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Persoonlijke gegevens Rita Eleanore MACKAY 

• Zij is geboren op 2 april 1927 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
• Beroep: Actress and Documentary Filmmaker.
• Zij is overleden op 22 maart 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA, zij was toen 88 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Milton A MACKAY en Belle FATELY

Gezin van Rita Eleanore MACKAY

(1) Zij is getrouwd met Sidney Arthur LUMET.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1949, zij was toen 21 jaar oud.

Het echtpaar is in 1955 gescheiden.

(2) Zij is getrouwd met Thomas GUINZBURG.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1956, zij was toen 28 jaar oud.

Het echtpaar is in 1963 gescheiden.

Notities over Rita Eleanore MACKAY

Rita Gam (April 2, 1927 – March 22, 2016) was an American film and television actress and documentary filmmaker. She was nominated for a Golden Globe and won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.

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Background[edit]
Gam was born Rita Eleanore MacKay in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Belle (nėe Fately), who was born in Romania, and Milton A. MacKay, who was born in Alsace-Lorraine, to parents from Romania. Her father died in 1931, and her mother subsequently remarried, and Rita took the surname of her stepfather, Benjamin J. Gam, who was a Russian Jewish immigrant.[1][2][3][4] Her family was Jewish.[5]

Career[edit]
Gam was a model before she ventured into acting. Her acting career began on Broadway and in television, after which she moved on to films. Her Broadway credits included There's a Girl in My Soup, The Insect Comedy, A Flag is Born, and A Temporary Island.[6]

She appeared first in the 1952 film noir The Thief, which starred Ray Milland. In October 1952, she signed a long-term MGM contract.[7] Another notable role was Herodias in 1961's King of Kings.

She shared the Silver Bear for Best Actress award with Viveca Lindfors at the 1962 Berlin Film Festival, for their performances in Tad Danielewski's No Exit.[8]

In 1963, Gam was a leading member of The Minnesota Theatre Company in the opening season of The Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.[citation needed] Gam appeared in a few more American films before working in Europe. She returned to the U.S. to appear in small parts in films, including Klute in 1971, before taking up documentary film making.[citation needed]

In 2003, she appeared in the rotating cast of the Off-Broadway stage reading of Wit & Wisdom.[9] In 2004, she appeared in one of a series of ads for the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Personal life and death[edit]
Gam's first husband was director Sidney Lumet, whom she married in 1949. The marriage ended in divorce in 1955,[6] and Lumet married socialite Gloria Vanderbilt. In 1956 she married publisher Thomas Guinzburg. This marriage also ended in divorce[10] in 1963.[6] She was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her close friend, Grace Kelly, to Prince Rainier in Monaco.[11]

Gam died on March 22, 2016 at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from respiratory failure, aged 88.[12] She was survived by a daughter and a son.[6]

Books[edit]
Gam was the author of two books, Actress to Actress[13] and Actors: A Celebration[14][6]

Selected filmography[edit]
The Thief (1952)
Saadia (1953)
Night People (1954)
Sign of the Pagan (1954)
Magic Fire (1955)
Mohawk (1956)
Sierra Baron (1958)
Wild Cats on the Beach (1959)
Hannibal (1959)
King of Kings (1961)
No Exit (1962)
Shoot Out (1971)
Klute (1971)
Such Good Friends (1971)
The Gardener (1974)
Midnight (1989)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Judith Balaban Quine. "The Bridesmaids: Grace Kelly and Six Intimate Friends". Books.google.ca. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
Jump up ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
Jump up ^ Bloom, Nate (2016-04-08). "Jewz in the Newz - American Israelite: Jews In The Newz". American Israelite. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Rita Gam, actress - obituary". The Telegraph. April 10, 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
Jump up ^ "Rita Gam". Glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
Jump up ^ "Berlinale 1962: Prize Winners". Berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
Jump up ^ "Wit & Wisdom - Off-Broadway | Tickets, Reviews, Info and More". Theatermania.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
Jump up ^ Staff. "RITA GAM REMARRIED; Film Actress Is Wed Here to Thomas H. Guinzburg", The New York Times, March 24, 1956; accessed September 13, 2010.
Jump up ^ LIFE Magazine, May 5, 1952, p. 144
Jump up ^ "Rita Gam Dead: Glamorous Actress Was 88". The Hollywood Reporter. 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
Jump up ^ "Actress to Actress". Amazon. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
Jump up ^ "Actors: A Celebration". Amazon. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

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