Sterling Holloway Overview:

Actor, Sterling Holloway, was born Sterling Price Holloway Jr. on Jan 4, 1905 in Cedartown, GA. Holloway died at the age of 87 on Nov 22, 1992 in Los Angeles, CA and was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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On October 22, 1991, Holloway received the Disney Legends Award for living up to the Disney principals of imagination, skill, discipline, craftsmanship and magic.

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Mini Tribute: Character Actor

By Annmarie Gatti on Jan 4, 2013 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Born January 4, 1905 Character Actor ! Character Actor appeared in over 175 film and TV roles but is probably best known as the voice of Winnie the Pooh & The Cheshire Cat! In 1991, received a Disney Legends Award for living up to Disney princ... Read full article


Monday Serenade:

By KC on Dec 14, 2009 From Classic Movies

(AKA the voice of Winnie the Pooh) sings a charming rendition of A Perfect Day in this cozy scene from Remember the Night (1940). Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson and Fred MacMurray are all marvelous support in this scene, but it is Barbara Stanwyck's heartbreaking react... Read full article


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Sterling Holloway Quotes:

Amos Mouse: Say, Ben, this your paper?
Ben Franklin: That's it, Amos. "Poor Richard's Almanac".
Amos Mouse: [Amos reads the paper] "Sunrise: 6:22, Sunset: 7:43, High Tide: 4:20... a cat in gloves catches no mice..." Huh! "Poor Richard's Almanac." Poor, indeed.
Ben Franklin: But Amos, consider all the information...
Amos Mouse: Information! Ben, when the sun's up, it's up! Why read about it?


Winnie the Pooh: That buzzing noise means something. Now, the only reason for making a buzzing noise that I know of is because you are... a bee! And the only reason for being a bee is to make honey. And the only reason for making honey is so I can eat it.


Mr. Fiction Writer: Hemo is the Greek word for blood.
Lab assistant: Blood! Well, don't get any on you
[laughs]
Lab assistant: .


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Sterling Holloway Facts
Worked on a few Will Rogers movies and was injured in a couple of them. Once a shelf loaded with objects fell on his head after Rogers lassoed the prop and pulled it out of place; once a gun that Hollway was supposed to fire in a scene accidentally exploded in his hand.

His father, who was a grocer, was also the mayor of his birthplace, Cedartown, Georgia for a time in 1912.

Never married.

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