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Additional authors

1. Seldes, Marian
2. Winer, Linda
3. Robins, Isobel
4. Slaughter, Harriet
5. Mayleas, Ruth
6. Corwin, Betty L
7. Isaacson, Robert
8. Malone, Audra D
9. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
10. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer.
11. City University of New York.
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor.
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (29 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Actress Marian Seldes discusses her career with Newsday critic Linda Winer. Seldes, who made her Broadway debut in 1947 with Judith Anderson in Medea, has performed in a wide variety of productions, and has been nominated for five Tony Awards, winning her first in 1967 for her work in Edward Albee's A delicate balance. Seldes discusses her upbringing in a culturally prominent family on Manhattan's Upper East Side, her early career aspirations, performing in plays by Albee, her focus on physicality while portraying a character, her experience teaching and directing drama students at the Juilliard School, her various roles in productions of Medea; performing in long-running shows such as Deathtrap and Equus, and her various film and television roles.

Series statement

1. Women in theatre

Alternative title

1. Dialogues with notable women in American theatre

Subject

1. Theater > New York (State) > New York
2. Television
3. Women in the theater
4. Interviews
5. Theater > Production and direction
6. Talk shows
7. Actresses > Interviews
8. Seldes, Marian > Interviews
9. Seldes, Marian > Friends and associates

Genre/Form

1. Television.
2. Talk shows.
3. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOX 2043

Note

1. Credits at end of tape.
2. Program is also available at www.cuny.tv.
3. "Discussion program spotlighting prominent women from the theatre, including performers, playwrights, producers and designers."

Performer (note)

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. on Sept. 22, 2003. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, April 9, 2004.

Title

1. Women in theatre. Marian Seldes [videorecording] / produced by the League of Professional Theatre Women, Isobel Robins, Harriet Slaughter, co-presidents ; Ruth Mayleas, executive producer ; Betty L. Corwin, director of special projects, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive ; Bob Isaacson, executive in charge of production ; Audra D. Malone, director ; [produced for] CUNY-TV.

Imprint

1. New York : CUNY-TV, c2004.

Series

1. Women in theatre

Performer

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. on Sept. 22, 2003. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, April 9, 2004.

Local note

1. Gift of The League of Professional Theatre Women and CUNY-TV.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Seldes, Marian, interviewee.
2. Winer, Linda, interviewer.
3. Robins, Isobel, producer.
4. Slaughter, Harriet, producer.
5. Mayleas, Ruth, producer.
6. Corwin, Betty L, producer.
7. Isaacson, Robert, producer.
8. Malone, Audra D, director.
9. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
10. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer.
11. City University of New York.
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor.
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 2043