THE LATE SHOW MOVIE CAST: ART CARNEY and LILY TOMLIN
Still from the 1977 film, both looking at something in alarm
Photograph signed: "Love/Art Carney", "Lily Tomlin". B/w 10x8. Captioned still from The Late Show (1977). Distinguished actor ART CARNEY (1918-2003) began as a comedian and gradually became a sidekick for others. While serving in WWII, Carney was hit by shrapnel (leaving him with a slight limp) during the Normandy landing. After the war, he found much work on Broadway, both as a dramatic and comic actor. Carney is best known for his role as Ed Norton, Jackie Gleason's pal in the classic 1950s TV sitcom The Honeymooners. Later, personal problems caused him to leave the Broadway run of The Odd Couple. Carney soon returned to work as an actor, going on the win the Best Actor Academy Award for his performance as a 72-year-old in Harry and Tonto (1974). He also won several Emmy Awards for his work on TV. A comedian with dramatic talent, LILY TOMLIN has been a regular on three TV shows: Laugh-In (1970-1973), Murphy Brown (1996-1998) and The West Wing (2002-2008), being hired in the latter as Chief Presidential Secretary despite appearing stoned for her interview with an incredulous President Bartlett (Martin Sheen). Creator of two successful one-woman shows, she has earned nine Emmys, two Tonys and a Grammy, and was nominated for an Oscar for her Gospel singer smitten with womanizer Keith Carradine in Nashville (1975). Robert Altman directed The Late Show, a nourish film with a humorous twist, which Lucia Bozzola at All-Movie Guide called "an inspired pairing of comic talents." Corners lightly worn and creased. Otherwise, fine condition.