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Zoe Caldwell

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Actress

The Resume

    (September 14, 1933-February 16, 2020)
    Born in Melbourne, Australia
    Birth name was Ada Caldwell
    Appeared on Broadway in 'The Devils' (1965), 'Slapstick Tragedy' (1965), 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' (1968), 'Dance of Death' (1974), 'Medea' (1982), 'Lillian' (1986) and 'Master Class' (1996)
    Directed Broadway productions of 'An Almost Perfect Person' (1977), 'Othello' (1982) and 'Macbeth' (1988)
    Appeared in the films 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' (1985), 'Lilo & Stitch' (voice only, 2002) and 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' (2011)
    Named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to drama (1970)

Why she might be annoying:

    Her stage success never translated to films.
    One of her primary acting rules is never to get romantically involved with a co-star, but she admitted she violated that rule with Albert Finney.
    She made herself 'anorexically thin' for her performance in 'Medea.'
    She gets so caught up in her roles that it takes month to 'regain my self.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She won four Tony Awards.
    Playwright Terence McNally described her acting as 'clear, direct and magnificent.'
    She donated 30 acres near her home in Westchester County for a wildlife habitat to be named after her late husband, stage director Robert Whitehead.
    She said, 'We're in big trouble when you hear actors talk about themselves as 'artists.''

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 57 Votes: 54.39% Annoying