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| | Zap2it.com - Movie news - Hume Cronyn Dies at 91 |
 | | An amateur boxer who gave up a legal career for acting, Cronyn played a wide variety of characters in films such as "Phantom of the Opera" (1943); "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946); "People Will Talk" (1951); "Cleopatra" (1963); "There Was a Crooked Man" (1970); and "The World According to Garp" (1982). |
 | | Cronyn frequently worked with his late wife Jessica Tandy on stage, television ("Foxfire"), and in movies, most notably as a married couple in "Cocoon" (1985) and "Cocoon: The Return" (1988). |
 | | Cronyn is survived by his wife, children's writer Susan Cooper whom he married in 1996, a son, two daughters, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. |
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