Hume Cronyn
Hume Blake Cronyn (born July 18, 1911 in London , Ontario , † June 15, 2003 in Fairfield , Connecticut ) was a Canadian actor and screenwriter .
Life
Hume Cronyn studied art and law and was an amateur boxer and actor at a young age. From 1934 he appeared on Broadway . In Alfred Hitchcock's film Im Schatten des Zweifels (1943) he was seen for the first time on the screen in the role of a crime-loving neighbor. In The Seventh Cross (1944) he played an upright Nazi opponent and was nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actor . Cronyn, whose film career spanned more than 50 years, also made a name for himself as a stage actor. As an author, he adapted, among other things, the literary models of Hitchcock's slave of the heart and Cocktail for a corpse for the screen.
Cronyn was married to British actor Jessica Tandy from September 27, 1942 until her death in 1994 , with whom he appeared in many films. They had two children together. In 1996 the widower married the writer Susan Cooper , with whom he remained married until his death seven years later, in 1996 .
Filmography (selection)
As an actor
- 1943: Shadow of a Doubt (Shadow Of A Doubt)
- 1943: Phantom Of The Opera
- 1944: The lifeboat (Lifeboat)
- 1944: The Seventh Cross (The Seventh Cross)
- 1945: Broadway Melody 1950 (Ziegfeld Follies)
- 1946: The Postman Always Rings Twice (The Postman Always Rings Twice)
- 1946: A Letter for Evie
- 1946: The Legacy (The Green Years)
- 1947: Cell R 17 (Brute Force)
- 1951: People Will Talk
- 1960: Sunrise at Campobello
- 1963: Cleopatra
- 1964: Hamlet
- 1969: Gaily, Gaily
- 1969: The Arrangement (The Arrangement)
- 1970: Two dirty scoundrels (There Was a Crooked Man ...)
- 1974: Witness to a Conspiracy (The Parallax View)
- 1981: The Rollover Plot (Rollover)
- 1982: Garp and how he saw the world (The World according to Garp)
- 1985: Cocoon
- 1985: Hell with the Coals (Brewster's Millions)
- 1987: The Miracle on 8th Street (* batteries not included)
- 1988: Cocoon II (Cocoon: The Return)
- 1989: A Month of Sundays (Age Old Friends)
- 1992: Broadway Family (Broadway Bound)
- 1993: The Act (The Pelican Brief)
- 1993: To Dance with the White Dog
- 1996: Marvin's Daughters
- 1997: The 12 Jurors (12 Angry Men)
- 1999: Santa & Pete (Santa and Pete)
- 2000: Tears of Memory ( Yesterday's Children , TV movie)
As a screenwriter
- 1948: Cocktail for a corpse (Rope)
- 1949: Slave of the Heart (Under Capricorn)
Awards
- 1986: Kennedy Center Honors
- 1988: Order of Canada
- 1990: National Medal of Arts
- 1994: Tony Award - Lifetime Achievement Award (together with Jessica Tandy)
literature
- Hume Cronyn: A Terrible Liar: A Memoir. William Morrow 1991, ISBN 0-688-12844-0
Web links
- Hume Cronyn in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Hume Cronyn ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on Hume Cronyn in the Canadian Encyclopedia, accessed December 27, 2012.
- ↑ Hume Cronyn: A Terrible Liar: A Memoir. William Morrow 1991, ISBN 0-688-12844-0 , p. 77, p. 104, p. 413.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cronyn, Hume |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cronyn, Hume Blake (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian actor and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1911 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London , Ontario , Canada |
DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 2003 |
Place of death | Fairfield , Connecticut , United States |