Timelines for year 1974
E.G. Marshall
Though he was the host/narrator for the "CBS Radio Mystery Theater" from 1974 to 1981, he performed in only one episode of the show as Ebeneezer Scrooge in its version of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens in 1975 (which was repeated at Christmas time every year until the show's demise).
Bryce Dallas Howard
Until recently, had not seen an episode of "Happy Days" , in which her father starred. However, in early 2006, she bought the DVD release of the show and now understands its continuing appeal.
Her godfather is Henry Winkler, who co-starred on "Happy Days" with her father, Ron Howard.
Cher
In her 1974 divorce from Sonny Bono, he was ordered to pay her $25,000 per month for 6 months, $1,500 per month child support and ordered to pay $41,000 for her attorney's fees. Their liquid assets were otherwise split 50/50. She received their Bel Air mansion, Bono received an Aspen Condo, Palm Springs house and another Los Angeles dwelling.
Holds the record for the the longest gap between #1 hits ("Dark Lady" 1974, "Believe" 1999).
Frances McDormand
As of 2007, six women have received Best Actress nominations for performances directed by their spouse - Frances is the only one to actually win. The other five are Gena Rowlands for A Woman Under the Influence & Gloria , Joanne Woodward for Rachel, Rachel , Julie Andrews for Victor Victoria , Elisabeth Bergner for Escape Me Never and Jean Simmons for The Happy Ending . Jules Dassin also directed his future wife Melina Mercouri in an Oscar-nominated performance (Never on Sunday ), but they weren't married yet at the time of the nomination.
Ellen Burstyn
The runaway story of her character Alice Hyatt in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore inspired the character of Dolors (Montse Caminal) in the Short film Silence .
Said in the book "On Women Turning 50" that she did not attend the 1975 Academy Awards, where she won the Best Actress award for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore , because she was certain she would win and could not handle the pressure and attention. After attending several later Oscar ceremonies at which she lost, she regretted not being there to accept her award.
Burstyn was not able to attend the 1975 Academy Awards Ceremony, thus couldn't accept her Best Actress Oscar for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore . Martin Scorsese, the film's director, accepted her Oscar on her behalf.
Michael Landon
According to "Little House on the Prairie" , co-star, Karen Grassle, she once said in an interview that he had a very lonely childhood as a result of his parents fighting.
He encouraged his children, not to make the same mistake Landon had made, when he was a teenager. As a result, his children were told to study, without watching television, except if it was "Little House on the Prairie" .
Landon had appeared in almost every episode of "Little House on the Prairie" , from 1974 to 1982, with the exception of the final year. He appeared in 177 of the 204 episodes of the series.
His daughter Leslie Landon attended the same middle school as his future "Little House on the Prairie" , co-star, Melissa Gilbert. Leslie heard Gilbert in the school cafeteria say that she was going to play Laura Ingalls.
Charles Ingalls, Landon's character on "Little House on the Prairie" , was ranked #4 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" .
After his second divorce and the cancellation of "Little House on the Prairie" , Melissa Gilbert didn't keep Landon in touch at all, until she reluctantly called him, when watching her TV father on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" . After the call, she went to the Landon home, where Gilbert was his caregiver until his death.
Kristin Chenoweth
Was in the running for the Madeline Kahn role in the stage version of Young Frankenstein but took the role on "Pushing Daisies" , instead.
Christopher Plummer
Has won two Tony Awards: in 1974, as Best Actor (Musical), playing the title role in "Cyrano," and in 1997, as Best Actor (Play), playing the title role of John Barrymore in "Barrymore." He has also been nominated for the Tony four other times: as Best Actor (Dramatic), in 1959 for "J.B.," and as Best Actor (Play), in 1982 for Shakespeare's "Othello," in 1994 for "No Man's Land," and in 2004 for Shakespeare's "King Lear."