- Geboren am
- Verstorben15. Juni 2003 · Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Prostatakrebs)
- GeburtsnameHume Blake Cronyn Jr.
- Größe1,68 m
- Hume Cronyn wurde am 18 Juli 1911 in Kanada geboren. Er war Schauspieler und Produzent, bekannt für Cocoon (1985), Das Rettungsboot (1944) und Im Schatten des Zweifels (1943). Er war mit Susan Cooper, Jessica Tandy und Emily Woodruff verheiratet. Er starb am 15 Juni 2003 in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
- EhepartnerSusan Cooper(20. Juli 1996 - 15. Juni 2003) (er verstorben)Jessica Tandy(27. September 1942 - 11. September 1994) (sie verstorben, 2 Kinder)Emily Woodruff(22. Juni 1935 - 18. Juni 1936) (geschieden)
- Kinder
- ElternHume Blake Cronyn Sr.Frances Amelia (Labatt) Cronyn
- VerwandteKatherine Cronyn(Grandchild)Robert Whitehead(Cousin)
- Although not widely known, he had a glass eye, having lost the real one to cancer.
- He met wife Jessica Tandy in 1940 and they married in 1942.
- During the shooting of Zwei dreckige Halunken (1970) Cronyn was diagnosed with optic cancer which required the removal of an eye. Although this news upset director Joseph L. Mankiewicz very much, Cronyn was more than willing to work longer hours to complete his scenes and make him available for the necessary surgery.
- Was once a boxer who was nominated for the Canadian Olympic boxing team.
- 1990: He and wife Jessica Tandy were both honored with the American National Medal of the Arts from the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington DC.
- The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.
- To act you must have a sense of truth and some degree of dedication.
- [he one rule he follows as an actor] If you're doing the devil, look for the angel in him. If you're doing the angel, look for the devil in him.
- [on why he asked to be released from his MGM contract] I remember beginning to realize that I was never going to do anything in California, but be another useful character actor, and that could continue that career indefinitely if I were prepared to.
- [on working with Hitchcock] It was all cut in his head. You shot from the angle he wanted shot, with the result that very little film ended up on the floor. You really felt that you were in the presence of someone who was a real master of the craft.
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