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The Actress is a 1953 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor based on Ruth Gordon's autobiographical play Years Ago. Gordon also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, and Teresa Wright, and features Anthony Perkins in his film debut.
Set in 1913 New England, seventeen-year-old Ruth Gordon Jones (Jean Simmons) decides on a stage career at about the same time her father decides to send her to the Boston Physical Culture Institute to become a PE teacher. His inspiration is Emma Glavey (Mary Wickes).
Actress, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Sing Out Your Lessons Playing cards with her ex-sailor father (Spencer Tracy), aspiring actress Ruth (Jean Simmons) receives friends (Norma Jean Nilsson, Dawn Bender), in George Cukor's The Actress, 1953, from Ruth Gordon's autobiographical play.
Sep 10, 2012 · Based on Ruth Gordon's autobiographical play Years Ago, chronicling her youthful experiences as a would-be actress in New England just before World War II (Gordon, with her husband Garson Kanin...
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The Actress is a 1953 American comedy-drama movie directed by George Cukor and was based on the play Years Ago by Ruth Gordon. It stars Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, Teresa Wright, Anthony Perkins. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1954.
In search of her unique voice, an aspiring actress infiltrates cinema history as she traverses time, space and gender to shape-shift through Hollywood's most iconic roles while reimagining ...
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