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Topic: Diane Venora


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  Diane Venora Picture Galleries
Diane Venora was born in Hartford, Connecticut on 10 August 1952.
When Madzia was 15, Venora took her to LA and soon landed a starring role in the ABC series Thunder Alley playing Ed Asner's daughter and a recurring role in the Emmy award-winning series Chicago Hope opposite fellow Juilliardian Mandy Patinkin.
Diane Venora is a member of the Studio Ensemble Theatre and the Circle Repertory Company.
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 www.haroldpinter.org - Plays   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
As 'The Room' opens, Rose (Diane Venora) putters about, fixing tea for her ominously quiet husband, who is preparing to head out into a winter storm.
Venora is marvellously furtive, her eyes darting about as she scuttles from kitchen to table.
You got a chance in a room like this.' Venora prattles with increasing anxiety as Bert (Marco Baricelli) hulks over his paper, refusing to talk or look at her.
www.haroldpinter.org /plays/frn_celebration_usasf01.shtml   (1033 words)

  
 State of the Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Venora's had her share of dark, and she likens the experience of acting to that of a farmer who occasionally has to rotate his crops.
One thing that influenced Venora to take on Lady Macbeth was her relationship with Grammer, her classmate from her days as a Juilliard School acting student.
Diane Venora plays Lady Macbeth to Kelsey Grammer's Macbeth at the Colonial Theatre May 19 through June 4.
www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/theater/00/05/18/STATE_OF_THE_ART.html   (593 words)

  
 Diane Venora @ Filmbug UK
Diane Venora stars as Jeffrey Wigand's wife who is at odds with his decision to blow the whistle on his tobacco employers.
Venora also starred in Baz Luhrmann's contemporary adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet as Lady Capulet, and co-starred with Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore in Merchant/Ivory's Surviving Picasso.
Diane is off to Montreal with Eric Roberts to co-star in the sci-fi TNT original movie Gabriel's Run.
www.filmbug.co.uk /db/4388   (523 words)

  
 Directory - Arts: Performing Arts: Acting: Actors and Actresses: V: Venora, Diane
Diane Venora (*1952) is an American actress, active on screen over two decades already.
Diane Venora  · Overview of her career, biography, credits, and image gallery.
Diane Venora  · cached · A short biography from "Romeo and Juliet" cast biographies section.
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 Diane Venora
The first time I saw Diane Venora act was in The Jackal.
I was so impressed with her sensitive and intense portrayal of Major Valentina Koslova that I rushed to the video store and borrowed all of her movies that I could find.
Diane Venora is one of America's most remarkable, gifted and versatile character actresses today.
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 Heat (movie)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is written and directed by Michael Mann, and its ensemble cast includes Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Ashley Judd, and Natalie Portman.
Neil McCauley (De Niro) is an expert thief who has centered his life around one creed: Do not allow anything into your life that you cannot walk out on in thirty seconds flat if you spot the heat around the corner.
Hanna, a manic workaholic, has neglected with his third wife Justine (Venora) and her troubled daughter Lauren (Portman).
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/h/he/heat__movie_.html   (667 words)

  
 THE INSIDER - Cast or Crew Bio...CinemaReview.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
DIANE VENORA (Liane Wigand) stars as Jeffrey Wigand's wife who is at odds with his decision to blow the whistle on his tobacco employers.
In 1998, Venora played the leading female role in "The Jackal" with Richard Gere and Bruce Willis, portraying the determined Russian career officer, Major Valentina Koslova.
A native of Connecticut, Venora graduated from Juilliard and began working extensively in theater, including roles in "The Country Wife" directed by Norman Ayrton at the Harvard Loeb Drama Center and "The Three Sisters" with the Princeton Acting Ensemble.
www.cinemareview.com /cast.asp?movieid=119909&castid=530   (408 words)

  
 Diane VENORA : astrology and planets, Map of the Heavens, Interactive Birth Chart
Just click on the Dynamic Natal Chart of Diane VENORA with the positions of planets, astrological houses, and the list of the aspects with orbs in degrees and minutes.
Only 6 diagrams out of 11 are displayed, and precision of these computations is of course not of the same level than those for the case of the known time of the event.
Texts are not translated, so if you wish to read interpretations associated with theses computations, you need to go to the full astrological Portrait of Diane VENORA and to use this Automatic Free Website Translator.
www.astrotheme.fr /en/portraits/ASxKwcg8JhVW.htm   (497 words)

  
 HSX : Movies : Market : StarBonds® : Diane Venora
A graduate of Julliard, Diane Venora made her film debut in 1981's Wolfen, followed by her television debut in 1982's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Venora's next role of note was in 1984's The Cotton Club, followed by 1988's Bird, for which Venora received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
By the 1990's, Venora had landed a regular role on the CBS medical drama Chicago Hope, while also essaying roles in such films as 1995's Heat, 1996's Surviving Picasso and 1997's The Jackal.
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Diane Venora I was so impressed with her sensitive and intense portrayal of Major Valentina Koslova that I rushed to the video store and borrowed all of her movies that I could find.
Diane Venora (Gloria Capulet) Heat earning kudos from critics and audiences for her portrayal of the promiscuous, pill-popping Justine, caught in the vortex of a troubled marriage.
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 Biography for Diane Venora   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
During her 7-year hiatus, Venora stayed close to home, teaching disadvantaged children and acting in an occasional play.
When Madzia was 15, Venora took her to Los Angeles and soon landed a starring role in the ABC series Thunder Alley playing Ed Asner's daughter and a recurring role in the Emmy award-winning series Chicago Hope.
In 1995, she starred opposite Al Pacino and Robert De Niro as Pacino's wife in Heat, earning high regard from both critics and audiences for her of role of Justine Hanna, caught in a troubled marriage.
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 THE 13TH WARRIOR - Cast or Crew Bio...CinemaReview.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
DIANE VENORA (Queen Weilew) most recently starred opposite Clint Eastwood as his wife, Barbara Everett, in True Crime
She recently re-teamed with Al Pacino and stars opposite Russell Crowe in the new Michael Mann film, The Insider to be released by Touchstone Pictures later this year.
A native of Connecticut, Venora graduated from Juilliard and began working extensively in theater, including roles in The Country Wife directed by Norman Avrton at the Harvard Loeb Drama Center and The Three Sisters with the Princeton Acting Ensemble.
www.cinemareview.com /cast.asp?movieid=089912&castid=530   (399 words)

  
 Bird - Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Clearly a labor of love, Eastwood's movie structurally attempts to ape the angular music of bebop itself (there are flashbacks within flashbacks, which gets a little confusing), but doesn't quite capture the smolder of the period.
Diane Venora registers strongly as Bird's wife, Chan, the woman who can't rescue Bird from the abyss into which he peers.
Comment: Movie was bassed to much on his problems and not enough on his talent and how he developed it.
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 V: Venora Diane
Diane Venora - Overview of her career, biography, credits, and image gallery.
Diane Venora Picture Galleries - Picture galleries, biography and forum.
IMDb.com : Diane Venora - Trivia, filmography, photos, nominations and awards, TV schedule, and titles for sale.
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 Diane Venora (Gloria Capulet)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Venora has also starred in two different productions of "Hamlet," playing the title role in one and Ophelia to Kevin Kline's melancholy Dane in the other.
She is a member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Circle Repertory Company.
Venora is currently in production starring opposite Bruce Willis and Richard Gere in "The Day of the Jackal" for director Michael Caton-Jones.
www.romeoandjuliet.com /players/venora.html   (213 words)

  
 AboutFilm.Com - The Insider (1999)
The two women who figure most prominently are played by actresses I'm not particularly wild about, Diane Venora (Wigand's wife) and Lindsay Crouse (Bergman's wife).
And Venora (Bird, Heat) does adequate (if frequently overwrought) work in her role, though I still can't count myself a fan.
Mann has always been a distinct presence behind the camera, favoring close-ups and artfully complex shots to suck the audience into his world and keep them on the edges of their seats.
www.aboutfilm.com /movies/i/insider.htm   (1452 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Bird (1988) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Diane Venora is superb as are the rest of the cast.
Forest Whitaker turns in a superb performance as the strung out musician, as does Diane Venora as his wife who supported him wholeheartedly but could not help him.
Whitaker and Venora were also both honored for their work, Whitaker with Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival and Venora was the New York Film Critics choice for Best Supporting actress.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6301313615?v=glance   (2432 words)

  
 Acting Classes - School for Film, Television, and Theater. Teacher in residence - Diane Venora
Diane Venora has an impressive list of credits encompassing film, television and theater.
Venora was awarded the New York Film Critics Award and received a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of Chan Parker in Clint Eastwood’s “Bird”.
Venora continues to work in theater, coaching, teaching and studying the classics.
www.tomtodoroff.com /venora.html   (258 words)

  
 Diane Venora Current Month TV Schedule
Starring Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker, Samuel E Wright, Keith David, Michael McGuire, James Handy, Sam Robards, Bill Cobbs, Arlen Dean Snyder.
Starring Tom Berenger, Ernie Hudson, Diane Venora, Glenn Plummer, Marc Anthony, Raymond Cruz, William Forsythe, Luis Guzman, Richard(2) Brooks, Sharron Corley.
Starring Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan, Dick O'Neill, Dehl Berti, Peter Michael Goetz, James Tolkan, John McCurry.
www.tv-now.com /stars/divenora.html   (342 words)

  
 Theater News - Feature: Diane Venora Plays the Lady - A match for Kelsey Grammer's Macbeth.
She's played Juliet, three roles in Hamlet--Ophelia, Gertrude, and Hamlet (at the Public Theater)--and now she takes on Lady Macbeth in the pre-Broadway engagement of Macbeth beginning May 18 at the Colonial Theatre in Boston.
A petite woman dressed in fl with a freshly scrubbed face, Diane Venora has that thing--that absolute simplicity and purity good actors radiate.
VENORA: I left acting to raise a family for seven years after working on Bird with Mr.
www.theatermania.com /content/news.cfm/story/672   (384 words)

  
 The Jackal DVD - starring: Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora
Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora.
The Jackal is about the hunt for a professional terrorist-assassin, with a cool Tom Clancy-esque polish from director Michael Caton-Jones.
An FBI agent (Sidney Poitier), and a Russian agent (Diane Venora) enlist the help of Declan Mulqueen (Richard Gere), an imprisoned IRA terrorist to help hunt down the Jackal before he strikes.
www.talkingblue.com /reviewpages/jackal_D65.htm   (125 words)

  
 Playbill News: Diane Venora Stars in Schulman's The Burning Deck at La Jolla Playhouse, July 15-Aug. 3
Diane Venora Stars in Schulman's The Burning Deck at La Jolla Playhouse, July 15-Aug. 3
Diane Venora stars in Sarah Schulman's The Burning Deck as the La Jolla Playhouse’s 2003 "Page To Stage" project runs July 15-Aug. 3.
Venora, who will portray the lead role of Bette, was seen Off-Broadway in Eve Ensler's Necessary Targets as well as The Tongue of a Bird (Mark Taper Forum).
www.playbill.com /news/article/80304.html   (441 words)

  
 Diane Venora   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In 1983, Venora became the focus of voluminous press coverage for her appearance in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Hamlet--not as Ophelia or Gertrude, but in the title role!
Her subsequent film roles included Gloria Swanson in The Cotton Club (1984), Ellen in FX (1986), Peg in Ironweed (1987), and, best of all, Chan Parker, the put-upon wife of jazz great Charlie Parker (Forest Whitaker), in director Clint Eastwood's Bird (1988).
Previously seen on television as Corinna in the 1985 miniseries AD and as Ed Asner's daughter in the pilot episode of the 1994 weekly series Thunder Alley (Robin Riker played the role in the series proper), Diane Venora was cast as Dr. Geri Infante in the CBS medical drama Chicago Hope (1994-).
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 Diane Venora DVD Titles 1 to 5 of 5@DamianM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Diane Venora DVD Titles 1 to 5 of 5
Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall, Lindsay Crouse, Debie Mazar, Stephen Tobolowsky, Colm Feore, Bruce McGill, Gina Gershon
Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora, Mathilda May, J K Simmons, Richard Lineback, John Cunningham, Jack Black, Tess Harper, Leslie Phillips
www.damianm.co.uk /DVD/Credit/Diane+Venora/list1.aspx   (143 words)

  
 Hamlet (2000) Movie Review - MovieWeb
Hawke carries the vehicle well with his unflinching performance of a haunted man pushed to the brink, finding solace among the haunting visions of dead souls and images he captures with his camera.
The supporting cast of Kyle Machlachan, Julia Stiles, Diane Venora, Bill Murray-- doing a damn good job with the dialogue -- and Sam Shepard are surprising in their ability to convey the motivations of the characters.
Almereyda does an incredible job of taking the text and rearranging the structure to capture a better essence of Hamlet as it exists in the 21st century.
movieweb.com /movies/reviews/review.php?film=1873&review=1931   (719 words)

  
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