Theresa Russell

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Theresa Lynn Russell (bornTheresa Lynn Paup on March 20, 1957) is an American actress.

Russell made her film debut in The Last Tycoon (1976), followed by a lead role in Straight Time (1978).

She was then cast in Nicolas Roeg's tumultuous thriller Bad Timing (1980), which earned her critical acclaim.

She appeared in several films directed by him, including Eureka (1983), Insignificance (1985), and Cold Heaven (1991). Russell appeared in Whore and Kafka, both appearing in 1991.

Russell appeared in the box-office hit thriller Wild Things (1998), appeared in the critically acclaimed film The Believer (2001), and later in the 2000s, appeared in the HBO miniseries Empire Falls (2005) and appeared in Spider-Man 3 (2007).

Early life

Russell was born in San Diego, California, the eldest of three children to teenage mother Carole Platt (née Mall) and Jerry Russell Paup. Russell's parents divorced when she was five years old, and her father moved to Mexico when she was five years old. Russell's mother remarried and moved the family to Los Angeles County, where Russell was raised primarily in Burbank. She has two half-siblings who she passed from her mother's marriage to her stepfather. Russell has said she grew up in poverty and that her family was always in need of food stamps to survive. She had a turbulent relationship with her stepfather, whom she described as "hideous," "incapable," and "an asshole," and "an asshole," and by age 13, she had started testing with recreational drugs. Russell wrote about how bad it was for actors in 1991, despite her youth. That was just my life. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't terrible. How difficult can it be if you're free, white, and over 21? "Get over it."

Russell was approached by a photographer who suggested she model while walking on a Los Angeles street at age fourteen while a Burbank High School student. Russell, who was only interested in exploiting her, demanded that she meet her mother first, which she obliged. She then began modeling for a fashion photographer who was a friend of her mother. "I ended up having what I think now was a long, almost like a Lolita/Humbert Humbert relationship with him." But without the sex, it was not clear." He was adoring my life with me and took a lot of photos of me. He's come round and we'll go off and shoot pictures up in the mountains."

Russell dropped out of high school at 16 and joined a 28-year-old boyfriend who worked as a primal scream therapy, whom she later described as "one of the most fucked-up people I've ever encountered." At the age of 17, she enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Institute in West Hollywood to study acting.

Russell met photographer Peter Douglas, son of Kirk Douglas, who introduced her to film producer Sam Spiegel in 1975, who introduced her to film producer Sam Spiegel in 1975. Spiegel was a student at the University of On the day, she was beginning to film F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon, directed by Elia Kazan and adapted for the screen by Harold Pinter. Russell was suggested that she audition for the role of Cecilia Brady, the daughter of a studio executive (played by Robert Mitchum), a part in which she was eventually cast.

Russell talked about his ambivalence in a retrospective interview, saying: "Sam [Spiegel] adored to be seen with child-girls on his arm. I was 16 years old and still living at home, and he took me to the Bistro and tried to stick my tongue down my throat. "He hoped to buy and sell people." "Sam suggested she," Kazan recalled, reciting: "She was corroborated." I had strong reservations and observed some values, but there were still more drawbacks. It was obvious to me, and later conversations with Theresa that Sam had tried to lure her into his bed for a long time." Russell said, before shooting the film, Spiegel tried to get her to sign a deal that placed her under his custody for a nine-year term. "I wasn't a bimbo," she remembered. "I called a lawyer." Sam was tumultuous. He said he'd like to see that I got no money in the movie. And to this day, if you ever see any advertisements for The Last Tycoon, my name is in teensy-weensy fashion. I was largely left out of the movie's publicity. He was unrelenting. 'If I sign your deal, what if I want to do some other picture?' In the South of France,' you'll have to come to my boat,' he said.

Yeah, and what happens then?"

Russell was depicted as a struggling young woman who becomes associated with a criminal in the drama Straight Time earlier this year. "Miss Russell, who was so good in The Last Tycoon, is an extremely popular actress with a sense of modernity, but she seems so sophisticated, so understated-chic," the film's writer wrote. Russell appeared in the miniseries Blind Ambition for CBS, a biographical drama focusing on the Watergate affair, in which she portrayed Mauen Dean, the wife of White House counsel John Dean (played by Martin Sheen).

Russell was later portrayed in Bad Timing (1980), Milena Flaherty, a young American living in Vienna who has fallen into a dysfunctional relationship with a psychoanalyst (played by Art Garfunkel). Russell was the first of six films to appear in directed by English filmmaker Nicolas Roeg, with whom she began a friendship after finishing filming. Following its release, Bad Timing was criticized for its graphic representation of sexuality and rape, though Russell's performance was lauded by critic Roger Ebert, who wrote: "If there is a reason to see this film, it is the performance by Theresa Russell (who was Dustin Hoffman's lover in Straight Time). She is only 22 or 23, but her appearance is remarkably strong. She will be in higher films, I hope, and she will be the only one not ashamed of this one.

Russell became Roeg's muse, and the two were married in Westminster, London, in February 1982. Statten (born 1983) and Maximillian (born 1985), the couple's first two sons, and they mainly lived in Notting Hill, although Russell maintained a residence in Los Angeles. Russell appeared in Roeg's Bad Timing in a dialogue with Daria Nicolodi's character in the giallo film Tenebre (1982), directed by Dario Argento. In Nicolas Roeg's drama Eureka (1983), she played the daughter of a Klondike prospector, played by Gene Hackman.

Russell appeared in John Byrum's The Razor's Edge, an extension of the W. Somerset Maugham novel of the same name in which she co-starred with Bill Murray. The film was a financial loss, grossing less than $2 million against its $13 million budget.

Marilyn Monroe was then portrayed in Roeg's experimental alternate history film Insignificance (1985), based on Terry Johnson's film Insignificance (1985), in which she appeared opposite Gary Busey and Tony Curtis. Russell described the position as "very challenging" because at first I didn't want to do it. That was a pile of horseshit I didn't want to step into. Everyone had these preconceived plans, but I didn't want [to do] a caricature. It was also really difficult to get my head around that. "She doesn't really look very much like Monroe in the film," critic Roger Ebert wrote about her role in the film: "She doesn't appear to be very much like Monroe." The blond hair and the red lips are present, as is the demeanor, which has been imitated so often and so tragic that the imitators claim that Monroe was a special case. Russell isn't imitated. She develops her role from the ground up, and it helps to keep the film together.

Nude 17th June 1984 #10 is the subject of a photocollage by David Hockney entitled Nude 17th June 1984 #10.

Russell gained fame in 1987 for her portrayal of Catharine Peterson, a serial killer who seduces and murders wealthy men in Bob Rafelson's noir thriller Black Widow, co-starring Debra Winger. Russell's performance received accolades, but The New York Times' Vincent Canby wrote that Russell's "clear-eyed sweetness... gives the homicidal Catharine" a new sense of meaning. She appeared in a Nicolas Roeg-directed segment (a film version of the opera Un ballo in maschera) of the anthology film Aria last year. In 1984, she appeared in Roeg's Track 29 (1988), playing a young Southern woman who encounters a nefarious British drifter played by Gary Oldman. "Russell," Roger Ebert, who has escaped many of Roeg's films, looks at home in this tangled world, and [she and Oldman] work their characters into an orgy of mutual laceration."

Russell appeared as a public defender in the crime drama Physical Evidence (1988), starring Burt Reynolds and directed by Michael Crichton, next. Critics generally disagreed with the film, with some, including Rita Kempley of The Washington Post, pointing out Russell's conduct as a primary fault. In his review of Russell's film, Roger Ebert, who had previously supported many of Russell's roles, said that she and Reynolds only lacked chemistry.

Russell appeared in Sondra Locke's Impulse in 1990, in which she portrayed a cop who is drawn into the world of prostitution while posing undercover as a prostitute in Los Angeles. Russell appeared in Ken Russell's satirical drama Whore (1991), based on David Hines' script. Russell's appearance was lauded by critics and journalists alike, but The New York Times and Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times praised the film's success. In Steven Soderbergh's Kafka (1991), a black-and-white surrealist adaptation of several Franz Kafka stories, she was cast in a lead role opposite Jeremy Irons. Russell was miscast in his role, according to Newsweek's David Ansen. She and her husband Roeg co-produced Cold Heaven (also 1991), starring Mark Harmon as a woman whose husband miraculously rises from the dead.

Russell was the narrator of the British drama Being Human (1994), starring Robin Williams, and The Grotesque (1995), starring Alan Bates and Sting.

Russell was later cast in the neo-noir drama Wild Things (1998), portraying Denise Richards' mother. The film was a hit in the box office and went on to create a fanbase.

Russell appeared in the crime drama Luckytown (2001), a Henry Bean script and directed film starring Ryan Gosling as a Jewish man who becomes a neo-Nazi, and after being cast in The Believer (2001), a crime drama written and directed by Henry Bean, starring Ryan Gosling as a neo-Nazi. At the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, the film was critically acclaimed and received the Special Jury Prize—Drama.

Russell appeared in low-budget and independent films, including The House Next Door (2002), Now & Forever (2002), and The Box (2003). Charlene was played by the actress in the HBO mini-series Empire Falls in 2005, opposite Ed Harris. She appeared in Emma Marko's supporting role as Flint Marko's wife (Thomas Haden Church). Spider-Man 3 was a huge box office hit, grossing over $900 million worldwide. She appeared in the independent drama Jolene, starring Jessica Chastain, for a year, and she had a minor role in Scarlett Johansson's character in the romantic comedy He's Just Not That Into You (2009), but her scenes were later cut from the film.

Sara Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor's mother, was depicted by Lindsay Lohan in the Lifetime television film Liz & Dick in 2012. She appeared on Delete as a guest on the miniseries.

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1976–1980: Career beginnings

Russell met photographer Peter Douglas, the son of Kirk Douglas, who introduced her to film producer Sam Spiegel in 1975, who introduced her to film producer Sam Spiegel in 1975. Spiegel was starting production of a film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon, directed by Elia Kazan and adapted for the screen by Harold Pinter at the time. Russell was supposed to audition for the role of Cecilia Brady, the daughter of a studio executive (played by Robert Mitchum), a role in which she was later cast.

Russell reflected on the ambivalence experience, saying, "Sam [Spiegel] loved to be seen with child-girls on his arm," he said in a retrospective interview. I was 16 years old and still living at home, and my husband took me to the Bistro and tried to stick my tongue into my throat. He believed he could buy and sell people." "Sam suggested it," Kazan responded, recalling: "Sam suggested her." I had a lot of reservations and saw some values in some cases, but there were still more drawbacks. It was obvious to me, and later conversations with Theresa that Sam had, for a long time, tried to coerce her into his bed." Russell said, prior to shooting the film, Spiegel attempted to have her sign a deal that put her under his custody for a nine-year period. "I was not a bimbo," she said. "I called a solicitor." Sam was agitated. He said he'll see to it that I get no credit in the film, so he'll see to it. And to this day, if you ever see any commercial for The Last Tycoon, I would say it is of a teensy-weensy kind. I was completely left out of the film's hype. He was unrelenting. I asked him, 'What if I sign your deal?' I asked him, "If I want to do something in another picture?' In the South of France, he said, "You'll have to come to my boat."

Yeah, and what happens then?"

Russell was cast as a struggling young woman who becomes associated with a criminal after finishing The Last Tycoon last year (played by Dustin Hoffman) in the drama Straight Time. In his review of Russell, "Miss Russell, who was so good in The Last Tycoon, is an incredibly popular actress, but she seems so chic that she suggests an upper-class girl whose route will cross Max's only at the beach or perhaps in a singles bar." Russell appeared in the CBS miniseries Blind Ambition, a biographical drama focusing on the Watergate affair in which she played Maurie Dean, the wife of White House Counsel John Dean (played by Martin Sheen).

Russell was later cast as Milena Flaherty, a young American woman living in Vienna who enters a dysfunctional friendship with a psychoanalyst (played by Art Garfunkel) in Bad Timing (1980). Russell would begin acting in a film directed by English filmmaker Nicolas Roeg, whom she began a friendship with after completing filming. Bad Timing came under fire for its graphic representation of sexuality and rape, however Russell's role was lauded by critic Roger Ebert, who wrote: "If there is any reason to watch this film, it is because of Theresa Russell's portrayal of sexuality and rape," he wrote. She is only 22, or 23, but her results are overwhelmingly impressive. I hope she will be in better films and she will be the only one not ashamed of this one."

Russell became Roeg's muse, and the two were married in Westminster, London, in February 1982. Statten (born 1983), Maximillian (born 1985), and Stewart (born 1985) and Wendell (1985) married in Notting Hill, although Russell maintained a residence in Los Angeles. Russell appeared in Roeg's Bad Timing as the English audio dubbing of Daria Nicolodi's character in the giallo film Tenebre (1982), directed by Dario Argento. In Nicolas Roeg's 'Ethnic Ka (1983), she played the daughter of a Klondike prospector, played by Gene Hackman.

Russell appeared in John Byrum's The Razor's Edge, an adaptation of the W. Somerset Maugham book of the same name in which she co-starred with Bill Murray the following year. The film was a financial loss, grossing under $2 million against its $13 million budget.

Marilyn Monroe portrayed Marilyn Monroe in Roeg's experimental alternate history film Insignificance (1985), based on Terry Johnson's play Insignificance (1985), in which she appeared opposite Gary Busey and Tony Curtis. Russell characterized the position as "very demanding" in retrospect, because at first I did not want to do it. That was a pile of horseshit I didn't want to step in. Everybody had these preconceived plans, and I didn't want [to do] a caricature. It was definitely difficult to get my head around." Roger Ebert praised her role in the film by writing: "She doesn't really look like Monroe," says Roger Ebert, but what does it mean?" The blond hair and the red lips are present, as well as the tone, which has been imitated so often and so poor that the imitators determine that Monroe was a special case. Russell does not imitate. She starts from the ground up, and it's a good thing to keep the film together."

Nude 17th June 1984 #10 is the subject of a photocollage by David Hockney entitled Nude 17th.

Russell gained notoriety in 1987 for her role in Bob Rafelson's noir thriller Black Widow, which co-starring Debra Winger. Russell's appearance received accolades; Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote that Russell's "clear-eyed sweetness... gives the homicidal Catharine" a new sense of meaning. She appeared in a Nicolas Roeg-directed segment (a film adaptation of the opera Un ballo in maschera) of the anthology film Aria earlier this year. In 1989, she appeared in Roeg's Track 29 (1988), playing a young Southern woman who encounters a baffling British drifter played by Gary Oldman. "Russell, who has mastered many of Roeg's films (he is her husband), seems at home in this tumultuous setting, and [she and Oldman] work their characters up into a network of mutual laceration," Roger Ebert wrote in a tweet.

Russell played a public defender in the crime drama Physical Evidence (1988), starring Burt Reynolds and directed by Michael Crichton. Critics generally dismissed Russell's performance as a primary fault, with others, such as Rita Kempley of The Washington Post, singling out Russell's appearance as a primary fault. In his analysis of Russell's film, Roger Ebert, who had previously supported many of Russell's roles, suggested that she and Reynolds lacked chemistry.

Russell appeared in Sondra Locke's Impulse in 1990, in which she portrayed a police officer who is lured into prostitution while posing undercover as a prostitute in Los Angeles. Russell played a prostitute in Ken Russell's satirical drama Whore (1991), based on David Hines' play. Russell's role was lauded by critics and the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert. She appeared in a lead role opposite Jeremy Irons in Steven Soderbergh's Kafka (1991), a black-and-white interpretation of several Franz Kafka stories. Russell was miscast in his role, according to Newsweek's David Ansen. She and her husband Roeg appeared in his film Cold Heaven (also 1991), starring Mark Harmon as a woman whose husband miraculously rises from the dead.

Russell was the narrator of the British drama Being Human (1994), starring Robin Williams, and The Grotesque (1995), opposite Alan Bates and Sting.

Russell was also cast in the neo-noir drama Wild Things (1998), portraying Denise Richards' mother. The film was a box office hit and went on to create a cult following.

Russell appeared in the crime drama Luckytown (1999), a Henry Bean-directed drama starring Ryan Gosling as a Jewish man who becomes a neo-Nazi, after being cast in The Believer (2001), a crime drama written and directed by Henry Bean, starring Ryan Gosling as a neo-Nazi. At the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, the film was critically acclaimed and received the Special Jury Prize—Drama.

Russell appeared in low-budget and independent films in the early 2000s, including The House Next Door (2002), Now & Forever (2002), and The Box (2003). She appeared in Charlene in the HBO mini-series Empire Falls in 2005, opposite Ed Harris. She also appeared in Emma Marko's supporting role in Spider-Man 3 as Flint Marko's wife (Thomas Haden Church). Spider-Man 3 was a huge box office success, grossing almost $900 million worldwide. She appeared in Jolene, starring Jessica Chastain, and she also appeared in the romantic comedy He's Just Not That Bothered (2009), although her scenes were eventually deleted from the film.

Sara Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor's mother, was played by Lindsay Lohan in the Lifetime television film Liz & Dick in 2012. She appeared as a guest on the miniseries Delete the following year.

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