Marian Seldes
Marian Seldes
Marian Hall Seldeswas an American stage, film, radio and television actress whose career spanned over 60 years. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for A Delicate Balance in 1967, and received subsequent nominations for Father's Day, Deathtrap, Ring Round the Moonand Dinner at Eight. She also won a Drama Desk Award for Father's Day. Her other Broadway credits included Equus, Ivanovand Deuce. She was inducted into the American Theatre...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth23 August 1928
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I've never been obsessed by how I looked. In fact, I would rather have looked more ordinary so I could play more parts more truthfully.
I'm not a good tourist. I don't like walking around and looking at things. I like being in a city and working and finding out how other people live.
I love being with someone, taking care of someone.
I almost never go to the theatre without seeing someone I've taught or known at Juilliard.
I think the first time I was ever really conscious of the difference between people's voices was that my mother's voice was so soft and gentle and her pronunciation was so perfect.
When I began to act, I was about 6 years old. Everything you learned, every period of history you studied, you did a play about it.
I would hate to think of the theatre world without critics. Without them, we'd not have the record of each season.
Unfortunately, there are mental invalids of every age who exist on other people's terms. It's lazy for older persons to let others make up their minds for them. People have to overcome that.
I grew up in a house where language was appreciated and cared about. I'm sure that, although I wasn't aware of it at the time, it must have made an impression on me.
Theatre is where I am confident and happy.
I've been, for want of a better phrase, a supporting actress so much of my life.
I'm fairly obedient. I do what I'm told.
I think of myself as only being an actress when I'm acting, but my friends will say I act all the time.
I always think of myself as an 18-year-old beginning my career, all the time.