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Lee Remick (1935-1991) is an Oscar® nominated American actress and director. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the 1962 film Days of Wine and Roses, and for the 1966 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her Broadway theatre performance in Wait Until Dark. Her IMDb page shows over 72 acting credits from 1953 to 1989. This page will rank Lee Remick movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences and get some award recognition.
Lee Remick Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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Best IMDb Trivia On Lee Remick
1. Lee Ann Remick was born in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1935.
2. Lee Remick’s role in Anatomy of a Murder (1959) was intended for Lana Turner, who got fired when she insisted that her off-the-rack costumes, (suitable for the part of an Army wife), be designed by splashy Jean Louis.
3. Jack Lemmon, who played Lee Remick’s husband in Days of Wine and Roses (1962), was her favorite co-star.
4. Lee Remick declared These Thousand Hills (1959) was the least favorite of her films.
5. In 1962, Lee Remick, who was with 20th Century Fox, briefly replaced the excessively tardy Marilyn Monroe on the film Something’s Got to Give (1962). Lee never got past a few wardrobe fittings. Dean Martin, the film’s co-star, refused to work with anyone but Marilyn and threatened to quit. As a result, Marilyn was brought back. The project was eventually scrapped.
Check out Lee Remick’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
I’ve seen 6 of the 27 films on the chart, they are – The Omen, The Medusa Touch, The Satan Bug, Telefon, The Hallelujah Trail and Anatomy of a Murder.
The Omen, by far, my favorite of the Lee Remick films I’ve seen. The Medusa Touch was interesting but should have been a lot better, Richard Donner should have directed that too. It’s been a few years since I last saw The Satan Bug, based on an Alistair MacLean novel, ditto Telefon. The Hallelujah Trail was a rubbish comedy western which wasn’t funny and went on for too long.
Two lengthy Jimmy Stewart movies came out in 1959 – The FBI Story and Anatomy of a Murder, both were overblown and overrated in my opinion.
Good stuff Bruce. Thanks for the video share. Vote Up!
It seems that “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” because I vividly remember my Jimmy giving a press conference back in 1959 in which he said how proud he was of Anatomy of a Murder and how pleased he was of its financial success. It had just won a prestigious award of the times.
I agree with you about FBI Story, which if I recall correctly was more like a political propaganda documentary and/or an FBI recruit training film than a normal movie; I’m sure J Edgar loved it. Such stuff was par for the course in the “red scare” fifties. Last night in fact I watched a TV repeat of 1952’s Thunder in the East. A political warlord and his bandits [whom audiences are mean to identify with The Reds] are trying to break into a hotel compound in India following independence from Britain.
An anti-‘Communist’ priest and freedom-loving Westerners including a supposed-English Rose [but actually Scottish as she was played by Deborah Kerr] are holed-up in the hotel for fear of their lives. After a long siege the ‘Reds’ finally break down the doors of the sanctuary; but those poor ‘Commies’ would have been better off had they failed because they never got inside. As soon as the doors collapsed, the ‘Reds’ were mowed down like ninepins: Ladd had all the while been standing on the other side of the doors with a machine gun waiting for them – “Will you come into my parlor,” said the spider to the fly. [Ironically production of Thunder in the East had been delayed while Laddie its star completed the western RED Mountain, in which Ladd is also under siege from Red-type scoundrels – this time REd Indians manipulated by renegade whites!
“Reds look out Ladd’s about!”
“Reds hide down Ladd’s in town!”
Ah, the strong macho posters we got in those far off days of yesteryear would put into the shade some of the wimpish offerings we get today!
Hey Bob. First all…we agree on something, we agree on something..stop the presses. Even more impressive all three of us (you, me and Steve) agree on FBI Story. If J. Edgar Hoover were still alive we would all end up in one of his files…lol. Great memory of James Stewart and his thoughts on An Anatomy of a Murder. In my mind, one of Stewart’s last really good movies. Good stuff as always.
HI TEACH It’s great that in relation to FBI Story there is unity of opinion among The Big 3 [well, make that The Big 2 and a Half: you, Steve and me respectively]. However it would be a dull world for me at least if we agreed ALL the time. At times I argue with you not with complete conviction but for a bit of fun or simply to lure Steve out of his cage!
Indeed you have in my view such vast knowledge of the movie world and such a great capacity for incisive analysis relating to it that it would be a naïve viewer indeed who would not at least seriously consider ANY viewpoint you expressed about films. And I do agree with you too about Anatomy of a Murder. In fact for me my Jimmy made just two satisfactory films after that one: Liberty Valance and Shenandoah [84% and 75% from you].
There is indeed little doubt in my own mind that my Jimmy’s biggest period was the 1950s when he made a string of fine westerns in tandem with classics of other genres such as Rear Window, Vertigo and Glenn Miller. Although he was 11th in 1949 it was not until 1950 that he made an impression in the Quigley top 10, but almost owned it throughout that decade.
I must confess though that just as I disliked the younger Al Leach of the screwball comedies*** but warmed to the more mature Archibald of the 1950s and 1960’s, the young gawky Stewart of the 1930s and 1940s never appealed too much to me and it was in particular the run of westerns that he made with Anthony Mann from 1950-1955 that turned me into a massive fan of Jimmy – Winchester 73, Bend of the River, The Naked Spur, The Far Country and The Man from Laramie, which 5 movies have a high Cogerson averagr review rating of 83.4% Bend of River and Far Country, alongside Shane, are probably my fave all-time westerns.
***The great thinkers among the film historians [ie the Joels] opine that when the Hayes Code placed almost unbearable limits, even for those days, on the expression of sexuality on the screen [with husbands often having to be seen sleeping in separate beds from their own wives – though in Bill Powell’s case that may well have been HIS choice!] Hollywood sought subtle ways round the Code to continue to portray in films at least some semblance of normal healthy sexual interest and one of their devices was the screwball comedy. If that analysis is accurate then Archibald Alexander Leach must be one of the greatest sex symbols in film history – move over Valentino and Elvis!
Hey Steve. Good thoughts on Lee Remick. Tally count: Me 13, Flora12 and you 6. Pretty sure I saw Telefon in theaters with parents. My mom is a big Charles Bronson fan. I agree with you on The Hallelujah Trail. I also agree with you on FBI Story…but I think higher on Anatomy of a Murder. Good stuff as always.
Lee Remick was never on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. These are the actors on the list she appeared with.
28 TREVOR HOWARD Hennessy (1975)
36 ROD STEIGER Hennessy (1975)
36 ROD STEIGER No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
40 ROBERT DUVALL The Detective (1968)
41 MICHAEL HORDERN The Medusa Touch (1978)
57 ORSON WELLES The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
71 RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH A Severed Head (1970)
71 RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH Loot (1970)
75 DONALD PLEASENCE Telefon (1977)
75 DONALD PLEASENCE The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
79 BRUCE DERN Wild River (1960)
90 MARTIN LANDAU The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
94 PAUL NEWMAN Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)
94 PAUL NEWMAN The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
102 RIP TORN A Face in the Crowd (1957)
104 HARRY ANDREWS The Medusa Touch (1978)
127 BURT LANCASTER The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
128 DAVID WARNER The Omen (1976)
133 IAN HOLM A Severed Head (1970)
144 FERNANDO REY The Ballad of the Running Man (1963)
175 BEN GAZZARA Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
181 JAMES COBURN Hard Contract (1969)
182 BURGESS MEREDITH Hard Contract (1969)
218 GEORGE SEGAL No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
224 JACQUELINE BISSET The Detective (1968)
232 ANGELA LANSBURY The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
258 DEREK JACOBI The Medusa Touch (1978)
264 JAMES GARNER The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
273 CLAIRE BLOOM A Severed Head (1970)
297 HENRY FONDA Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)
299 RICHARD BURTON The Medusa Touch (1978)
302 GREGORY PECK The Omen (1976)
305 JOSEPH COTTEN A Delicate Balance (1973)
308 GLENN FORD Experiment in Terror (1962)
341 CHARLES BRONSON Telefon (1977)
352 BRIAN KEITH The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
400 KIM CATTRALL Tribute (1980)
420 PATRICK STEWART Hennessy (1975)
443 SAM WANAMAKER The Competition (1980)
451 CLIVE REVILL A Severed Head (1970)
465 STUART WHITMAN These Thousand Hills (1959)
467 PAUL FIX Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)
481 KAREN BLACK Hard Contract (1969)
502 JACK LEMMON Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
502 JACK LEMMON Tribute (1980)
521 ROYAL DANO These Thousand Hills (1959)
544 MICHAEL BYRNE TELEFON (1977)
544 MICHAEL BYRNE THE MEDUSA TOUCH (1978)
547 RICHARD DREYFUSS The Competition (1980)
555 WALTER MATTHAU A Face in the Crowd (1957)
566 LILLI PALMER Hard Contract (1969)
580 CLIFTON JAMES Experiment in Terror (1962)
687 FRANK SINATRA The Detective (1968)
691 DUB TAYLOR The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
708 JOHN DEHNER The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
743 LEO MCKERN THE OMEN (1976)
746 RICHARD JOHNSON Hennessy (1975)
805 CHARLES LANE The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
808 RICHARD JAECKEL Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)
812 GEORGE C. SCOTT Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
846 MARTIN BENSON THE OMEN (1976)
869 RICHARD ANDERSON The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
904 JACK ALBERTSON DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES (1962)
907 STROTHER MARTIN Sanctuary (1961)
909 JAMES STEWART Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
935 STERLING HAYDEN Hard Contract (1969)
949 DORIS ROBERTS NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY (1968)
966 JIM BACKUS The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
996 CLAUDE DAUPHIN Hard Contract (1969)
HM (972) GORDON JACKSON THE MEDUSA TOUCH (1978)
HM (994) PHILIP STONE THE MEDUSA TOUCH (1978)
Lee acted with 19 Oscar winners.
BURT LANCASTER The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
FRANK SINATRA The Detective (1968)
GEORGE C. SCOTT Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
GREGORY PECK The Omen (1976)
HENRY FONDA Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)
JACK ALBERTSON DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES (1962)
JACK LEMMON Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
JACK LEMMON Tribute (1980)
JAMES COBURN Hard Contract (1969)
JAMES STEWART Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
JOANNE WOODWARD The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
KATHARINE HEPBURN A Delicate Balance (1973)
MARTIN LANDAU The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
PATRICIA NEAL A Face in the Crowd (1957)
PAUL NEWMAN Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)
PAUL NEWMAN The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
PAUL SCOFIELD A Delicate Balance (1973)
RICHARD DREYFUSS The Competition (1980)
ROBERT DUVALL The Detective (1968)
ROD STEIGER Hennessy (1975)
ROD STEIGER No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
WALTER MATTHAU A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Hey Dan. Good trivia lists on Lee Remick. The first list does not show many frequent Oracle co-stars. Her second list is below average compared to other actresses. With her peak being pretty short….I guess this was to be expected. Thanks as always for putting these lists together.
She worked with other oscar winner in her tv work, both before her theatrical debut between 53 and 57 as well as after her move to england in 68 where she used to work in british films and tv and in american tv movies and mini series.
I have seen 12 Lee Remick movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Anatomy of a Murder.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Sometimes a Great Notion.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Telefon.
Favourite Lee Remick Movies:
The Long Hot Summer
Experiment in Terror
The Detective
Lee Reick did a lot of movies I admire but find difficult to watch or are not a favourite subject matter. Therefore, the first four movies in my “other” films are all highly regarded.
Other Lee Remick Movies I Have Seen:
Anatomy of a Murder
The Omen
Days of Wine and Roses
A Face in the Crowd
The Wheeler Dealers
The Hallelujah Trail
The Running Man
Baby, the Rain Must Fall
Telefon
Hey Flora. Thanks for sharing your movie thoughts on Lee Remick. Tally count: 13 for me and 12 for you. I have seen all three of your favorites. I completely understand your point on some of her movies. Many fall in the “one and done movies” category. Good movies but not ones I want to re-watch. Good stuff as always.
” I had been unaware of her Broadway career and success until Bruce mentioned it above – I always learn something [and more often than not much] that is fresh from a Cogerson new page!”
The above extraction from my previous post about Lee was clumsily written and should read “I always learn something fresh from a Cogerson new page; and indeed more often than not I learn a great deal that is new to me.” Apologies for any confusion creaated.
Hey Bob…glad to see you finally seeing, that this website is helping you understand movies better and correctly….lol.
She started acting on stage before cinema and during the period she was on tv between 52 and 57. She debuted on broadway in January 53 in Be your age, shedid repertory with Paint your wagon in 54 and Jenny Kissed me ( her first lead) in 55. She was off Broadway in Top Man in 55 and again in repertory in 56 in the lead in The Seven year itch with Art Carney. Then there was broadway in 64 in the Sodenheim musical Anyone can whistle , the triumph of Wait until Dark with Robert Duvall, repertory in the summer of 65 with Annie get your gun, again in the lead, the lead in Bus Stop in 75 in Edinburgh and in 76 in London both with Keir Dulleia and she originated the role of the journalist in off broadway trials of Agnes of God.
From the mid-1950s thru the early 1960s the Hollywood production line seemed to be working overtime in churning out young, at times Lolita-type, screen temptresses. [Possibly influenced by the relatively juvenile Bardot’s continental success; and the fact that its own legendary female icons like Davis, Crawford, Colbert and The Thin Woman were all ageing.]
I recall that in that period we had one after the other of those ”sex kittens” – Carol [Baby Doll] Baker; Lisa [Manuela] Martinelli; Sue [Lolita herself and Night of the Iguana in which 16 year old Sue even tempts Richard Burton’s former priest] Lyon; and Carol [Harlow] Lynley. Indeed in 1964’s The Carpetbaggers Baker played Rina Marlow a screen sex goddess who was allegedly based on the real-life Harlow.
Initially when I saw the sassy, sexy Lee in Andy Griffith’s A Face in the Crowd and Newman’s The Long Hot Summer I regarded her as simply another outpouring of that production line of screen teasers; but strong dramatic performances in the likes of my Jimmy’s Anatomy of a Murder, Monty Clift’s Wild River and [asLemon’s alcoholic soul mate in] Days of Wine and Roses convinced me that she was well above most of the pack as a dramatic actress.
That is confirmed by her 9 acting awards and 19 nominations which include an Oscar nom; two Golden Globe wins and 4 noms; and 6 Primetime Emmy nominations. Indeed television was a big part of her overall career and between 1954 and 1989 she appeared in 36 TV productions, which total includes many TV movies. I had been unaware of her Broadway career and success until Bruce mentioned it above – I always learn something [and more often than not much] that is fresh from a Cogerson new page!
Cogerson also invariably highlights the strengths and weakness of a star’s box office career and the table above illustrates that Lee never enjoyed a long run of big grossers, but had considerable commercial success with her lead female role in The Omen co-starring the Great Greg. Celebrity Net Worth site says that Lee’s net worth today is $43 million so it’s a fair bet that when she was alive she considered herself highly successful as an actress – despite being completely denied Hirschhorn love! [Who of any serious stature hasn’t?]
Hey Bob…..I thought I was caught up on comments and then I realized I had forgotten all of these Lee Remick comments. Good thoughts on Lee Remick. I liked reading about how your perception of her changed from her teen roles to her critically acclaimed roles. She was denied Joel attention, but gets sometime in the UMR spotlight. Her net worth is a pretty impressive amount. Good stuff as always.