Walter Matthau (1920–2000)

Born: October 1, 1920 in Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died: July 1, 2000 (age 79) in Santa Monica, California, USA

Married to:
Carol Grace (21 August 1959 – 1 July 2000) (his death) (1 child)
Grace Geraldine Johnson (1948 – 1958) (divorced) (2 children)

[1984 remark on Barbra Streisand] The most extraordinary … er … uninteresting person I have ever met. I just found her to be a terrible bore … She was doing something and asked the director if I wouldn’t mind saying my lines in a certain way. I think I said something to her like, “I was acting before you were born, so please don’t tell me how to act.” And she said, in her own inimitable way, “Is this guy crazy or something?”.

A Face in the Crowd 1957 dir. Elia Kazan Starring Andy Griffith Patricia Neal

Charade 1963 dir. by Stanely Donen starring Cary Grant Audrey Hepburn

The Fortune Cookie 1966 dir. Wilder starring Jack Lemmon Matthau

Hello Dolly! 1969 dir. Kelly starring Streisand Matthau Earthquake 1974 dir. Mark Robson Starring Charlton Heston Ava Gardner JFK 1996 dir. Oliver Stone Starring Kevin Costner Tommy Lee Jones THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HANK GREENBERG 1998 dir. Aviva Kempner DOCUMENTARY BAD NEWS BEARS 1976 dir. Michael Ritchie Stars: Walter Matthau Tatum O’Neal GRUMPY OLD MEN 1993 dir. Donald Petrie Stars: Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau

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