MovieChat Forums > The Panic in Needle Park (1971) Discussion > Why didn't Kitty Winn get as famous as P...

Why didn't Kitty Winn get as famous as Pacino?


She gave a good, strong performance. I know she looked very Upper-Middle Class, but that face--made me wonder what made her tick. The scene with the dog really got me.

reply

Her work on this was very well received - she won the Best Actress award at that year's Cannes festival. But she had been and remained a New York stage actress. She was interviewed on radio(WNYC's Leonard Lopate show, I think, but I can't find the podcast on his website) a couple of weeks ago and she said she much preferred the way stage players work, in particular the much more extensive rehearsal time available. I still wonder as you do why she didn't get more film work anyway, because given the right director she could have shone.


reply

"Why didn't Kitty Winn get as famous as Pacino?"

She wasn't in The Godfather.


http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=12089049

reply

Maybe it was a personal choice not to get heavily into film acting.

reply

i would like to see more of her work cause as great as pacino was in this movie she is even better, one of the best performances i've ever seen!

reply

I don't know about that, but anyway.....

reply

Well, she was in The Exorcist, she had the chance.

reply

Kitty Winn should have played Kay in The Godfather. Nothing against Diane Keaton, of course.

Dude means nice guy. Dude means a regular sort of person.

reply