Dorothy Tristan
Dorothy Tristan (born January 1, 1942 in Yorkville Heights , New York City , New York ) is an American screenwriter and actress with character roles in film, television and the theater.
life and career
Dorothy Tristan's parents were from the New York working class. Tristan first worked as a model before starting her acting career on stage in the early 1960s with a traveling exhibition, where she successfully played the role of Charlotte Corday in the production of "Marat / Sade". In 1968 she became a participant in the Jerome Robbins ' American Theater Laboratory . In 1979 she won over the critics in the Gene Feist and Michael Fried production of William Inge's play The Dark at the Top of the Stairs . Directed by John Stix. There she played alongside Earl Hindman , Patricia Sales and Peter Burch.
In 1970 she made her feature film debut at the side of her first husband Aram Avakian in the drama The Path into the Abyss . She then played alongside Jane Fonda , Donald Sutherland and Roy Scheider in Alan J. Pakula's Oscar-winning thriller Klute . She was seen alongside Gene Hackman in Jerry Schatzberg's 1973 drama Asphalt Blossoms . She played smaller roles in 1976 alongside Robert Shaw and Geneviève Bujold in the adventure film The Scarlet Pirate , in 1977 in the disaster film roller coaster alongside George Segal and Richard Widmark and in 1986 in Paul Mazursky's society satire Zoff in Beverly Hills .
In the 1970s Dorothy Tristan had numerous appearances in episodes of well-known television series such as in the crime series Kojak - Einsatz in Manhattan 1974; the western series Smoking Colts 1974; in the science fiction series The Incredible Hulk in 1977 or 1979 in the family saga The Waltons .
Occasionally she worked as a screenwriter, as in 1987 in the Nick Nolte drama The Steel Curtain , preferably in the film productions of her second husband John D. Hancock .
Dorothy Tristan was married to director and film editor Aram Avakian until 1972. Since December 1975 she has been the wife of film director and producer John D. Hancock.
Filmography (selection)
As an actress
- 1970: The road to the abyss (End of the Road)
- 1971: Klute
- 1973: Asphalt Blossoms (Scarecrow)
- 1974: Man on a Swing
- 1975: The Blacklist (Fear on Trial) (TV movie)
- 1976: The Scarlet Pirate (Swashbuckler)
- 1976: Love Without Hope (Griffin and Phoenix) (TV movie)
- 1977: roller coaster
- 1979: California Dreaming
- 1986: Zoff in Beverly Hills (Down and Out in Beverly Hills)
- 2015: The Looking Glass
As a screenwriter
- 1978: Jaws 2 (Jaws 2) Co-author next to Howard Sackler
- 1987: The Steel Curtain (Weeds)
- 1988: Jagdfieber (Steal the Sky) (TV movie)
- 2000: A Piece of Eden
- 2001: Mayhem - There is no escape (Suspended Animation)
- 2015: The Looking Glass
literature
Web links
- Dorothy Tristan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dorothy Tristan in The New York Times
- Dorothy Tristan - A Piece of Eden - in Variety
- Dorothy Tristan - Suspended Animation - in Variety
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical data of Dorothy Tristan in: Newsweek , Volume 76, Issues 18-26, Newsweek, 1970, page 74
- ^ Dorothy Tristan in: New York Magazine , Vol. 12, No. 47, 1979, p. 21
- ^ Dorothy Tristan in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs - roundabout theater
- ↑ Dorothy Tristan in: Jaws II , Screenplay, Howard Sackler, Dorothy Tristan, 1976
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tristan, Dorothy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actress and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yorkville Heights , New York City , New York, USA |