Remembering Cloris Leachman, LGBTQ+ Icon and Ally
The acclaimed actress and LGBTQ+ rights supporter died Wednesday at age 94. January 27 2021 8:37 PM EST
Cloris Leachman, the multi-award-winning actress who died Wednesday at age 94, was both an icon and ally to LGBTQ+ people.
She was beloved for her performances in
The Mary Tyler Moore Show and other sitcoms, her dramatic turns in films such as
The Last Picture Show (for which she won an Oscar), and her hilarious and campy portrayals in Mel Brooks movies. She also appeared multiple times at the GLAAD Media Awards, honoring fair, accurate, and inclusive depictions of LGBTQ+ people in film and television.
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Rosamund Pike as Marla Grayson and Dianne Wiest as Jennifer Peterson in I Care A Lot (Netflix)
Good, funny, thrillers have become something of a rare commodity. At least in films. Thankfully, Netflix may have just the right thing for those jonesing for their fix of an insidious crime story. Hereâs all you need to know about âI Care A Lotâ.
Release date
The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2020. âI Care A Lotâ will premiere on Netflix on February 19.
Plot
As per the official synopsis of the film on Netflix, âPoised with sharklike self-assurance, Marla Grayson is a professional, court-appointed guardian for dozens of elderly wards whose assets she seizes and cunningly bilks through dubious but legal means. Itâs a well-oiled racket that Marla and her business partner and lover Fran use with brutal efficiency on their latest âcherry,â Jennifer Peterson a wealthy
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At 84, Glenda Jackson has lived many lives over. Born in Cheshire to a builder and a shop assistant, Jackson won a scholarship to the prestigious drama school RADA before becoming a highly respected theater performer within the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her breakout screen role in Ken Russellâs
Women in Love earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1971, the first of two she would receive over the course of her career. Following acclaimed appearances on Broadway, an Emmy-winning turn as Queen Elizabeth I, and even a stint in comedy working with the English double act Morecambe and Wise, she retired from acting in 1992 to become a Member of Parliament for the Labour Party, largely in response to what she saw as the âdestructionâ wrought by Margaret Thatcher on Britainâs working classes. Then, after retiring from politics, she made a surprise return to the London stage as King Lear, receiv