Charles Durning: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

Charles Durning Dept: Charles Durning, who overcame poverty, battlefield trauma and nagging self-doubt to become an acclaimed character actor, whether on stage as Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof or in film as the lonely widower smitten with a cross-dressing Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie, died Monday at his home in Manhattan. He was 89, according to The Chronicle Herald. Charles Durning may not have been a household name, but with his pugnacious features and imposing bulk he was a familiar presence in American movies, television and theatre, even if often overshadowed by the headliners and his daughter Michele Durning confirmed the death. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.