James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, writer, and artist. He is known for his energetic slapstick performances. Carrey first gained recognition in America in 1990 after landing a recurring role in the sketch comedy television series In Living Color.
His first leading roles in motion pictures came with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), Dumb and Dumber (1994), The Mask (1994), and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995), as well portraying the Riddler in Batman Forever (1995) and the lead role in Liar Liar (1997).
He gained attention starring in serious roles in The Truman Show (1998) and Man on the Moon (1999), with each garnering him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
Angela Lansbury, Legendary Actress of Stage and Screen, Dies at 96
thewrap.comfive Tony Awards for her work in a string of hit musicals beginning with “Mame” in 1966, followed by “Dear World” (1969), “Gypsy” (1975) and Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd” (1979) — where she originated the role of the vagrant-killing meat-pie-shop owner Mrs.
Lovett.Following the long run of “Murder, She Wrote” in 1996, Lansbury continued working on both stage and screen. She had appeared in selective projects while on the show — she voiced the singing teapot Mrs.
Potts who croons the title song in Disney’s animated 1991 hit “Beauty and the Beast” — but capitalized on her small-screen success with a series of grandmotherly roles in films like 2005’s “Nanny McPhee,” the 2011 Jim Carrey vehicle “Mr.
Popper’s Penguins” and 2018’s “Mary Poppins Returns.”She also returned to Broadway after a two-decade-plus absence — earning three more Tony nominations and winning her fifth as the clairvoyant Madame Arcati in a 2009 revival of Noel Coward’s comedy “Blithe Spirit.”Lansbury is survived by her three children, Anthony, Deirdre and David, three grandchildren, Peter, Katherine and Ian, plus five great grandchildren and her brother, producer Edgar Lansbury.
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