Geraldine Sue Page (November , â€" June , ) was an American actress.
She earned acclaim for her work on Broadway as well as in major
Hollywood films and television productions, garnering an Academy Award
(from eight nominations), two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden
Globes, a BAFTA Award, and four nominations for the Tony Award.A
native of Kirksville, Missouri, Page studied at the Art Institute of
Chicago and with Uta Hagen and Lee Strasberg in New York City before
being cast in her first credited part in the Western film Hondo (),
which earned her her first Academy Award nomination for Best
Supporting Actress. She was subsequently blacklisted in Hollywood
based on her association with Hagen and did not work in film for eight
years. Page continued to appear in television and on stage and earned
her first Tony Award nomination for her performance in Sweet Bird of
Youth (â€"), a role she reprised in the film adaptation, the latter
of which earned her a Golden Globe Award.She earned additional Academy
Award nominations for her roles in You're a Big Boy Now () and Pete
'n' Tillie (), followed by a Tony nomination for her performance in
the stage production of Absurd Person Singular (â€"). Other film
appearances during this time included in the thrillers What Ever
Happened to Aunt Alice? () opposite Ruth Gordon, and The Beguiled ()
opposite Clint Eastwood. In , she provided the voice of Madam Medusa
in Walt Disney's The Rescuers, followed by a role in Woody Allen's
Interiors (), which earned her a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a
Supporting Role.
She earned acclaim for her work on Broadway as well as in major
Hollywood films and television productions, garnering an Academy Award
(from eight nominations), two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden
Globes, a BAFTA Award, and four nominations for the Tony Award.A
native of Kirksville, Missouri, Page studied at the Art Institute of
Chicago and with Uta Hagen and Lee Strasberg in New York City before
being cast in her first credited part in the Western film Hondo (),
which earned her her first Academy Award nomination for Best
Supporting Actress. She was subsequently blacklisted in Hollywood
based on her association with Hagen and did not work in film for eight
years. Page continued to appear in television and on stage and earned
her first Tony Award nomination for her performance in Sweet Bird of
Youth (â€"), a role she reprised in the film adaptation, the latter
of which earned her a Golden Globe Award.She earned additional Academy
Award nominations for her roles in You're a Big Boy Now () and Pete
'n' Tillie (), followed by a Tony nomination for her performance in
the stage production of Absurd Person Singular (â€"). Other film
appearances during this time included in the thrillers What Ever
Happened to Aunt Alice? () opposite Ruth Gordon, and The Beguiled ()
opposite Clint Eastwood. In , she provided the voice of Madam Medusa
in Walt Disney's The Rescuers, followed by a role in Woody Allen's
Interiors (), which earned her a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a
Supporting Role.
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