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| Born | Tammy Lee Grimes January 30, 1934 Lynn, Massachusetts, USA |
| Occupation | Actress, singer |
| Spouse(s) | Christopher Plummer (1956-1960) Jeremy Slate (1966-1967) |
Tammy Lee Grimes[1] (born January 30, 1934) is an American award-winning actress and singer. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lynn is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, CC (born December 13 1929 is a Canadian Theater, Film and Television actor. Jeremy Slate ( February 17, 1926 - November 19, 2006) was an American Film and Television Actor. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
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Biography
Early life
Grimes was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, the daughter of Eola Willard (née Niles), a naturalist and spiritualist, and Nicholas Luther Grimes, an innkeeper, country club manager, and farmer. Lynn is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. [1] She attended high school at the then-all girls school, Beaver Country Day School, in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Beaver Country Day School is an independent College preparatory day school for students in grades 6 through 12 founded in 1920 and located on a 17 acre campus in the village This article is about the neighborhood in Greater Boston. See also Chestnut Hill Belchertown Massachusetts, and Chestnut Hill Blackstone Massachusetts She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and then studied acting at New York City's prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse. Stephens College is a liberal arts women's college located in Columbia, Missouri, a city of about 100000 residents Columbia (kəˈlʌmbiə is the fifth-largest city in the US state of Missouri and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. The City of New York
Career
Grimes made her debut on the New York stage in May 1955 in Jonah and the Whale. MAY ( also known as: Mei メイ 메이 is a Korean singer well known in South Korea for singing the song "Miracle" Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) In 1956, she appeared in the off-Broadway production, The Littlest Revue , and had the lead role in the 1959 Noel Coward play Look After Lulu. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City. Sir Noël Peirce Coward ( 16 December 1899 26 March 1973) was an English Actor, Playwright
She starred in the 1960 musical comedy The Unsinkable Molly Brown for which she won a Tony Award portraying the title character, a Western mining millionairess who survived the sinking of the Titanic. Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. The Unsinkable Molly Brown is a musical with music and lyrics by Meredith Willson and book by Richard Morris. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Construction The Titanic was a White Star Line ocean liner built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland
In 1966, Grimes starred in her own ABC television series, The Tammy Grimes Show, in which she played a modern-day heiress who loved to spend money, but it ran for only a month, although an additional six episodes had already been made; earlier, she had turned down the role of Samantha Stephens on Bewitched for which she had had right of first refusal. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Bewitched is an American Situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972.
During her career, she spent several seasons at the Stratford Festival of Canada in Stratford, Ontario and has appeared in a number of television series and motion pictures. The Stratford Shakespeare Festival (formerly known as the Stratford Festival of Canada is an annual celebration of Theatre running from April to November in the Canadian Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada with Grimes has also entertained at various New York city night clubs and recorded several albums of songs. Her voice can be heard in romantic duets on some of Ben Bagley's anthology albums of Broadway songs under his Painted Smiles record label. Painted Smiles is the name of a small Record label run by Ben Bagley (1933-1998 and based in New York City. In 1982, she hosted the final season of CBS Radio Mystery Theater. CBS Radio Mystery Theater (aka Radio Mystery Theater and Mystery Theater) was an ambitious and sustained attempt during the 1970s
In 2003, Grimes was inducted into the (American) Theater Hall of Fame.
Personal life
Grimes married Canadian actor Christopher Plummer in 1956, with whom she had a daughter, actress Amanda Plummer. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, CC (born December 13 1929 is a Canadian Theater, Film and Television actor. Amanda Michael Plummer (born March 23, 1957) is an American award-winning Actress. They were divorced in 1960. She was married briefly to the actor Jeremy Slate. Jeremy Slate ( February 17, 1926 - November 19, 2006) was an American Film and Television Actor.
Active in American politics, she is a member of the Republican Party.
Awards
- Theatre World Award - Look After Lulu (1959)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical - The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1961)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play - Private Lives (1970)
Work
Filmography
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Discography
Grimes released three known one-off singles during the 1960's, none of which charted:
- "Home Sweet Heaven"/"You'd Better Love Me" (ABC 10551) 1964, from High Spirits
- "The Big Hurt"/"Nobody Needs Your Love More Than I Do" (Reprise 0487) 1966
- "I Really Loved Harold"/"Father O'Conner" (Buddah 99) 1969
She recorded two albums in the early 1960's, which were re-released in one album in 2004,The Unmistakable Tammy Grimes. The Last Unicorn is a 1982 Fantasy film based on the novel written by Peter S For the soundtrack album see Can't Stop the Music (album. For the title song see Can't Stop the Music (song. Milan Stitt (born February 9, 1941) is an American Playwright and Educator. Play It as It Lays is a 1970 Novel by the American writer Joan Didion. The Unsinkable Molly Brown is a 1964 musical film based on the 1960 stage musical by Meredith Willson. High Spirits is a musical with a book lyrics and music by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray based on the play Blithe Spirit by Private Lives is a play written by Noel Coward in 1930 Coward who also starred in the first production alongside Gertrude Lawrence and Laurence Olivier California Suite is a 1976 play by Neil Simon about five couples all set in one hotel suite in California Tartuffe (full title Tartuffe or the Hypocrite, French fr ''Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur'' is a Comedy by Molière, and arguably his most famous 42nd Street is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin, and music by Harry Warren Orpheus Descending is a play by Tennessee Williams. It was first presented on Broadway in 1957 where it enjoyed a brief run with only modest High Spirits is a musical with a book lyrics and music by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray based on the play Blithe Spirit by
References
External links
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