February 25th
Saturday February 25th
Twenty five years ago today, socialite and schoolteacher Jean Harris was convicted of murdering her lover, Scarsdale Diet Doctor Herman Tarnower. This was one of the biggest scandals of the early 80’s and lots of media attention was pai to it. I remember it well, as the details of the trial were splashed on the front pages of the paper every day. HBO is marking the anniversary by airing a new movie about the killing and subsequent trial. Candy and I watched it, and thought the lead performances were first rate. I’m writing to the lead actors to let them know how much we enjoyed the film
Annette Bening
Annette Bening began acting in junior high school, playing the lead in The Sound of Music. She studied drama at Patrick Henry High School and graduated in three years. She then spent a year working as a cook on a charter boat taking fishing parties out on the Pacific Ocean, and scuba diving for recreation. She attended San Diego Mesa College, then completed an academic degree in theatre arts at San Francisco State University. Bening joined the acting company at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco while studying acting as part of the Advanced Theatre Training Program. During this time she established herself as a formidable acting talent in roles like Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth. However, she endured a five-year struggle before breaking into motion pictures. Her first feature was in The Great Outdoors (1988) playing opposite Dan Aykroyd, and John Candy. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for The Grifters. She and Warren Beatty met on the set of Bugsy(1991), in which she played Virginia Hill, and the two began a romance that lasts until the present day. (They married in 1992)
Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley was born in England. His father, Harji Bhanji, was a Kenya-born doctor of Indian descent, and his mother, Anna Lyna Mary, was a fashion model and actress; one of his maternal grandparents was a Jewish immigrant from Russia.
In 1982, he was cast as “Gandhi“ in the biography of the Indian spiritual leader. Kingsley was critically acclaimed and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the role. (The film won Best Picture.) Kingsley has avoided stereotyping and has been cast in a variety of roles.
His credits include the films “Bugsy“, “Dave”, “Searching For Bobby Fischer”, “Sneakers” and “Schindler’s List.”
Kingsley was awarded a British Knighthood in 2001
Twenty five years ago today, socialite and schoolteacher Jean Harris was convicted of murdering her lover, Scarsdale Diet Doctor Herman Tarnower. This was one of the biggest scandals of the early 80’s and lots of media attention was pai to it. I remember it well, as the details of the trial were splashed on the front pages of the paper every day. HBO is marking the anniversary by airing a new movie about the killing and subsequent trial. Candy and I watched it, and thought the lead performances were first rate. I’m writing to the lead actors to let them know how much we enjoyed the film
Annette Bening
Annette Bening began acting in junior high school, playing the lead in The Sound of Music. She studied drama at Patrick Henry High School and graduated in three years. She then spent a year working as a cook on a charter boat taking fishing parties out on the Pacific Ocean, and scuba diving for recreation. She attended San Diego Mesa College, then completed an academic degree in theatre arts at San Francisco State University. Bening joined the acting company at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco while studying acting as part of the Advanced Theatre Training Program. During this time she established herself as a formidable acting talent in roles like Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth. However, she endured a five-year struggle before breaking into motion pictures. Her first feature was in The Great Outdoors (1988) playing opposite Dan Aykroyd, and John Candy. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for The Grifters. She and Warren Beatty met on the set of Bugsy(1991), in which she played Virginia Hill, and the two began a romance that lasts until the present day. (They married in 1992)
Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley was born in England. His father, Harji Bhanji, was a Kenya-born doctor of Indian descent, and his mother, Anna Lyna Mary, was a fashion model and actress; one of his maternal grandparents was a Jewish immigrant from Russia.
In 1982, he was cast as “Gandhi“ in the biography of the Indian spiritual leader. Kingsley was critically acclaimed and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the role. (The film won Best Picture.) Kingsley has avoided stereotyping and has been cast in a variety of roles.
His credits include the films “Bugsy“, “Dave”, “Searching For Bobby Fischer”, “Sneakers” and “Schindler’s List.”
Kingsley was awarded a British Knighthood in 2001
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