Béla Lugosi
Actor
Who Should Direct 'Breaking Dawn'? Tim Burton!...headless killer from the great beyond in "Sleepy Hollow," the undead love story of "Corpse Bride." In a way, Burton knows vampires too, resurrecting Bela Lugosi - the definitive cinematic Count Dracula - in the Oscar-winning biopic "Ed Wood." In this article: Tim Burton, Oscar, Bela Lugosi, Judd Apatow, Ed Wood, Beetlejuice, Corpse Bride, and Sleepy Hollow |
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San Jose Mercury News | November 04, 2009
Revisiting the 'Northwest' territory on DVD
...a wonderful script." "Little did I know," Saint says, laughing. Oscar playing Bela Lugosi in 1994's "Ed Wood," appeared in "North by Northwest" as henchman Leonard. Hitchcock had seen him on opening night in Los Angeles in Paddy...
In this article: Martin Landau, Eva Marie Saint, Alfred Hitchcock, North by Northwest, Cary Grant, DVD, Don Draper, Oscar, and Styrofoam
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Chicago Tribune | November 04, 2009
Celebrating 'North by Northwest'
...script." "Little did I know," Saint says, laughing. Landau, who won an Oscar playing Bela Lugosi in 1994's "Ed Wood," appeared in "North by Northwest" as the henchman Leonard. Hitchcock had seen him on opening night in Los Angeles in...
In this article: Martin Landau, Eva Marie Saint, North by Northwest, Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Oscar, James Mason, Don Draper, DVD, and Blu-ray
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USATODAY.com | October 19, 2009
The devil and Willem Dafoe: Face to face in 'Antichrist'
...these days, the only actor to receive an Oscar nomination as a blood sucker (in 2000's Shadow of the Vampire -- Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi in 1994's Ed Wood doesn't count) has been recruited for two outings featuring the immortal...
In this article: Willem Dafoe, Antichrist, Lars von Trier, Wes Anderson, VON, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Chaos, Oscar, Wooster Group, and Charlotte Gainsbourg
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SCI FI Wire | June 11, 2009
A rundown of the sci-fi and fantasy on view at the Los Angeles Film Festival
In the "Reel Life L.A." talk, actors and directors will discuss depicting real people; the panel includes Martin Landau, who won an Oscar for playing Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood, and Taylor Hackford, who directed The Devil's Advocate. Then...
In this article: Los Angeles Film Festival, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Robert Rodriguez, Ryan Reynolds, Ed Wood, Oscar, Radical Comics, Hans Christian Andersen, and Alex Tse
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L.A. Times - Gold Derby - Oscar & Awards Blog | August 17, 2009
Can Johnny Depp defy the curse of the vampires at the Oscars?
...that reference Can Johnny Depp defy the curse of the vampires at the Oscars?: Golly! Does it matter to anyone that Bela Lugosi never won an Oscar? Or that Jonathon Frid never won an Emmy? No Oscar for Christopher Lee? Gee! Did the lack...
In this article: Johnny Depp, Oscar, Emmy, Tim Burton, Dark Shadows, RSS, Barnabas Collins, Facebook, and Martin Landau
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Wikipedia | October 29, 2009
Ed Wood
...and Plan 9 from Outer Space), from a sympathetic point of view. Wood was played by Johnny Depp and Lugosi by Martin Landau, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The film also won an Academy Award for Best Makeup for Rick Baker
In this article: Ed Wood, Glen or Glenda, The Amazing Criswell, Bride of the Monster, Stephen C. Apostolof, Edward Wood Jr., Hollywood, Orgy of the Dead, and Plan 9 from Outer Space
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L.A. Times - Entertainment News | May 23, 2009
Anna Paquin and the Emmys' vampire curse
Back during the heyday of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997-2003), Gellar had a strong cult following among fans and TV critics, but Emmys voters seemed to turn away in horror just like Oscar voters shunned Bela Lugosi in "Dracula."
In this article: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Anna Paquin, RSS, Facebook, Oscar, FeedBurner, Emmy, and Twitter
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Wikipedia | November 04, 2009
Martin Landau
...as well as awards from several critics groups. Upon winning the Academy Award, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times stated that "the award goes to Martin Landau; its shadow goes to Bela Lugosi." Landau admitted, on the ''Ed Wood '' DVD, to...
In this article: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Academy Award, Charlie Chaplin, Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, Barry Morse, and Mission: Impossible
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L.A. Times - Middle East | October 30, 2008
Classic scary movies showing at L.A. theaters over Halloween weekend
...evening. In addition to screening the Tim Burton-directed flick, screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, and Martin Landau, who won the supporting actor Oscar as Bela Lugosi, will chat after the movie. www.aerotheatre.com.
In this article: Halloween, Aero, Oscar, UCLA, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Ed Wood, RSS Feeds, Ed Wood, and The Phantom of the Opera
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Béla Lugosi (October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), was an iconic Hungarian stage and film actor best known for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the American Broadway stage production (1927), and subsequent film (1931), of Bram Stoker's classic vampire story, Dracula.
- Name At Birth:
- Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó
- Birth Date:
- October 20, 1882
- Birthplace:
- Lugos, Austria-Hungary (now Lugoj, Romania)
- Death Date:
- August 16, 1956
- Place of Death:
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Spouse:
- Lillian Arch (m. 1933–1953)
- Known for:
- Dr. Vitus Werdegast in The Black Cat
- Count Dracula in Dracula
- Ygor in Son of Frankenstein
- Website:
- http://www.lugosi.com
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