Tammy Grimes

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Tammy Lee Grimes (born January 30, 1934 in Lynn , Massachusetts , † October 30, 2016 in Englewood , New Jersey ) was an American film and stage actress .

Life

Tammy Grimes was the second of three children of Luther Nichols Grimes and his wife Eola Willard Niles. She grew up in Chestnut Hill , Massachusetts, where she attended Beaver Country Day School . As a teenager, she enrolled at Stephens College in Columbia , Missouri, where she gained her first acting experience at the school theater there.

Her first professional engagement was at the Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut ; she enjoyed professional acting training at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City . In 1955 she was in Jonah and the Whale for the first time in a major play on stage. Grimes' breakthrough came in 1960 when she played the role of Titanic survivor Molly Brown in the musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown . In 1961 she received the Tony Award for her performance . In the 1980s she was seen in the hit musical 42nd Street .

Tammy Grimes' main field of activity was the stage: She was successful in numerous plays on Broadway as well as in smaller theaters. She was also seen in front of the camera in a few television productions and feature films, but without having played an all-too-well-known role. An exception is likely to be the dubbing for the role of Molly Grue , a main character in the cult animation film The Last Unicorn from 1982. Already in the 1960s Grimes had her own television series, but it was canceled after six episodes.

Tammy Grimes was married three times. On August 19, 1956, she and the Canadian actor Christopher Plummer appeared in front of the altar. On March 23, 1957, Grimes' only child, future actress Amanda Plummer , was born. The marriage with Christopher Plummer was divorced on September 2, 1960. On June 4, 1966, Grimes married actor Jeremy Slate . After only 10 months, the divorce took place on April 15, 1967. In 1971 she married the composer Richard Jameson Bell. She was married to him until Bell's death on September 28, 2005. Tammy Grimes died in late October 2016 at the age of 82.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1955: The United States Steel Hour
  • 1966: The Tammy Grimes Show (TV series, 6 episodes)
  • 1967: Three bite of the apple ( Three Bites of the Apple )
  • 1978: Rendezvous with a Corpse ( Somebody Killed Her Husband )
  • 1979: Love Boat (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1982: The Last Unicorn ( The Last Unicorn , voice)
  • 1984: Chief Physician Dr. Westphall ( St. Elsewhere ; TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1985: Stuff ( The Stuff ; cameo)
  • 1988: Mr. North - Darling of the Gods ( Mr. North )
  • 1989: City Slaves ( Slaves of New York )
  • 1994: Backstreet Justice - Tough and incorruptible ( Backstreet Justice )
  • 1996: Pregnant of No. 247 ( A Modern Affair )
  • 2005: Breathe (short film)

Web links

Commons : Tammy Grimes  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tammy Grimes, the Original 'Unsinkable Molly Brown,' Dies at 82
personal data
SURNAME Grimes, Tammy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grimes, Tammy Lee
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Lynn , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 2016
Place of death Englewood , New Jersey