Tammy Grimes

Biography

Tammy Grimes was a experienced actress and singer with more information on credits in theater, film, and tv. For reasons of musical and documenting work, her principal efforts were performances on some ensemble albums, notably The Unsinkable Molly Dark brown, which preserves her Tony Award-winning functionality, and several children’s and sound reserve recordings. Often regarded as British isles, Grimes was actually an American who owed her highlight to her delivery right into a prominent New Britain family, although exclusive husky timbre of her tone of voice was her very own. Her father maintained a country membership, and she was a debutante who arrived into Boston culture at age group 17. She wished to become an celebrity, however, and examined dilemma at Stephens University in Missouri, after that went to NY, where she continuing her teaching at a nearby Playhouse School from the Theater. She 1st stepped on the Broadway stage as an alternative for Kim Stanley within the starring part in the episode Bus Stay in 1955. An early on television appearance arrived in “The Bride-to-be Cried,” an bout of AMERICA Metal Hour, on August 17, 1955. She got her 1st chance to show her musical capabilities within the off-Broadway display The Littlest Revue (Might 22, 1956), which went 32 shows and got a solid recording released by Epic Information. The Littlest Revue was still operating when she made an appearance in the tv screen musical Vacation on NBC on June 9, 1956. That August, she wedded Canadian acting professional Christopher Plummer. Their girl, Amanda Plummer, was created March 23, 1957. Like both of her parents, she continued to become Tony Award-winning performer. Grimes divorced Christopher Plummer in Apr 1960. She was later on married to acting professional Jeremy Slade also to musician Richard Bell. Grimes was area of the Amazing Adele, a Broadway-bound musical that shut out of city in Dec 1956. She came back to tv in another unique musical, Richard Adler’s The Present from the Magi, broadcast on CBS on Dec 9, 1958. Her appearance inside a 1959 Television creation of George M. Cohan’s Forty-Five Mins from Broadway was documented and later on released on the soundtrack record by AEI Information. Noël Coward individually ensemble her in his play TAKE CARE OF Lulu (March 3, 1959), which proclaimed her Broadway debut in a job she originated. It went just five weeks, but she gained a Theater World award on her behalf performance. She continuing to seem on tv, co-starring within the range particular “Four for Tonight” on NBC’s Superstar Parade with Cyril Ritchard, Beatrice Lillie, and Tony Randall on Feb 24, 1960, and in a 1960 Television production from the 1957 Broadway musical Shinbone Alley which was documented and later released by Sound of Broadway Information, combined with the present Shangri-La. But her most significant success was included with her casting within the name function of Meredith Willson’s follow-up to his Broadway strike The Music Man, The Unsinkable Molly Dark brown (November 3, 1960). The display ran 532 shows, and Grimes gained the Tony Award for helping or featured celebrity within a musical. The Unsinkable Molly Dark brown was documented by Capitol Information to get a cast recording that reached the very best Ten and continued to be in the graphs almost annually. The reputation Grimes achieved using the Unsinkable Molly Dark brown translated into even more Broadway stage function, notably the crisis Rattle of a straightforward Man (Apr 17, 1963), and visitor appearances on Television series (e.g., The Andy Williams Display, November 15, 1962; The Virginian, January 9, 1963; Path 66, Oct 18 and Dec 13, 1963; Destry, Feb 14, 1964). She starred in her second Broadway musical with Large Spirits (Apr 7, 1964), an version of Noël Coward’s comic play Blithe Nature, with tracks by Hugh Martin and Timothy Grey. It went for 375 shows, and the ensemble record, released by ABC Information, made the very best 20. Her stardom additional burnished by her achievement in another Broadway musical, Grimes was provided her own tv series, and the problem humor The Tammy Grimes Display premiered on ABC on Sept 8, 1966. However, it earned devastating rankings and was canceled after just four shows. While on the Western world Coastline for the series, she made an appearance in her 1st film, Three Bites from the Apple, which opened up in-may 1967, and in a 1967 LA stage production from the revue The Decrease and Fall of the whole planet as Seen With the Eye of Cole Porter, that was documented live and later on released by Painted Smiles Information. Then she came back to NY also to Broadway within the play THE ONLY REAL Game around (Might 20, 1968). The next calendar year, she made an appearance within a revival of Noël Coward’s enjoy Personal Lives that gained her another Tony Award for celebrity in a play, making her mostly of the performers to earn Tonys both in musical and dramatic types. By 1970, Grimes, in her mid-thirties, was set up as a flexible celebrity, perhaps most in the home on-stage, but additionally a favorite choice for personality parts on tv and in movies. Through the ’70s, she came back to Broadway within the revue A Musical Jubilee (November 13, 1975) and Neil Simon’s humor California Suite (June 10, 1976), in addition to taking a convert as Lillian Hellman within the 1978-1979 revival from the play HAVE YOU BEEN Now or PERHAPS YOU HAVE HAVE YOU BEEN? (She was also within the 1975 Broadway-bound musical Gabrielle, which shut out of city.) Her significant feature movies included Play It since it Lays (1972), Someone Killed Her Hubby (1978), as well as the Runner Stumbles (1979); while on tv she was observed in such productions as Molière’s Tartuffe (1978) and Thomas Wolfe’s You Can’t GO BACK HOME Once again (1979). She starred within an NBC musical edition from the children’s publication The Debtors, with tunes by Pole McKuen, which was broadcast on Dec 14, 1973, and adopted that a yr later on with an appearance inside a musical edition of ‘Twas the night time Before Xmas, broadcast Dec 8, 1974, on CBS, and later on released like a soundtrack recording on Disneyland Information. Grimes experienced her third main triumph within the Broadway musical stage with an version from the 1933 film 42nd Road (August 25, 1980), which went 3,486 shows and was documented by RCA Victor Information for a ensemble record that reached the graphs. Her other NY theatrical appearances within the ’80s included the off-Broadway musical Sunset (November 7, 1983), that actually shut after one preview but nonetheless produced a ensemble record under its alternate name, Platinum, released on TER Information; the 1985 enjoy Waltz from the Toreadors; the off-Broadway musical Mademoiselle Colombe (Dec 9, 1987); along with a one-woman present, Tammy Grimes: A Concert in Phrases and Music (1988). She also made an appearance frequently in feature movies during the 10 years — Can’t End the Music (1980), No Big Offer (1983), America (1986), Mr. North (1988), and Slaves of NY (1989) — so when a guest celebrity on tv series: St. Somewhere else (Sept 26, 1984) as well as the Equalizer (Oct 22, 1986).. She worked well less frequently within the ’90s, though she still made an appearance in a number of feature movies — Backstreet Justice (1994), TODAY’S Affair (1995), Problems on the Part (1997), and Large Artwork (1998) — but her special voice had in the meantime brought her a complete new career documenting audiobooks in the past due ’80s and ’90s, specifically those for kids and adults. Her game titles included Henry Wayne’ Daisy Miller (1987), Carson McCullers’ The Person in the marriage (1987), and Maurice Sendak’s Where in fact the Wild Stuff Are & Various other Tales (1996). Tammy Grimes passed away in Oct 2016 at age 82.

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1	In 1965, Grimes made headlines after she had been beaten and injured twice in four days by what were described as "white racists". According to a report, Miss Grimes said she believed the attacks were related to her association with several black entertainers and recent appearances in public with Sammy Davis Jr. who was said to be staging a nightclub act for her.
2	Won the Best Supporting Actress Tony Award for playing the lead role in "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" because her name was not 'big' enough to appear on top of the title. According to Tony rules at the time, performers whose names appeared before the title were judged in the lead acting categories.
3	Has won two Tony Awards on only two nominations: in 1961 as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical) for playing the title character, Molly Brown, in "The Unsinkable Molly Brown;" and in 1970 as Best Actress (Dramatic), for a revival of Noel Coward's "Private Lives."
4	Also won a Tony (In the correct category of Best Actress this time) when she played "Amanda" in "Private Lives" on Broadway in 1970. Other Broadway appearances include Neil Simon's play "California Suite" (1976), the musicals "High Spirits" (1964) and "42nd Street" (1980), and revivals of Molière's "Tartuffe" (1977) and Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending" (1989).
5	Replaced E.G. Marshall as the host for the "CBS Radio Mystery Theater" in 1982 (the final season of the program).
6	She named her daughter Amanda Michael Plummer (born in 1957) after her character in Noel Coward's Private Lives.
7	Tried out for the 1952 free-style Olympic swimming team, but just missed out.
8	Was originally offered the role of "Samantha Stephens" on Bewitched (1964); she turned the part down in order to concentrate on her stage career. Elizabeth Montgomery was cast instead. She did work with Dick Sargent (the second "Darrin" on Bewitched (1964)) on The Tammy Grimes Show (1966).
9	Studied acting at New York City's prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse under the guidance of legendary acting coach, Sanford Meisner.
10	Originated the title role in the Broadway production of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown".
11	Mother, with Christopher Plummer, of Amanda Plummer.



Actress

Actress

Title	Year	Status	Character
Breathe	2005	Short	Narrator (voice)
The Portrait	1999	Short	Dora Gold
High Art	1998		Vera
Trouble on the Corner	1997		Mrs. K
A Modern Affair	1995		Dr. Gresham
Backstreet Justice	1994		Mrs. Finnegan
The Young Riders	1990	TV Series	Margaret Herrick
Square One Television	1990	TV Series	Lauren Bacchanal
Mathnet	1990	TV Series	Lauren Bacchanal
Slaves of New York	1989		Georgette
Long Ago and Far Away	1989	TV Series	Narrator
Mr. North	1988		Sarah Baily-Lewis
The Equalizer	1986	TV Series	Julia Jacobs
America	1986		Joy Hackley
Royal Match	1985	TV Movie	Queen Mother Estelle
The Stuff	1985		Special Guest Star in Stuff Commercial
My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina	1985	TV Movie	Catrina (voice)
St. Elsewhere	1984	TV Series	Fairy Godmother
A Matter of Cunning	1983	TV Movie	Sylvia Markham
No Big Deal	1983	TV Movie	Mrs. Norberry
Loving	1983	TV Series	Mrs. Haversham (1995)
An Invasion of Privacy	1983	TV Movie	Paula
The Last Unicorn	1982		Molly Grue (voice)
Can't Stop the Music	1980		Sydne Channing
CBS Library	1980	TV Series	Princess
The Practical Princess	1980	Short	Princess (voice)
The Runner Stumbles	1979		Erna Webber
You Can't Go Home Again	1979	TV Movie	Amy Carlton
The Love Boat	1979	TV Series	Christine
Tartuffe	1978	TV Movie	Elmire
Somebody Killed Her Husband	1978		Audrey Van Santen
That Was the Year That Was - 1976	1976	TV Movie
'Twas the Night Before Christmas	1974	TV Short	Albert (voice)
The Snoop Sisters	1974	TV Series	Amanda Bastion
The Wide World of Mystery	1974	TV Series	Cynthia
The Borrowers	1973	TV Movie	Homily Clock
The Horror at 37,000 Feet	1973	TV Movie	Mrs. Pinder
Play It As It Lays	1972		Helene
Love, American Style	1971	TV Series segment "Love and the Love Potion" - Love and the Heist/Love and the Love Potion/Love and the Teddy Bear 1971 ... segment "Love and the Love Potion"
NBC Children's Theatre	1971	TV Series
The Other Man	1970	TV Movie	Denise Gray
Arthur! Arthur!	1969		Lady Joan Mellon
The Outcasts	1969	TV Series	Polly
Tarzan	1967	TV Series	Polly Larkin
Three Bites of the Apple	1967		Angela Sparrow
The Tammy Grimes Show	1966	TV Series	Tammy Ward
The Trials of O'Brien	1965	TV Series	Mother Superior
Mr. Broadway	1964	TV Series	Nella
Destry	1964	TV Series	Patience Dailey
Burke's Law	1964	TV Series	Jill Marsh
Route 66	1963	TV Series	Greta Inger Gruenschaffen / Celli Brahms
The Virginian	1963	TV Series	Angie Clark
Dow Hour of Great Mysteries	1960	TV Series	Daisy Strong
Play of the Week	1960	TV Series	Mehitabel
Sunday Showcase	1960	TV Series
Omnibus	1959	TV Series
The Gift of the Magi	1958	TV Movie
Kraft Theatre	1957	TV Series
Studio One in Hollywood	1957	TV Series	Gloria Loman
Max Liebman Spectaculars	1956	TV Series
The United States Steel Hour	1955	TV Series	Hazel Corey

Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Danny Kaye Show	1966	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Destry	1964	TV Series performer - 1 episode

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Mike Douglas Show	1962-1979	TV Series	Herself - Guest / Herself - Actress
Just Crazy About Horses	1978	Documentary	Narrator
Dinah!	1976	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The Merv Griffin Show	1963-1974	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1963-1972	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The Irv Kupcinet Show	1971	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show	1970	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The 24th Annual Tony Awards	1970	TV Special	Herself - Winner: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
The David Frost Show	1969	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The Joey Bishop Show	1967-1968	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show	1961-1968	TV Series	Herself - Singer / Herself - Comedienne
Italy's in Season	1967	Short documentary	Herself (filming 'Three Bites of the Apple (1967)')
You Don't Say	1967	TV Series	Herself
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour	1967	TV Series	Herself
The Hollywood Palace	1966	TV Series	Herself - Singer
The Danny Kaye Show	1966	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The Dean Martin Show	1965	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The Celebrity Game	1964	TV Series	Herself
The Garry Moore Show	1963	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The Andy Williams Show	1962	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Here's Hollywood	1961	TV Series	Herself
The 15th Annual Tony Awards	1961	TV Special	Herself - Winner: Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
The Jack Paar Tonight Show	1959-1960	TV Series	Herself
The Arthur Murray Party	1959	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	2016	Documentary post-production	Herself
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	2003	Documentary	Herself
Life and Times	2002	TV Series documentary	Herself
Beyond Titanic	1998	TV Movie documentary	Herself - Singer / Actress
The 50th Annual Tony Awards	1996	TV Special	Herself - Previous Winner
The 47th Annual Tony Awards	1993	TV Special	Herself - Presenter: Best Direction of a Musical
A&E Stage	1984	TV Series	Herself - Host
Great Performances	1983	TV Series	Herself
American Playhouse	1983	TV Series	Herself
The 36th Annual Tony Awards	1982	TV Special	Herself - Audience Member

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
The 52nd Annual Tony Awards	1998	TV Special	Herself

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My agent asked would I like to do a musical. I said, 'Of course I would.' He said, 'Well, I've got the part for you.' So I read it, and I thought she was a stupid girl. She loved society. She just wanted to be social and have a lot of money. And I said, 'That's not very sensitive or tasteful' or whatever. So I told my agent, Baron Polan, that I didn't want to play it, and he grabbed my shoulders and he shook me a little bit on Fifth Avenue and said, 'Do you want to be a star or don't you want to be a star?' And I said, 'I want to be a star.' TG -- about her star-making role in "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"



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