Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 1966
Julie Christie Darling 1966
SEX WORKER ROLE
Daisy Battles in Young Cassidy 1965
Constance Miller in McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971
Oscar Nominated For Playing A Prostitute
Both Characters Are Prostitutes
Julie Christie in Young Cassidy 1965 and McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971
“Young Cassidy” depicts the early life of playwright Sean O’Casey. Julie Christie plays Daisy Battles, a prostitute who is clinging to Sean. Unfortunately for Daisy, she represents the life Sean O’Casey is trying to escape from. The part is so inconsequential; Julie doesn’t have much to do in this film.
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Julie’s portrayal of Constance Miller plays a much more substantial role in “McCabe & Mrs. Miller.” Her character arrives in a town looking for work. Noticing a brothel in operation, she approaches the owner, the McCabe in the title, with a proposition—pitching that she could run the business better and more profitably than he can. McCabe takes her up on her offer, and soon, business is booming.
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