Movie of the Day: Celebrating Mildred Natwick - THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY and BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Mildred Natwick, a great character actress on stage, film and televison, was born today in 1905. She had a succesful career in films working with directors like John Ford and Alfred Hitchcock. She played the slightly daft spinster in Hitchcocks THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY. In 1957 she transitioned to stage where she received two Tony nominations for her work on Broadway. Then she retuned to film ten years later when she appeared in BAREFOOT IN THE PARK with Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. She received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her performance. Her later career was spent mostly in television. She appeared as Rock Hudsons mother in McMILLAN AND WIFE, She won an Emmy when she co-starred with Helen Hayes in THE SNOOP SISTERS. She also starred with Jason Robards in one of my favorite holiday films, THE HOUSE WITHOUT A CHRISTMAS TREE. Other films of note are THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE, THE QUIET MAN, SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON and THE COURT JESTER
Posted on: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:12:33 +0000
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