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superlative actor who worked with Jeremy Brett on the stage and screen:
"The superbly
handsome Jeremy Brett, the regularity of his features made dramatic by a broken
nose, the mellifluousness of his voice made arresting by a slight vocal
impediment, presented a ravaged and romantic Holmes, a man who had suffered
deeply and whose recourse to the syringe was the compulsion of a self-destroying
temperament. His relationship with Edward Hardwicke’s transparently decent
Watson was that of a drowning man clinging to a raft. The authenticity of the
performance was unmistakable."
--actor/writer Simon Callow in the Times of London
Now, here's someone who knows what he's talking about: Simon Callow on Sherlock Holmes.
Jeremy Brett's cousin, actor Martin Clunes, movingly reflects about loss and life here.
Here's a fantastic 1991 interview with Jeremy Brett by Kevin Murphy (thanks so much, Kevin, for sending this link to me!) (2/15/10: INTERVIEW LINK IS "LIVE" ONCE MORE - THANKS AGAIN, KEVIN :->)
JBTV (Where you can find JB on US TV!)
Next time you're on eBay, look for Remembering Audrey, a Life Magazine tribute to Audrey Hepburn, who passed away 15 years ago. All of the fabulous photos in this softcover book were all taken by Bob Willoughby, whose long association with Ms. Hepburn began when he was assigned to photograph her for Paramount Studios in 1953. A quick flip through the book at my local supermarket revealed a full-page B&W pic of Audrey, George Cukor, and our boy Jeremy Brett on the set of My Fair Lady. (For more info on Remembering Audrey, please click here.)
Very nice article about what was apparently the first professional US production of Jeremy Paul's The Secret of Sherlock Holmes. JB starred in the original UK stage version and always hoped that it would end up on Broadway, which, sadly, it never did. Plus, more background info about the September 2007 production. (Incidentally, The Secret of Sherlock Holmes was performed in May 2007 by the Black Swamp Players, a community theatre in Bowling Green, Ohio.)
The excerpt below from the 1975 Twiggy show has to be the JB "clip of the year" on YouTube. I don't know how (or where) such rare footage was unearthed, but it's a honey. JB harkens back to his Eton choirboy roots, revisits The Merry Widow (crikey!), then does a mellow duet with Twiggy to close out the program. (And, his own singing voice wasn't used why in My Fair Lady?) It makes one wish JB could have done a solo variety special to showcase his vocal talents. And, speaking of vocal talents: Jeremy introduced Twiggy to Kate Fleming, the vocal coach for the National Theatre, because she wanted to tone down her authentic Cockney accent.
It's impossible for me to watch the eloquent Fleurop advert below and not be reminded of Jeremy Brett, because of its moving premise--and especially because of the actress who stars in it.
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