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Post by Teleadm on Jul 11, 2024 5:15:39 GMT
German actress and model Renate Hoy has left us at the age of 93, on July 1st.  A former Miss Germany of 1952, sometimes billed as Renate Huy or Erika Nordin. She became a contract player for Universal Studios and made several movies during the 1950s. She was in such films as Abbott and Costello Go to Mars 1953, The Golden Blade 1953, The Sea Chase 1955, The Birds and the Bees 1956, Missile to the Moon 1958, A Certain Smile 1958, and had a leading role in the German film Schloß Hubertus 1954. She retired from acting in 1960 and married prominent civil rights attorney Raymond C. Simpson. R.I.P. Renate Hoy
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Post by politicidal1 on Jul 11, 2024 18:06:12 GMT
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Post by Rufus-T on Jul 11, 2024 19:27:17 GMT
She was awesome in The Shining. Originally unfairly criticized, but she was perfect for the role. Kubrick was overly rough on her though. In the end, the portrayal was iconic. RIP
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Post by petrolino on Jul 13, 2024 1:28:24 GMT
Writer and actor Jerzy Stuhr has died at the age of 77. One of the great stars of Polish cinema. Thanks for the movies.
R.I.P.
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Post by politicidal1 on Jul 14, 2024 14:11:42 GMT
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Post by Teleadm on Jul 15, 2024 4:54:38 GMT
American actor James B. Sikking has left us at the age of 90, on July 13th. (complications from dementia)  Perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Howard Hunter on the 1980s TV series Hill Street Blues. He also starred on the ABC TV series Doogie Howser, M.D. as Dr. David Howser, and on the 1997 drama series Brooklyn South as Captain Stan Jonas. His film work includes The Competition 1980, Outland 1981, Up the Creek 1984, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 1984, and Narrow Margin 1990, as well as a minor (but crucial) part as a cynical hitman in the earlier Point Blank 1967. His film career started in 1955. He starred in the 1992 TV movie Doing Time on Maple Drive 1992. He acted in nearly 160 film and television productions between 1955 and 2012. He is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. James B. Sikking |
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Post by petrolino on Jul 15, 2024 5:21:39 GMT
American actor James B. Sikking has left us at the age of 90, on July 13th. (complications from dementia) He acted in nearly 160 film and television productions between 1955 and 2012. He is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. James B. Sikking
'Hill Street Blues' was my first joint favourite dramatic tv show as a small boy with 'St. Elsewhere', watching with my mother and her sisters.
R.I.P.
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Post by politicidal1 on Jul 16, 2024 16:11:44 GMT
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Post by politicidal1 on Jul 16, 2024 16:19:30 GMT
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Post by Teleadm on Jul 19, 2024 5:28:10 GMT
American comedian and actor Bob Newhart has left us at the age of 94, on July 18th.  He was known for his deadpan and stammering delivery style. Beginning as a stand-up comedian, he transitioned his career to acting in television. He received numerous accolades, including three Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. He received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2002. He came to prominence in 1960 when his record album of comedic monologues, "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart", became a bestseller and reached number one on the Billboard pop album chart; it remains the 20th-best-selling comedy album in history. He hosted a short-lived NBC variety show titled The Bob Newhart Show (1961) before starring as Chicago psychologist Robert Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show from 1972 to 1978 and then as Vermont innkeeper Dick Loudon on series Newhart from 1982 to 1990. He also had two short-lived sitcoms in the 1990s, Bob and George and Leo. He acted in films such as Catch-22 (1970), Cold Turkey (1971), In & Out (1997), and Elf (2003). He also voiced Bernard in the Disney animated films The Rescuers (1977) and The Rescuers Down Under (1990). He played Professor Proton on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory from 2013 to 2018, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award. He is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. Bob Newhart
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Post by politicidal1 on Jul 19, 2024 12:25:38 GMT
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Post by spiderwort on Jul 19, 2024 14:53:25 GMT
American comedian and actor Bob Newhart has left us at the age of 94, on July 18th. He was known for his deadpan and stammering delivery style. Beginning as a stand-up comedian, he transitioned his career to acting in television. He received numerous accolades, including three Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. He received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2002. He came to prominence in 1960 when his record album of comedic monologues, "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart", became a bestseller and reached number one on the Billboard pop album chart; it remains the 20th-best-selling comedy album in history. He hosted a short-lived NBC variety show titled The Bob Newhart Show (1961) before starring as Chicago psychologist Robert Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show from 1972 to 1978 and then as Vermont innkeeper Dick Loudon on series Newhart from 1982 to 1990. He also had two short-lived sitcoms in the 1990s, Bob and George and Leo. He acted in films such as Catch-22 (1970), Cold Turkey (1971), In & Out (1997), and Elf (2003). He also voiced Bernard in the Disney animated films The Rescuers (1977) and The Rescuers Down Under (1990). He played Professor Proton on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory from 2013 to 2018, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award. He is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. Bob Newhart
. You made the world a better place with your joy filled work |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 19, 2024 16:50:03 GMT
American comedian and actor Bob Newhart has left us at the age of 94, on July 18th.
Newhart and Gene Wilder teamed for an ABC TV movie that was shot in 1971, before either had attained the heights of their TV and film status, was copyrighted in '72, but inexplicably held from broadcast until '74. Thursday's Game concerns two of a group of family men who meet for a weekly game of poker. When the game breaks up for good, Newhart and Wilder are unwilling to give up their one evening a week away from home and resolve to use those evenings for "boys' night out." Not for carousing, but to enjoy simple things they've meant to do but never had time for: theater; concerts; museums; long talks over cocktails and dinner; whatever takes their fancy. Over the course of these evenings, these two men who've known each other for years discover they really haven't known each other at all, and begin to reveal secrets, dreams, aspirations, frustrations and all manner of things from which people gain bonding experiences, some of which lead to life-altering reevaluations.  Written by James L. Brooks and directed by Robert Moore ( Murder by Death, Chapter Two), it features a cast that won't quit: Ellen Burstyn; Cloris Leachman; Nancy Walker; Martha Scott; Valerie Harper; Rob Reiner; Norman Fell; Chris Sarandon and other familiar faces. Although there is humor aplenty, it's of a gentle nature aside from a few moments here and there, as is the mood of the entire piece, and the chemistry between Newhart and Wilder rivals that of, say, Lemmon and Matthau, and allows them both to display depths of sincerity in their performances not often accorded to either. There are copies available on YouTube of varying - but watchable - quality, and it's worth the 98-minute investment to see these two late, great performers show sides of themselves not frequently seen. |
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Post by Rufus-T on Jul 19, 2024 21:27:29 GMT
Taiwanese actress Cheng Pei-pei who starred mostly in martial art movies dies at 78. She is most known in Come Drink With Me from 1966. She also appeared in Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragon. focustaiwan.tw/culture/202407190018 |
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Post by politicidal1 on Jul 20, 2024 16:17:33 GMT
R.I.P. Christina Sandera at the age of 61. She was Clint Eastwood's girlfriend for the last decade.
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