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re: Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?"

Posted by:	LegitOnce 07:49 am EDT 03/12/14
In reply to:	re: Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?" - AlanScott 07:24 am EDT 03/12/14

Yes, and Fonda was by that time a fairly well-established light comedienne, having done Tall Story, Period of Adjustment and Sunday in New York, with Barefoot in the Park on the horizon. Not that I ever thought comedy was Fonda's long suit: she was certainly pretty and had star presence, but there was always this odd sense that she didn't get any of the jokes. It's been a long time since I've seen that Actors' Studio Three Sisters, but I recall that even if Dennis was extremely off-center casting for Irina, she was a lot more interesting than most anyone else in the show. (Well, not perhaps more interesting than Shelley Winters, but for different reasons.)

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