Omar Sharif has died. Eric Clapton has denied all involvement.
Hard to realize Dr. Zhivago was a half century ago-what a performance! One of the all time greats!
Bobby Wolff?
I was surprised to see that Omar Sharif was also an actor.
All those scenes in Dr. Zhivago with only his eyes showing made me fall in love with him.
["In 1968, having already played a range of characters from Genghis Khan to a German military officer, [Omar Sharif] was cast as Nicky Arnstein opposite Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl.
The Egyptian government banned the film and was allegedly angry about his playing a Jewish character (the film came out a year after the 1967 war). For his part, he fell in love with Streisand.
Barbara Streisand is said to have quipped that if you thought the Egyptian government was upset, you should have seen the letter she got from her Aunt Rose."](Omar Sharif didn't have to Play a Terrorist)
Umm, my eye would naturally fall on the incredibly handsome man over a gorgeous woman.
Are you saying that you would normally be eying Loren, but you looked at Sharif instead?
That was my reaction when I first saw his bridge column in the newspaper. I saw his photo and thought, “That’s Omar Sharif…the actor. He’s an expert on bridge??”
Being a straight male, yes, I would nornally be ogling Loren. Sharif’s presence on the screen was, however, no less worthy of attention.
RIP, Omar Shariff. May the coffee be made the way you like it…
Oh, there was someone else on screen with him? I hadn’t noticed.
*“Good bye, gawgeous. R.I.P.”
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