Although she made her next film for only $20,000, it was another classic: 1950’s “The Men,” opposite Marlon Brando in his movie debut.īy 1953, although she was only in her early 30s, Wright moved into character roles, playing Jean Simmons’ mother in George Cukor’s “The Actress.” The ouster might have cost Wright her $125,000 pay, but not her ability to land prestigious roles. “I will gladly work for less if by doing so I can retain the common decency without which the most acclaimed job becomes intolerable,” she told The Times during the wildly public brouhaha more than half a century ago. But he suspended her at various times, and fired her in 1948 for being “uncooperative” when she refused to travel to publicize a movie. Initially understanding about her attitude, Goldwyn told her he was not of “the bathing suit school of Hollywood producers.” He cast her as the wholesome daughter, wife or sweetheart and never the seductress.
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