| The Actress | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | George Cukor |
| Screenplay by | Ruth Gordon |
| Based on | Years Ago 1946 play by Ruth Gordon |
| Produced by | Lawrence Weingarten |
| Starring | Spencer Tracy Jean Simmons Teresa Wright |
| Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
| Edited by | George Boemler |
| Music by | Bronisław Kaper |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc.[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,424,000[2] |
| Box office | $914,000[2] |
The Actress is a 1953 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor based on Ruth Gordon's autobiographical play Years Ago. Gordon also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, and Teresa Wright, and features Anthony Perkins in his film debut.
The film is basically a series of vignettes involving Ruth, her parents, her best friends, and the college boy romantically pursuing her. Although Gordon did become an accomplished Academy Award-winning actress and a successful writer, the film ends without the audience seeing Gordon achieve her goals.
The Actress was nominated for an Oscar for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White. Tracy won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actor in a Drama, and he was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Foreign Actor. Simmons was named Best Actress by the National Board of Review, and Gordon's screenplay was nominated Best Written American Comedy by the Writers Guild of America despite being far more dramatic than comedic.[3]
- ^ The Actress at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ IMDB Awards