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    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1958 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks, who co-wrote the screenplay with James Poe, based on the 1955 Pulitzer...
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  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1955 American three-act play written by Tennessee Williams. The play, an adaptation of his 1952 short story "Three Players of...
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  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film directed by Jack Hofsiss, and starring Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn...
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  • The film features an early score from composer Andre Previn. Some of his themes and cues were reused in later MGM productions such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof...
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  • well as tone, were inspired by Tennessee Williams' 1955 play, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, a film adaptation of which– also starring Newman – was released 5 months...
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    Richard Brooks (category Film directors from Los Angeles)
    career, he was best known for Blackboard Jungle (1955), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Elmer Gantry (1960; for which he won the Academy Award for Best...
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    Barbara Bel Geddes (category Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award winners)
    original Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1955. Her notable films included I Remember Mama (1948) and Vertigo (1958). Throughout her career, she...
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    Madeleine Sherwood (category Canadian film actresses)
    Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Sweet Bird of Youth, and starred or featured in 18 original Broadway productions including Arturo Ui, Do I Hear a Waltz...
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    documentary, King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis (1970). His career breakthrough occurred with his performance in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), which earned...
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    Vaughn Taylor (actor) (category American male film actors)
    He also appeared in films such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) and Psycho (1960). Taylor was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a graduate of Northeastern...
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    Jack Carson (category Canadian male film actors)
    appeared in such dramas as Mildred Pierce (1945), A Star is Born (1954), and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958). He worked for RKO and MGM (where he was cast opposite...
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    Giancarlo Esposito (category 1958 births)
    appeared on Broadway as Gooper in an African American production of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed...
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    Kim Stanley (category Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Primetime Emmy Award winners)
    Denker's A Far Country. Stanley also portrayed Maggie "The Cat" in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in the original London production of the play. In 1965, she...
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    Tennessee Williams (category Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers)
    York City. It was the first of a string of successes, including A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), Sweet Bird of Youth (1959)...
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    Burl Ives (category American male film actors)
    also a popular film actor through the late 1940s and '50s. His film roles included parts in So Dear to My Heart (1948) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958),...
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    Lars Schmidt (producer) (category Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers)
    numerous post-war American plays in Europe; including A Street Car Named Desire, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Oklahoma! and Anne Frank. He is considered one of...
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    Larry Gates (category American male film actors)
    notable roles include H.B. Lewis on daytime's Guiding Light and Doc Baugh in the film version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958). He played the role of H.B....
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  • Louise Latham (category American film actresses)
    Jones" in Theater '54 in Dallas, Texas. In 1958, she was in a touring company that performed Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Latham was married twice, first to Raymond...
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    for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the films Raintree County (1957), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), BUtterfield 8...
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    Ben Gazzara (category Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Primetime Emmy Award winners)
    he was a lifelong member. His breakthrough role was in the Broadway play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955–56), which earned him widespread acclaim. A memorable...
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  • James Poe (category Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers)
    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Summer and Smoke, Lilies of the Field, The Bedford Incident, and They Shoot Horses, Don't They?. He also worked as a writer on...
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    Christian LeBlanc (category 1958 births)
    Young and the Restless on His Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". Theater Mania. Archived from the original on May 22, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024. MacCash...
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  • (Mexico) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson A Certain Smile...
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    Helen Rose (category Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers)
    The Reluctant Debutante (1958) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) (for Elizabeth Taylor) Party Girl (1958) The Tunnel of Love (1958) (for Doris Day and Gia Scala)...
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  • number one a week later during the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Milwaukee Braves, displacing Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. The film is recognized...
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    appeared in the role of Big Daddy Pollitt in the Broadway revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Elizabeth Ashley, Keir Dullea and Kate Reid. In 1975, he played...
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  • Corrine Koslo (category 1958 births)
    the Shaw Festival have included productions of Drama at Inish, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Brief Encounters, The Entertainer, The Mystery of Edwin Drood,...
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    Leigh Snowden (category American film actresses)
    a singer, in his nightclub acts. In 1971, Snowden appeared in the role of Maggie in the Fresno Community Theater production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by...
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    from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved December 26, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976)". British Film Institute. Archived...
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    Thomas Gomez (category American male film actors)
    Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Thomas Gomez died at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California, aged 65, after spending 3 weeks in a coma from...
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