New York — The lights on Broadway will be dimmed Wednesday in honor of the late Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm.
The Broadway League said Monday that theater marquees will go dark at 8 p.m. for one minute in tribute to Holm, who soared to fame onstage in Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" and won an Oscar in "Gentleman's Agreement."
Holm died Sunday at age 95 at her longtime apartment on Central Park West. Her husband, Frank Basile, who had been with the actress for 13 years, said she died in the couple's bed.
"I was honored every morning to wake up to her smile," said Basile, who said he would be outside the St. James Theatre when the lights dim on Wednesday to honor "the love of his life."
Holm had been hospitalized about two weeks ago with dehydration. She asked her husband on Friday to bring her home when things quickly took a turn for the worse.
The Broadway League said Monday that theater marquees will go dark at 8 p.m. for one minute in tribute to Holm, who soared to fame onstage in Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" and won an Oscar in "Gentleman's Agreement."
Holm died Sunday at age 95 at her longtime apartment on Central Park West. Her husband, Frank Basile, who had been with the actress for 13 years, said she died in the couple's bed.
"I was honored every morning to wake up to her smile," said Basile, who said he would be outside the St. James Theatre when the lights dim on Wednesday to honor "the love of his life."
Holm had been hospitalized about two weeks ago with dehydration. She asked her husband on Friday to bring her home when things quickly took a turn for the worse.
- 7/16/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Sophisticated and witty actor who triumphed on Broadway and won an Oscar
Celeste Holm, who has died aged 95, was the original Ado Annie in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's groundbreaking musical Oklahoma! which opened on Broadway in 1943. In I Cain't Say No, she sang: "I cain't be prissy and quaint / I ain't the type that can faint." Annie was a none-too-bright farm girl, but Holm was a smart, witty and sophisticated actor, whom everybody seemed to like. Many years later, during the interval of a Broadway show, she came out on stage and made a plea for her mental-health charity. It was done with such sincerity and passion that the audience could not fail to pay up.
On screen, Holm was the first woman to sing the Cole Porter song Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, sharing the delightful duet with Frank Sinatra in High Society (1956). Holm and Sinatra...
Celeste Holm, who has died aged 95, was the original Ado Annie in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's groundbreaking musical Oklahoma! which opened on Broadway in 1943. In I Cain't Say No, she sang: "I cain't be prissy and quaint / I ain't the type that can faint." Annie was a none-too-bright farm girl, but Holm was a smart, witty and sophisticated actor, whom everybody seemed to like. Many years later, during the interval of a Broadway show, she came out on stage and made a plea for her mental-health charity. It was done with such sincerity and passion that the audience could not fail to pay up.
On screen, Holm was the first woman to sing the Cole Porter song Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, sharing the delightful duet with Frank Sinatra in High Society (1956). Holm and Sinatra...
- 7/16/2012
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Celeste Holm, who was best known for her Academy-Award-winning performance in the 1947 film Gentleman's Agreement, passed away on Sunday at the age of 95, according to the Associated Press.
The actress who rose to fame in 1943 after her critically acclaimed role in the Broadway production of Oklahoma! had been hospitalized two weeks ago with dehydration and wanted to spend her final days with her husband and other relatives in her New York apartment, where she passed away early Sunday morning.
"I think she wanted to be here, in her home, among her things, with people who loved her," Holm's great-niece Amy Phillips said.
In addition to receiving an Oscar for Gentleman's Agreement, Holms also received Oscar nominations for Come to the Stable (1949), in which she played a French nun, and All About Eve (1950), which was among the first 50 films to be preserved in the U.S. National Film Registry.
Beyond acting, the New York...
The actress who rose to fame in 1943 after her critically acclaimed role in the Broadway production of Oklahoma! had been hospitalized two weeks ago with dehydration and wanted to spend her final days with her husband and other relatives in her New York apartment, where she passed away early Sunday morning.
"I think she wanted to be here, in her home, among her things, with people who loved her," Holm's great-niece Amy Phillips said.
In addition to receiving an Oscar for Gentleman's Agreement, Holms also received Oscar nominations for Come to the Stable (1949), in which she played a French nun, and All About Eve (1950), which was among the first 50 films to be preserved in the U.S. National Film Registry.
Beyond acting, the New York...
- 7/16/2012
- Entertainment Tonight
Celeste Holm lawsuit husband Frank Basile vs. Holm’s sons. (See previous article “Recent Celeste Holm Movies.”) Though best-remembered for her film, stage, and television work, in recent years Celeste Holm was in the news chiefly because of a protracted legal battle pitting her two sons (from two previous marriages) against her and husband Frank Basile (photo, with Holm), a former waiter and aspiring opera singer 46 years her junior. Celeste Holm lawsuit: trust control Not long after Holm’s marriage to Basile in 2004, a lawsuit ensued. The issue revolved around a trust fund set up by Holm’s youngest son, Dan Dunning. According to Dunning, [...]...
- 7/16/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
New York — Celeste Holm, a versatile, bright-eyed blonde who soared to Broadway fame in "Oklahoma!" and won an Oscar in "Gentleman's Agreement" but whose last years were filled with financial difficulty and estrangement from her sons, died Sunday, a relative said. She was 95.
Holm had been hospitalized about two weeks ago with dehydration. She asked her husband on Friday to bring her home and spent her final days with her husband, Frank Basile, and other relatives and close friends by her side, said Amy Phillips, a great-niece of Holm's.
Holm died around 3:30 a.m. at her longtime apartment on Central Park West, located in the same building where Robert De Niro lives and where a fire broke out last month, Phillips said.
"I think she wanted to be here, in her home, among her things, with people who loved her," she said.
In a career that spanned more than half a century,...
Holm had been hospitalized about two weeks ago with dehydration. She asked her husband on Friday to bring her home and spent her final days with her husband, Frank Basile, and other relatives and close friends by her side, said Amy Phillips, a great-niece of Holm's.
Holm died around 3:30 a.m. at her longtime apartment on Central Park West, located in the same building where Robert De Niro lives and where a fire broke out last month, Phillips said.
"I think she wanted to be here, in her home, among her things, with people who loved her," she said.
In a career that spanned more than half a century,...
- 7/16/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Celeste Holm, a Broadway star in "Oklahoma!" and an Oscar winner for "Gentlemen's Agreement," died Sunday. She was 95. Holm was hospitalized about two weeks ago with dehydration after a fire in her Manhattan apartment building. She had come home to spend her final days with her husband, Frank Basile, and other relatives and close friends by her side, a relative told the Associated Press. Also read: Ernest Borgnine, Oscar Winner for 'Marty,' Dead at 95 She won the Academy Award in 1947 for best supporting actress for her performance in "Gentlemen's Agreement,"...
- 7/15/2012
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
Celeste Holm, who won the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award in 1947 for "Gentleman's Agreement," died early Sunday (July 15) in her New York City apartment at the age of 95, her great-niece Amy Phillips tells the AP.
Holm started on Broadway, earning critical acclaim for playing Ado Annie in the original Broadway cast of "Oklahoma!". She also starred on Broadway in "The King and I" and "Mame." When she moved to film, "Gentleman's Agreement" was just her third film role. She went on to star in "Come to the Stable" and "All About Eve," for which she received two more Oscar nominations.
In more recent years, Holm appeared in "Three Men and a Baby" as Ted Danson's mother and on TV in "Touched by an Angel" and "Promised Land."
Holm was married five times, most recently to Frank Basile, who was her current husband. She is survived by Basile and two sons,...
Holm started on Broadway, earning critical acclaim for playing Ado Annie in the original Broadway cast of "Oklahoma!". She also starred on Broadway in "The King and I" and "Mame." When she moved to film, "Gentleman's Agreement" was just her third film role. She went on to star in "Come to the Stable" and "All About Eve," for which she received two more Oscar nominations.
In more recent years, Holm appeared in "Three Men and a Baby" as Ted Danson's mother and on TV in "Touched by an Angel" and "Promised Land."
Holm was married five times, most recently to Frank Basile, who was her current husband. She is survived by Basile and two sons,...
- 7/15/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Winner of an Oscar in 1947, actress's last years were consumed by a bitter family feud that wiped out her fortune
Celeste Holm, a versatile actress who soared to Broadway fame in Oklahoma! and won an Oscar in Gentleman's Agreement but whose last years were filled with financial difficulty and estrangement from her sons died Sunday, a relative said. She was 95.
Holm had been hospitalized about two weeks ago with dehydration after a fire in actor Robert De Niro's apartment in the same Manhattan building.
She had asked on Friday to be taken home, and she spent her final days with her husband, Frank Basile, and other relatives and close friends by her side, said Amy Phillips, a great-niece of Holm's who answered the phone at Holm's apartment on Sunday.
Holm died around 3.30am at her longtime apartment on Central Park West, Phillips said.
"I think she wanted to be here,...
Celeste Holm, a versatile actress who soared to Broadway fame in Oklahoma! and won an Oscar in Gentleman's Agreement but whose last years were filled with financial difficulty and estrangement from her sons died Sunday, a relative said. She was 95.
Holm had been hospitalized about two weeks ago with dehydration after a fire in actor Robert De Niro's apartment in the same Manhattan building.
She had asked on Friday to be taken home, and she spent her final days with her husband, Frank Basile, and other relatives and close friends by her side, said Amy Phillips, a great-niece of Holm's who answered the phone at Holm's apartment on Sunday.
Holm died around 3.30am at her longtime apartment on Central Park West, Phillips said.
"I think she wanted to be here,...
- 7/15/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Celeste Holm, an Oscar winner for the landmark drama Gentleman's Agreement who played Bette Davis' best friend in All About Eve and the girl who can't say no in Broadway sensation Oklahoma!, died Sunday in New York. She was 95. The Associated Press reported that Holm had been hospitalized about two weeks ago with dehydration after a fire broke out in actor Robert De Niro's apartment in her Central Park West building. She had asked her husband, opera singer Frank Basile, on Friday to bring her home, and she spent her final days with him, other relatives and close friends
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- 7/15/2012
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Academy Award winner Celeste Holm, who was the original girl who couldn't say no in Broadway's landmark musical Oklahoma! before she carved out a serious film career in the late '40s and '50s, has died, according to New York news station NY1. She was 95 and had been suffering heart and other ailments, say recent reports. A New York City native of Norwegian descent, she had studied drama at the University of Chicago before landing a series of Broadway roles, starting in a short-lived 1938 comedy called Gloriana. But it was her Ado Annie, the good-natured girl of easy virtue in Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1943 tribute to the farmer and the cowboy, that made her a star and led to a contract with 20th Century Fox. Among her movies were the ground-breaking indictment of anti-Semitism, Gentleman's Agreement (1947), for which she won the Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. She played a fashion editor who befriends the investigative journalist played by Gregory Peck. Another strong role was that of the long-suffering wife of the playwright in the film classic about the stage, 1950's All About Eve, starring Bette Davis. In lighter roles, Holm played the photographer girlfriend of the Frank Sinatra character in the musical High Society, and she had an active TV career, earning Emmy nominations for Insight and Backstairs at the White House. Married five times, Holm, on her 87th birthday, wed opera singer Frank Basile, who was 41. He survives her, as do two sons.
- 7/15/2012
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
A fire broke out in Robert De Niro's Central Park apartment building Friday afternoon. According to the New York Times, some residents said the fire started in the fourth-floor laundry room of De Niro's three-level apartment. The fire was contained about an hour after it began in the 12-story Brentmore building. De Niro was not in the apartment at the time. The Fdny told E! News 20 units and 78 firefighters responded to a call about the fire at about 2 p.m. Academy Award-winning actress Celeste Holme, 95, and her husband Frank Basile were reportedly trapped in their fifth-and-sixth-floor apartment as firefighters fought to extinguish the flames, but no residents suffered any...
- 6/9/2012
- E! Online
Broadway and film legend Celeste Holm was joined by her husband, Frank Basile, and Joel Spector, the artist who painted her portrait, as a beautiful painting of her likeness was unveiled on Thursday, May 31st, at The Actors Funds Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey. The portrait is now a part of the Permanent Collection of art at The Home. See a photo, featuring Holm, Basile and Spector at the unveiling, below...
- 6/6/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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