Show Brady's Bits HIS Personal: Born Dec 13 1927 in Toronto Canada Married to Tammy Grime 1956-6- 0 (one daughter Amanda 45k to Patricia Lewis 7 and to Elaine Taylor since 1970 1962-6- Christopher Plummer was telling me about his LATE WAS last year and I'd just had a chat with Captain von Trapp The "Captain" —that recent tour Royal Christmas with Julie Andrews “Fourteen BY glorious actor Chris- JAMES BRADY topher Plummer who probably cities in three weeks" he always will be known for his role in 1 965 ’s The Sound of Music — was at his house in the Connecticut hills talking about his said “Julie and were the hosts and there was I the Royal Television: recent tour with Julie Andrews Philharmonic and three ballet companies They were traveling us around in ‘rock star buses' each of us with his own bus fully appointed It was so Includes Produce? the new i He also spoke about Showcase 1955 Hamlet 1964 The Moneychanger I 1976 The movie version of Charles ens' Nicholas Nickleby Dick- direct- i? jHJv ed by Douglas McGrath with cast from both sides an Shadowbox 1980 The of the Atlantic Thorn Birdt “It's the most enchanting 1983 film" said Plummer who has Counterstrike 1990 the meaty role of the grandly Nuremberg 2000 malevolent uncle Ralph Nickleby “McGrath has an authenInclude Stage tic touch with Struck 1958 England Dickens creates so The Sound of many grand characters even Music 1965 Waterloo the small roles that it's so hard 1971 The Man to put him on the screen But Who Would Be McGrath did it with such econKing 1975 all-st- r 7 ar 19th-centu- 1 much X'-V- I'tfSK - 4 :v - Murder by Decree 1979 Star Trek VI omy making just the right cuts that I think this is as good in 1991 Malcolm its way as David Lean’s 1946 X 1992 Dolores Great Expectations'' Claiborne The cast of Nickleby boasts 1995 The Insider 1999 A such other headliners as Nathan Beautiful Mind Lane Alan Cumming Barry 2001 Ararat 2002 Nicholai (Dame Edna) Humphries Anne Nick leby 2002 Hathaway and Tom Courtenay film Waterloo opposite the late Ttaeater: They shot the film in London Rod Steiger as Napoleon “I and in Yorkshire— both au- liked Rod" Plummer told me Includes The Starcroit thentic Dickensian locations “He could be bombastic but he Story 1954 off himself was had a large heart’' Plummer 1961 just Becket In 999 Plummer won critCyrano 1974 a triumphant stage run as King Othello 1982: Lear at the Stratford Festival in ical awards playing journalist No Marti Land 1994 Canada He’s Canadian by birth Mike Wallace in the film The Barrymore 1997 Xing and bilingual in French from Insider “Mike didn't like the Lear 2002 growing up in Quebec where script very much" said Plumhis family has lived “for 250 mer “But he was very gracious years" he said Speaking of the inviting me for lunch Then afFrench Plummer played the terward he wrote to me saying Duke of Wellington in the 97 how much he liked what I'd S3 tearing with Julie done Very generous” Nicholas Nickleby opened nationally this weekend Had Plummer been a Dickens fan since boyhood? “Oh yes" he said “You know you see a lot of scripts that you have to dose Andrews Christopher your eyes to say ‘Yes’ But this It's heaven” one I knew I wanted to do" IE Fresk Iron the Shakespearean stage as Xing Lear sail 1 ' PhMnfmph hy Man Rnyrt for PARADE: xmombif Av CiiCii 1 Grartjbr Tram better than flying" Plummer who is considered one of the finest classical actors alive has won a couple of Emmys and two Tonys (one for his most recent Broadway performance in Barrymore) He was enjoying a sunny but cold morning in Connecticut when we spoke “It's beautiful here" he said "We used to live down near Long Island Sound I do miss the water sometimes but we wanted more space so we moved to the hills ry 1 in A For more on WWWpEfBOBCOro J villain in a new film el Plummer visit Kicislss Hictltiif on "In Step With" wempandoeom and dick PAW 30 JANUARY 13 3003 1 PARADC MAGAZINE |