Rose Marie - # 177

Rose Marie, who starred on ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show,’ dead at 94

She was number 177 on the list.

Rose Marie, the actress made famous for her role as Sally Rogers on famed 1960 sitcom “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” has died at age 94.

The news comes from the star’s official Twitter account, which announced on Thursday that she had passed at her home in Van Nuys California.

“It is with broken hearts that we share the terribly sad news that our beloved Rose Marie passed away this afternoon,” the statement said.

Marie was a child star of the 1920s and 1930s who endeared herself to TV fans on the classic '60s sitcom that featured Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore.

The Film, TV and Broadway actress had one of the longest-running careers in entertainment, according to the obituary on her website.

After a career as a popular radio personality, Marie got her big break performing in movies such as “International House” and “Big Broadcast of 1935.” She was invited to be a headliner by Benjamin “Bugsy” Segal at the Flamingo casino hotel in Las Vegas in 1946 before becoming a household name on “Dick Van Dyke” in 1961.

From there, she moved on to “The Doris Day Show” and became one of the longest regulars on “Hollywood Squares.”

She appeared in numerous movies as a child and starred in the Broadway musical "Top Banana." She was nominated for three Emmys and received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in 2001.

According to her website, when asked about retiring she said, "I've been in show business my whole life. Why start something new now?"

Carl Reiner, the creator of the "Dick Van Dyke Show" tweeted about her passing.

"I was so sad to learn of the passing of Rosemarie," he wrote. "There's never been a more engaging and multi-talented performer. In a span of 90 years, since she was four, dear Rosie performed on radio, in vaudeville, night clubs, films, TV, and Vegas and always had audiences clamoring for "more!!"

Partial filmography

Feature films

International House (1933)

Top Banana (1954)

The Big Beat (1958)

Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966)

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)

Memory of Us (1974)

The Man From Clover Grove (1974)

Bruce's Deadly Fingers (1976)

Cheaper to Keep Her (1980)

Lunch Wagon (1981)

Witchboard (1986)

Sandman (1993)

Psycho (1998)

Lost & Found (1999)

Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000)

Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes (2004)



Short subjects



Baby Rose Marie the Child Wonder (1929)

Rambling 'Round Radio Row #4 (1932)

Back in '23 (1933)

Sing, Babies, Sing (1933)

Rambling 'Round Radio Row (1934)

At the Mike (1934)

Sally Swing (1938) (voice)

Surprising Suzie (1953)



Television

Gunsmoke (1957) (Mrs. Monger in Episode 94, "Twelfth Night")

M Squad (1958) ("Margo" Series 1 Episode 36; "The System")

The Bob Cummings Show (1958–1959) (Martha Randolph in nine episodes)

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1960)

My Sister Eileen (1960–1961) (Bertha)

The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)

The Hollywood Squares (1966–1981) (regular panelist)

The Monkees "Monkees in a Ghost Town" (1966) (Bessie "The Big Man" Kowalski)

The Monkees "Monkee Mother" (1967) (Milly)

Walter of the Jungle (1967) (unsold pilot)

The Virginian (1967)

My Three Sons "First Night Out" (1968) (Nurse Genevieve Goodbody)

The Doris Day Show (cast member 1969–1971)

Honeymoon Suite (1973, 3 episodes) with Morey Amsterdam

S.W.A.T. (1975)

The Love Boat (1984) (Season 7, Episode 17)

Bridge Across Time (1985)

Remington Steele (1986) (Series 4 Episode 17; "Steele in the Spotlight")

The Jackie Bison Show (1990) (unsold pilot that aired on NBC) (voice)

Scorch (1992) (canceled after three episodes)

Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero (1993)

2 Stupid Dogs (1994) – additional voices

Hardball (1994) (canceled after seven episodes)

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again (1995)

Caroline in the City ("Caroline and the Watch", with Morey Amsterdam (1996); "Caroline and the Kept Man" (1997))

Wings (1997)

Suddenly Susan (1997)

Hey Arnold! (1998)

The Hughleys (2001)

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales (2003)

The Alan Brady Show (2003) (voice)

The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited (2004)

The Garfield Show (2008–2013)

Danny Breen obit

 

Second City performer, TV producer Danny Breen dies at 67

He was not on the list.

Danny Breen, a Second City performer of the early 1980s who became a successful Hollywood actor and producer, has died at age 67.

He died at his Los Angeles home after a seven-year fight with cancer, Second City CEO Andrew Alexander said.

“If you ask anyone about Danny Breen, they’ll tell you, ‘Nicest guy ever,’ ” said a statement Friday night on the Second City Facebook page. “We’ll miss you.”

Breen performed alongside George Wendt, Tim Kazurinsky and Jim Belushi in a series of Second City revues starting in 1979. He later moved to Los Angeles, where he was part of the ensemble on HBO’s satirical series “Not Necessarily the News.” Later he produced TV series including “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and “The Wayne Brady Show.”

“Whose Line” performer Colin Mochrie tweeted that Breen was “one of the world’s best. Very funny, very caring, the loveliest of the loveliest.”

As an actor, Breen made guest appearances on shows including “The Golden Girls,” “Full House,” “Seinfeld,” “Frasier” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

Sue Grafton obit

Internationally acclaimed mystery author Sue Grafton has died. She was 77.

She was not on the list.

Grafton, a Louisville native, had been battling cancer and died around 11:30 p.m. Thursday in Santa Barbara, California, said her husband, Steve Humphrey.

Grafton was a contemporary American author well known for her alphabet mystery series featuring investigator Kinsey Millhone.

The series began with "A is for Alibi" in 1982 and continued through "Y is for Yesterday," released in August 2017.

The novels have since been published in 28 countries and in 26 languages. In 2013, Grafton marked the 30th anniversary of the series by releasing "Kinsey & Me," a set of stories that revealed the investigator's origins and gave insight into the author's past.

Grafton, born in April 1940, graduated from the University of Louisville with a B.A. in English in 1961, according to a U of L profile of her. Over the years, she's received more than 30 prestigious awards and honors, including being named Kentucky's 2007 Distinguished American by the A.B. "Happy" Chandler Foundation and being inducted into the American Academy of Achievement.

Thomas Hunter obit

Actor Thomas Hunter Has Died

 He was not on the list.

Born in Savannah, Georgia, Hunter served in the United States Marine Corps and graduated from the University of Virginia. He studied acting with Sanford Meisner and Uta Hagen.

He entered film in a small role in Blake Edwards' What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966). After completing the film, a chance meeting with Dino De Laurentiis led him to be invited to star as the lead in The Hills Run Red leading him to a career in European - primarily Italian - cinema with guest appearances in American television series. His dissatisfaction with European cinema led him to found the New England Repertory Company.

Hunter published two books. The novel Softly Walks the Beast is an end-of-the-world story that takes place in the not-too-distant future and centers on a dwindling community of smart and resourceful people on a college campus, struggling against the horrible and seemingly unstoppable after-effects of a nuclear war. "Softly Walks the Beast" was first published in 1982 and a second edition was published in 2014.

In 2015, Hunter published his memoir Memoirs of a Spaghetti Cowboy: Tales of Oddball Luck and Derring-Do, which chronicles his adventures starring in numerous Spaghetti Westerns and other foreign productions while living in Rome.

 

Filmography

Screenwriter

The 'Human' Factor (1975)

The Final Countdown (1980)

Actor

Year     Title            Role            Director           Notes

1966    What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?            American GI #3            Blake Edwards          

1966    The Hills Run Red            Jerry Brewster / Jim Houston            Carlo Lizzani 

1966    Death Walks in Laredo Whitey Selby    Enzo Peri [it]

1967    Love Nights in the Taiga    Frank Heller   Harald Philipp 

1968    Anzio            Pvt. Andy    Edward Dmytryk          

1968    The Magnificent Tony Carrera            Tony Carrera            José Antonio de la Loma [es]        

1969    Battle of the Commandos            Capt. Kevin Burke            Umberto Lenzi

1969            Revenge [it]     Richard Marlowe            Pino Tosini [it]         

1971    The Vampire Happening            Internatslehrer Jens Larsen  Freddie Francis

1971            Madness - Gli occhi della luna [it]                 Cesare Rau     

1971    X312 - Flight to Hell [de]      Tom Nilson  Jesús Franco

1971    Il sorriso del ragno                Massimo Castellani      

1971    Carlos            Pedro            Hans W. Geißendörfer            TV movie

1971            Equinozio                     Maurizio Ponzi

1973    Night Flight from Moscow                       Henri Verneuil           

1974    Wer stirbt schon gerne unter Palmen [de]            Werner Becker Alfred Vohrer

1975    The 'Human' Factor            Taylor            Edward Dmytryk          

1976    The Cassandra Crossing            Captain Scott    George P. Cosmatos    

1976    Cross Shot     Turrini            Stelvio Massi  

1983    The Act       The John     Sig Shore   (final film role)

Alfie Curtis obit

Alfie Curtis, Dr. Evazan in 'Star Wars,' dead at 87

He was not on the list.

"Star Wars" actor Alfie Curtis has died at age 87.

The London-born actor, who played Dr. Evazan in "Star Wars: A New Hope," passed away on Tuesday.

Alfie's character in "Star Wars" famously threatened Luke Skywalker at Mos Eisley Cantina in the first of the original trilogy, telling him: "I have the death sentence on 12 systems".

Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, tweeted a tribute to the actor this morning.

He said: "Alfie Curtis made the Star Wars Mos Eisley Cantina scene - one of the most memorable I've ever been a part of - even more memorable.

ALFIE CURTIS made the #StarWars Mos Eisley Cantina scene (one of the most memorable I've ever been a part of) even MORE memorable. As horrific as he was on-camera, off-camera he was funny, kind & a real gentleman. Thanks Alf- you'll be missed. #RIP ❤️- mh pic.twitter.com/laxKvbGmrd

— @HamillHimself (@HamillHimself) December 27, 2017

"As horrific as he was on-camera, off-camera he was funny, kind and a real gentleman. Thanks Alf - you'll be missed."

Curtis was also known for his roles in 1980 film "The Elephant Man" and the '80s TV series "Cribb."

His tragic death was announced on the Comic Book Star Wars website on Tuesday night but the cause has not yet been revealed.

It comes exactly one year after Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the "Star Wars" franchise, died aged 60.

Curtis' character in "Star Wars" was a promising plastic surgeon whose unorthodox methods ended up hurting his patients.

He fell into smuggling and linked up with Ponda Baba, who was just as much of a drunk as Evazan.

The pair did pop up in Jedha in "Rogue One" but the younger version of the character was played by Michael Smiley.

Filmography

Film

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1977      Star Wars             Dr. Evazan           Uncredited

1980      The Wildcats of St. Trinian's         Taxi driver          

1980      The Elephant Man            Milkman             

1981      Take It or Leave It             Vicar      Documentary

Television

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1973      Bowler Rocky / Alfie       2 episodes

1975      Larry Grayson    Man in Line-up / Cafe Customer / Sailor 5 episodes

1979      The Jim Davidson Show Himself                 1 episode

1980      Grange Hill          Gateman             1 episode

1980      Fox         Conk      1 episode

1980-1981          Cribb     Landlord / Matt Beckett                2 episodes

1981      Lady Killers          Mr . Waters        1 episode

1982      Legacy of Murder             Assistant thug   

1982      Q.E.D.   Referee                1 episode

1982      The Gentle Touch             Gaffer   1 episode

1983      Jemima Shore Investigates           Vic          1 episode

1984      Tucker's Luck     Steve     2 episodes

1985      The Bill Bernie   1 episode

1986      Lost Empires       Ted        1 episode, (final appearance)