Elizabeth McGovern

In 1992 she married English producer and director Simon Curtis, with whom she currently lives in London, together with their two daughters. She was typecast in similar roles, and in 1955, plagued by ill health, she committed suicide with an overdose of barbiturates in her apartment in New York. Besides cinema and theater, she has also played in several television films. Ona Munson’s career was stalemated by the acclaim of GWTW. As a movie actress, big-eyed and slightly baby-faced McGovern has given preference to eccentric roles over those parts typically tailored for actresses of her age. Tallulah Bankhead refused the role as too small. Since then she has continued performing on stage between film assignments rather than concentrating on becoming a film star. Early on, Selznick had announced Mae West was to play Belle, but this was of course a publicity stunt.

The following years she completed her education as an actress at the American Conservatory Theatre and at The Juilliard School, and began to act in theater plays, first off-Broadway and later in famous theaters. The needed look for Belle could be created in the wardrobe and makeup departments. The next year she earned an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of the 19th-century actress Evelyn Nesbit in the movie Ragtime. She spoke deep and throaty in her test, and her voice conveyed sexiness and worldliness. The movie won four Oscars. But her skills as an actress electrified her screen test: it was all in the voice. It was also Robert Redford's first film as director. She was the antithesis of the voluptuous Belle: tall, freckled, and of slight build.

While studying at this school, she was offered in 1980 a part in her first movie, Ordinary People, in which she played the girlfriend of troubled teenager Timothy Hutton. She introduced the song "You're the Cream In My Coffee," to New York audiences. McGovern followed her advice and studied, first at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and then at The Juilliard School in New York City. 1955) Ona Munson was an improbable choice to play the whiskey-voiced prostitute with a heart of gold, Belle Watling, in "Gone With the Wind." Born Ona Wolcott in Portland, Oregon in 1903, she first came to fame on Broadway as the singing and dancing ingenue in the original production of "No, No, Nanette." She had a very successful stage and radio career in the 1930’s in New York. Agent Joan Scott saw her performance in The Skin of our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, was impressed by her talent, and recommended that she take acting lessons. 1903, d. McGovern started acting in plays in high school. ONA MUNSON (American actress, b.

Later her family moved to Los Angeles, where her father, a university professor, accepted a position with UCLA. She was born in Evanston, Illinois. Elizabeth McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American movie and theater actress. Ordinary People (1980).

Heaven's Gate (1981). Ragtime (1981). Lovesick (1983). Racing with the Moon (1984).

Once Upon a Time in America (1984). Native Son (1986). Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987). The Bedroom Window (1987).

She's Having a Baby (1988). Johnny Handsome (1989). The Handmaid's Tale (1990). A Shock to the System (1990).

Women and Men (1990). Tune in Tomorrow (1990). Ashenden, Part 2 (1991). Me and Veronica (1992).

King of the Hill (1993). The Favor (1994). The Changeling (1994). Wings of Courage (1995).

Broken Trust (1995). Summer of Ben Tyler (1996). Clover (1997). The Wings of the Dove (1997).

The Misadventures Of Margaret (1998). Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998). The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999). Manila (2000).

Thursday the 12th (2000). The House of Mirth (2000). The Flamingo Rising (2001). Buffalo Soldiers (2002).