He may not have been nominated for his acting in that particular role but from there, Rickman's career launched into the stratosphere after he accepted the villainous role of Hans Gruber in the 1988 film 'Die Hard,' which was followed by a series of antagonistic characters and leading roles in 'Galaxy Quest' and 'Sense and Sensibility' before he accepted a role as Snape in 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' in 2001. Summary Winner, 1987 Pulitizer Prize Set in rural Ohio several years after the. The production ran for 149 shows, earning the writer Christopher Hampton a Tony nomination for Best Show and the director Howard Davies a Tony win for Best Direction. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the National Book Award.

Rickman originated the role in 1985 with the Royal Shakespeare Company, but the Broadway performance debuted on this day 36 years ago. Toni Morrison’s Beloved was published in 1987. Instead, seven years after the tragic passing of the beloved actor, the daily homepage doodle focuses on the anniversary of one of Rickman's lesser-known roles: his 1987 performance of anti-hero Vicomte de Valmont in the Broadway play 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses,' which was instrumental in launching his career. Today's Google Doodle celebrates the iconic actor Alan Rickman - but not for his infamous role as Severus Snape in the 'Harry Potter' franchise. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Inspired by the real-life story of a runaway African American enslaved woman named Margaret Garner, who killed her own daughter to prevent her capture and enslavement, Beloved tells the story of Sethe, a runaway enslaved woman who takes her daughter’s life in the same manner. Morrisons magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel-first published in 1987-brings the unimaginable experience of slavery into the literature of today and.

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