Winston-Salem in Forsyth County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Rosemary Harris
September 19, 1927
| | Winston-Salem Distinguished Women In The Arts | |
An international film, television and award-winning Broadway actress. At 25, Rosemary Harris dazzled Broadway audiences in the 1952 production of Climate of Eden. Some of her most notable works include The Seven Year Itch, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Tom and Viv, for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award.
Harris is listed in the American Theatre Hall of Fame (1986), a four-time Drama Desk Award winner and a nine-time Tony Award nominee. In 1966, Harris won the Tony Award for Best Actress in the play, The Lion in Winter. She also received an Emmy Award for her role in Notorious Woman and a Golden Globe Award for her role in the 1978 television mini-series, Holocaust. From 2002 to 2007, she starred on the big screen in the Spider-Man trilogy as Aunt May Parker, Peter Parker's nurturing, adoptive mother. Harris and her husband, renowned American author, John Ehle, settled in Winston-Salem where they raised their daughter, Jennifer, also a Broadway actress and a Tony Award nominee.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1952.
Location. 36° 5.832′ N,
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Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont and specifically in Piedmont Triad. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Flonnie T. Anderson (here, next to this marker); Earline King (here, next to this marker); Nell Davis Britton (here, next to this marker); Spruce Street YMCA (within shouting distance of this marker); Nissen Building
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