Kim Stanley

Kim Stanley, nee Patricia Reid ( born Patricia Reid ), was born in the city of Tularosa in the state of New Mexico on February 11, 1925. After graduating from high school, she was enrolled in the drama department at the University of New Mexico, and later studied at the Pasadena Theater.

Her success on Broadway was greatly facilitated by the critic Brooks Atkinson, thanks to whom she began to get her first roles there. In New York, she also attended the famous Actor's Studio , where her teachers were the famous Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg . In 1952, she already received the World Theater Award for playing the role of Ann Reeves in the production of The Chase, and later starred in such Broadway hits as Picnic (1953) and Bus Stop (1955). In 1959, she became a nominee for the Tony Award for her role in the production of Soul of the Poet, and in 1962 she was again nominated for the play Far Country.

Her film career began in 1958 with the role of Emily Ann Faulkner in the movie Goddess. Four years later, Kim Stanley was the storyteller in the movie “ To Kill a Mockingbird ”, where she narrated on behalf of the already matured Gene Louise Finch (“Eye”), whose role in the film was played by Mary Badham . In 1964, Kim played a major role in the film " Rainy Evening Session " for the role in which she won the New York Critics Award, and was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress .

In 1965, Stanley received bad reviews from critics for playing the role of Masha in the Chekhov production of Three Sisters in London . After that, Kim swore an oath to never appear on the stage again and kept it for the rest of her life. Ironically, a year later, Kim Stanley again played the role of Misha, but now in the film adaptation of the same name, directed by Lee Strasberg . Her colleagues in the picture were Geraldine Page , Sandy Dennis and Shelley Winters , no less well-known graduates of the Actor's Studio.

In 1982, Kim Stanley received nominations for an Oscar and Golden Globe for performing Best Actress in a supporting film in the movie Francis , based on the biography of American actress Francis Farmer . In the film, she played Lillian Farmer, the mother of the main character. A year later, Stanley last appeared on the screens in the role of Pancho Barnes in the movie " Guys What They Need ."

Kim Stanley twice won the Emmy Award. For the first time in 1963 for his role in the TV series “Ben Casey,” and for the second time in 1985 for his role in the television adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play “The Cat on a Hot Roof”.

Kim Stanley was married four times. Her first husband was Bruce Hall (1945-1946), the second Kurt Conway (1949-1956), from whom she gave birth to her first son, the third actor Alfred Ryder (1958-1964), who became the father of her second son, and the last Joseph Sidgel ( 1964-1967), during the marriage with which she adopted Judaism . She also had an illegitimate son from Brooks Cleef, Montgomery Clift's brother.

Kim Stanley died of endometrial cancer on August 20, 2001, in her home in Santa Fe , New Mexico , surrounded by Bruce Hall's first husband, Justin Truman Reid's brother and three sons. Her biography, “Female Brando: the Legend of Kim Stanley,” was published in 2006 .

• Emmy

1963 - “Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie” (“Ben Casey”)

1985 - “Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie” (Cat on a Hot Roof)

• Kim Stanley on the Internet Broadway Database