Leo McKern In 1983, McKern was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for his services to the performing arts. He frequently travelled between England and Australia both to visit family and friends, and to appear in various films and plays. As he was frightened of flying, he booked tickets to travel on cargo ships. This gave him time and peace to read scripts and contracts, with the added benefit of feeling he was on holidays. McKern informed his daughter Abigail that he suffered from stage fright, which became harder to control with age. He also worried that his stout frame
Melissa Leo Leo lives in Stone Ridge, New York. In 1987, she had a son, John Matthew "Jack" Heard, with actor and former boyfriend John Heard. She considers director Adam Davenport a "son of sorts". Leo publicly rejected the label of feminist in statements made during a 2012 interview with "Salon": "I don't think of myself as a feminist at all. As soon as we start labeling and categorizing ourselves and others, that's going to shut down the world. I would never say that." She reiterated these sentiments in a 2017 interview. Melissa Leo Melissa Chessington Leo (born September 14, 1960) is