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The Actress

Name: The Actress
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1953-09-25
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, Teresa Wright, Anthony Perkins, Ian Wolfe

1953Movie1 h 30 minNR1 award

Comedy Drama

DecentGoodWatch score

6.4

3.3/5

60%48%

DecentGoodWatch score

6.4

3.3/5

60%48%

Summary

The true story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom.

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Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 60Audiences 59GoodWatch 60
Tomatometer60%
Letterboxd · 969 ratings3.3/5
IMDb6.4
Audience score48%
Running time
1 h 30 min
Shorter than most comedies, −10 min on the typical 100
typical 10090
Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
1953
September 25, 1953
73 years ago
Genres
ComedyDrama
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Golden Globe Awards1953
- Best Actor, Motion Picture Drama1953Won
Academy Awards1954
- Best Costume Design, Black-and-White1954Nominated
Rated
- NRUnited States
and 8 more
11 people
Directing · 1
George Cukor Director
Writing · 1
Ruth Gordon Writer
Production · 1
Lawrence Weingarten Producer
Camera · 1
Harold Rosson Director of Photography
Editing · 1
George Boemler Editor
Sound · 1
Douglas Shearer Recording Supervision
Art · 4
Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Emile Kuri Set Decoration
Arthur Lonergan Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
Walter Plunkett Costume Design
William Tuttle Makeup Artist
Sydney Guilaroff Hairstylist
Other crew · 2
Hermes Pan Choreographer
Warren Newcombe Special Effects

The Actress

Summary

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At a glance

Critics vs audiences

Running time

Reach

Released

Genres

Language

Made in

Golden Globe Awards1953

Academy Awards1954

Rated

Directing · 1

Writing · 1

Production · 1

Camera · 1

Editing · 1

Sound · 1

Art · 4

Costume & Make-Up · 3

Other crew · 2

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