SEGAL, GEORGE

SEGAL, GEORGE
SEGAL, GEORGE (1934– ), U.S. actor. Born in New York, Segal graduated from Columbia University in 1955. He began his career on the off-Broadway stage. He moved on to television and Broadway, appearing in the plays Gideon (1961); Rattle of a Simple Man (1963); and Art (1998). He made his film debut in 1961 in The Young Doctors. Segal's stardom was assured with two performances in successive films, King Rat (1965) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), the latter winning him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Segal has starred in more than 50 motion pictures, including The Quiller Memorandum (1966); The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967); Bye Bye Braverman (1968); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); Loving (1970); Where's Poppa? (1970); The Owl and the Pussycat (1970); Born to Win (1971); The Hot Rock (1972); A Touch of Class (1973); Blume in Love (1973); California Split (1974); The Black Bird (1975); Fun with Dick and Jane (1977); The Last Married Couple in America (1980); Look Who's Talking (1989); For the Boys (1991); Me, Myself and I (1992); Flirting with Disaster (1996); The Cable Guy (1996); and The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996). In addition to his roles in dozens of TV movies, Segal starred in the TV crime series Murphy's Law (1988–89) and the sitcom Just Shoot Me (1997–2003). (Jonathan Licht / Ruth Beloff (2nd ed.)

Encyclopedia Judaica. 1971.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • SEGAL, GEORGE — (1924–2000), U.S. sculptor and painter. Best known for his stark, plaster sculptural figures placed in real environments, Segal was born in the Bronx to immigrant parents from Eastern Europe. He studied at various schools, including Cooper Union… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Segal, George — born Nov. 26, 1924, New York, N.Y., U.S. died June 9, 2000, South Brunswick, N.J. U.S. sculptor. Segal began his artistic career as an abstract painter. In 1958 he started creating sculptures from chicken wire and plaster and two years later… …   Universalium

  • Segal, George — (26 nov. 1924, Nueva York, N.Y., EE.UU.–9 jun. 2000, South Brunswick, N.J.). Escultor estadounidense. Segal inició su carrera artística como pintor abstracto. En 1958 comenzó a crear esculturas con malla de alambre y yeso, y dos años después… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Segal, George — (11/26/1924 New York 6/9/2000) (USA)    Painter, sculptor, and art teacher. Studied at the Cooper Union in New York, Rutgers University, the Pratt Institute, New York University, and SUNY Purchase. Started as a figurative painter, but later… …   Dictionary of erotic artists: painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers and illustrators

  • Segal, George — • СИ ГАЛ (Segal) Джордж (р. 13.2.1934)    амер. актёр. Окончил Колумб. ун т. С сер. 50 х гг. на сцене и на ТВ. В кино с 1961 (ф. Молодые врачи ). Темпераментная манера исполнения, привлекательность большинства его персонажей сделали актёра… …   Кино: Энциклопедический словарь

  • Segal,George — Se·gal (sēʹgəl), George. Born 1924. American sculptor known for his realistic plaster casts of people in ordinary situations. * * * …   Universalium

  • Segal, George — (b. 1924)    American sculptor. He was born in New York. He began as a painter, then integrated freestanding plaster sculptures with his paintings, and eventually worked in sculptural forms alone. Some of his works refer to his Jewish background …   Dictionary of Jewish Biography

  • George segal (acteur) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir George Segal. George Segal au générique du film Les Centurions en 1966 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • George Is On My Mind (The George Song) — is a country comedy song written and perforned by comedian Tim Wilson and appears on his 1994 album Waking Up the Neighborhood and his 1996 album .ong s premiseThe title is a pun on the song Georgia On My Mind , which was made famous by Ray… …   Wikipedia

  • George — George, David Lloyd George, Henry George, Pierre George, Stefan * * * (as used in expressions) Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, 4 conde de George William Russell Akerlof, George A. Alexander, Harold (Rupert Leofric George) Alexander, 1 conde… …   Enciclopedia Universal

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”