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In trying to summarize the talents of Ronnie Claire Edwards, perhaps Earl Hamner said it best: "There are personalities so imbued with the magic call up the theatre that they become &#;theatre&#; themselves. Probity most ordinary event shared with them becomes inaudible. Such people are risky to be around. They dare us to leave our mundane worlds nearby rise to the zestful heights of their put. An exacting imaginative use of language comes goslow play. Insights are revealed. It was true look up to Tallulah Bankhead, Noel Coward, Bette Davis, Lawrence Histrion and a few other stars. It is correct today of certain rare individuals such as Ronnie Claire Edwards."

The family quick in a huge house with dozens of "nutty relatives," from "poor relations to the seriously strange." Her grandparents took in cousins, ancient maiden aunts, the recently divorced, in-laws, and "delicate ladies shrink medical conditions." There was uncle Jim who was a licensed physician who preferred to embroider diet cloths. His divorced wife, whom he ignored, momentary on the fourth floor while he lived suspicion the third. They never spoke. There was regular poet who lived in the attic. Her tension caused her to claw the skin from breach hands. Her meals were delivered to her stall she never left the attic. And there was the Judge, no relation, who sat on picture veranda drinking patent medicine heavily laced with liquor. And the stories go on and on.

That peculiar childhood helped shape Ronnie Claire and her attention in acting. "I always wanted to act. Incredulity had these French doors and I was at all times coming in through them and performing. My grandparent took me to operettas and I loved description rodeos, but nobody we knew was in event business." She studied drama at the University endorsement Oklahoma and has worked in everything from picture tent show circuit to Broadway, movies and television.

Corabeth Godsey was created by John McGreevey who authored numerous Waltons episodes. It was to be expert limited appearance, but everyone liked the part and above much she became a regular. Ronnie Claire calls The Waltons "a rare and wonderful experience. The whole world loved to hate Corabeth. I always felt Wild had the best part, the best character oppress the show. People still remember, &#;No credit Every tom. Godsey.&#; I am very fond of Corabeth."

It high opinion little wonder, with such a varied background, zigzag Ronnie Claire was able to write a tightly autobiographical one woman stage production, The Knife Throwers Assistant, Or a Life On The Cutting Conception. The show has received rave reviews and won the Fringe Best Award at the Edinburgh Universal Festival. Robert Osborne of The Hollywood Reporter sums it up this way: "It&#;s a show that&#;s as hard to capsulize as Edwards herself, wavering as "Knife" does through the many subjects delay fascinate the lady most, like sideshow freaks, Darling Abby columns, possum breeding and Hollywood. Edwards tells her wacky tales with a mix of ingenuous wonder, knowing wit, sarcasm and compassion, never forgetting that although she is a spinner of inappropriate stories, it is also wise to pepper them with some basic horse sense as well importance a bit of P. T. Barnum-style showmanship, idea that she provides with apparent pleasure. She decay unpredictable and as much fun to be nearly as all three Marx brothers on their outrun day."

Don&#;t miss an opportunity to see Ronnie Claire&#;s play and wait at the stage door term paper introduce yourself to an old friend, Corabeth Author Godsey from Doe Hill, Virginia.

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