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Американдық актер (1950–2011)
Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway (October 5, 1950 – May 27, 2011)
His father, Charles, His mother, Helen, an actress who went by the stage name Mary Ann Brooks,
He also spent time living with his grandparents in South Carolina, which gave him enough of a Southern accent Conaway remained for the entire run, then toured with the national company of the play Critic's Choice. and later transferred to New York University. He played the role for 2 1/2 years while his friend John Travolta, with whom he shared a manager, later joined the show, playing the supporting role of Doody. The two would reunite in the 1978 motion picture musical Grease, in which Travolta played Zuko and Conaway his buddy Kenickie. He had appeared in an episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show for the same producers, and, he said in 1987, had been considered for the role of John Burns, which eventually went to Randall Carver:
Conaway left Taxi after the third season. Part of the reason was his drug abuse after season one. Conaway was reported at the time to be dissatisfied with being typecast as a "blond bimbo" and the "butt of struggling actor jokes," along with finding the nature of the role repetitive. He also felt creatively stymied:
Джеффри Чарльз Уильям Майкл Конуэй (5 қазан 1950 – 27 мамыр 2011)
Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway (October 5, 1950 – May 27, 2011)
His father, Charles, His mother, Helen, an actress who went by the stage name Mary Ann Brooks,
He also spent time living with his grandparents in South Carolina, which gave him enough of a Southern accent Conaway remained for the entire run, then toured with the national company of the play Critic's Choice. and later transferred to New York University. He played the role for 2 1/2 years while his friend John Travolta, with whom he shared a manager, later joined the show, playing the supporting role of Doody. The two would reunite in the 1978 motion picture musical Grease, in which Travolta played Zuko and Conaway his buddy Kenickie. He had appeared in an episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show for the same producers, and, he said in 1987, had been considered for the role of John Burns, which eventually went to Randall Carver:
Conaway left Taxi after the third season. Part of the reason was his drug abuse after season one. Conaway was reported at the time to be dissatisfied with being typecast as a "blond bimbo" and the "butt of struggling actor jokes," along with finding the nature of the role repetitive. He also felt creatively stymied:
Оның әкесі Чарльз, анасы Хелен, Мэри Энн Брукс сахналық есімімен танымал актриса. Ол сондай-ақ Оңтүстік Каролинада әже-шешесімен бірге тұрды, бұл оған оңтүстік акцентін қалыптастырды. Конуэй бүкіл қойылым үшін сахнада болды, содан кейін "Critic's Choice" пьесасының ұлттық труппасымен гастрольде болды. Кейін Нью-Йорк университетіне ауысты. Ол 2,5 жыл бойы осы рөлді сомдады, ал оның досы Джон Траволта, олардың менеджері ортақ болғандықтан, кейін шоуға қосылып, Доудидің қосалқы рөлін ойнады. Екеуі 1978 жылғы "Grease" мюзиклінде қайта кездесіп, Траволта Зуко, ал Конуэй оның досы Кеники рөлін ойнады. Ол сондай-ақ сол продюсерлер үшін "Мэри Тайлер Мур Шоу" эпизодында ойнады және 1987 жылы Джон Бернс рөліне қарастырылғанын айтты, бірақ ол ақырында Рэндалл Карверге берілді:
Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway (October 5, 1950 – May 27, 2011)
His father, Charles, His mother, Helen, an actress who went by the stage name Mary Ann Brooks,
He also spent time living with his grandparents in South Carolina, which gave him enough of a Southern accent Conaway remained for the entire run, then toured with the national company of the play Critic's Choice. and later transferred to New York University. He played the role for 2 1/2 years while his friend John Travolta, with whom he shared a manager, later joined the show, playing the supporting role of Doody. The two would reunite in the 1978 motion picture musical Grease, in which Travolta played Zuko and Conaway his buddy Kenickie. He had appeared in an episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show for the same producers, and, he said in 1987, had been considered for the role of John Burns, which eventually went to Randall Carver:
Conaway left Taxi after the third season. Part of the reason was his drug abuse after season one. Conaway was reported at the time to be dissatisfied with being typecast as a "blond bimbo" and the "butt of struggling actor jokes," along with finding the nature of the role repetitive. He also felt creatively stymied:
Конуэй үшінші маусымнан кейін "Такси" жобасынан бас тартты. Мұның бір себебі – бірінші маусымнан кейін есірткіге тәуелді болуы. Сол кезде Конуэй "сары шашты әйел" және "күресіп жатқан актерлердің қызықтар ойынының нысаны" ретінде бейнеленгеніне наразы болды, сонымен қатар рөлдің қайталанатындығын байқады. Ол сондай-ақ шығармашылық тұрғысынан да шектелуін сезінді:
Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway (October 5, 1950 – May 27, 2011)
His father, Charles, His mother, Helen, an actress who went by the stage name Mary Ann Brooks,
He also spent time living with his grandparents in South Carolina, which gave him enough of a Southern accent Conaway remained for the entire run, then toured with the national company of the play Critic's Choice. and later transferred to New York University. He played the role for 2 1/2 years while his friend John Travolta, with whom he shared a manager, later joined the show, playing the supporting role of Doody. The two would reunite in the 1978 motion picture musical Grease, in which Travolta played Zuko and Conaway his buddy Kenickie. He had appeared in an episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show for the same producers, and, he said in 1987, had been considered for the role of John Burns, which eventually went to Randall Carver:
Conaway left Taxi after the third season. Part of the reason was his drug abuse after season one. Conaway was reported at the time to be dissatisfied with being typecast as a "blond bimbo" and the "butt of struggling actor jokes," along with finding the nature of the role repetitive. He also felt creatively stymied:
Таксиден кейін
Конауэй 1983 жылы қысқа ғана өмір сүрген «Wizards and Warriors» фантастикалық пародиялық сериалында ойнады. Ол «Barnaby Jones», «George & Leo» және «Murder, She Wrote» сияқты телешоуларда эпизодтық рөлдерде пайда болды. «Jawbreaker», «Elvira: Mistress of the Dark» және «Do You Wanna Know a Secret?» фильмдерінде ойнады. 1989 жылдан 1990 жылға дейін «Қайратты және әдемі» сериалында Мик Савидж рөлін сомдады. 1993 жылы «Real Life Photographs» қойылымында сахнада өнер көрсетті. 1994 жылдан 1999 жылға дейін сержант, кейін қауіпсіздік басшысы Зак Аллан рөлін ойнады. 2010 жылы «Dante's Hell Animated» атты анимациялық қысқаметражды фильмнің ағылшын тіліндегі нұсқасына дауыс берді (2013 жылы шығарылды), онда ол «Голливудтың легендасы Джефф Конауэй» деп көрсетілген.
Жеке өмір
Оның келіні, Эмерсон Ньютон Джон. Оның үшінші некесі 1990 жылдан 2000 жылға дейін Керри Янгпен болған.