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Mark Rydell, Oscar-Nominated ‘On Golden Pond’ Director, Dies at 97

“He was the actor’s whisperer; just a few words was all it took to understand what was needed,” actress Bette Midler says of the late director’s passing Mark Rydell, an Oscar-nominated director known for films like “The Rose,” “For the…

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“He was the actor’s whisperer; just a few words was all it took to understand what was needed,” actress Bette Midler says of the late director’s passing Mark Rydell, an Oscar-nominated director known for films like “The Rose,” “For the Boys” and “On Golden Pond” has died. He was 97.

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