and lobbied hard for it
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arbekadue to her Marxist and communist sympathies
"The role of Clara was initially going to be reprised by actress Nancy Marchand, later of Lou Grant and The Sopranos fame, who had portrayed the character in the television version. However, actress Betsy Blair was interested in playing the role and lobbied hard for it.
At the time, Blair, who was married to actor Gene Kelly, had been blacklisted due to her Marxist and communist sympathies. It was only through the lobbying of Kelly, who used his major star status and connections at MGM to pressure United Artists, that Blair got the role. Reportedly, Kelly threatened to pull out of the film It's Always Fair Weather if Blair did not get the role of Clara
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«Marty», 1955.
«Марти» – исключительно удачный камерный фильм с семью актёрами и четырьмя декорациями. Делберт Манн снимает фильм в очень подходящей для сюжета манере.
"The role of Clara was initially going to be reprised by actress Nancy Marchand, later of Lou Grant and The Sopranos fame, who had portrayed the character in the television version. However, actress Betsy Blair was interested in playing the role and lobbied hard for it.
At the time, Blair, who was married to actor Gene Kelly, had been blacklisted due to her Marxist and communist sympathies. It was only through the lobbying of Kelly, who used his major star status and connections at MGM to pressure United Artists, that Blair got the role. Reportedly, Kelly threatened to pull out of the film It's Always Fair Weather if Blair did not get the role of Clara
...............
«Marty», 1955.
«Марти» – исключительно удачный камерный фильм с семью актёрами и четырьмя декорациями. Делберт Манн снимает фильм в очень подходящей для сюжета манере.
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Betsy Blair
Date: 2020-07-13 07:55 pm (UTC)Blair pursued a career in entertainment from the age of eight, and as a child worked as an amateur dancer, performed on radio, and worked as a model, before joining the chorus of Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe in 1940. There she met Gene Kelly; they were married the following year, when she was seventeen years old, and divorced sixteen years later in 1957
Blair died of cancer in London
После развода с Джином Келли Бетси уехала в Европу, где снялась в нескольких фильмах, в том числе в картине Микеланджело Антониони «Крик» (1957). В 1963 году она вышла замуж за британского продюсера и режиссёра Карела Рейша, с которым оставалась вместе до его смерти в 2002 году. Последними ролями Бетси стали Глэдис Симмонс в фильме Коста-Гавраса «Измена», а также небольшая роль сестры милосердия в мини-сериале «Скарлетт» (1994). В 2003 году Блэр опубликовала автобиографию «Памяти всех их».