At 48, Stritch married actor and Bay's English Muffin heir John Bay (he died from a brain tumour in 1982).
Known For A chance encounter at a New York hair salon was the genesis for "Shoot Me." Elaine Stritch, the brassy, tart-tongued Broadway actress and singer who became a living emblem of show business durability and perhaps the leading …
Elaine Stritch did "Baby Love" in Providence for a month's run, and is considered by many the best to take the role. Spoofed by Forbidden Broadway (an ongoing collection of parodies of Broadway shows and performers) in the song "Stritch", itself a humorous send-up of the song "Zip" from the musical "Pal Joey".
I'm sorry.". Hal Prince, who directed Elaine in "Company," wondered how originals like Stritch originate. "She is an ardent Catholic and never stops saying fuck and Jesus Christ.
2 wins & 12 nominations.
After a performance, Brando took her to dinner, several clubs, ending up at a strip club where she was so bewildered that she broke into tears.
I love that lyric in "Thanks for the Memory": You might've been a headache/But you never were a bore.
But she did only one other TV sitcom with "Rock" in the title: "Third Rock From The Sun," in which she played Jane Curtin's mother.
“I really have become very much aware, first of all, what great audiences they are.” Stritch quit drinking in 1987 following a severe diabetic attack and remained sober for 24 years. a list of 10 images
And then there was no holding back.
Stritch performed as Alec Baldwin's TV mother on the NBC sitcom "30 Rock". In this bold, hilarious and poignant portrait, the uncompromising Tony and …
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She landed her first Broadway role in 1946 and continued performing in New York City until her retirement in 2013. [September 2006]
Honestly, this is a big thing to say, but I don't think I've ever been bored. In her one-woman show, "Elaine Stritch at Liberty" (2002), Stritch recounted that she "blew" the audition by trying to break the ice by asking if she could improvise with the dialogue a little, and then, as a joke, changing the line "Ying, don't forget the hors d'oeuvres" into "Ying, don't forget the fucking hors d'oeuvres". As her memory problem worsened, she apparently refused food and drink, stage-managing an ending more in keeping with how she wanted to go out. A brash, sharp-tongued, incorrigible actress/singer who led a six decade career that contained many highs and lows, veteran Elaine Stritch's raucous six-decade career certainly lived up well to the I think being boring is just the worst sin of all time. A brash, sharp-tongued, incorrigible actress/singer who led a six decade career that contained many highs and lows, veteran Elaine Stritch's raucous six-decade career certainly lived up well to the
Stretch, as Noël suspected began by being tiresome, over-full of suggestions and not knowing a word, but after a few rehearsal days she saw the light. Made a "Living Landmark" of New York City in 2003 for her contributions to Broadway.
The Detroit-born (February 2, 1925) Elaine Stritch was the daughter of a B.F. Goodrich executive, of Irish/Welsh heritage, and the youngest of three sisters. Gossip columnist Liz Smith remarked her old pal Stritch left her some money with the request that she take Barbara Walters to dinner.
Elaine Stritch, the brassy, tart-tongued Broadway actress and singer who became a living emblem of show business durability and perhaps the leading … "I thought it was an interesting idea. On Haila Stoddard: She was a rare piece of work in show business, I'll tell you that. on A brash, sharp-tongued, incorrigible actress/singer who led a six decade career that contained many highs and lows, veteran Elaine Stritch's raucous six-decade career certainly lived up well to the Stephen Sondheim song lyrics "I'm Still Here."
The documentary, "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me" directed by Chiemi Karasawa, is anything but depressing.
a list of 32 images Stritch was unapologetically a mass of contradictions, as irascible as she was soft, as frugal as she was generous. Wins Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event and Drama Desk Award for best solo performance for her one-woman memoir Broadway show "Elaine Stritch at Liberty".