Christopher Plummer
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Born | Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer December 13, 1929 |
Died | February 5, 2021 Weston, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged 91)
Education | High School of Montreal |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1946–2021 |
Works | Filmography |
Spouses |
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Children | Amanda Plummer |
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Awards | Full list |
Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer
Plummer made his Broadway debut in the 1954 play The Starcross Story. He received two Tony Awards, one for Best Actor in a Musical playing Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano (1974) and the other for Best Actor in a Play portraying John Barrymore in Barrymore (1997). His other Tony-nominated roles include in J.B. (1959), Othello (1982), No Man's Land (1994), King Lear (2004), and Inherit the Wind (2007).
Plummer made his film debut in Stage Struck (1958), landed his first starring role that same year in Wind Across the Everglades. He became a household name as a result of his role as Captain Georg von Trapp in the musical film The Sound of Music (1965) alongside Julie Andrews.[5] During this time he starred in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Waterloo (1970), and The Man Who Would Be King (1975).
Plummer received an
Early life and education
Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer[6] was born on December 13, 1929,[7] in Toronto, Ontario.[6] He was the only child of John Orme Plummer (1894–1977), who sold stocks and other securities,[8] and Isabella Mary Abbott, who worked as secretary to the Dean of Sciences at McGill University, and was the granddaughter of Canadian prime minister Sir John Abbott.[9][10] On his father's side, Plummer's great-uncle was patent lawyer and agent F. B. Fetherstonhaugh.[8] Plummer was also a second cousin of British actor Nigel Bruce, known for portraying Doctor Watson to Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes.[11]
Plummer's parents separated shortly after his birth, and he was brought up mainly by his mother in the Abbott family home in Senneville, Quebec, on the western tip of Montreal island. He spoke English and French fluently.[12][13] As a schoolboy, he began studying to be a concert pianist, but developed a love for theatre at an early age, and began acting while he was attending the High School of Montreal.[14][15] He took up acting after watching Laurence Olivier's film Henry V (1944).[16][17] He learned the basics of acting as an apprentice with the Montreal Repertory Theatre, where fellow Montrealer William Shatner also played.[17]
Plummer never attended university, something he regretted all his life.[18] Although his mother and his father's family had ties with McGill University, he was never a McGill student.[19]
In 1946, he caught the attention of
Career
1948–1964: Early roles and theatre debut
Plummer made his professional acting debut in 1948 with Ottawa's Stage Society after which he performed roles as an apprentice artist with the Montreal Repertory Theatre alongside fellow apprenticing actor William Shatner.[22] In 1952, he starred in a number of productions at the Bermudiana Theatre in the City of Hamilton, in the British colony of Bermuda where he was seen and recruited by a US producer, although he was reluctant to leave Bermuda.[23] Edward Everett Horton hired Plummer to appear as Gerard in the 1953 road show production of André Roussin's Nina,[24] a role originated on Broadway by David Niven in 1951.[25] Plummer made his Broadway debut in January 1953 in the Diana Morgan play The Starcross Story, a show that closed on opening night after a plagiarism lawsuit shut down the production.[26] Plummer acted opposite Mary Astor and Margaret Bannerman.
His next Broadway appearance, Home is the Hero, lasted 30 performances from September to October 1954. He appeared in support of Broadway legend
Plummer made his Canadian television debut in the February 1953
He appeared in the live television drama
In April 1961, he appeared as Benedick in
He appeared in the title role in a 1963 production of
1965–1979: The Sound of Music and stardom
Plummer remains widely known for his portrayal of Captain Von Trapp due to the box office success and continued popularity of the Robert Wise-directed musical epic The Sound of Music (1965). Plummer acted alongside Julie Andrews and the film earned five Academy Awards including Best Picture. Although he was embarrassed, at first, about the role, which Plummer described as "so awful and sentimental and gooey",[44] the film made cinematic history, becoming the all-time top-grossing film, eclipsing Gone with the Wind.[45] He found all aspects of making the film unpleasant, except working with Andrews, and he avoided using its name, instead calling it "that movie", "S&M" and "The Sound of Mucus".[46][47] He declined to attend the 40th Anniversary cast reunion,[48] but he did provide commentary on the 2005 DVD release.[49]
He relented for the 45th anniversary and appeared with the full cast on The Oprah Winfrey Show on October 28, 2010.[50] In 2009, Plummer said that he was "a bit bored with the character". He said: "Although we worked hard enough to make him interesting, it was a bit like flogging a dead horse. And the subject matter is not mine. I mean, it can't appeal to every person in the world."[5] However, he admitted that the film itself was well made and was proud to be associated with a film with such mass appeal. "But it was a very well-made movie, and it's a family movie and we haven't seen a family movie, I don't think, on that scale for ages."[51] In one interview he said that he had "terrific memories" of making the movie.[52]
He was in
From June 1971 to January 1972, he appeared at the
Plummer acted in Lovers and Madmen at the Opera House at the
.1980–1997: Return to theatre
During this time Plummer appeared in the romantic drama
In 1988, he starred in another Shakespeare adaptation on Broadway in the title role in Macbeth with Glenda Jackson playing his lady.[64] Frank Rich wrote of his performance "Mr. Plummer's thoughtful, beautifully spoken performance best illuminates the strengths and built-in limitations of the entire enterprise. This actor grapples arrestingly with his early bouts of conscience, as horrible imaginings send Macbeth's heart knocking at his ribs."[65]
From 1993 to 1995, he narrated the animated television series
Plummer achieved great success in the 1997 Broadway production of the
1998–2009: Established actor
One of Plummer's most critically acclaimed roles was that of television journalist
In 2000, Plummer played
In 2002, he appeared in a lauded production of
In 2009 and 2010, Plummer starred in two stage to screen adaptations of the Stratford Festival productions of George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra and William Shakespeare's The Tempest. Both plays were directed for the stage by Des McAnuff and produced by Barry Avrich. The Tempest won Plummer a Canadian Screen award for Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program.[79] Plummer returned to the Stratford Festival in the summer of 2010 in The Tempest as the lead character, Prospero (also videotaped and shown in high-def in cinemas), and again in the summer of 2012 in the one-man show, A Word or Two, an autobiographical exploration of his love of literature. In 2014, Plummer presented A Word or Two again, at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.[80]
2010–2021: Resurgence and final roles
In January 2010, Plummer received his first Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of author Leo Tolstoy in The Last Station (2009).[81] Speaking to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in an interview that aired on March 7, 2010,[82] Plummer added, tongue-in-cheek, "Well, I said it's about time! I mean, I'm 80 years old, for God's sake. Have mercy." On Oscar night, March 7, 2010, however, he lost to Christoph Waltz.[83] That same year, Plummer appeared in David Fincher's English-language film adaptation of Stieg Larsson's book The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo starring Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara and Stellan Skarsgård. The film was a critical and commercial success. Earlier that year, Plummer received his second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Mike Mills' independent comedy drama film Beginners (2011) starring Ewan McGregor, and Mélanie Laurent. Plummer was announced as the winner at the 84th Academy Awards. Plummer's win made him, at age 82, the oldest actor to win an Academy Award. When he accepted the award, he quipped: "You're only two years older than me, darling. Where have you been all my life?"[84]
In 2011, he appeared in the feature-length documentary
In November 2017, Plummer, who was director Ridley Scott's original choice to play J. Paul Getty in All the Money in the World,[88] was cast to replace Kevin Spacey in the then-already completed film. The move came amid numerous misconduct allegations made towards Spacey. All scenes that had included Spacey were re-shot with Plummer. Co-stars Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams were part of the necessary filming.[89] The decision was made not long before the scheduled release date of December 22. TriStar Pictures intended to meet that release date in spite of the tight re-shooting and editing schedule; it was eventually pushed back to December 25.[90][91] For his role, Plummer earned Golden Globe,[1] BAFTA,[3] and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.[92]
He starred in the
Other works
Plummer wrote for the stage, television and concert-hall. He and Sir Neville Marriner rearranged William Shakespeare's Henry V with Sir William Walton's music as a concert piece.[98] They recorded the work with Marriner's chamber orchestra the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. He performed it and other works with the New York Philharmonic and symphony orchestras of London, Washington, D.C., Cleveland, Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis, Toronto, Vancouver and Halifax.[98] With Marriner, he made his Carnegie Hall debut in his own arrangements of Mendelssohn's incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream.[98]
Personal life
Plummer was married three times. His first wife was actress Tammy Grimes, whom he married in 1956.[99] Their marriage lasted four years, and they had a daughter together, the actress Amanda Plummer.[100] He was next married to Patricia Lewis, a journalist, from May 4, 1962, until their divorce in 1967. Three years after his second divorce, Plummer married actress Elaine Taylor on October 2, 1970. They lived in Weston, Connecticut.[101][102] Plummer had no children with either his second or his third wife.[100]
Plummer's memoir, In Spite of Myself, was published by Alfred A. Knopf in November 2008.[103] He was a patron of Theatre Museum Canada.[104] He was a member of The Players social club in New York City.[105]
Death and legacy
Plummer died at his home in Weston, on February 5, 2021, at the age of 91. According to Taylor, he died two and a half weeks after a fall that resulted in a blow to the head.[106][107][108] A statement released by the family announced that Plummer had died peacefully with Taylor by his side.[109]
Following the announcement of his death, his The Sound of Music co-star Julie Andrews paid tribute:
The world has lost a consummate actor today and I have lost a cherished friend. I treasure the memories of our work together and all the humour and fun we shared through the years.
Others who paid tribute to Plummer included Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Katherine Langford, Rian Johnson, Chris Evans and Don Johnson (who all collaborated with him on Knives Out), as well as William Shatner, Anne Hathaway, Elijah Wood, Vera Farmiga, Ed Asner (his costar in Up who also died in 2021), Ridley Scott, Spike Lee, Simon Pegg, Antonio Banderas, Leonard Maltin, Daniel Dae Kim, George Takei, Russell Crowe (his costar in The Insider and A Beautiful Mind), Bruce Greenwood and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.[109][110][111][112]
Lou Pitt, Plummer's manager of 46 years, said in a statement:
Chris was an extraordinary man who deeply loved and respected his profession with great old fashion manners, self-deprecating humor and the music of words. He was a national treasure who deeply relished his Canadian roots. Through his art and humanity, he touched all of our hearts and his legendary life will endure for all generations to come. He will forever be with us.[113]
A postage stamp paying tribute to Christopher Plummer was released by Canada Post on October 13, 2021.[114]
Awards and honours
Plummer is one of the few performers to have received the
In 2012, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 82 for Beginners (2011), becoming the oldest person to win an acting award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (a distinction he held until being supplanted by 83-year-old Anthony Hopkins in 2021), and he also received an Oscar nomination at the age of 88 for All the Money in the World, making him the oldest person to be nominated in any acting category at the Academy Awards.[115]
Plummer has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for the following performances:
- 82nd Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Supporting Role, nominee, The Last Station (2009)
- 84th Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Supporting Role, winner, Beginners (2011)
- 90th Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Supporting Role, nominee, All the Money in the World (2017)
In 2016, Plummer received the
See also
- List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees
- List of people from Toronto
- Triple Crown of Acting
- List of EGOT nominees
References
Explanatory notes
- ^ Received in 2016 awards ceremony, held in 2017
General and cited sources
- Plummer, Christopher (2008). In Spite of Myself: A Memoir. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-39679-2. Retrieved October 30, 2020 – via Google Books.
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