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Academy Award-winning superstars of different generations Warren Beatty (Bonnie and Clyde, Splendor in the Grass) and Vivien Leigh (Gone With the Wind, A Streetcar Named Desire) star in this Tennessee Williams story about an aging actress who moves to Rome to revive her career, but becomes more involved with romance when a pretty penny buys her a fling with an intriguing young gigolo.
Co-starring Jill St. John (Diamonds are Forever, The Player) and German legend Lotte Lenya (From Russia with Love), who nearly steals the show as Leigh's waspish confidante.
Original Release
12/28/1961
US Release
12/28/1961
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Vivien Leigh | Karen Stone |
Warren Beatty | Paolo di Leo |
Coral Browne | Meg |
Jill St. John | Barbara Bingham |
Jeremy Spenser | Young man |
Stella Bonheur | Mrs. Jamison-Walker |
Josephine Brown | Lucia |
Peter Dyneley | Lloyd Greener |
Carl Jaffe | Baron Waldheim |
Harold Kasket | Tailor |
Directors
Writers
Tennessee Williams, Gavin Lambert, Jan Read
Cast
Name | Character |
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Vivien Leigh | Karen Stone |
Warren Beatty | Paolo di Leo |
Coral Browne | Meg |
Jill St. John | Barbara Bingham |
Jeremy Spenser | Young man |
Stella Bonheur | Mrs. Jamison-Walker |
Josephine Brown | Lucia |
Peter Dyneley | Lloyd Greener |
Carl Jaffe | Baron Waldheim |
Harold Kasket | Tailor |
Viola Keats | Julia McIlheny / Julia Mcllheny |
Cleo Laine | Singer |
Bessie Love | Bunny |
Elspeth March | Mrs. Barrow |
Henry McCarty | Campbell Kennedy |
Warren Mitchell | Giorgio |
John Phillips | Tom Stone |
Paul Stassino | Stefano - The Barber / Stefano the Barber |
Ernest Thesiger | Stefano |
Mavis Villiers | Mrs. Coogan |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Louis De Rochemont | Producer |
Lothar Wolff | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1962 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
1962 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |