Character actor Charles Durning, appeared in "Tootsie,” "Dog Day Afternoon” and “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.” The latter earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, a feat he duplicated a year later in “To Be or Not to Be.” He won a Tony for his role as Big Daddy in a 1989 revival of "Cat on Hot Tin Roof," and he was awarded the Screen Actors Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008.
