Kim Stanley

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BIRTHDAY

February 11, 1925

Tularosa, NM

DIED

August 20, 2001

RECENT CREDITS

The Right Stuff (FILM) Oct. 21, 1983

Frances (FILM) Dec. 19, 1982

Séance on a Wet Afternoon (FILM) Jan. 1, 1964

To Kill a Mockingbird (FILM) Dec. 25, 1962

The Goddess (FILM) May. 1, 1958

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Stanley was born Patricia Kimberly Reid. After performing in college plays and in stock she moved to New York; there she trained at the Actors Studio under Kazan and Strasberg, meanwhile working as a model. She did much work on the Broadway and London stage, winning praise and awards. To date she has appeared in only five films. For her work in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) she received a Best Actress Oscar nomination; shortly afterwards she suffered a breakdown, then went 13 years before her next screen appearance. After teaching drama at a college, she returned to the screen in Frances (1982), receiving a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her portrayal of actress Frances Farmer's crazed mother.

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Actress Kim Stanley dead at 76

Aug. 21, 2001

Kim Stanley, who was nominated for Oscars for her performances in Seance on a Wet Afteroon in 1964 and Frances in 1982, but was perhaps best known for her stage role in Bus Stop, died Monday in Santa Fe, NM, at the age of 76.

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