Marshall Efron obit

Marshall Efron, Funny Cog in the PBS ‘Dream Machine,’ Dies at 81

In the 1970s he was part of a much-talked about prime-time TV series as well as a somewhat subversive Sunday morning Bible show for children. 

He was not on the list.

Efron as an actor and humorist originally known for his work on the listener-sponsored Pacifica radio stations WBAI New York and KPFK Los Angeles, and later for the PBS television show The Great American Dream Machine (the original showcase of Chevy Chase).

At WBAI, Efron was a frequent guest on Steve Post's & Bob Fass's shows, along with left-wing/counter-culture figures such as Paul Krassner. One memorable broadcast had Efron and Krassner filling in for the vacationing Steve Post, and identifying themselves as Columbia University students who had taken the station over as part of the Columbia University protests of 1968. Although regular listeners were very familiar with the voices of Krassner and Efron, many listeners were not. NYPD officers responded three different times during the broadcast in response to reports from listeners who thought the "takeover" was a legitimate event. Efron also produced features such as A Satirical View.

Marshal Efron was the author of a number of children's works such as Bible Stories You Can't Forget: No Matter How Hard You Try.

He also starred in the irregularly-scheduled Sunday-morning television program Marshall Efron's Illustrated, Simplified, and Painless Sunday School on CBS from 1973 to 1977. In this show, Efron played all of the parts, including Adam, Eve, God and the Snake in the Garden of Eden, and the Three Wise Men in the story of Christmas.

 

Born            February 3, 1938

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Died            September 30, 2019 (aged 81)

Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.

 

Filmography

 

Animated roles

 

The Kwicky Koala Show (1981) - Ratso (voice)

Smurfs (1981-1982) - Sloppy Smurf (voice)

Shirt Tales (1982) - (voice)

The Biskitts (1983) - Mooch (voice)

Kidd Video (1984-1985) - Fat Cat (voice)

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985) - Lousy Lizard (voice)

Fluppy Dogs (1986) - Stanley (voice)

The Transformers (1986-1987) - Hun-Gurrr (2nd Head) (voice)

Snorks (1987-1988) - (voice)

Time Squad (2002) - Earl of Sandwich (voice)

 

Film roles

Funnyman (1967) - Sid, Photographer

Pound (1970) - German Shepherd

THX 1138 (1971) - TWA

Doc (1971) - Mexican Bartender

Is There Sex After Death? (1971) - Vince Domino

Dynamite Chicken (1971) - Himself

Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) - Bradley

Blade (1973) - Fat man

Baby Blue Marine (1976) - Cook

The Faking of the President (1976) - Donald Segretti

Why Me? (1978, Short) - Nesbit Spoon (voice)

California Dreaming (1979) - Ruben

Shogun Assassin (1980) - (voice)

The First Time (1983) - Nick Rand

Twice Upon a Time - Synonamess Botch (voice)

Bad Manners (1984) - Cab Driver

The Big Bang (1987) - Comrade in Chief (English version, voice)

Talking Walls (1987) - Erwin

The Road to Wellville (1994) - Bartholomew Bookbinder

Cafe Society (1995) - Moe Persky

Two Family House (2000) - Tiny

A Piece of Eden (2000) - Andres

Marie and Bruce (2004) - Ed

Home on the Range (2004) - Larry the Duck (voice)

Robots (2005) - Lamp Post / Toilet Bot / Bass Drum / Microphone (voice)

The Thing About My Folks (2005) - Tow Truck Driver

Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) - Start Dad (voice)

Horton Hears a Who! (2008) - Wickersham Guard #1 / The Wickersham Brothers (voice)

City Island (2009) - Actor-Dog

Rob the Mob (2014) - Little Anthony (final film role)

Video game roles

The Space Bar (1997) - (voice)

Theatrical roles

Much Ado about Nothing Broadway 1972 - Singer

 

Jessye Norman obit

Jessye Norman, the International Opera Star, Dead at 74

 She was not on the list.

Jessye Norman, the renowned international opera star whose passionate soprano voice won her four Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honor, has died, according to family spokesperson Gwendolyn Quinn. She was 74.

A statement released to The Associated Press on Monday said Norman died at 7:54 a.m. EDT from septic shock and multi-organ failure secondary to complications of a spinal cord injury she suffered in 2015. She died at Mount Sinai St. Luke's Hospital in New York, and was surrounded by loved ones.

"We are so proud of Jessye's musical achievements and the inspiration that she provided to audiences around the world that will continue to be a source of joy. We are equally proud of her humanitarian endeavors addressing matters such as hunger, homelessness, youth development, and arts and culture education," the family statement read.

Funeral arrangements will be announced in the coming days.

Norman was a trailblazing performer, and one of the rare black singers to attain worldwide stardom in the opera world, performing at such revered houses like La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera, and singing title roles in works like "Carmen," ''Aida" and more. She sang the works of Wagner, but was not limited to opera or classical music, performing songs by Duke Ellington and others as well.

"I have always been drawn to things other people might consider unusual. I'm always taken by the text and beautiful melody. It's not important to me who has written it. It's just more reasonable to have an open mind about what beauty is," Norman said in a 2002 interview with the Chicago Sun-Times. "It's important for classical musicians to stretch and think beyond the three B's (Bach, Beethoven and Brahms). They were wonderful composers, but they went to the great beyond a long time ago. There's lots of music that will live for a very long time."

In that same interview she profoundly said, "Pigeonholing is only interesting to pigeons."

Norman certainly knew no boundaries or limits. She broke barriers and had hoped her industry would see more faces like hers.

"It is a more diverse place, thank goodness," Norman said of the opera world in a 2004 interview with NPR, "I wish it were even more diverse than it is."

Norman was born on September 15, 1945 in Augusta, Georgia, in segregationist times. She grew up singing in church and around a musical family that included pianists and singers. She earned a scholarship to the historically black college Howard University in Washington, D.C., to study music, and later studied at the Peabody Conservatory and the University of Michigan.

Eventually she made her operatic debut in 1969 in Berlin, wowing audiences around the world on stages in Milan, London and New York thanks to her shining vocals, no matter the language. The New York Times described her voice as "a grand mansion of sound."

"It defines an extraordinary space. It has enormous dimensions, reaching backward and upward. It opens onto unexpected vistas. It contains sunlit rooms, narrow passageways, cavernous falls," the Times' Edward Rothstein wrote.

The Met Opera called Norman "one of the great sopranos of the past half-century" in a statement.

"Starting with her Met debut as Cassandra in Berlioz's Les Troyens on Opening Night of the Met's centennial 1983-84 season, Norman sang more than 80 performances with the company, dazzling audiences with her beautiful tone, extraordinary power, and musical sensitivity," the statement read.

Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said: "Farewell to the beloved Jessye Norman, a woman of vision, adventure and joy. A glorious voice and beautiful soul has winged towards Heaven. Her legacy lives on in music and the children who greet art in her name each day." And Broadway legend Audra McDonald wrote on Twitter, "UGH! Nooooooo! This is awful. I was literally supposed to spend time with her next week. RIP most magnificent amazing brilliant Diva."

In 1997, at age 52, Norman became the youngest person ever to earn the Kennedy Center Honor in the organization's 20-year history at the time. She received her National Medal of Arts from former President Barack Obama and has earned honorary doctorates from a number of prestigious schools, including Juilliard, Harvard and Yale. She is a member of British Royal Academy of Music and Georgia Music Hall of Fame. Norman even has orchid named after her in France, and the country also made her a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters.

She's earned 15 Grammy nominations throughout her illustrious career, picking up her first at the 1985 show for best classical vocal soloist performance for "Ravel: Songs Of Maurice Ravel." She earned Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.

Norman also gave back, raising funds to help students attend school, championing the arts in schools and championing diversity.

"I look at symphony orchestras around this country and I want those orchestras to look more like the demographic they're meant to serve. I would like to see more African-Americans on the stage at the Metropolitan Opera here in New York. There are certainly some, but not nearly enough, and I come across so many singers who are terribly gifted and that would be an asset to these opera companies around our country. But we still have these people who are just a little bit hesitant, and perhaps not as openhearted ... as I'd like them to be," she said. "I look forward to the day when we do not think about color of skin when we're looking to have a person do a job, whatever that job is."

The Jessye Norman School of the Arts opened in 2003 in Augusta to provide a free fine arts education to disadvantaged children. The Augusta Chronicle reported that Norman was set to attend the Oct. 11 street-naming ceremony in her hometown on Eighth Street, where the school is located. It will be named Jessye Norman Boulevard.

In 1990, Augusta opened the Jessye Norman Amphitheater to honor the opera icon.

Norman released her memoir, "Stand Up Straight and Sing!," in 2004.

She is survived by two remaining siblings, James Norman and Elaine Sturkey.

Larry Willis obit

In Memoriam: Larry Willis (1942–2019)

 

He was not on the list.

Larry Willis, a consummate pianist, composer and producer, died of an aneurysm on Sept. 29 at Baltimore’s Mercy Medical Center. He was 76.

As a pianist, Willis harnessed a thick, orchestral touch. Still, he was a nimble and resourceful improviser who would draw from a deep well of influences. “The thing that really impressed me about Larry’s musicianship was that he could adapt to multiple styles of music—from hard-bop, bebop, ballad to rock. He was a master of them all,” said drummer and vibraphonist Warren Wolf, who as a Berklee College of Music student in the late-1990s first learned about Willis.

During a career that stretched across five decades, the keyboardist released more than 20 albums as a leader, including gems like 1973’s Inner Crisis (Groove Merchant), 1992’s Solo Spirit (MapleShade) and his final 2011 solo album, This Time The Dream’s On Me (HighNote). In 2015, Smoke Sessions Records released Search For Peace, a disc by the cooperative ensemble Heads Of State that featured Willis playing with bassist Buster Williams, drummer Al Foster and alto saxophonist Gary Bartz.

MapleShade Founder Pierre Sprey, who worked with Willis for more than a decade, praised him as a “born accompanist.”

“He was a very committed accompanist. He was one of those rare people who could sit in with a band that’s having a lame evening, and within the span of eight bars, Larry could generate this electricity that would just ripple across the bandstand. Then all of the sudden, the band would be cooking its ass off,” Sprey said. “That would happen without Larry doing anything showy. He just loved to make other people sound better.”

What’s interesting, though, is that jazz—and even piano—wasn’t what Willis first was smitten by.

Born Lawrence Elliott Willis in New York City on Dec. 20, 1942, he grew up in a household filled with European classical music. His older brother, Victor, was an accomplished classical pianist. Larry’s earliest music aspiration, however, was singing opera. But during his senior year at New York’s Music and Arts High School, he taught himself how to play the piano. Soon after, he played in a jazz trio with classmates—Foster and bassist Eddie Gomez.

During high school, Willis also aspired to become a professional basketball player; he even was offered a few athletic scholarships. But his passion for music triumphed, and he enrolled at the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied music theory and voice. Once there, he met South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, whom he would perform and record with regularly. It was Masekela who encouraged Willis to take private piano lessons from John Mehegan to strengthen his jazz chops.

Willis progressed so quickly that before he turned 20, he was playing with pioneering alto saxophonist Jackie McLean. Several years later, the keyboardist not only performed on two of McLean’s mid-1960s Blue Note classics—Right Now! and Jacknife—he contributed a few compositions as well. Right Now! featured Willis’ stirring ballad “Poor Eric” (a tribute to Eric Dolphy) and the blistering “Christel’s Time,” while Jacknife contained his terse and episodic “High Frequency” and the snazzy soul-jazz ditty, “The Bullfrog.”

The following decade would prove to be a defining one for the keyboardist.

Willis issued his debut LP as leader, A New Kind Of Soul in 1970 on the Brunswick imprint. The album captured the avant-garde leaning soul-jazz zeitgeist of its day with a rollicking cover of James Brown’s “Lickin’ Stick” and the pensive original ballad “Someday Soon.” Although, it showcased Willis leading a small ensemble, the music sometimes exuded an orchestral sound thanks to the bandleader’s arrangements for three flugelhornists.

Willis’ continued exploring soul-jazz, funk and electric piano on his 1973 sophomore album, Inner Crisis, which today is considered a rare-groove classic among jazz fans and record collectors. In between those two dates, Willis also joined Blood, Sweat and Tears, taking over for Dick Halligan. Also during the early 1970s, Willis joined alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley’s band. And coincidentally, he joined the saxophonist’s brother, trumpeter Nat Adderley, in a group after his five-year tenure with Blood, Sweat, and Tears.

Wills persevered through the rest of the decade, but his third album, My Funny Valentine (Jazz City) wasn’t released until 1988. It was his tenure with trumpeter and conguero Jerry González’s groundbreaking Latin jazz ensemble, Fort Apache Band, that really helped rejuvenate Willis’ career. The keyboardist made his debut with the combo on the 1993 disc Earth Dance (Sunnyside) and would go on to record an additional four discs with the troupe.

“Larry brought an energetic approach to the music each and every time,” said saxophonist Joe Ford, who was also a longtime member of the Fort Apache Band. “Nobody in Latin music comped on the piano like Larry. He was a lot more rhythmic, because he was locked in that rhythm section with drummer Steve Berrios, bassist Andy Gonzalez, and Jerry on congas.”

In the early-1990s, Willis also developed a fruitful relationship with MapleShade as a solo artist and recorded some splendid avant-garde duet discs with the likes of baritone saxophonist Hamiett Bluiett and drummer Paul Murphy; Willis also became the label’s de facto music director and producer. Trumpeter Roy Hargrove then recruited Willis for his 1995 disc, Family, and 2000’s ballad-heavy Moment To Moment. The 2000s found the keyboardist migrating to the HighNote imprint for a string of records as well. And in 2012, he received Howard University’s Benny Golson Jazz Master Award.

Toward the end of his life, Willis settled in Baltimore, where he continued playing with jazz musicians who spanned multiple generations.

“Mentorship is the best thing that describes him,” said Wolf. “He was all about playing with the younger generation and giving them a chance to succeed in this music. In Baltimore, there’s a lot of young musicians who need guidance. To have a legend like Larry living in the heart of the city was such a huge, positive thing. You could learn a lot just being around someone like him.”

Alexander Davion obit

  French Actor Alexander Davion Has Died

He was not on the list.

Davion was a French-born British actor. He was perhaps best known in the UK for his starring role in Gideon's Way as Detective Chief Inspector David Keen. He was born in Paris, France. He died in London, England at the age of 90.

 

Filmography

Film roles

1951: Captain Horatio Hornblower - Spanish Officer (uncredited)

1954: The Good Die Young - Young Man (uncredited)

1955: Richard III - Messenger to Richard

1960: Song Without End - Chopin

1963: Paranoiac - Tony Ashby

1964: Blind Corner - Ricky

1964: Rattle of a Simple Man - Ricardo

1966: Plague of the Zombies - Harry Denver

1966: Thunderbirds Are GO - Space Captain Greg Martin (voice)

1967: Valley of the Dolls - Ted Casablanca

1969: The Royal Hunt of the Sun - De Nizza

1971: Incense for the Damned - Tony Seymour

1971: Clinic Exclusive - Lee Maitland

1982: Dark Echoes - Dereck Stanhope

1986: Whoops Apocalypse [5] - Maguadoran General

Television roles

1959: Perry Mason (Episode: "The Case of the Wayward Wife") - Gilbert Ames

1962: Combat! (Episode: "Any Second Now", season 1, episode 4)

1964-1966: Gideon's Way (26 episodes) - David Keen[2]

1966: The Man Who Never Was - Roger Barry

1967: Custer - Capt Marcus A Reno

1970: UFO (Episode: The Psychobombs) - the executive

1977: Van der Valk (Episode: Diane) - as a man who is murdered at the start of the episode

1982: The Professionals (Episode: Operation Susie) - Torres

1984: Arch of Triumph (TV Movie) - Alex

Hogan Sheffer obit

 

RIP: Soap Opera Head Writer Hogan Sheffer Dead at 61

 

He was not on the list.

Noted soap opera head writer Hogan Sheffer has died. The former head writer of As the World Turns, Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless passed away September, according to SoapHub.

Sheffer took over as head writer at As the World Turns in 2000 and continued there through 2005. During his era at the Proctor & Gamble produced CBS soap opera ATWT won Outstanding Drama Series in 2001 and 2004. Sheffer and his writing team won Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005.

In 2006 Sheffer took over at Days of Our Lives as head writer with Meg Kelly. His writing continued through January, 2008.

In May of that same year Sheffer joined The Young and the Restless as co-head writer with Maria Arena Bell and Scott Hamner. Y&R won the Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team in 2011.  His time at Y&R ended in late 2012.

Hogan Sheffer, an Emmy Award-winning daytime television writer known for his comical one-liners, died in his hometown of York, Pennsylvania on September 28. He was 61.

Sheffer went into cardiac arrest in 2014, and suffered a series of health problems up until his death last week from heart failure.

The veteran writer’s longtime manager, Brad Kramer, told Deadline Sheffer had a “huge heart” and always helped others.

“I met Hogan in 1993. I know I am speaking for countless others when I say Hogan Sheffer will be dearly missed,” Kramer said. “Besides a brilliant creative mind, and the most generous huge heart, Hogan could always and did make you laugh until you were in tears. He would and did do anything to help others.”

Sheffer started out in the industry in the 1980s and worked at DreamWorks as director of screenplay development from 1997 to 2000, under producers Mark Johnson and Elizabeth Cantillon. He was in charge of developing screenplays for films such as My Dog Skip, Galaxy Quest, Home Fries, and What Lies Beneath.

He would later make the transition to daytime TV on As the World Turns, The Young and the Restless, and Days of Our Lives.

While Sheffer loved writing and developing feature films, he thrived on the intensity and year-round schedule of daytime TV, Kramer said.

Sheffer served as head writer on the CBS daytime drama As the World Turns. He led his team to four Emmys for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team on the program in 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005.

He was also head writer on NBC’s Days of Our Lives from 2006 to 2007, and co-head writer on CBS’ Y&R for several years.

Writer

Eileen Davidson, Bryton James, Joshua Morrow, Gina Tognoni, Justin Hartley, Melissa Claire Egan, and Peter Bergman in The Young and the Restless (1973)

The Young and the Restless

TV Series

co-head writer

associate head writer

2008–2013

1063 episodes

 

Days of Our Lives (1965)

Days of Our Lives

5.2

TV Series

writer

head writer

2006–2008

235 episodes

As the World Turns (1956

As the World Turns

6.2

TV Series

associate head writer

writer

head writer ...

2000–2006

297 episodes

John Evans obit

John Evans(1943-2019)

 

He was not on the list.

John Evans was born on March 10, 1943. He was an actor, known for Warehouse 13 (2009), Earth: Final Conflict (1997) and Welcome to Blood City (1977). He was married to Lyne Tremblay. He died on September 28, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Actor

The Prayer Box (2018)

The Prayer Box

4.8

Bouncer

2018

 

Jack and Dean

TV Series

2014

1 episode

 

Saul Rubinek, Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, and Allison Scagliotti in Warehouse 13 (2009)

Warehouse 13

7.6

TV Series

Eric Marsden

2009

1 episode

 

Craig Olejnik and Lauren Lee Smith in The Listener (2009)

The Listener

6.8

TV Series

Syd Pickersgill

2009

1 episode

 

Peter Outerbridge in ReGenesis (2004)

ReGenesis

7.9

TV Series

Captain Cakanbakas

2007

1 episode

 

UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine (2006)

UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine

3.1

Dr. Stroheim

2006

 

The Newsroom (1996)

The Newsroom

7.9

TV Series

2005

1 episode

 

Move or Die (2004)

Move or Die

7.5

Video Game

Goul (voice)

2004

 

William H. Macy, Tom Selleck, and Monica Potter in Reversible Errors (2004)

Reversible Errors

6.2

TV Movie

Tom Woznicki

2004

 

Adventure Inc. (2002)

Adventure Inc.

6.3

TV Series

Dr. Cavaciuti

2003

1 episode

 

Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Chad Doreck, Ashley Eckstein, Blake Foster, Max Morrow, Autumn Reeser, and Sofia Vassilieva in The Brady Bunch in the White House (2002)

The Brady Bunch in the White House

3.5

TV Movie

Prisoner

2002

 

Dirty Pictures (2000)

Dirty Pictures

6.5

TV Movie

Tucker

2000

 

Don Johnson and Cheech Marin in Nash Bridges (1996)

Nash Bridges

6.8

TV Series

Dr. Terrence McGowan

2000

1 episode

 

Tia Carrere in Relic Hunter (1999)

Relic Hunter

6.5

TV Series

Nicholas Van Hulsen

2000

1 episode

 

Andrew Tarbet in Apartment Hunting (2000)

Apartment Hunting

5.9

Victor Spoils

2000

 

The City (1999)

The City

6.5

TV Series

Milan Sakocevic

1999

1 episode

 

Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999)

Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang

4.4

Jacob's Dad

1999

 

Jayne Heitmeyer, Anita La Selva, Robert Leeshock, and Leni Parker in Earth: Final Conflict (1997)

Earth: Final Conflict

6.3

TV Series

Lt. Bob Morovski

1997–1998

6 episodes

 

Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story (1998)

Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story

4.7

TV Movie

1998

 

Artemisia

7.0

TV Movie

The Examiner

1997

 

Paul Gross and David Marciano in Due South (1994)

Due South

8.0

TV Series

Gus Fillion

1997

1 episode

 

Nothing Sacred (1997)

Nothing Sacred

7.2

TV Series

Frank

1997

1 episode

 

Peta Wilson in La Femme Nikita (1997)

La Femme Nikita

7.5

TV Series

Maygar

1997

1 episode

 

Charles Bronson in Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II (1997)

Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II

5.3

TV Movie

Allen

1997

 

Devil's Food (1996)

Devil's Food

5.0

TV Movie

Stan Keats

1996

 

Escape Clause (1996)

Escape Clause

5.6

TV Movie

Belsen

1996

 

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993)

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

6.5

TV Series

Bo

1995

1 episode

 

Historica Minutes: Agnes Macphail

Additional Cast

1994

 

E.N.G. - Created by Bryce Zabel & Brad Markowitz

E.N.G.

7.5

TV Series

Cal Harkness

Richard

1990–1993

2 episodes

 

Matrix (1993)

Matrix

7.2

TV Series

Martin Marks

1993

1 episode

 

C. David Johnson, Eric Peterson, and Sonja Smits in Street Legal (1987)

Street Legal

7.2

TV Series

Tassos Dimetrios

Tasso Dimetrios

Max Simka

1990–1993

4 episodes

 

The Campbells (1986)

The Campbells

8.1

TV Series

Henry Moore Smith

Travis McDermott

1988–1990

2 episodes

 

Alex Cord in War of the Worlds (1988)

War of the Worlds

6.5

TV Series

Colonel West

Jake

1989–1990

2 episodes

 

Lady in the Corner (1989)

Lady in the Corner

6.1

TV Movie

Paul Meyers

1989

 

Covert Action (1988)

Covert Action

5.0

TV Movie

Beasley

1988

 

King of the Olympics: The Lives and Loves of Avery Brundage (1988)

King of the Olympics: The Lives and Loves of Avery Brundage

6.4

TV Movie

Uncle Brundage

1988

 

Patrick Bauchau, Domini Blythe, Catherine Colvey, Jonathan Crombie, and Guylaine St-Onge in Mount Royal (1988)

Mount Royal

6.1

TV Series

1988

1 episode

 

Lena: My 100 Children (1987)

Lena: My 100 Children

6.8

TV Movie

Sani

1987

 

Diane Lane and Matt Dillon in The Big Town (1987)

The Big Town

5.9

Marvin Brown

1987

 

Sheila McCarthy in I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

6.7

Warren

1987

 

Ken Pogue, Winston Rekert, Dixie Seatle, and Jonathan Welsh in Adderly (1986)

Adderly

7.6

TV Series

Ivan Petrovich

1986

1 episode

 

Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (1986)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star

6.8

TV Movie

John P. Howell (Maitre d' at Archer's)

1986

 

The Edison Twins (1982)

The Edison Twins

6.9

TV Series

Professor Adams

1986

1 episode

 

Louis Del Grande in Seeing Things (1981)

Seeing Things

7.8

TV Series

Donald

1986

1 episode

 

Scott Hylands and Jeff Wincott in Night Heat (1985)

Night Heat

7.4

TV Series

Costigan

1986

1 episode

 

Best Revenge (1984)

Best Revenge

4.6

Tommy

1984

 

Toronto Trilogy

TV Special

Skip

1984

 

Hans Caninenberg in Ritter's Cove (1980)

Ritter's Cove

6.0

TV Series

1981

1 episode

 

A Gift to Last (1978)

A Gift to Last

8.6

TV Series

John Trevelyan

1978–1979

2 episodes

 

King of Kensington (1975)

King of Kensington

7.4

TV Series

Bellhop

1977

1 episode

 

Welcome to Blood City (1977)

Welcome to Blood City

5.0

Lyle

1977

 

Royal Suite (1976)

Royal Suite

TV Series

Gino

1976

8 episodes

 

Lions for Breakfast (1975)

Lions for Breakfast

5.3

Shuffleboard Player #2

1975

 

House of Pride

TV Series

Rico (1974-1976)

1974–1976

Jack Edwards obit

Funeral set for former Alabama congressman Jack Edwards

 

He was not on the list.

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — Kay Ivey's office confirms former Alabama congressman Jack Edwards (Republican, 1965-1985) has passed away at the age of 91.

Jack Edwards Airport in Gulf Shores was named in his honor upon its opening in 1977.

Edwards was succeeded by Sonny Callahan.

Funeral services for Edwards will take place Wednesday, Oct 2 at 2:30 p.m. at Trinity Presbyterian Church, located at 545 S. Mobile Street in Fairhope.

Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.

William Jackson Edwards (September 20, 1928 – September 27, 2019) was an Alabama lawyer and politician who represented the 1st Congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1965 to 1985. A Republican, Edwards first won election to Congress in 1964, one of five Republicans elected to the House from Alabama amid Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater's sweep of the state in that year's presidential election.

During Ronald Reagan's presidency, Edwards became the vice chairman of the Republican leadership and was a member of the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. He oversaw the funding for the rebuilding efforts of Alabama's Dauphin Island Bridge in 1979.

William Jackson Edwards III was born near Birmingham, Alabama in 1928. His father, William Jackson Edwards Jr., had grown up in Decatur, Alabama and worked for the Rural Electrification Administration at various jobs and receiving promotions until he headed the engineering department. Young Jack also knew and shared his formal name with his long-lived grandfather, William Jackson Edwards. He had a sister, Julia Caroline Edwards Brock, and grew up in Homewood, Alabama during the Great Depression. His great-grandfather was Perry Jackson Edwards (1847–1919) of Decatur, Alabama (nicknamed "Captain Jack"), who rose to become chief inspector of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Young Jack also knew his long-lived great uncle Perry Jackson Edwards. When young Jack was 17, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served until 1951 (as the Korean War began). His great-great-grandfather, William F. Aldrich, had been the last Republican congressman from the state, serving (with a few months' break) from 1896 to 1901.

Gene Melchiorre obit

Bradley legend Gene 'Squeaky' Melchiorre dies at 92

 

He was not on the list.

Perhaps the most renowned Bradley basketball player of all time passed away Friday morning.

Gene “Squeaky” Melchiorre, the only No. 1 NBA draft choice to never play in the league, died at his Highland Park home at the age of 92.

The two-time all-American who led Bradley to the championship games of both the NCAA and NIT tournaments in 1950 will be more remembered in Bradley lore for his involvement with several teammates in the widespread college basketball point-shaving scandal that rocked the sport following that season.

“The memories are good and the memories are bad,” said Paul Unruh, his Bradley teammate. “It’s one of those things with two sides to it — a wonderful side and a terrible side.”

We send our condolences to the family of Bradley Hall of Famer Gene Melchiorre, who passed away this morning. A two-time All-American, Melchiorre is still 12th all-time in scoring at BU with 1,608 career points.pic.twitter.com/lc3UR0F2CI

— Bradley Braves (@BradleyBraves)September 27, 2019

Although Unruh and Melchiorre never spoke again after the scandal, Unruh looks back fondly on the time he spent at BU playing with the 5-foot-8 wizard with the basketball.

“He’d drive into the middle, and it was unbelievable how he could manage his body and get a shot off,” Unruh said. “I treasure the time I had to play with a guy like that. We lost an original. There was nobody else like him.”

Said another Melchiorre teammate, Joe Stowell, who went on to coach the Braves: "I learned so much on how to guard the post just by trying to guard Squeaky in practice that I taught my big men later. He was so good inside. We played Western Kentucky, and they had three big guys who were 6-7, 6-9 and 6-11. And Squeaky fouled ‘em all out."

In an interview with Look Magazine in 1953, Melchiorre admitted to taking bribes from gamblers. But he denied trying to manipulate the point spread.

“Why did we do it?” Melchiorre said in the 1953 article. “Well, none of us had any money. We justified ourselves, I guess, by saying the colleges were making plenty out of us. We argued to ourselves that what we were doing was wrong, but not too wrong, because we weren’t going to throw any games.”

Soon after being chosen first by the Baltimore Bullets in the 1951 NBA draft, Melchiorre was banned for life by the league for his role in the scandal.

“It's not disappointing at all when I look back on it," he told the Journal Star in 2003. "I could understand why I couldn't play. I had to move on. I had a wife and a family."

Melchiorre moved on successfully in all areas of his life.

He and wife Kay, a Pekin native, raised five kids who produced 15 grandchildren. The couple stayed together for 62 years until Kay’s death in 2013. Gene was Kay’s loving caregiver in her final years after she became partially paralyzed following a stroke.

Gene made a good living as a small businessman in the Highland Park area, working in insurance, appliances, trucking, real estate and construction.

He stayed active playing golf and tennis and won a 45-and-under tennis doubles tournament in his 50s. He never played basketball again other than a short stint with a semi-pro team.

"My family is my greatest accomplishment," Melchiorre said in that 2003 interview. "I'm very proud of them. I've got good kids."

Melchiorre was inducted into the Bradley athletics Hall of Fame in 1979, but his No. 23 jersey was never retired. Several times over the years, Melchiorre contemporaries lobbied BU presidents to retire Melchiorre's number. But it never came to pass.

"He was truly one of a kind," Stowell said. "He was the best player on the No. 1-ranked team in the country. He made a mistake, but he was a good man. He deserved to have his number retired a long time ago."

Melchiorre and two of his teammates (Bill Mann and Mike Chinakas) pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in New York State. Though the players faced three years in prison, the assistant District Attorney praised the trio's cooperation, and they were given suspended sentences.

Melchiorre would never play a minute of NBA basketball, however. Not long after he admitted his role in the scandal, NBA President Maurice Podoloff banned all players involved in the point shaving scandal, including Melchiorre, from the NBA for life.

Rob Garrison obit

Karate Kid, Cobra Kai actor Rob Garrison dies at 59

He was not on the list.

The actor is best known for his role as Tommy in The Karate Kid movies and the YouTube series Cobra Kai.

Rob Garrison, known to fans as Tommy from The Karate Kid movies and YouTube’s sequel series Cobra Kai — died Friday morning, EW has confirmed. According to TMZ, the 59-year-old actor died at a hospital in his home state of West Virginia, where he had been receiving treatment for “ongoing kidney and liver issues.”

The actor secured a place for himself in pop culture history with his role in the 1984 hit Karate Kid. During the climactic All-Valley Karate Championship battle between underdog Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and menacing bully Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), Tommy (Garrison) encourages his Cobra Kai teammate with one of the film’s most memorable lines — “Get him a body bag! Yeah!”

After appearing in The Karate Kid and The Karate Kid Part II, Garrison went on to appear in shows including Columbo, Coach, and Homefront. In 2019, he reunited with Zabka for a season 2 episode of Cobra Kai, in which Johnny and his old Cobra Kai buddies (Ron Thomas and Tony O’Dell) spring Tommy from the hospital, where he is being treated for cancer. The group goes on a camping trip to Big Bear Lake, where Tommy passes away peacefully in his sleep. The actors “were thrilled to get the chance to put on the masks of these characters again,” exec producer Josh Heald told EW in April. “It was just another layer to this show — all of a sudden, you’re in the woods with a bunch of grown men and you’re crying.”

Rick Henriques, Garrison’s personal appearances talent agent, tells EW, “Rob was really proud of that episode.”

Garrison is survived by his brother, Patrick.

Jacques Chirac - # 218

Jacques Chirac, former French president, dead at 86

He was number 218 on the list.

Former French President Jacques Chirac, a notable critic of the Iraq War, is dead, according to multiple reports, citing family members. He was 86.


Chirac’s son-in-law Frederic Salat-Baroux confirmed his death in a statement to The Associated Press, saying he died “peacefully, among his loved one” on Thursday.


The family did not provide a cause of death, although Chirac reportedly has had health issues since leaving the presidency in 2007.


Long the standard-bearer of France's conservative right and a mayor of Paris for nearly two decades, Chirac was nicknamed "Le Bulldozer" early in his career due to his determination and ambition.

He began his two terms as president in 1995, serving as the consummate global diplomat, but failing to reform the economy or defuse tensions between police and minority youths that exploded into riots across France in 2005.

After two failed attempts, Chirac won the presidency in 1995, ending 14 years of Socialist rule. But his government quickly fell out of favor and parliamentary elections in 1997 forced him to share power with Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin.

The pendulum swung the other way during Chirac's re-election bid in 2002, when far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen took a surprise second place behind Chirac in first-round voting. In a rare show of unity, the moderate right and the left united behind Chirac, and he crushed le Pen with 82 percent of the vote in the runoff.


Chirac was the first French leader to acknowledge France’s role in the Holocaust and defiantly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.

While he had won a convincing mandate for his anti-crime, pro-Europe agenda at home, Chirac's outspoken opposition to the U.S.in Iraq rocked relations with France's top ally, and the clash weakened the Atlantic alliance.

Angry Americans poured Bordeaux wine into the gutter and restaurants renamed French fries "freedom fries" in retaliation.

The United States invaded anyway, yet Chirac gained international support from other war critics.


Following his presidency, Chirac was riddled with scandals, including allegations of misuse of funds and kickbacks during his time as Paris mayor.


He was formally charged in 2007 after he left office as president, losing immunity from prosecution. In 2011, he was found guilty of misuse of public money, breach of trust and illegal conflict of interest and given a two-year suspended jail sentence.


He did not attend the trial. His lawyers explained he was suffering severe memory lapses, possibly related to a stroke he suffered while still president in 2005.

Chirac is survived by his wife and younger daughter, Claude. His daughter, Laurence, died in 2016 after a long illness that Chirac once said was "the drama of my life."

Linda Porter obit

Linda Porter Dies: ‘Superstore’, ‘Twin Peaks’ Actress Was 86

 

She was not on the list.

Linda Porter, a character actress who appeared in dozens of TV series and feature films and was perhaps best known for her role as Myrtle in NBC’s Superstore, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. She was 86.

Porter most recently was seen in her recurring role as Cloud 9 employee Myrtle Vartanian in the May 16 Season 4 finale of Superstore. Fan favorite Myrtle had recently been rehired as new manager Amy’s (America Ferrera) assistant after being laid off in Season 3 and then brought back as a customer-greeting hologram.

Since Season 1, Porter had appeared in 35 episodes of the NBC comedy series, which returned for its fifth season last night. She had not filmed any Season 5 episodes before her death. The ensemble comedy will likely pay tribute to one of its guest-starring MVPs next week.

“Linda wasn’t just hilarious, she was incredibly sweet, energetic and enthusiastic – working with her brightened everyone’s day,” Superstore executive produces/co-showrunners Gabe Miller and Jonathan Green said on behalf of the show’s cast and crew. “We’re lucky to have been a small part of her long career. The Superstore family won’t be the same without her.”

Porter also recently recurred as Lady Slot-Addict in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks revival for Showtime. Her numerous other TV credits included guest roles in Childrens Hospital, Togetherness, 2 Broke Girls, Bunheads, The Mindy Project, How I Met Your Mother, as well as a number of Disney Channel programs including Raven’s Home and Phil of the Future.

Her film work includes Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday, Mercy and Dude Where’s My Car? She was most recently seen in 2017’s The House.

Superstore star Ben Feldman led the online tributes to Porter. “Here’s hoping the angels don’t call cut right away because your best stuff always came at the end. We’ll miss you Linda Porter,” he wrote next to a pair of on-set photos.

Danny Gura, who plays Elias on Superstore, remembered Porter on Twitter as someone “who was always smiling and always brightened up the Superstore set.”

“We lost a good one. R.I.P. Linda Porter, who was always smiling and always brightened up the Superstore set. This is a hard one. You will be missed,” Gura wrote.

Feldman and Gura were joined by other Superstore cast members and writer-producers who also fondly remembered Porter.

Actress

Mark McKinney, America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Colton Dunn, Lauren Ash, Kaliko Kauahi, Nichole Sakura, and Nico Santos in Superstore (2015)

Superstore

7.8

TV Series

Myrtle

2016–2019

36 episodes

 

Twin Peaks (2017)

Twin Peaks

8.5

TV Series

Lady Slot-Addict

2017

3 episodes

 

Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler in The House (2017)

The House

5.6

Old Lady

2017

 

Fred Armisen and Bill Hader in Documentary Now! (2015)

Documentary Now!

8.1

TV Series

Meredith SebastianOld Woman in Bed

2015–2016

2 episodes

 

Missi Pyle, Preston Jones, Mircea Monroe, Mark Jude Sullivan, and Debby Ryan in Sing It! (2016)

Sing It!

4.3

TV Series

Darrell's Grandmother

2016

1 episode

 

Childrens Hospital (2008)

Childrens Hospital

7.8

TV Series

Grandma Betty

2016

1 episode

 

Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016)

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

6.1

Mrs. Rose

2016

 

Melanie Lynskey, Amanda Peet, Mark Duplass, and Steve Zissis in Togetherness (2015)

Togetherness

7.5

TV Series

Elderly Reporter

2015

1 episode

 

Chandler Riggs in Mercy (2014)

Mercy

4.9

Henrietta

2014

 

Andy Daly in Review (2014)

Review

8.4

TV Series

2014

1 episode

 

Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs in 2 Broke Girls (2011)

2 Broke Girls

6.7

TV Series

Grace

2013

1 episode

 

Willem Dafoe in Love's Routine (2013)

Love's Routine

6.8

Short

Margie

2013

 

Jon Lovitz, Bill Bellamy, Alex Thomas, and Tony T. Roberts in Mr. Box Office (2012)

Mr. Box Office

3.9

TV Series

Sister Mary Katherine

2013

1 episode

 

Bunheads (2012)

Bunheads

7.6

TV Series

Mrs. Weidemeyer

2013

1 episode

 

Ike Barinholtz, Chris Messina, Mindy Kaling, Anna Camp, Zoe Jarman, and Ed Weeks in The Mindy Project (2012)

The Mindy Project

7.5

TV Series

Grandma Putch

2012

1 episode

 

Patricia Heaton, Neil Flynn, Eden Sher, Charlie McDermott, and Atticus Shaffer in The Middle (2009)

The Middle

7.7

TV Series

Grandma Dot

2012

1 episode

 

Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)

Family Guy

8.1

TV Series

Old Woman (voice)

2011

1 episode

 

Emma Roberts in American Horror Story (2011)

American Horror Story

7.9

TV Series

Mary

2011

1 episode

 

Chris Elliott, Maria Thayer, and Brett Gelman in Eagleheart (2011)

Eagleheart

7.4

TV Series

Phipps' Mother

2011

1 episode

 

Brenda Song, Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse, and Debby Ryan in The Suite Life on Deck (2008)

The Suite Life on Deck

6.4

TV Series

Granny Pickett

2011

2 episodes

 

Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel, Josh Radnor, and Cobie Smulders in How I Met Your Mother (2005)

How I Met Your Mother

8.3

TV Series

Muriel

2010

1 episode

 

Gary Sinise and Sela Ward in CSI: NY (2004)

CSI: NY

7.0

TV Series

Mary Riesling

2010

1 episode

 

Greek (2007)

Greek

7.6

TV Series

ZBZ Songmaster

2009

1 episode

 

Kath & Kim (2008)

Kath & Kim

4.9

TV Series

Pearl

2009

1 episode

 

Uncross the Stars (2008)

Uncross the Stars

6.2

Phyllis

2008

 

Jason Lee, Jaime Pressly, Ethan Suplee, Eddie Steeples, and Nadine Velazquez in My Name Is Earl (2005)

My Name Is Earl

7.8

TV Series

Doris Johannsen

2008

1 episode

 

Skate. (2007)

Skate.

7.6

Video Game

Additional Voices

2007

 

Drake & Josh (2004)

Drake & Josh

7.7

TV Series

2007

1 episode

 

Raven-Symoné in That's So Raven (2003)

That's So Raven

6.7

TV Series

Gertie Grossman

2006

1 episode

 

Queen of Cactus Cove (2005)

Queen of Cactus Cove

7.5

Short

Mrs. Wadsworth

2005

 

Out of Practice (2005)

Out of Practice

7.5

TV Series

Doris

2005

1 episode

 

Matt LeBlanc in Joey (2004)

Joey

6.0

TV Series

Edith

2005

1 episode

 

Jerry Stiller, Kevin James, and Leah Remini in The King of Queens (1998)

The King of Queens

7.4

TV Series

Eloise

2005

1 episode

 

Tammy Lynn Michaels, Jennifer Finnigan, Darius McCrary, Tom Poston, and Josh Cooke in Committed (2005)

Committed

7.4

TV Series

Woman in Elevator

2005

1 episode

 

John C. McGinley, Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Michael Mosley, Dave Franco, Eliza Coupe, and Kerry Bishé in Scrubs (2001)

Scrubs

8.4

TV Series

Old Woman

2004

1 episode

 

Jennie Garth, Amanda Bynes, Leslie Grossman, Wesley Jonathan, Allison Munn, and Nick Zano in What I Like About You (2002)

What I Like About You

6.6

TV Series

Old Woman

2004

1 episode

 

Craig Anton, Lise Simms, Raviv Ullman, Aly Michalka, and Amy Bruckner in Phil of the Future (2004)

Phil of the Future

6.9

TV Series

Grandma Berwick

2004

1 episode

 

Jason Gedrick, Donnie Wahlberg, Gary Basaraba, Neal McDonough, Lana Parrilla, and Mykelti Williamson in Boomtown (2002)

Boomtown

8.1

TV Series

Shirley Donadoni

2003

1 episode

 

Drew Barrymore, Ben Stiller, and Eileen Essell in Duplex (2003)

Duplex

5.9

Old Biddy #2

2003

 

Patricia Richardson and Rosa Blasi in Strong Medicine (2000)

Strong Medicine

6.7

TV Series

2003

1 episode

 

Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham in Gilmore Girls (2000)

Gilmore Girls

8.2

TV Series

Fran Westin

2001–2003

3 episodes

 

Golden Brooks, Jill Marie Jones, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Persia White in Girlfriends (2000)

Girlfriends

7.5

TV Series

Mrs. Nussbaum

2003

1 episode

 

Chevy Chase in The Karate Dog (2002)

The Karate Dog

2.8

Southern Beauty

2002

 

Tenacious D: Tribute (2002)

Tenacious D: Tribute

8.6

Music Video

Old Lady

2002

 

Frankie Muniz, Justin Berfield, Bryan Cranston, Jane Kaczmarek, Christopher Masterson, and Erik Per Sullivan in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)

Malcolm in the Middle

8.2

TV Series

Audrey

2001

1 episode

 

Holly Hunter and Ron Silver in When Billie Beat Bobby (2001)

When Billie Beat Bobby

6.1

TV Movie

Old Woman

2001

 

Michael J. Fox, Barry Bostwick, Alan Ruck, Michael Boatman, Connie Britton, Alexander Chaplin, and Richard Kind in Spin City (1996)

Spin City

7.3

TV Series

Woman #2

2000

1 episode

 

Jennifer Garner, Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott, Marla Sokoloff, and Sydney in Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)

Dude, Where's My Car?

5.5

Mrs. Crabbleman

2000

 

Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson in Dharma & Greg (1997)

Dharma & Greg

6.4

TV Series

Becky

2000

1 episode

 

Judging Amy (1999)

Judging Amy

7.1

TV Series

Ms. Duncan

2000

1 episode

 

Nancy Cartwright, Christine Cavanaugh, Tara Strong, Cheryl Chase, Elizabeth Daily, Dionne Quan, Kath Soucie, and Cree Summer in Rugrats (1991)

Rugrats

7.4

TV Series

Woman (voice)

2000

1 episode

 

Even Stevens (2000)

Even Stevens

7.6

TV Series

Lady in the Street

2000

1 episode

 

Casper Van Dien and Vanessa Angel in Partners (2000)

Partners

4.7

TV Movie

Older Woman

2000

 

Stanley's Gig (2000)

Stanley's Gig

6.3

Alice

2000

 

Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder (1993)

Diagnosis Murder

6.9

TV Series

Miss Winkle

2000

1 episode

 

One World (1998)

One World

6.7

TV Series

Edith

1999

1 episode

 

The Phantom Eye (1999)

The Phantom Eye

5.8

TV Series

Old Woman

1999

 

Debrah Farentino, Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Eric Christian Olsen, Christina Pickles, and Jon Tenney in Get Real (1999)

Get Real

7.3

TV Series

Office Assistant

1999

1 episode

 

The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999)

The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

6.3

The Wise Old Woman

1999

 

Clayton Rohner and Richard Brooks in Good vs Evil (1999)

Good vs Evil

7.5

TV Series

Mother Character

1999

1 episode

 

Stacey Dash, Rachel Blanchard, Elisa Donovan, Donald Faison, and Sean Holland in Clueless (1996)

Clueless

5.9

TV Series

Irma

1999

1 episode

 

Melrose Place (1992)

Melrose Place

6.0

TV Series

Nun

1999

1 episode

 

Kimberly J. Brown and Janet McTeer in Tumbleweeds (1999)

Tumbleweeds

6.7

Mrs. Boman

1999

 

Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in The X-Files (1993)

The X-Files

8.6

TV Series

Elderly Woman

1998

1 episode

 

Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, Ming-Na Wen, Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Michael Michele, Erik Palladino, Maura Tierney, and Goran Visnjic in ER (1994)

ER

7.9

TV Series

Inga Paulson

1998

1 episode

 

Téa Leoni, George Wendt, Jonathan Penner, Mark Roberts, Darryl Sivad, and Holland Taylor in The Naked Truth (1995)

The Naked Truth

6.8

TV Series

Edwina

1997

1 episode

 

Becoming Rebecca

5.8

Ella

1996

 

Tony Shalhoub, Steven Weber, Amy Yasbeck, Crystal Bernard, and Tim Daly in Wings (1990)

Wings

7.3

TV Series

Little Old Lady

1996

1 episode

 

Daniella Deutscher in Hang Time (1995)

Hang Time

6.9

TV Series

Martha

1996

1 episode

 

Uma Thurman, Janeane Garofalo, and Ben Chaplin in The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)

The Truth About Cats & Dogs

6.3

Newscast Auditioner

1996

 

Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser in Mad About You (1992)

Mad About You

6.8

TV Series

Mark's Elderly Patient

1995

1 episode

 

John Goodman, Roseanne Barr, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman, Alicia Goranson, and Laurie Metcalf in Roseanne (1988)

Roseanne

7.1

TV Series

Beverly's Friend

1995

1 episode

 

Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Peri Gilpin, and Jane Leeves in Frasier (1993)

Frasier

8.2

TV Series

Mary

1994

1 episode

 

Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Murder, She Wrote

7.3

TV Series

Clerk

1992

1 episode

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito in Twins (1988)

Twins

6.2

Painter

1988

 

Baby M (1988)

Baby M

6.5

TV Mini Series

Dr. Einwohner

1988

1 episode

 

Who Gets the Friends? (1988)

Who Gets the Friends?

6.1

TV Movie

Manya

1988

 

Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman in Beauty and the Beast (1987)

Beauty and the Beast

7.0

TV Series

Elizabeth

1988

1 episode

 

The Battle of Love's Return (1971)

The Battle of Love's Return

4.1

1971

 

Thanks

Mark McKinney, America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Colton Dunn, Lauren Ash, Kaliko Kauahi, Nichole Sakura, and Nico Santos in Superstore (2015)

Superstore

7.8

TV Series

in memory of

2019

1 episode

 

Archive Footage

Mark McKinney, America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Colton Dunn, Lauren Ash, Kaliko Kauahi, Nichole Sakura, and Nico Santos in Superstore (2015)

Superstore

7.8

TV Series

Myrtle (archive footage, uncredited)

2020–2021

2 episodes