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Post by The Herald Erjen on Sept 24, 2018 4:24:31 GMT
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Sept 24, 2018 6:02:51 GMT
RiP, Ms. Laurie Mitchell...The QUEEN of Outer Space!!!
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Post by progressiveelement on Sept 24, 2018 16:33:47 GMT
Stuff I seen her in
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Some Like It Hot The Addams Family: Lurch, the Teenage Idol
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Post by dividavi on Sept 27, 2018 4:21:04 GMT
Wow, she was a real genius and the real Queen of Outer Space and a contender for the role of Queen of 1950s Sci-Fi movies. And I never knew about her until now. Sad. Her Missile to the Moon (1958) flick sounds fascinating. Here's a summary:  |
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Post by dividavi on Sept 27, 2018 9:24:26 GMT
Wow, she was a real genius and the real Queen of Outer Space and a contender for the role of Queen of 1950s Sci-Fi movies. And I never knew about her until now. Sad. Her Missile to the Moon (1958) flick sounds fascinating. Here's a summary: Again, wow, but I had never before heard of Cathy Downs (1926–1976) who played a critical role in '50s Sci-Fi movies. She got star billing for classics like The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), The She-Creature (1956), The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955) as well as Missile to the Moon (1958). She also appeared on Perry Mason but then again everybody else did. Good looking woman.  From IMDB: A pleasant, attractive leading lady, Cathy Downs was an "outdoors type" who worked as a model before she became a Fox contract player in 1944. In the late 1940s she was being groomed for major success -- e.g., she played the title role in John Ford's My Darling Clementine (1946) -- but most of her subsequent movie roles were in low-budget westerns, action and horror pictures. She was married to Joe Kirkwood Jr., an actor and producer who played Joe Palooka in a series of low-budget 1940-'50s films. They acted together in a short-lived TV series The Joe Palooka Story (1954). She is well-regarded in science-fiction fan circles as a memorable heroine of 1950s sci-fi flicks. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Jeff Frentzen <frentzen@newsguy.com> Spouse (2) Robert Brunson (16 July 1956 - 29 July 1963) ( divorced) Joe Kirkwood Jr. (8 October 1949 - 24 February 1955) ( divorced) Trivia (2) Her ex-husband, Joe Kirkwood Jr., had been out of touch with Cathy for years when he found out she was in dire financial circumstances. He was drawing up a trust fund for her in 1976 when he learned that she had died. |
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