It was also singled out for the ingenuity of its staging by Harold Prince and Michael Bennett, particularly in the employment of a younger cadre of actresses -- images of the Follies girls' youthful selves -- who sometimes mirror the movements of the older characters.
Seeming smart and bookish but also depressed, the Canadian actress's image was very post-riot grrl: independent, but not too independent.
Sarah Azzara's terrific "Like Louise Brooks," from her 2000 album Revenge of Dangergirl (Latest Records), uses the actress' iconic image as a visual/cultural reference.
Following Stewart's stealthy, brooding Joan Jett in The Runaways, her performance in Rileys further complicates the actress's image, which has been founded on passivity and a certain wryness.
So in "Up Close and Personal," Ms. Romaine, an actress, uses images as a jumping-off point for her latest performance piece, a multimedia excursion into the arts.
For critiques of traditional masculinity, one might look to the stencils of Freddy Mercury and Woody Allen; for the globalization of beauty, try the Pop Art portrait of iconic Egyptian singer and actress Asmahan (images via suzeeinthecity.wordpress.com).wordpress.com
Her last film was 1944's "Follow the Leader". In more recent years, the actress' memorable images were included in archival film footage of the 1974 retrospective "That's Entertainment!" Marsh for many years owned and operated a successful stationery business in Los Angeles, Paper Unlimited.
How does an actress design her image?
Andy Who? Artforum encounters Faye Dunaway at Art Basel Miami Beach and discovers that, while the actress knows an image of Jackie Kennedy when she sees one, she is less than familiar with Warhol.
