Deborah Kerr, whose most memorable film turns include From Here to Eternity and The King and I, died Tuesday at age 86. The actress, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, is survived by husband Peter Viertel, two daughters and three grandchildren.... The Rat Pack is at last no more, with the Wednesday passing of Joey Bishop at age 89. Bishop is survived by his son Larry, two grandchildren and his longtime companion, Nora Garabotti.
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No friend of Oscar: Peter O'Toole as Lawrence of Arabia
Question: I'm just curious which actors have been nominated the most times for Oscars without winning.Answer: Peter O'Toole has been nominated for a total of seven best-actor Oscars — starting with Lawrence of Arabia in 1962 and most recently for My Favorite Year (1982) — and never won once. Among the ladies, Deborah Kerr received six best-actress nominations throughout her long and distinguished career, including nods for The King and I (1956) and From Here to Eternity (1953), but never went home with an Oscar. In the supporting categories, legendary character actress
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Question: In the late '60s or early '70s I saw movie version of The Turn of the Screw that I thought starred Marlon Brando. I've never been able to find it on video. Am I wrong?Answer: You're only wrong in thinking that you saw a remake of the psychological thriller The Innocents (1960) with Marlon Brando. What you saw was a prequel. The Innocents, based on Henry James' novella The Turn of the Screw, is about a high-strung young governess (Deborah Kerr) who comes to believe that the children she's been hired to care for on an isolated country estate have been corrupted by the malevolent influence of their former governess, Miss Jessel, and her lover, the brutal manservant Quint.
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