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53-1024: Annual American theater award The Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance , originally known as the Delia Austrian Medal , is a theater award presented annually since 1935 by The Drama League for the "most distinguished" performance of the theater season. The award is named for theater reviewer Delia Austrian . An artist may only win the award once in their lifetime. Winners [ edit ] Year Recipient Work Ref 1935 Katherine Cornell Romeo and Juliet 1936 Helen Hayes Victoria Regina 1937 Maurice Evans King Richard II 1938 Cedric Hardwicke Shadow and Substance 1939 Raymond Massey Abe Lincoln in Illinois 1940 Paul Muni Key Largo 1941 Paul Lukas Watch on

106-1031: A BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Among his other most famous roles are Calvera in The Magnificent Seven (1960), Guido in The Misfits (1961), and Tuco ("The Ugly") in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) and Don Altobello in The Godfather Part III (1990). Other notable films include How the West Was Won (1962), Tough Guys (1986), The Two Jakes (1990), The Associate (1996), The Holiday (2006), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps , and The Ghost Writer (both 2010). He received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Studio 60 on

159-1055: A Camera 1953 Shirley Booth The Time of the Cuckoo 1954 Josephine Hull The Solid Gold Cadillac 1955 Viveca Lindfors Anastasia 1956 David Wayne The Ponder Heart 1957 Eli Wallach Major Barbara 1958 Ralph Bellamy Sunrise at Campobello 1959 Cyril Ritchard The Pleasure of His Company 1960 Jessica Tandy Five Finger Exercise 1961 Hume Cronyn Big Fish, Little Fish 1962 Paul Scofield A Man for All Seasons 1963 Charles Boyer Lord Pengo 1964 Alec Guinness Dylan 1965 John Gielgud Tiny Alice 1966 Richard Kiley Man of La Mancha 1967 Rosemary Harris The Wild Duck 1968 Zoe Caldwell The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1969 Alec McCowen Hadrian

212-702: A Play and Outstanding Direction of a Musical. The Distinguished Performance Award is presented to one performer every year, and the recipient can only receive the award once in his or her career. The Drama League also bestow three special honors at the awards ceremony: Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater, Unique Contribution to the Theater, and The Founders Award for Excellence in Directing. The award statues are designed by New York firm Society Awards . Additionally, an honorary award may be given in

265-535: A Tony Award in 1951 for his performance alongside Maureen Stapleton in the Tennessee Williams play The Rose Tattoo . His other theater credits include Mister Roberts , The Teahouse of the August Moon , Camino Real , Major Barbara (in which director Charles Laughton discouraged Wallach's established method acting style), Luv , and Staircase , co-starring Milo O'Shea , which

318-490: A bottle of acid which was placed next to his pop bottle; another time was in a scene where he was about to be hanged, someone fired a pistol which caused the horse underneath him to bolt and run while Wallach's hands were still tied behind his back; in a different scene with him lying on a railroad track, he was close to being decapitated by steps jutting out from the train. Wallach appeared as DC Comics ' supervillain Mr. Freeze in

371-521: A character actor, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences called him "the quintessential chameleon", with the ability to play different characters "effortlessly", and L.A. Times theater critic Charles McNulty saw Wallach's "power to illuminate" his various screen or stage personas as being "radioactive." The Guardian has written that "Wallach was made for character acting", and includes movie clips from some of his most memorable roles in

424-408: A method actor, Wallach developed the ability to play a wide variety of different roles, although he tried to not get pinned down to any single type of character. "Right now I'm playing an old man", he said at age 84. But "I've been through all the ethnic groups, from Mexican bandits to Italian Mafia heads to Okinawans to half-breeds, and now I'm playing old Jews. Who knows?" Noting this versatility as

477-689: A notable acting couple in American theater. Wallach initially studied method acting under Sanford Meisner and later became a founding member of the Actors Studio , where he studied under Lee Strasberg . He played a wide variety of roles throughout his career, primarily as a supporting actor . He won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for The Rose Tattoo (1951). For his debut screen performance in Baby Doll (1956), he won

530-501: A one-room, $ 35 a month apartment on lower Fifth Avenue in the Village. When he did get offered early movie parts, he turned them down with no regrets, and very early in his career he explained his reasoning: What do I need a movie for? The stage is on a higher level in every way, and a more satisfying medium. Movies, by comparison, are like calendar art next to great paintings. You can't really do very much in movies or in television, but

583-457: A part offered to him to act in a similar Western, Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), which would also be directed by Leone. Wallach said "Yes, you'll enjoy the challenge", and Fonda later thanked Wallach for that advice. Wallach and Eastwood became friends during the filming of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and he recalled their off-work time together: "Clint was the tall, silent type. He's

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636-786: A play called Is This the Army? , which was inspired by Irving Berlin's This Is the Army . In the comedy, Wallach and the other actors mocked Axis dictators, with Wallach portraying Adolf Hitler . Wallach was discharged as a captain following the war's end in 1945. He was awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal , the American Defense Service Medal , the American Campaign Medal , the Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal ,

689-571: A staff sergeant and medic in a military hospital in Hawaii and later was sent to Officer Candidate School (OCS) in Abilene, Texas , to train as a medical administrative officer. Commissioned as a second lieutenant , he was ordered to Casablanca . Later, when he was serving in France, a senior officer noticed his acting career and asked him to create a show for the patients. He and his unit wrote

742-600: A student at the Actors Studio, once insisting on watching him perform in The Teahouse of the August Moon from the backstage wings, simply to see up close how experienced actors perform a two-hour play. She also became friends with his wife, Anne Jackson, also studying at the Studio, and would visit the couple at their home and sometimes babysit their new child. In 1945 Wallach made his Broadway debut and he won

795-603: A terrific working compatibility when we're in the same play, especially when the play means something important to us." When he did gravitate toward accepting parts in films, he did so to "help pay the bills", he said, adding, "for actors, movies are a means to an end." Despite the fact that he eventually acted in over 90 films and almost as many television dramas, he continued to accept stage parts throughout his career, often with Jackson. They played in comedies like The Typists and The Tiger in 1963, and acted together in Waltz of

848-455: A tribute to him. In 1961, Wallach co-starred with Marilyn Monroe , Montgomery Clift and Clark Gable in The Misfits , Monroe's and Gable's last film before their deaths. Wallach never learned why he was cast in the film, although he suspected that Monroe had something to do with it. Its screenwriter, Arthur Miller , who was married to Monroe at the time, said that "Eli Wallach is the happiest good actor I've ever known. He really enjoys

901-526: Is erotic about sex to me is the seduction, not the act ... The scene on the swing with Eli Wallach and Carroll Baker in Baby Doll is my exact idea of what eroticism in films should be. Wallach went on to a prolific career as "one of the greatest ' character actors ' ever to appear on stage and screen", notes Turner Classic Movies , acting in over 90 films. Having grown up on the "mean streets" of an Italian American neighborhood, and his versatility as

954-1039: The European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal . Wallach took classes in acting at the Dramatic Workshop of the New School in New York City with the influential German director Erwin Piscator . He later became a founding member of the Actors Studio , taught by Lee Strasberg . There, he studied more method acting technique with founding member Robert Lewis , and with other students including Marlon Brando , Montgomery Clift , Herbert Berghof , Sidney Lumet , and his soon-to-be wife, Anne Jackson . Wallach became Marilyn Monroe 's first new friend when she became

1007-635: The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City, where he studied under Sanford Meisner . There, according to Wallach, actors were forced to "unlearn" all their physical and vocal mannerisms, while traditional stage etiquette and "singsong" deliveries were "utterly excised" from his classroom. Wallach's education was cut short when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1940. He served as

1060-641: The University of Texas with a degree in history. In a later interview, Wallach said that he learned to ride horses while in Texas, explaining that he liked Texas because "It opened my eyes to the word friendship... You could rely on people. If they gave you their word, that was it ... It was an education." Two years later he earned a master of arts degree in education from the City College of New York . He gained his first method acting experience at

1113-477: The "prestige" television dramas during the "Golden Age" of the 1950s, including Studio One , The Philco Television Playhouse , The Armstrong Circle Theatre , Playhouse 90 , and The Hallmark Hall of Fame , among others. He won the 1966–1967 Emmy Award for his role in the telefilm The Poppy is Also a Flower . In 2006 Wallach appeared on NBC 's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip , playing a former writer who

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1166-617: The 1960s Batman television series. He said that he received more fan mail about his role as Mr. Freeze than for all his other roles combined. He played Gus Farber in the television miniseries Seventh Avenue in 1977, and 10 years later, at the age of 71, he starred alongside Michael Landon in Highway to Heaven episode "A Father's Faith". Three years later, he played aging mob boss Don Altobello in Francis Ford Coppola 's The Godfather Part III . On November 13, 2010, at

1219-518: The Cuckoo's Nest 2002 Liam Neeson The Crucible 2003 Harvey Fierstein Hairspray 2004 Hugh Jackman The Boy from Oz 2005 Norbert Leo Butz Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 2006 Christine Ebersole Grey Gardens 2007 Liev Schreiber Talk Radio and Macbeth 2008 Patti LuPone Gypsy 2009 Geoffrey Rush Exit

1272-1114: The Delia Austrian Medal for Distinguished Acting" . The New York Times. May 10, 1939 . Retrieved February 17, 2024 . ^ "Drama League Prize Given to the Lunts; Their Work in Behrman Play, 'The Pirate,' Is Rewarded" . The New York Times . May 19, 1943 . Retrieved February 17, 2024 . ^ "Alec Guinness" . Corbis . Retrieved December 13, 2013 . ^ " 'Cage Aux Folles' Due As Musical Comedy Set In New Orleans" . The New York Times . May 8, 1981 . Retrieved December 12, 2013 . ^ "In memoriam - Irish acting legend Milo O'Shea passes away after battle with Alzheimers" . IrishCentral.com . 2013-04-10 . Retrieved 2024-04-30 . ^ "Edward Herrmann: Character actor on screen whose air of Ivy League" . The Independent . 2015-03-26 . Retrieved 2024-04-30 . ^ "75th Annual Drama League Awards: Drama League Awards announces

1325-1499: The Drama League Awards" . ^ "Hairspray, Take Me Out, Joe Egg, Fierstein Win 2003 Drama League Awards" . ^ "Drama League Award Winners Announced - TheaterMania.com" . 2004-05-14 . Retrieved 2024-04-29 . ^ "2005 Drama League Award Winners Announced - TheaterMania.com" . 2005-05-13 . Retrieved 2024-04-29 . ^ "Drama League Awards 2006 announced" . New York Theatre Guide . 2017-10-19 . Retrieved 2024-04-29 . ^ "2007 Drama League Award Winners Announced - TheaterMania.com" . 2007-05-11 . Retrieved 2024-04-29 . ^ "2008 Drama League Awards Announced; LuPone Wins Top Acting Accolade" . Broadway.com . Retrieved 2024-04-29 . ^ "Billy Elliot, Carnage and Geoffrey Rush Take Top Drama League Honors" . Broadway.com . Retrieved 2024-04-29 . ^ "Sondheim, Red, Bridge, La Cage and Molina Win Drama League Awards" . ^ "Drama League 2011 nominations" . New York Theatre Guide . 2017-10-19 . Retrieved 2024-04-29 . ^ "Other Desert Cities, Salesman, Follies, Once, Audra McDonald Are Drama League Winners" . ^ "Kinky Boots, Pippin, Vanya and Sonia, Virginia Woolf? and Nathan Lane Win Drama League Awards" . ^ Gardner, Elysa (May 16, 2014). "Awards for Neil Patrick Harris, 'All

1378-665: The Jones Girl" . Playbill . ^ "Rent, Guitars Win Drama League Awards" . ^ "Neuwirth and Durning Tie for Drama League Award" . ^ "Ragtime, Beauty Queen, Cabaret Win Drama League Awards May 8" . ^ "Fosse, Salesman & Wit Win Drama League Awards, May 7" . ^ "Contact, Copenhagen, Kate Win Drama League Awards" . ^ " 'Pro-' Choice: Drama League Awards Announced, May 11" . ^ "Urinetown, Crucible and Metamorphoses Win

1431-1129: The King 2010 Alfred Molina Red 2011 Mark Rylance Jerusalem and La Bête 2012 Audra McDonald Porgy and Bess 2013 Nathan Lane The Nance 2014 Neil Patrick Harris Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2015 Chita Rivera The Visit 2016 Lin-Manuel Miranda Hamilton 2017 Ben Platt Dear Evan Hansen 2018 Glenda Jackson Three Tall Women 2019 Bryan Cranston Network 2020 Danny Burstein Moulin Rouge! 2021 No award presented 2022 Sutton Foster The Music Man 2023 Annaleigh Ashford Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2024 Sarah Paulson Appropriate Notes [ edit ] ^ The Drama League website does not list Bergner as

1484-699: The Maiden 1993 Stephen Rea Someone Who'll Watch Over Me 1994 Sam Waterston Abe Lincoln in Illinois 1995 Cherry Jones The Heiress 1996 Uta Hagen Mrs. Klein 1997 Charles Durning Bebe Neuwirth The Gin Game Chicago 1998 Brian Stokes Mitchell Ragtime 1999 Kathleen Chalfant Wit 2000 Eileen Heckart The Waverly Gallery 2001 Mary-Louise Parker Gary Sinise Proof One Flew Over

1537-694: The Rhine 1942 Judith Evelyn Angel Street 1943 Alfred Lunt Lynn Fontanne The Pirate 1944 Elisabeth Bergner The Two Mrs. Carrolls 1945 Mady Christians I Remember Mama 1946 Louis Calhern The Magnificent Yankee 1947 Ingrid Bergman Joan of Lorraine 1948 Judith Anderson Medea 1949 Robert Morley Edward, My Son 1950 Grace George The Velvet Glove 1951 Claude Rains Darkness at Noon 1952 Julie Harris I Am

1590-1386: The Seventh 1970 James Stewart Harvey 1971 Anthony Quayle Sleuth 1972 Eileen Atkins Claire Bloom Vivat! Vivat Regina! 1973 Alan Bates Butley 1974 Christopher Plummer The Good Doctor 1975 John Wood Sherlock Holmes 1976 Eva Le Gallienne The Royal Family 1977 Tom Courtenay Otherwise Engaged 1978 Frank Langella Dracula 1979 Frances Sternhagen On Golden Pond 1980 Roy Scheider Betrayal 1981 Ian McKellen Amadeus 1982 Milo O'Shea Mass Appeal 1983 Kate Nelligan Edward Herrmann Plenty 1984 Jeremy Irons The Real Thing 1985 Derek Jacobi Cyrano de Bergerac and Much Ado About Nothing 1986 Bernadette Peters Song and Dance 1987 James Earl Jones Fences 1988 John Lithgow M. Butterfly 1989 Pauline Collins Shirley Valentine 1990 Robert Morse Tru 1991 Stockard Channing Six Degrees of Separation 1992 Glenn Close Death and

1643-560: The Starry 2019 Drama League Awards with These Exclusive Portraits" . Broadway.com . Retrieved 2024-05-01 . ^ "Pauline Collins: Stage and screen doyenne" . 2001-06-15 . Retrieved 2024-05-01 . ^ "A Look at How Many Drama League Distinguished Performance Award Winners Went on to Win Tony Awards | The Daily Scoop" . www.broadwaybox.com . Retrieved 2024-04-30 . ^ "Keeping Up With

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1696-497: The Sunset Strip (2007) and Nurse Jackie (2011). Eli Herschel Wallach was born on December 7, 1915, at 156 Union Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn , a son of Polish Jewish immigrants Abraham and Bertha (Schorr) Wallach from Przemyśl . He had a brother and two sisters. He and his family were among only a few Jews in an otherwise Italian American neighborhood. His parents owned Bertha's Candy Store. Wallach graduated in 1936 from

1749-906: The Theatre Award was first bestowed in 1982 to the New York Production of Nicholas Nickelby : Bernard Jacobs , Gerald Schoenfeld , James M. Nederlander , Elizabeth McCann , and Nelle Nugent . Source: TheaterMania.com Source: Playbill.com Source: Playbill.com Source: Playbill.com Source: Playbill.com Source: Playbill.com Source: Playbill.com Source: Playbill.com Source: Playbill.com Source: Playbill.com Source: Playbill.com Source: Playbill.com Source: Playbill.com Source: Playbill.com Source:Playbill.com Source: Variety List of winners, 1935 through 2014. Eli Wallach Eli Herschel Wallach ( / ˈ iː l aɪ ˈ w ɒ l ə k / EE -ly WOL -ək ; December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014)

1802-678: The Toreadors in 1973. In 1978 they played in a revival of The Diary of Anne Frank , along with their daughters, and in 1984 they acted in Nest of the Wood Grouse, directed by Joseph Papp . Four years later, in 1988, they acted in a revival of Cafe Crown , a portrait of the Yiddish theater scene during its prime. They continued acting together as late as 2000, while he also took on roles alone throughout all those years. Wallach's film debut

1855-1016: The Way' " . USA Today . Retrieved February 17, 2024 . ^ "2015 Drama League Awards: And the Winners are..." New York Theatre Guide . October 19, 2017 . Retrieved February 17, 2024 . ^ McPhee, Ryan (May 17, 2019). " Network ' s Bryan Cranston, Hadestown Among 2019 Drama League Award Winners" . Playbill . Retrieved February 17, 2024 . ^ Kragen, Pam (June 22, 2020). "Reporter's Notebook: UCSD grad Danny Burstein wins major Drama League award" . The San Diego Union-Tribune . Retrieved February 17, 2024 . ^ Gans, Andrew (May 20, 2022). " The Lehman Trilogy , A Strange Loop , Sutton Foster, More Are Winners of 88th Annual Drama League Awards" . Playbill . Retrieved February 17, 2024 . External links [ edit ] Awards History at Drama League of New York Paul Scofield's 1962 medallion in

1908-467: The age of 94, Wallach received an Academy Honorary Award for his contribution to the film industry from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . A few years prior to that event, Kate Winslet told another audience that Wallach, with whom she acted in The Holiday in 2006, was one of the "most charismatic men" she'd met, and her "very own sexiest man alive." Wallach's final performance

1961-3073: The collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum v t e Drama League Distinguished Performance Award Katharine Cornell (1935) Helen Hayes (1936) Maurice Evans (1937) Cedric Hardwicke (1938) Raymond Massey (1939) Paul Muni (1940) Paul Lukas (1941) Judith Evelyn (1942) Alfred Lunt (1943) Lynn Fontanne (1944) Mady Christians (1945) Louis Calhern (1946) Ingrid Bergman (1947) Judith Anderson (1948) Robert Morley (1949) Grace George (1950) Claude Rains (1951) Julie Harris (1952) Shirley Booth (1953) Josephine Hull (1954) Viveca Lindfors (1955) David Wayne (1956) Eli Wallach (1957) Ralph Bellamy (1958) Cyril Ritchard (1959) Jessica Tandy (1960) Hume Cronyn (1961) Paul Scofield (1962) Charles Boyer (1963) Alec Guinness (1964) John Gielgud (1965) Richard Kiley (1966) Rosemary Harris (1967) Zoe Caldwell (1968) Alec McCowen (1969) James Stewart (1970) Anthony Quayle (1971) Eileen Atkins / Claire Bloom (1972) Alan Bates (1973) Christopher Plummer (1974) John Wood (1975) Eva Le Gallienne (1976) Tom Courtenay (1977) Frank Langella (1978) Frances Sternhagen (1979) Roy Scheider (1980) Ian McKellen (1981) Milo O'Shea (1982) Edward Herrmann / Kate Nelligan (1983) Jeremy Irons (1984) Derek Jacobi (1985) Bernadette Peters (1986) James Earl Jones (1987) John Lithgow (1988) Pauline Collins (1989) Robert Morse (1990) Stockard Channing (1991) Glenn Close (1992) Stephen Rea (1993) Sam Waterston (1994) Cherry Jones (1995) Uta Hagen (1996) Charles Durning / Bebe Neuwirth (1997) Brian Stokes Mitchell (1998) Kathleen Chalfant (1999) Eileen Heckart (2000) Mary-Louise Parker / Gary Sinise (2001) Liam Neeson (2002) Harvey Fierstein (2003) Hugh Jackman (2004) Norbert Leo Butz (2005) Christine Ebersole (2006) Liev Schreiber (2007) Patti LuPone (2008) Geoffrey Rush (2009) Alfred Molina (2010) Mark Rylance (2011) Audra McDonald (2012) Nathan Lane (2013) Neil Patrick Harris (2014) Chita Rivera (2015) Lin-Manuel Miranda (2016) Ben Platt (2017) Glenda Jackson (2018) Bryan Cranston (2019) Danny Burstein (2020) Sutton Foster (2022) Annaleigh Ashford (2023) Sarah Paulson (2024) Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drama_League_Distinguished_Performance_Award&oldid=1224333650 " Category : American theater awards Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Drama League Award The Drama League Awards are

2014-640: The following categories: The Distinguished Performance Award , originally known as the Delia Austrian Medal, was first presented in 1935, to Katharine Cornell for Romeo and Juliet . The first recipient of the Founders Award for Excellence in Directing was Daniel J. Sullivan in 2000. Actor Yul Brynner was the first recipient of the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre award in 1985. The Unique Contribution to

2067-542: The kind where you open up and do all the talking. He smiles and nods and stores it all away in that wonderful calculator of a brain." In 2003 Wallach acted in Mystic River , produced and directed by Eastwood, who once said "working with Eli Wallach has been one of the great pleasures of my life." A pivotal moment in Wallach's career came in 1953, when he, along with Frank Sinatra and Harvey Lembeck , tried out for

2120-690: The movie role. Wallach said that when he learned that the play had finally received financing, he "grabbed" the opportunity: "It was a remarkable piece of writing by the leading playwright in America and it was going to be directed by the country's best. There really wasn't much of a choice for me." The film, however, went on to win eight Academy Awards, including one for Sinatra, which revived his career. Wallach recalled afterwards, "Whenever Sinatra saw me, he'd say, 'Hello, you crazy actor!'" Wallach, however, said he had no regrets. Film historian James Welsh states that during Wallach's career, he appeared in most of

2173-616: The oldest awards honoring theater in North America. The awards were established in 1922, and formalized in 1935. Katharine Cornell was the recipient of the first Distinguished Performance Award in 1935. Seven competitive awards are presented: Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, the Distinguished Performance Award, and, as of 2022, Outstanding Direction of

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2226-1769: The recipient in 1944, instead listing Lynn Fontanne, who is listed in other sources as co-recipient with Alfred Lunt in 1943. References [ edit ] ^ "Award History" . Drama League of New York . Retrieved February 17, 2024 . ^ "Paul Lukas Gets Drama Group Prize. Star of Watch on the Rhine Receives the Delia Austrian Medal for His Acting" . The New York Times . May 10, 1941 . Retrieved December 12, 2013 . ^ "Elisabeth Bergner Gets Drama Award; Receives Delia Austrian Medal for Distinguished Acting" . The New York Times . May 10, 1944 . Retrieved December 12, 2013 . ^ Culwell-Block, Logan (May 19, 2023). " Some Like It Hot , Annaleigh Ashford, Leopoldstadt , More Win 2023 Drama League Awards" . Playbill . Retrieved February 17, 2024 . ^ Walter, Claire, ed. (1982). "Delia Austrian Medal" . Winners: The Blue Ribbon Encyclopedia of Awards . New York: Facts on File, Inc . Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via The Internet Archive . ^ "Drama League Bestows Medal on Helen Hayes" . Associated Press . May 22, 1936 . Retrieved December 13, 2013 – via Reading Eagle . ^ "Evans Gets Medal Of Drama League. English Actor Is Honored for 'Richard II' in Presentation by Daniel Frohman" . The New York Times . May 12, 1937 . Retrieved December 12, 2013 . ^ "Massey Honored by Drama League; Lincoln Portrayer Wins

2279-452: The recipients of its 2009 Special Recognitions" . New York Theatre Guide . 2017-10-19 . Retrieved 2024-04-30 . ^ "Derek Jacobi theatre profile" . www.abouttheartists.com . Retrieved 2024-05-01 . ^ "Bernadette Peters | Kennedy Center" . The Kennedy Center . Retrieved 2024-04-30 . ^ "James Earl Jones Theatre – theaterlife" . 2022-09-12 . Retrieved 2024-05-01 . ^ "Get Inside

2332-480: The role of Maggio in the film From Here to Eternity . Sinatra biographer Kitty Kelly notes that while Sinatra's test was good, it had none of the "consummate acting ability" of Wallach. Producer Harry Cohn and director Fred Zinnemann were "dazzled" by Wallach's screen test and wanted him to play the part. However, Wallach had previously been offered an important role in another Tennessee Williams play, Camino Real , to be directed by Elia Kazan , and turned down

2385-540: The stage is such an anarchistic medium. He said that the stage was what attracted him most and what he "needed" to do. "Acting is the most alive thing I can do, and the most joyous", he stated. Wallach and Jackson became one of the best-known acting couples in the American theater, as iconic as Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, and Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn, and they looked for opportunities to work together. During an interview, he said of Jackson, "I have tremendous respect and admiration for her as an actress . . . we have

2438-582: The work." Some of his other films included The Lineup (1958); Lord Jim (1965) with Peter O'Toole ; a comic role in How to Steal a Million (1966), again with O'Toole, and Audrey Hepburn ; and as Tuco ("the Ugly") in Sergio Leone 's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) with Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef , followed by other Spaghetti Westerns , such as Ace High . At one point, Henry Fonda had asked Wallach whether he himself should accept

2491-443: Was blacklisted in the 1950s. His character was a writer on The Philco Comedy Hour , a show that aired on a fictional NBS network. This is a reference to The Philco Television Playhouse , in several episodes of which Wallach actually appeared in 1955. Wallach earned a 2007 Emmy nomination for his work on the show. During the filming of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly , Wallach nearly died three times. Once, he accidentally drank

2544-491: Was a serious depiction of an aging homosexual couple. He also played a role in a tour of Antony and Cleopatra, produced by the actress Katharine Cornell in 1946. He exposed Americans to the work of playwright Eugène Ionesco in plays including The Chairs and The Lesson in 1958, and in 1961 Rhinoceros opposite Zero Mostel . He last starred on stage as the title character in Visiting Mr. Green . The stage

2597-651: Was an American film, television, and stage actor from New York City. Known for his character actor roles, his entertainment career spanned over six decades. He received a BAFTA Award , a Tony Award , and an Emmy Award . He also was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1988 and received the Academy Honorary Award in 2010. Originally trained in stage acting, he garnered over 90 film credits. He and his wife Anne Jackson often appeared together on stage, eventually becoming

2650-575: Was in Elia Kazan 's controversial 1956 Baby Doll , for which he won the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) as "Most Promising Newcomer." Baby Doll was controversial because of its underlying sexual theme. Director Elia Kazan however, set explicit limits on Wallach's scenes, telling him not to actually seduce Carroll Baker , but instead to create an unfulfilled erotic tension. Kazan later explained his reasoning: What

2703-586: Was in the short film The Train (2015). Wallach plays a Holocaust survivor who, in a meeting, teaches a self-consumed and preoccupied young man that life can change in a moment. The short was shot in early 2014 and premiered on August 6, 2015, at the Rhode Island International Film Festival . Between 1984 and 1997, he also performed voiceovers in a series of television commercials for the Toyota Pickup . Wallach

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2756-416: Was married to actress Anne Jackson , with whom he frequently shared the screen, from March 5, 1948, until his death on June 24, 2014. They had three children: Peter, Katherine, and Roberta. A few years before 2005, Wallach lost sight in his left eye as the result of a stroke. His niece is historian Joan Wallach Scott (daughter of his brother Sam). A. O. Scott , a film critic for The New York Times ,

2809-429: Was where Wallach focused his early career. From 1945 to 1950 he and his wife, Anne Jackson , worked together acting in various plays by Tennessee Williams . The five years following, he continued only working on stage, not becoming involved in film work until 1956. During those years, however, they were generally having a hard time making ends meet. He recalls they were getting along on unemployment insurance and living in

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