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Joanna Roos is a Actor American born on 11 january 1901 at Brooklyn (USA)
Joanna Roos (January 11, 1901 – May 13, 1989) was an American Broadway, radio, and television actress and a playwright. She was born in Brooklyn in 1901 and attended Syracuse University as well as Yvette Guilbert's School in New York and Paris.
In 1930 Roos performed the role of Sofya Alexandrovna in a classic performance of the Anton Chekhov play "Uncle Vanya" at the Cort Theatre in New York City, a production that one critic called "unforgettable". The show ran for seventy-one performances.
She retired in 1978 from her role as Sarah Dale Caldwell McCauley on the soap opera Love of Life. She had played the role from 1968-1978, which marked her second role on the series, which became her best known role. In 1955-1957, she had originally played the role of compassionate Althea Raven, the first mother in-law of heroine, Vanessa Dale.
She was a founding member of the New Dramatists Committee. Several of the plays she wrote for the group won awards.
En raison de cette carrière théâtrale, elle apparaît au cinéma dans seulement quatre films américains, le premier étant un court métrage sorti en 1932. Suivent Patterns de Fielder Cook (1956, avec Van Heflin et Everett Sloane), La Fièvre dans le sang d'Elia Kazan (1961, avec Natalie Wood et Warren Beatty), et enfin Quinze jours ailleurs de Vincente Minnelli (1962, avec Kirk Douglas et Edward G. Robinson).
Pour la télévision, Joanna Roos contribue à cinq téléfilms d'origine théâtrale, diffusés entre 1958 et 1966, dont Inherit the Wind de George Schaefer (1965, avec Melvyn Douglas et Ed Begley). S'y ajoutent vingt séries de 1952 à 1978, dont Les Accusés (un épisode, 1963).
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Nationality USA
Birth 11 january 1901 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 13 may 1989 (at 88 years) at Princeton (USA)
Birth 11 january 1901 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 13 may 1989 (at 88 years) at Princeton (USA)
In 1930 Roos performed the role of Sofya Alexandrovna in a classic performance of the Anton Chekhov play "Uncle Vanya" at the Cort Theatre in New York City, a production that one critic called "unforgettable". The show ran for seventy-one performances.
She retired in 1978 from her role as Sarah Dale Caldwell McCauley on the soap opera Love of Life. She had played the role from 1968-1978, which marked her second role on the series, which became her best known role. In 1955-1957, she had originally played the role of compassionate Althea Raven, the first mother in-law of heroine, Vanessa Dale.
She was a founding member of the New Dramatists Committee. Several of the plays she wrote for the group won awards.
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Très active au théâtre, Joanna Roos joue notamment à Broadway dès 1921, dans vingt-trois pièces et deux revues. Citons Oncle Vania d'Anton Tchekhov (1930, avec Eduardo Ciannelli, Walter Connolly et Lillian Gish), La Descente d'Orphée de Tennessee Williams (1957, avec R. G. Armstrong, Cliff Robertson et Maureen Stapleton), ainsi que Peer Gynt d'Henrik Ibsen (avec Fritz Weaver dans le rôle-titre), sa dernière pièce à Broadway en 1960.En raison de cette carrière théâtrale, elle apparaît au cinéma dans seulement quatre films américains, le premier étant un court métrage sorti en 1932. Suivent Patterns de Fielder Cook (1956, avec Van Heflin et Everett Sloane), La Fièvre dans le sang d'Elia Kazan (1961, avec Natalie Wood et Warren Beatty), et enfin Quinze jours ailleurs de Vincente Minnelli (1962, avec Kirk Douglas et Edward G. Robinson).
Pour la télévision, Joanna Roos contribue à cinq téléfilms d'origine théâtrale, diffusés entre 1958 et 1966, dont Inherit the Wind de George Schaefer (1965, avec Melvyn Douglas et Ed Begley). S'y ajoutent vingt séries de 1952 à 1978, dont Les Accusés (un épisode, 1963).
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Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
, 1h47Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about films
Actors Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Cyd Charisse, George Hamilton, Tony Randall, Claire Trevor
Roles Janet Bark
Rating63%
Once an established movie star, Jack Andrus has hit rock bottom. An alcoholic, he has been divorced by wife Carlotta, has barely survived a car crash and has spent three years in a sanitarium recovering from a nervous breakdown.
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
, 2h4Directed by Elia Kazan, Ulu Grosbard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about suicide, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Joanna Roos, Gary Lockwood
Roles Mrs. Stamper
Rating76%
1928 Kansas: Wilma Dean "Deanie" Loomis (Natalie Wood) is a teenage girl who follows her mother's advice to resist her desire for sex with her boyfriend, Bud Stamper (Warren Beatty), the son of one of the most prosperous families in town. In turn, Bud reluctantly follows the advice of his father, Ace (Pat Hingle), who suggests that he find another kind of girl with whom to satisfy his desires.
Patterns (1956)
, 1h23Directed by Fielder Cook
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley, Beatrice Straight, Elizabeth Wilson, Joanna Roos
Roles Margaret Lanier
Rating76%
Most of the scenes are set in the corporate boardroom and surrounding offices of Ramsey & Co., a Manhattan industrial empire headed by the ruthless Walter Ramsey. He recruits youthful industrial engineer Fred Staples, whose performance at a company Ramsey has recently acquired has impressed the boss. Ramsey is grooming Staples to replace the aging Bill Briggs as the second in command at the company.