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Geraldine's fine performance in film, "Sweet Bird of Youth," won her an Oscar nomination.
to perform. Finally Quintero offered to
cast her in a play. There was only one
problem for Geraldine: it meant giving
up her job in the negligee factory.'
"How much can you pay?" she inquired.
"I am afraid only ten dollars a week,"
Quintero told her.
Geraldine was making $45 a week at
Mamma Weinberg's, the most money she
had ever earned in her life. Her teeth
needed fixing more than ever, and she
just couldn't afford to give up her job.
"So I turned it down," she recalls wist
fully, "with tears in my eyes and a prom
ise to call' him if I ever got fired."
When she went to work the following
morning, Mamma Weinberg told her that
the negligee season was over and that she
would let her know in the spring if she
could use her again. Mamma expected
Geraldine to cry but instead she laughed
and threw her arms around her.
"I felt I had done my duty to maturity
by staying on the job," Geraldine said.
"When I was fired, I ran to the phone
and asked Jose if he had given the part
to anyone else. He hadn't"
To supplement her income until her
salary was raised to $25 a week, and later
to $75, she sold Christmas cards and did
other part-time jobs. But not for long.
The play in which she appeared was
"Summer and Smoke," and her character
ization of Alma in it brought her to the
attention of every critic and producer in
town. From then on, Geraldine could
write her own ticket, both on Broadway
and in Hollywood, where she has appeared
in "Hondo" and "Summer and Smoke" as
well as "Sweet Bird of Youth." Her next
film is "Toys in the Attic."
In spite of her success, Geraldine re
mains a comparatively shy person when
it comes to discussing herself. When I
tried to analyze the Midwestern influence
on her life, she smiled sweetly but said:
"That's none of your business."
She still is reluctant to talk about her
two marriages. When she lived in Chicago,
she was married briefly to a young actor
,who suffered a tragic death. She wouldn't
go into details. In New York, she became
the wife of violinist Alexander Schneider
of the Budapest String Quartet After
three years, this marriage ended in divorce
in 1957. Nowadays, her name is linked
most often with actor Rip Torn.
Geraldine readily admits that actresses
have difficulty being married, particu
larly to actors. Nevertheless, she is con
vinced an actress, should not avoid en
tanglements. "A good actress can't live in
an ivory tower," she insists. "As for me,
I know it isn't going to be easy, but I
want to get married again, and I want a
family. And no matter what you think, I
feel I can make a go of it."
Yet it is obvious that her devotion to
acting is all-consuming. An acquaintance
of Geraldine's insists: "She's too wrapped
up in her career ever to give it less than
her full attention. She may say that she
is willing to give up acting if it stood
in the way of a happy marriage, but I
don't think she, could for long."
As I recall, Geraldine never really said
she would.
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