RIP Phil Savenick

 

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By Alison Martino

6/21/2024

 

Our community has lost a very, dear friend today. Phil Savenick was a fixture in this city and a wonderful historian and friend, to many of us. I’m at a loss of words to describe how wonderful and important Phil was. He was the only historian I knew that encouraged me the way he did. A true mentor.

Last year I interviewed Phil for my Robinson’s Gardens segment on spectrum news beautifully produced by @makefreshproductions. Phil gave us the most wonderful interview. I’m posting a few minutes here from that memorable segment.

SAVENICK, Phil (Phillip P. Savenick)

Born: 1/9/1952, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Died: 6/21/2024, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

 

Phil Saveneck’s western – producer, writer:

100 Years of the Hollywood Western - 1994

RIP Evans Evans

 

Evans Evans Dies: ‘Bonnie And Clyde’ Actor, Widow Of Director John Frankenheimer Was 91

DEADLINE

By Greg Evans

June 20, 2024

 

Evans Evans, a character actor who’d made some minor forays into television when she was cast in what would become her most remembered role as a kidnap victim in 1967’s Bonnie and Clyde, died Sunday, June 16. She was 91.

Additional details were not available. Her death was announced in a public obituary.

Born in Bluefield, West Virginia, on November 26, 1932, Evans was resident of Sherman Oaks, California, the widow of director John Frankenheimer. The two wed on December 13, 1963, and remained married until his death on July 6, 2002.

After a string of single appearances on such ’60s episodic TV programs as The Donna Reed Show, Wagon Train, Death Valley Days and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Evans was cast in what would become her signature role for 1967’s Bonnie and Clyde: As Velma Davis, she and scene partner Gene Wilder, in his big screen debut, portrayed two young lovebirds who, while kissing on their front porch, notice that a group of hoodlums is stealing Eugene’s car.

Irate, Eugene and Velma take off after the thieves, then think better of it and turn back, at which point the thieves – who happen to be Bonnie (Faye Dunaway), Clyde (Warren Beatty) and the rest of the Barrow Gang, playfully turn and give pursuit. The outlaws kidnap the initially terrified couple, but soon all involved are having a good old time, driving, ordering take-out burgers, and laughing (or not) at the stale jokes of Buck Barrow (Gene Hackman).

At one point, Velma shocks Wilder’s Eugene Grizzard by blurting her true age – 33. The lark soon comes to an abrupt halt when Eugene mentions that he is an undertaker, a disclosure that upsets the death-obsessed Bonnie. The excursion, one of the film’s lighter and most genuinely comedic scenes, ends on a melancholy note as a panicked looking Bonnie demands that the young couple be kicked out of the car and left standing, with their burgers, on the side of some dark, distant road.

The film would be the high point for Evans’ career, as she appeared in small roles in a handful of projects through the ’70s and, in 1989, Dead Bang, a film directed by her husband Frankenheimer.

Evans appeared on Broadway three times in the late 1950s and early 1960s: First in 1957’s The Dark at the Top of the Stairs; then A Distant Bell (1960) and, that same year, The 49th Cousin.

EVANS, Evans

Born: 11/26/1932, Bluefield, West Virginia, U.S.A.

Died: 6/16/2024, Sherman Oaks, California, U.S.A.

 

Evans Evans westerns – actor:

Gunsmoke (TV) – 1961 (Jenny)

Death Valley (TV) – 1963 (Lou Tazette)

Redigo (TV) – 1963 (Hope)

The Virginian (TV) – 1963 (Phyllis Carter)

Wagon Train (TV) – 1963 (Melody Drake)

RIP Donald Sutherland

 

Donald Sutherland Dies: Revered Actor In ‘Klute’, ‘Ordinary People’, ‘Hunger Games’ & Scores Of Others Was 88

DEADLINE

By Erik Pedersen

June 20, 2024

 

Donald Sutherland, the beloved actor who starred in scores of films from The Dirty Dozen, MASH and Klute to Animal House and Ordinary People to Pride & Prejudice and The Hunger Games franchise and won an Emmy for Citizen X, died Thursday in Miami after a long illness. He was 88.

The 2017 Honorary Oscar recipient also is the father of Emmy-winning 24 and Designated Survivor actor Kiefer Sutherland and veteran CAA Media Finance exec Roeg Sutherland. CAA confirmed the news to Deadline.

In some of his most well-known roles, he perfected a laconic, wry and dead-serious delivery as such characters as the cool-headed amateur murder investigator John Klute, opposite Jane Fonda’s terrified, erratic call girl Bree Daniels, in Klute; as the Hawkeye Pierce in the film MASH, where he played opposite Elliott Gould’s cut-up Trapper John; and in Nicolas Reog’s Don’t Look Now as skeptical John Baxter, who does not believe the claims of wife Laura (Julie Christie) that their recently dead daughter is reaching out from the other side.

In one early change-of-pace characterization, Sutherland played a sadistic fascist in Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1976 epic 1900, in which his character gleefully swings a child by the heels, bashing the boy’s head against a wall.

Born on July 17, 1935, in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, Donald Sutherland amassed some 200 film and TV credits spanning more than 60 years, from guesting on episodes of 1960s series including Suspense, The Avengers, Court Martial and The Odd Man to last year’s Paramount+ drama Bass Reeves. His big break in movies came with Robert Aldrich’s star-packed 1967 World War II drama The Dirty Dozen, playing Vernon Pinkley opposite Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, George Kennedy, Telly Savalas and others. A hit in theaters, it remains a seminal American war movie.

His next big role was as Capt. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce in Robert Altman’s 1970 Korean War dramedy MASH. The alternatively harrowing and hilarious film earned five Oscar nominations including Best Picture, winning for Ring Lardner Jr.’s biting screenplay, and fueled the 1972-83 CBS series in which Alda Alda played Hawkeye.

Sutherland followed that with another star-laden war movie, 1970’s Kelly’s Heroes, playing Sgt. Oddball alongside Clint Eastwood, Don Rickles, Savalas and others. That led to perhaps his biggest star turn, in the 1971 Alan J. Pakula crime drama Klute. He starred opposite Fonda as New York Detective John Klute, who is hired to find a chemical company executive who has disappeared. Fonda won her first Oscar for the role, and Andy Lewis & Dave Lewis were nominated for their Original Screenplay.

Sutherland’s next big movie was Nicolas Roeg’s psychological thriller Don’t Look Now, which he followed up with the 1974 international espionage comedy S*P*Y*S, reteaming with Gould, and 1975’s Hollywood-set Day of the Locust. Starring with William Atherton, Karen Black and Burgess Meredith, he played accountant Homer Simpson, who covets Black’s aspiring actress Faye Greener.

With his film career in high gear, Sutherland starred in yet another big-name war movie in The Eagle Has Landed (1976), with Michael Caine and Robert Duvall, and then had a small role in the 1977 John Landis-directed farce The Kentucky Fried Movie, penned by future Airplane! filmmakers David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker.

1978 would see Sutherland headline three disparate films: heist comedy The Great Train Robbery with Seaon Connery and Lesley-Anne Down; horror thriller remake Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Brooke Adams and Jeff Goldblum; and the beloved early-’60s fraternity romp Animal House, also directed by Landis

He had a supporting but key role in the latter, playing Faber College English lit Professor Dave Jennings. His deadpan character bores his classes with lectures on John Milton in one scene and is sleeping with student Katy (Karen Allen) in the next. She was the girlfriend of Boon (Peter Riegert), one of the Delta Chi fraternity members. The cast also included John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Stephen Furst, Bruce McGill, KEvin Bacon, Amadeus Oscar winner Tom Hulce and John Vernon.

Sutherland won a Golden Globe for the television movie Path to War, an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe for his performance in the miniseries Citizen X. His extensive television credits also include The Undoing, Trust, Dirty Sexy Money, and The Pillars of the Earth, among many others.

Sutherland is survived by his wife Francine Racette; sons Roeg, Rossif, Angus, and Kiefer; daughter Rachel; and four grandchildren. A private celebration of life will be held by the family.

SUTHERLAND, Donald (Donald McNichol Sutherland)

Born: 7/17/1935, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Died: 6/20/2024, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.

 

Donald Sutherland’s westerns – actor:

Alien Thunder – 1974 (Dan Candy)

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (TV) – 1994 (Captain William Marsden)

Cold Mountain – 2003 (Reverend Monroe)

Dawn Rider – 2012 (Cochrane)

Forsaken – 2014 (Reverend Samuel Clayton)

Lawman: Bass Reeves (TV) – 2023 (Judge Parker)

RIP Anthea Sylbert

 

Anthea Sylbert, Costume Designer on ‘Chinatown,’ ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ and ‘Shampoo,’ Dies at 84

Variety

By Carmel Dagan

June 18, 2024

 

Anthea Sylbert, an Oscar-nominated costume designer who worked on some of the signature films of the late 1960s and 1970s, including “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Carnal Knowledge,” “Chinatown,” “Shampoo,” “Julia” and “King Kong,” and a producer later in her career on a number of films starring Goldie Hawn, has died. She was 84.

Her death was confirmed by Robert Romanus, who directed a documentary about her life.

Sylbert also served as an executive at United Artists and Warner Bros., at a time when there were few women in the C-suites of Hollywood. She also worked repeatedly with director Mike Nichols, both onscreen and onstage, and was Oscar-nominated for her costuming on period films “Chinatown” (1974) and “Julia” (1977).

Assessing Sylbert’s work on “Chinatown,” GlamAmor, a website dedicated to the history of fashion in film, said in 2012: “Sylbert crafted clothes for Faye Dunaway that work within the warm palette of the film while also referencing noir predecessors like ‘Double Indemnity’ and ‘Mildred Pierce.’ She effectively brings both the highs and lows of 1930s style to life through each character’s costumes in the movie.”

Nicholson was so fond of his wardrobe from “Chinatown” that he made a special effort to keep it.

Sylbert was the costume designer on 21 films, including period pieces “Carnal Knowledge,” with Nicholson and Art Garfunkel; “Chinatown”; Mike Nichols’ “The Fortune,” starring Warren Beatty and Nicholson; “The Last Tycoon,” starring Robert De Niro; “Julia,” starring Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave; Norman Jewison’s “F.I.S.T.,” starring Sylvester Stallone. Other films included Elaine May’s “The Heartbreak Kid” and “A New Leaf,” as well as “The Day of the Dolphin,” directed by Nichols.

In 1977, Sylbert joined Warner Bros. as VP of special projects; a year later she was named vice president of production at the studio. In 1980, she was appointed VP of production at United Artists. In 1982, she became became an independent producer in partnership with Goldie Hawn. (The two women may have met on the set of “Shampoo,” in which Hawn co-starred with Warren Beatty and Sylbert did the costumes.) Together they produced the Hawn vehicles “Protocol” (1984), “Wildcats” (1986), “Overboard” (1987) and “Criss Cross” (1992) as well as the Steve Martin starrer “My Blue Heaven” (1990); Lasse Hallstrom’s “Something to Talk About,” starring Julia Roberts and Dennis Quaid; and 1997 TNT telepic “Hope,” directed by Hawn.

As an executive producer of the 1995 HBO biopic “Truman,” starring Gary Sinise, she shared an Emmy for outstanding television movie.

With husband Richard Romanus, Sylbert penned two Lifetime telepics, 1998’s “Giving Up the Ghost” and 1999’s “If You Believe,” the latter of which she also exec produced.

Anthea Sylbert was born in New York City on Oct. 6, 1939. She was educated at Barnard College and the Parsons School of Design in New York.

She had her big screen debut as a costume designer on Arthur Hiller’s contemporary comedy “The Tiger Makes Out,” starring Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson. She collaborated with then-husband Paul Sylbert, the production designer on that 1967 film; on 1971 comedic road movie “The Steagle,” which he wrote and directed; and on 1972’s “Bad Company,” a Western directed by Robert Benton. But she actually had a productive working relationship with production designer Richard Sylbert, Paul’s twin brother, with whom she worked on some eight films, starting with “Rosemary’s Baby” and including “Chinatown.”

Richard Sylbert died in 2002.

Anthea Sylbert was also a costume designer for the stage, including, for director Nichols, two Broadway productions — Neil Simon’s “The Prisoner of Second Avenue,” starring Peter Falk and Lee Grant, in 1971 and Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Thing,” starring Glenn Close and Jeremy Irons, in 1984, drawing a Tony nomination for the latter. She also designed costumes for a New York production of musical “The Fantasticks.”

Sylbert was interviewed for the 2008 documentary “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired.”  She won a career achievement award for film at the Costume Designers Guild Award in 2005.

She moved to Greece later in her life. Her second husband, actor Richard Romanus, whom she married in 1985, died in December 2023.

SYLBERT, Anthea

Born: 10/6/1939, New York City, New York, U.S.A.

Died: 6/18/2024, Skiathos, Greece

 

Anthea Sylbert’s westerns – costume designer:

Bad Company – 1972

The Cowboys - 1972

RIP Lynn Fainchtein

Lynn Fainchtein, Music Supervisor of ‘Amores Perros’ and ‘Roma,’ Dead at 61

The music director and producer passed away early Friday (March 1) in Madrid, Spain, where she lived.

Billboard

By Natalia Cano

3/1/2024

 

Mexican music director and producer Lynn Fainchtein, known for her work as music supervisor on films such as Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Amores Perros and Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, died on Friday (March 1) at the age of 61 in Madrid, Spain, where she lived, informed the record label Casete, which she co-founded.

A cause of death has not been disclosed; a spokesperson for Casete told Billboard Español that he had no information at this time. An outpouring of messages of condolences from musicians, cultural institutions, filmmakers, journalists, actors and personalities of the music and film industry in Mexico flooded social networks during the early hours of Friday, when news of her passing broke.

“Rest in peace Lynn Fainchtein, a beacon of light and music. May the best soundtrack always accompany you,” said Alejandra Frausto, Mexico’s Secretary of Culture, on her X account.

“‘Que Viva Mexico’ forever with your musical supervision, dear Lynn Fainchtein. In ‘Roma,’ ‘Babel,’ with ‘Abel,’ or with ‘Precious,’ ‘Los adioses’ (or goodbyes) are always sad,” wrote the Filmoteca de la UNAM, using titles of films in which the artist worked.

Fainchtein studied psychology at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), but for more than three decades, she served as an innovative broadcaster, film, radio and television producer.

In her early days, she worked as an announcer for the local Mexico City station Rock 101, where she met Mexican filmmaker Iñárritu, who was then working in advertising and voice-overs. Eventually, she became one of his closest collaborators in his award-winning film career.

With Iñárritu, she worked as music supervisor on all of his films, including the Oscar-nominated (and/or Oscar-winning) Bardo, The Revenant, Birdman, Biutiful, Babel, 21 Grams and Amores Perros.

“Alejandro always starts working on the music when he is almost finished with the script. For him, music is as important as production, art, wardrobe, makeup. He is a director who works on music a long time before and takes it as a very important part of his projects,” said Fainchtein in an interview with Billboard Español in December 2022.

In 2018, she served as music supervisor for Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, winner of the Golden Lion at the 75th Venice International Film Festival and Academy Awards for best director, best foreign language film and best cinematography.

In 2022, Cuarón invited Lynn to oversee and create the music for his first television series for Apple TV+, Augustus, which would premiere this year, starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline and Sacha Baron Cohen, according to her official website.

She was head of programming and news producer for MTV LATAM until 2000. In 2012 she co-founded the independent record label Casete with musician and producer Camilo Lara, Héctor Reyes Guevara and Paco Arraigada.

As music supervisor and producer, she participated in numerous films and shows for Netflix, HBO, Amazon, Apple, Fox and Star+, among many other studios. She also collaborated regularly with La Corriente del Golfo, the production company founded by Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, where she supervised the music for Abel, Déficit, J.C. Chávez and Mr. Pig.

Among her other major projects are David France’s Oscar-nominated documentary The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, Patricia Riggen’s The 33, Luis Estrada’s ¡Qué Viva México, La Dictadura Perfecta and El infierno, as well as Jonás Cuarón’s most recent film, Chupa, released on Netflix in 2023.

Last year, Fainchtein supervised the music for Perdidos en la Noche, by fellow award-winning Mexican filmmaker Amat Escalante, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

FAINCHTEIN, Lynn (Lynn Fainchtein Steider)

Born: 3/9/1963, Mexico

Died: 3/1/2024, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

 

Lynn Fainchtein’s western – music supervisor:

The Revenant - 2015

RIP Tony Mordente

 

Actor, Dancer, Choreographer, and Director Tony Mordente Dies at Age 88

Mordente appeared in the Broadway, West End, and film adaptations of West Side Story.

Broadway World

By Stephi Wild

June 14, 2024

 

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that actor, dancer, director, and choreographer Tony Mordente has died at age 88.

Mordente was born on December 3, 1935, in Brooklyn, New York and began dancing at the age of 13.  His early career would include training at the High School of Performing Arts and American Ballet Theater School which led to the launch of his Broadway career. 

Mordente appeared in the Broadway and West End productions of West Side Story, as well as the film adaptation. While making the film, he met Chita Rivera, to whom he previously was married. The pair had a daughter, actress, singer, and dancer, Lisa Mordente, before they were divorced in 1966.

Mordente's other Broadway credits include L'il Abner and Bye Bye Birdie. Also on Broadway, he choreographed Here's Where I Belong and served as assistant choreographer on  Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Television acting credits include Combat! and The Outer Limits. He also choreographed television variety shows, including The Ed Sullivan Show and The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour. His television directing credits include Rhoda, Matlock, Walker, Texas Ranger, The A-Team, The Love Boat, 7th Heaven, The Practice, Busting Loose, Love, Sidney, Family Ties, Day by Day, M*A*S*H, and Burke's Law, among others.

MORDENTE, Tony (Anthony Charles Mordente Jr.)

Born: 12/3/1935, New York City, New York, U.S.A.

Died: 6/11/2024, Henderson, Nevada, U.S.A.

 

Tony Mordente’s western – director:

Walker, Texas Ranger (TV) – 1993-1998

RIP Ilva Niño

Ilva Niño, actress who played Mina in 'Roque Santeiro', dies at the age of 90

The artist became famous for the catchphrase that the Widow Porcina (Regina Duarte) used to call her. Ilva has had a long career in theater, film, and television.

Globo

6/12/2024

 

Actress Ilva Niño, the maid Mina from the soap opera "Roque Santeiro", died in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday (12), at the age of 90.

Ilva had been hospitalized at the Quali Hospital in Ipanema since May 13, when she underwent heart surgery.

Ilva was married to Luiz Mendonça and had a son, Luiz Carlos Niño, both deceased.

The actress has had a vast career on television, with more than 30 soap operas and several series appearances.

The body is expected to be cremated on Thursday, but the place and time had not yet been set at the time of this report's last update.

Actress Ilva Niño was born in the city of Floresta, Pernambuco, on November 15, 1933. He started in the performing arts when he was attending the Normal School and participated in a Greek theater course taught by Ariano Suassuna. She ended up acting in the author's amateur production of Sophocles' "Antigone."

From there, she fell in love with theater and began her career in the Popular Culture Movement during the government of Miguel Arraes, in the early 1960s.

With the coup of 1964, she went to live with her husband in Rio de Janeiro The two already knew the city, as they had performed at a theater festival in the then capital of the country with "O Auto da Compadecida", in 1957, a play that gave the award for best author to Ariano Suassuna.

Ilva also acted in the plays "O Berço do Hero" and in "O Pagador de Promessas", by Dias Gomes.

With the hiring of the writer by Globo, the actress continued with him and did several works: "Verão Vermelho", from 1969; "Bandeira 2", from 1971; "The Goofy," 1972; "Gabriela", from 1975; "Pecado Capital", from 1975 — when she played the mother of Betty Faria and Elizangela's characters —; "Sem Lenço, sem Documento", from 1977, and "Feijão Maravilha", from 1979.

Popular success came with "Roque Santeiro", in 1985, when she played Mina, the maid and confidant of the widow Porcina.

In the 1980s, Ilva Niño established herself as one of the best-known artists on television. In addition to Roque Santeiro, she acted in "Água Viva", 1980; "Partido Alto" (1984); "The Other", 1987; "Baby on Board" (1988) and "Sex of Angels" (1989).

Ilva Niño also participated in Globo's first miniseries, "Lampião e Maria Bonita", from 1982, by Aguinaldo Silva and Doc Comparato. She played Odete, Maria Bonita's mother.

The actress continued acting in the 1990s and 2000s, with "Pedra sobre Pedra", from 1992; "Tropicaliente", 1994; and "Love Story" (1995). She was also in "Suave Veneno" and "Terra Nostra", both from 1999; "Porto dos Milagres", 2001; "Senhora do Destino", from 2004; "Soul Mate", 2005"; and "Seven Sins" (2007).

In 2009, Ilva Niño was in "Cat's Bed". Two years later, in 2011, she was the mother of the cangaceiro played by Domingos Montagner, in "Cordel Encantado". The artist pointed out that it was a different work from Maria Bonita's mother.

"It was really enchanted, it's another relationship of the cangaço, it wasn't that relationship of Lampião, it was more fantasy, more cordel. You watch the whole soap opera and the cangaceiros don't kill a person, they don't shoot anyone, they don't use the gun for anything," the actress said.

The actress is on the air in the reprise of the soap opera "Cheia de Charme", from 2012. She also did the second version of 2013's "Saramandaia" and the 2015 season of "Workout."

About having played many maids, Niño highlighted the importance of the category.

In 2016, the actress promoted the reopening of the Teatro Niño de Artes Luiz Mendonça, in Lapa, in the central region of Rio. Closed for 2 years, the place reopened its doors with the proposal of bringing to the area a space for the exhibition of theatrical and musical shows.

The Teatro Niño de Artes Luiz Mendonça is a tribute to the playwright and director Luiz Mendonça, who died in 1995.

NINO, Ilvo (Ilva Niño Mendonça)

Born: 11/15/1934, Floresta, Peinambuco, Brazil

Died: 6/12/2024, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

Ilva Niño’s western – actress:

Bloody Destiny (TV) – 1982 (Odete)

RIP Fatma Karanfil

 

Master actress Fatma Karanfil passed away.

En.Haberler

6/4/2024

Fatma Karanfil, the veteran actress who made a name for herself with her role in the TV series "Aşk-ı Memnu", passed away in the hospital where she was receiving cancer treatment.

Actress Fatma Karanfil, who played the role of Şayeste in the TV series Aşk-ı Memnu, which aired between 2008 and 2010, had been undergoing cancer treatment for a long time. Sad news came from the actress, whose condition worsened and who was intubated in the past days.

"HER LIGHT WILL NEVER GO OUT, IT WILL ALWAYS SHINE IN OUR HEARTS"

The news of the death of Fatma Karanfil, who passed away at the age of 72, was also announced by her manager. Aslı İslamoğlu, in her post on Instagram, said, "We have learned with deep sorrow the death of our esteemed actress Fatma Karanfil. Fatma Karanfil, who was one of the respected names in Turkish cinema and theater, and who was awarded many awards for her successful projects throughout her artistic career, was not only admired for her acting skills but also for her elegance, hard work, and humanity. While experiencing the deep sadness of this loss, we pray for mercy from Allah for Fatma Karanfil and offer our condolences to her family and all her loved ones. Her light will never go out, it will always shine in our hearts and in the world of art. May her soul rest in peace, dear Fatma Karanfil. This is announced to the entire art community and the public."

WHO IS FATMA KARANFİL?

Fatma Karanfil was born on February 3, 1952, in Eskişehir. After completing her education at the Language and Culture Center, she started her cinema career by winning third place in the Ses Magazine competition in 1968. Karanfil, who married Ali Kocatepe in 1975 but later divorced, received textile training in London between 1976 and 1980. Despite being diagnosed with breast cancer, she overcame the disease and returned to the stage in 2001.

She gained popularity again with her role in the TV series Aşk-ı Memnu, which aired on Kanal D in 2008. Throughout her career, she was awarded many awards. In 1968, she was chosen as the Artist of the Year by the Izmir Journalists Association, and in 1972, she was also awarded the same prize by the Ankara Journalists Association. Karanfil has appeared in many films and TV series such as Yusuf's Mother, Farewell, Kınalı Kuzular: Son Nefes, Kınalı Kuzular: Reşit Paşa Vapuru, Kınalı Kuzular: Üç Kardeş, My Mother-in-Law, Gülpare, Kınalı Kuzular: Nişanlıya Verilen Söz, Three Women, What Will Happen to the Children, Traces on the Beach, Married and Childless, Don't Let the Kids Know, Kınalı Kar, A Woman Makes, The Love of a Bully, Fugitives.

KARANFIL, Fatma

Born: 2/3/1952, Eskisehir, Turkey

Died: 6/4/2024, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Fatma Karanfil’s western – actress:

Cesur kabaday - 1969

RIP Murat Soydan

 

Murat Soydan, the 'Young Boy' of the 70s, passed away

Yeşilçam's master actor Murat Soydan died at the age of 83. The news of the death of Soydan, the 'Young One' of the 70s, was announced by his daughter Mehveş Soydan on social media

Oksijen

6/11/2024

 

Yeşilçam's master actor Murat Soydan died at the age of 83. Soydan's daughter Mehveş Soydan shared the sad news: "We lost my dear father. Our condolences."

Who is Murat soydan?

Veteran actor Murat Soydan, whose real name is Rüçhan Tercan, was born on October 2, 1940 in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul. He attended primary and secondary school in Lüleburgaz and high school in Edirne. He came to Istanbul for university. While studying at the Academy of Economic Sciences, he also graduated from the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory, Department of Turkish Music. In 1966, he won the competition opened by the magazine "Perde" together with Tanju Korel and moved to cinema.

Murat Soydan, who started his artistic career in cinema in 1966 with the movie "Kolsuz Kahraman", starred in nearly 200 films. The artist, who also acted in TV series, was the president of the Cinema Actors Association for a while. Murat Soydan, one of the "Young" actors of the 1970s, shared the lead role with Türkân Şoray and Hülya Koçyiğit in many films. Murat Soydan published a book about his life and films in 2016.

Murat Soydan, who starred in 221 films, was the president of the Cinema Actors Association for a while. In 1972, 9. He won the Best Actor Award at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival for his role in the movie Persecution.

SOYDAN, Murat (Rüçhan Tercan)

Born: 10/2/1940, Istanbul, Turkey

Died: 6/11/2024, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Murat, Soyoan’s westerns – actor:

Krallarin Ofkesi – 1970

Olum Fermani – 1970 (Bill)

RIP Tony Lo Bianco

Tony Lo Bianco, 'The French Connection' actor, dead at 87

Tony Lo Bianco dead at 87 after cancer battle

FOX News

By Stephen Sorace

June 12, 2024

 

Tony Lo Bianco, best known for his role in the Academy Award-winning film "The French Connection," has died. He was 87.

Lo Bianco died Tuesday night at his horse farm in Maryland after a battle with prostate cancer, representatives for the actor confirmed to Fox News Digital.

"His beloved wife, Alyse, was by his side," the representative said in an email.

Lo Bianco was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1936. A former Golden Gloves boxer, he would go on to act in theater, film and television, famously portraying mobster Sal Boca in William Friedkin’s "The French Connection." The film, which also starred Gene Hackman and Roy Schieder, was released in 1971 and won five Academy Awards.

Lo Bianco was also known for playing the role of "lonely hearts killer" Raymond Fernandez in the 1970 crime film "The Honeymoon Killers." He would appear on screen alongside Richard Gere in "Bloodbrothers" and Clint Eastwood in "City Heat."

Lo Bianco acted in 102 films during his career, according to his website. His last film was the 2022 Ray Romano-directed comedy "Somewhere in Queens."

Lo Bianco also acted on stage, earning a Tony Award nomination in 1983 for his portrayal of Eddie Carbone in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s "A View from the Bridge." He won an Obie Award for his role in an off-Broadway production of "Yanks-3, Detroit-0, Top of the 7th" in 1975.

His television credits include "Police Story," "Jesus of Nazareth," "Marco Polo," "The Twilight Zone," "Murder, She Wrote," and "Law and Order."

Lo Bianco was also involved in many charitable organizations throughout his life, including the United Service Organizations (USO), Building Homes for Heroes, The Wounded Warrior Project, the National Italian American Foundation, Sons of Italy in America, among others.

His support of U.S. veterans led him to produce and narrate a tribute video called "Just a Common Soldier." The video has received over 22 million views and received two Emmys, according to Lo Bianco's website.

Lo BIANCO, Tony (Anthony Lo Bianco)

Born: 10/16/1936, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.

Died: 6/12/2024, Poolesville, Maryland, U.S.A.

 

Tony LoBianco’s westerns – director, actor:

Goldenrod – 1976 (Jesse Gifford)

The Secret Empire – 1979 [director]

Walker, Texas Ranger (TV) – Tony Ferrelli)

RIP Françoise Hardy

 

Françoise Hardy, the idol of the yé-yé, has died at the age of 80

Françoise Hardy has passed away at the age of 80, her son Thomas Dutronc announced on Tuesday evening. From Salut les copains to the 2020s, the singer, inseparable from her husband Jacques Dutronc, has crossed the eras and rubbed shoulders with the greatest.

Dernieres Nouvelles d’Alsace

By V.M.M.

June 10, 2022

 

The singer of the yé-yé, Françoise Hardy, has died at the age of 80, her son Thomas Dutronc announced on Facebook. She was suffering from cancer and said she had suffered a lot in recent years.

Already in 2021, she confided that she "felt close to the end": "Since the diagnosis, radiotherapies and immunotherapies have had nightmarish side effects that are ruining my life and weakening me more and more." And in 2023, she campaigned for the legalization of assisted dying, affirming her desire to "leave as soon and as quickly as possible."

"I am a miracle worker." In an interview given in June 2016, Françoise Hardy did not beat around the bush. In no uncertain terms, she recounted her remission from cancer of the lymphatic system. She was enjoying her 17 kilos after a hell at 39 kilos. "I'm a big don!" she laughed, as if to convince her audience.

However, after 28 albums (her latest, Personne d'autre, dates back to 2018) and more than 60 years of career, it was hard to find her really changed. Always that androgynous twig with bangs that eats his eyes. Melancholic voice. Sad look.

A referendum night

Françoise, the unloved, grew up convinced that she was insignificant, suffering from the absence of a bisexual father married to a woman other than her mother.

Writing is his catharsis. So when her face appeared on television on a referendum night in the fall of 1962, she hummed her own words: "All the boys and girls my age... »

The general public discovered Miss Hardy. Paris Match chose her two months later to make its front page.

Fashion Idol

Consecrated as the new idol of song, she joined the yé-yé wave and her Salut les Copains generation and fell in love with the band's photographer, Jean-Marie Périer.

Mini-skirt, boots, her look inspires Courrèges, Paco Rabanne, Saint-Laurent... She wears the most expensive mini-dress in the world or the timeless tuxedo for them. Mick Jagger is making eyes at him. She embodies his ideal woman.

A Personal Message to Jacques

Her slender beauty crossed paths with the camera of Claude Lelouch, then unknown, who made her shoot one of the first scopitones, the ancestor of music videos. Roger Vadim noticed her and made her film debut.

In 1967, his life was turned upside down in Corsica. The sentimental Françoise falls under the spell of the unfaithful Dutronc. "I don't fall in love often. But each time, I like one-way. I always meet boys who only think about themselves. Very self-centered. She then sang Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux, taken from a poem by Aragon.

Two years later, Serge Gainsbourg composed How to Say Goodbye for her and Michel Berger wrote a personal message for her in 1973: "If you believe one day that you love me..."

A masochistic relationship

“It did me a lot of good to put into words the frustrations and pains of my personal life, but it was also a message as beautiful and moving as possible that I was sending to the object of my torment,” Françoise Hardy told AFP in 2021.

With Jacques, her inseparable double, she maintains a fusional and masochistic relationship that leads to a marriage and a son, Thomas. Between them, it’s life and death.

In their large Parisian apartment, they are on a separate floor. In Corsica, Jacques has been living with another woman for 20 years. But these two remain inseparable. They will never divorce. “If one of the two dies, the other will not take long to follow,” she confided to Marc-Olivier Fogiel on her couch in February 2016.

Each one claims in the press to have “long” relationships with other people. However, the bond that unites them remains stronger.

Over the years, Françoise Hardy has developed a speciality other than music: astrology. She has published several books on the subject.

Two resurrections

When she was diagnosed with cancer in 2004, Françoise Hardy took it philosophically. The artist is in the middle of a winning comeback after turning her back on music for a while, convinced that she "couldn't do better".

She is coping well with her first chemotherapy. Weary! His general health is gradually deteriorating. In the spring of 2015, after falling in her shower, she fell into a coma. Thomas urges Jacques to come to his bedside.

"This is the end," say the doctors. They are mistaken. She woke up three weeks later: "I came back to life, but it's very strange, because I think there would have been a coherence in me dying at that moment."

"Illness destroys the mind"

In January 2024, his friend Etienne Daho confided, in the show En Aparté, that "it's very hard not to be able to do anything to relieve your suffering. It's very difficult. I think she doesn't deserve an ending like that really, well, no one deserves an ending like that... She is really in a state of suffering that pains me enormously. »

"Illness destroys the mind," she said in Paris Match at the end of 2023. "With age, after rays that hit the head, which was the case with my 55 radiotherapies, you lose the memory of too many things and the lack of balance reduces the possibility of moving as much as possible."

As she wrote in 1988, in Partir quand même, co-written with Jacques Dutronc: "Leave anyway, leave first, leave the stage in a last effort before saying 'I love you', let the trap close, leave anyway."

The icon bowed out on that June night. Françoise, how can I say goodbye to you?

HARDY, Françoise (Françoise Madeleine Hardy)

Born: 1/17/1944, Paris, Île-de-France, France

Died: 6/11/2024

 

Françoise Hardy’s westerns – actress, singer:

A Fistful of Songs – 1966 (performer) [sings: “Parla mi di te”]

The Man Who Came from Cher (TV) – 1969 (Suzanne) [sings: “Comment te dire adieu”]

RIP Betty Ann Rees

 

Betty Anne Rees, Actress in ‘The Unholy Rollers’ and ‘Sugar Hill,’ Dies at 81

She also appeared on 'The F.B.I.,' ‘My Three Sons,’ ‘Mannix,’ ‘Lou Grant’ and many other shows.

The Hollywood Reorter

By Mike Barnes

June 8, 2024

 

Betty Anne Rees, who portrayed tough women who weren’t very nice in The Unholy Rollers and Sugar Hill, two 1970s offerings from the B-movie factory American International Pictures, has died. She was 81.

Rees died Monday at her home in Hemet, California, after a series of falls and a possible stroke, her niece, Kathleen Loucks, told The Hollywood Reporter. She also was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the early 1990s.

The Ohio native played Janet Ingram, the secretary for Fred MacMurray’s Steve Douglas, on the last of My Three Sons’ 12 seasons in 1971-72. (Abby Dalton was Janet on an episode three years earlier.)

In The Unholy Rollers (1972), directed by Vernon Zimmerman, Rees portrayed Mickey Martinez, a star of the Los Angeles Avengers roller derby team who does not get along with popular new player Karen Walker (1970 Playboy Playmate of the Year Claudia Jennings).

The film, executive produced by Roger Corman and edited by Martin Scorsese, was rushed into production to take advantage of the publicity generated by MGM’s big-budget roller derby movie, Kansas City Bomber, starring Raquel Welch.

Paul Maslansky’s cult blaxploitation film Sugar Hill (1974) starred Marki Bey as Diana “Sugar” Hill, a woman who enlists a voodoo priestess (Zara Cully of The Jeffersons) to bring back long-dead African slaves to take revenge on the Southern mob boss (Robert Quarry) responsible for her fiancé’s death.

As Celeste, the mobster’s racist girlfriend, Rees gets into a fight in a bar with Sugar and (spoiler alert) gets carried off by the zombies at the end.

Elizabeth Anne Rees was born on April 14, 1943, in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Her father, James, was an attorney who owned racehorses, and her mother, Margaret, was a homemaker.

She graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1961 and attended the University of Miami before studying acting at the Pasadena Playhouse and appearing on the daytime soap operas General Hospital and The Doctors. In New York, she roomed with future Benson star Caroline McWilliams, later the wife of Michael Keaton.

Rees showed up on a 1966 episode of the ABC series Shane, starring David Carradine, then made her way onto two films released the following year, The Cool Ones and Banning.

Rees went on to appear on such other shows as Adam-12, Medical Center, Mannix, Mod Squad, The F.B.I., Police Woman, S.W.A.T., The Streets of San Francisco, Lou Grant, Barnaby Jones and, in 1978 for her last credit, The Incredible Hulk.

Later, she ran Gloria Marshall Figure Salons, designed kitchens and was said to have invented a goofy ’80s gift for bosses called the “Executive Teething Ring.”

In addition to her niece, survivors include her sister, Barbara; her nephew, Brian; and her cats, Honey Bear and Lovey, who need a home. (Please email Loucks at keloucks620@gmail.com if you can help.)

Rees never married, but her niece said she had a romance in the 1960s with Art Modell, who had recently acquired the NFL’s Cleveland Browns.

REES, Betty Ann

Born: 4/14/1943, Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S.A.

Died: 6/3/2024, Hemet, California, U.S.A.

 

Betty Ann Rees’ westerns – actress:

Shane (TV) 1966 (Rose)

Bearcats! (TV) – 1971 (Katherine Costello)

RIP Danny Welton

 

Chabad Mt. Olive Cemetery

June 4, 2024

 

Danny Welton, known to many as a legendary harmonica virtuoso and entertainer, passed away on June 3^rd, 2024, in Pasadena, California.

Born Myron Daniel Welton on March 20^th, 1930, in Cleveland, OH Danny’s remarkable talent and passion for music shaped his 90 yearlong illustrious music and entertainment career.

Throughout his life, Danny collaborated with some of the greatest talents in the industry, leaving an indelible mark on the world of music and entertainment. As a harmonica virtuoso, he worked alongside icons such as Henry Mancini, Laurinda Almeda, Les Baxter, David Rose and Steve Rawlins. His contributions earned him a Grammy nomination and established him as a respected figure in the music community.  

Beyond music, Danny’s versatility as an entertainer extended to the realms of comedy and film and TV acting. He shared the stage with luminaires like Milton Berle and Victor Berge, showcasing his comedic talent and musical prowess on cruise ships worldwide. As an actor, Danny’s performances captivated audiences in films such as “The Wild One,” starring Marlon Brando, and “Meet Danny Wilson,” alongside Frank Sinatra. His harmonica melodies added depth and emotion to each role, leaving a lasting impression on cinema history.

Danny’s legacy as a musician, entertainer, and beloved friend will continue to resonate with all who had the privilege of knowing him. His harmonica melodies will echo in the hearts of music enthusiasts, his performances immortalized on screen, and his memory cherished by those who were touched by his presence.

WELTON, Danny (Myron Daniel Welton)

Born: 3/20/1930, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Died: 6/3/2024, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.

 

Danny Welton’s western – actor:

Hoedwon – 1950 (contestant)

RIP Alan Scarfe

 

Alan Scarfe, ‘Double Impact’ and ‘Seven Days’ Actor, Dies at 77

He also appeared in ‘Lethal Weapon III’ and took advantage of his stage training in sci-fi series: “You can’t really mumble if you’re a Klingon.”

The Hollywood Reporter

By Mike Barnes

June 6, 2024

 

Alan Scarfe, the classically trained British Canadian actor known for his turns as bad guys in Double Impact and Lethal Weapon III and as Dr. Bradley Talmadge on the UPN sci-fi series Seven Days, has died. He was 77.

Scarfe died April 28 of colon cancer at his home in Longueuil, Quebec, his family announced.

Survivors include his son, actor Jonathan Scarfe (ER, Raising the Bar, Hell on Wheels, Van Helsing).

Born in England and raised in Vancouver, Scarfe portrayed the Romulans Tokath and Admiral Mendak on episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1991 and 1993 and was another alien, the powerful Magistrate Augris, on a 1995 installment of Star Trek: Voyager.

“Science fiction on film and television, especially if you are playing some kind of alien character with fantastic make-up, is great for actors with a strong stage background,” he said in a 2007 interview. “The productions need that kind of size and intensity of performance. You can’t really mumble if you’re a Klingon.”

Scarfe battled twins Alex and Chad Wagner (both portrayd by Jean-Claude Van Damme) as the wicked Nigel Griffith in the action film Double Impact (1991), then played the underhanded Internal Affairs chief Herman Walters in Lethal Weapon III (1992).

He appeared as National Security Agency member Talmadge, director of the Backstep Project operations, on all 66 episodes of Seven Days, which ran for three seasons, from 1998-2001.

Alan John Scarfe was born on June 8, 1946, in Harpenden, England. His parents, Gladys and Neville, were university professors who brought the family to Vancouver when he was young. (A building at the University of British Columbia is named for his dad, who was the founding dean of the faculty of education there.)

After graduating from Lord Byng Secondary School in Vancouver, Scarfe returned to England to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from 1964-66, then served as associate director of the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool from 1967-68.

He spent two decades performing in theaters across Europe, the U.S. and Canada — including eight seasons at the Stratford Festival and two at the Shaw Festival, both in Ontario — doing lots of Shakespeare.

“I wanted to be a great classical actor in the long tradition of Burbage, Garrick, Kean, Booth, Olivier,” he said. “Forty-five years ago when I began, it was still possible to think in such a romantic, idealistic way.”

He made it to Broadway in 1988, portraying Macduff in a production of Macbeth that starred Christopher Plummer and Glenda Jackson.

He pivoted from the stage to the screen and moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1989 but returned to Canada in 2002 and co-starred with his son in the 2003 telefilm Burn: The Robert Wraight Story.

His big-screen résumé included The Bay Boy (1984), Deserters (1984), Overnight (1986), Street Justice (1987), Iron Eagle II (1988), The Portrait (1992), the David Steinberg-directed The Wrong Guy (1997), Aka Albert Walker (2003) and The Hamster Cage (2005).

Scarfe also was an author. His first novel, The Revelation of Jack the Ripper, was published in 2017, and he quickly followed with what he called “The Carnivore Trilogy”: The Vampires of Juarez, The Demons of 9/11 and The Mask of the Holy Spirit. (He originally wrote under the pen name Clanash Farjeon, an anagram of his full name.)

Scarfe’s second wife was actress Barbara March, who played Lursa, one of the villainous Duras sisters, on three Star Trek series. They met at Stratford and were married from 1979 until her death from cancer in August 2019 at age 65.

His first wife was actress Sara Botsford.

He is also survived by his daughter, Tosia, a musician and composer, and her husband, Austin, who both lived with and cared for him until his death; his grandchildren, Kai and Hunter, and his brother, Colin

SCARFE, Alan (Alan John Scarfe)

Born: 6/8/1946, London, England, U.S.A.

Died: 4/28/2024, Langueuil, Quebec, Canada

 

Alan Scarfe’s westerns – actor:

Gunsmoke: One Man’s Justice (TV) – 1994 (Seven Devlin)

The Lazarus Man (TV) – 1996 (bartender)

RIP Tom Bower

 

Tom Bower, Actor in ‘The Waltons’ and ‘Die Hard 2,’ Dies at 86

The onetime private investigator also was memorable in 'The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez,' 'Crazy Heart,' 'Appaloosa' and lots more.

The Hollywood Reporter

By Mike Barnes

June 6, 2024

 

Tom Bower, the busy character actor who portrayed Dr. Curtis Willard on The Waltons and the janitor, Marvin, who helps John McClane foil the terrorists at the airport in Die Hard 2, has died. He was 86.

Bower died last week of an unknown cause at his home in Los Angeles, his brother, Robert Bower, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Bower worked on John Cassavetes’ directorial debut, Shadows (1957), and played one of the translators that make a mess of things in the acclaimed Western The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982), starring Edward James Olmos.

He portrayed the father of the 37th U.S. president in Oliver Stone’s Nixon (1995), starring Anthony Hopkins, and the father of Nicolas Cage‘s Terence McDonagh in Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009).

And, he appeared for director Scott Cooper in Crazy Heart (2009) — as the agent of Jeff Bridges‘ Bad Blake — and Out of the Furnace (2013) and for director Ed Harris in Pollock (2000) and Appaloosa (2008).

More recently, he played Bob Odenkirk’s dad on the AMC series Lucky Hank.

After guest-starring as the pilot Rex Barker on The Waltons‘ fourth-season episode “The Wing Walker” in 1975, Bower became a regular castmember the following season when Curt arrives in Walton’s Mountain to replace Dr. Vance (Victor Izay). He hires Mary Ellen Walton (Judy Norton) to be his nurse, and the two quickly marry and eventually have a son.

Bower was written off the Earl Hamner Jr.-created CBS series in 1978 when Curt is apparently killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor. On a 1981 episode, however, Curt shows up alive in Florida, only now he’s played by Scott Hylands.

In a 2022 interview with Norton, Bower explained what happened behind the scenes.

“I asked for a very small raise, so they sent me to Pearl Harbor,” he said with a laugh. “Then, when they decided to bring the character back, washed up on a shore somewhere — which I didn’t think was a great idea anyway — I asked for the same small raise. … They just cast a different actor.”

Ralph Thomas Bower was born in Denver on Jan. 3, 1938. When he realized he wasn’t good enough to be a professional baseball player, he came to New York and enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1956.

“I started acting with more of a purpose while still in high school, and I guess when I chose a senior play over my senior season of baseball, the die was cast,” he said in 2012.

He also studied acting at the John Cassavetes Shadows Workshop, and after Shadows, he spent 15 years as a private investigator.

While still a P.I. in 1972, Bower was cast in David Rabe’s The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel opposite Al Pacino, who would go on to win a Tony Award when the drama made it to Broadway in 1977.

Bower then moved to Los Angeles to take up full-time acting again and appeared on episodes of Get Christie Love!, The Rockford Files and Kojak before landing on The Waltons.

The actor got invited to the first Sundance Institute film lab in 1981, and that led to his turn as Boone Choate, whose poor Spanish skills leads to a Mexican American farmer killing a sheriff and sending him on the run in Robert M. Young‘s Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, shot on a tiny budget for PBS.

In Die Hard 2 (1990), Bower’s Marvin lives in the basement of Dulles International Airport, and the big band-loving janitor and Bruce Willis‘ McClane got to share some great scenes in the Renny Harlin-directed sequel.

Bower stayed busy in his later years, doing excellent work in Two Ways Home (2019), Senior Love Triangle (2019), El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019), Fully Realized Humans (2020) and Raymond & Ray (2022).

His film résumé also included Two-Minute Warning (1976), Wildrose (1984), River’s Edge (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), True Believer (1989), Raising Cain (1992), The Ballad of Little Jo (1993), Clear and Present Danger (1994), Hearts in Atlantis (2001), High Crimes (2002), North Country (2005), The Hills Have Eyes (2006) and The Killer Inside Me (2010).

BOWER, Tom (Ralph Thomas Bower)

Born: 1/3/1938, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.

Died: 6/4/2024, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

 

Tom Bower’s westerns – actor:

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (TV) – 1982 (Boone Choate)

Desperado: The Outlaw Years (TV) – 1989 (Billy Dobbs)

The Ballad of Little Jo – 1993 (Lyle Hogg)

The Avenging Angel (TV) – 1995 (Bill Hickman)

Riders of the Purple Sage (TV) – 1996 (Judkins)

Shaughnessy – 1996 (Marshall)

Buffalo Soldiers (TV) – 1997 (General Pike)

The Postman – 1997 (Larry)

Appaloosa – 2008 (Abner Raines)

As You Like It – 2019 (Jaques)

RIP Eva-Maria Lahl

 

Synchron kartei

6/3/2024

German actress and voice actress. He was married for a time to the dialogue writer and dubbing director Lothar Michael Schmitt. She has acted in theatre, including at the Mannheim National Theatre ("As You Like It", "The Conspiracy of Fiesco in Genoa", "Witch Hunt") and has been active as a dubbing actress in Munich since the 70s. She gained greater fame as the voice actress for Michel's mother Alma Svensson (Emy Storm) in the "Michel aus Lönneberga" films and as the 3rd voice of the eccentric and biting Agnes Skinner in "The Simpsons".

LAHL, Eva-Maria

Born: 1929, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Died: 6/3/2024, Germany

 

Eva-Maria Lahl’s western – voice actress:

The Capture of Grizzly Adams – 1982 [German voice of Peggy Stewart)

RIP Armando Silvestre

 

They confirm the death of actor Armando Silvestre at 98 

ABC

5/6/2024

 

It was the niece of the famous actor, Lorenia, who confirmed Armando Silvestre's death, this is known about the cause of his death.

Mexico.- The renowned actor Armando Silvestre died on June 3, according to his niece Lorena Silvestre with the following message on his social networks.

So far the cause of the death of the famous histrion that worked alongside figures such as Clint Eastwood and Anthony Quinn has not been confirmed, but it is rumoured to have been an ulcer.

Armando Silvestre, born on January 6, 1926 in San Diego, California, was a Mexican-American actor who left an indelible mark on the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

With a career spanning from the 1940s to the 1970s, becoming one of the most prominent figures in "class B" action cinema in Mexico.

Silvestre Carrascosa was born into a prominent family; his father was a prominent trader and his brother Eduardo Silvestre, a renowned bodybuilder.

Despite being born in the United States, Silvestre was always considered a native of Tijuana, Mexico. His early life was marked by various passions, including sports car racing and horseback riding, disciplines in which he won numerous trophies.

Silvestre began his film career with small interventions in 1945. His spectacular physique earned him his first leading role in the film "Lola Casanova" (1947), along with Meche Barba and the prestigious actress Isabela Corona. His talent and charisma led him to Hollywood, where he participated in films such as "Wyoming Mail" (1950), "Apache Drums" (1951) and "Mark of the Renegade" (1951).

Wildlife was not without controversy. He was forced into exile by the jealousy of a Mexican president, which marked a turning point in his life and career. Despite these challenges, the actor continued to work and leave his mark in the film industry.

Armando Silvestre is remembered as an icon of action and adventure cinema in Mexico. His prolific career and image of conqueror transcended the screen, becoming a legend of Mexican cinema.

Although his life was full of ups and downs, his contribution to cinema and his indomitable spirit remains a testament to his talent and passion for art.

SILVESTRE, Armando (Armando Silvestre Carrascosa)

Born: 1/6/1926, San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Died: 6/3/2024, San Diego, California, U.S.A.

 

Armando Silvestre’s westerns – actor:

Lola Casanova – 1949 (Coyote Iguana)

Wyoming Mail – 1950 (Indian Joe)

Apache Drums – 1951 (Pedro/Peter)

Mark of the Renegade – 1951 (Miguel De Gandara)

Ahí viene Martín Corona – 1952 (Emeterio)

En enemarado - 1952 (Emetrio)

Hiawatha – 1952 (Kwasind)

Gritenme piedras del campo – 1957 (Manuel)

El jinete sin cabeza - 1957 (the judge)

For the Love of Mike – 1960 (Tony Eagle)

Pistolas invencibles – 1960 (Pancho Corona)

La diligencia de la Muerte – 1961 (Jorge Morales)

Los laureles – 1961 (Ricardo)

Geronimo – 1962 (Natchez)

Horizontes de sangre – 1962

Pueblo de odios – 1962 (Capitán Fernández)

La conquista de El Dorado – 1965

Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider – 1966 (

Daniel Boone (TV) – 1966, 1969 (Captain Torres, Gabriel, Jim Santee)

Martin Romero El Rapido – 1965 (El Cuervo)

Duel de pistoleros – 1966 (Vicente)

Los tres salvajes – 1966 (Fernando)

Pacto de sangre – 1966

Smoky – 1966 (Gordon)

Cronica de u cobarde – 1968 (Tomás)

The Scalphunters – 1968 (Two Crows)

The Desperate Mission – 1969 (Diego Campos)

El Ojo de Vidrio (The Glass Eye) – 1969 (María 'La Coralillo')

Barquero – 1970 (Sawyer)

Santo contra les Jinetes del Terror – 1970 (Sheriff Dario)

Two Mules for Sister Sara – 1970 (1^st American)

The Taste of the Savage – 1971

The Wild Season – 1971 (Tony Race)

La Choca – 1974 (Fabiel)

The Quest (TV) – 1976 (Medina)

Cuchillo – 1978 (U.S. Cavalry Lieutenant)

Matar por matar – 1979

Tierra sangrienta – 1979

Mercenarios de la Muerte – 1982 (Sung ya)

Los matones del Norte (TV) – 1985

La sombra del Tunco – 1990

RIP Ruth-Maria Kubitschek

 

Ruth Maria Kubitschek is dead

The actress Ruth Maria Kubitschek shaped German television for decades. She died in Switzerland at the age of 92.

Zeit

June 2, 2024

The actress Ruth Maria Kubitschek has died. "The grande dame of German film and television acting has quietly said goodbye to life in her adopted home of Switzerland after a short, serious illness," her spokeswoman Yvonne von Stempel told the dpa news agency. Kubitschek was 92 years old.

For many years, the actress had shaped German television. She played for ZDF on board the Traumschiffs and in the series Das Erbe der Guldenburgs. She starred in Tatort for ARD. Kubitschek gained great popularity in the eighties alongside Helmut Fischer as Annette von Soettingen alias Spatzl in the TV series Monaco Franze – Der ewige Stenz of the Bayerischer Rundfunk.

Kubitschek was born in 1931 in Chomutov (Komotau) in what is now the Czech Republic on the edge of the Ore Mountains. Towards the end of the Second World War, her family fled to Saxony-Anhalt. After attending drama schools in Halle and Weimar, she made her debut as Fina in Brecht's Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti in Halle. Within a few years, she became a star of GDR television and Defa film. In 1959, she went to the West with her son. Her husband, the opera and theatre director Götz Friedrich, remained in the GDR, but was also allowed to stage productions in the West.

"In deep gratitude I move to the other world"

At the Schlosstheater in Celle, Kubitschek's West German career began. Roles in television productions soon followed: appearances in Die Sendung der Lysistrata (1961), Die Powenzbande (1973) or the title role in the TV three-parter Melissa (1966). In 1985, she shot the successful series Kir Royal – again with Helmut Dietl – in which the Munich chic was made fun of. In 2013, she finally played her last role in the feature film Frau Ella.

Kubitschek has been awarded several prestigious prizes in the course of her career. Among other things, she received the Golden Camera and a Bambi in 1987 and another Bambi for her life's work in 2011. In 2013 she was awarded the Bavarian Television Prize. In 2004 she received the Federal Cross of Merit First Class and in 2010 the Bavarian Order of Merit.

Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) paid tribute to the deceased actress: "The News of the death of Ruth Maria Kubitschek is sad and ", he said. "She shone for decades as a Actress in film, television and theatre. Particularly unforgotten is her role as a wife and antithesis in the cult series Monaco Franze."

Kubitschek had been Swiss since 2013 and lived in Ascona. She died in a hospital, her spokeswoman said. Her last words were: "The earth gave me a beautiful home in this world. In deep gratitude I move to the other world. They exist, believe me." The funeral service should take place in the closest family circle.

KUBITSCHEK, Ruth-Maria

Born: 8/2/1931, Komotau, Czechoslovakia

Died: 6/1/2024, Switzerland

 

Ruth-Maria Kubitschek’s western – voice actress:

Old Shatterhand – 1964 [German voice of Daliah Lavi)

RIP Erich Anderson

 

Venerable Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter Actor Erich Anderson Passes Away

Friday the 13^th

By Jason Parker

June 2, 2024

 

Really sad news from late Friday night as one of my favorite actors from the franchise, Erich Anderson, has passed away from a long battle with cancer. His wife Saxon Trainor posted about his passing on Instagram.

I had the pleasure of talking to Erich on a few occasions, in person and over the phone. He was a very kind man who came from a military family and was a dedicated husband as well as an exceptional author. You can find his work at www.erich-anderson.com. He joined this site’s short lived podcast for an episode to talk about his experiences on the set of Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter portraying Rob Dier as well as other life experiences. You can listen to that episode now.

I was very lucky to get to know a great actor and human being who not only left an indelible mark on the Friday The 13th franchise, but also the plethora of movies and tv shows he was a part of.

Cancer is terrible, and I sympathize with his family and loved ones while they mourn this great man. We will all miss you Erich.

ANDERSON, Erich (Edward Eric Anderson)

Born: 1957, U.S.A.

Died: 6/1/2024, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Erich Anderson’s western – actor:

Dream West (TV) 1986

RIP Janis Paige

 

Janis Paige, Star of ‘Silk Stockings’ and Broadway’s ‘Pajama Game,’ Dies at 101

She stepped in for Angela Lansbury in 'Mame,' wed the "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" lyricist and almost broke up Archie's marriage on 'All in the Family.'

 

The Hollywood Reporter

By Mike Barnes

June 3, 2024

Janis Paige, the ebullient redhead who starred in the original Broadway production of The Pajama Game and in such Hollywood musicals as Silk Stockings and Romance on the High Seas, has died. She was 101.

Paige, who was discovered in the 1940s while performing at the legendary Hollywood Canteen, died Sunday of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, her friend Stuart Lampert announced.

Paige starred on her own network sitcom, playing a widowed nightclub singer struggling to raise her 10-year-old daughter, on the 1955-56 CBS series It’s Always Jan, and she had recurring roles as Dick van Patten’s free-spirited sister on ABC’s Eight Is Enough and as a hospital administrator on CBS’ Trapper John, M.D.

The actress also turned in two memorable guest-starring stints in 1976, playing an attractive diner waitress named Denise who tempts Archie (Carroll O’Connor) to cheat on Edith (Jean Stapleton) on All in the Family and a former flame of Lou’s (Edward Asner) on The Mary Tyler Moore show.

In 1968, Paige replaced Angela Lansbury in Mame on Broadway and performed as the title character for nearly two years.

After spending six years working on the stage and on television, Paige returned to the big screen to star alongside Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in Silk Stockings (1957), an adaptation of a stage musical that had Greta Garbo’s Ninotchka at its roots.

She and Astaire teamed for the Cole Porter song-and-dance number “Stereophonic Sound” that culminates with the duo swinging on a chandelier above the heads of some reporters.

Doing Silk Stockings “was hard work, believe me,” Paige said in a 2016 interview. “I was one mass of bruises. I didn’t know how to fall. I didn’t know how to get down on a table — I didn’t know how to save myself because I was never a classic dancer. Those are the tips you learn when you learn how to dance.

“Fred never knew it, but he was so great. He would come in in the morning and say, ‘I have a great idea for a step. You think you can do this?’ I never said no to him. I wouldn’t dare say no to Fred Astaire. Especially when we did the end of it, when you have to catch the chandelier and swing out over all those people. He showed me and said, ‘You think you can do that?’ And I said, ‘Sure, I can do that.’ Not knowing if I was going to fall on my face or not. I didn’t.”

I n The Pajama Game, Paige portrayed Katherine “Babe” Williams, a garment worker at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory and the leader of the plant’s Union Grievance Committee. She falls for new superintendent Sid Sorokin (John Raitt, father of singer Bonnie Raitt) despite the fact he’s her adversary in the labor dispute.

The musical premiered at the St. James Theatre in May 1954, ran for more than 1,000 performances over 15 months and won the Tony Award for best musical.

“We were the happiest bunch of people you ever saw in your life,” she said in 1990, “because everybody said we were going to be a flop. A show about a pajama factory? And we were a smash. It was a special time — it will never come again.”

R aitt went on to appear in the 1957 big-screen version of The Pajama Game at Warner Bros., but Paige’s role was filled by Doris Day.

A few years earlier, Day, in her movie debut, had stepped for Paige in Romance on the High Seas (1948). In the screwball musical comedy, Paige’s socialite character hires a singer (Day) to take her place on a cruise so she can spy on her cheating husband (Don DeFore). Meanwhile, Day and a detective (Jack Carson) fall in love on the boat.

Paige and Day would work together again in Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960).

Paige’s third and last husband was Ray Gilbert, who won an Oscar for writing the lyrics to the best song winner “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” from Disney’s now-shelved Song of the South (1946).

Born Donna Mae Tjaden in Tacoma, Washington, on Sept. 16, 1922, Paige moved to Los Angeles with her sister after graduating from Stadium High School and was hired to sing at the Hollywood Canteen, the club on Cahuenga Boulevard that was set up by the studios to entertain military personnel during World War II.

MGM and then Warner Bros. signed her, and in 1944 she made her big-screen bow in Bathing Beauty, starring Esther Williams, Red Skelton and Basil Rathbone, and played a studio messenger in the Hollywood Canteen movie.

In 1946, Paige landed her first leading role, as a nightclub singer in Her Kind of Man, and appeared opposite Carson — they would make eight movies together — in Two Guys From Milwaukee and The Time, the Place and the Girl.

She starred in Cheyenne (1947), directed by Raoul Walsh, played opposite Bette Davis in Winter Meeting (1948) and had prominent parts in One Sunday Afternoon (1948), The House Across the Street (1949), Fugitive Lady (1950), Mister Universe (1951) and Two Gals and a Guy (1951).

After Warner Bros. released her, Paige headed to Broadway and starred with Jackie Cooper in the 1951 crime comedy Remains to Be Seen, but June Allyson played her part in the 1953 MGM version.

Later, she portrayed Bob Hope ‘s love-starved married neighbor in Bachelor in Paradise (1961) and a prostitute in Joan Crawford ‘s The Caretakers (1963).

Her TV résumé also included Wagon Train, Burke’s Law, The Fugitive, Mannix, The Rockford Files, Happy Days, Too Close for Comfort, Caroline in the City and the soap operas Capitol, Santa Barbara and General Hospital.

She was a real trouper on Hope’s USO tours and in 1956 released an album, Let’s Fall in Love. And in 2020, she published Reading Between the Lines: A Memoir.

Paige donated to Emerson College her papers and filmed episodes of It’s Always Jan; videos of film, TV, and live musical performances; scripts; musical scores; photographs and other memorabilia from her career.

For years, she was still receiving fan mail and requests for photographs and autographs from all over the world.

Paige was married to restaurateur Frank Martinelli Jr. from 1947-51; to Arthur Stander, who wrote and produced It’s Always Jan, from 1956-57; and to Gilbert from 1962 until his death after open-heart surgery in 1976.

She inherited from Gilbert his Ipanema Music Corp., which he founded with Brazilian musician Antônio Carlos Jobim, and many of the songs he wrote.

PAIGE, Janis (Donna Mae Tjaden)

Born: 9/16/1922, Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A.

Died: 6/2/2024, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

 

Janis Paige’s westerns – actress:

The Younger Brothers – 1949 (Kate Shepherd)

Cheyenne – 1957 (Emily Carson)

Wagon Train (TV) – 1961 (Nellie Jefferson)

Welcome to Hard Times (TV) – 1967 (Adah)

Bret Maverick (TV) – 1981 (Mandy Packer)

Gun Shy (TV) – 1983 (Nettie McCoy)

No Man’s Land (TV) – 1987 (Maggie Hodiak)

Legend (TV) – 1995 (Delilah Pratt)