Biography of geraldine page

Geraldine Page was born in Kirksville, Missouri, on November 22, , to Leon Elwin Page, an osteopathic physician, and Edna Pearl Maize Page. A strong proponent of the Method approach to acting, she was best known for her portrayal of tormented Tennessee Williams heroines. Most notable were her roles in the stage and film productions of Summer and Smoke and Sweet Bird of Youth.

Page’s family moved to Chicago when she was five years old, and her first stage appearance, at age seventeen, was at the Englewood Methodist Church in Excuse My Dust. After graduation from Englewood High School, she studied at the Goodman Theater School from to and then spent the next five years in Midwest summer stock theater. In she moved to New York City in search of an acting career.

Page worked many odd jobs, including hat-check girl, theater usher, sales clerk, lingerie model, and factory worker before landing a role in an off-­Broadway production of Tennessee Williams’s pla

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Geraldine Page

American actress (–)

Geraldine Sue Page (November 22, &#;&#; June 13, ) was an American actress. With a career which spanned kvartet decades across film, scen, and television, Page was the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for four Tony Awards.

A native of Kirksville, Missouri, Page studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and with Uta Hagen and Lee Strasberg in New York City. During the McCarthyism era, she was blacklisted in Hollywood based on her association with Hagen and did not work in spelfilm for eight years. Page won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Trip to Bountiful (). She was Oscar-nominated for her work in Hondo (), Summer and Smoke (), Sweet Bird of Youth (), You're a Big Boy Now (), Pete 'n' Tillie (), Interiors (), and The Pope of Greenwich Village (). She is also known for he

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Geraldine Page Biography, Life, Interesting Facts

Early Years and Education

Geraldine Sue Page was born 22nd November , to Leon and Edna Page. She was born in Kirksville, Missouri, in the United States. Page had an older brother, and her father worked for a college that taught osteopathy and surgery. He was a writer, and penned several textbooks, on subjects like anatomy and osteopathy.

Page’s family moved to Chicago, Illinois, when she was five years old. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and graduated in Over the next seven years, Page continued her study, at the Herbert Berghof School, the American Theatre Wing, and the Actors Studio. As she was based in New York City, Page used to travel home to Chicago during her summer breaks to perform in a local theatre group.

Career

Geraldine Page had worked regularly in stage productions over several years, and in was cast in a small role by the director, Jose Quintero. He cast her again in another part, als