Kim Stanley Biography

Stanley was born Patricia Kimberly Reid. After performing in college plays and in stock she moved to New York; there she trained at the Actors Studio under Kazan and Strasberg, meanwhile working as a model. She did much work on the Broadway and London stage, winning praise and awards. To date she has appeared in only five films. For her work in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) she received a Best Actress Oscar nomination; shortly afterwards she suffered a breakdown, then went 13 years before her next screen appearance. After teaching drama at a college, she returned to the screen in Frances (1982), receiving a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her portrayal of actress Frances Farmer's crazed mother. ~ Rovi

• 1. Narrator: Neighbors bring food with death, and flowers with sickness, and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a knife, and our lives.
  From To Kill A Mockingbird. Submitted by Chad E (10 months ago)