When she won an Academy Award for her supporting role in ROSEMARY'S BABY, Ruth Gordon said,
"What a devilish delight!"
"I feel like I'm going into labor."
"I can't tell you how encouraging a thing like this is ?"*
"Uh oh.  Now I owe someone my soul."
The beloved 72-year-old actress had powers beyond performing.  She'd also been nominated three times for screenwriting.
In the heartwarming film LILIES OF THE FIELD, Sidney Poitier played a traveling ex-G.I. who stops to repair a roof for five
Las Vegas showgirls.
Mexican migrant workers.
orphan children.
German nuns.*
His charming depiction of the handyman with a big heart earned Poitier a Lead Actor Oscar.
