SÃO PAULO, SP (FOLHAPRESS) - American director, producer and actor Mark Rydell died, aged 97, last Thursday. According to his daughter, Amy Rydell, he died of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in the US state of California.
Mark Rydell, Oscar nominee for 'On a Golden Lake', dies aged 97
SÃO PAULO, SP (FOLHAPRESS) - American director, producer and actor Mark Rydell died, aged 97, last Thursday. According to his daughter, Amy Rydell, he died of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in...
Having worked on TV and theater since the 1950s, Rydell is best remembered for "On a Golden Lake", which launched him in Hollywood. The drama earned him an Oscar nomination for best director, while Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn won best actor and actress trophies.
- Other highlights were the 1969 comedy "The Rebels", with Steve McQueen and Rupert Crosse; "The Cowboys", starring John Wayne and produced with Sydney Pollack; the 1979 musical "The Rose",...
- As an actor, he gained more attention on TV in the 1950s seasons of the soap opera "As the World Turns" – the second longest-running "soap opera" in the history of American TV, aired for 54...
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Having worked on TV and theater since the 1950s, Rydell is best remembered for "On a Golden Lake", which launched him in Hollywood. The drama earned him an Oscar nomination for best director, while Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn won best actor and actress trophies.
Other highlights were the 1969 comedy "The Rebels", with Steve McQueen and Rupert Crosse; "The Cowboys", starring John Wayne and produced with Sydney Pollack; the 1979 musical "The Rose", starring Bette Midler; in addition to the biographical feature "James Dean", from 2001, with James Franco in the title role.
As an actor, he gained more attention on TV in the 1950s seasons of the soap opera "As the World Turns" – the second longest-running "soap opera" in the history of American TV, aired for 54 years. He also played criminal Marty Augustine in Robert Altman's "The Dangerous Goodbye", and had roles in Woody Allen's "Driving in the Dark" and Pollack's "Havana".
Born in New York, he had the dream of playing piano in a jazz group - despite being encouraged by his father to pursue a career as an investor. Rydell studied music at the Juilliard School of Music, where he met composers Alan and Marilyn Bergman, responsible for suggesting a career in acting for him.
Rydell is survived by his children Christopher and Amy, from his first marriage, to Joanne Linville, and Alexander, from his relationship with Esther Jacobs.
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