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Other Works:
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955). Drama. Written by
Tennessee Williams. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Lighting Design by
Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by
Lucinda Ballard. Assistant Designer to Jo Mielziner: John Harvey. Assistant to Lucinda Ballard: Florence Klotz. Directed by
Elia Kazan. Morosco Theatre: 24 Nov 1955- 17 Nov 1956 (695 performances). Cast:
Barbara Bel Geddes (as "Maggie"),
Burl Ives (as "Big Daddy"),
Mildred Dunnock (as "Big Mama"),
Ben Gazzara (as "Brick"),
R.G. Armstrong (as "Dr. Baugh"), Janice Dunn,
Seth Edwards (as "Sonny"), Maxwell Glanville,
Pauline Hahn (as "Dixie"),
Pat Hingle (as "Gooper/Brother Man"), Brownie McGhee, Darryl Richard, Madeleine Sherwood, Eva Vaughn Smith,
Fred Stewart (as "Rev. Tooker"), Sonny Terry, Musa Williams. Produced by The Playwrights' Company (
Maxwell Anderson, Robert Anderson,
Elmer Rice,
Robert E. Sherwood,
Roger L. Stevens, John F. Wharton). Note: Produced on film
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof starring
Paul Newman and
Elizabeth Taylor.
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Height:
5' 3½" (1.61 m)
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Personal Quote:
[on her popularity while playing the sixty-something Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow on Dallas]: It's absolutely ridiculous. Ellie is no lush and the viewers would never believe that she could become one.
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Trivia:
Was the first and only choice to audition for the role of Miss Ellie Ewing on
Dallas.
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Trademark:
Characters were usually part of a grand, dysfunctional family
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Star Sign:
Scorpio