I was very young when I used to watch Dark Shadows, but now that I see Julia Hoffman as an adult, I think that she was hilarious, a High Camp Queen! LOL. I would have loved to see Dr. Julia Hoffman meet Dr. Smith from Lost in Space! They are both actually quite similar.
She is one of my favorite actresses ( not "actor" !!! ) of all time. Had she been on stage in the middle/late 19th C or early 20th C she would be considered a legend along with Bernhardt and Duse. Always, always captivating and INTERESTING; try to look at another actor when she is in the scene. I would have been scared to death to have a scene with her, but how I would have loved it. Thank you so , so much for this wonderful, funny, GREAT clip.
Three cheers for this fabulous actress who made excess completely lovable. She is one of my very favorite actresses ever. Je' T'Adore, Grayson. I always will.
I have started re-watching Dark Shadows recently and I am absolutely in love with her ! She was fantastic ... steals every scene she was in ...! Thanks for this video !
I can't stop re-watching this video. I have been looking at it on a daily basis for weeks! "Don't touch me! Don't touch me! Aaaagh!" "Get me the police quickly! Quickly!!!"
She was an equally campy delight on "One Life to Live". I always wanted to imitate her "Night of the Iguana", run up to friends on the beach, beat their chests and scream, "You beast! You beast!" with dramatic tears.
Yes she did!! Even as a younger girl, I understood the power of her acting, with the help of my beautiful mother, of course. She brought so much life to Julia. She made you believe she could free Barnabas from his curse! Gothic drama at its best, in my opinion. Thank you for sharing this. 🌟
I will never forget sitting on my mom's lap and watching it for hours... and being scared out of my mind when I saw Barnabas. Mind you, I was only 4 at the time (1984). Easily one of the greatest shows of all time. Simply, unforgettable.
What a magnificent tribute to an actress that really gave it her all, and then some. I simply have to set this to disco music. May I have your permission to repost what I eventually come up with to my YT channel? I've been looking for something to work on in iMovie; a little project to keep up my skills. Cheers, and thanks for posting. :-)
is this what they call chewing up the scenery. Dr. Hoffman was not taking her lithium apparently. where are the cardboard tombstones that fell over when she walked past??
Pretty much sums up 2020 for me. 2 relatives diagnosed with cancer, gramma diagnosed with dementia, best friend's great-grampa put in a nursing home (which ultimately lead to her dropping out of high school), the lockdowns, turning 17 during lockdown, Junior prom being cancelled, having to finish out my junior year via the computer, and fleeing to Florida for a month to escape Michigan being pretty much under a dictatorship run by an evil and demonic woman (and unfortunately, that ugly demon is still in office instead of in prison). My mom and I constantly fighting didn't help matters either.
I just did not like her acting in Dark Shadows but she was marvelous in other things, including her Oscar nominated performance in 'The Night of the Iguana.'
