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Post by timshelboy on Oct 28, 2021 10:53:36 GMT
Canadian-born American comedian, actor, and social satirist Mort Sahl has left us at the age of 94, on October 26th. Considered the first modern comedian since Will Rogers. He pioneered a style of social satire that pokes fun at political and current event topics using improvised monologues and only a newspaper as a prop. Television host Steve Allen said that he was "the only real political philosopher we have in modern comedy". His social satire performances broke new ground in live entertainment, as a stand-up comic talking about the real world of politics at that time was considered "revolutionary". It inspired many later comics to become stage comedians, including Lenny Bruce, Jonathan Winters, George Carlin, and Woody Allen. Allen credits his new style of humor with "opening up vistas for people like me". He is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. Mort SahlFunny man - legend has it he stood up in the cinema during the premiere of Preminger's EXODUS, at somewhere near the three hour mark of the 3hr 28 minute running time, and quipped loudly "Otto - Let My People Go!"
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Post by spiderwort on Oct 29, 2021 21:16:06 GMT
Sad to report that actress Lenka Peterson left us on September 24 at the age of 95. She was a charter member of the Actors Studio, who worked on Broadway (where she was a Tony nominee), on television, and in films. A wonderful character actress, she gave her all to every role. She also led an exemplary personal life, making the world a better place through her community efforts in the arts. She was married for 67 years and raised five children, including actress Glynnis O’Connor. Remembered by Hollywood ReporterRest in peace, dear Lenka. You will be remembered and cherished forever. Lenka Peterson 1925-2021
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Post by timshelboy on Oct 29, 2021 22:12:56 GMT
Sad to report that actress Lenka Peterson left us on September 24 at the age of 95. She was a charter member of the Actors Studio, who worked on Broadway (where she was a Tony nominee), on television, and in films. A wonderful character actress, she gave her all to every role. She also led an exemplary personal life, making the world a better place through her community efforts in the arts. She was married for 67 years and raised five children, including actress Glynnis O’Connor. Remembered by Hollywood ReporterRest in peace, dear Lenka. You will be remembered and cherished forever. Lenka Peterson 1925-2021I recall her well in THE PHENIX CITY STORY RIP
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Post by teleadm on Nov 1, 2021 6:44:59 GMT
American television director Arthur Forrest has left us at the age of 95, on October 25th. He started his television career as a janitor at the long-defunct DuMont Television Network. He quickly worked his way up the studio hierarchy. He directed such shows as Wonderama, The Dick Cavett Show, The Money Maze, The Annual Tournament of Roses Parade specials and the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon specials. He is remembered by VarietyR.I.P. Arthur Forrest
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Post by teleadm on Nov 1, 2021 6:58:57 GMT
Australian media personality Bert Newton has left us at the age of 83, on October 30th. He started his career in radio broadcasting, primarily as an announcer before becoming a star and fixture of Australian television since its inception in 1956, and was considered both an industry pioneer, icon and one of the longest-serving television performers in the world. He was known for his association with both the Nine Network and Ten Network, in numerous shows including: In Melbourne Tonight, New Faces, Good Morning Australia, 20 to 1 and Bert's Family Feud. He is remembered by News Com AustraliaR.I.P. Bert Newton
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Post by teleadm on Nov 1, 2021 7:12:49 GMT
American film director, producer and screenwriter Michael Laughlin has left us at the age of 82, on October 27th. During the late 1960's, he lived in London, where he produced The Whisperers 1967 starring Dame Edith Evans, directed by Bryan Forbes. He produced a series of groundbreaking films including the cult hit Two-Lane Blacktop 1971 starring James Taylor and Laurie Bird. As a writer-director he made Strange Behavior 1981, Strange Invaders 1983 and Mesmerized 1986. He is remembered by VarietyR.I.P. Michael Laughlin.
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Post by teleadm on Nov 1, 2021 7:25:27 GMT
American actress and singer Camille Saviola has left us at the age of 71, on October 28th/29th. She was lead singer of a female rock band in NYC in 1970, the Margo Lewis Explosion. She was signed by a disco label in the late 1970's. She worked in theatrical productions in New York for 25 years, before appearing in various television series, including The Heights, Civil Wars, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She has also appeared in three Woody Allen movies. She is remembered by People MagazineR.I.P. Camille Saviola
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Post by petrolino on Nov 1, 2021 15:22:15 GMT
American film director, producer and screenwriter Michael Laughlin has left us at the age of 82, on October 27th. He is remembered by VarietyR.I.P. Michael Laughlin.
Thank you for remembering filmmaker Michael Laughlin. 'Strange Behavior' and 'Mesmerized' are two of my favourite movies of the 1980s.
Thanks for the movies, Mr. Laughlin.
Jodie Foster & John Lithgow in 'Mesmerized'
R.I.P.
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Post by teleadm on Nov 3, 2021 6:31:06 GMT
American actress Linda Carlson has left us at the age of 76, on October 26th. (ALS - Lou Gehrig's disease) She appeared off-Broadway in the Negro Ensemble Company’s The Harangues in 1969, then made her Broadway debut in 1973 in a revival of Full Circle, directed by Otto Preminger. On television she played Dr. Janet Cottrell on Westside Medical 1977, Katie McKenna on Kaz 1978-1979, Bev Dutton on Newhart 1985-1987, Judge Beth Bornstein on Murder One 1995-1997, plus numerous guest star roles. On the big screen, she portrayed a nosey neighbor in Honey, I Blew Up the Kid 1992 and was Aunt Pearl (a variation of Bea Benaderet’s character from the TV show) in The Beverly Hillbillies 1993. She is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. Linda Carlson
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Post by teleadm on Nov 5, 2021 7:04:43 GMT
Canadian-born English actor, choreographer, tap dancer and television presenter Lionel Blair has left us at the age of 92, on October 4th. He came to the fore in the 1960's when, with his dance troupe, he appeared on television variety programs. He also appeared in the films The Limping Man 1953, The World of Suzie Wong 1960, The Cool Mikado 1963, The Beauty Jungle 1964, A Hard Day's Night 1964, Maroc 7 1967 and Absolute Beginners 1986. He also staged or choreographed dance numbers in movies like Jazz Boat 1960, In the Nick 1960, The Main Attraction 1962, Promise Her Anything 1966 and The Magic Christian 1969. Making regular appearances as a dancer and entertainer on British television throughout the late 1960's, the 1970 and early 1980's, he also presented the quiz program Name That Tune, and was a team captain on Give Us a Clue. He is remembered by BBCR.I.P. Lionel Blair
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Post by teleadm on Nov 5, 2021 7:27:02 GMT
American film, television, and stage actor William Lucking has left us at the age of 80, on October 18th though not announced until November 3rd. Perhaps best known for his role as Piney Winston in Sons of Anarchy 2008–2011. Active in movies since Hell's Belles 1969, followed by many movie roles such as in Wild Rovers 1971, The Magnificent Seven Ride! 1972 Oklahoma Crude 1973, The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder 1974, Doc Savage 1975, The Return of a Man Called Horse 1976 10 1979, The French Atlantic Affair 1979, Captain America II: Death Too Soon 1979, The Ninth Configuration 1980, The Mountain Men 1980, Coast to Coast 1980, Stripes 1981, Ladykillers 1988, False Identity 1990, Extreme Justice 1993, The River Wild 1994, The Limey 1999, Erin Brockovich 2000, Red Dragon 2002, The Rundown 2003, The World's Fastest Indian 2005, and Contraband 2012. He is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. William Lucking
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Post by teleadm on Nov 8, 2021 7:04:58 GMT
British actor Clifford Rose has left us at the age of 92, on November 6th. He had a long association with the Royal Shakespeare Company that started in 1960. On television he played the character Sturmbannführer Ludwig Kessler in the BBC World War II television drama Secret Army 1977–79 and its sequel Kessler 1981. He later played SS General Hans Kammler in the miniseries War and Remembrance 1988. He played leading roles in The Pallisers 1974, Fortunes of War 1987 and Alan Bleasdale's drama GBH 1991, and appeared as Rorvik in the Doctor Who story Warriors' Gate 1981. In movies he was seen in Marat/Sade 1967, Work Is a 4-Letter Word 1968, Callan 1974, The Good Father 1985, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2011 and The Iron Lady 2011. He is remembered by US Day NewsR.I.P. Clifford Rose
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Post by teleadm on Nov 9, 2021 8:07:30 GMT
Polish-born composer Joanna Bruzdowicz has left us at the age of 78, on November 3rd. As a composer she devoted her attention to opera, symphonic and chamber music, works for children, and music for film and television. She had a long creative relationship with director Agnes Varda. For movies she composed for Sans toit ni loi (Varda) 1985, Le jupon rouge 1987, Jacquot de Nantes (Varda) 1991, Un air si pur... 1997, Les glaneurs et la glaneuse (Varda documentary), Les âmes grises 2005, Les plages d'Agnès (Varda documentary) 2008, J'ai oublié de te dire 2009, The White King 2016 among others. She is remembered by France MusiqueR.I.P. Joanna Bruzdowicz
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Post by teleadm on Nov 9, 2021 8:30:19 GMT
Mexican actor Enrique Rocha has left us at the age of 81, on November 7th. Before moving over and playing villains in Mexican Telenovelas he had started in movies in the last decade of what is sometimes referred to as the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema (1930 to 1969). Among his movies are El proceso de Cristo (as Jesus Christ) 1966, El caudillo 1968, Satanás de todos los horrores 1974, Satanico Pandemonium: La Sexorcista (as Lucifer) 1975 among others. He is remembered by Today in 24R.I.P. Enrique Rocha
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Post by teleadm on Nov 9, 2021 17:59:23 GMT
American actor Dean Stockwell has left us at the age of 85, on November 7th. He had a career spanning over 70 years. As a child actor under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he first came to the public's attention in films such as Anchors Aweigh 1945, The Green Years 1946, Gentleman's Agreement 1947, and Kim 1950. As a young adult, he played a lead role in the 1957 Broadway and 1959 screen adaptations of Compulsion and in 1962, he played Edmund Tyrone in the film version of Long Day's Journey into Night, for which he won a Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. He appeared in supporting roles in such films as Dune 1984, Paris, Texas 1984, To Live and Die in L.A. 1985, Blue Velvet 1986 and Beverly Hills Cop II 1987. He received further critical acclaim for his performance in Married to the Mob 1988, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He subsequently had roles in The Player 1992, and Air Force One 1997. His television roles include playing Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci in Quantum Leap 1989–1993 and Brother Cavil in the Sci Fi Channel revival of Battlestar Galactica 2004–2009. Following his roles on Quantum Leap and Battlestar Galactica, Stockwell appeared at numerous science fiction conventions. He is remembered by VarietyR.I.P. Dean Stockwell
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Post by manfromplanetx on Nov 9, 2021 21:30:51 GMT
Amalia Isabel Rodríguez Carriera (3 July 1924 – 8 November 2021). Known professionally as Amalia Aguilar... Amalia Aguilar was born in Matanzas, Cuba, but became a naturalized Mexican. She was a dancer, rumbera, vedette, singer, comedian, and actress who managed to stand out as one of the greatest exponents of the Rumberas Cinema in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. In 1945 she made her screen debut through the film “Pervertida”. From there she played dramatic, comedy and musical roles in “Calabacitas tender” (1949), “Ritmos del Caribe” (1950), “Al son del mambo” (1950), “Mis tres viudas alegres” (1953), and many others. Aguilar also participated in a Hollywood musical film, A Night at the Follies (1947) and was christened “The Atomic Bomb” and “The Caribbean Whirlwind”, due to her unique style of dancing. Many clips /shorts of her and her extraordinary routines are available... Amalia Aguilar's family issued this touching message... “RIP Amalia Aguilar. Today we say goodbye to the mother, the grandmother, the actress but especially the friend. May your light caress the life of everyone who vibrates within your heart, thank you for being our guide and strength. Forever your children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren ”. R.I.P ... Amalia Aguilar
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Post by teleadm on Nov 11, 2021 10:04:18 GMT
American actor Jerry Douglas has left us at the age of 88, on November 9th. For 25 years he reigned as patriarch John Abbott in the fictional Genoa City on the daytime television serial The Young and the Restless. In 2006, his character was killed off, but his character later made special appearances. On film he could be seen in such movies as Black Zoo 1963, Gunn 1967, Avalanche 1978, Good Guys Wear Black 1978 and Silent But Deadly 2012. He is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. Jerry Douglas
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Post by teleadm on Nov 11, 2021 10:24:52 GMT
Irish-born American actor Gavan O'Herlihy has left us at the age of 70, on November 9th. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Irish actor Dan O'Herlihy. He was the first out of two actors who played the oldest brother Chuck Cunningham on the TV-series Happy Days 1974, the character who famously or infamously totally disappeared from that series. He had over thirty screen credits to his name, most of them in villainous or antagonistic roles such as Never Say Never Again 1983, Superman III 1983, Death Wish 3 1985 and The Last Outlaw TV 1993. His role as Airk Thaughbaer in the 1988 fantasy Willow is one of the few heroic roles that he portrayed, as well as that of the dashing British officer from Virginia Captain Leroy in Sharpe's Eagle TV 1993. R.I.P. Gavan O'Herlihy
(No obituary could be found)
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Post by teleadm on Nov 15, 2021 7:50:14 GMT
North Rhodesia-born South African-British novelist Wilbur Smith has left us at the age of 88, on November 13th/14th. Among his novels that became movies or television productions are The Mercenaries aka Dark of the Sun 1968, Gold 1974, The Kingfisher Caper 1975, Shout at the Devil 1976, The Seventh Scroll 1999 TV mini-series and The Diamond Hunters 2001 TV mini-series. He is remembered by BBCR.I.P. Wilbur Smith
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Post by teleadm on Nov 15, 2021 8:09:09 GMT
British-born Canadian actor and theater director Henry Woolf has left us at the age of 91, on November 11th/12th. He was a longtime friend and collaborator of 2005 Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter, having stimulated Pinter to write his first play, The Room 1957, in 1956. He served as a faculty member at the University of Saskatchewan from 1983 to 1997 and as artistic director of Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan from 1991 until 2001. His film credits includes San Ferry Ann 1965, Marat/Sade 1967, Tell Me Lies 1968, The Lion in Winter 1968, Great Catherine 1968, The Bed Sitting Room 1969, Alfred the Great 1969, The Ruling Class 1972, The Love Pill 1972, Galileo 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975, Rogue Male 1976, The Hound of the Baskervilles 1978, Gorky Park 1983, Superman III 1983, and Maid to Order 1987. In All You Need Is Cash 1978, a film by the Rutles (a fictional mock-Beatles band jointly created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes), he played a character named Arthur Sultan, a fictional spoof of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. He is remembered by CBCR.I.P. Henry Woolf
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