Laurette Taylor - Acclaim By Fellow Actors

Acclaim By Fellow Actors

In the 2004 documentary Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There, numerous Broadway veterans all cited Taylor's Glass Menagerie performance as the most memorable stage performance they had ever seen. A rare sound film clip of Taylor in a screen test made for David O. Selznick's studio is included in the documentary. The test, for a role in the film The Young in Heart reportedly did not meet the approval of studio executives.

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