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Post by marianne48 on Sept 17, 2022 0:32:35 GMT
Also the father of Broadway and film actress Penelope Ann Miller, Mark Miller starred in one of my all-time favorite family sitcoms, the seemingly forgotten Please Don't Eat the Daisies. Co-starring Patricia Crowley as his wife, the family lived in some sort of castle-like home with four boys and a sheepdog. Unlike many of the sitcoms of the time, the mother had a job as a writer and was not obsessed with housework; consequently, the house was always in a bit of a mess (like many homes with kids in real life). Also unlike many sitcoms of the time, it did not have an obnoxiously obtrusive laugh track. I rarely see this show mentioned anywhere; I was thrilled when a fantasy episode of Roseanne, which featured several TV moms from classic sitcoms, included Pat Crowley as one of the guest stars. I wish one of the classic TV-based cable stations would bring this show back. R.I.P., Mark Miller.
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Post by teleadm on Sept 17, 2022 16:05:59 GMT
American actor Henry Silva has left us at the age of 95, on September 14th. He was a regular staple of international genre cinema, usually playing criminals or gangsters. His notable film appearances include Ocean's 11 1960, The Manchurian Candidate 1962, Johnny Cool 1963, Sharky's Machine 1981 and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999. By 1955, he had moved up from dishwasher to waiter, and felt ready to audition for the Actors Studio. He was one of five students chosen out of more than 2500 applicants. When the Actors Studio staged Michael V. Gazzo's play " A Hatful of Rain" as a classroom project, it proved so successful it came to Broadway--with students Ben Gazzara, Shelley Winters, Harry Guardino, Anthony Franciosa and, of course, him in key roles. He acted in around 140 movies and television productions between 1950 and 2001, uncredited movie debut in Viva Zapata! 1952. He is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P Henry Silva
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Post by snsurone on Sept 24, 2022 9:38:17 GMT
Oscar-winning actress Louise Fletcher has passed away at age 88. She is probably best known for her role as the evil and controlling Nurse Ratched in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS' NEST. May she RIP.
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Post by teleadm on Sept 24, 2022 16:22:58 GMT
As has been noted, American actress Louise Fletcher has left us at the age of 88, on September 23rd. Perhaps best known for her portrayal of Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975, which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. She was also well-known for her recurring role as the Bajoran religious leader Kai Winn Adami in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1993–1999, as well as for her role as Helen Rosemond in the movie Cruel Intentions 1999) She was nominated for two Emmy Awards for he roles in the television series Picket Fences 1996 and Joan of Arcadia 2004. She is remembered by Variety R.I.P. Louise Fletcher
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Post by teleadm on Sept 29, 2022 5:23:43 GMT
English-born actress Venetia Stevenson has left us at the age of 84, on September 26th. (Parkinson's disease) She is the daughter of film director Robert Stevenson and actress Anna Lee. Her photogenic beauty was apparent from the start. As part of the youthful Hollywood scene, she was quickly discovered and moved with ease into junior modeling work. A photo of her has appeared on cans and bottles of Sweetheart Stout beer since 1958. As an actress she appeared in Darby's Rangers 1958, Day of the Outlaw 1959, Island of Lost Women 1959, Jet Over the Atlantic 1959, The Big Night 1960, Seven Ways from Sundown 1960, City of the Dead 1960 and The Sergeant Was a Lady 1961. She retired from acting in 1962. In later years, she became a script reader for Burt Reynolds's production company and, subsequently, became vice-president of Cinema Group, a production company that made several films in the 1980's. She is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. Venetia Stevenson
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Post by petrolino on Oct 1, 2022 12:03:49 GMT
English-born actress Venetia Stevenson has left us at the age of 84, on September 26th. (Parkinson's disease) She is the daughter of film director Robert Stevenson and actress Anna Lee. She is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. Venetia Stevenson
Thanks for remembering Venetia Stevenson, daughter of Anna Lee. I enjoyed her work in Andre De Toth's western 'Day Of The Outlaw' (1959) and John Llewellyn Moxey's horror 'The City Of The Dead' (1960). Thanks for the movies, Ms. Stevenson.
R.I.P.
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Post by marianne48 on Oct 3, 2022 2:38:31 GMT
Sacheen Littlefeather, the activist who appeared at the Oscars ceremony in 1973 to reject Marlon Brando's Oscar in a protest against the portrayal of Native Americans in the movies, passed away today at the age of 75. Her appearance was met with boos and jeers by phony liberals in the audience and threats by pretend patriot John Wayne offstage, and she was subjected to years of being maligned and threatened by others for years, until she received a formal statement of apology just weeks ago by the Academy. R.I.P.
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Post by spiderwort on Oct 3, 2022 12:55:00 GMT
Sacheen Littlefeather, the activist who appeared at the Oscars ceremony in 1973 to reject Marlon Brando's Oscar in a protest against the portrayal of Native Americans in the movies, passed away today at the age of 75. Her appearance was met with boos and jeers by phony liberals in the audience and threats by pretend patriot John Wayne offstage, and she was subjected to years of being maligned and threatened by others for years, until she received a formal statement of apology just weeks ago by the Academy. R.I.P.
Thank you for remembering Sacheen Littlefeather.
Not long after that event at the Academy "she quit acting for good and earned a degree in holistic health from Antioch University with a minor in Native American medicine. Her work in wellness included writing a health column for the Kiowa tribe newspaper in Oklahoma, teaching in the traditional Indian medicine program at St. Mary’s Hospital in Tucson, Arizona, and working with Mother Teresa on behalf of AIDS patients in the Bay Area. She would go on to serve as a founding board member of the American Indian AIDS Institute of San Francisco. . .She will be buried in the tiny native American town of Red Rock, Oklahoma, next to her husband, Charles Kashiway. . .A Catholic Requiem Mass for her will be held this month at St. Rita Church in Fairfax, California, with a reception to follow. Littlefeather requested that donations be made to the American Indian Child Resource Center of Oakland."
R.I.P. Sacheen Littlefeather. Thank you for making the world a better place.
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Post by teleadm on Oct 4, 2022 4:49:51 GMT
American stage, screen and television actress, writer and performance artist Joan Hotchkis has left us at the age of 95, on September 27th. (congestive heart failure) A lifetime member of the Actors Studio and the Dramatists Guild, She is best known for playing Dr. Nancy Cunningham for several seasons on The Odd Couple, for co-writing with Eric Morris the seminal acting manual "No Acting Please" (1977), which is still used in colleges and conservatories, and for her groundbreaking performance art works in the 1990's. She played the wife in TV-Series My World and Welcome to It 1969 - 1970. She acted in movies like The Late Liz 1971, Breezy 1973, Ode to Billy Joe 1976 and Old Boyfriends 1979. She is remembered by Deadline R.I.P. Joan Hotchkis
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Post by snsurone on Oct 4, 2022 16:49:01 GMT
Legendary singer Loretta Lynn, subject of the movie COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER which won Sissy Spacek a Best Actress Oscar, has passed away in her sleep at age 90, after suffering numerous health problems over the years.
Now, she is at peace at last.
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Post by teleadm on Oct 5, 2022 4:36:13 GMT
Canadian-born American photographer Douglas Kirkland has left us at the age of 88, on October 2nd. He was contracted for work around the world and worked in the motion picture industry as a special photographer on more than 150 films including 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Sound of Music, Sophie's Choice, Out of Africa, The Pirate Movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Romancing the Stone, Titanic, and Moulin Rouge!. Some of his famous film shots include John Travolta in the dance sequence from Saturday Night Fever, a portrait of Judy Garland crying and the March 1976 Playboy pictorial of Margot Kidder. In 1995 Kirkland received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American motion pictures Society of Operating Cameramen. His portrait of Charlie Chaplin is at the National Portrait Gallery in London. He is remembered by Hollywood Reporter R.I.P. Douglas Kirkland
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Post by teleadm on Oct 5, 2022 4:52:41 GMT
American playwright and screenwriter Charles Fuller has left us at the age of 83, on October 3rd. Perhaps best known for his play A Soldier's Play, for which he received the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2020 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. His screenplay for A Soldier's Story 1984 earned him an Oscar nomination. For television he wrote The Sky Is Gray 1980, A Gathering of Old Men 1987 and Zooman 1995 based on his own play Zooman and the Sign. He is remembered by Hollywood Reporter R.I.P. Charles Fuller
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Post by spiderwort on Oct 5, 2022 14:50:10 GMT
Legendary singer Loretta Lynn, subject of the movie COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER which won Sissy Spacek a Best Actress Oscar, has passed away in her sleep at age 90, after suffering numerous health problems over the years. Now, she is at peace at last.
Thank you for remembering Loretta Lynn, a woman who was born in a one room cabin in the mountains of Kentucky and grew up to be a phenomenally successful singer and song writer. She literally changed the landscape of country music for women who came after her. She made history in 1971, when she was the first woman nominated by the Country Music Association Awards for entertainer of the year. She lost that year, but won the next. Among her other honors: eight CMA Awards, 14 Academy of Country Music Awards, and three Grammys (out of 18 nominations). She was also voted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2003, she received the Kennedy Center Honors Award; the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award in 2013, and in 2021, the Academy of Country Music Awards "Poet's Award." Her legacy is huge; her music unforgettable.
R.I.P Loretta Lynn 1932-2022.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Oct 6, 2022 13:32:06 GMT
Hollywood ReporterActor Robert Brown has died at the age of 95. He's best remembered as star of the late '60s TV series Here Come The Brides. A curious bit of trivia: Brown played Lazarus in the Star Trek episode "The Alternative Factor". He was quite literally a last-second replacement for John Drew Barrymore, who had failed to show up for the filming. Suggested by William Shatner (he and Brown had filmed an unsold TV pilot in 1963), Brown was virtually dragged to the set with no rehearsal. But there's an even more fascinating bit of casting trivia about Robert Brown. He was the original choice to play -- I kid you not, both hands on the Bible -- the role of Steve McGarrett on Hawaii Five-O. Brown was involved with the project for several months, then a few days before filming was to start producer Leonard Freeman decided he was wrong for the part of the hard-boiled cop (an opinion I share, FWIW). CBS exec Perry Lafferty suggested an actor the network was developing a western pilot for -- Jack Lord. Freeman initially opposed the idea, having heard about Lord being less than totally cooperative on the set, but eventually agreed to his casting.
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Post by teleadm on Oct 7, 2022 20:33:37 GMT
German actor Günter Lamprecht has left us at the age of 92, on October 4th. Perhaps best known for playing the lead in Fassbinder's TV-series/mini series Berlin Alexanderplatz 1980 and as the Captain of the SS Weser in Das Boot 1981. In movies he also acted in Fassbinder's The Marriage of Maria Braun 1978. He is remembered by All News PressR.I.P. Günter Lamprecht
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Post by teleadm on Oct 11, 2022 4:52:39 GMT
American actress Eileen Ryan has left us at the age of 94, on October 9th. She was the widow of actor and director Leo Penn, and the mother of actors Sean Penn, Chris Penn, and singer Michael Penn. She made her Broadway debut in 1953 in Sing Till Tomorrow, then worked alongside Judith Anderson, George C. Scott and Larry Hagman in 1958 in Comes a Day. She started acting on Television in 1955 and went on to appear on installments of many other shows, including The Detectives, Ben Casey and Bonanza, where Leo directed her in 1972. He also guided her on episodes of Cannon, Little House on the Prairie, Marcus Welby, M.D. and Matlock and in the 1988 movie Judgment in Berlin. She showed up in several films starring Sean, including The Indian Runner 1991, The Crossing Guard 1995, I Am Sam 2001, The Pledge 2001, The Assassination of Richard Nixon 2004 and All the King’s Men 2006. She is remembered by Hollywood Reporter R.I.P. Eileen Ryan
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Post by Penn Guinn on Oct 12, 2022 0:00:22 GMT
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Post by spiderwort on Oct 12, 2022 1:20:56 GMT
Angela Lansbury _ October 16, 1925 - October 11, 2022
Oh, what a heartbreaking loss this is! She was a titan talent, a woman and actress impossible not to love.
May you rest in peace, Dame Angela Lansbury. Your legacy is huge.
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Post by teleadm on Oct 12, 2022 4:04:07 GMT
Trinidadian-American actor Austin Stoker has left us at the age of 92. on October 7th. (renal failure) Perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Ethan Bishop, the police officer in charge of the besieged Precinct 9, Division 13, in John Carpenter's Howard Hawks-inspired 1976 film, Assault on Precinct 13. This was one of the few heroic starring roles for a black actor in an action film of the 1970's outside of the blaxploitation genre. He started his career on stage, including the 1954 Broadway production of Truman Capote's House of Flowers.
Prior to his role as Lt. Bishop, Stoker appeared in several blaxploitation films, often playing police detectives. Among these films were Abby (1974), Combat Cops (1974), and Sheba, Baby (1975), in which he played Pam Grier's love interest. Some of Stoker's other notable acting roles were in Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973), Horror High (1974), Airport 1975 (1974), Victory at Entebbe (1976), and the 1977 television mini-series Roots. He acted in nearly 60 movie and television productions between 1969 and 2022. He is remembered by Hollywood Reporter R.I.P. Austin Stoker
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Post by teleadm on Oct 12, 2022 4:17:58 GMT
American actor Michael Callan has left us at the age of 86, on October 10th. Perhaps best best known for originating the role of Riff in West Side Story on Broadway, and for his film roles for Columbia Pictures, notably Gidget Goes Hawaiian 1961, The Interns 1962 and Cat Ballou 1965. He acted in 90 movie and television productions between 1959 ( They Came to Cordura) and 2006 ( The Still Life). He is remembered by Hollywood Reporter R.I.P. Michael Callan
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