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| Born | Ada Caldwell September 14, 1933 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Whitehead (1968-2002) |
Ada "Zoe" Caldwell, OBE (born September 14, 1933) is an Australian-born actress. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. She was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and lived early-on in the nearby suburb, Balwyn on Yongala Street. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Balwyn is a Suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. Her father was a plumber and her mother was a taxi dancer. [1]
Zoe had a Peugeot of 1950 vintage. She would often load a bunch of the neighbourhood kids into it and take them to the Elizabethan Theatre in Richmond where they would go backstage and watch rehearsals and performances. [2][3]
She has won four Tony Awards—for her performances on Broadway in Slapstick Tragedy, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Medea and Master Class. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a Novella by Muriel Spark, by far the best known of her works Medea (Μήδεια Mēdeia) in Greek mythology was the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of Master Class is a play by Terrence McNally, with incidental music by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, and Vincenzo Bellini. In the last she portrayed opera diva Maria Callas. A diva is a celebrated female singer The Italian term is used to describe a woman of rare outstanding talent in the world of Opera, and by extension in theatre and In Stratford, Ontario she played the role of Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra. Antony and Cleopatra is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare. It was first printed in the First Folio of 1623
Other Broadway credits include The Creation of the World and Other Business and Macbeth. The Creation of the World and Other Business is a play by Arthur Miller. Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare 's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written some time between She has also appeared on film, most notably as an imperious dowager in Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and The Purple Rose of Cairo is an award-winning 1985 film written and directed by Woody Allen.
Zoe Caldwell was married in 1968 to Canadian-born Broadway producer Robert Whitehead, a cousin of actor Hume Cronyn. Hume Blake Cronyn, OC ( July 18, 1911 – June 15, 2003) was a Canadian - American Actor of They had two sons and were married until Whitehead's death in 2002. She has not remarried.
References
- ^ Nightingale, Benedict. Her Infinite Variety, New York Times, October 21, 2001. Accessed May 27, 2008.
- ^ Zoe Caldwell's honorary degree. University of Melbourne. Retrieved on 2006-11-13. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St
- ^ New York State Writers Institute on Caldwell. State University of New York. Retrieved on 2006-11-13. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St
- Caldwell, Zoe (2001). I will be Cleopatra: An Actress's Journey. Melbourne: Text Publishing. ISBN 1877008036.
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| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Joan Copeland for American Clock |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play 1981-1982 for Medea |
Succeeded by Jessica Tandy for Foxfire |
| Preceded by Cherry Jones for The Heiress |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play 1995-1996 for Masterclass |
Succeeded by Janet McTeer for A Doll's House |
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