Gary doesn’t remember her. It was the great loss of his life.”, After his wife’s death, Bob Raymond left his boys in the care of others. “Monty Clift had this extraordinary presence,” he recalls. Miss Ure and Mr. Shaw costarred in the Broadway production of Harold Pinter's “Old Times” in 1971. His first film part – as Charles Stuart in the Civil War swashbuckler The Moonraker (1958) – had brought his glossy, slightly asymmetrical good looks to the attention of the bosses at Elstree studios. After a few drinks, he became rudely competitive, and Shaw made a point of keeping up the pace in between takes. “I’m not sure he did seem attractive,” he says. Kenneth More was a war hero who conquered British cinema. She died in … Is he, I ask, regarded as the father of the cast? Now he treasures the few images of her in his possession: a faded photograph from a rehearsal in Leeds, an advert for Vicks VapoRub for which she posed with his older brother. Dedicated British scientist Dr. Henry Laidlaw Longman (Sir Dirk Bogarde) tests the possibility of brainwashing. Where Eagles Dare is directed by Brian G Hutton, featuring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, and Mary Ure in the lead roles. But that’s it, you know. As Dimitri Weissman in Follies, he’ll be performing eight shows as week at the National Theatre. Mary Ure (Sons and Lovers) is an amorous agent present to help with nicely-timed ropes and the like; Hammer icon Ingrid Pitt flashes her chest, tries out her throaty laugh and exits the film early. Next was Windom's Way (1957) - a tale of rubber plantation strikes and marital strife, but more significant events had been occurring off-screen. From my position on the orange couch, I compliment him on his modesty. Directed by Basil Dearden. His son has now surpassed him in durability. “I’m not sure Elizabeth Taylor did. Quint was offered to many people, but everyone declined. I’m not sure I’m happy to be cared for. So I turned it down, and Mary Ure did it and was nominated for an Oscar. Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure Director: ... "After that it was, 'Alf, get into uniform', and we shot the rest of the scene from behind," he said in a 1998 interview… “Richard Burton talked about money,” he volunteers. Through a working-class childhood and five marriages, Osborne led a … The on-location short that precedes "Where Eagles Dare" is not to be missed. But the real locus of gossip on Gary’s immense CV is Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), a lurid Tennessee Williams melodrama filmed for Columbia Pictures at Shepperton. If the experiment succeeds, he will stop loving his wife Oonagh (Mary Ure). 1967 | R | CC. “Not dynamic in any way, but you just wanted to nurture him. Ferdia’s dad Colin was the child of Robert and second wife Mary Ure, a Scottish actress who was nominated for an Oscar for 1960 movie Sons And Lovers. She had understudied, then replaced, Mary Ure in "Love for Love" (1974); played Stella in a Princeton, N.J., production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1976), and … Then when that play was over I went back to the garret. Their mother, Paddy Lee, was one of CB Cochran’s Young Ladies – the British equivalent of the Follies. I’m not strong enough to do Lear. Robert Archibald Shaw was born on August 9, 1927, in Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, the eldest son of Doreen Nora (Avery), a nurse, and Thomas Archibald Shaw, a doctor. “I had thousands, yes, but they’re passed. Gary Raymond wears his history quietly but, like one of Weisman’s chorines, he’s seen it all. In 1959, he starred opposite Richard Burton and Claire Bloom in Tony Richardson’s film of Look Back in Anger as Cliff, the decent one caught in the crossfire of a volatile marriage. “Mankiewicz bullied him,” says Gary. (He remembers his co-star’s call to cancel a dinner engagement: “Sorry – I am just about to mount the cross.”). In 1981, the official historian of the SOE, Michael R. D. Foot, said that the staff of SOE consisted of about 10,000 men and 3,000 women.. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. “Some were saying he had no right to do it, he had a position in the theatre and he should have kept himself very careful. Reporter Elizabeth Kendrick interviews Paul Robeson and Mary Ure at the Stratford Memorial Theatre where they are about to open the season with Othello. At the age of 16, on the recommendation of the headmistress of Mount School, Miss Ure was chosen to play the Virgin Mary in a revival of the Cycle of Mystery Plays, which date from the Middle Ages. She had just married Eddie Fisher then, and when she wasn’t on the set she was in her room.”, The male lead made a stronger impression. His third child, the actress Emily Raymond, was born there, while her father played St Peter to Max von Sydow’s Christ in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). The police said that there were no suspicious circumstances, but that a routine coroner's investigation would be made. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his role as Henry VIII in the drama film A Man for All Seasons (1966). My ambition is to be offered work and be able to take it. Two years after her death in 1977, Shaw was interviewed by People magazine: Shaw says it’s no secret that he went on a bender after his wife of 11 years, actress Mary Ure, died unexpectedly in 1975. Audiences who come to see Dominic Cooke’s heartbreakingly good revival at the National Theatre may not recognise the name of the actor offering this invitation. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, an Feb. 18, 1933, Miss Ure was the daughter of Colin McGregor Ure, a civil engineer, and the former Edith Swinburne. Critics in London, reviewing, “The Exorcism” yesterday, found Miss Ure the hest thing to recommend it. They had three more children. Perennial Nazis Anton Diffring and Ferdy Mayne get to act shocked and ineffectual when sharpie agent Burton invades their castle. “Then, he seemed just a man who was vicious about everything. 4.8 out of 5 stars 5,159 In praising her performance in that play, Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times said, “As the tormented wife, Mary Ure succeeds in retaining the pride of an intelligent young woman by filling her silences with unspoken vitality, by being alive and by glowing with youth in every sequence.” Miss Ure's performance in the 1959 film version of the play was similarly well‐received. They had three more children including the actor Ian Shaw. This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. “It was like a dungeon.”, Its dankness was no discouragement. “Hepburn knew everything that the film was about, no question,” reflects Gary. Mary Ure married Osborne. RELATED: 10 Jaws Movie Knock Offs, Ranked From Awful To Jawsome. By Tom Rubython Updated: 19:22 EST, 13 May 2011 Their father, Bob Raymond, was a light comedian and dancer. In 1961, Miss Ure appeared at the Royal Court Theater in London in Middleton's‐ “The Changeling” with Mr. Shaw, married and the father of four children. In a recent interview he remarked. See the article in its original context from. Gary saw little of him until his teenage years, but remembers watching his act in theatres long deconsecrated. thoroughly agreeable‐to‐us disagreeable relationship.”. She and Shaw began an affair years later. Italian TV Industry Mourns Late Lux Vide Drama Chief and ‘Medici’ Producer Sara Melodia. “I honestly had no sense that I was [handsome]… truly. "I find acting much easier than writing, but writing is more important to me. The 1986 British action movie is set in the backdrop of World War II and revolves around a team of Allied soldiers, which plans a rescue mission of a US General. There was also a two page interview… Miss Ure's success was that twift, and it continued. At that moment, Gielgud was still braving out a scandal. Previously she had been seen in London, in the nineteen‐sixties, in Arthur Miller's “The Crucible” and in New I York co‐starring with the late Vivien Leigh in “Duel of Angels.”, Miss Ure's Oscar nomination, in 1961, was for her role in “Sons and Lovers.” Her other movies included “The Luck of Ginger Coffey” and “Custer of the West,” both co‐starring Mr. Shaw, and “Where Eagles Dare.”, Miss Ure was a strikingly beautiful woman with blond hair. But now one has a great deal of sympathy with him. Gielgud played Lear one night, Benedick the next, with Peggy Ashcroft as his Cordelia and his Beatrice. She was pregnant with Colin when they sailed on the Ave Maria. They’re like swords.”, What about his co-star? In part two, Bergman discusses actor's good sides, how performing is a form of medicine, and not knowing the ending of "Casablanca" while filming. At the time of filming Mary Ure and Robert Shaw were a real life married couple having met on set in 1963. “He said that he could get as much pleasure out of reading a company’s books as a script, but I don’t think that was quite true.” He remembers meeting him at the offices of Associated British Pictures before filming began on Look Back in Anger. However, he took the role at the urging of his then-wife, Mary Ure. Robert Archibald Shaw (9 August 1927 – 28 August 1978) was an English actor, novelist, and playwright. The director’s conduct so appalled Katharine Hepburn that, once her last shot was in the can, she spat in his face. The 'Fatal Attraction' actress talks getting her big break, living in 1970s New York, and taking her dog with her everywhere as protection. “It’s a question one thinks about,” he says, distantly. They were presented in York as part of the Festival of Britain in 1951. I understudied Mary Ure and Hal fired her and so I went from the fourth-floor garret to the star dressing room. Her legal action against the director, Harold Prince, was submitted to arbitration, but no decision has been announced. The Camberwell Palace. Despite this, I do my best to regress him. The Government hasn’t a clue, Sherlock who? Born in Scotland in 1933, Eileen Mary Ure trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and then began to appear in the London theatre from age … Hollywood's first sex addict: Never mind Liz Taylor - a new book reveals Richard Burton slept with three women a week for 30 years. She was a nonstop talker, with forceful, sometimes shockingly expressed opinions. The surgeon was played by Montgomery Clift, one year after the car smash that nearly claimed his life (Liz Taylor saved him by jumping into the wreck and pulling several dislodged teeth from his throat). Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Mary Ure Celebrity Profile - Check out the latest Mary Ure photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at Rotten Tomatoes! In 1959, his career was catching light. In part one of a two part interview with Ingrid Bergman, Bergman discusses what makes a good director, continuing to surprise audiences, and how her son influenced her decision to write her story. They were married shortly before Mr. Osborne's “Look Back in Anger” become a hit of the 1957 Broadway season. “You know battered baby syndrome?” Clift, he says, was like an infant whose distress stirred anger rather than love. “Is that a virtue?”, Follies is at the National Theatre until May 11. A transcript of the interview follows. 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In 1956, while she was appearing in London, using a Brooklyn accent in Arthur Miller's “A View From the Bridge,” Miss Ure met John Osborne, identified at the time as one of the British theater's “angry young men,” who had won attention with plays on themes that sometimes rudely questionled the traditional values of morality and patriotism. Why did he fall from view? The new producers, impressed with her talent, arranged for Miss Ure to study at London's Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, where she stayed three years. Shaw's mother, who was born in Piggs Peak, Swaziland, met his father while she was a nurse at a hospital in Truro, Cornwall. See more ideas about look back in anger, mary, where eagles dare. Two years before, he had been arrested for soliciting in a Chelsea lavatory. “But nobody came rushing up saying, ‘Would you do this film for us?’ or anything like that, and it was over and we came home.” Home, it must be said, to almost constant employment – particularly on glossy series such as The Saint, Jason King and The Persuaders!. Mary Ure, a leading British stage and screen actress who won her first critical acclaim for “Look Back in Anger” in 1957 and an Academy Award nomination in 1961, died in London yesterday ony hours after opening a run in a new play, “The Exorcism.” She was 42 years old. She received her basic education at the Mount School in York, England. An enchantingly beautiful, luminous blonde, Mary Ure was born in Glasgow on February 18th, 1933. She died of tuberculosis when he was nine months old. She bore their first child in September of that year, divorced Mr. Osborne the following year, and was married to Mr. Shaw in 1963. In 1965, Gary took his family (he has been married to fellow actor Delena Kidd for 58 years) to Los Angeles. That’s it.”. Gary was cast as Taylor’s handsome-but-despicable brother, George. Gary remembers how it scandalised his fellow Rada students. In 1959, Ure recreated her stage characterization of Alison Porter in Look Back in Anger, written by husband number one, John Osborne. Apr 1, 2020 - Explore Bob Hill's board "Mary Ure" on Pinterest. We’re ensconced in a National Theatre dressing room containing a bright orange daybed and an uncomfortable-looking chair. Osborne’s use of words is incredible, isn’t it? The film is a thick soup of Freudian horrors. She divorced Osborne, and married Shaw, who adopted their baby Colin. The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British organisation that conducted espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in World War II.It has appeared in popular culture in film, comics, books, and television. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Her first film was Zoltan Korda's Storm Over the Nile (1955), a misfiring remake of The Four Feathers (1939). His paternal grandfather was Scottish, from Argyll. Of primary importance is "On Location: Where Eagles Dare" (12:37, SD), a vintage featurette with behind-the-scenes footage as well as brief interview clips of Clint Eastwood, Richard Burton, Ingrid Pitt, and Mary Ure. He declares that it’s “a final chance to glamorise the old days… and lie about ourselves a little”. It was a rare TV appearance for Shaw and he was given a prestigious TV Times cover for the week of broadcast in recognition of the fact. Terrific fun to get all the behind-the-scenes on the exotic shoot. George Lucas suggested Richard Dreyfuss after working with him on American Graffiti. In those years, his father made a living doing extra work on the same series – and also became a regular stooge for Monty Python’s Flying Circus, on which he can be spotted having his teeth drilled by Terry Jones, eating in a canteen dressed as an Inuit, or looming over Mount Everest in clown make-up. A Classified Dossier Interview with Gary Raymond October 1999: Could you tell us a bit about where you were born, grew up, and a little bit about your family life? Rare Interview Actor Robert Shaw with his wife Mary Ure 1972. In the Fifties he toured Europe with John Gielgud and sang in Peter Brook’s thrillingly sleazy musical, Irma la Douce. “I don’t really know what it means, but I think that Burton knew what it meant.” Â, Gary Barrymore Raymond was born in Brixton in 1935, 20 minutes after his twin brother, Robin. Tickets: 020 7452 3000; nationaltheatre.org.uk. Clift, struggling with alcohol, amphetamines and the after-effects of the accident, struggled with his lines. When I met him, though, he seemed divine.”. Her professional stage debut came in 1954 in Manchester and that same year she was seen on a London stage for the first time as the star of Jean Anouilh's “Time Remembered.”. In Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, the ancient impresario Dimitri Weissman is surveying the carcass of an old 42nd Street theatre after the war, surrounded by some of his former showgirls. You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. I ask Raymond whether Jimmy Porter, the acerbic hero of Look Back in Anger, seems as attractive today as he was in the late Fifties. “They treat me like an old person who needs to be cared for. I accept that I was now.” Tabloids were soon running stories about his promise.Â, Was he an ambitious young man? Aug 28, 2018 - Scottish-born actress Mary Ure preferred the theater to movies, period; her entire cinematic output consists of nine films, some of which she made merely to please her husbands. 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