3 Quotes & Sayings By Geraldine Page

Geraldine Page, born Geraldine Ruth Pareto, is an American actress who has won two Academy Awards, for her performances in the films "Cabaret" (1972), and "The River" (1984). Her other film appearances include "Days of Heaven" (1978), "The Miracle Worker" (1980), "A Passage to India" (1984) and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975). She has also appeared on television in such series as the crime drama "Columbo", the legal drama "L.A. Law", and the medical drama "St Read more

Elsewhere". Her acting career began in 1948, with a role in an episode of the CBS legal drama series, "I Love Lucy". She received critical acclaim for her performance as an abused wife in the 1980 film "Norma Rae", for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress. She became a star after her directorial debut in Peter Bogdanovich's "Cabaret", which earned her another Oscar nomination. Page is best known for her later roles as a sultry lesbian artist-turned-brothel madame in Robert Altman's "The Player", and as a psychiatrist's wife who falls into insanity after being raped by her husband's colleague ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")..

Page is considered one of the greatest actresses of all time. She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame at Lincoln Center in 1983, was selected as one of the ten best actresses ever by eFilmCritic.com , and ranked number 17 on Premiere magazine's 2006 equivalent list of greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema list. Author: Paulo Coelho

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I don't know what I'm doing. I don't know what actors do. Geraldine Page
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'Greedy gut' is my middle name. I love food, and I love parts. Geraldine Page