Billy rose theatre division, the new york public library. As a young man frank langella worked with laurence olivier, partied. If this memoir doesnt make the book club of every seniors home in. The first disc in this twodisc set will include the desaturated color timing version of the film. An extremely versatile actor, frank langella is equally at home. Lr frank langella as salieri and dennis boutsikaris as mozart in a scene from the broadway production of the play amadeus. Frank langella biography and filmography frank langella movies. Dropped names, frank langellas memoir the new york times. A stage and screen actor of extreme versatility, frank langella won acclaim on the new york stage in seascape and followed it up with the title role in the edward gorey production of dracula. Frank langella was born in bayonne, new jersey, to angelina and frank a.
Frank a langella jr was born on january 1, 1938, into an italian american family in new jersey. He has won four tony awards, two for best leading actor in a play for his performances as richard nixon in the play frostnixon and as andre in the father and two for best featured actor in a play for his performances in edward albees seascape and ivan turgenevs fortunes fool. Langella caught the acting bug when he was 11, after playing an elderly man in a school play on the life of abraham lincoln, and he went on to earn a degree in theater from syracuse university. The acting was superb and i could really feel the pain and frustration of frank langellas character.
Frank langella simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. He won a tony award for best leading actor in a play for his role as richard nixon in the play frostnixon 2006, and was nominated for an academy award for best actor in a leading role for the same role in the 2008 movie adaptation. Filmografia vampirica, dracula dalla storia al cinema, vampiria. Roarkesave sherlock holmes, episodio della serie fantasilandia. Rarely have i read a book about celebrities that is as insightful, candid, revealing, and as wellwritten as this one. Os grandes filmes estrelados por frank langella, listados por nota. Both actors also appeared in adaptations of bram stokers 1897 novel dracula. With johnny depp, frank langella, lena olin, emmanuelle seigner.
Frank langella biography, movie highlights and photos. Rarely have i read a book about celebrities that is as insightful, candid. Louis jourdan stars in the title role in count dracula, a three hour version of bram stokers book on bbc television. The actor frank langella went everywhere, met everyone and fell into bed with. The very private threetime tony award winner apparently is not willing to answer questions about his debut book. Dracula dalla storia al cinema, filmografia vampirica, vampiria, cinema e medioevo. He repeated the role for the screen in dracula 1979 and became an. Filmografia vampirica, dracula dalla storia al cinema. Frank langella was born in bayonne, nj, on new years day, 1940.
Florian zeller, from france to broadway in a big, busy. Lr frank langella as salieri and dennis boutsikaris as. Langella, who remains a prolific actor though now in his early 70s, explains that he chooses scripts simply by whether or not the opening. In an interview with collider, langella speaks about not only how he typically chooses and prepares for roles, but how he rose to the challenge of acting against a robotic character in robot and frank. Frank langella nasce a bayonne, nel new jersey, l1 gennaio del 1938 da una famiglia di origini italiane. You read from this book, but you have no conception of its true power. Langella played the title character in dracula 1979 while hopkins played his. The 1979 movie version of dracula starring frank langella as the titular count and sir laurence olivier is getting a proper treatment for its debut on bluray via scream factory.
He was named after his father, frank a langella sr, a business executive. There is so much happy sexuality in this book that reading it is like being. New york the new york public library digital collections. Langella is also known for his other movie appearances, including superman. Frank langella stars as a man wrestling with dementia in this play, a hit in paris and london. Langella was also after garret dillahunt when theydid an offbroadway play in the 90s called i think booth is back. The 1979 version of dracula with frank langella didnt get the names. There was so much happy sexuality in this book that reading it was like being flirted with for a whole party by the. Frank langella biography and filmography frank langella. A rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a. It doesnt take much to satisfy me, i can pretty much call the good in any movie i watch, but starting out in the evening had real quality to it and profundity that i havent seen in a while. Badham based the movie on the play, which was based on the book.
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