Kim Stanley

Kim Stanley

Known for

Acting

Born

February 11, 1925

Birthplace

Tularosa, New Mexico, USA

Died

August 20, 2001 (aged 76)

Biography

Kim Stanley (February 11, 1925 – August 20, 2001) was an American actress, primarily in televsion and theatre, but with occasional film performances.

She began her acting career in theatre, and subsequently attended the Actors Studio in New York City, New York. She received the 1952 Theatre World Award for her role in The Chase (1952), and starred in the Broadway productions of Picnic (1953) and Bus Stop (1955). Stanley was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her roles in A Touch of the Poet (1959) and A Far Country (1962).

During the 1950s, Stanley was a prolific performer in television, and later progressed to film, with a well-received p...

Best known work

To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
1983
Frances
Frances
1982
Quincy, M.E.
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1964
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Ben Casey
Ben Casey
1961
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
Studio One
Studio One
1948
The Goddess
The Goddess
1958

Filmography

  1. 2003

    Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

    as Self (archive footage)

  2. 1984

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    as Ida 'Big Mama' Pollitt

  3. 1983

    The Right Stuff

    as Pancho Barnes

  4. 1982

    Frances

    as Lillian Farmer

  5. 1982

    American PlayhouseTV

    as Ida 'Big Mama' Pollitt (1 episode)

  6. 1976

  7. 1970

    Dragon Country

    as One (segment "I Can't Imagine Tomorrow")

  8. 1969

    Operation Heartbeat

    as Joanna Hanson

  9. 1966

  10. 1964

  11. 1962

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    as Scout as an Adult - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  12. 1961

  13. 1958

    The Goddess

    as Emily Ann Faulkner (Rita Shawn)

  14. 1957

    Clash by Night

    as Mae D'Amato

  15. 1956

    Armchair TheatreTV

    as Georgette Thomas (1 episode), as Millie Norman (1 episode)

  16. 1955

  17. 1954

  18. 1951

    Goodyear Television PlayhouseTV

    as Kay (1 episode)

  19. 1948

    Studio OneTV

    as Georgette Thomas (1 episode)

  20. 1948

    The Philco Television PlayhouseTV

    as Wilma Thompson (1 episode)

  21. 1948

    The Ed Sullivan ShowTV

    as Self (1 episode)

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