Wednesday 20 April 2011

Michael Sarrazin RIP

Michael Sarrazin: Actor best known for playing opposite Jane Fonda in ‘They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?’

By Tom Vallance
Wednesday, 20 April 2011

A tall, Canadian actor with distinctively wide, sunken eyes, Michael Sarrazin had a long career as a leading man to such actresses as Jane Fonda and Barbra Streisand without ever attaining superstar status. His off-beat personality and predilection for quirky movies that failed to attract large audiences limited his profile, though he won praise for such portrayals as the intense drifter coerced into a doomed relationship in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), and his outstanding multi-layered portrayal of the monster in an epic television movie Frankenstein: The True Story (1973).

More at:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/michael-sarrazin-actor-best-known-for-playing-opposite-jane-fonda-in-lsquothey-shoot-horses-donrsquot-theyrsquo-2269972.html

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