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Post by teleadm on Sept 16, 2021 5:29:33 GMT
French actress Marthe Mercadier has left us at the age of 92, on September 15th. (Alzheimer) She was called "The Queen of the Boulevard Theatre" mostly active between the 1950's and 1990's. In movies she was more of a bit-part actress, usually in comedies. About her cinema career she told a reporter in 1999 "I played the ridiculous, the lost, the rejected women, the idiots. I was more vigilant for my life as a woman than for my cinematographic career". Shortly before she retired, at age 82 she participated on the French version of Dancing with the Stars ( Danse avec les stars). She is remembered by Paris MatchR.I.P. Marthe Mercadier
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Post by teleadm on Sept 16, 2021 18:12:17 GMT
American actress and singer Gloria Warren has left us at the age of 95, on September 11th. She was briefly touted as a potential rival to Deanna Durbin. She was discovered around 1940, when a radio producer saw her showcase her musical talent, including singing (soprano) and dancing. In 1942, she signed a seven-year contract with Warner Bros. That same year, she appeared in her first motion picture, Always in My Heart, alongside Kay Francis and Walter Huston. The film was written specifically with her in mind and she received praise for her debut. In 1943, she starred in Cinderella Swings It opposite Guy Kibbee. She was cast in a smaller role in the 1946 Charlie Chan film Dangerous Money. Her last film was Bells of San Fernando 1947, in which she was top-billed along with Donald Woods. She retired from film acting shortly afterwards and married businessman Peter Gold. R.I.P. Gloria Warren
(no obituary, except for the nearest and dearest, could be found)
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Post by teleadm on Sept 17, 2021 5:49:32 GMT
English entrepreneur and inventor Sir Clive Sinclair has left us at the age of 81, on September 16th. (cancer) Most commonly known for his work in consumer electronics in the late 1970's and early 1980's. He founded Sinclair Radionics in 1961, where he produced the first slim-line electronic pocket calculator in 1972 (the Sinclair Executive). Sinclair later moved into the production of home computers and produced the Sinclair ZX80, the UK's first mass-market home computer for less than £100, and later, with Sinclair Research, the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum; the latter is widely recognised by consumers and programmers for its importance in the early days of the British and wider European home computer industry. He is remembered by BBCR.I.P. Sir Clive Sinclair
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Post by teleadm on Sept 17, 2021 6:07:19 GMT
American writer Joel Rapp has left us at the age of 87, on September 15th. In the late 1950's, he worked with producer Roger Corman as a director on the films High School Big Shot 1959 and Battle of Blood Island 1960. He also wrote for numerous sitcoms including Peter Loves Mary 1961, The Donna Reed Show 1964 - 1965, McHale's Navy 1964 - 1966, Gilligan's Island 1964 - 1967, Green Acres 1967, The Lucy Show 1966 - 1968 and Bewitched 1971. He is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. Joel Rapp
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Post by teleadm on Sept 17, 2021 6:30:05 GMT
American actress, singer, and dancer Jane Powell has left us at the age of 92, on September 16th. She rose to fame in the mid-1940's with roles in various Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals. Noted for her operatic soprano voice and "girl-next-door" image, she was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema until her death. As a teenager, she relocated to Los Angeles, where she signed a film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. her vocal, dancing, and acting talents were utilized for lead roles in a variety of musicals for the studio. She made her feature debut as a performer in Song of the Open Road 1944, followed by a lead in Arthur Lubin's Delightfully Dangerous 1945. she gained further widespread recognition for her lead roles in the musicals A Date with Judy 1948, Royal Wedding 1951, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 and Hit the Deck 1955. In the late-1950's, her film career slowed. Beginning in the 1960's, she began acting in national touring theatrical productions, including high-profile productions of My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music. From 1973 to 1974, she starred in a Broadway production of Irene, in the title role. She continued to appear occasionally on television throughout the 1980's, including recurring guest roles on The Love Boat 1981–1982, as well as the sitcom Growing Pains 1988–1992. She is remembered by VarietyR.I.P. Jane Powell
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Post by petrolino on Sept 17, 2021 18:40:52 GMT
French actress Marthe Mercadier has left us at the age of 92, on September 15th. (Alzheimer) She is remembered by Paris MatchR.I.P. Marthe Mercadier
Thank you for remembering Marthe Mercadier. In addition to her comedy work, she was one of French cinema's leading actresses in what came to be known as "women's pictures".
Thanks for the movies, Ms. Mercadier.
Marthe Mercadier - Rest in Eternal Peace
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Post by teleadm on Sept 20, 2021 5:51:18 GMT
Spanish film director and screenwriter Mario Camus has left us at the age of 86, on September 18th. He won the Golden Bear at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival with La colmena 1982. His 1987 film The House of Bernarda Alba was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival and in the main competition at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1993 film Shadows in a Conflict was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival. He is remembered by elDiario ESPR.I.P. Mario Camus
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Post by teleadm on Sept 20, 2021 6:01:08 GMT
English actor John Challis has left us at the age of 79, on September 19th. (cancer) He had an extensive television career but is best known for portraying Terrance Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce in the long-running BBC Television sitcom Only Fools and Horses 1981–2003 and its sequel/spin-off The Green Green Grass 2005–2009, as well as Monty Staines from the seventh series onwards in the ITV sitcom Benidorm, from 2015 to 2018. He is remembered by BBCR.I.P. John Challis
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Post by teleadm on Sept 21, 2021 6:06:53 GMT
French actor Hubert de Lapparent has left us at the age of 102, on September 14th. He was an actor of many supporting roles of French cinema and television from the 50's to the 70's. Among his notable appearances, that in Papa, maman, ma femme et moi alongside Bourvil and Louis de Funès, or in The Adventures of Arsène Lupine by Jean Becker. He also appeared in Un idiot de Paris, La Traversée de Paris and Fantômas against Scotland Yard. In one of his last films, he plays the pharmacist Aubert in Army of Shadows by Jean-Pierre Melville. He is remembered by Le FigaroR.I.P. Hubert de Lapparent
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Post by teleadm on Sept 21, 2021 6:19:45 GMT
Former child actor Jimmy Garrett has left us at the age of 66, on September 17th. (diabetes) Most famously he played Lucille Ball's son Jerry Carmichael on The Lucy Show between 1962 and 1965. Later in life he worked as an accountant on TV shows such as Top Model and Shark Tank. He is remembered by Extra TVR.I.P. Jimmy Garrett
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Post by teleadm on Sept 21, 2021 6:40:14 GMT
American actor and comedian Anthony Johnson has left us at the age of 55, on September 6th (but not made public until September 20th). Sometimes billed as "A.J. Johnson". In 1990, he landed a starring role as E.Z.E. in House Party, after which he started doing stand-up in bars in Los Angeles. He later appeared in Lethal Weapon 3 as a drug dealer and in Menace II Society. His biggest role was in the 1995 comedy Friday, as Ezal, a crackhead and thief. He also appeared in Panther, The Players Club, B*A*P*S, I Got The Hook Up, Def Jam's How to Be a Player and Repos, and in rap videos, in Dr. Dre's "Dre Day" 1992, he played Sleazy-E, a parody of Eazy-E, and he appeared again as Sleazy-E in the video for Eazy-E's "Real Muthaphuckkin G's" 1993. He is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. Anthony Johnson
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Post by teleadm on Sept 22, 2021 5:47:56 GMT
American actor Willie Garson has left us at the age of 57, on September 21st. (cancer) Perhaps best known for playing Stanford Blatch on the HBO series Sex and the City 1998 - 2004 and in the related films Sex and the City 2008 and Sex and the City 2 2010, Mozzie in the USA Network series White Collar from 2009 to 2014, Ralph the friendly genial doorman in the 2005 romantic comedy Little Manhattan, Gerald Hirsch in the reboot of Hawaii Five-0 2015 - 2020 and Martin Lloyd in the sci-fi series Stargate SG-1 2000 - 2006. He is remembered by VarietyR.I.P. Willie Garson
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Post by snsurone on Sept 22, 2021 15:16:56 GMT
Samoan born actor Al Harrington, the last surviving cast member of the original HAWAII 5-0, has passed away at age 85, after suffering a massive stroke. I had the pleasure of meeting him while on a vacation trip to Hawaii in 1972. May he RIP.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Sept 22, 2021 23:28:47 GMT
Melvin Van Peebles ( August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking playwright, musician and movie director whose work ushered in the “Blaxploitation” wave of the 1970s and influenced filmmakers long after, has died. He was 89. His family said in a statement that Van Peebles, father of the actor-director Mario Van Peebles, died Tuesday evening at his home in Manhattan. “Dad knew that Black images matter. If a picture is worth a thousand words, what was a movie worth?” Mario Van Peebles said in a statement Wednesday. “We want to be the success we see, thus we need to see ourselves being free. True liberation did not mean imitating the colonizer’s mentality. It meant appreciating the power, beauty and interconnectivity of all people.” Sometimes called the “godfather of modern Black cinema,” the multitalented Van Peebles wrote numerous books and plays, and recorded several albums — playing multiple instruments and delivering rap-style lyrics. He later became a successful options trader on the stock market. But he was best known for “ Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song!” one of the most influential movies of its time. The low-budget, art-house film, which he wrote, produced, directed, starred in and scored, was the frenzied, hyper-sexual and violent tale of a Black street hustler on the run from police after killing white officers who were beating a Black revolutionary. With its hard-living, tough-talking depiction of life in the ghetto, underscored by a message of empowerment as told from a Black perspective, it set the tone for a genre that turned out dozens of films over the next few years and prompted a debate over whether Blacks were being recognized or exploited. “All the films about Black people up to now have been told through the eyes of the Anglo-Saxon majority in their rhythms and speech and pace,” Van Peebles told Newsweek in 1971, the year of the film’s release. “I could have called it “The Ballad of the Indomitable Sweetback.” But I wanted the core audience, the target audience, to know it’s for them,” he told The Associated Press in 2003. “So I said `Ba-ad Asssss,′ like you really say it.” R.I.P ... Melvin Van Peebles
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Post by teleadm on Sept 23, 2021 6:10:34 GMT
American actor Peter Palmer has left us at the age of 90, on September 21st. Perhaps best known for his portrayal of Li'l Abner, alongside Edie Adams (Leslie Parrish in the movie) both on Broadway 1956 and on film 1959. In 1967, he had a recurring role as Sergeant James Bustard, a former Confederate States of America soldier in the short-lived series Custer. Throughout the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's, he appeared on numerous television episodes, including small parts on Dallas and Emergency!
He appeared on Broadway with Carol Channing in Lorelei in 1974. In 1977, he had a regular role as part of the cast on the short-lived sitcom The Kallikaks, playing Oscar Heinz. He is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. Peter Palmer
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Post by Stammerhead on Sept 23, 2021 20:29:09 GMT
Director Roger Michell dies aged 65 www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58670835Best known for Notting Hill but personally I prefer Changing Lanes. He used to live near me and I bought some DVDs from his ex-wife Kate Buffery at a local charity table top sale.
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Post by teleadm on Sept 24, 2021 5:50:12 GMT
French actress Anna Gaylor has left us at the age of 89, on September 21st. Early in her career she acted in two British movies, Seven Thunders 1957 and Nor the Moon by Night 1958. In 1961, she married director Alain Jessua, he decided to make her his muse by giving her important roles in his films. She would work in no less than eight under his direction from 1964 ( La vie à l'envers) to 1988 ( En toute innocence). She acted in over 140 movies and television productions between 1956 and 2018. She is remembered by Le FigaroR.I.P. Anna Gaylor
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Post by teleadm on Sept 24, 2021 6:10:16 GMT
British actor Morris Perry has left us at the age of 96, on September 19th. His film credits include Nothing But the Night 1973, One Hour to Zero 1976, Sweeney! 1977, The Human Factor 1979, Silver Dream Racer 1980, The Bunker 1981 and Crush 2001. In 2004 he appeared in the BAFTA award-winning short film Letters of Service (picture). His television credits started in the mid-1950's and includes The Avengers, Z-Cars, Champion House, The Champions, The Persuaders!, Doctor Who (in the serial Colony in Space), Doomwatch, Special Branch, The Sweeney, Survivors, The Professionals, Secret Army, Reilly, Ace of Spies, The Bill, Midsomer Murders and Not Going Out. R.I.P. Morris Perry
(no obituary could be found)
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Post by teleadm on Sept 24, 2021 6:23:52 GMT
American actor Basil Hoffman has left us at the age of 83, on September 17th. He had long career in character roles in movies and on television starting in 1964. He also authored two books about acting, including "Acting and How to Be Good at It". His films include: All the President's Men, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, My Favorite Year, The Box, The Electric Horseman, Night Shift, Lucky Lady, Switch, The Milagro Beanfield War, Rio, I Love You, The Pineville Heist the Academy Award-winning Best Pictures Ordinary People and The Artist, and many others. He is remembered by VarietyR.I.P. Basil Hoffman
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Post by teleadm on Sept 27, 2021 6:29:49 GMT
American director Jay Sandrich has left us at the age of 89, on September 22nd. He won for four Emmy Awards, two for Mary Tyler Moore 1971 and 1973 and two for The Cosby Show 1985 and 1986. He began his television work in the mid-1950s as a second assistant director with Desilu Productions, and began his career as an assistant director on I Love Lucy and assistant to the producer on The Andy Griffith Show. He directed and/or produced episodes of The Bill Dana Show; The Bill Cosby Show; Get Smart; The Odd Couple; Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers; Loves Me, Loves Me Not; Soap; two-thirds of the episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show in early seasons; and the first three seasons of The Cosby Show. He was responsible for the series pilots of The Bob Newhart Show, WKRP in Cincinnati, Benson, Empty Nest and The Golden Girls. His last work as a director on television was an episode of Two and a Half Men in 2003. The only theatrical movie he directed was the film Seems Like Old Times 1980. He is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. Jay Sandrich
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