At 88 years old, the actress and Broadway icon Elaine Stritch has every right in the world to retire, but for those who have come to cherish her appearances at New York’s Café Caryle over the past ...

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Elaine Stritch, the brash theater performer whose gravelly, gin-laced voice and impeccable comic timing made her a Broadway legend, has died. She was 89. Joseph Rosenthal, Stritch's longtime attorney, ...

Actress Elaine Stritch, star of Broadway hits including “Elaine Stritch at Liberty” and “Show Boat,” who was nominated for multiple Tonys and Emmys, winning three of the latter, has died. She was 89.

When I first see Elaine Stritch—the 89-year-old legendary stage and screen actress—she’s propped in bed. Although she’s been a New York fixture since the 1940s (and spent 18 years living in a room at ...

Actress and Detroit native Elaine Stritch is a woman known for brash wit and fiery disposition. At 84, with a resume that reads like a history of entertainment on both coasts and abroad, the ...

Now in a new print, the 1965 movie returns to claim cult status at Film Forum. By J. Hoberman In the 50 years since the musical’s debut, revivals and concerts have served its great songs to great ...

What constitutes variety at the Primetime Emmy Awards can be a toss-up. Is it a sketch comedy series? A stand-up comedy series? A musical? A late-night talk show? The answer over the decades has been ...

Elaine Stritch, the raspy-voiced actress whose forceful personality and salty language enlivened the New York stage for more than six decades, died Thursday at her home in Birmingham, Mich. She was 89 ...

The Broadway star used to describe herself as a Catholic, diabetic alcoholic. She died last week at the age of 89. In 1999, she talked with Terry... Fresh Air Remembers Actress And Singer Elaine ...

"Elaine was a magnificent woman in every sense of the word ... a true trail blazer. Her talent and spunk will be greatly missed by so many of us." - Actress and singer Liza Minnelli. "Here's to the ...