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The Daughter is a 2015 Australian drama film written and directed by Simon Stone, starring an ensemble cast led by Geoffrey Rush. The film was released in Australia on 17 March 2016 to generally favourable reviews. [2] The film is a reworking of Henrik Ibsen's 1884 play, The Wild Duck.
Marie Windsor (born Emily Marie Bertelsen; December 11, 1919 – December 10, 2000) [1] [2] was an American actress known for her femme fatale characters in the classic film noir features Force of Evil, The Narrow Margin and The Killing. Windsor's height (5'9", 175 cm) created problems for her in scenes with all but the tallest actors.
Jane Greer (born Bettejane Greer; September 9, 1924 – August 24, 2001) was an American film and television actress best known for her role as femme fatale Kathie Moffat in the 1947 film noir Out of the Past. In 2009, The Guardian named her one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. [1]
Lizabeth Virginia Scott (born Emma Matzo; September 29, 1921 or 1922 – January 31, 2015) [1] [2] [3] was an American actress, singer and model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency, [4] known for her "smoky voice" [5] and being "the most beautiful face of film noir during the 1940s and 1950s". [6]
Alan Walbridge Ladd [2] (September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964) was an American actor and film producer. Ladd found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in films noir and Westerns. He was often paired with Veronica Lake in films noir, such as This Gun for Hire (1942), The Glass Key (1942), and The Blue Dahlia (1946).
John Howard Payne [1] (May 23, 1912 – December 6, 1989) was an American film actor who is mainly remembered from film noir crime stories and 20th Century Fox musical films, and for his leading roles in Miracle on 34th Street and the NBC Western television series The Restless Gun.
Film noir is not a clearly defined genre (see here for details on the characteristics). Therefore, the composition of this list may be controversial. To minimize dispute the films included here should preferably feature a footnote linking to a reliable, published source which states that the mentioned film is considered to be a film noir by an expert in this field, e.g.
De Niro is the daughter of actress Diahnne Abbott, and the daughter of actor Robert De Niro, whose last name she took upon her mother's marriage to him in 1976. De Niro had a bohemian upbringing and divided her time living in New York City, Los Angeles, and Italy. The transient lifestyle is said to have been a factor in her choice to work in ...