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| re: Tammy Grimes: was she always pseudo-English? | |
| Last Edit: bmc 09:49 am EDT 05/14/18 | |
| Posted by: bmc 09:48 am EDT 05/14/18 | |
| In reply to: Tammy Grimes: was she always pseudo-English? - portenopete 07:50 am EDT 05/14/18 | |
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| In the 60's, she had 4 plays go thru Boston, The Molly Brown tour, Rattle of a Simple Man, High Spirits, and Private Lives(The last 3 pre- Bway). Molly was Irish, and the others were characters English. Miss Grimes was from Chestnut Hill(Home of Boston College) and she was always greeted as a hometown girl.There are beaucoup d'accents in Massachussetts.Friends of mine from the Berkshires don't have what I would call a Boston accent. The Wahlbergs of Dorchester(Bunker Hill) have a differen accent the folks from the Merrimac Valley(Lowell, Lawrence)David Hyde Pierce in CURTAINS had a Dorchester accent, 'cause his character was from that' town(the TOWN film). Henry Higgins could have had a field day in Beantown..Back to your point, if you listen to Miss Grimes pre-Molly, (The Littlest Revue, the Cradle Will rock), she doesn't sound all that posh, But I never met her so it's possible all her accents were character driven. | |
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| re: Tammy Grimes: was she always pseudo-English? | |
| Posted by: JohnDunlop 04:27 pm EDT 05/14/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Tammy Grimes: was she always pseudo-English? - bmc 09:48 am EDT 05/14/18 | |
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| You are assuming everyone stays in the same town/city. My mother grew up in East Boston, but also lived in Medford, Austin, TX, Billerica (near Lowell) and Framingham. | |
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| re: Tammy Grimes: was she always pseudo-English? | |
| Posted by: bmc 04:34 pm EDT 05/14/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Tammy Grimes: was she always pseudo-English? - JohnDunlop 04:27 pm EDT 05/14/18 | |
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| I spent the first 21 years in Lowell or Worcester, and the next 47 in Michigan. People here notice my "New York" accent, and when I visit Mass. cousins tease me about my 'Chicago' accent. One oddity of late, sometimes vowels start to come out of my mouth and they go in both directions at once. I had to wait til FORTY SECOND street to catch miss Grimes on stage,(twice)and it was woth the wait.t | |
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| re: Tammy Grimes: was she always pseudo-English? | |
| Posted by: JohnDunlop 08:36 pm EDT 05/14/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Tammy Grimes: was she always pseudo-English? - bmc 04:34 pm EDT 05/14/18 | |
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| Very interesting, thanks. I did see Tammy Grimes in "Molly Brown." I have lived in Pennsylvania for a long time, but I still have a Massachusetts accent. | |
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| re: Tammy Grimes: was she always pseudo-English? | |
| Posted by: boyartist 12:45 pm EDT 05/14/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Tammy Grimes: was she always pseudo-English? - bmc 09:48 am EDT 05/14/18 | |
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| IN FACT...Tammy Grimes was from Lynn, Mass, a very working class town north of Boston...also Alex Newell's place of birth. Tammy's father managed The Brookline Country Club, so, she probably moved upwards to Chestnut Hill in her youth, but she was not of the upper class...not that there's anything wrong with that. I once sat next to Miss Grimes during a panel discussion about starting a National Theatre in Boston. The Mayor of Boston was speaking, and Miss Grimes commented about the Mayor's "Boston accent". She was a glorious creature, self invented, and so unique. My kind of people. |
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