His subsequent films earned similar acclaim, notably Philadelphia (1993) and Rachel Getting Married (2008). al. Anderson Have Taken From Jonathan Demme", "Goldie Hawn et. Il ne faut pas beaucoup de science pour comprendre comment ce site Web fonctionne! on Music and the American Wa", "Muhammad Ali et. [1] In 1973, he received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.[2]. On The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–92), Winters usually performed in the guise of some character. It is a comedy set in a retirement home. He performed as "Johnny Winters" on WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio, for two and a half years. Winters died of natural causes on the evening of April 11, 2013, in Montecito, California, at the age of 87. [17], From 1959 to 1964, Winters' voice could be heard in a series of popular television commercials for Utica Club beer. With notable honors, many television show, film and comedy circuit appearances, Winters was known to start his stage shows by commanding an applauding audience that had risen to its feet to: "Please remain standing throughout the evening. He often entertained the tellers and other employees whenever he visited his local bank to make a deposit or withdrawal. In 2004, Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time ranked Winters as the #18 greatest stand-up comedian. Winters received eleven Grammy nominations during his career, including eight for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album; he won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album for Crank(y) Calls in 1996. [16], After promising his wife that he would return to Dayton if he did not make it in a year, and with $56.46 in his pocket, he moved to New York City, staying with friends in Greenwich Village. He was later the voice of Grandpa Smurf from 1986 to 1990 on the television series The Smurfs. Winters' mother took him to Springfield, Ohio, to live with his maternal grandmother. Robert Jonathan Demme (/ ˈ d ɛ m i / DEM-ee; February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of film and television who earned widespread acclaim.. He was often viewed by producers as a liability, and this led to a scattershot, though memorable, film career. There are no good years for films, like good years for wine. [39][40] He was cremated and his ashes were given to his family. Over twenty years later, Winters was introduced to a new generation through voicing Papa Smurf in The Smurfs (2011) and The Smurfs 2 (2013). Long live the Buddha. Probably the best known of his characters from this period is "Maude Frickert", the seemingly sweet old lady with the barbed tongue. Director Brady Corbet dedicated his 2018 film Vox Lux to Demme's memory,[48] as did Luca Guadagnino with his 2018 film Suspiria and Paul Thomas Anderson with his 2017 film Phantom Thread. "[33][34] Other directors such as Alexander Payne and Wes Anderson have been known to copy his close-ups in their own work.[35][36]. Dunkerque (Dunkirk) est un film de guerre américano-britanno-franco-néerlandais écrit et réalisé par Christopher Nolan, sorti en 2017.Il traite de l'opération Dynamo, qui a permis le rembarquement des troupes britanniques coincées dans la poche de Dunkerque, à la fin de la campagne de France. [3], Winters was an inspiration for performers such as Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal, Tracey Ullman, Lily Tomlin, Steve Martin, Jim Carrey, and Jimmy Kimmel. He also had records released every decade for over 50 years, receiving 11 Grammy nominations, including eight for Best Comedy Album, during his career. African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) 2012 [13] After Swing Shift, Demme stepped back from Hollywood to make the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense (also 1984) which won the National Society of Film Critics Award for best documentary;[15] the eclectic screwball action-romantic comedy Something Wild (1986); a film-version of the stage production Swimming to Cambodia (1987), by monologist Spalding Gray; and the New York Mafia-by-way-of Downtown comedy Married to the Mob (1988). He paints these people that he sees. Winters was presented with a Pioneer TV Land Award by Robin Williams in 2008. In addition to his live-action roles, he was a guest star on The New Scooby-Doo Movies (in an episode where he also voiced an animated version of his "Maude Frickert" character) and as the narrator in Frosty Returns which airs annually aired during the Christmas season. When the tormentors were not around, he would go to a building or tree and weep in despair. He fought youthful tormentors who ridiculed him for not having a father in his life. In 1981, he directed a series of commercials for the liberal advocacy group People for the American Way. It is a joke, as much as the production of literature, pictures, or music. He later participated on ABC's The American Sportsman, hosted by Grits Gresham, who took celebrities on hunting, fishing, and shooting trips to exotic places around the world. During his senior year at Springfield High School, Winters quit school to join the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of seventeen and served two and a half years in the Pacific Theater during World War II. In 1991 and 1992, he had a supporting role on Davis Rules, a sitcom that lasted two seasons (25 episodes), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. [5][12][13] Upon his return, he attended Kenyon College. on Eggs and the American Way", "Muhammad Ali, Goldie Hawn, etc. project and Bruce Springsteen. [46] According to Jack Paar, "If you were to ask me the funniest 25 people I've ever known, I'd say, 'Here they are—Jonathan Winters.'" Winters had previously guest-starred in Season 3, Episode 18, as Dave McConnell, Mindy's uncle. ", "Jimmy Kimmel Live – Season 3, Episode 62: Jonathan Winters, Melissa George, & Keyshia Cole", "Jonathan Winters | Comedian | Pioneers of Television", "PBS' 'Make 'em Laugh' does a standup job", "Jonathan Winters to Voice Papa Smurf in "Smurfs" Movie", "Papa Smurf Jonathan Winters -- La La La La La La ... 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From December 1967 to June 1969, Winters helmed his own hour-long weekly variety program on CBS (similar to the then-popular Red Skelton and Carol Burnett shows on the same network). Demme spent six years on the documentary I'm Carolyn Parker (2011), which highlighted rebuilding efforts in New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina. After obtaining Martin Goodman as his agent, he began stand-up routines in various New York nightclubs. He was pure energy, the unstoppable cheerleader for anyone creative. Writer-director Deon Taylor will direct the upcoming film “Freedom Ride,” based on first-person accounts of the original freedom riders, including the late Congressman John Lewis. Later, he became a spokesman for Hefty brand trash bags, for whom he appeared as a dapper garbageman known for collecting "gahr-bahj," as well as "Maude Frickert" and other characters.[18]. In 1963, Bruce McLaren founded the McLaren team.We contested our first Formula 1 race in 1966 and won our first F1 grand prix in Belgium in 1968. Beginning in 1960, Winters recorded many classic comedy albums for the Verve Records label. His direction of the 1991 psychological horror film The Silence of the Lambs (1991), won him the Academy Award for Best Director. He also voiced Grandpa Smurf on The Smurfs TV series from 1986 to the show's conclusion in 1989. The ditzy pinup girl in The Notorious Bettie Page and the brainy predator in Basic Instinct 2 are two sides of the same coin. [4][5] He was a descendant of Valentine Winters, founder of the Winters National Bank in Dayton, Ohio (now part of JPMorgan Chase). "[3], Winters performed a wide range of characters: hillbillies, arrogant city slickers, nerve-shattered airline pilots trying to hide their fear, disgruntled westerners, judgmental Martians, little old ladies, nosy gas station attendants, a hungry cat eyeing a mouse, the oldest living airline stewardess, and more. [16] In 1957 he performed in the first color television show, a 15-minute routine sponsored by Tums. In the fourth and final season of the sci-fi-styled TV comedy Mork & Mindy, Winters (one of Robin Williams's idols) was brought in as Mork & Mindy's child, Mearth. He played Gunny Davis, an eccentric grandfather who was helping raise his grandchildren after his son lost his wife. 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Robin Williams once told Playboy why Mr. Winters inspired him. That same year, he also appeared in I Go Pogo (a.k.a. Carson invented a character called "Aunt Blabby," which was similar to and possibly inspired by "Maude Frickert."[19]. A pioneer of improvisational stand-up comedy with a gift for mimicry, impersonations, various personalities, and a seemingly bottomless reservoir of creative energy, Winters was one of the first celebrities to go public with a personal mental illness issue and felt stigmatized as a result. "[7], His big break occurred (with the revised name of Jonathan) when he worked for Alistair Cooke on the CBS Television Sunday morning show Omnibus. Demme was a member of the steering committee of the Friends of the Apollo Theater, Oberlin, Ohio, along with Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman. It had been previously explained that Orkans aged "backwards," thus explaining Mearth's appearance and that of his teacher, Miss Geezba (portrayed by then-11-year-old actress Louanne Sirota). "[3], Onstage and off, Winters was wildly unpredictable. He later studied cartooning at Dayton Art Institute, where he met Eileen Schauder, whom he married on September 11, 1948. Many comedians, actors, and friends gave personal tributes about Winters on social media shortly after his death. He is an actor and director, known for Titanic (1997), Bronson (2008) and Outlaw King (2018). 1999 saw Winters become the 2nd recipient of the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Demme's documentary film Man from Plains (2007), a documentary about former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's promotional tour publicizing his book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival. [3] With an unprecedented frenetic energy, Winters made obscure references to his illness and hospitalization during his stand-up routines, most famously on his 1960 comedy album, The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters. Demme was born on February 22, 1944 in Baldwin, New York, the son of Dorothy Louise (née Rogers)[3] and Robert Eugene Demme, a public relations executive. American director, producer and screenwriter, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Weber, Bruce. Choice bits from the latter were collected and released on a 1969 Columbia LP, "Stuff 'n' Nonsense".[20]. al. That same year, PBS aired Pioneers of Television,[29] and Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America in 2009,[30] both featuring Winters. Love that guy. [5] Fellow comedians who starred with him in Mad World, such as Arnold Stang, said that in the long periods while they waited between scenes, Winters entertained them for hours in their trailer by becoming any character that they suggested to him. "I was fighting for the fact that you could be funny without telling jokes," he told The New York Times, adding that he thought of himself foremost as a writer and less as a stand-up comedian. [8], Demme broke into feature film working for exploitation film producer Roger Corman early in his career, co-writing and producing Angels Hard as They Come (1971), a motorcycle movie very loosely based on Rashomon,[9] and The Hot Box (1972). The film was well received by critics,[10] but received little promotion,[11] and performed poorly at the box office. In 1991, Winters won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for playing Gunny Davis in the short-lived sitcom Davis Rules. "I found out later that they are people he knows—his mother, his aunt. I've had a ball, and as I get older I just become an older kid."[7]. Winters made memorable appearances on both The Dean Martin Show and The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast, as well as a regular on The Andy Williams Show. In 2008, Winters was presented with a Pioneer TV Land Award by Robin Williams. Jonathan Harshman Winters III (November 11, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was an American comedian, actor, author, television host, and artist. According to Demme, this was done to put the viewer into the character's shoes. ", "Watch: 27-Minute Talk Between Paul Thomas Anderson & Jonathan Demme - IndieWire", "What Wes Anderson and P.T. [12], Demme's next film, Melvin and Howard (1980), did not get a wide release, but received a groundswell of critical acclaim and film award recognition, including Academy Award nominations, winning two of its three nominations (Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress – Mary Steenburgen, and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay – Bo Goldman). Jonathan Winters was a guest star on The Muppet Show in 1980. John Wayne on the moon). Winters had a dramatic role in The Twilight Zone episode "A Game of Pool" (episode 3.5 aired on October 13, 1961). [42] Demme's cousin was the Rev. A devotee of Groucho Marx and Laurel and Hardy, Winters once claimed, "I've done for the most part pretty much what I intended." In 1999, he was awarded the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, becoming the second recipient. 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America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction. During his classic "flying saucer" routine, Winters casually mentions that if he wasn't careful, the authorities might put him back in the "zoo", referring to the institution. With a career spanning more than six decades, Winters also appeared in hundreds of television shows and films, including eccentric characters on The Steve Allen Show, The Garry Moore Show, The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters (1972–74), Mork & Mindy, Hee Haw, and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. A member of the Republican Party, Bush previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. That same year he published Winters' Tales: Stories and Observations for the Unusual. Demme ended up renouncing the finished product, and when the film was released in May 1984, it was generally panned by critics and neglected by moviegoers. ", Winters made television history in 1956 when RCA broadcast the first public demonstration of color videotape on The Jonathan Winters Show. Robin Williams credited Winters as his comedy mentor, and the two co-starred on Mork & Mindy. Intended as a prestige picture for Warner Bros.[13] as well as a major commercial vehicle for Demme,[14] it instead became a troubled production due to the conflicting visions of Demme and star Hawn. [47], In a 1991 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Winters likened the entertainment industry to the Olympics, with actors standing on boxes to receive gold, silver, and bronze medals. Jonathan was as quirky as his comedies and as deep as his dramas. Author David Hajdu wrote in The New York Times (2006), "He soon used video technology 'to appear as two characters,' bantering back and forth, seemingly in the studio at the same time. He was survived by his two children, Jonathan ("Jay") Winters IV and Lucinda Winters, and five grandchildren. He often entertained his high school friends by imitating a race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His grandfather, a frustrated comedian, owned the Winters National Bank, which failed as the family's fortunes collapsed during the Great Depression. [27], At one time, Demme was signed on to direct, produce, and write an adaptation of Stephen King's sci-fi novel 11/22/63, but later left due to disagreements with King on what should be included in the script. She was certain he could, and he did. In 2010, Demme made his first foray into theater, directing Family Week, a play by Beth Henley. A complete list of the 2021 DGA Awards' feature-film and first-time director nominees. He also had his own syndicated show called The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters from 1972 to 1974, the music director of which, Van Alexander, was nominated for a 1973 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction of a Variety, Musical or Dramatic Program.[22]. This style of close-ups involves the character looking directly into the camera during crucial moments, particularly in the "Quid pro quo" scene in Silence of the Lambs. Due to the different Orkan physiology, Mork laid an egg, which grew and hatched into the much older Winters. [25] In 2000, Winters appeared in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. Demme also directed numerous concert films such as Stop Making Sense (1984), Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006), and Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids (2016), and worked on several television series as both a producer and director. On television, his two self-titled variety shows displayed him in dazzling form as a sketch comic and impersonator. (Lou Reed selected Konbit... as one of his 'picks of 1989'). The short, featured various international musicians including Afrika Bambaataa, Rubén Blades, Jimmy Cliff, Herbie Hancock, Little Steven, Run–D.M.C., and Bruce Springsteen, calling for a boycott of the South African luxury resort Sun City during Apartheid. In an interesting role reversal, he was the serious-minded secular police chief and uncle of the character Lamont Cranston (played by Alec Baldwin) in The Shadow. He also said of Winters, "Pound for pound, the funniest man alive. They're playing the national anthem and I'm fondling a platinum medallion. [5][14] His performance led to a disc jockey job, where he was supposed to introduce songs and announce the temperature. Just as passionate about music as he was about art, he was and will always be a champion of the soul. He was born into the Bush family; his father, George H. W. Bush, was the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. president John F. Kennedy over the telephone as a prank on Paar. In 1987, Winters was featured in NFL Films' The NFL TV Follies. Beginning with Rachel Getting Married (2008), Demme adopted a documentary style of filmmaking. Winters claimed, "I think my place is inside the box, underneath the guy receiving the gold medal. This acclaim led to the signing of Demme to direct the Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell star vehicle Swing Shift (1984). He has been married to Yolanda Vazquez since 1989. on Music and the American Way", "Carol Burnett, Ned Beatty, etc. Originally beginning his career under B-movie producer Roger Corman, Demme made his directorial debut with the 1974 women-in-prison film Caged Heat, before becoming known for his casually humanist films[2] such as Melvin and Howard (1980), Swing Shift (1984), Something Wild (1986), and Married to the Mob (1988). Demme won the Academy Award for The Silence of the Lambs (1991)—one of only three films to win all the major categories (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Actress). Winters became a regular on Hee Haw during the 1983–1984 season. I'll miss him huge. [5][37][38] A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! Carson often did not know what Winters had planned and usually had to tease out the character's backstory during a comedic interview. [10], In another television interview, Winters described how deeply he was hurt by his parents' divorce. [3], Two of his most memorable characters, cranky granny "Maude Frickert" and bumpkin farmer "Elwood P. Suggins" ("I think eggs 24 hours a day"), were born from his early television routines. In addition to his role on the board, he curated and hosted a monthly series called "Rarely Seen Cinema". in various situations (e.g. That same year he voiced Stinkbomb D. Basset in the episode "Smell Ya Later" on Animaniacs. Additionally, he did the voice of Bigelow in the 1985 TV film Pound Puppies and voice-acted on Yogi's Treasure Hunt in 1985, among other voice roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 2014, he held an auction in Philadelphia selling thousands from his collection, much of which was donated to a cultural center in Port-au-Prince. He also performed regularly as a panelist on The Hollywood Squares. Alone in his room, he created characters and interviewed himself. On February 8, 1960, Winters received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [21], Demme directed music videos for artists such as Suburban Lawns, New Order, KRS-One's H.E.A.L. Winters said that he learned to laugh at his situation but admitted that his adult life had been a response to sorrow.[11]. Then Eileen read about a talent contest in which the first prize was a wristwatch, and encouraged Jonathan to "go down and win it." 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