Entertainment and Performing Arts
Montanans participate in many aspects of the entertainment and performing arts fields including: acting, animation, directing, and music.
| Name | Lifetime | Montana connection | Comments | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ament, JeffJeff Ament | 1963–present | Born in Havre; raised in Big Sandy; attended college and resides in Missoula | Bassist of Pearl Jam | |
| Cooper, GaryGary Cooper | 1901–1961 | Born and raised on a ranch near Helena | Actor who specialized in westerns; nominated for five Academy Awards and won twice for Sergeant York (1942) and High Noon (1952) | |
| Lynch, DavidDavid Lynch | 1946–present | Born in Missoula | Film and television director; nominated for four Academy Awards | |
| Raye, MarthaMartha Raye | 1916–1994 | Born in Butte | Actress; standards singer; nurse; strong supporter of American military; toured with the United Service Organizations (USO) during World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War; only woman buried in the Special Forces cemetery at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and was buried with full military honors there though never on active duty; known as "Colonel Maggie" to the American military; an honorary Green Beret; awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1993 for her lifetime support to the American military |
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Famous quotes containing the words performing arts, entertainment and, performing and/or arts:
“More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.”
—Uta Hagen (b. 1919)
“Huck was always willing to take a hand in any enterprise that offered entertainment and required no capital, for he had a troublesome superabundance of that sort of time which is not money.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her own tail? If you could look with her eyes, you might see her surrounded with hundreds of figures performing complex dramas, with tragic and comic issues, long conversations, many characters, many ups and downs of fate,—and meantime it is only puss and her tail.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Most arts require long study and application; but the most useful art of all, that of pleasing, requires only the desire.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)