The Actress

The Actress
The Actress
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	George Cukor
Screenplay by	Ruth Gordon
Based on	Years Ago; 1946 play; by Ruth Gordon
Produced by	Lawrence Weingarten
Starring	Spencer Tracy; Jean Simmons; Teresa Wright
Cinematography	Harold Rosson
Edited by	George Boemler
Music by	Bronisław Kaper
Production; company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	September 25, 1953;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,424,000
Box office	$914,000

The Actress is a 1953 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor based on Ruth Gordon's autobiographical play Years Ago. Gordon also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, and Teresa Wright, and features Anthony Perkins in his film debut.

The film is basically a series of vignettes involving Ruth, her parents, her best friends, and the college boy romantically pursuing her. Although Gordon did become an accomplished Academy Award-winning actress and a successful writer, the film ends without the audience seeing Gordon achieve her goals.

The Actress was nominated for an Oscar for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White. Tracy won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actor in a Drama, and he was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Foreign Actor. Simmons was named Best Actress by the National Board of Review, and Gordon's screenplay was nominated Best Written American Comedy by the Writers Guild of America despite being far more dramatic than comedic.^[3]

^ The Actress at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
^ ^a ^b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
^ IMDB Awards

[1] The Actress at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

[Mannix-2] The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

[3] IMDB Awards

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