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Post by teleadm on Jan 18, 2023 5:27:02 GMT
British film, television and theater director Piers Haggard has left us at the age of 83, on January 11th. Probably his best known work is Dennis Potter's BBC drama serial Pennies From Heaven 1978 for which he received a BAFTA Award as its director. The following year he directed the ambitious science-fiction serial Quatermass, a Euston Films production for Thames Television, which was shown on the ITV network. His film work includes Wedding Night 1970, the cult classic The Blood on Satan's Claw 1970, the cinema version of Quatermass 1980, Summer Story 1988), also The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu 1980, Peter Sellers' last film, and Venom 1982. He is remembered by DeadlineR.I.P. Piers Haggard
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Post by teleadm on Jan 18, 2023 5:48:45 GMT
American actress and screenwriter Dorothy Tristan has left us at the age of 88, on January 7th. (Alzheimer's) Perhaps best known for her roles in the films Klute 1971, Down and Out in Beverly Hills 1986, and Scarecrow 1973. She co-wrote the films Steal the Sky 1988 and Weeds 1987. She also wrote the films Suspended Animation 2001, which is based on her novel, and A Piece of Eden 2000. She started her career as a model and was on the magazine covers of Vogue and Life. She is remembered by VarietyR.I.P. Dorothy Tristan
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Post by timshelboy on Jan 18, 2023 10:24:37 GMT
British film, television and theater director Piers Haggard has left us at the age of 83, on January 11th. Probably his best known work is Dennis Potter's BBC drama serial Pennies From Heaven 1978 for which he received a BAFTA Award as its director. The following year he directed the ambitious science-fiction serial Quatermass, a Euston Films production for Thames Television, which was shown on the ITV network. His film work includes Wedding Night 1970, the cult classic The Blood on Satan's Claw 1970, the cinema version of Quatermass 1980, Summer Story 1988), also The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu 1980, Peter Sellers' last film, and Venom 1982. He is remembered by DeadlineR.I.P. Piers HaggardVENOM was fun. Haggard, who on set had to contend with Sterling Hayden stoned out of his gourd, a drunken Oliver Reed, Horny Sarah Miles and barking mad Klaus Kinski, said the Black Mamba was the best behaved cast member.
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Post by teleadm on Jan 18, 2023 18:22:07 GMT
American film producer Edward R. Pressman has left us at the age of 79, on January 17th. Founder of the production company Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation. The son of Lynn and Jack Pressman, known as the "King of Marbles", who founded the Pressman Toy Corporation. Among the movies he produced were Sisters 1972, Phantom of the Paradise 1974, Heart Beat 1980, Plenty 1985, Wall Street 1987, Talk Radio 1988, Reversal of Fortune 1990, Hoffa 1992, The Crow 1994 and it's sequels, American Psycho 2000 and The Man Who Knew Infinity 2015. He is remembered by VarietyR.I.P. Edward R. Pressman
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Post by teleadm on Jan 19, 2023 10:22:32 GMT
English cinematographer Brian Tufano has left us at the age of 83, on January 14th or 16th. Perhaps best known for his work on the films of Danny Boyle and Menhaj Huda. He was admitted to the British Society of Cinematographers and won the 2001 BAFTA Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film and Television. His most well-known works include Trainspotting 1996, A Life Less Ordinary 1997 and Billy Elliot (BAFTA nominated) 2000. Other movies include Quadrophenia 1979, The Lords of Discipline 1983, Dreamscape 1984, Middlemarch 1994 (BAFTA nominated), Shallow Grave 1994, I Could Never Be Your Woman 2007, Adulthood 2008 and Everywhere and Nowhere 2011. He is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. Brian Tufano
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Post by Rufus-T on Jan 20, 2023 13:59:05 GMT
David Crosby, part of Crosby, Still, Nash, and sometime Young
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Post by Richard Kimble on Jan 20, 2023 20:38:16 GMT
English cinematographer Brian Tufano has left us at the age of 83, on January 14th or 16th. But not the 15th? "Makers of fine products up to but not including 1938."
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Post by petrolino on Jan 20, 2023 21:02:21 GMT
British film, television and theater director Piers Haggard has left us at the age of 83, on January 11th. He is remembered by DeadlineR.I.P. Piers HaggardVENOM was fun. Haggard, who on set had to contend with Sterling Hayden stoned out of his gourd, a drunken Oliver Reed, Horny Sarah Miles and barking mad Klaus Kinski, said the Black Mamba was the best behaved cast member.
Piers' Haggard's television work was exemplary. Among his features, 'Blood On Satan's Claw' is my favourite horror movie to emerge from British horror's big three, Amicus Studios, Hammer Studios and Tigon Studios.
He'll be missed.
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Jan 20, 2023 21:07:23 GMT
American film producer Edward R. Pressman has left us at the age of 79, on January 17th. He is remembered by VarietyR.I.P. Edward R. Pressman
Thanks so much for remembering Ed Pressman, a producer of great courage, conviction and character. And as evil Ernest Trend in Sam Raimi's 'Crimewave' (1985), he set the ball in motion for the Coen Brothers' career-long reinvention of the screwball comedy.
Thanks for the movies, Mr. Pressman, you'll be missed.
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Jan 20, 2023 21:20:23 GMT
Acting teachers and character players Sam Schacht and Sandra Seacat have died, both at the age of 86. Schacht gave me nightmares with his performance as mysterious creepozoid Uncle Fletcher in Matthew Chapman's psychological horror 'Heart Of Midnight' (1988).
"Sam Schacht became a member of the Actors Studio in 1964 after having studied with Lee Strasberg in his private class. Schacht had a busy acting career. He appeared on Broadway in The Magic Show, Golda, Two Gentlemen of Verona and Bosoms and Neglect, and also worked at The Public Theater, Lincoln Center and regional theatres throughout the country. Film credits include "A New Leaf," "Another You," "A Shock to the System," "Heart of Midnight," "The Manhattan Project," "Tattoo," "The Gambler," and "Puzzle of a Downfall Child." He's acted in numerous made-for-television films, as well as series work. He appeared as Saul in the American Playhouse's production of Sam Shepard's "True West," opposite Gary Sinise and John Malkovich. He’s also directed, including off-Broadway productions of plays by Kurt Vonnegut and Howard Fast. When the Actors Studio MFA Program was created in 1995, he came on first as acting faculty and then as Dean. He was co-founder of two successful New York theatre companies, still in existence, The New Group and The Workshop Theater, both devoted to the development of new work. Along with teaching private classes, he also teaches scene study and a popular Chekhov Intensive at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. I first met Sam Schacht during my second year in the Actors Studio MFA program when I took his scene study class. I liked him immediately. His attitude towards technique was practical, coming out of his own experience as a working actor. He was extremely serious about actors finding authenticity in whatever it was they were doing, but he did not preach from an ivory tower. When I walked into his class, I had already had years of experience as an actress. I knew how to solve problems for myself. I knew how to survive bad direction. Sam pushed me, pushed me to go deeper, be braver. Unlike many other teachers, he does not take a one-size-fits-all approach. I've had a lot of great teachers, but Sam was the best."
- Sheila O'Malley, RogerEbert.com
"Born in Greensburg, Kansas on October 2, 1936, Sandra Seacat graduated from Northwestern University, and with only $69 in her pocket and a dream of becoming an actress, she headed to New York City where she met Lee Strasberg, who accepted her as a member of The Actors Studio and later encouraged her to also teach. Since 1975, Seacat conducted her own classes and workshops in the US and Europe. Though she’d primarily work in New York and Los Angeles – she lived in New York – Seacat used innovative techniques to draw truthful, powerful and naturalistic performances from her students ... studying under Seacat at one time or anther were Mickey Rourke, Marlo Thomas, Aaron Eckhart, Meg Ryan, Misha Baryshnikov, Isabella Rossellini, Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, Mary Kay Place, Peter Falk, Shia LaBeouf, Martin Henderson and many others."
- Greg Evans, Deadline
Sam Schacht in 'Heart Of Midnight'
R.I.P.
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Post by teleadm on Jan 20, 2023 22:50:49 GMT
English cinematographer Brian Tufano has left us at the age of 83, on January 14th or 16th. But not the 15th? "Makers of fine products up to but not including 1938."Sometimes sources give different dates, it will be adjusted later, maybe
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Post by teleadm on Jan 23, 2023 6:48:51 GMT
American film editor Donn Cambern had left us at the age of 93, on January 18th. He began his career as a Music Editor for The Andy Griffith Show, before moving into film editing. He has edited such films as Easy Rider 1969 and Romancing the Stone 1984, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing along with fellow editor Frank Morriss. He was awarded the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award in 2004. He was also Emmy nominated for The Bob Hope Christmas Special 1968. He is remembered by VarietyR.I.P. Donn Cambern
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Post by stryker on Jan 23, 2023 20:02:20 GMT
David Crosby, part of Crosby, Still, Nash, and sometime Young
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Post by teleadm on Jan 24, 2023 6:25:37 GMT
Spanish film director and screenwriter Eugenio Martín has left us at the age of 97, on January 23rd. Internationally perhaps best known for the Western movies The Ugly Ones 1967 and Bad Man's River 1971, and the Horror movie Horror Express 1972. R.I.P. Eugenio Martín
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Post by teleadm on Jan 26, 2023 6:24:23 GMT
American actor Lance Kerwin has left us at the age of 62,on January 24th. He was known primarily for roles in television and film during his childhood and teen years in the 1970's. He played lead roles in the TV series James at 15 1977 - 1978, and the made-for-TV films The Loneliest Runner 1976 and Salem's Lot 1979. He is remembered by VarietyR.I.P. Lance Kerwin
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Post by teleadm on Jan 27, 2023 17:51:53 GMT
English actress Sylvia Syms has left us at the age of 89, on January 27th. Perhaps best known for her roles in the films Woman in a Dressing Gown 1957 (BAFTA nominated), Ice Cold in Alex 1958, No Trees in the Street 1959 (BAFTA nominated), Victim 1961, and The Tamarind Seed (BAFTA nominated) 1974. In 2006 she portrayed The Queen Mother in the Stephen Frears movie The Queen, about the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and days leading up to Diana's funeral. She acted in over 135 movie and television productions between 1955 and 2019. She was also a popular guest on British Quiz shows. She is remembered by BBCR.I.P. Sylvia Syms
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Post by teleadm on Jan 30, 2023 6:42:07 GMT
American actress Lisa Loring has left us at the age of 64, on January 29th. (complications from a stroke) Perhaps best known for having played Wednesday Addams at six years old on the 1964–1966 sitcom The Addams Family. In 1966, she joined the cast of ABC sitcom The Pruitts of Southampton. From 1980 to 1983, she played the character Cricket Montgomery on CBS soap opera As the World Turns. She is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. Lisa Loring
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Post by teleadm on Jan 30, 2023 6:56:28 GMT
American actress Annie Wersching has left us at the age of 45, on January 29th. (cancer) Best known for her starring role as Renee Walker in 24 2009 - 2010 and recurring roles in several American television series, such as Bosch 2014 - 2021 and Timeless 2017 - 2018, also Runaways 2017 - 2019, The Rookie 2019 - 2022 and Star Trek: Picard 2022. She is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. Annie Wersching
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Post by jervistetch on Jan 31, 2023 0:17:11 GMT
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that actress Cindy Williams of “Laverne and Shirley” fame has passed away. Cindy Williams
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Post by petrolino on Jan 31, 2023 1:09:22 GMT
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that actress Cindy Williams of “Laverne and Shirley” fame has passed away. Cindy Williams
I just heard the news on CNN. Was in bed (have to be up early for work). I'm so sad to lose Cindy Williams and Tom Verlaine, two of my favourite people on the planet.
Thanks for the movies, the music, the laughter, 'Laverne & Shirley' ... you'll be missed, Ms. Williams.
R.I.P.
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