- Born
- Birth nameRex Taylor Reed
- Rex was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and grew up in Louisiana. He became one of the most prolific movie critics in the country, and for decades has written entertainment columns for The New York Observer.
In 1970, Rex made his movie debut, playing Myron in Myra Breckinridge (1970) - Myron was the young man whose post sex-change operation persona was played by Raquel Welch. But Rex's success came in reviewing movies, not starring in them.
Rex currently lives in New York - at the Dakota, one of Manhattan's most expensive and exclusive apartment buildings (John Lennon was shot there). Rex also owns a spread in an elite corner of rural Connecticut, and is a single man-about-town. Movie stars may come and go, but movie reviews by Rex Reed go on forever.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- Arrested for allegedly shoplifting three CDs from a record store in February, 2000.
- April 2000: Manhattan Judge Suzanne Mondo dismissed the charges against Rex Reed. That happened with none of the publicity that had surrounded his arrest, regarding 3 CDs worth less than $10.
- Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1971
- Has maintained a long-time weekend retreat in the secluded, Litchfield County town of Roxbury, Connecticut where his neighbors have included Arthur Miller, Richard Widmark, Walter Matthau and Alexander Calder.
- His paramour in college was Elizabeth Cole, who later changed her name to Elizabeth Ashley.
- [on the difficulties of making Myra Breckinridge (1970)] Mae West spoke to no one but God, Raquel [Raquel Welch] spoke only to the head of the studio, the head of the studio spoke only to God, who then related the message back to Mae West.
- [on Myra Breckinridge (1970) in which he made his acting debut] It was so disappointing to me and it was so disappointing to Raquel [Welch]. And Mae West didn't care what happened as long as she got her song.
- [on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)] The most disturbing movie I have ever seen.
- [on Marlon Brando] Most of the time he sounds like he has a mouth full of wet toilet paper.
- [on Vanilla Sky (2001)] A good example of what self-destructive cinematic havoc can be wrought by handing over millions of dollars to movie stars to produce their own ego trips.
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