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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on May 26, 2018 12:34:13 GMT
Actress Elizabeth Sung (1954-2018) has passed away at age 63 on May 22nd. ![](http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjI2ODUzNzcwNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzQ1OTUzMTE@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg) Born in Hong Kong and later moved to the US, she was fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin. She appeared in a wide variety of movies and TV shows over the years. She appeared on TV in The Sopranos, Elementary, The Young and the Restless, China Beach, Shameless, Knots Landingand Bones, among others. She appeared in several movies too, such as Lethal Weapon 4, The Joy Luck Club, Memoirs of a Geisha, Hero(2002), Tango and Cash and The Puppet Masters.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 1, 2018 21:19:39 GMT
Actress Madiha Yousri has passed away (some online sources claim she was 97 years of age, others state she was 96). Yousri was a prominent performer during the Golden Age of Egyptian Cinema.
Actress Maria Dolores Pradera has passed away (her age remains unverified but most sources say she was 93). Pradera was a prominent performer in classical Spanish cinema.
Actor Gabriel Gascon has died aged 91. Gascon was one of the leading lights of Quebecois theatre in Canada. He worked with some of cinema's greatest filmmakers.
Filmmaker Muktha V. Srinivasan has died at the age of 88. Srinivasan directed the cult love story 'Simla Special' (1982).
Giuseppe 'Pippo' Caruso has died aged 82. Caruso composed the music for several films including Giovanni Brusadori's prison drama 'Jailbirds' (1978).
Actress Cornelia Frances has passed away aged 77. Frances was a major star of Australian television who appeared in 'The Box' (1975) and 'Outback' (1989).
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Post by petrolino on Jun 1, 2018 21:30:45 GMT
Theatrical costume designer Paulette Coquatrix has passed away at the age of 102. During an immaculate run in the 1950s, Coquatrix dressed performers in films directed by Sacha Guitry, Pierre Chevalier, Claude-Autant Lara, Marc Allegret, Jean Boyer, Andre Cayatte, Jacques Becker, Gilles Grangier, Michel Boisrond and Yves Robert.
Esteemed art director Michael D. Ford has died aged 90. Ford worked as a set decorator on the 'James Bond' franchise, the 'Star Wars' franchise and the 'Indiana Jones' franchise.
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 1, 2018 21:33:26 GMT
Frank Doubleday ~ Rest in Peace
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Post by neurosturgeon on Jun 2, 2018 18:35:59 GMT
Allyn Ann McLerie, probably best known for her supporting role in the musical CALAMITY JANE, died May 21, 2018.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 5, 2018 20:32:11 GMT
Stage actor Russell Nype had died aged 98. Nype was born in Zion, Illinois, USA on April 26, 1920 (a couple of online sources cite his year of birth as 1924 but the vast majority of online obituaries appear to be definitively reporting he was born in 1920). Nype acted in Arthur Hiller's box-office smash 'Love Story' (1970), Nancy Walker's disco biopic 'Can't Stop The Music' (1980) and Larry Cohen's subversive shocker 'The Stuff' (1985).
Character actor William Edward Phipps has died at the age of 96. Phipps was born in Vincennes, Indiana, USA on February 4, 1922. He played numerous character roles in westerns and crime pictures during a career in cinema that lasted for more than 50 years. He also appeared in some of the defining science-fiction fantasy horrors of the 1950s including the 1953 heavyweight trifecta, 'Cat-Women Of The Moon' (1953), 'Invaders From Mars' (1953) & 'The War Of The Worlds' (1953).
Enduring television regular Robert Mandan has died aged 86. Mandan was born in Clever, Missouri, USA on February 2, 1932. He acted in the saucy comedy musical 'The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas' (1982) and the raunchy comic fantasy 'Zapped!' (1982).
R.I.P.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jun 5, 2018 21:17:51 GMT
Stage actor Russell Nype had died aged 98. Nype was born in Zion, Illinois, USA on April 26, 1920 (a couple of online sources cite his year of birth as 1924 but the vast majority of online obituaries appear to be definitively reporting he was born in 1920). Nype acted in Arthur Hiller's box-office smash 'Love Story' (1970), Nancy Walker's disco biopic 'Can't Stop The Music' (1980) and Larry Cohen's subversive shocker 'The Stuff' (1985).
Character actor William Edward Phipps has died at the age of 96. Phipps was born in Vincennes, Indiana, USA on February 4, 1922. He played numerous character roles in westerns and crime pictures during a career in cinema that lasted for more than 50 years. He also appeared in some of the defining science-fiction fantasy horrors of the 1950s including the 1953 heavyweight trifecta, 'Cat-Women Of The Moon' (1953), 'Invaders From Mars' (1953) & 'The War Of The Worlds' (1953).
Enduring television regular Robert Mandan has died aged 86. Mandan was born in Clever, Missouri, USA on February 2, 1932. He acted in the saucy comedy musical 'The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas' (1982) and the raunchy comic fantasy 'Zapped!' (1982).
R.I.P.
Robert Mandan was probably best known as Chester Tate on "Soap" and as James Bradford on both "Three's Company" and the spinoff, "Three's a Crowd." ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Robert_Mandan_1977.JPG)
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Post by petrolino on Jun 9, 2018 16:37:15 GMT
Filmmaker Kira Muratova has passed away at the age of 83. Muratova's early feature 'Brief Encounters' (1967), starring singer-songwriter and political agitator Vladimir Vysotsky, was banned for many years and began for her a lifelong struggle against censorship and oppression. She's considered one of Europe's greatest directors.
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 9, 2018 16:46:57 GMT
Television star Minken Fosheim has passed away aged 62. Fosheim acted in Martin Asphaug's 'A Handful Of Time' (1989) and made an appearance in Ole Bornedal's drama 'I Am Dina' (2002).
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 9, 2018 16:54:28 GMT
Eunice Gayson has passed away aged 90. Gayson appeared in many films in the 1950s including John Guillermin's comic strip fantasy 'Miss Robin Hood' (1952) and Terence Fisher's gothic horror 'The Revenge Of Frankenstein' (1958). In the 1960s, Gayson appeared in the '007' franchise entries 'Dr. No' (1962) and 'From Russia With Love' (1963), earning her a place in the hearts of James Bond fans the world over.
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 12, 2018 17:32:06 GMT
Political filmmaker Zhang Junzhao has died at the age of 65. Junzhao emerged alongside Zhang Yimou, Tian Zhuangzhuang and Chen Kaige in the 1980s to take the Chinese film industry by storm. His films 'One And Eight' (1983) and 'Arc Light' (1989) are considered major works of Asian art cinema.
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 12, 2018 17:54:07 GMT
Roman Klosowski has died at the age of 89. Klosowski acted in some of the great Polish films of the 1950s and 1960s, working with the directors Aleksander Ford, Jan Rybkowski, Jerzy Stefan Stawinski, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Jerzy Passendorfer, Andrzej Munk, Wojciech Has, Czeslaw Petelski, Tadeusz Chmielewski, Jerzy Hoffman and Julian Dziedzina. Klosowski built and maintained a solid career in television and he led theatre troupes in the 1970s and 1980s, though he still found time to appear in select film projects, including Slovak master Dusan Hanak's original romance 'I Love, You Love' (1989) and Robert M. Young's World War 2 drama 'Triumph Of The Spirit' (1989). A distinctive and distinguished actor, Klosowski was hand-picked to appear among an "all-century" line-up of greats assembled for 'Before Twilight' (2008), providing a fitting tribute to a remarkable career.
Thanks for the movies.
R.I.P.
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 15, 2018 13:42:17 GMT
Leslie Grantham, star of the long running BBC series "Eastenders" has died at age 71."At Christmas in 1986, more than 30 million sat down to watch an East End landlord serve divorce papers to his long-suffering wife. It was an acting masterclass in sneering, scowling, superbly-controlled spite. The pleasure taken in inflicting pain was both unforgettable and unbearable. That scene still ranks as a landmark in British TV history. In the era of multi-channel television, the viewing figures are unlikely ever to equalled. Dirty Den was one of the most memorable soap opera characters - at times a rough diamond, at others a really nasty piece of work.He was complex, attractive and tough: a guy who got an innocent teenager pregnant, fell in with criminal gangs and served time inside for arson. Leslie Grantham, who has died at the age of 71, was the man plucked from obscurity to play him. But like Den Watts, Grantham was no angel." Read the rest here. BBC Obit for Leslie Grantham
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Post by neurosturgeon on Jun 15, 2018 16:16:03 GMT
William Phipps
February 4, 1922 - June 1, 2018 Veteran actor William Phipps, whose stage, movie and TV career spanned over a half-century, died Friday night (June 1) at UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, California. He was battling lung cancer which, according to his primary care manager Dr. Jill Brink (https://aginginterventions.com/), was then complicated by pneumonia. At 96, he was one of Hollywood's oldest actors. Phipps never aspired to movie or TV stardom, happy instead to consider any part offered to him, large or small. He prided himself on his versatility, which is demonstrated by his résumé: On little theater stages, he acted in plays by Chekhov, Shakespeare and Brecht while in movies he was perhaps best-known for his work in B-Westerns and cowboy TV series. When Hollywood first began pumping out science fiction films in the 1950s, Phipps became one of the genre's first "regulars," starring in the post-apocalyptic drama Five, co-starring in schlocky titles such as Cat-Women of the Moon and The Snow Creature, and becoming one of the Martians' first victims in The War of the Worlds (and more). For fans of Disney animation, his claim to fame was providing the speaking voice of Prince Charming in the studio's 1950 classic Cinderella. Phipps was born in Vincennes, Indiana, on February 4, 1922. When he was six, his parents divorced, and his mother moved William and his 18-months-older brother Jack ten miles to St. Francisville, Illinois, where she remarried. Growing up in farm country and riding horses was good preparation for the scores of Western movies and TV episodes in which he would appear. A self-described "river rat," he learned to swim in the nearby Wabash River. In 1947, Phipps' movie career got off to an auspicious start when RKO placed him under contract and gave him his first assignment: Crossfire, a film noir about a police investigation into the hate-crime murder of a Jewish man by a member of a group of recently discharged soldiers. Phipps played one of the suspected soldiers, a quiet Tennessee boy who works with the police to nail the guilty party. The modestly budgeted movie performed far beyond expectations, both critically and box office-wise (it was RKO's biggest hit that year). It also received many major Oscar nominations, including Best Writer, Director and Picture. RKO soon placed Phipps in the first of his B Westerns, The Arizona Ranger and Desperadoes of Dodge City. Phipps played both small and large roles in over 200+ pictures and TV shows. His most favorite roles were in many Western films in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also busy in many of TV's best-remembered series of the era: The Cisco Kid, Rin Tin Tin, Twilight Zone, Perry Mason, Rawhide, 77 Sunset Strip, Wagon Train, Gunsmoke, Lassie, Batman, Wyatt Earp (a semi-regular as outlaw Curly Bill Brocius) and dozens more. Bill retired and spent many years in Malibu, CA. He was loved by everyone he met, was very generous, caring and loved to help those who were most disadvantaged. He always had a smile on his face, was a country boy at heart and did not seek the limelight. "Cowboy Up" was his most favorite phrase. He will be dearly missed by all who knew him. His legacy will live on for years to come. Published in the Los Angeles Times from June 5 to June 7, 2018
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Post by teleadm on Jun 15, 2018 16:28:57 GMT
William Phipps February 4, 1922 - June 1, 2018 Veteran actor William Phipps, whose stage, movie and TV career spanned over a half-century, died Friday night (June 1) at UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, California. He was battling lung cancer which, according to his primary care manager Dr. Jill Brink (https://aginginterventions.com/), was then complicated by pneumonia. At 96, he was one of Hollywood's oldest actors. Phipps never aspired to movie or TV stardom, happy instead to consider any part offered to him, large or small. He prided himself on his versatility, which is demonstrated by his résumé: On little theater stages, he acted in plays by Chekhov, Shakespeare and Brecht while in movies he was perhaps best-known for his work in B-Westerns and cowboy TV series. When Hollywood first began pumping out science fiction films in the 1950s, Phipps became one of the genre's first "regulars," starring in the post-apocalyptic drama Five, co-starring in schlocky titles such as Cat-Women of the Moon and The Snow Creature, and becoming one of the Martians' first victims in The War of the Worlds (and more). For fans of Disney animation, his claim to fame was providing the speaking voice of Prince Charming in the studio's 1950 classic Cinderella. Phipps was born in Vincennes, Indiana, on February 4, 1922. When he was six, his parents divorced, and his mother moved William and his 18-months-older brother Jack ten miles to St. Francisville, Illinois, where she remarried. Growing up in farm country and riding horses was good preparation for the scores of Western movies and TV episodes in which he would appear. A self-described "river rat," he learned to swim in the nearby Wabash River. In 1947, Phipps' movie career got off to an auspicious start when RKO placed him under contract and gave him his first assignment: Crossfire, a film noir about a police investigation into the hate-crime murder of a Jewish man by a member of a group of recently discharged soldiers. Phipps played one of the suspected soldiers, a quiet Tennessee boy who works with the police to nail the guilty party. The modestly budgeted movie performed far beyond expectations, both critically and box office-wise (it was RKO's biggest hit that year). It also received many major Oscar nominations, including Best Writer, Director and Picture. RKO soon placed Phipps in the first of his B Westerns, The Arizona Ranger and Desperadoes of Dodge City. Phipps played both small and large roles in over 200+ pictures and TV shows. His most favorite roles were in many Western films in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also busy in many of TV's best-remembered series of the era: The Cisco Kid, Rin Tin Tin, Twilight Zone, Perry Mason, Rawhide, 77 Sunset Strip, Wagon Train, Gunsmoke, Lassie, Batman, Wyatt Earp (a semi-regular as outlaw Curly Bill Brocius) and dozens more. Bill retired and spent many years in Malibu, CA. He was loved by everyone he met, was very generous, caring and loved to help those who were most disadvantaged. He always had a smile on his face, was a country boy at heart and did not seek the limelight. "Cowboy Up" was his most favorite phrase. He will be dearly missed by all who knew him. His legacy will live on for years to come. Published in the Los Angeles Times from June 5 to June 7, 2018 ![](https://doyouremember.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/william-phipps-dead-featured-758x396.jpg) As mentioned by neurosturgeon William Phipps, the original voice of Prince Charming in Disney's Cinderella 1950, among over 230 other roles. RIP William Phipps
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Post by wmcclain on Jun 15, 2018 18:47:10 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Jun 17, 2018 10:05:47 GMT
Producer Martin Bregman has died at the age of 92. Bregman was one of the key figures in New York filmmaking for decades. He's remembered at NBC New York : Martin Bregman (1926 - 2018)
Thanks for all the great movies, Mr. Bregman.
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 22, 2018 19:38:10 GMT
Francoise Bonnot has passed away at the age of 78. Bonnot was one of international cinema's most respected editors, a fine-tuned technician who worked on many projects with the dramatist Henri Verneuil, political filmmaker Costa-Gavras and theatre director Julie Taymor. In addition to her work in the cutting room for some of France's finest film directors, Bonnot also performed editing duties for Luis Garcia Berlanga, Roman Polanski, Dario Argento, Volker Schlondorff, Michael Cimino and Roland Joffe. She was a giant in her field.
Visual effects artist Richard Alan Greenberg has died aged 71. Greenberg specialised in opticals and title design. He directed the fantasy picture 'Little Monsters' (1989) which showcased top-of-the-line special effects.
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 22, 2018 19:53:14 GMT
Austrian actress Maria Rohm has passed away at the age of 72. Rohm was a precocious child performer with the Viennese Burgtheatre who performed on stage throughout her teenage years. In cinema, Rohm starred in some of Spanish surrealist Jess Franco's greatest pictures including 'Venus In Furs' (1969), 'Marquis De Sade : Justine' (1969), 'The Bloody Judge' (1970) and 'Eugenie' (1970). She also worked on fantasy and horror pictures with the filmmakers Jeremy Summers, Don Sharp, Lindsay Shonteff, Massimo Dallamano, Andrea Bianchi, Jesus Garcia De Duenas, Peter Collinson and John Hough. She was one of horror cinema's great talents and leaves behind a legacy of spellbinding works.
Thanks for the movies, Ms. Rohm.
Maria Rohm Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Jun 26, 2018 22:19:47 GMT
Deanna Lund has passed away aged 81. Lund was born on May 30, 1937 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. She was a cheerleader in high school who acted in theatre and took dance lessons, later gaining employment as a television weather girl and signing on for modelling assignments. Two of her earliest big screen appearances arrived via a pair of spy pictures, Norman Taurog's 'Dr. Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine' (1965) and Franklin Adreon's 'Dimension 5' (1966), kicking off a lifelong commitment to the fantasy genre. Small roles in Paul Wendkos' 'Johnny Tiger' (1966) and Gordon Douglas' 'Tony Rome' (1968) followed and Lund carved out a successful career for herself in television. Her comedic talents were picked up on by Jerry Lewis who cast Lund in 'Hardly Working' (1980) and she appeared for her friend Burt Reynolds in the crime drama 'Stick' (1985). Beloved by many genre filmmakers, Lund was cast by Jeffrey Mandel in 'Elves' (1989), Jim Wynorski in 'Transylvania Twist' (1989), David DeCoteau in 'The Girl I Want' (1990) and Gary Graver in 'Roots Of Evil' (1992). She was also an acting teacher.
Thanks for the movies, Ms Lund.
Deanna Lund Rest in Peace
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