She originated the role of Loman’s hapless wife in Arthur Miller’s classic play on Broadway in 1949. But the role that would garner the most praise, both stage and screen versions, is Linda Loman in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Her weighty performances earned her two Oscar nominations and praise for her performance in Tennessee William’s Sweet Bird of Youth. She is an American actress who was prolific in playing spinsters and middle-class mothers. With the dignity of a weathered carved tree, Dunnock is spare and angular, a handsome yet fey-looking woman with a modest hairstyle and time-worn features.
(Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images).Ī “superb actress who didn’t find nearly the roles she deserved” and “suffered the deprivations more keenly than less sensitive artists would have.” –Elia Kazan I WANT YOU, Mildred Dunnock, 1951 Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxONLY Copyright: xCourtesy圎verettxCollectionx MBDIWAN EC033 MILDRED DUNNOCK NEW YORK CITY – JANUARY 20: Mildred Dunnock was sighted on January 10, 1975, at DJ Nite Club in New York City. This was Collinge’s last appearance in film.
Both actresses were also prominent leading ladies of the theatre.Īnd coincidentally The Nun’s Story co-starred Mildred Dunnock and Patricia Collinge. It is with extreme pleasure that I’ll be giving attention to two extraordinary actresses who have contributed a quiet depth of character to both film and dramatic television, Patricia Collinge and Mildred Dunnock. Leave it to the finest classic film bloggers to host one of the BEST blogathons there is! Thank you so much to Aurora of Once Upon A Screen, Kellee of Outspoken and Freckled, and Paula of Paula’s Cinema Club for the opportunity to take a deep dive into the span of these two women’s careers. Just a brief glimpse of them in a story manages to bring something quite special and undeniably memorable. Once again my favorite blogathon has rolled around, giving me the chance to pay tribute to the great character actors who add a certain depth and extra layer to stage, film, and television. I’m an ordinary person in an ordinary life-Mildred Dunnock
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