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Lee J. Cobb: Willy Loman
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Lee J. Cobb and George Segal star in this moving 1966 television adaptation of one of America's greatest plays. For those unfamiliar with Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning story, Willy Loman is a salesman desperately hustling for a living even as he slides into old age. A visit from his son, Biff, brings old hopes and boiling resentments to the surface. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock reprise their original Broadway roles as Willy and Linda Loman, giving exceptional performances--their portrayal of the Lomans' symbiotic marriage is remarkable. Viewers more familiar with Segal's comic work will be pleasantly surprised by his excellent Biff, and a young Gene Wilder turns up in a comic and sensitive turn as Bernard. This production, though slightly abridged, was adapted for television by Miller himself, so none of the meat is sacrificed.
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Talk: Interview with Lee J. Cobb, who playes Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman." He's only thirty-seven, twenty-six years younger than the character he portrays. Cobb was born in Manhattan. At eighteen he went to Hollywood to become an actor. Nobody hired him so he returned to…
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"Attention must be paid" to this abbreviated but superb 1966 television adaptation by Arthur Miller of his Pulitzer Prize-winning modern tragedy, starring the incomparable Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock recreating their original Broadway roles as the Lomans. In a career-defining performance, Cobb portrays the suffering Willy Loman--the middle-aged man at the end of his emotional rope--with Dunnock equally impressive as his patient wife, Linda. George Segal and James Farentino play their disillusioned sons, Biff and Happy. Shattering and unforgettable, this landmark television production has been digitally remastered and will endure for all generations to come. "In a word, superb." --New York Times.
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Born Leo Jacoby to a Jewish family in New York City, Cobb studied at New York University before making his film debut in The Vanishing Shadow (1934). He joined the Manhattan-based left wing Group Theatre in 1935. He is probably best known for creating the role of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's 1949 play Death of a Salesman under the direction of Elia Kazan. It is widely considered to be his best performance, and one of the greatest performances ever on the American stage.
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