Name
Holm, Celeste, 1917-2012 (Interviewee)
Franklin, Joan (Interviewer)
Franklin, Robert (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Celeste Holm, 1959
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Celeste Holm, 1959
Abstract
First job on New York stage, "Papa is All," "The Damask Cheek"; work in night clubs and USO; directors and their styles, including Elia Kazan, George M. Cohan, Lawrence Langner, Alfred Lunt, Joseph Mankiewicz; Marilyn Monroe; social life in Hollywood; opinions about actors and politics; experience in post World War II Germany; acting philosophy. Audio is comprised of narrator's excerpts from the We stinghouse Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"
Collection Name
Popular arts project
Subjects
Actresses; Actors; Motion picture acting; Theater; Acting; Holm, Celeste, 1917-2012
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1959
Note (Biographical)
Actress
Note
Interviewed by Joan and Robert Franklin
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
13005788
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-t5f9-2391
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.