Mildred Dunnock of roles in Broadway productions during the 1930s, Dunnock won praise for her performance as a Welsh school teacher in "The Corn is Green" in 1940. The 1945 film version marked her screen debut. During the 1940s she performed mainly on stage, in such dramas as "Another Part of the Forest" (1946) and "Death of a Salesman" (1949) and in the musical "Lute Song" (1946). In 1947, Dunnock became a founding member of the Actors Studio. Dunnock reprised her "Salesman" role in the 1951 film version. She originated the role of Big Mama in the Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a
Common starling Common starling The common starling ("Sturnus vulgaris"), also known as the European starling, or in the British Isles just the starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about long and has glossy black plumage with a metallic sheen, which is speckled with white at some times of year. The legs are pink and the bill is black in winter and yellow in summer; young birds have browner plumage than the adults. It is a noisy bird, especially in communal roosts and other gregarious situations, with an unmusical but varied song. Its gift for mimicry