<strong>Our</strong> <strong>Era</strong> - <strong>Movies</strong>, <strong>Music</strong>, <strong>Radio</strong> & <strong>TV</strong>, 1950‟s <strong>and</strong> 1960‟s.Courtesy Lair, The Voice Of St. Matthews, Lunsford Note, Eastern Alumni Spotlight:BeattyNed Beatty & Margaret Beatty, his Mother1958 & 1961 LairNote from Mickey Lunsford (63): Mrs. Beatty, our lunch room lady was the mother of Ned Beatty the actor. Shewas one of my mother‟s friends <strong>and</strong> we went to Church at Beargrass Christian Church where Ned sang in thechoir.The Voice Of St. Matthews,February 14, 1952Was in the 1955 Eastern High School Class.Courtesy Eastern Alumni SpotlightNed Beatty 1990Poto: Alan Light
<strong>Our</strong> <strong>Era</strong> - <strong>Movies</strong>, <strong>Music</strong>, <strong>Radio</strong> & <strong>TV</strong>, 1950‟s <strong>and</strong> 1960‟s.Courtesy http://nedbeattysings.com/bio.htmlBeattyNed Beatty & Margaret Beatty, his MotherNed Beatty was born in Louisville, Kentucky July <strong>6th</strong>, 1937. His mother MargaretFortney Beatty <strong>and</strong> father, Charles William Beatty had survived the floodthat spring, which was <strong>and</strong> is still the worst flood to inundate Louisville. Thefamily moved to higher ground when Ned was nearly 4. His mother told himyears later that they had finally moved from the rented house they fixed upafter the flood to a home of their own , when , their rent was raised 50 cents amonth to nearly $30. Outrageous. So Ned grew up in St. Matthew's , JeffersonCounty Ky. He was educated in the county school system. They did their best.Singing was probably his favorite subject in school . He also sang in church, atweddings , in a quartet, ( they sang for their supper), the Louisville a cappellachoir, <strong>and</strong> received a scholarship to Transylvania University to sing in theirexcellent a cappella choir, under the direction of Harvey Davis, a gifted musician<strong>and</strong> composer of modern Liturgical music. Ned loved to sing in that choir,but wasn't particularly interested in attending classes in other subjects. So,Transylvania did not extend his scholarship. By the way , if you find yourselfthinking about Vampires, try thinking, First College west of the Appalachians(woods), instead.While studying to play Count Dracula, Ned auditioned for <strong>and</strong> got a job singing in the chorus of an outdoor pageant in Berea,Kentucky. The Show, "Wilderness Road", included acting singing <strong>and</strong> dancing. There were more small parts than therewere small actors, so Ned got a couple of lines to say because he could speak loudly. His quick answer to how he got intoacting has been, " I talked loud".Now to make a long story longer, We use a film technique. Cut to card saying, "50 years later". Ned <strong>and</strong> his wife , S<strong>and</strong>yare spending a lovely evening with Their friends Larry <strong>and</strong> Myrna Bastian. Myrna is one of the best hostesses ever <strong>and</strong> Larryis one of the best song writers of our time, short list ("Rodeo" <strong>and</strong> "Unanswered Prayers") O.K.? After dinner they got tosinging. This included quite a few Hymns. Again cut/ to seagulls flying by/ <strong>and</strong> Larry tells Ned that Ned is going to make aGospel Album.After 200 or so Films <strong>and</strong> <strong>TV</strong> shows Ned finds himself back where he began his career as a performer in 1955. If you wereto ask him how he feels about this turn of events, his answer would most likely be:......What a Blessing. What a ride. Thankyou, LarryNed Beatty spent the first two decades of his career as a stage actor. Since then, he has found his niche as a supporting actor<strong>and</strong> has become one of those performers who seems to appear in every film that is released. In 1976, he was nominated foran Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Network for his portrayal of Arthur Jenson, owner of the fictional UTN network.Beatty also earned 2 Emmy nominations for his numerous television movie <strong>and</strong> guest appearances. He appeared on the criticallyacclaimed series Homicide <strong>and</strong> had a recurring role as Dan's dad on the hit show Roseanne.His big screen credits include Nashville (1975), All The President's Men (1976), Superman (1978), Superman II (1980) <strong>and</strong>The Big Easy (1987). In the 1990's, Beatty appeared in Hear My Song (1991) for which he received a Golden Globe nomination,A Prelude to a Kiss (1992), Rudy (1994), He Got Game (1998), Life (1999) <strong>and</strong> Cookie's Fortune (1999). Beattyrecently won critical acclaim for his outst<strong>and</strong>ing performance as groundskeeper Murph in Tom Gilroy's debut film SpringForward (2000). The film also stars Liev Schreiber <strong>and</strong> is unique in that it was shot in sequence over a one year period
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