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Harry Kullijian( m. 2003; died 2011)Children1Carol Elaine Channing (January 31, 1921 – January 15, 2019) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and comedian, known for starring in Broadway and film musicals. Her characters usually had a fervent expressiveness and an easily identifiable voice, whether singing or for comedic effect.Channing began as a Broadway musical actress starring in in 1949 and in 1964, and winning the for the latter. She revived both roles several times throughout her career, playing Dolly on Broadway for the final time in 1995. She was nominated for her first Tony Award in 1956 for, followed by a nomination in 1961 for Show Girl. She received her fourth Tony Award nomination for the musical in 1974.As a film actress, she won the and was nominated for the for her performance as Muzzy in (1967).
Her other film appearances include (1956) and (1968). On television, she appeared as an entertainer on variety shows.
She performed in the TV production of (1985), and she had the first of many TV specials in 1966, titled An Evening with Carol Channing.Channing was inducted into the in 1981 and received a in 1995. She continued to perform and make appearances well into her 90s, singing songs from her repertoire and sharing stories with fans, cabaret-style. She released her autobiography Just Lucky I Guess in 2002, and Larger Than Life was released in 2012, a documentary film about her career. Finding roles that suit the strange and wonderful charms of Carol Channing has always been a problem to Broadway showmen. She looks like an overgrown kewpie.
She sings like a moon-mad hillbilly. Her dancing is crazily comic. And behind her saucer eyes is a kind of gentle sweetness that pleads for affection.Life magazine cover story, 1955Five years later, Channing had a featured role in Lend an Ear (1948), for which she received her and launched her as a star performer. Channing credited illustrator for helping make her a star when he put her image in his widely published illustrations. She said that his drawing of her as a was what helped her get the lead in her next play, the and musical. From that role, as Lorelei Lee, she gained recognition, with her signature song from the production, ',' among the most widely known.In January 1950, Time magazine ran a cover story about her becoming a new star on Broadway, followed by cover stories in Life magazine in 1955 and 1964.In 1956, Channing married her manager and publicist Charles Lowe. During the 1950s, he produced the comedy show, which starred.
When Allen was forced to discontinue performing due to her heart ailments, she saw that Burns was in need of a partner to play-off of on stage since he was best as a straight man. She remembered that Channing, like her, had one of the most distinctive and recognizable voices in show business, and Lowe asked Channing if she would perform with Burns during his shows. She accepted immediately, and Channing worked on and off with Burns through the late 1950s. Burns also appeared in her TV special, An Evening with Carol Channing, in 1966.In 1961, Channing became one of the few performers nominated for a for work in a revue (rather than a traditional book musical); she was nominated for for the short-lived revue Show Girl.
Hello, Dolly! David Burns and Channing in (1964)Channing came to national prominence as the star of 's! Her performance as Dolly Levi won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She recalled that playwright so loved the musical, which was based on his play, that he came once a week. He also planned to rewrite his 1942 play, with Channing playing the parts of both Mrs. Antrobus and Sabina, but died before he could finish it.Approval of her performance in the 1960s meant she was often invited to major events, including those at the, where she might sing.
Channing was a registered and was invited to the in Atlantic City, New Jersey where she sang 'Hello, Lyndon' for 's campaign. She was a favorite of, who once gave her a huge bouquet after a show.The old-fashioned plot of Hello, Dolly, when first described, might seem uninspired, says columnist:But then you sit in the audience and Carol Channing comes out, turns on her huge eyes and monumental smile—and you sit there with a silly grin on your face for 2 1/2 hours, bathed in the benevolent spell of a great comedienne.It is hard to imagine her doing anything else but making people smile.
She is that human curio, the born female comic.The show had first opened on Broadway on January 16, 1964, and by the time the show closed in late December 1970, it had become the longest-running musical in Broadway history, with nearly 3,000 performances. Besides Channing, six other stars played the title role during those seven years:,. Peter Palmer and Channing in (1973)Al Hirschfeld's illustration of her was printed on the front page of the 'Sunday Theatre' section of The New York Times.
She felt that this image captured the essence of her character, having posited in writing, 'How did the great Hirschfeld know precisely what I was thinking? To be Hirschfelded is an eerie experience. You better not have anything to hide, because he'll expose it like a neon sign'.: 68 The illustration was also printed on the cover of magazines, including Horizon.
She later appeared in the movie biography about his life, in 2004.Channing reprised her role of Lorelei Lee when the musical, directed by and choreographed by Ernest O. Flatt, premiered in 1973 at the Oklahoma City (6000 seat) Civic Center Music Hall and broke all box office records after six days' worth of performances sold out within 24 hours.To commemorate this record event, the street running in front of the Music Hall was renamed Channing Square Drive in her honor.
Also in the cast were,. For nearly a year, the stage musical then toured 11 cities across the country. Had earned a hefty profit by the time it opened on Broadway at the on January 27, 1974, and ran for a total of 320 performances. Channing also appeared in two New York City revivals of Hello, Dolly!, and toured with it extensively throughout the United States.She performed songs from Hello, Dolly during a special television show in London in 1979. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) Channing also appeared in a number of films, including The First Traveling Sales Lady (1956; with and ), the cult film, and (starring, and ). For Millie she received a nomination for the, and was awarded a. Channing said she was especially grateful to Andrews for helping her develop her character: 'She will forever be my angel,' she says.Due to her success on Broadway in Hello Dolly!
And her co-starring role in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Channing attracted the attentions of and, who were interested in starring her in a sitcom. Directed and produced by Arnaz and written by and (who co-wrote and ), The Carol Channing Show starred Channing as Carol Hunnicut, a small-town girl trying and failing to make it in New York City show business. Character actors and were in the supporting cast. The pilot was filmed in front of a live audience (with a laugh track added) at in 1966, but did not sell as a series. Channing performing with in 1973During her film career, Channing also made some guest appearances on television sitcoms and talk shows, including where she appeared in 11 episodes from 1962 to 1966. Channing did voice-over work in cartoons, most notably as in an animated version of from 1992 to 1995. Television appearances During most of her career, Channing was asked to perform in various skits or appear as a guest on regular shows.
In the 1960s, she was on. In 1985, she played the role of the White Queen in the television special. In 1986, Channing appeared on and sang a parody of the song ' called 'Hello, Sammy!'
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, a love song being sung by Carol to a character known as Sammy the Snake (as voiced by creator ). Carol, in this parody segment, serenades Sammy telling him just how much she loves and adores him while Sammy coils himself around Carol's arms. Carol's song includes lyrics such as: 'So.turn on your charm, Sammy/Coil yourself around my arm, Sammy/Sammy the Snake, I'll stake a claim on you'. Songwriter, who wrote the score for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, invited her on his television special in 1987 where she performed another one of her signature songs, 'Little Girl from Little Rock'.In 1993, she poked a little fun at herself in an episode of. The episode 'Smoke Gets in Your Lies' shows the producer auditioning for a new musical, and Channing, playing herself, is trying out. Just after the producer announces he wants a stage presence that is instantly recognizable to the entire country, Channing begins with her signature ', but he stops her with a resounding 'Next!'
.In January 2003, Channing recorded the audiobook of her best-selling autobiography Just Lucky, I Guess: A Memoir of Sorts, directed and produced by Steve Garrin at VideoActive Productions in New York City. It was during the recording sessions that she received a phone call from her childhood sweetheart Harry Kullijian that rekindled their romance and led to their marriage a few months later.
In January 2011, the documentary Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (which chronicles Channing's life and career) was released. Personal life. The handprints of Carol Channing in front of at at the Resort. 1970, Channing was the first celebrity to perform at a Super Bowl halftime.
In 1973, it came to light during the that Channing was on a, informally known as Nixon's 'enemies list'. She has subsequently said that her appearance on this list was the highest honor in her career. 1981, Channing was inducted into the. 1984, renamed its auditorium The Carol Channing Theatre in her honor.
1988, The city of San Francisco, California, proclaimed February 14, 1988, to be 'Carol Channing Day.' . Channing told during an interview, that because her father's birth certificate was destroyed in a fire, she cannot verify the details beyond some old photos and what her mother told her. We went through the stage door alley (for the ), and I couldn't get the stage door open. My mother came and opened it very well. Anyway, my mother went to put the Monitors where they were supposed to go for the actors and the crew and the musicians, and she left me alone.
And I stood there and realized – I'll never forget it because it came over me so strongly – that this is a temple. This is a cathedral. It's a mosque. It's a mother church. This is for people who have gotten a glimpse of creation and all they do is recreate it.
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe is filled with characters with amazing backstories. From gods, to supersoldiers, to technological geniuses, every major hero and villain has a story worth telling, but not all of them are explained to us upfront.
Even after four Avengers movies and dozens of other films in the canon, there are still plenty of things we don’t know.
Mysterious characters like Black Widow have murky pasts and mysteries yet to be explained, leading many fans to piece together what clues they can to understand them.
The Avenger with no past
Throughout the Marvel films released so far, we get a lot of great character arcs that show our hero’s personal lives explored in depth. With Tony Stark, we see a spoiled and narcissistic arms dealer become a compassionate and caring humanitarian.
We see Bruce Banner go from a person struggling to control his emotions to someone who confronts his own monstrous identity. We see a lot of characters struggle with their pasts and ultimately transforming into something better, but with Black Widow we hardly see anything.
All we really know about Natasha Romanov, aka Black Widow, was that she was apparently a sort of superspy for the Soviets who eventually shifted her allegiance to the United States.
We know she’s struggling with the implications of her past as an assassin, that training to be a spy changed her drastically, and that something traumatic definitely happened in Budapest at some point. Apart from that, we don’t get to know much about her before her apparent demise.
A Secret Super Soldier?
With the new Black Widow movie set for release later this year, it looks like answers about Natasha’s past are finally coming. In the teaser trailer, we see that Red Guardian seems to be the film’s primary villain.
A super-soldier himself, it seems America wasn’t the only country experimenting with the idea of genetically enhanced super soldiers.
With a hint like that, it’s not difficult to imagine that Natasha may have links to such experiments herself.
It appears that Natasha may be hiding something more than a troubled history. In fact, she may have had superhuman capabilities comparable to her Avenger contemporaries this whole time.
In other iterations of the character, particularly in the Black Widow miniseries from 2004, there are strong hints that the Black Widow program gave some particularly strange traits to their superspies.
from 2004, there are strong hints that the Black Widow program gave some particularly strange traits to their superspies.
Mystery Of The Red Room
While hardly touched on in the movies, the Black Widow miniseries has a lot to tell us about what might have happened during the training of the Black Widows.
According to the series, biochemical experiments succeeded in giving them superior immune system strength and healing qualities. In addition, their capacity to have children was completely removed, as this was seen by the program to be an attack on their agents.
Most disturbing of all, there is even mention of psychology experiments that blocked memories of their training in case they were ever captured. Rather than spilling Soviet secrets, the Black Widows would only remember innocent ballet classes.
These extreme measures would explain a lot about why Natasha’s past is so murky and what she might really be capable of. After all, if the U.S. has Captain America, wouldn’t it make sense for the soviets to want their own class of super soldiers?
With the Black Widow movie on the horizon, it may be that parts of the original miniseries and other forms of media may be officially adopted as part of the cinematic universe.
With that in mind, Black Widow may now be seen as just as much of a superhuman as any of the heroes she’s fought alongside.
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