This page will contain additional articles about Jennifer Connelly, as they become available.Jennifer ConnellyJennifer Connelly playing Jenny Blake in the 1990 film The RocketeerJennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12, 1970 in the Catskill Mountains, New York) is an American film actress. Although she has been working in the film industry since she was a teenager, she has only recently received critical acclaim for her work, most notably for Requiem for a Dream (2000) and A Beautiful Mind (2001), for which she won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress. Connelly is married to the British actor Paul Bettany, whom she met while working on a film; the couple has a son (born August 5, 2003). She has also a five-year-old son, Kai, from a previous relationship. Connelly grew up in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn near the Brooklyn Bridge, attending St. Ann's School, except for four years the family spent living in Woodstock, New York. Her father was in the garment industry, and one of his close friends through the trade was an advertising executive. The executive friend suggested Jennifer audition at a modelling agency. At the age of 10, her career started in newspaper and magazine ads, then moved to television commercials. Her first film role was in the 1984 film Once Upon a Time in America, where she danced for the role of "young Deborah Gelly" in Sergio Leone's gangster epic. She followed that with a major role in Jim Henson's film Labyrinth (1986). She began studying at Yale, but transferred two years later to Stanford. She returned to films in the 1990s, in such titles as The Rocketeer (1990), Dark City (1998), and House of Sand and Fog (2003). Around this time, Connelly had a strange career move, releasing Monologue of Love, a "charming" Japanese single with a semi-classical instrumental arrangement. The B-side of the tape is Message of Love, an interview with music in the background. Along with this odd Japanese single, she also has done many Japanese TV commercials. Selected Filmography
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Along with this odd Japanese single, she also has done many Japanese TV commercials. In 1994 her memoralilia were sold to the Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek (after US insitutions showed no interest) where it became the core of the FilmMuseum Berlin in the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz, Berlin. The B-side of the tape is Message of Love, an interview with music in the background. de:Friedenau Cemetery. Around this time, Connelly had a strange career move, releasing Monologue of Love, a "charming" Japanese single with a semi-classical instrumental arrangement. Her body, covered with an American flag, was then returned to Berlin where she was interred in the Städtischen Friedhof III, Berlin-Schöneberg, Stubenrauchstraße 43-45. She returned to films in the 1990s, in such titles as The Rocketeer (1990), Dark City (1998), and House of Sand and Fog (2003). A service was conducted at La Madeline in Paris before 3,500 mourners and a crowd of well-wishers outside. She began studying at Yale, but transferred two years later to Stanford. Dietrich died peacefully at the age of 90 in Paris, of general old-age. She followed that with a major role in Jim Henson's film Labyrinth (1986). It is true that she quipped that she would return only when one of her Jewish friends (possibly Max Reinhardt) could accompany her. Her first film role was in the 1984 film Once Upon a Time in America, where she danced for the role of "young Deborah Gelly" in Sergio Leone's gangster epic. Despite all of this, she was reportedly offered a king's ransom to return to Germany, due to her immense popularity as well as Hitler's ardour, which she declined. At the age of 10, her career started in newspaper and magazine ads, then moved to television commercials. When Maria gave birth to a son in 1948, Dietrich was dubbed "the world's most glamorous grandmother." Although they never married, the great love of her life was the French actor and military hero, Jean Gabin. The executive friend suggested Jennifer audition at a modelling agency. 13, 1924. Her father was in the garment industry, and one of his close friends through the trade was an advertising executive. Her only child, Maria, was born on Dec. Ann's School, except for four years the family spent living in Woodstock, New York. She married once, to director's assistant (and later director at Paramount Pictures, France) Rudolf Sieber. Connelly grew up in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn near the Brooklyn Bridge, attending St. Unlike her professional celebrity, which was carefully crafted and maintained, Dietrich's personal life was kept out of public view. She has also a five-year-old son, Kai, from a previous relationship. Her public image and some of her movies included strong sexual undertones, including bisexuality. Accordingly, it is no surprise that she had affairs with women (Mercedes de Acosta was among her lesbian lovers) as well as men. Connelly is married to the British actor Paul Bettany, whom she met while working on a film; the couple has a son (born August 5, 2003). Dietrich was a fashion icon to the top designers as well as a screen icon whom later stars would follow. Although she has been working in the film industry since she was a teenager, she has only recently received critical acclaim for her work, most notably for Requiem for a Dream (2000) and A Beautiful Mind (2001), for which she won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress. She is also famous for having recorded Lili Marleen during World War II, a curious example of a song transcending the hatreds of war. Jennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12, 1970 in the Catskill Mountains, New York) is an American film actress. Dietrich became an American citizen in 1937, raised a record number of War Bonds and entertained American troops during the Second World War. Dark Water (2004). Her singing helped here too, as she recorded a number of anti-Nazi records in German for the OSS. House of Sand and Fog (2003). She sang for the Allied troops on the front lines in Algiers, Fance and into Germany with Generals Gavin & Patton. Hulk (2003). She was a staunch anti-Nazi who despised Germany's anti-semitic policies of the time. A Beautiful Mind (2001). Dietrich was known to have a strong set of political convictions and a mind to speak them. Pollock (2000). Madeline Kahn did the same in the Mel Brooks film "Blazing Saddles". Requiem for a Dream (2000). Her distinctive voice was later satirized, by Lotte Lenya, in the song Lieder by cult British trio Fascinating Aïda. Waking the Dead (2000). She spent the last twelve years bed-ridden, in seclusion in her apartment in Paris. Dark City (1998). Her show business career largely ended, however, in 1974, when she broke her leg during a stage performance. Inventing the Abbotts (1997). Spectacular costumes (by Jean Louis) and careful stage lighting helped to preserve Dietrich's glamorous image well into old age. Mulholland Falls (1996). His arrangements helped to disguise Dietrich's limited vocal range and allowed her to perform her songs to maximum dramatic effect. Higher Learning (1995). Until the mid-1960s her musical director was pop composer Burt Bacharach. The Rocketeer (1990). Her repertoire included songs from her films as well as popular songs of the day. Labyrinth (1986). From the 1950s to the mid-1970s Dietrich toured internationally as a successful cabaret performer. Once Upon a Time in America (1984). Following a slowdown in her film career, she made a number of records first for Decca, Elektrola, EMI, and for Columbia. Dietrich sang in several of her films (most famously in von Sternberg's The Blue Angel, in which she sings "Falling In Love Again"), having made records in Germany in the 1920s. She gradually broadened her repertoire in roles such as Destry Rides Again, A Foreign Affair, Witness for the Prosecution, Touch of Evil, and Judgment at Nuremberg. Her most lasting contribution to film history was as the star in several films directed by Josef von Sternberg in the early 1930s, such as The Scarlet Empress and Shanghai Express, in which she played "femme fatales". After playing in only German movies at first, she got her first role in the 1st European talking picture, The Blue Angel(1930; directed by Joseph von Sternberg) and then moved to Hollywood to make Morocco (for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress). Born in Schöneberg, Berlin, Dietrich played the violin before joining an acting school in 1921, making her film debut the following year. Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich (December 27, 1901 - May 6, 1992) was a German actress and singer. |