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Widmark Honored: Richard Widmark, one of Hollywood’s most durable stars, received the D.W. Griffith Career Achievement Award for his 40 years in films. The 75-year-old was presented the award by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures at a ceremony Monday night from Sidney Poitier, who appeared with him in the 1952 movie, “No Way Out.†Widmark started in radio in the 1940s, then appeared in several Broadway plays. His screen debut in the 1947 thriller “Kiss of Death†is still considered his most famous role.

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