| Miss Stanwyck has been dead for some time (I know, I know different spelling, but surely Missy (as she was affectionately known to her crews and co-workers) would have made a fabulous A--and, as much as I admire Ms. Streisand, I do not see Albee's A as in her wheelhouse). Now, a tall woman I could also imagine would be Ellen Burstyn! My favorite (and only) Burstyn story is when I attended "The Testament of Mary" and I was in line to go onto the set before the show and two middle-aged women ahead of me whispered to each other, "WHo's that? She's somebody!" "She looks like Dorothy McGuire!" Then, before I could say anything, one turned to the tall woman approaching us and said, "Are you Dorothy McGuire," to which the women said, "No! Isn't she dead?" I said, "She has been for some time, but you are very much alive, Miss Burtyn." She smiled and proceeded on her way. Three weeks later, we were seated in the same row at "The Trip to Bountiful." So I can say Ellen and I are theatre buddies. |
