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: [voiceover] Fixing Ben's glasses was quite a problem. He'd broken his outdoor pair as well as his reading glasses. Well, there was just one thing left: try to make one pair out of the two.


Colonist: How about it, men? Are we going to stand for this?
Crowd: NO!
Amos Mouse: No taxation without representation!


Tigger: [Tigger pounces on Winnie The Pooh] Hello! I'm Tigger!
Winnie the Pooh: Oh... you scared me!
Tigger: Yeah, sure I did.
[laughs]
Tigger: Everyone's scared of tiggers! And who are you?
Winnie the Pooh: I'm Pooh.
Tigger: Oh, Pooh. Hoo-hoo-hoo, sure... er... what's a Pooh?
Winnie the Pooh: You're sitting on one.


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Sterling Holloway Facts
A director once told him he was "too repulsive" for the [silent] silver screen and he stopped making movies for nearly five years. Following the stock market crash of 1929, the money factor eventually drew him back to making sound pictures.

Turned down a contract with Louis B. Mayer at MGM because he didn't want to be a star.

He was an avid art collector.

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