with Tom Skerritt in the play Lovelace. At the time, Remick was suffering from cancer.
She and her husband of 21 years, producer Kip Gowans, never gave up hope.
A friend of mine asked me at one point, were you ever afraid that you were going to die?
And I said no. I was only afraid of suffering, but not afraid of dying.
Lee Remick first appeared on screen in 1957 in the role of a drum majorette who catches Andy Griffith's eye
in Elia Kazan's A Face in the Crowd.
The winner, by unanimous decision, and that's me, is little Miss Betty Lou Fleckham.
Remick has worked with a number of stars, including Jimmy Stewart in Anatomy of a Murder.
Pardon me, are you Mrs. Manning?
Hi.
I'm Paul Diggett.
I'm Laura.
How do you do?
Whether it was film, theater, or television, Lee Remick appeared in quality projects
with Oscar-winning actors such as George C. Scott.
On the night of the shooting, what did you swear?
What oath did you take on the rosary?
It was about Barney Quill raping me.
Why did you swear on the rosary that he raped you?
For the reason that my husband said, because I was hysterical.
The actress was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Days of Wine and Roses,
playing a career woman drawn into alcoholism by husband Jack Lemmon.
What'd they do to you at that AA place anyway? Aren't you a man anymore?
Can't you hear a woman calling you? I'm a woman, can't you hear me?
Lee Remick never stopped making movies. One of her biggest hits was the film The Omen.
In the 1970s and 80s, however, it seemed the actress was on television all the time,
doing one TV movie after another.
I don't know how much longer this family can go on unless that crazy old man kicks the bucket.
In 1988, Remick earned a special award from the National Board of Review
for her impressive body of television work.
And I thank you all very much for this. It's a great honor.
Two of Remick's finest TV roles were done for public television.
Jenny was a biography of Churchill's American-born mother, Jenny Jerome.
Everyone always said Randolph would be Prime Minister, you know.
I just came to assume it was a matter of time.
And then in the past few years, I thought, well, Randolph couldn't get there, but Winston will.
I shall get to number ten in the end.
Eleanor, in her own words, was a portrait of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
My husband knew that I would not be satisfied to be merely an official hostess.
He knew that life would be very uninteresting to me if I did not feel I was accomplishing something.
In a 1986 interview, the actress explained why she relished playing vital active roles.
They're all difficult to do. Playing a tough character is not what's tough about it.
It's figuring out who she is, why, what her emotional levels are,
and how to make that all honest and real if that's one's intent in that particular scene.
It's all difficult. Fascinating. It's never the same twice, hopefully.
Lee Remick truly never was the same twice,
and her charm and talent will be missed as much by her peers as by her many fans.
Lee Remick starred in 28 motion pictures, 25 television films and miniseries,
and seven stage productions, a star in the truest sense.
A memorial service is pending.
He grew up right before our eyes on Sunday nights, Little Joe on Bonanza,
one of television's most popular programs,
and with America watching his career span more than 30 years,
and he played an angel come back to earth.
Along the way there were warm and moving moments, which Michael Landon left to us as his legacy.
The skies are clear, and if you walk in there it's still warm.
Before Michael Landon became known for his courage, he was known for his sense of humor
and the ability not to take himself too seriously.
Take a look at this Mitzi Gaynor special from 1975.
It's delightful. It's delicious. It's delightful.
People first heard the trademark Landon laugh on Bonanza.
The laugh was genuine, and people seemed to sense it,
whether on screen or out on the town with his kids.
What do you like the best?
Hey, never leave an interview if you want to be a big star.
Laughter
His warmth and his laugh.
That's what these South Central Los Angeles neighbors remembered
when Landon filmed Highway to Heaven in their neighborhood.
We want you to know that this has been one of the happiest moments of our lives here on 25th Street.
Well, I want to thank you. I want to thank you for that speech.
I haven't done an episode where I had as much dialogue in it as you have.
Laughter
Landon was a star who didn't act like one.
If he was hot, he took off his jacket, here arriving at the Emmy Awards in 1983.
Landon was a director who preferred to be smiling at work
here on the set of his Highway to Heaven episode that starred real-life children with cancer.
Laughter
That smile got Michael through his last appearance on The Tonight Show
with good friend Johnny Carson.
You know, I was a little worried about this interview tonight.
You've made me feel much better.
Laughter
Applause
It was a smile and a laugh that would have been seen for the last time in this pilot for CBS.
Here's this picture.
It's graduation.
What a handsome kid, huh?
CBS says it was Landon's wish to have the two-hour debut episode of Us broadcast,
even though the series will not be in the network's new lineup.
The premiere show, therefore, will be shown on CBS sometime this fall.
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