I enjoyed reading Gordon Dean's letter about one of my favourite actresses, Gloria Grahame, who appeared in a number of noir movies in the 1940s and 1950s (Letters, November 28).
He said she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in Crossfire. She actually won a best supporting actress Oscar for The Bad And The Beautiful but is probably best known for The Big Heat, directed by Fritz Lang.
In that film she plays the moll of gangster Lee Marvin, who at one point throws scalding coffee into her face, leaving it terribly scarred.
She returns the favour later in the movie. At the time, the coffee-throwing incident was considered a new low in screen violence.
-Ron Odgers, Hove
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