In the 1985 film „ Out of Africa ” Karen “ Tanja “ Blixen, the character played by Meryl Streep, cites poems by A. E.

* 1949 – Meryl Streep, American actress

Since then, Demme's films have included an adaptation of Toni Morrison's Beloved, and remakes of two popular films: The Truth About Charlie, based on Charade that starred Mark Wahlberg in the Cary Grant role ; and The Manchurian Candidate, with Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep.

In 1994, Bacon earned a Golden Globe nomination for his role in The River Wild opposite Meryl Streep.

He starred in Out of Africa ( 1985 ), opposite Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, for which he was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe, and Szabó's Oberst Redl ( 1985 ).

" Waits also continued to further his acting career with a supporting role as Rudy the Kraut in Ironweed ( an adaptation of William Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ) alongside Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, in which Waits performed the song " Big Rock Candy Mountain ", as well as a part in Robert Frank's Candy Mountain, in which Waits also performed " Once More Before I Go.

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** Meryl Streep, American actress

Hoffman next starred in Robert Benton's Kramer vs. Kramer ( 1979 ) as workaholic Ted Kramer whose wife ( Meryl Streep ) unexpectedly leaves him ; he raises their son alone.

When Kazan received an Honorary Academy Award in 1999, the audience was noticeably divided in their reaction, with some including Nick Nolte, Ed Harris, Ian McKellen and Amy Madigan refusing to applaud, and many others, such as actors Kathy Bates, Meryl Streep and Warren Beatty and producer George Stevens, Jr. standing and applauding.

Later in the same year he continued to expand his repertoire by playing opposite Meryl Streep in the romantic picture The Bridges of Madison County.

She screen tested for the role of Francesca Johnson in The Bridges of Madison County which went to Meryl Streep.

Hawn had mixed success in the early 1990s, with the thriller Deceived ( 1991 ), the drama CrissCross and opposite Bruce Willis and Meryl Streep in Death Becomes Her ( both 1992 ).

Based on Scott McPherson's screenplay adaptation of his own 1991 stage play of the same name, the film revolves around two sisters, played by Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton, who are reunited through tragedy after 17 years of estrangement.

He also appears as himself in the 1997 documentary Eternal Memory: Voices from the Great Terror, a film on the Stalinist purges directed by David Pultz and narrated by American actress Meryl Streep.

Notable more recent productions of Measure for Measure are Charles Laughton as Angelo at the Old Vic Theatre in 1933, Peter Brook's 1950 staging at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre with John Gielgud as Angelo, and a 1976 New York Shakespeare Festival production featuring Meryl Streep as Isabella and John Cazale as Angelo.

The radio program inspired a 2006 film of the same name, written by Keillor, directed by Robert Altman and featuring Keillor, Lily Tomlin, Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Kline, John C. Reilly, and Woody Harrelson.

It also stars Kevin Kline, John C. Reilly, Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan, Lily Tomlin, Maya Rudolph, Woody Harrelson, Virginia Madsen, Tommy Lee Jones, and L. Q.

Notable later 20th century productions include the Hilton Edwards ' 1959 production at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, starring Milo O ' Shea and Anna Manahan ; John Barton's 1960 Royal Shakespeare Company ( RSC ) production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, starring Peter O ' Toole and Peggy Ashcroft, and which included both the complete Induction and the epilogue from A Shrew ; Maurice Daniels's 1961 RSC production at the Aldwych Theatre, starring Derek Godfrey and Vanessa Redgrave ; Trevor Nunn's 1969 RSC production also at the Aldwych, starring Michael Williams and Janet Suzman ; Clifford Williams ' 1973 RSC production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, starring Alan Bates and Susan Fleetwood ; William Ball's 1976 commedia dell ' arte-style production at the American Conservatory Theater ; Wilford Leach's 1978 production at the Delacorte Theater, starring Raúl Juliá and Meryl Streep ; Barry Kyle's 1982 RSC production at the Barbican Centre, starring Alun Armstrong and Sinéad Cusack ; Toby Robertson's 1986 production at the Clwyd Theatr Cymru, starring Timothy Dalton and Vanessa Redgrave ; Jonathan Miller's 1987 RSC production at the Barbican, starring Brian Cox and Fiona Shaw ; A. J.

Since then only four people have equalled or surpassed this figure, Meryl Streep ( with seventeen nominations and three wins ), Katharine Hepburn ( twelve nominations and four wins ), Jack Nicholson ( twelve nominations and three wins ) and Laurence Olivier ( ten nominations and one win ).

Weaver earned her Master of Fine Arts degree at the Yale University School of Drama in 1974, where one of her appearances was in the chorus in a production of Stephen Sondheim's musical version of The Frogs, and another was as one of a mob of Roman soldiers alongside Meryl Streep in another production.

while his film credits include, Dancing At Lughnasa ( starring Meryl Streep ), Some Mother's Son, Lamb ( starring Liam Neeson ) and the award-winning At The Cinema Palace.

The film stars Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Savage, John Cazale, Meryl Streep and George Dzundza.

Isaac's ex-wife Jill ( Meryl Streep ) is writing a confessional book about their marriage.

Kate Jackson was originally offered the role played by Meryl Streep but was forced to turn it down.

* The Manchurian Candidate ( 2004 ): the Phipps ' estate used for the home of Eleanor Shaw ( played by Meryl Streep )

Meryl Streep played her estranged sister Lee, although had initially been considered for the role of Bessie.

The character Joanna Kramer, played by Meryl Streep in the 1979 film Kramer vs. Kramer, is a Smith College graduate.

The motion picture A Cry in the Dark depicted Chamberlain, as played by actress Meryl Streep, caught in a " trial by media " which fed the public's, and subsequently the jury's false conviction of her.

On film, he played the naive Southern writer who fell in love with Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice ; the museum curator Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II and camp director Gary Granger alongside future NUMB3RS costar David Krumholtz in Addams Family Values.

Meryl Streep played the title role and was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA.

In the 1988 film Evil Angels ( released as A Cry in the Dark outside of Australia and New Zealand ) the role was played by Meryl Streep, whose performance received an Academy Award nomination for best actress in 1989.

* Sister Aloysius, character played by Meryl Streep in Doubt-film

The emotional film starring Renée Zellweger outlines the life of a woman whose life is changed when her mother, played by Meryl Streep is diagnosed with cancer.

She co-starred in The Seduction of Joe Tynan with one of her former Broadway leading men, Alan Alda ( who also wrote the screenplay ), a tale of a liberal Washington Senator caught in an affair with a younger woman, played by Meryl Streep.

A made-for-television film was broadcast in 1978, with all of the stage cast reprising their roles, except that Meryl Streep played Leilah.

* Ebony, a fictional character from the TV series The Tribe ( 1999 – 2003 ), played by Meryl Cassie

Written and directed by Alan J. Pakula, the film was nominated for Academy Awards for its screenplay, musical score, cinematography, costume design, and won for the performance of Meryl Streep in the title role ( Best Actress ).

Many candidates were under consideration for the role of Frances Farmer: Anne Archer, Susan Blakely, Blythe Danner, Susan Dey, Patty Duke, Mia Farrow, Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Liza Minnelli, Susan Sarandon, Cybill Shepherd, Sissy Spacek, Meryl Streep, Natalie Wood and Tuesday Weld.

At the beginning of the third season of Charlie's Angels, Jackson was offered the Meryl Streep role in the feature film Kramer vs Kramer ( 1979 ), but was forced to turn it down because Spelling told her that they were unable to rearrange the hit show's shooting schedule to give her time off to do the film.

During the pre-film casting discussions, Waters suggested other actresses for the role of Beverly including Meryl Streep, Kathy Bates and Glenn Close, before ultimately choosing Turner.

At 12 she had a role in Joseph Papp's production of The Cherry Orchard with Meryl Streep.

The lead cast includes Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Jeffrey Wright ( repeating his Tony-winning Broadway role ), Justin Kirk, Ben Shenkman, Patrick Wilson, and Mary-Louise Parker.

Jennifer Beals, Jennifer Grey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Glenn Close, Ally Sheedy, Diane Keaton, Stockard Channing, Annie Potts, Robin Wright, Nancy Allen, Joan Allen, Rosanna Arquette, Kim Basinger, Ellen Barkin, Patricia Clarkson, Geena Davis, Laura Dern, Linda Fiorentino, Bridget Fonda, Carrie Fisher, Jodie Foster, Melanie Griffith, Linda Hamilton, Daryl Hannah, Helen Hunt, Holly Hunter, Goldie Hawn, Anjelica Huston, Amy Irving, Nicole Kidman, Diane Lane, Christine Lahti, Jessica Lange, Sally Field, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Heather Locklear, Andie MacDowell, Madonna, Virginia Madsen, Demi Moore, Emma Thompson, Uma Thurman, Tatum O ' Neal, Annette O ' Toole, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Greta Scacchi, Elisabeth Shue, Mary Steenburgen, Julia Roberts, Mimi Rogers, Isabella Rossellini, Meg Ryan, Meryl Streep, Sissy Spacek, Kathleen Turner, Sigourney Weaver and Debra Winger were all offered but turned down the role of Catherine Tramell.

He followed this role with a string of moderately successful high-profile films and indies, sharing the screen with Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson in Before and After ; Tim Roth, Maximilian Schell, and Vanessa Redgrave in Little Odessa ; and Anthony Edwards in Pet Sematary Two.

Orlean ( portrayed by Meryl Streep in an Oscar-nominated role ) was, in effect, made into a fictional character ; the movie portrayed her as becoming Laroche's lover and partner in a drug production operation, in which orchids were processed into a fictional psychoactive substance.

After spending years working on it and courting Madonna and Meryl Streep to play the lead role, the film fell apart over salary negotiations with Streep.

In 2007, The Telegraph reported that actresses being considered for the role of Norma Desmond included Close, Paige, Meryl Streep, Liza Minnelli and Barbra Streisand.

Her next role was as the equestrienne Felicity in Sydney Pollack's Academy Award-winning Out of Africa, based on the memoirs of the famed Danish writer Isak Dinesen, and starring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford and Klaus Maria Brandauer.

Because the film studio anticipated a female audience for the film and had Meryl Streep for the role, Helen became a significant part of the film.

Since her initial introduction in the role of Viki, actress Erika Slezak has since been regarded as one of the preeminent actresses in daytime television, often compared to the likes of fellow contemporary actress Meryl Streep for her acting range, versatility, and numerous award nominations.

She had originally been selected to play the title role in Music of the Heart, however she was replaced by Meryl Streep two weeks before filming began.

* Meryl Streep as Yolanda Johnson ( Streep later appeared on the actual radio show, reprising this role )