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.

Sterling Holloway BlogHub Articles:

Mini Tribute: Character Actor Sterling Holloway

By Annmarie Gatti on Jan 4, 2013 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Born January 4, 1905 Character Actor Sterling Holloway! Character Actor Sterling Holloway 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, Sterling Holloway received a Disney Legends Award for living up to Disney princ... Read full article


Monday Serenade: Sterling Holloway

By KC on Dec 14, 2009 From Classic Movies

Sterling Holloway (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:

Winnie the Pooh: Christopher Robin, I think the bees S-U-S-P-E-C-T something.
Christopher Robin: Perhaps they think you're after their honey.
Winnie the Pooh: Well, it may be that. You never can tell with bees.


Cheshire Cat: [singing] 'Twas brilig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: / All mimsy were the borogroves, / And the mome raths outgrabe.
Alice: Now where do you suppose...?
Cheshire Cat: Lose something?
Alice: [turns around to find just the Cat's smile talking to her] Oh my! oh, no no, I was just... uh never mind.
Cheshire Cat: Oh, that's quite all right. One moment please.
[two eyes drop down on top of the mouth and the full cat form appears]
Cheshire Cat: Second chorus.
[singing]
Cheshire Cat: 'Twas brilig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe
Alice: Why, why you're a cat!
Cheshire Cat: A *Cheshire* Cat.
[starts to disappear]
Cheshire Cat: All mimsy were the borogroves...
Alice: Oh wait!
Cheshire Cat: [reappears] There you are! Third chorus...
Alice: Oh, no, no. I was just wondering if you could help me find my way.
Cheshire Cat: Well that depends on where you want to get to.
Alice: Oh, it really doesn't matter, as long as...
Cheshire Cat: Then it really doesn't matter which way you go.


Tigger: [looking at his reflection] Oh, hey, hey. Look, look, look.
[gasps]
Tigger: What a strange-looking creature. Mmm, look at those beady little eyes, and that "purrposterous" chin, and those "rickydickorous" striped pyjamas.
Winnie the Pooh: Looks like another tigger to me.
Tigger: Oh, no, it's not. I'm the only tigger. Watch me scare the stripes off of this imposter.
[chuckles]
Tigger: [Tigger growls at reflection; he scares himself, hides under the table]
Tigger: Is-Is-Is... Is he gone?
Winnie the Pooh: All except the tail.
[Tigger tucks his tail]
Winnie the Pooh: He's gone.


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Sterling Holloway Facts
Was enrolled with the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York at the age of 15.

Had major roles in two different film adaptations of "Alice in Wonderland." In Paramount's 1933 version, he played the Frog. In Disney's 1951 animated version, he provided the voice of the Cheshire Cat.

His first picture was a silent, The Battling Kangaroo (1926) as Napolean French.

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