Roberts Blossom Biography

Interesting facts, the biography of Roberts Blossom is an American actor and a poet, familiar to the Russian viewer in the role of a good-natured old man, Marley in the New Year's comedy “One Home”. The multifaceted and talented actor turned out to be in demand in Hollywood and played in dozens of films and TV shows for more than a summer career. The boy grew up in the family of a sports director of Yale University John Blossom and his wife Beryl.

As a child, the future actor was transported to Cleveland, and then the family moved to Shaker Hight Ogio. After a year of study at Harvard, the blossom was drafted into the army and sent to Europe, where the Second World War raged. According to Roberts published in X reporting in his youth, he landed in an army psychiatric hospital when he refused to continue the service for reasons of conscience.

The first appearance of an American actor on the screen dates from a year when he was taken into two episodes of a “naked city”, after which they began to regularly offer small roles. In the year, Roberts distinguished himself as a grumbling patient in the comedy drama "Hospital". The little -known actor got the opportunity to see how Diana Rigg and George K.

Film Arthur Hiller work two nominations for Oscar, in one of which he won. The next noticeable project in the American’s career was the painting by George Roy Hill, Brotherhood Number Five, which was based on the novel of the same name by Kurt Wonnegut. The picture gained positive reviews from critics, expectedly received a jury prize and was nominated for a “gold palm branch” of the Cannes Film Festival.

The horror film "Madness" has become especially memorable in the list of works of Blossom. The unforgettable and frightening maniac Ezra Cobb forced not only partners in the site, but even then inexperienced American spectators to tremble from fear. The prototype of the main villain was the famous serial killer and kidnapper of the corpses of Ed Gane.

The directorial chair was occupied by Jack Clayton, and later, on the annual delivery of the Academy award, the film conquered two Oscars. Roberts Blossom in the film “One Home” in the year of the actor’s film work piggy bank was replenished with the comedy drama “Caution” directed by Jonathan Demme, where Roberts worked with Paul Mat, Candy Clark and the debuting Bruce McGill.

Then the Blossom was played by a farmer who saw a snowy man in the film by Stephen Spielberg “Close Contacts of the Third degree”. The tape of the director-chamber also won a scattering of awards, nominations and enthusiastic reviews. Two years later, the American joined the Clint Eastwood in the work on the fighter “Escape from Alcatraz”. Following the bloss appeared in the film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel “Christine”, where he embodied the image of the first owner of the ominous car - the old Libe.

After that, the era of television projects began in the artist’s career. In the year, the actor’s filmography was replenished with the Christmas cult comedy “One Home”, where the man appeared as an old Marley, who at first seemed terrible at first. It was this work that brought Roberts a real glory and universal recognition.

A year later, Blossom appeared in the image of a grumpy city judge in the comedy “Dr. Hollywood” with Michael Jay Fox in the title role, and then played the North Party comedy drama in the two series of the thriller “Murder in the province”. Before curtailing an acting career, Roberts, already at old age, starred in Western from Sam Reimi “Fast and Dead”.

Personal life with regard to Roberts’s personal life, the man twice entered into a legal marriage. With the first wife, the dancer and choreographer Beverly Schmidt Blossom, which the actor married in the year, he lived for four years. During this time, the wife gave him the son of Michael. After the divorce, in the year, the artist again exchanged marriage vows.

This time, the chosen one of the cinema star became Marilyn Orshan, who gave birth to an artist of the second child - daughter of Deborah. This marriage lasted 12 years, up to the death of Marilyn in the year. The son of Roberts Michael owns fashionable boutiques in Chicago and works in a non -profit organization called the Beverly Blossom Foundation, and the daughter of Debbie starred in several short films.

The growth of the American actor - see death after his career, Roberts settled in Berkeley, where he led the quiet, calm life of the Californian and wrote poetry. Later, the actor moved to the nursing home in Santa Monica, where he died on July 8 at the age of 87. His daughter Deborah informed Los Angeles Times that her father died for natural reasons. Roberts Blossom in Western “fast and dead” official sources in the “cause of death” indicate a cerebrovascular disease, that is, the actor struck a stroke in years.

Many online publications posted a necrologist about the death of the star of the film “One Home”, adding notes of the photo of the Roberts character from the legendary comedy.