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11-17-2017, 09:11 PM
https://lebeauleblog.com/2017/11/17/november-17-happy-birthday-rachel-mcadams-and-rock-hudson/
Today, Rock Hudson (1925-1985) is very possibly best known for being the first major celebrity to die from complications of AIDS. But before that, he was one of the biggest film stars of the late fifties and early sixties. Hudson began working in films in the late forties, and in the early fifties appeared in a number of Westerns. He had supporting roles in Anthony Mann’s Winchester ’73 and Bend of the River, and went on to star in films like The Lawless Breed and Gun Fury. In the mid-fifties he starred in two of Douglas Sirk’s famous melodramas, All That Heaven Allows and Written on the Wind, and in between those two he received his only Oscar nomination, for Giant.
The failure of A Farewell to Arms in 1957 was a setback, but in 1959 Hudson starred in what was probably his biggest hit, playing a playboy who shares a party line with interior decorator Doris Day.
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After Pillow Talk, Hudson and Day were reunited for two additional films. He also found success in other comedies like Come September and Man’s Favorite Sport. When his film stardom faded towards the end of the sixties, he found success on television, starring on NBC’s McMillan & Wife for six seasons, and then, in his final year of life, appearing in a recurring role on Dynasty (https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=E4MPWpfDEsKY0wKMyZmgAg&q=dynasty+rock+hudson&oq=dynasty+rock+hudson&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i22i30k1j0i22i10i30k1j0i22i30k1l2.372350.376298.0.376499.19.19.0.0.0.0.149.1386.17j2.19.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.19.1383...46j0i131k1j0i46k1.0.Q5dT88_6Uhs).
Today, Rock Hudson (1925-1985) is very possibly best known for being the first major celebrity to die from complications of AIDS. But before that, he was one of the biggest film stars of the late fifties and early sixties. Hudson began working in films in the late forties, and in the early fifties appeared in a number of Westerns. He had supporting roles in Anthony Mann’s Winchester ’73 and Bend of the River, and went on to star in films like The Lawless Breed and Gun Fury. In the mid-fifties he starred in two of Douglas Sirk’s famous melodramas, All That Heaven Allows and Written on the Wind, and in between those two he received his only Oscar nomination, for Giant.
The failure of A Farewell to Arms in 1957 was a setback, but in 1959 Hudson starred in what was probably his biggest hit, playing a playboy who shares a party line with interior decorator Doris Day.
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After Pillow Talk, Hudson and Day were reunited for two additional films. He also found success in other comedies like Come September and Man’s Favorite Sport. When his film stardom faded towards the end of the sixties, he found success on television, starring on NBC’s McMillan & Wife for six seasons, and then, in his final year of life, appearing in a recurring role on Dynasty (https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=E4MPWpfDEsKY0wKMyZmgAg&q=dynasty+rock+hudson&oq=dynasty+rock+hudson&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i22i30k1j0i22i10i30k1j0i22i30k1l2.372350.376298.0.376499.19.19.0.0.0.0.149.1386.17j2.19.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.19.1383...46j0i131k1j0i46k1.0.Q5dT88_6Uhs).