![]() ![]() She returned to stock and married for the first time. Around this time, George was severely burned in an accident which caused a delay in her early filmĬareer. George began working in silent films - first as the young female romantic lead in Red Hot Dollars (1919) and would steadily move in lead and good costarring roles through 1921. Well (1915), and George was probably influenced to follow her. Frederick's career took on new dimension when she turned to film as ' The Great White Way', and via her touring stock company. She was in good hands when she worked for the famousīroadway star Pauline Frederick, who made a fortune on Her experience in stock meshed with her natural talent and aįace to frame the emotion of great pathos as well as hard cased and In 1918 in the original play "The Betrothal", the star being Isadoraĭuncan. Stage and while still in her teens, she first trod the Broadway boards As George gained experience, she developed an interest in the Beginning then, George would focus herself on developing an acting career. Her parents stayed in America, and by the time she was 3, they formed a vaudeville family act The Three Clares (Gladys's middle name). Maine, when she was born (although usually noted as 1900, other sources Her parents were actuallyĮnglish and touring with a Shakespearean theater company in Patten, Hollywood, during the 1930s and 1940, Gladys George was born into anĪcting family who were literally on the road at the time of her birth. ![]() ![]() After all, she’s worked with the Kennedy Center numerous times over the years going back to 1980, when she was commissioned to compose music for a play.īut the 79-year-old Pulitzer Prize winner said she was stunned to learn that this time the ceremony was going to be for her.One of the finest, if relatively short-lived, character actresses of León said during an interview when the honorees were announced that she wasn’t expecting “anything spectacular” when the Kennedy Center initially reached out to her. Grant, who started out as a contemporary Christian artist, is also well known for crossover pop hits like “Every Heartbeat” and “That’s What Love is For.” She’s sold more than 30 million albums, including her 1991 record “Heart in Motion,” which introduced her to a broader audience. ![]() Since then she’s recorded dozens of albums with such classic hits as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” and “Midnight Train to Georgia.” Knight and family members started a band that would later be known as Gladys Knight & The Pips and produced their first album in 1960 when Knight was just 16. “We do everything together,” LaBelle said. LaBelle called Knight her “everything,” saying they had been friends for six decades and had seen each other through laughter and tears. Cheadle highlighted Clooney’s philanthropic work. in 1968 - gave his father all his toy guns.ĭamon took the funny road, joking about how Clooney once stole then-President Bill Clinton’s stationery and wrote notes to fellow actors on it. The actor’s father regaled the crowd with stories of a young George, including the time the 7-year-old - heartbroken over the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. After an introduction that alternated between funny and sincere she turned to a set designed to look like a smoky bar - the type Clooney might enjoy. Longtime friend Julia Roberts set the tone by coming out onstage with a dress emblazoned with photos of Clooney. 2022 Kennedy Center Honorees, front row from left, Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, George Clooney, Tania León, join, back row from left, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge, and Bono for a group photo at the State Department following the Kennedy Center Honors gala dinner, Saturday, Dec. On the red carpet ahead of the Kennedy Center show, Clooney, with his wife, Amal, beside him, joked that after seeing friends like Don Cheadle and Julia Roberts in attendance he was worried his tribute would be more of a “roast.” And it was a bit of a roast for Clooney, though his friends and family showed obvious respect. ![]()
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