Kim Stanley
Biography
Kim Stanley was an American actress of television, theater, and film. She began in theater and trained at the Actors Studio. She won a 1952 Theatre World Award for The Chase and starred on Broadway in Picnic (1953) and Bus Stop (1955). Her Tony Award nominations came for A Touch of the Poet (1959) and A Far Country (1962). A prolific live television performer in the 1950s, she made her film debut in The Goddess (1958). She narrated To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and starred in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964), earning the New York Film Critics Circle and National Board of Review awards and an Academy Award nomination. For Frances (1982) she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and she appeared in The Right Stuff (1983). She won Emmy Awards for Ben Casey and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and entered the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1985. She died in 2001.
76years old at death
- Born Tularosa
- Died Santa Fe
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Patricia Kimberley Reid (birth name)Also credited as Patricia Reid
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 19 years1964 to 1983
Every film, newest first
- 1983The Right StuffIMDb rating 7.8
- 1982FrancesIMDb rating 7.2
- 1964Seance on a Wet AfternoonIMDb rating 7.5
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A first
Stanley made her London and West End debut as Maggie in the original London production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed by Peter Hall.
A role that slipped away
After critics savaged a 1965 London Actors Studio production of The Three Sisters, in which she played Masha, Stanley kept her promise never to act on stage again.
Early training
Stanley taught her own Method approach in New York City, and her student John Uecker went on to teach the Kim Stanley Method in his own studio.
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Worked with
Kim Stanley shares two films with Sam Shepard, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Sam Shepard's page
Lance Henriksen's page
Dennis Quaid's page
Ed Harris's page
Scott Glenn's page
Kathy Baker's page
All films by Philip Kaufman
All films by Graeme Clifford
All films by Bryan Forbes
Awards
Four awards and honors from 1952 to 1985, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 1985 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Won |
| 1963 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Ben Casey | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 1952 | Theatre World Award | Won | |
| Donaldson Awards | Won | ||
Online
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