The Shaggy Dog

Image Not Available Starring: Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen Original UK Premiere: 1959 Dvd Release: 17th July, 2006 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Frederick Martin MacMurray was a Hollywood actor who appeared in over one hundred movies, during a career that lasted from the 1930s to the 1970s. His most famous role was that of the father on the 1960s TV series My Three Sons. He was typecast for decades as a lovable, friendly fellow & he capitalized on this by starring in a number of live-action comedies for Walt Disney during the later part of his career, with his biggest hits being The Shaggy Dog & The Absent-Minded Professor. In spite of his nice guy image, MacMurray often stated that the best film roles he ever played were ones where he was cast against type in two films for Billy Wilder. He played the role of Walter Neff, an insurance salesman who plots with a wealthy heiress to murder her husband in the film noir classic Double Indemnity. In 1960, he played a slimy, two-timing corporate executive in Wilders Oscar -winning comedy The Apartment. On his passing in 1991, Fred MacMurray was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California & was survived by his wife, June Haver. Posters Of Fred MacMurray

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Jean Hagen was an American film actress. Born Jean Shirley Verhagen in Chicago, Illinois, Hagen studied drama & worked as a theater usherette before making her film debut as a femme fatale in Adams Rib. The Asphalt Jungle provided Hagen with her first starring role & excellent reviews. She is arguably best remembered for her comic performance in Singin in the Rain. As the vain & talentless silent movie star Lina Lamont, Hagen received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. MGM failed to provide her with a quality follow up role to enable her to build on her growing popularity & by 1953 she had joined the cast of Make Room for Daddy. As the first wife of Danny Thomas, Hagen received three Emmy Award nominations, but after two seasons she grew dissatisfied & left the series. Although she made frequent guest appearances in various television series, she was unable to successfully resume her film career & for the remainder of her career played supporting roles, such as the friend of Bette Davis in Dead Ringer.

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