Debbie Reynolds Deborah Vance Richard Gilliland Las Vegas performer stars actress Debbie Reynolds Deborah Vance Richard Gilliland Las Vegas

‘Hacks’ Star Jean Smart Pays Emotional Emmy-Win Tribute To Late Husband Richard Gilliland; Thanks “Creative, Brave” Team For Working Through Covid

Reading now: 617
deadline.com

An emotional Jean Smart paid a moving tribute to her late husband, “friend and soulmate” Richard Gilliland who passed away in March as she accepted the Emmy for best actress in a comedy.“I wouldn’t be here without him, without him putting his career on the back burner so I could take advantage of all the opportunities I have found,” she said.Smart took home her fourth Emmy for a bravura performance as Deborah Vance, an aging caustic and spoiled female comedian in Las Vegas (a la Joan Rivers meets Debbie Reynolds) in this biting, much-nominated freshman HBO Max series.

She thanked HBO Max and her team “for working through a pandemic. You’re all so creative and brave.”The actress, 69, was also in the running tonight for a best supporting Emmy

Read more on deadline.com
The website celebsbar.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA