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  Sarah Siddons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sarah Siddons (July 5, 1755 - June 8, 1831) was a British actress, the best-known of the 18th century.
Sarah Siddons died in 1831 in London and was interred there in Saint Mary's Cemetery at Paddington Green.
The American Sarah Siddons Award for dramatic achievement in theatre was named in her honor.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sarah_Siddons   (241 words)

  
 The Legend of Sarah Siddons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The occasion is the presentation of the Sarah Siddons award statuette, modeled on Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse.
In 1971 Lauren Bacall received the Sarah Siddons award for her performance in Applause, the musical version of All About Eve, in which she played the role that Bette Davis had first immortalized.
Sarah Siddons launched a classic Hollywood film, and that film has ensured the survival of her legend to the present day.
www.huntington.org /ArtDiv/Siddons/Legend.htm   (400 words)

  
 Sarah Siddons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Once one of the most famous women in Britain, Sarah Siddons achieved stardom through her remarkable dramatic powers and reached legendary status by making savvy use of art to shape her personal and professional reputation.
Sarah Siddons with the Emblems of Tragedy, 1793.
Siddons was one of the few performers capable of holding audiences spellbound, but even she had to contend with the occasional riot.
www.huntington.org /ArtDiv/Siddons/Siddons.htm   (495 words)

  
 Ellen Burstyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She debuted on Broadway in 1957 and in 1975 won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in "Same Time, Next Year." In 1990 she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre.
She subsequently won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1974 for her performance in the movie Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and was nominated for Best Actress in 1973 for the horror movie The Exorcist, in 1978 for Same Time, Next Year, and in 1980 for Resurrection.
She also received an Oscar nomination for her role as Sara Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream in 2000, a performance that is generally considered to be the finest of her career and one of the best of the decade.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ellen_Burstyn   (347 words)

  
 Sarah Siddons Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Sarah Siddons Society is a non-profit organization promoting excellence in the theatre.
For almost 50 years, the Society has presented the annual Sarah Siddons Award to an actor for an outstanding performance in a Chicago theatrical production.
The winner receives a striking statuette replica of Sarah Siddons (1775 - 1831), one of the great tragediennes of the English stage.
www.sarahsiddonssociety.org   (124 words)

  
 Sarah Siddons Society Records
All three awards were presented at the same Gala each year; researchers interested in the Gala for a given year are therefore advised to look in the winner’s file for each award given that year.
Researchers interested in Scholarship Award winners are advised that the years listed for the awards correspond to the Gala at which the award was presented; they therefore reflect the time at which the Scholarship was awarded, but not necessarily the years of school for which the Scholarship was used.
The Sarah Siddons Society Records are available to the public for research in the Special Collections and Preservation Division Reading Room on the 9th floor of the Chicago Public Library’s Harold Washington Library Center, 400 South State Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60605.
www.chipublib.org /008subject/012special/sss.html   (1404 words)

  
 Ann Miller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
She was also nominated for a Tony award for "Sugar Babies" and a also a nominee for the Laurence Olivier award in London in 1989 for "Sugar Babies" She was just honored on "This is Your Life" television show in England, which included twenty stars who came to honor her.
The Gypsy Award for her life time achievement from the Dance Society of America in 1993 was received and most of Hollywood came to honor her.
In 1994 she received the Flo-Bert Tap Dancers of America Award in New York and a life time achievement award from the Inner Critics Circle of Arizona was received in July of 1994.
www.famoustexans.com /annmiller.htm   (1031 words)

  
 All About Eve Script at IMSDb.
This is the dining room of the Sarah Siddons Society.
Minor awards are for such as the writer and director - since their function is merely to construct a tower so that the world can applaud a light which flashes on top of it and no brighter light has ever dazzled the eye than Eve Harrington.
Donald Duck, Ibsen, and The Lone Ranger, Sarah Bernhardt, Poodles Hanneford, Lunt and Fontanne, Betty Grable, Rex and Wild, and Eleanora Duse.
www.imsdb.com /scripts/All-About-Eve.html   (15724 words)

  
 Julie Harris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
She has received more Tony Award nominations (ten) and wins (five) than any other performer and in 1966 won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre.
Harris's screen debut was in 1952 in The Member of the Wedding, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Besides her Academy Award nomination and her Tony Awards, Harris has won three Emmy Awards and has been nominated eleven times.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Julie_Harris   (404 words)

  
 Sarah Siddons: Actress Of Theatre, Queen of Tragedy
Sarah lived 19 years beyond retirement till the age of 76.
She inspired so much through her performances that an award was created in her memory.
Sarah Kemble Siddons will forever hold the throne as the Queen of pain, tragedy and sadness but will also stand for a woman that lived a dream, satisfied her soul and created a history in the performance arts known as the theatre.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/her_story/90133/3   (409 words)

  
 Buffalo State College - About Buffalo State - News - Academy Award Winner Rita Moreno Delivers Keynote Address at 129th ...
In 1998, she was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and won a Cable Ace Award for best actress for her portrayal of a street-wise nun on the HBO series "Oz," produced by Buffalo native and Distinguished Alumnus Tom Fontana.
He has received the Augspurger Award of the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, and his contributions to education have been recognized by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Gamma Phi Omega Chapter, which elected him to its Black Hall of Fame.
He was recently appointed to a joint U.S.-Canadian task force to improve management of the disease that threatens birds in the prairies of North America.
www.buffalostate.edu /news.xml?prid=6   (864 words)

  
 All About Eve (1950)
The Sarah Siddons Award for Distinguished Achievement is perhaps unknown to you.
Minor awards are for such as the writer and director [playwright Lloyd Richards and director Bill Sampson are briefly viewed] since their function is merely to construct a tower so that the world can applaud a light which flashes on top of it.
Sarah Bernhardt and Poodles Hanneford, Lunt and Fontanne, Betty Grable, Rex the Wild Horse, Eleanora Duse - they're all theater.
www.filmsite.org /alla.html   (2032 words)

  
 Angela Lansbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Subsequent Tony awards were earned for Dear World (1969) and the first Broadway revival of Gypsy (1974).
She is a two-time winner of the Sarah Siddons Award (1975 and 1980) for dramatic achievement in Chicago theatre.
It was to be one of the longest running prime time detective drama series in US TV history and made her one of the highest paid actresses in the world and a record as the most nominated lead actress without a win in the prime time Emmy awards (with 12 nominations).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Angela_Lansbury   (1385 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Golden Globe
Sarah Jessica Parker: 2 Emmys 3 Golden Globes and a nomination for "The Family Stone" 3 SAG Awards.
Sarah Jessica Parker's Golden Globe nomination Tuesday salutes her role as a woman hated by her fiance's relatives in The Family Stone.
With Golden Globe Award nominations scheduled to be announced Tuesday morning, it's emerging as a front-runner among a wide variety of films that have received acclaim.
movies.surfwax.com /files/Golden_Globe_movies.html   (4511 words)

  
 Valerie Theatre Company - Rita Moreno
The Oscar was for her performance as Anita in the 1962 motion picture, West Side Story; the Tony was for her 1975 triumph on Broadway as Googie Gomez in The Ritz; and the Grammy was for her 1972 performance on Electric Company Album.
In 1985, Rita Moreno repeated her Chicago triumph and was awarded the prestigious Sarah Siddons Award for her portrayal of Olive Madison in the female version of The Odd Couple.
In 1986 she was again honored with The Sarah Siddons Award for her role in The Odd Couple.
www.valerietheatre.org /air/moreno.htm   (753 words)

  
 Rita Moreno   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Along the way she received dozens of other show business awards, most notably the Golden Globe Award and the prestigious Sarah Siddons Award.
Moreno received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 1998 she won a CableAce Award for best actress for her portrayal of a streetwise nun in the HBO series Oz.
It was only after she won an Academy Award for her outstanding performance as Anita in "West Side Story" that she was finally recognized as a major talent.
www.hestec.org /moreno.html   (508 words)

  
 The Sarah Siddons Award Goes to . . . Conan O'Brien
Leno went on to say he bought into the concept to avoid the kind of acrimony that surrounded his ascension to the late-night throne when Johnny Carson retired in '92, much to the surprise of David Letterman, who thought he was getting the job and who ended up going to CBS instead.
None of them is clever enough to figure out what Eve's up to until it's too late and she steals a particularly juicy role that had been Margo's and wins the coveted Sarah Siddons Award for Distinguished Achievement.
Picking up the trophy, she gives a particularly treacly gushy speech, thanking her dear friend Margo, who has done so very much to advance the career of her itty-bitty self.
www.talkaboutpeople.com /group/alt.fan.conan-obrien/messages/145888.html   (366 words)

  
 Awardees
Lauren Bacall is the winner of two Sarah Siddons Awards (1971-72 for Applause and 1984-85 for Woman of the Year)
Kati Brazda was honored as a Chicago's Leading Lady awardee at the Sarah Siddons Gala on June 7, 2004.
The Sarah Siddons Society has given special tributes to Frank Galati, Associate Director, Goodman Theatre and to Richard Christiansen, Chief Critic and Senior Writer Chicago Tribune.
www.sarahsiddonssociety.org /html/Awardees.html   (369 words)

  
 Rita Moreno
She won the Tony for her 1975 triumph on Broadway as Googie Gomez in The Ritz, the Grammy for her 1972 performance on The Electric Company Album for children, which was based on the long running television show of the same name.
In 1985 she repeated her Chicago triumph and was awarded the prestigious Sarah Siddons Award for her portrayal of Olive Madison in the female version of The Odd Couple.
She was also featured as Tuptim in the classic, The King and I. It was only after she won an Academy Award for her outstanding performance as Anita in West Side Story which gained international acclaim, that she was finally recognized as a major talent.
www.scottstander.com /Personalities/rita_moreno.html   (977 words)

  
 Ann Miller
In 1992 she was honored for the Lifetime Achievement Award given by the University Of Southern California.
Wonderful Award from the Thalians and then the Gene Autry Golden Boot Award for her performances in Western Films.
Miller received an award from the Smithsonian Institute for "Women In Tap." Her tap shoes: Moe and Joe are on display at the Washington D.C. Museum.
www.scottstander.com /Personalities/ann_miller.html   (655 words)

  
 Lynn Redgrave Awards
In May 1997 she was selected for the American Express Tribute for Achievement in the Arts during the Helen Hayes Awards at the Kennedy Center.
In January 2003, she was given the "Career Achievement Award in Acting" at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
In May 2003, she was presented with the "Golden Quill" Award for her contributions to Shakespeare's legacy.
www.redgrave.com /awards.htm   (483 words)

  
 Cast Details
She won Best Actress Awards in Los Angeles for George Furth's "The Supporting Cast," Jack Hefner's "Patio/Porch" and James Golman's "The Lion in Winter" directed by David Galligan at the Pasadena Playhouse and co-starring her husband of 37 years, Tom Troupe.
Daly has won six Emmy Awards, has been nominated for fourteen and is one of the industry’s most acclaimed and respected actors.
She also won a DramaLogue Award for her performance in a Los Angels production of “Come Back, Little Sheba.” Her feature film credits include “John and Mary,” “Zoot Suit,” “The Enforcer,” “Telefon,” he Aviator,” “Movers and Shakers” and “The Simian Line.” This is Ms.
www.richmondermet.org /reaf10.1/events_8.2.04/CastDetail8-04.html   (6796 words)

  
 Shiloh Season Cast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Moriarty was honored with a second Emmy and also a Golden Globe award for his haunting portrayal of a Nazi SS officer in "Holocaust.
Wilson was born and raised in Atlanta, GA, and upon graduation from Thomas High School there was awarded a basketball scholarship at Georgia's Southern Tech University to study architecture.
For her performances in the legitimate theater, Dowd has been honored with a number of awards including the 1993 Clarence Derwent Award For Most Promising Broadway Debut; the 1987 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Supporting Actress; and both the 1984 and 1983 Joseph Jefferson Citations for Outstanding Performance.
www.shilohfilm.com /Pages/shiloh2_bios.html   (1664 words)

  
 BSC Holds 129th Commencement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Kathleen Gaffney, president of Artsgenesis and winner of the first-ever Department of Education's John Stanford Education Heroes Award, delivered the keynote address and received a Distinguished Alumnus Award at the 6 p.m.
Monroe Fordham, professor emeritus of History and Social Studies Education, received a SUNY Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at the 10 a.m.
Scott Baxter, a 1984 graduate and founder and chief executive officer of Vesta Technologies, received a Distinguished Alumnus Award at that ceremony.
www.buffalostate.edu /offices/bscfound/news/commencement.html   (867 words)

  
 Pirates of Penzance Press Release
She was only 19 at the time of "Gaslight," and 37 when she made "The Manchurian Candidate." The Tony and Sarah Siddons Award have both come her way from starring roles in the theatre, but Hollywood still considers her a supporting actress beyond all comparison.
Angela Lansbury was born in London on October 16, 1925, the daughter of an Irish actress, Moyna Macgill and Edgar Isaac Lansbury, timber merchant and mayor of Poplar in the East End of London.
She was presented the prestigious Sarah Siddons Award twice, for Gypsy and Sweeney Todd, and was named Woman of the Year in 1968 by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Institute.
www.ronstadt-linda.com /pirat4a.htm   (1115 words)

  
 Mulholland Drive American Press Kit
At the age of 13, Ann was put under contract with RKO and was so remarkably talented that by age 14, she landed the role of Ginger Rogers's dancing partner in Stage Door which started a motion picture career which has spanned many years.
Ann Miller is the recipient of many awards including: The Best Legs Award from the Hall of Fame, The George M. Cohen Award for the best female Entertainer in 1980 and the prestigious Sarah Siddons; award for Best performer of the Year for Sugar Babies in 1984.
She was also nominated for a Tony Award as well as the Laurence Oliver Award in London for Sugar Babies.
www.lynchnet.com /mdrive/press.html   (2992 words)

  
 VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Shirley Valentine : Plot
Swit won the 1989 Sarah Siddons Award for her work in the Chicago production).
In the film version of Shirley Valentine, Pauline Collins re-creates the role that had previously brought her theatrical fame and a Tony Award.
Spending the bulk of the film speaking directly to the audience, the titular Shirley (Collins), a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, reveals her innermost thoughts and fears in a manner that is both insouciant and poignant.
www.vh1.com /movies/movie/31462/plot.jhtml   (221 words)

  
 OutSmart - This Issue
Bicoastal, that is. She had won her Academy Award in California and her Antoinette Perry Award (aka Tony) in New York.
Since then, Moreno has won, among other awards, the Golden Globe, the Golden Apple, the Cable Ace, the Sarah Siddons, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 1985, for her role as Olive Madison in the female version of The Odd Couple, she was awarded the Sarah Siddons Award.
www.outsmartmagazine.com /issue/i02-01/rita.html   (3461 words)

  
 Orbital Reviews: All About Eve (1950)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
You can always put that award where your heart ought to be." After Eve returns home, she is surprised to find a young woman named Phoebe (Barbara Bates) at her place.
She is a huge fan and begins talking to Eve, much like Eve talked to Margo at the beginning of the movie.
Then, ending the film perfectly, Phoebe, while Eve is in the other room, tries on her coat, grasps her award in her hand, and begins bowing as if to an audience.
www.orbitalreviews.com /pages/full/AllAboutEve.shtml   (1431 words)

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