Gertrude Stein: Last News

There are many definitions of Modernism, but for the moment we can think of Modernism as an artistic and social movement that reacted to the constraints of the old: backward looking, holding onto tight class and artistic structures and concrete gender roles, spawned and enforced in particular by English and American strict heteropatriarchal culture.

Vernon Kay shares loved up holiday snap with Tess Daly[LATEST]Kimberley Walsh on why she avoids eye contact with Gethin Jones[EXCLUSIVE]Britney Spears goes topless as she puts on sultry display[PICTURES]She also played one of the wicked stepsisters in the 1965 television production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella with Lesley Ann Warren.The performer went on to win a Grammy award in 1980 for the recording of her one woman show Gertrude Stein.Her most memorable role to date thanks to Disney's The Little Mermaid, which came out in 1989.She was not the first choice of directors Ron Clements and John Musker or the musical team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, who reportedly wanted Joan Collins or Bea Arthur to voice the sea witch.Ms Carroll often said playing Ursula was one of her favourite roles to date.She said she saw her as an "Ex-Shakespearean actress who now sold cars"."She's a mean old thing! I think people are fascinated by mean characters," the voiceover star said in an interview."There's a fatal kind of distraction about the horrible mean characters of the world because we don't meet too many of them in real life.So when we have a chance, theatrically, to see one and this one, she's a biggie, it's kind of fascinating for us."She got the chance to reprise the role in several Little Mermaid sequels, spinoffs and even theme park rides.

J. Kim Murphy Pat Carroll, a veteran actress known for her voice role as Ursula in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” and whose career as an entertainer spanned seven decades, died Saturday in Cape Cod, Mass.

Comedian and actress Pat Carroll, a television pioneer and an Emmy, Drama Desk and Grammy winner, died at her home on Cape Cod, Massachusetts on July 30, while recovering from pnuemonia.

Back to the Future actress Elsa Raven has died at the age of 91, her agent has confirmed.The character actress is best known for her role as the “Save The Clock Tower” lady in Robert Zemeckis’ 1985 sci-fi classic.Read more: 24 facts about Back to the Future that might surprise youRaven also starred in The Amityville Horror, In The Line of Fire, Fearless, and Moderns, in which she played Gertrude Stein. She also featured in Titanic as Ida Strauss, although most of her scenes were cut.The actress, whose passing was confirmed by Deadline, was born Elsa Raven in 1929.She had small screen success with a regular role as Inga the Swedish maid on Amen, as Tugboat Tessie on General Hospital and Vinnie Terranova’s mother Carlotta on Wiseguy.