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Tammy Grimes

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Actress

The Resume

    (January 30, 1934-October 30, 2016)
    Born in Lynn, Massachusetts
    Appeared in the films 'Play It As It Lays' (1972), 'Somebody Killed Her Husband' (1978), 'Can't Stop The Music' (1980), 'The Stuff' (1985), 'Slaves of New York' (1989) and 'High Art' (1998)
    Appeared on Broadway in 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' (1961), 'High Spirits' (1964), 'The Only Game In Town' (1968), 'Private Lives' (1970), 'California Suite' (1976), '42nd Street' (1980) and 'Orpheus Descending' (1989)
    Won two Tonys
    Married to Christopher Plummer (1956-60)
    Mother of Amanda Plummer

Why she might be annoying:

    Although she played the title role in 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown,' she won a Tony in the supporting actress category. (At the time, you could be nominated for a Tony for a lead role only if you had above-the-title billing, and Grimes was not considered a big enough star for that.)
    She turned down the part of Samantha in Bewitched.
    Her own 'Tammy Grimes Show' was cancelled after only four episodes (1966).
    She said that she and Christopher Plummer stopped speaking to each other after a few months of marriage.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She tried out for the US Olympic swim team (1952).
    She was discovered at a cabaret by Noel Coward.
    While she was dating Sammy Davis, Jr., she was slashed on the hand with a razor and a few months later was beaten during a mugging by four white men who called her a 'nigger lover' (1965).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 103 Votes: 49.51% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 55 Votes: 65.45% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 97 Votes: 61.86% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 44 Votes: 38.64% Annoying