#florence reed

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Florence Reed

In A Publicity Portrait

By Nickolas Muray (1921)

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Beautiful Florence Reed 🌹

She was an American stage and film actress who is a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame!

[citizenscreen]

Stage and screen actor Florence Reed was born on January 10, 1883 #botd (Photographed in 1922)

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Florence Reed, ca. 1920, photo Nickolas Muray, George Eastman House. Florence Reed (1883-1967) was a stage, screen and television actress.

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happy belated birthday, max (31/12)

[thepopculturearchivist]

THE NEW YORKER, May 26, 1928

[joanhicksonsdaughter]

Actresses who have played Miss Havisham in Great Expectations:

Florence Reed ~ 1934

Martita Hunt ~ 1946

Margaret Leighton ~ 1974

Joan Hickson ~ 1981

Jean Simmons ~ 1989

Anne Bancroft ~ 1998

Charlotte Rampling ~ 1999

Gillian Anderson ~ 2011

Helena Bonham Carter ~ 2012

Jane Asher ~ 2016

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The Skin of Our Teeth (revival) by Thornton Wilder, directed by Alan Schneider. Special engagement at the ANTA Theater, Aug. 17–Sept. 3, 1955.   Announcer                       Earl George Sabina                             Mary Martin Mr. Fitzpatrick                  Paul Morrison Mrs. Antrobus                  Helen Hayes Dinosaur                           Vinie Burrows Mammoth                         Patricia Taffe Telegraph Boy                  Fred Kareman Gladys                              Heller Halliday Henry                                Don Murray Mr. Antrobus                     George Abbott Doctor                               Frank Hamilton Professor                          Jonathan Anderson Judge                                Frank Silvera Homer                               Howard Fischer Miss E. Muse                    Eileen Lear Miss T. Muse                    Frances Sternhagen Miss M. Muse                   Maude Sheerer Fortune Teller                   Florence Reed Chair Pusher                    Frank Silvera Broadcast Official             Earl George Ass’t Broadcast Official    Frank Hamilton Fred Bailey                       Howard Fischer Hester                               Maud Sheerer Ivy                                    Vinie Burrows Mr. Tremaine                    Frank Silvera

Conveners, Tourists, Atlantic City Sightseers: Emily Cobb, Jack Delmonte, John Dorman, David Elliott, Tom Geroghty, Lily Lodge, Richard O’Neill, Ann Stanwell

On this day, August 17, in 1955, a star-studded production of The Skin of Our Teeth opened on Broadway at the ANTA Theater. It had originally been staged in Paris by the American National Theatre and Academy as part of the “Salute to France” celebration. It was later presented in several American cities with largely the same cast, and a shortened version was telecast as part of NBC’s “Producers Showcase” in 1955.

Above: Mary Martin (standing) and, seated, George Abbott, Helen Hayes, Heller Halliday (Martin’s daughter), and Don Murray.