RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN
IN “THE STILLBORN LOVER”
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Tribute to Richard Chamberlain

 
“THE STILLBORN LOVER”
THE CAST:

Richard Chamberlain has created a singular position within the world of the miniseries, having starred in some of the most dramatic and powerful productions in the history of TV. Over the last decade he has starred in Shogun, Wallenburg: A Hero’s Story, The Thornbirds, Dream West, The Bourne Identity, Centennial, and, most recently, Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke. Other distinguished TV productions include Portrait of a Lady, Hamlet, The Lady’s Not for Burning, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Man In the Iron Mask, Aftermath: The Other Side of Murder, The Night of the Hunter, and All the Winters That Have Been. In 1959, he won the title role in Dr. Kildare, which made him a household name overnight. It was after Kildare that Mr. Chamberlain moved into feature films, including Richard Lester’s Petula, The Mad Woman of Chaillot with Katharine Hepburn, Julius Caesar, Lady Carolyn Lamb, The Towering Inferno, The Three Musketeers, The Music Lovers, Peter Weir’s The Last Wave and The Slipper and the Rose. No stranger to the stage, Mr. Chamberlain starred in Hamlet and was featured in The Lady’s Not for Burning in England. In the U.S. he starred in Richard II, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Night of the Iguana, Blithe Spirit, Fathers and Sons, My Fair Lady, and The Sound of Music. He was last seen at BTF in the world premiere of The Shadow of Greatness. He has recently completed a book entitled Shattered Love, a spiritual memoir, published by Harper Collins.


Keir Dullea has starred in numerous Broadway plays including Butterflies are Free and the acclaimed revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Elizabeth Ashley, in addition to numerous appearances in regional theaters throughout the country. His 24 motion pictures include Stanley Kubrick’s 2001, A Space Odyssey in which he portrayed "Commander Bowman", and David and Lisa for which he won a Golden Globe. He has appeared in major TV dramas over the years, most recently in the ABC movie The Audrey Hepburn Story with Jennifer Love Hewitt in which he played her father, the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of Songs in Ordinary Time with Sissy Spacek and Beau Bridges on CBS, and Law and Order. Last summer he again partnered with Elizabeth Ashley in The Little Foxes at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington D.C. and appeared this spring in Sleuth at Playhouse in the Park in Bridgeport, CT.
Date of birth (location) 30 May 1936 Cleveland, Ohio, USA 


Kaleo Griffith most recently played "Mistletoe" in the comedy Christmas Interruptus off-Broadway at the John Houseman Theatre. Film and television credits include Talk Radio directed by Oliver Stone, Nocturne, The Street (ABC), recurring roles on One Life to Live, As the World Turns, and Guiding Light. Other NY and regional credits include The Head at Chelsea Playhouse, Laughing Stock directed by Charles Morey at Pioneer Theatre Company, The Mousetrap at George St. Playhouse, Zorba, My Three Angels, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Bristol Riverside Theatre, "The Dentist" in Little Shop of Horrors at Arkansas Repertory Theatre. At Virginia Stage Company: Othello, "Orsino" in Twelfth Night, "Amundsen" in Terra Nova, and "Young Scrooge" in 
A Christmas Carol. Other favorite roles include "Tesman" in Hedda Gabler, "Andrew" in I Hate Hamlet and "Pozzo" in Waiting for Godot. Recent commercial work includes ESPN "Fleece Guy", Zales and Pearl Vision. Kaleo has trained in the U.K., is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and holds an MFA in Acting from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts.


Robert Emmet Lunney’s Broadway appearances include Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa and Wonderful Tennessee (Patrick Mason, Director), A Doll’s House (Anthony Page, Director), and most recently The Graduate (Terry Johnson, Director). Off-Broadway: Craig Lucas’ The Dying Gaul (Mark Brokaw, Director), The Quiet Room (Lucy Tiberghien, Director), Arms and the Man, Two Small Bodies, Chopin in Space. Regional Theatre: To Kill a Mockingbird (Ford’s Theatre), An American Daughter (Long Wharf), Angels in America, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me (Michael Breault, Director); and under Richard Romagnoli’s direction, No End of Blame, The Castle, The Homecoming, Mountain Language, and Camille. Television: Law & Order, Feds, Grace and Glorie. Robert is co-director of The Barker Project - dedicated to exploring the works of contemporary British playwright, Howard Barker.


Lois Nettleton’s Broadway credits include A Streetcar Named Desire, They Knew What They Wanted (Tony nomination), Strangers. She was Desiree in L.A. Music Center’s A Little Night Music. Regional credits include A Perfect Ganesh (L.A. Theatre Critics Circle nomination), Dancing in the End Zone (Drama-logue Award), Princess Grace and the Fazzaris (one-woman play) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and many others. Her many feature films include The Man in the Glass Booth, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Her TV series include, In the Heat of the Night, (Emmy nomination), All that Glitters, Crossing Jordan, and others. Her TV and mini-series credits are The American Woman, Portraits of Courage (Emmy Award), Fear on Trial (Emmy nomination); Centennial and many others. She has made numberous TV appearances on Seinfeld, The Golden Girls (Emmy nomination), A Gun for Mandy (Emmy Award) and many others. Date of birth 16 August 1929 Oak Park, Illinois, USA 
Married to disk jockey/writer Jean Shepherd for 7 years until they divorced.


Jennifer Van Dyck’s Broadway credits are: Hedda Gabler, Dancing at Lughnasa, Two Shakespearean Actors, The Secret Rapture. Off-Broadway credits are The Second Man (Keen Company), King of Clocks (HERE), Hesh (Naked Angels), A Cheever Evening, Man in His Underwear, Gus and Al, (all at Playwrights Horizons), Earth and Sky (Second Stage), Human Gravity (EST). Her regional theatre performances include A Month in the Country, Hedda Gabbler and Dead End (Huntington Theatre), As You Like It (NJ Shakespeare Festival), Tongue of a Bird (Intiman), Intimate Exchanges (Hartford Stage), King Lear, Hamlet, The Show Off (Old Globe), Other People’s Money, Mourning Becomes Electra, The Crucible (Trinity Rep), Dinner at Eight (Long Wharf). TV appearances include Ed, The Education of Max Bickford, Jacqueline Onassis (CBS Miniseries), Spin City, Law and Order (numerous guest appearances), The Cosby Mysteries, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, The Marla Hanson Story. Film: Series 7, States of Control, Bullets Over Broadway.


Jessica Walter’s Broadway appearances include Photo Finish (Clarence Derwent Award), Advise and Consent, Neil Simon’s Rumors, A Severed Head, Nightlife. She has appeared off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, Longwharf Theatre, L.A.T.C.’s Tartuffe opposite Ron Leibman, Encores! series, Vagina Monologues. Film work includes Play Misty For Me (Golden Globe nomination), Slums of Beverly Hills, Sidney Lumet’s The Group, The Flamingo Kid, Grand Prix, P.C.U., Lilith, Ghost in the Machine, Number One, and others. Numerous TV films, series and specials include Amy Prentiss (Emmy Award), Trapper John M.D. (Emmy nomination), Streets of San Francisco (Emmy nomination), Wheels, Scruples, Bare Essence, Oh Baby, Aaron’s Way, For the People, Victory at Entebbe, Just Shoot Me, Coach and Women in Chains. Voice of Chase Manhattan, Southern California Edison. McDonnell Douglas, Fran on Jim Henson’s Dinosaurs series, etc. Fall 2003 Arrested Development series, Fox television. Born: januari 31, 1940