‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Is Haunted by Brando and Ghosts of Actors Past

With a revival starring Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran in Brooklyn, a look at the carefully weighted balance that actors playing Blanche and Stanley need to strike.

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Gene Hackman's children not named in actor's $80m will

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Pamela Bach, actor and ex-wife of 'Baywatch' icon David Hasselhoff, dies by suicide

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In the slender and lovely 'The Actor,' an amnesiac clings to his identity

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