Kim Stanley photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1961

Kim Stanley (February 11, 1925 – August 20, 2001) was an American actress. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (422x640, 38 KB)Kim Stanley photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, photographer. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (422x640, 38 KB)Kim Stanley photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, photographer. ... Photographic self-portrait by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 – December 21, 1964) was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

She was born Patricia Beth Reid in Tularosa, New Mexico. She was a drama major at the University of New Mexico and later studied at the Pasadena Playhouse. Tularosa is a village located in Otero County, New Mexico. ... State nickname: Land of Enchantment Official languages English Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Governor Bill Richardson (D) Senators Pete Domenici (R) Jeff Bingaman (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 5th 315,194 km² 0. ... The University of New Mexico (UNM) is a public university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ...

Stanley was a successful Broadway actress with only a few motion picture roles. She was singled out by the New York Times critic Brooks Atkinson for her early work. She eventually attended The Actor's Studio, studying under Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg. Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Brooks Atkinson (November 28, 1894-January 14, 1984) was the theater critic for The New York Times from 1925 to 1960. ... The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors located in the Old Labor Stage at 432 West 44th Street in New York City. ... Elia Kazan Elia Kazan (September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and theatre director and producer. ... Lee Strasberg. ...

She starred in such Broadway hits as Picnic (play) (1953), playing Millie Owens, and Bus Stop (play) (1955), playing Cherie. 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She received the 1952 Theatre World Award for her performance of Anna Reeves in The Chase; and was nominated for the 1959 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for A Touch of the Poet and the 1962 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for A Far Country. 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater. ...

Stanley was also the leading lady of live television drama, which flourished in New York City during the 1950s. Among her many starring roles was Wilma, a star-struck 15-year-old girl from the U.S. Gulf Coast of Texas in Horton Foote's A Young Lady of Property, which aired on the Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse April 5, 1953. The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture, and is one of the worlds major global cities (along with London, Tokyo and Paris) with a virtually unrivaled collection of museums, galleries, performance venues, media outlets, international corporations, and stock exchanges. ... States that border the Gulf of Mexico are shown in red The Gulf Coast region of the United States comprises the coasts of states which border the Gulf of Mexico. ... ... Horton Foote (born 1916), is an American author and playwright, most noted for his 1983 Oscar-winning screenplay Tender Mercies. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

A savaging by English critics after her London performance of Masha in The Actor's Studio production of Anton Chekhov's play The Three Sisters (play) (1964) made her vow never to perform on stage again, a vow she kept for the rest of her life. Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7. ... Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. ... The Three Sisters is a play, written in 1900 and first produced in 1901, by Russian author Anton Chekhov. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ...

Stanley had four husbands, Bruce Hall (married 1945-divorced 1946), Curt Conway (married 1949-divorced 1956), Alfred Ryder (married 1958-divorced 1964) and Joseph Siegel (married 1964-divorced 1967). 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alfred Ryder (January 5, 1916 - April 16, 1995) was a radio, television and film actor. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She had three children, one by Conway, one by Brooks Clift (brother of Montgomery Clift) while she was married to Conway, and one by Ryder. Montgomery Clift Edward Montgomery Clift (October 17, 1920 - July 23, 1966) was an American actor. ...

Her first movie was The Goddess (1958), playing an unstable movie star, Rita Shawn. In 1964, she starred in Seance on a Wet Afternoon and was nominated for the Best Actress in a Leading Role. The Goddess is a 1958 Columbia Pictures motion picture starring Kim Stanley and Lloyd Bridges. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A movie star is a celebrity who is well known for his or her starring, or leading, roles in motion pictures. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Seance on a Wet Afternoon is a 1965 film which tells the story of a self-described psychic who convinces her husband to kidnap a child so that she can gain fame by using her psychic abilities to find the girl. ... The Academy Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...

Other movies include Frances (1982), playing the mother of movie star Frances Farmer opposite Jessica Lange, in which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture. She also played Pancho Barnes in The Right Stuff (1983). 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913 – August 1, 1970) was an American film actress. ... Jessica Lange in Blue Sky (1994) Jessica Lange (born April 20, 1949) is an American actress; she was born Jessica Phyllis Lange in Cloquet, Minnesota). ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Pancho Barnes as taken by her close friend George Hurrell in the 1930s. ... The Right Stuff is both a 1979 book by Tom Wolfe, and a 1983 film adapted from the book. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in the episode A Cardinal Act of Mercy on the TV series Ben Casey (1963) and an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special for playing Big Mama in Tennessee Williams' Southern melodrama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1985). An Emmy Award. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), better known by the pen name Tennessee Williams, was a noted playwright. ... Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams. ... This article is about the year. ...

Kim Stanley died of uterine cancer at her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the age of 76. She was survived by her first husband, Bruce Hall, her brother Justin Truman, and her three children. Her biography, Female Brando: the Legend of Kim Stanley by Jon Krampner, will be published in the spring of 2006 by Back Stage Books, a division of Watson-Guptill Publications. Santa Fe (Spanish, Holy Faith) (full form: La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís, English: Royal City of the Holy Faith of St. ...

External links

• IBDB entry for Kim Stanley
• IMDb entry for Kim Stanley
• Website of Kim Stanley biographer Jon Krampner