Tammy Grimes Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Tammy Lee Grimes (born January 30, 1934) is an American actress and singer.
Full Name
Tammy Grimes
Net Worth
$950,000
Date Of Birth
January 30, 1934
Died
October 30, 2016, Englewood, New Jersey, United States
Place Of Birth
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Height
1.65 m
Profession
Singer, Voice Actor, Presenter
Education
Stephens College, Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, Beaver Country Day School
Nationality
American
Spouse
Richard Bell, Jeremy Slate, Christopher Plummer
Children
Amanda Plummer
Parents
Eola Willard Niles, Nicholas Luther Grimes
Siblings
Nancy Lou Grimes, Luther Nichols Grimes, Jr.
Nicknames
Tammy Lee Grimes, Tammy Grimes, Grimes, Tammy, Grimes, Tammy Lee
IMDB
Awards
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance, Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress
Nominations
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
Movies
The Last Unicorn, High Art, Can't Stop the Music, Play It as It Lays, The Runner Stumbles, Somebody Killed Her Husband, Three Bites of the Apple, Mr. North, A Modern Affair, The Horror at 37,000 Feet, Slaves of New York, Backstreet Justice, The Stuff, The Borrowers, An Invasion of Privacy, America, ...
TV Shows
The Tammy Grimes Show, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Quote
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[from an interview in 1960] I never looked like an ingenue. I don't want to be America's sweetheart; I'd rather be something they don't quite understand.
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My agent asked would I like to do a musical. I said, 'Of course I would.' He said, 'Well, I've got the part for you.' So I read it, and I thought she was a stupid girl. She loved society. She just wanted to be social and have a lot of money. And I said, 'That's not very sensitive or tasteful' or whatever. So I told my agent, Baron Polan, that I didn't want to play it, and he grabbed my shoulders and he shook me a little bit on Fifth Avenue and said, 'Do you want to be a star or don't you want to be a star?' And I said, 'I want to be a star.' TG -- about her star-making role in "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"
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Fact
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In 1965, Grimes made headlines after she had been beaten and injured twice in four days by what were described as "white racists". According to a report, Miss Grimes said she believed the attacks were related to her association with several black entertainers and recent appearances in public with Sammy Davis Jr. who was said to be staging a nightclub act for her.
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Won the Best Supporting Actress Tony Award for playing the lead role in "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" because her name was not 'big' enough to appear on top of the title. According to Tony rules at the time, performers whose names appeared before the title were judged in the lead acting categories.
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Has won two Tony Awards on only two nominations: in 1961 as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical) for playing the title character, Molly Brown, in "The Unsinkable Molly Brown;" and in 1970 as Best Actress (Dramatic), for a revival of Noël Coward's "Private Lives."
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Also won a Tony (In the correct category of Best Actress this time) when she played "Amanda" in "Private Lives" on Broadway in 1970. Other Broadway appearances include Neil Simon's play "California Suite" (1976), the musicals "High Spirits" (1964) and "42nd Street" (1980), and revivals of Molière's "Tartuffe" (1977) and Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending" (1989).
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Replaced E.G. Marshall as the host for the "CBS Radio Mystery Theater" in 1982 (the final season of the program).
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She named her daughter Amanda Michael Plummer (born in 1957) after her character in Noël Coward's Private Lives.
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Tried out for the 1952 free-style Olympic swimming team, but just missed out.
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Was originally offered the role of "Samantha Stephens" on Bewitched (1964); she turned the part down in order to concentrate on her stage career. Elizabeth Montgomery was cast instead. She did work with Dick Sargent (the second "Darrin" on Bewitched (1964)) on The Tammy Grimes Show (1966).
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Studied acting at New York City's prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse under the guidance of legendary acting coach, Sanford Meisner.
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Originated the title role in the Broadway production of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown".
