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The Actress

1953, Movie, NR, 89 mins

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A plodding, sometimes sensitive film about an aspiring actress, Simmons, whose father Tracy is a poor working man. He and his wife, Wright, are apprehensive about such a chancy career and try to convince their daughter to pursue another career or, better yet, settle down with a dour suitor, Perkins. Simmons persists even though she is turned down by Boston's leading theatrical impresario. Tracy taps his backbone and thrusts his child into the world, sending her to New Tork t... read more leave a comment
Year: 1953
Rated NR

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Cast
Spencer Tracy: Clinton Jones
Jean Simmons: Ruth Gordon Jones
Teresa Wright: Annie Jones
Anthony Perkins: Fred Whitmarsh
Ian Wolfe: Mr. Bagley
Kay Williams: Hazel Dawn

 

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"A shy, small-town girl (Jean Simmons) admits to her father (Spencer Tracy) her desire to...
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