On November 1st, Oscar nominee Lesley Ann Warren (“Victor/Victoria”) hosted a special screening of the cult classic film “Clue” at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York. #Powerjournalist Markos Papadatos has the recap.
This was in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the movie “Clue,” which featured a live appearance from the original “Miss Scarlet” herself.
The Brooklyn audience (that gathered from all over the country) was well aware that they were in the presence of a national icon. Following the screening of the seminal film, it featured a Q & A session with Lesley Ann Warren, which was an added treat.
In other Lesley Ann Warren news, she is starring in the new short film “Olive,” written and directed by Tom Koch, which has been generating Oscar buzz, and rightfully so.
Background on Lesley Ann Warren
After winning Broadway’s “Most Promising Newcomer” Award at the age of 17, in the Broadway production 110 In the Shade, Lesley Ann Warren found stardom on the small screen in the title role of the legendary Rogers & Hammerstein’s musical adaptation of Cinderella.
Warren’s film debut was in Disney’s The Happiest Millionaire, but it was her brilliant performance in Blake Edwards’ comic masterpiece, “Victor/Victoria,” that earned her nominations for an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe, as well as winning a New York Film Critics Award and a People’s Choice Award.
Additionally, Warren received nominations for a Golden Globe for Songwriter, and a People’s Choice Award for Choose Me. Film credits additionally include 10th and Wolf (written and directed by Academy Award winner Bobby Moresco), Secretary, Steven Soderbergh’s The Limey, Clue, Burglar, Pure Country, Cop and Mel Brooks’ Life Stinks. Warren’s television credits include a Golden Globe Award performance for Best Actress in the miniseries “79 Park Avenue.”
She also was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy for her role in the CBS miniseries “Family of Spies.” Warren received a Cable Ace nomination for her work in Tennessee Williams’ “27 Wagons Full of Cotton.” She also received Cable Ace and Golden Globe nominations for her work in HBO Pictures’ “Baja Oklahoma.” Further television credits include leading roles in the NBC telefilm “Evergreen”, and the Emmy winning TNT miniseries “Joseph” (opposite Ben Kingsley).
Warren’s recurring roles in television include a comedic tour de force opposite Sydney Pollack on NBC’s hit comedy “Will & Grace”, the ABC series “Desperate Housewives” and most recently, five seasons in the USA Network drama, “In Plain Sight”, as well as the 100th episode of “Psych,” a tribute to the movie “Clue,” “Community” for Yahoo, “Gigi Does It” for IFC, “Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce” for Bravo, “Blunt Talk” for Starz, “Daredevil” for Netflix, Jenji Kohan’s “American Princess” for Lifetime and “Broke” for CBS.
Warren’s recently released Echo Boomers starring opposite Michael Shannon is currently streaming and her film 3 Days with Dad is also streaming starring opposite J.K. Simmons.
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