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
Bird strike Bird strike A bird strike—sometimes called birdstrike, bird ingestion (for an engine), bird hit, or bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH)—is a collision between an airborne animal (usually a bird or bat) and a manmade vehicle, especially an aircraft. The term is also used for bird deaths resulting from collisions with structures such as power lines, towers and wind turbines (see Bird–skyscraper collisions and Towerkill). Bird strikes are a significant threat to flight safety, and have caused a number of accidents with human casualties. There are over 13,000 bird strikes annually in the US alone. However, the number of major accidents