I-Los Angeles Time imemezele esigungwini sayo sokushona "kwenkosi yabalingisi besibili", Charles ngesikhathi, ukuthi washona ngenxa yemvelo eneminyaka engama-89 wokugcina zingama-24 kuZibandlela. Umlingisi, owayesasebenza, wayenomsebenzi wamafilimu angaphezu kwe-100, inqwaba yemikhiqizo yethelevishini, imiklomelo emibili ye-Oscar, i-Golden Globe, i-Tony kanye nendondo ngomsebenzi wakhe wonke.
I-ejenti ekhohlakele ye 'I-hit'; iphoyisa elixoxisana nalo al Pacino en 'Ntambama yenja'; Ukuchoboza kukaDustin Hoffman kuyaqhubeka 'Tootsie'; umbusi we 'Indlu ejabulisa kakhulu eTexas'; i-tycoon ye 'Ukugxuma okukhulu' noma uPappy O'Daniel phakathi 'O Mfowethu!'. UCharles Durning wayenabo bonke lobu buso nokunye okwengeziwe.
UCharles Durning wazalelwa emndenini wase-Ireland onezingane eziyi-10 ngo-1923 futhi wathola ipasipoti yaseMelika esebenzela izwe ngeMpi Yezwe II, lapho ayephakathi kwamasosha aseMelika afika eNormandy. Wayeneminye imisebenzi eminingi: umshayeli wetekisi, indoda ehambisa ucingo, umdwebi, umqondisi wezivakashi, kanye nomfundisi womdanso. Kwakusendaweni yokudansa lapho ahlangana khona nonkosikazi wakhe wokuqala, uCarol. U-Durning wayeshade kabili futhi enezingane ezintathu.
Umsebenzi wakhe wokulingisa waqala njengomlingisi wasesiteji lapho umdidiyeli uJoseph Papp emsayina ku-New York Shakespeare Festival. Ebhayisikobho indima yakhe yokuqala enkulu kwaba yileyo yephoyisa elikhohlakele ku-'The Sting' (1973), noRobert Redford. Ukuvezwa kwakhe uJohn “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald efilimini yethelevishini ethi ‘The Kennedys’ kwamenza waba yedwa iGolden Globe ngo-1990, nakuba aphinde waqokwa nguLieutenant wamaphoyisa ngo-1975 ethi 'Dog Day Afternoon' ngeqhaza lakhe elithi 'To be or akumele abe' ngo-1984 kanye nezinkonzo zika-'Capitanes y Reyes' ngo-1977. Akazange awine i-Oscar, kodwa waqokwa kabili: kanye ngokucula nokudansa ku-'The Funniest House in Texas' ngo-1982 futhi omunye ngonyaka olandelayo umlingiswa wakhe njengesiJalimane samaNazi ekwenziweni kabusha kwe-"To be or not to be" kaMel Brooks.
Lo mlingisi uphinde abe noTony endimeni yakhe njengoBig Daddy esethulweni seBroadway 'Ikati ophahleni lukathayela' ngo-1990. Uphinde waqokwa njengo-Emmy izikhathi eziningi ngenxa yezibalo asezenzile esikrinini esincane, kodwa akakaze awine.
Umklomelo wakhe obaluleke kakhulu, ukuqashelwa komsebenzi wakhe wonke, uzotholwa ngo-2008 kozakwabo abaqeqeshiwe, inyunyana yabalingisi. Ngawo lowo nyaka wavula eyakhe inkanyezi ekuhambeni kodumo futhi kwenye yezingxoxo azinikeze wenqaba umbono wokuthatha umhlalaphansi: "Uma befuna ngihambe kuzomele bangixoshe."
Lo mlingisi usebenze kwaze kwaba yizinsuku zakhe zokugcina. Umsebenzi wakhe wakamuva usaqoshwa, 'Ababulali Be-Scavenger', 'umdlalo ovusa amadlingozi' mayelana nababulali abangama-serial. Yena ngokwakhe wathi, "Angikaze ngenqabe noma iyiphi indima futhi angikaze ngiqophisane nanoma yimuphi umdidiyeli noma umqondisi."
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