Celebrating the Living: Nadine Trintignant
When we talk about separating the art from the artist, what we usually mean is…
Celebrating the Living: Tony Robinson
Robinson himself refers to the other cast members of Blackadder as “toffs” and Oxbridge types.…
Celebrating the Living: Helen Atkinson-Wood
The most surprising thing about Helen Atkinson-Wood is that she’s no relation to Rowan. She…
Celebrating the Living: Rowan Atkinson
There are two kinds of Rowan Atkinson character. In general, you are a Mr. Bean…
Celebrating the Living: Miranda Richardson
Really, Queenie bears practically no resemblance to the real Queen Elizabeth I. She’s capricious, cruel,…
Celebrating the Living: Michael Keaton
He wasn’t the first example of fan backlash at casting. Not by at least fifty…
Celebrating the Living: Grey Griffin, AKA Grey DeLisle, AKA Grey Griffin-DeLisle
So here’s the thing. The woman I’m writing about today has acted under a total…
Celebrating the Living: Harry Shearer
When I discovered that Harry Shearer was possibly one of the assorted boys in the…
Celebrating the Living: Judy Parfitt
One of the recurring joys of this column is “Oh, I Remember That!” Something that…
Celebrating the Living: Richard Roundtree
It can frankly be exhausting to have your first movie role be extraordinarily successful. If…