Lee Ann Remick (December 14, 1935 – July 2, 1991) was an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the

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for the film '' Days of Wine and Roses'' (1962), and for the 1966

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre. The award is given to actresses for quality leadi ...

for her

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performance in ''

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''. Remick made her film debut in '' A Face in the Crowd'' (1957). Her other notable film roles include ''

Anatomy of a Murder ''Anatomy of a Murder'' is a 1959 American courtroom drama and crime film produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Wendell Mayes was based on the 1958 novel of the same name written by Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D. Vo ...

'' (1959), ''

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'' (1960), '' No Way to Treat a Lady'' (1968), '' The Detective'' (1968), ''

The Omen ''The Omen'' is a 1976 supernatural horror film directed by Richard Donner and written by David Seltzer. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, it stars Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Spencer ...

'' (1976), and ''

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'' (1979). She won

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for the TV film '' The Blue Knight'' (1973), and for playing the title role in the miniseries '' Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill'' (1974). For the latter role, she also won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress. In April 1991, she received a star on the

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Early life

Remick was born in

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, the daughter of Gertrude Margaret (two sources say Patricia) (''

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'' Waldo), an actress, and Francis Edwin "Frank" Remick, who owned a

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. She had one older brother, Bruce. One of her maternal great-grandmothers, Eliza Duffield, was a preacher born in England. Remick attended the Swoboda School of Dance, The

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, and studied acting at

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and the

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Career

Broadway and television

Remick made her Broadway theatre debut in 1953 with ''Be Your Age''. She began guest starring on episodes of TV anthology series such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Early films

Remick made her film debut in

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's '' A Face in the Crowd'' (1957). While filming the movie in

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, Remick lived with a local family and practiced baton twirling so that she would be believable as the teenager who wins the attention of Lonesome Rhodes (played by

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). After appearing as Eula Varner, the hot-blooded daughter-in-law of Will Varner (

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) in ''

The Long, Hot Summer ''The Long, Hot Summer'' is a 1958 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt. The screenplay was written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr., based in part on three works by William Faulkner: the 1931 novella " Spotted Horses", the 1939 s ...

'' (1958), she appeared in ''

These Thousand Hills ''These Thousand Hills'' is a 1959 American Western film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Don Murray, Richard Egan, Lee Remick, Stuart Whitman and Patricia Owens. The screenplay was written by Alfred Hayes. It is based on the novel ...

'' (1959) as a dance hall girl, both for

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Film stardom

Remick came to prominence portraying a

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victim whose husband is tried for killing her attacker in

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's ''

'' (1959). She made a second film with Kazan, ''

'' (1960), which co-starred

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and

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. That year she played Miranda in a television version of '' The Tempest'' with Richard Burton. Remick - Cukor - 1962

Remick was top-billed in ''

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'' (1961) alongside

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. She did '' The Farmer's Daughter'' (1962) on television. She starred opposite

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in the

Blake Edwards Blake Edwards (born William Blake Crump; July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Edwards began his career in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon began writing screenplays and radio s ...

suspense-thriller ''

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'' (1962). That same year she was nominated for an

for her performance as the

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wife of

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in '' Days of Wine and Roses'' (1962), also directed by Edwards.

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, also nominated that year for '' What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'', said, "Miss Remick's performance astonished me, and I thought, if I lose the Oscar, it will be to her." They both lost to

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in ''

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''. When

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was fired during the filming of the comedy ''

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'', the studio announced that Remick would be her replacement. Co-star

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refused to continue, however, saying that while he admired Remick, he had signed onto the picture strictly to be able to work with Monroe. Remick did a thriller, '' The Running Man'' (1963), with

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and a comedy, ''

The Wheeler Dealers ''The Wheeler Dealers'' (a.k.a. ''Separate Beds'' in the UK) is a 1963 American romantic comedy film produced by Martin Ransohoff, directed by Arthur Hiller and starring James Garner and Lee Remick. The script was written by George Goodman and I ...

'' (also 1963), with

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Return to Broadway and 1965 films

Remick next appeared in the 1964 Broadway musical ''

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'', with music and lyrics by

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and a book and direction by

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, which ran for only a week. Remick's performance is captured on the original cast recording. This began a lifelong friendship between Remick and Sondheim, and she later appeared in the 1985 concert version of his musical ''

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''. Remick returned to films with ''

Baby the Rain Must Fall ''Baby the Rain Must Fall'' is a 1965 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Lee Remick, Steve McQueen and Don Murray. Dramatist Horton Foote, who wrote the screenplay, based it on his 1954 play ''The Traveling Lady.'' Thi ...

'' (1965), with

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from a script by

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, and ''

The Hallelujah Trail ''The Hallelujah Trail'' is a 1965 American Western mockumentary spoof directed by John Sturges, with top-billed stars Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton and Pamela Tiffin. It was based on the book of the same title (originally released as " ...

'' (1965) with

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. In 1966, she starred in the Broadway play ''

'' under the direction of

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and co-starring

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. It was a big success and ran for 373 performances; Remick was nominated for a Tony award for Best Actress (Dramatic). It was adapted into a successful film the following year starring

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More films and 1970s

She performed in ''

Damn Yankees! ''Damn Yankees'' is a 1955 musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during ...

'' (1967) for TV and starred in '' No Way to Treat a Lady'' (1968) with

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and

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, '' The Detective'' (1968) with

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, and ''

Hard Contract ''Hard Contract'' is a 1969 American drama mystery film written and directed by S. Lee Pogostin and starring James Coburn and Lee Remick. It premiered on April 30, 1969 in Panavision. Plot synopsis CIA assassin John Cunningham ( James Coburn) ...

'' (1969) with

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. Remick visited the UK to make '' Loot'' (1970) and '' A Severed Head'' (1971). Back in the US she was in

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's ''

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'' (1971). She appeared in ''

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'' (1975), reuniting her with

. She co-starred with

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in the 1976 horror film ''

'', in which her character's adopted son,

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, is revealed to be the

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. The film was a commercial success. Remick followed it up with leading actress roles in '' Telefon'' (1977), with

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; ''

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'' (1978) with

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; the television mini-series ''

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'' (1979) with

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; '' Ike: The War Years'' (1979) portraying

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; and ''

'' (1979) for director

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. Remick starred in many TV movies beginning with ''

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'' (1972) with

. She followed it with ''

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'' (1972) for British TV; ''

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'' (1973); ''Of Men and Women'' (1973), an unsuccessful pilot; '' The Blue Knight'' (1973) with

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; '' A Delicate Balance'' (1973) with

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; ''

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'' (1974); ''Touch Me Not'' a.k.a. ''The Hunted'' (1974); '' Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill'' (1975), playing the title role, which earned her an Emmy nomination; ''

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'' (1975) with

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; ''

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'' (1975); '' Breaking Up'' (1978); and ''

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'' (1979) with

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1980s

Remick played

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in '' Haywire'' (1980). She had the lead in '' The Women's Room'' (1980), and supported in '' The Competition'' (1980) and ''

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'' (1980), the latter with Lemmon. Remick starred in '' The Letter'' (1982), '' The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story'' (1983) and a TV adaptation of ''

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'' (1984). She had a role in the miniseries ''

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'' (1984), adapted from the novel by

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. The reviewer of ''

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'' praised Remick for portraying Kate "to fresh-faced clawing perfection". Remick was in ''

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'' (1984), '' Toughlove'' (1985), '' Of Pure Blood'' (1986), and '' Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder'' (1987). She went to Australia to make '' Emma's War'' (1987). Remick's final performances include '' The Vision'' (1987) with

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, ''

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'' (1988), '' Bridge to Silence'' (1989) and playing

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in ''

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'' (1989). Her last performance was the lead in a TV movie '' Dark Holiday'' (1989).

Recognition

Remick was awarded the Women in Film

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in 1990. She has a star in the Motion Pictures section on the

at 6104 Hollywood Boulevard. (The Hollywood Walk of Fame site lists it at 1615 Vine Street.) It was dedicated on April 29, 1991.

Personal life

Remick married producer Bill Colleran, whose credits include ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', on August 3, 1957. They had two children, Katherine Lee Colleran (b. January 27, 1959) and Matthew Remick Colleran (b. June 7, 1961). Remick and Colleran divorced in 1968. Remick married British producer William Rory "Kip" Gowans on December 18, 1970. He was an assistant director on such films as ''Darling'' (1965), ''Far from the Madding Crowd'' (1967) and ''

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'' (1968) before they married, and afterwards worked on ''Sleuth'' (1972), ''

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'' (1976) and ''The Human Factor'' (1979). She moved with Gowans to England and remained married to him until her death. She starred in four telefilms he produced, '' The Women's Room'' (1980), '' The Letter'' (1982), ''Rearview Mirror'' (1984) and '' Of Pure Blood'' (1986). Remick and Gowans spent time in both England and

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, which she considered her "true home". Through her daughter, Remick had two grandchildren. In the spring of 1989 Remick was diagnosed with

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, from which she died on July 2, 1991 at the age of 55.

Popular culture

Remick was the subject of "

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", the 1978 debut single by the Australian indie rock band

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. For some reason, songwriter

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thought Remick was from Ireland, and references this in the song. In reality, Remick was American-born and raised (as were her parents); after 1970, she divided her time between England (where she had family ancestry) and the US. The British indie rock band Hefner recorded a song titled "Lee Remick" in 1998, unrelated to the Go-Betweens' single.

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