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Billie Honor Whitelaw CBE (6 June 1932 – 21 December 2014) was an English actress. She worked in close collaboration with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett for 25 years and was regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of his works. [ 1 ]
Dec 23, 2014 · John Haynes. By Bruce Weber. Dec. 22, 2014. Billie Whitelaw, the English actress who became both acolyte and muse to the playwright Samuel Beckett and one of the foremost interpreters of...
Apr 12, 2016 · Billie Whitelaw with Samuel Beckett rehearsing “Not I” at the Royal Court Theatre in London in May 1979. (Photo by John Haynes/Lebrecht Music & Arts) Natalie Abrahami had the foresight to ban any mention of Billie from the rehearsal room. But it looms large among Beckettians; her close affiliation to him provokes a natural call and response.
Jul 23, 2014 · Photograph: John Haynes. Peter Crawley. Wed Jul 23 2014 - 01:00. Long before he first met Samuel Beckett, the writer who would come to define his professional life, the genial German director...
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Legendary Beckett actress Billie Whitelaw once said about Samuel Beckett, “ He writes paintings .”. Aptly put, Whitelaw’s comment underscores the visualness of so much of Beckett’s work for theater.
Dec 27, 2014 · Billie Whitelaw: June 6th, 1932 - December 21st, 2014. Expand. Sat Dec 27 2014 - 01:00. "I could as easily have become a nun, or a prostitute, or both," said Billie Whitelaw, who has died...
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Three photographs of Billie Whitelaw in Samuel Beckett's own production of Happy Days at the Royal Court Theatre, London, June 1979. Photographs by John Haynes. Two photographs of Roger Blin's production of En attendant Godot at the Odeon Theatre de France, Paris, 1978. Photographs by Hermine Karagheuz.
