Benjamin was one of the stars of “The Last of Sheila” along with Dyan Cannon. Cannon and Benjamin recently sat down at the Beverly Hills Women’s Club to talk about their careers and memories of the movie. Cannon, an ageless and vivacious 82, began her career in the late 1950s and hit her stride in 1969 with Paul Mazurky’s “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” earning a supporting actress Oscar nomination. Richard, you made your film debut opposite Ali MacGraw in the hit comedy “Goodbye, Columbus,” and Dyan, you earned Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Paul Mazursky’s first film, “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice.” How did you get cast in these classics? One was “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice” and the other was for a Don Knotts comedy he was doing at Universal.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 24, 2020 15:56 UTC