Lee Remick
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"Someone asked me the other day why I play a nymphomaniac in 'The Detective.' The reason I did it was precisely because I don't really look like that kind of person. But I've played that kind of role--in 'A Face in the Crowd' I played a sexy girl and in 'Anatomy of a Murder.' They are sexy girls, but they don't really lean on it--in fact, lean away from it, which somehow becomes sexier."--Lee Remick in 1968 (DAILY NEWS obituary, July 3, 1991)
Received the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award from the Hasting Pudding Theatricals (1965)
Biography
Radiant, honey-haired beauty who combined sensuality with gentility in performances of surprising depth. Once billed as "America's answer to Brigitte Bardot," Remick made her screen debut as the nubile majorette who seduces country TV star Andy Griffith in Elia Kazan's powerful drama, "A Face in the Crowd" (1957). She played manipulators in "The Long Hot Summer" (1957) and "Anatomy of a Murder" (1959), and pathetic or victimized women in "Sanctuary" (1961) and "Days of Wine and Roses" (1962). Remick also demonstrated a flair for comedy in "A Severed Head" and "Loot" (both 1970).
Remick began her career on stage and TV in the 1950s and continued to appear in both media through the late 1980s. She received a Tony nomination for her most famous Broadway role, as the blind woman menaced by three criminals in Frederick Knott's 1966 thriller "Wait Until Dark." Her sophisticated elegance made her well suited for Stephen Sondheim musicals: she starred on Broadway in his short-lived "Anyone Can Whistle" (1964), as the sassy former showgirl Phyllis in a concert version of "Follies" (PBS, 1986), and as the glamorous actress Desiree in a 1991 Los Angeles production of his "A Little Night Music," from which she withdrew due to a relapse of cancer.
Beginning in the 70s, Remick worked increasingly in TV, becoming the queen of reality-based TV-movies and miniseries. She gave memorable performances as Jennie Jerome in "Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill" (1975), as Kay Summersby in "Ike: The War Years" (1979), as Margaret Sullavan in "Haywire" (1980), and as the scheming socialite Frances Bradshaw Schreuder in "Nutcracker: Money, Madness, and Murder" (1987).
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Life Events
1951
Began career as a chorus dancer in summer stock productions at the Music Circus Tent
1953
Broadway debut in "Be Your Age" at age 16
1953
TV debut in "Double Ivory" on "Kraft Television Theater"
1956
Film acting debut in "A Face in the Crowd"
1960
Acted in TV special "The Tempest"
1973
TV-movie debut, "The Blue Knight"
1985
Performed in "Follies in Concert" at Avery Fisher Hall (broadcast on PBS's "Great Performances" in 1986)
1988
Joined Garner/Duchow Productions to form Garner/Duchow/Remick Productions (with James Garner and Peter Duchow)
1990
Made final stage appearance opposite Tom Skeritt in "Love Letters" in Los Angeles (June)
1991
Star was dedicated in her honor on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (April)
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Notes
"Someone asked me the other day why I play a nymphomaniac in 'The Detective.' The reason I did it was precisely because I don't really look like that kind of person. But I've played that kind of role--in 'A Face in the Crowd' I played a sexy girl and in 'Anatomy of a Murder.' They are sexy girls, but they don't really lean on it--in fact, lean away from it, which somehow becomes sexier."--Lee Remick in 1968 (DAILY NEWS obituary, July 3, 1991)
Received the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award from the Hasting Pudding Theatricals (1965)
She was awarded a honorary doctor of humane letters degree by Emerson College in 1975.
She was honored with the Cancervive Victory Award in 1990.
