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#749 - Joan Benedict Steiger The Joan Benedict Steiger Interview is featured on The Paul Leslie Hour. This episode features a very brief phone interview Paul E. Leslie had with Joan Benedict Steiger. So! Let's all wish actress Joan Benedict Steiger a happy birthday! July 21st is her birthday. Joan Benedict Steiger has appeared in movies since the 1960s. Her television work is famous. She's known to many for playing the role of Edith Fairchild on the show “General Hospital.” Joan Benedict Steiger has also down some work in theater. She's received some formal training including the Rome Opera Ballet School, and then studied acting with Stella Adler and Robert Lewis, two of the founders of the famed Actors Studio. Now, ladies and gentlemen, if you could help us with our mission, The Paul Leslie Hour is ramping up our efforts. We do need your help, if you can go to www.thepaulleslie.com/support Thank you. Now, here it is folks. And happy birthday Joan Benedict Steiger. The Paul Leslie Hour - Helping People Tell Their Stories is a talk show with new episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Some of the most iconic people of all time drop in to chat. Frequent topics include Arts, Entertainment and Culture.

The Total Tutor Neil Haley and Rico Racosky will interview Celebrity Joan Benedict Steiger  Author of BROOKLYN BABY. Steiger. The name conjures images of Rod Steiger, Academy Award Best Actor-winner for his role as a bigoted police chief in In the Heat of the Night(1967), but the woman behind the man was Joan. They were married until his death in 2002. She lost the man she loved, but she maintained a contagiously upbeat and positive outlook throughout the rest of her life. Joan's life reverberated as a star in her own right. Best-known for her role as Edith Fairchild on General Hospital (1963), her credits included appearances in films, on stage, and in television roles, including work on Butterfield 8 (1960), The Bob Newhart Show (1972), Candid Camera (1960), Fantasy Island(1977), Get Smart (1965), Love American Style (1969), Hogan's Heroes (1965), and The Steve Allen Show (1951). http://www.just2choices.com

JOAN BENEDICT STEIGER Decades of work on stage, screen, and television and the love of three devoted men sounds like a full life; but in many ways, the story is just beginning for veteran performer Joan Benedict Steiger. With credits dating back to the original “Candid Camera” on television to her acclaimed solo performance as Leona Helmsley, she has lived the artistic life she first dreamed of as a child in Brooklyn, New York – and the dream shows no signs of ending. “I always thought when I was little I would be a dancer,” Steiger recalls today. “I was never really built for ballet, but I was tap dancing in public at age seven when I performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. I remember the first film I ever saw was with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and as I was leaving the theatre, I wanted to run back in, I knew I had to be a part of that world.” As the only grandchild in a large family – she had seven uncles – Steiger grew up in her grandfather’s house off Prospect Park, where she describes herself as “Eloise at the Plaza – every one of those rooms was my magic room.” Encouraged by her mother, young Steiger studied at the Rome Opera Ballet School, and spent time in Paris, soaking up her craft and European culture and learning French and Italian. Back in America, Steiger continued her theatrical education by studying with legendary acting coaches Robert Lewis and Stella Adler, founders of the Actor’s Studio in New York. That pursuit of her craft continues today, as she continues to get a charge out of the challenge that each new acting job brings. “The theatre for me is ike being in church,” she says with sincerity. “When you feel the audience, and feel that communication with other souls, it’s like music. As a performer, I’m always pursuing that wonderful experience where you are completely alert and clear, and yet transported through your imagination.” “The theatre for me is like being in church,” she says with sincerity. “When you feel the audience, and feel that communication with other souls, it’s like music. As a performer, I’m always pursuing that wonderful experience where you are completely alert and clear, and yet transported through your imagination.” Her list of stage credits include acclaimed productions of contemporary offerings such as “Promises, Promises,” “The Beauty Queen of Leenane,” “Collected Stories” by Donald Margulies, P.J. Barry’s “The Octette Bridge Club,” Horton Foote’s “The Traveling Lady,” and Morris West’s “The World is Made of Glass;” opposite Don Knotts in the comedy “The Mind with the Dirty Man;” classics like “Richard III,” “The Dyubbuk,” and “Dr. Faustus;” and her two solo shows, “Leona” (about notorious “Queen of Mean” Leona Helmsley) and the recent “The Loves of My Life,” based on her own life. On screen, she also co-starred with Knotts and Tim Conway in the comedy “The Prizefighter.” Indeed, perhaps Joan Benedict Steiger’s career is all the more remarkable for having endured through three long-term relationships, to what she describes as “three of the greatest guys in the world.” While marriages between professional actors are often fraught with jealousy and competition, Joan has found lightning in a bottle all three times. “Both of my husbands, and my lifetime partner Jeremy, were wonderful men who respected me as an actress,” she recalls. “They all died from different forms of cancer, so my memories are sometimes bittersweet, but with no regrets.” “Strangely, I met all three of these men when I was in New York, just beginning my career while I was still a teenager,” she says. She was only 19 when she met actor Rod Steiger, who took an instant liking to her when they appeared on the same television show together. “I was in complete awe of him at the time,” she admits. “I remember walking out after seeing him in the play ‘Rashomon’ on Broadway, and seeing his face on the marquee across the street for the movie ‘Al Capone.’ I thought, what a life – starring on Broadway and starring in a movie! Knowing him at that age was like living in a fantasy.” Though the initial romance with Rod was short-lived, given their respective dedication to pursuing their careers, Joan soon found herself in love with leading stage actor John Myhers. “He toured in ‘The Sound of Music’ for three years as Captain von Trapp, and I would take time off to travel with him,” she says. Settling in a home near Sunset Plaza in the Hollywood Hills, their marriage lasted thirty years before Myhers’ passing. Then, in the late 1990s, Rod and Joan found each other again. Rod had heard rave reviews of some of Joan’s stage work. “I got a call from him out of the blue…he’d been at a party where someone had mentioned me, and we got together again after all those years.” Joan and Rod were nearly inseparable for the final years of his life, becoming creative partners as well as spouses. “Rod was very impressed with my acting. Whenever a script would arrive at the house, he’d ask me to read it for my feedback, then he’d say ‘Did you pick out your part yet?’” They appeared in two films together, “A Month of Sundays” and the telefilm “The Flying Dutchman.” After a long life marked by tremendous highs and crushing lows – Steiger acknowledged suffering from chronic depression for much of his professional career – the Academy Award winning actor seemed to find new confidence and peace with his newly rediscovered love. “On one of the films we made, on the last day of shooting, Rod presented me with an Oscar-like statue he had made with my name on it, in front of the entire crew,” Joan remembers. “With me he said he was another person, and the only time in his life he had such happiness. He told me I was the only woman who could bring love out of a stone.” Steiger’s passing in 2002 was a devastating loss, but another friend from long ago was able to fill some of the void. Actor Jeremy Slate, a veteran of over 80 films and television shows dating back to 1959, was Joan’s partner until his passing in 2006. “They were all actors, writers, directors, brilliant, funny men,” Joan says of the men who captured her heart. Throughout her life, Joan Benedict Steiger has worked simultaneously on stage, in film, and on television. She’s still remembered for a classic bit from the original version of “Candid Camera,” where she played a lost tourist looking for directions from passersby, making sure that her fancy hat – beplumed with a particularly large feather – would distract them at every opportunity. She was also part of the ensemble of the original “Steve Allen Show,” where she did double duty as the spokesperson for Hazel Bishop cosmetics. On daytime drama, she had regular and recurring roles on “General Hospital,” “Days of our Lives,” and “Capitol.” Her dozens of series guest appearances include classic series like “Fantasy Island,” “T.J. Hooker,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Kojak” and “Hotel,” with the latter being directed by series star James Brolin. Most recently Joan guested on Fox’s “Dollhouse.” Perhaps one of Joan’s most unusual jobs is one where she was asked to “fill in” – in a manner of speaking – for a Hollywood legend. “I had been bothering the casting director at MGM for a while when he finally told me, ‘I have something for you.’” MGM was preparing to make the film “Butterfield 8” starring Elizabeth Taylor; the star had been reluctant to cooperate because she was eager to begin work on the epic “Cleopatra.” MGM wanted to shoot the film in studios in New York and Taylor wanted to remain in Los Angeles. Joan was asked if she could go to New York to rehearse the film – playing Taylor’s part – with director Daniel Mann and therest of the cast. Joan worked for weeks reading Taylor’s lines, and her dedication paid off when she was awarded a small part (a single line) in the film – for which she still earns residuals. The role won Taylor her only Academy Award, but curiously, their paths would cross again years later through their mutual acquaintance with Rod Steiger. “When Rod and I were first dating, he went to see Elizabeth about working on a new project,” she says. “This was a period when she wasn’t feeling well, and Rod was one of the people who really encouraged her to get well and return to public life. That lead to speculation that Rod and Liz were dating and he was going to be her next husband. Rod and I were on an airplane to Spain, and he liked to read the tabloids: when I saw the headline saying Liz and Rod were going to wed, I said, ‘What’s this all about?’ And he smiled at me and said, “Joan, I’m sitting next to YOU!” For now, Joan keeps busy preserving the legacy of her late husband, as well as continuing her stage, film, and television work whenever the right opportunity presents itself. ‘There’s still so much I can do, I’m still learning after all these years,” she explains. “I have a regular table at my favorite restaurant in Malibu and it faces the door, because I want to watch everyone walk in, I want to observe the way they use their body, because that’s so much a part of my process as an actress.” Although she has written her memoirs, Joan still knows that there are more chapters of her life left to live, and many more roles left to play. www.joanbenedictsteiger.com

Acclaimed actress Joan Benedict Steiger visits Movie Addict Headquarters to discuss her fascinating memoir, Brooklyn Baby: A Hollywood Star’s Amazing Journey through Love, Loss & Laughter. Joan proves there’s no business like show business in this candid and entertaining book. She pulls no punches writing about the three loves of her life, her own remarkable acting career, and her close encounters with such legendary Hollywood stars as Elizabeth Taylor, Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Charlton Heston and many more. Brooklyn Baby is a must-read for movie fans! However, Joan’s memoir, co-written with David Minasian, is also an inspirational read. Despite the tragedies in her life, she maintains a positive outlook and takes on new acting roles with great enthusiasm. Brooklyn Baby makes us want to emulate her hopeful attitude. In fact, she even challenges us to follow our dreams.  

We talk to Joan Benedict Steiger about her upcoming book, "Brooklyn Baby," in which she recounts her life in entertainment and marriages to famous Hollywood leading men.

We talk to Joan Benedict Steiger about her upcoming book, "Brooklyn Baby," in which she recounts her life in entertainment and marriages to famous Hollywood leading men.

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Joan Benedict Steiger.  Even after a prolific career spanning stage, screen, and television – and inspiring romances with three devoted men – the veteran actress still finds each role a new challenge to experience and new terrain to explore. A dancer from childhood, Joan forged a career in show business as an actress in the early days of television, where she made notable appearances on shows like the original “Candid Camera” and “The Steve Allen Show.”  Dozens of television and film appearances later, including memorable stints on “General Hospital” and “Days of Our Lives,” she's still dedicated to all facets of her craft, having appeared in numerous stage productions, from the classics to modern comedies to her acclaimed solo shows (“Leona,” about Leona Helmsley, and her autobiographical “The Loves of My Life.”)  Off-screen, Joan's life has been equally charmed.  Her first husband was stage veteran John Myhers, with whom Joan spent thirty years before his passing.  Then, Joan was reunited with Academy Award-winning actor Rod Steiger; the two had known each other when Joan was a star-struck ingénue and Steiger the industry's hottest young performer.  Now, decades later, their romance was rekindled, and the couple married, working together and supporting each other until the actor's death in 2002.  Then Joan fell in love with veteran television actor Jeremy Slate, and the two spent several years together before his death.  “They all passed away from different forms of cancer, so it's bittersweet,” says a pensive Joan today.  “But they were three of the greatest guys in the world.”    

Award-winning actress Joan Benedict Steiger talks about her longstanding passion for tap dancing plus her diverse experience in films, TV and live theater. Winner of the Eternity Award from the L. A. Women’s Theater Festival, Joan appeared in A Month of Sundays and The FlyingDutchman opposite her late husband, Rod Steiger. Her other movies include such films as The Prize Fighter, The Theory of Everything and Dead Border. Joan’s interest in tap started at the age of seven, and she still takes three lessons a week.   Among Joan’s stage credits are roles in productions like Promises, Promises, The Beauty Queen of Leenane,  The Octette Bridge Club, The Traveling Lady, The Mind with the Dirty Man, Richard III, Dr. Faustus, and her one-woman show Leona, in which she received rave reviews for her portrayal of hotelier Leona Helmsley. Joan’s TV career began when she was a member of the original ensemble of The Steve Allen Show, followed by roles on several daytime dramas and series guest appearances. Her other television credits include such diverse shows as Days of Our Lives, Candid Camera, and Dollhouse.   Clearly, Joan has amassed a remarkable body of work on stage, screen and television in roles covering the classical and contemporary, the drama and the musical.She has fascinating show biz stories to tell! Adding to the fun is A.J. Hakari, the Mad Movie Man, as co-host.

Is Global Warming a real phenonmenon? We receive a sincere-sounding compliment from an ad-hoc caller. We talk to actress Joan Benedict Steiger, who played key roles opposite some of Hollywood's greatest leading men, and married Rod Steiger many years back. We also talk to Max Tucci about his upcoming interview with ultra-famous author Jackie Collins.

Is Global Warming a real phenonmenon? We receive a sincere-sounding compliment from an ad-hoc caller. We talk to actress Joan Benedict Steiger, who played key roles opposite some of Hollywood's greatest leading men, and married Rod Steiger many years back. We also talk to Max Tucci about his upcoming interview with ultra-famous author Jackie Collins.

Movie Addict HQ celebrates the Cleopatra 50th Anniversary with film historian James Colt Harrison, entertainment journalist Diana Saenger, and actress Joan Benedict Steiger. Billed as “The motion picture the world is waiting for!” back in 1963, this epic movie won four Oscars out of its nine nominations. Co-stars Elizabeth Taylor and  Richard Burton began their tumultuous romance during filming – and a special 50th Anniversary DVD is being released this week. Actor Martin Landau, who played a key role in Cleopatra, has also been invited to call in.  If you enjoy hearing fascinating behind-the-scenes information, don't  miss this fun episode!

The Total Tutor will interview celebrity Joan Benedict Steiger. The Topic will be her career. Next, The Total Tutor will interview celebrity Kat Kramer. The topic will be her upcoming projects. Last, The Total Tutor will interview Screen Writer from the movie Alien Celebrity  Ron Shusett.

They are smart, they are gorgeous, they are talented and they are the wives and ex-wives of some of Hollywood's Prince Charmings. Join us Wednesday, December 12, 3-4 pm ET when The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds speaks with Hollywood wives: Alana Stewart once married to George Hamilton and Rod Stewart; Eliza Roberts, wife of Hollywood hunk Eric Roberts and sister-in-law of Julia; Daphne Wayans the newest star of Hollywood Exes and ex-wife of Keenen Ivory Wayans; and the irrepressible Joan Benedict Steiger, wife of the late Academy Award winner Rod Steiger, each woman a force in her own right. They are Hollywood's Cinderellas who marry their Prince Charmings, but as in all of our lives, there is the proverbial wicked stepmother – life – that challenges their happily ever after. Who are these women who land the Big Catch? What makes them tick? How do they cope when they wake up from the Hollywood Dream and are met with the reality of life that doesn't necessarily deliver on happily ever after. Tune in to The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds and Lovers of Hollywood Wives, December 12, 3 p.m. ET.

The Best Ever You Show is extremely honored to welcome Joan Benedict Steiger as our guest.  Decades of work on stage, screen, and television and the love of three devoted men sounds like a full life; but in many ways, the story is just beginning for veteran performer Joan Benedict Steiger.  With credits dating back to the original “Candid Camera” on television to her acclaimed solo performance as Leona Helmsley, she has lived the artistic life she first dreamed of as a child in Brooklyn, New York – and the dream shows no signs of ending. Throughout her life, Joan Benedict Steiger has worked simultaneously on stage, in film, and on television.  She's still remembered for a classic bit from the original version of “Candid Camera,” where she played a lost tourist looking for directions from passersby, making sure that her fancy hat – beplumed with a particularly large feather – would distract them at every opportunity.  She was also part of the ensemble of the original “Steve Allen Show,” where she did double duty as the spokesperson for Hazel Bishop cosmetics.  On daytime drama, she had regular and recurring roles on “General Hospital,” “Days of our Lives,” and “Capitol.”  Her dozens of series guest appearances include classic series like “Fantasy Island,” “T.J. Hooker,” “The Incredible Hulk” and, most recently, Fox's “Dollhouse. For more information visit www.joanbenedictsteiger.com

JOAN BENEDICT STEIGER, a working character actress who appeared in films like THE PRIZE FIGHTER and TV shows like HUNTER, THE INCREDIBLE HULK and the iconic TJ HOOKER, has been a stage actress for many years. She was married to legendary actor Rod Steiger, and appeared with him in several films.

JOAN BENEDICT STEIGER, a working character actress who appeared in films like THE PRIZE FIGHTER and TV shows like HUNTER, THE INCREDIBLE HULK and the iconic TJ HOOKER, has been a stage actress for many years. She was married to legendary actor Rod Steiger, and appeared with him in several films.

Actress Joan Benedict Steiger reminisces about her late husband's remarkable film career during this tribute to legendary actor Rod Steiger, Oscar-winner for In the Heat of the Night.  Rod also earned Academy Award nominations for On the Waterfront  and The Pawnbroker.  Among his other movies are such high quality productions as Dr. Zhivago, W. C. Fields and Me, The Chosen , Al Capone,  and Oklahoma!     Joan also has extensive acting experience in films, on stage and in television. She starred opposite Rod in A Month of Sundays  and The Flying Dutchman.     Her TV credits include "Dollhouse," "Candid Camera." and "Days of Our Lives."    Film historian James Colt Harrison co-hosts.

My guests are: Actress, Joan Benedict Steiger ("Candid Camera") Writer, John Peragine ("New York Times") To hear this show: http://www.latalkradio.com/Sheena.php For more info: http://www.sheenametalexperience.com

My guests are: Actress, Joan Benedict Steiger ("Candid Camera") Writer, John Peragine ("New York Times") To hear this show: http://www.latalkradio.com/Sheena.php For more info: http://www.sheenametalexperience.com

Piggybacking on the recent Eternity Award Joan Benedict Steiger received for her remarkable acting career, the folks at Movie Addict Headquarters  pay tribute to her in this special episode. Joan is interviewed about her extensive experience in films, on stage and in television. Plus Adilah Barnes from the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival and actor Tyrone Power Jr. call in to share their reactions to Joan's acting expertise.      Joan’s dozen movie credits include starring roles in “A Month of Sundays” and “The FlyingDutchman” opposite her late husband, Rod Steiger. Her new film, “Dead Border,” is a horror flick and should be released sometime this year.  Among Joan’s stage credits are roles in productions like “Promises, Promises,” “The Beauty Queen of Leenane,” and her one-woman show “Leona.” Joan’s TV career began when she was a member of the original ensemble of “The Steve Allen Show,” followed by roles on several daytime dramas and series guest appearances.   

Elizabeth Taylor's best films and performances are explored by Jazz Shaw and Betty Jo Tucker in this special episode. Plus actress Joan Benedict Steiger explains her "Butterfield 8" connection with Taylor. As an added attraction, a fantasy "dinner with Liz" will be recalled, and fans are invited to call-in to share their memories of one of Hollywood's greatest stars.

Danielle Dyer and A.J. Hakari name their picks for the best and worst films based on stage musicals. Danielle, host of Shiny Daze on BTR, has appeared in popular stage musicals like "Into the Woods," and film critic A.J. Hakari, aka The Mad Movie Man recently played a key role in "Curtains." Listen to see if any of your favorites make their lists!