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Barbara Loden‌

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Female

Birthday

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Barbara Loden

Asheville, North Carolina, USA

Barbara Loden

Asheville, North Carolina, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1932-07-08

Popularity

star1.9

Biography

Barbara Loden (July 8, 1932 – September 5, 1980) was a Broadway Tony award-winning American stage and film actress, model, and stage/film director. She was the first woman to write, direct and star in her own feature film, Wanda, which won the International Critics Award at the 1970 Venice Film Festival. Loden also directed several off-Broadway plays. Loden was a life member of the famed Actors Studio and appeared in several projects directed by her second husband, Elia Kazan, including Splendor in the Grass. In 1970 Loden wrote, produced, directed, and starred in her own independent film, Wanda, made with the collaboration of cinematographer and editor Nicholas T. Proferes, on a meager budget of $115,000. Wanda is an semi-autobiographical portrait of a "passive, disconnected coal miner's wife who attaches herself to a petty crook."[4] Innovative in its cinéma vérité style, it was one of the few American films directed by a woman to be theatrically released at that time. Film critic David Thomson wrote, "Wanda is full of unexpected moments and raw atmosphere, never settling for cliché in situation or character." The film was the only American film accepted to, and which won, the International Critics' Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1970, and was presented at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival. In 2010, with support from Gucci, the film was restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and screened at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.

Movie Credits

Arthur Miller: Writer

Arthur Miller: Writer‌
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calendar 2017

Splendor in the Grass

Splendor in the Grass‌
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calendar 1961

Wanda

Wanda‌
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calendar 1970

Wild River

Wild River‌
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calendar 1960

Fade-In

Fade-In‌
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calendar 1973

The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie‌
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calendar 1966

The Frontier Experience

The Frontier Experience‌
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calendar 1975

I Am Wanda

I Am Wanda‌
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calendar 1980

Daytime Revolution

Daytime Revolution‌
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calendar 2024

Tv Credits

Naked City

Naked City‌
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calendar 1958

CBS Playhouse

CBS Playhouse‌
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calendar 1966

Today Is Ours

Today Is Ours‌
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calendar 1958

Kraft Mystery Theatre

Kraft Mystery Theatre‌
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calendar 1961

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show‌
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calendar 1968

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show‌
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calendar 1961