Coral Browne

Iyali

Coral Edith Brown ita ce kawai 'yar magatakarda na jirgin kasa Leslie Clarence Brown (1890-1957), da Victoria Elizabeth Brown (1890-1989), née Bennett, duka biyu daga haihuwar Victorian. Ita da 'yan uwanta biyu sun girma ne a Footscray, wani yanki na Melbourne.

Ayyuka

Browne a cikin 1931

Ta yi karatu a Makarantar Fasaha ta National Gallery . Farkonta na farko shi ne Gloria a cikin Shaw's You Never Can Tell, wanda Frank Clewlow ya jagoranta. Gregan McMahon ta ɗauke ta don fara aikinta na farko a matsayin "Margaret Orme" a cikin Loyalties a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Melbourne a ranar 2 ga Mayu 1931, tana da shekaru 17. Har yanzu ana kiranta da "Brown", an kara "e" a 1936.

A lokacin da take da shekaru 21, tare da £ 50 kawai a kanta da wasika ta gabatarwa ga shahararriyar 'yar wasan kwaikwayo Mary Tempest daga Gregan McMahon, ta yi hijira zuwa Ingila inda ta zama 'yar wasan motsa jiki, musamman a matsayin jagora ga Jack Buchanan a cikin Frederick Lonsdale's The Last of Mrs Cheyney, W. Somerset Maugham's Lady Frederick da Alan Melville's Castle in the Air . Ta kasance mai wasan kwaikwayo na yau da kullun a cikin wasan kwaikwayo a Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Savoy a London kuma ta kasance mazaunin otal ɗin shekaru da yawa, gami da duk lokacin yakin duniya na biyu . Lokacin da asalin yawon shakatawa na Burtaniya na The Man Who Came to Dinner ya shiga cikin matsalar kudi kuma ba za a iya samar da shi a London ba, Browne ta ranta kudi daga likitan hakora kuma ta sayi haƙƙin wasan, ta sami nasarar shirya shi a Savoy. Ta sami sarauta daga wasan daga duk shirye-shiryen gaba.

Ta fara yin fim a shekara ta 1936, tare da shahararrun matsayinta na Vera Charles a Auntie Mame (1958), Mercy Croft a cikin The Killing of Sister George (1968), da Lady Claire Gurney a cikin The Ruling Class (1972). Ta fara fitowa a talabijin ne a watan Janairun 1938, lokacin da ta bayyana a cikin shirin talabijin na BBC na The Billiard Room Mystery . A duk lokacin da ta yi aiki, ta kasance mai wasan kwaikwayo na yau da kullun a Rediyon BBC kuma ta bayyana a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na rediyo da yawa, ciki har da Dinner at Eight, The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, The Caspary Affair, The Tragedy of Othello, Oedipus The King, [4] Hamlet, [5] The Infernal Machine, [4] Two Mothers, [5] Captain Brassbound's Conversion [5] da The Eyes of Youth [5] da sauransu da yawa. A shekara ta 1961, Browne shine wanda aka nuna a kan Desert Island Discs, wanda Roy Plomley ya shirya. Wasanni na talabijin na BBC sun haɗa da Aunty Charley a shekarar 1969, Lady Windermere's Fan a shekarar 1972, Mrs. Warren's Profession kuma a shekarar 1972 da kuma The Importance of Being Earnest a shekarar 1974.

A shekara ta 1969, Browne ya bayyana a cikin aikin da ba a karɓa ba na asali na Joe Orton mai rikitarwa What the Butler Saw a West End a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Sarauniya tare da Sir Ralph Richardson, Stanley Baxter, da Hayward Morse .

Rayuwa ta mutum

Browne ya auri ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Philip Pearman a 1950, kuma ya kasance da aure har zuwa mutuwarsa a 1964. Yayinda take yin fim din Theatre of Blood (1973), ta sadu da ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Vincent Price; sun yi aure a ranar 24 ga Oktoba 1974. Su biyu sun bayyana tare a cikin sauye-sauyen kasa da kasa na Ardèle, wanda aka buga a Amurka da kuma a London a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Sarauniya. A lokacin wannan gudu, Browne da Price sun fito tare a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na BBC Radio Night of the Wolf, wanda aka fara watsawa a shekarar 1975. Su biyu daga baya sun bayyana a cikin miniseries na CBS TV na 1979 Time Express .

Ta zama 'yar asalin Amurka a shekarar 1987 a matsayin kyauta ga Price wanda daga baya ya tuba zuwa Katolika a gare ta (ta tuba shekaru da yawa da suka gabata).

Browne ta mutu a ranar 29 ga Mayu 1991 a Los Angeles, California, daga ciwon nono; tana da shekaru 77. Bayan mutuwarta, an ƙone ta kuma an watsar da tokarta a cikin Rose Garden a Hollywood Forever Cemetery . Ba ta da yara daga aurenta; Price ta mutu bayan shekaru biyu.

Kyaututtuka

An ba Browne lambar yabo ta BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress 1984 saboda rawar da ta taka a An Englishman Abroad . Daga baya ta sami lambar yabo ta London Evening Standard British Film Awards don 'yar wasan kwaikwayo mafi kyau a 1986 don Dreamchild . A shekara ta 1976, masu sukar gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Los Angeles sun ba ta suna 'yar wasan kwaikwayo mafi kyau saboda rawar da ta taka a Travesties a Mark Taper Forum a Los Angeles .

Halin mutum

Lokacin da Kamfanin Royal Shakespeare ya gaya masa cewa babu wani rawar da ya dace a cikin samar da Sarki Lear ga mijinta, Philip Pearman, ta bukaci rubutun kuma tana gudana ta hanyar ta sami shafin da take nema. "Akwai", in ji ta, "cikakken bangare. Ƙananan sansani kusa da Dover. "