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Article: Jennifer Jason Leigh plays Dorothy Parker to kudos but no Oscar nomination. (Originated from The Virginian-Pilot)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- February 23, 1995
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She looks as tiny and as fragile as a child who has just been asked to give a school report on the meaning of life.
Jennifer Jason Leigh, 32, is thinking back to the role of Dorothy Parker, the writer and wit who was a prominent part of the famous Algonquin Round Table in the New York City of the 1920s.
With her head almost completely shaven, she looks like Joan of Arc. She wavers. She whines. She gropes for just the right words. Searching for Dorothy Parker was a magnificent, exquisite torture. Acting, to Jennifer Jason Leigh, is a total commitment.
That commitment can be seen in ``Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle,'' a movie that traces four decades ...