well-established Production Assistance (PA) Program helps American women directors get their stories to the screen. Recent films of note from the Production Assistance Program include Oscar-nominated NERAKHOON (THE BETRAYAL) by Ellen Kuras and EL GENERAL, by Natalia Almada, winner of the Sundance Directing Award in U.S. Documentary. For more, visit our website at www.wmm.com.

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Georgia Carroll, Singer in Kay Kyser’s Band, Dies at 91 - NYTimes.com

          

NBC Georgia Carroll in 1943.

Georgia Carroll, Singer in Kay Kyser’s Band, Dies at 91 - NYTimes.com.

Georgia Carroll, Singer in Kay Kyser’s Band, Dies at 91

Georgia Carroll, who enjoyed short-lived stardom as the featured vocalist in Kay Kyser’s popular big band before marrying Mr. Kyser and retiring from show business in her late 20s, died on Jan. 14 in Chapel Hill, N.C. She was 91.

Her death was announced by her family.

Ms. Carroll, born on Nov. 18, 1919, in Blooming Grove, Tex., was a successful fashion model in Dallas in her teens and later moved to New York, where she continued modeling and appeared on Broadway in the Irving Berlin musical “Louisiana Purchase.” In 1941, she signed a movie contract with Warner Bros., and two years later, she joined the Kyser ensemble.

Kay Kyser and His Kollege of Musical Knowledge, as the band was known, was an unusual mix of peppy dance music, broad comedy and showmanship. After becoming a radio star, Mr. Kyser, with his band, made a string of films. Ms. Carroll appeared in three of them: “Around the World,” “Carolina Blues” and the all-star World War II morale-builder “Thousands Cheer.”

Ms. Carroll married Mr. Kyser in 1944 and retired from performing in 1946. Mr. Kyser also retired, in 1951. He died in 1985.

Ms. Carroll is survived by two daughters and five grandchildren.

Flo Gibson, Grande Dame of Audiobooks, Dies at 86 - NYTimes.com

Flo Gibson, Grande Dame of Audiobooks, Dies at 86 - NYTimes.com.

  Flo Gibson

Oscar-nominated British actress Susannah York dies - Yahoo! News

Oscar-nominated British actress Susannah York dies - Yahoo! News.

Oscar-nominated British actress Susannah York dies

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British actress Susannah York seen in this Jan. 13, 1986 file photo died Saturday Jan. 15, 2011of …

Ellen Stewart, Off Off Broadway Pioneer, Dies at 91 - NYTimes.com

Ellen Stewart, Off Off Broadway Pioneer, Dies at 91 - NYTimes.com.

 

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Ellen Stewart in 2006

Margaret Whiting, Clear-Voiced Singer, Is Dead at 86 - NYTimes.com

Margaret Whiting, Clear-Voiced Singer, Is Dead at 86 - NYTimes.com.

 

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Margaret Whiting preforming at the 92nd Street Y in New York in 2006.

Debbie Friedman, Singer of Jewish Music, Dies at 59 - NYTimes.com

Debbie Friedman, Singer of Jewish Music, Dies at 59 - NYTimes.com.

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Debbie Friedman performing at Carnegie Hall in January 1995.

Margot Stevenson, Stage Actress, Is Dead at 98 - NYTimes.com

Margot Stevenson, Stage Actress, Is Dead at 98 - NYTimes.com.

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Margot Stevenson