She was great as Lenin's wife in "Nicholas & Alexandra", hysterical in "Harold and Maude", and I loved her as Mary Stuart in "Elizabeth R", and as Beatrice for BBC in "Rebecca". I wish I could see her as Isadora Duncan in her BBC series about the ground breaking dancer because I love Vivian Pickles.
Do you love Vivian Pickles?
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
LOL. I thought you were asking if I liked a certain type of pickle. Silly me...
I prefer Christina Pickles.
In the words of Vivian Pickles (in Harold and Maude) "I find the whole question distasteful!".
I'm a Vlasic man. They're crunchy.
I prefer Tommy Pickles.
Is she still with us, or has she gone to God?
"HAAR-ruuld, thatttt! ... was your last! ... daaate!"
Brava, La Pickles. And thank you for the homage, Glebb -- the board's combo archivist/nostalgia keeper.
Vivian Pickles is a great Mary Stuart but I like Vanessa Redgrave too.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
The best pickles are dill pickles.
favorite line from Elizabeth R.........when handed the ring signifying Mary's death.
'This is God's work, and it is marvelous in our eyes!"
She was SOOOO funny as Harold's unflappable mother. I love when she's filling out that dating questionnaire on Harold's behalf. He shoots himself and she icily deadpans: "Harold, pleeease!!"
According to Dead or Alive she's alive at 73.
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Her Isadora was SENSATIONAL and way beyond Vanessa Redgrave's performance. I remember it being just one episode...
Dang I want to get my hands on that!
"I suppose you think thats very funny, Harold."
Priceless. H&M is my all-time favorite movie, and Vivian Pickles amazing performance is SUCH a huge part of that. The scene where she fills out the questionaire......amazing.
Bump
harold ... eat up your beets ...
I just love Vivian Pickles.
do you think the sexual revolution has gone too far?
(through clenched teeth) it cer-tain-ly has!
I'm so glad this has been 'bumped'. Just reading those lines makes me smile!
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
i *DO* love Vivian Pickles, especially in ISADORA (i'm a big ken russell fan!)
i quote her almost every day: "My dream of beauty will never die!!!!"
i'm shocked & thrilled to find other people who are aware of & appreciate her!
they have ISADORA @ KIMS VIDEO on st marks place!
Updated On: 5/23/06 at 11:28 PM
"what's the matter harold? not feeling well?"
"i have a sore throat ..."
Not Vanessa's Isadora but Pickles' Isadora?
Please put it on hold for me until I get to the city in July!
I've heard that Pickle's is awesome as Isa!
My car tour drove me past Isadora's home in Moscow.
I had the pleasure of watching Lynn Seymour teach Sir Fred's 'Five Brahms Waltzes in the Mannor of Isadora Duncan' in the 80s. I also got to ask her about the whole Lynn/Margot debacle of Romeo and Juliet.
But back to Krupskaya - Lenin's wife (Pickles) in the film 'Nicholas and Alexandra'.
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