Ronald Pickup, ‘Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ and ‘The Crown’ Star, Dies at 80 Abid Rahman
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films and played the Archbishop of Canterbury in
The Crown, has died. He was 80.
His agent told the BBC that Pickup had “passed away peacefully [on Wednesday] after a long illness surrounded by his wife and family.”
In a career that spanned over half a century, Pickup was an accomplished theater, film and television actor. On the stage, he starred alongside British theater icons such as Laurence Olivier, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in everything from Shakespeare to the plays of Samuel Beckett. On the big screen, he had roles in Oscar-nominated films such as
Ronald Pickup, the British actor who starred in
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films and played the Archbishop of Canterbury in
The Crown, has died. He was 80.
His agent told the BBC that Pickup had passed away peacefully [on Wednesday] after a long illness surrounded by his wife and family.
In a career that spanned over half a century, Pickup was an accomplished theater, film and television actor. On the stage, he starred alongside British theater icons such as Laurence Olivier, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in everything from Shakespeare to the plays of Samuel Beckett. On the big screen, he had roles in Oscar-nominated films such as
Philip Seymour Hoffman Scholarship Set at NYU s Tisch School (EXCLUSIVE)
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NYU Tisch School of the Arts has established a scholarship in honor of alumnus Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The $50,000 grant will support Tisch drama students who demonstrate financial need, academic merit and artistic talent. Initial funding was provided by James Declan Tobin, an Irish producer who was inspired by spending time with the Hoffman family.
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“Philip Seymour Hoffman is one of the greatest actors of our generation,” Tobin said. “This scholarship will inspire Tisch Drama students to follow his enchanted ways on both the screen and the stage, embodying those moments that are so truthfully evocative of the human experience, and give them the opportunity to thrive. Phil was beloved by his peers and his fans and he often expressed gratitude and love to those around him. With this scholarship, I hope to continue Phil’s legacy of war
If you have inside, off stage information regarding any Connecticut theater or local luminaries, please send it with a contact name and phone number to Off Stage at: jgrochman@gmail.com. Due to space needs, timeliness and other considerations, not all submissions can be addressed in Off Stage
From Twain to Deep Throat, Hal Holbrook left an indelible mark on American entertainment
Peter Marks, The Washington Post
Feb. 2, 2021
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Hal Holbrook as Shylock in a 1999 production of The Merchant of Venice. Washington Post photo by Dudley M. Brooks
Back in the olden days when people sent handwritten letters through the mail, Hal Holbrook wrote a beautiful one to me. Actually, it wasn t all that long ago - Feb. 23, 2004, to be exact. But Holbrook, who died last week at age 95, was in every sense a gentleman of the old school, in manners, in love of performance, in devotion to his craft.