Lisa Robin Kelly obit

Lisa Robin Kelly, Actress on ‘That ’70s Show’ Sitcom, Dies at 43

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Lisa Robin Kelly, an actress best known for her recurring role on the hit sitcom “That ’70s Show,” died on Wednesday in Los Angeles. She was 43.

Her agent, Robert Wyckoff, said that she died at a drug rehabilitation center but that the cause had not been determined. John Michas, her roommate and former boyfriend, had taken her there on Monday, Mr. Wyckoff said.

On “That ’70s Show,” which centered on a group of teenagers in a small Wisconsin town in the 1970s, Ms. Kelly played Laurie, the promiscuous older sister of one of the main characters, Eric, played by Topher Grace. “That ’70s Show” was a mainstay of the Fox network’s schedule from 1998 to 2006 and continues to be seen in syndicated reruns. “I love the character that I play,” Ms. Kelly once told an interviewer. 

She departed in the show’s fifth season, then returned for a few episodes before being replaced by Christine Moore.

Ms. Kelly told ABC News that she had left the show because of alcoholism. “I had lost a baby,” she said.  “As a result of that, I lost it — I lost everything, and I was abusing alcohol.”

She had been arrested at least three times since 2010, once for driving while intoxicated and twice for domestic abuse. She recently filed for divorce and obtained a restraining order against her husband, Robert Gilliam.

Information about her date and place of birth could not be confirmed, but according to the Internet Movie Database she was born on March 5, 1970, in Southington, Conn., and received a bachelor’s degree from DePaul University.

Ms. Kelly made her professional acting debut on the sitcom “Married With Children” in 1992. She went on to appear on “Murphy Brown,” “The X-Files” and other shows as well as in the movie “Jawbreaker,” in which she played a cheerleader.

Survivors include her mother, Linda.

Filmography

Film

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1994      Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes      Sherrie

1995      Payback                Teenage Girl      

1996      Amityville Dollhouse       Dana     

1997      Performance Anxiety                    

1998      The Survivor                      

1999      Kill the Man        Nan       

Jawbreaker         Cheerleader #2

Clubland              Carla     

2005      The Food Chain: A Hollywood Scarytale[17]                         

2012      SUX2BME  :191                 Short film

Television

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1992      Married... with Children                Heather Tallarico              Episode: "Kelly Doesn't Live Here Anymore"

1994      Silk Stalkings       Gina Nelson        Episode: "Killer Cop"

Renegade            Debbie Episode: "Sheriff Reno"

Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story Charlie Greenwell's Girlfriend     Television film

1995      Platypus Man     Brandi   Episode: "NYPD Nude"

ABC Afterschool Special                 Ashley   Episode: "Fast Forward"

Sisters   Kristy     Episode: "Deceit"

Murphy Brown Student                Episode: "The Feminine Critique"

Spring Fling!                       Television film

Terror in the Shadows                   Television film

1996      The X-Files          Terri Roberts      Episode: "Syzygy"

Hope and Gloria                Debbee                Episode: "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Funicular"

Days of Our Lives              Jill Stevens         

Suddenly                             Television film

1997      Married... with Children                Heather Talrico Episode: "Breaking Up is Easy to Do: Part 1"

Jenny    Real World Actress          Episode: "A Girl's Gotta Live in the Real World"

Alone                    Television film

1998      Poltergeist: The Legacy Janine Kinsey     Episode: "Hell Hath No Fury"

Fantasy Island    Regina Episode: "Pilot"

Buddy Faro         Rita Nardo           Episode: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head"

The Net                Lucy       Episode: "Lucy's Life"

Young Hearts Unlimited                                Television film

1998–2003          That '70s Show Laurie Forman   Recurring role, 50 episodes

1999      Charmed              Daisy     Episode: "Love Hurts"

Late Last Night Tristan Television film

2002      Alikes                    Television film

August Schellenberg obit

'FREE WILLY' STAR

DEAD AT 77 

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August Schellenberg -- who played Jesse's Native American mentor in "Free Willy" -- has died Thursday in Texas after a long battle with cancer ... TMZ has learned.

Schellenberg's family tells TMZ ... August died peacefully surrounded by loved ones.

77-year-old Schellenberg had a long and storied career in Hollywood -- often playing Native American characters.

In fact, he was nominated for an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his role as Chief Sitting Bull in "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee."

August appeared in all 3 "Free Willy" movies. He also appeared alongside Christian Bale and Colin Farrell in the 2005 flick, "The New World."

 

Filmography

Film

Rip-Off (1971)

A Fan's Notes (1972)

Between Friends (1973)

One Man (1977) - Ernie Carrick

Power Play (1978) - Minh

Drying Up the Streets (1978) - Nick

Bear Island (1979) - Marine Technician

The Coffin Affair (1980) - Wilbert Coffin

Death Hunt (1981) - Deak De Bleargue

Heavy Metal (1981) - Norl (segment "Den") / Taarak (segment "Taarna") (voice)

Kings and Desperate Men (1981) - Stanley Aldini

Latitude 55° (1982) - Josef Przysiezny

The Ruffian (1983) - Nelson Harting

Running Brave (1983) - Billy's Father

Cross Country (1983) - Glen Cosgrove

Covergirl (1984) - Joel Vacchio

Best Revenge (1984) - Captain of 'Recon Star'

The Painted Door (1984)

Confidential (1986) - Charles Ripley

Mark of Cain (1986) - Otto

Qui a tiré sur nos histoires d'amour (1986) - Fabien

Long Lance (1986) - (voice)

The Return of Ben Casey (1988, TV Movie) - Dr. Madigan

Divided Loyalties (1990)

Black Robe (1991) - Chomina

Lakota Moon (1992, TV Movie) - Bull Elk

Free Willy (1993) - Randolph Johnson

Geronimo (1993, TV Movie) - Cochise

Iron Will (1994) - Ned Dodd

Getting Gotti (1994, TV Movie) Willie Boy Johnson

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994, TV Movie) - Dick Wilson

Tecumseh: The Last Warrior (1995, TV Movie) - Black Hoof

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995) - Randolph Johnson

Crazy Horse (1996, TV Movie) - Sitting Bull

The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996, TV Movie) - Native American

Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997) - Randolph Johnson

Silence (1997) - Johnny

True Heart (1997) - Khonanesta

Scattering Dad (1998, TV Movie) - Fierce Crow

High Noon (2000, TV Movie) - Antonio

The Unsaid (2001) - Detective Hannah

Dreamkeeper (2003, TV Movie) - Grandpa

Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004) - Tecopa

Going The Distance (2004) - Emile

The New World (2005) - Chief Powhatan

Eight Below (2006) - Mindo

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007, TV Movie) - Sitting Bull

The Green Chain (2007) - The Executive - John Clements

Missionary Man (2007) - White Deer

45 R.P.M. (2008) - Peter George Moses

The Last Movie (2012) - Samuel Booker (final film role)

 

Television/miscellaneous

Shoestring Theatre (1964, Episode: "The Dark Mirror")

The New Avengers (1977, Episode: "Forward Base") - Bailey

The Hitchhiker (1983, Episode: "When Morning Comes") - Bob Ames

Tramp at the Door (1985) - Albert Fournier

The Equalizer (1986, Episode: "Unpunished Crimes") - Brennan

Phillip Marlowe (1986, Episode: "Blackmailers Don't Shoot") - Johnny Tango

Lance et compte (1986 television series) - Allan Goldberg

Airwolf (1987, Episode: "Deathtrain") - Gregori Nobokov

Champagne Charlie (1989) - General Butler

North of 60 (1994–1995) - Ben Montour

The Adventures of Tintin (1992) - (English version, voice)

Walker Texas Ranger (1994–1995) - Billy Gray Wolf

Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994, Episode: "Last Stand") - Chief Iron Bow

The West - episodes - Speck of the Future, Death Runs Riot, and Fight No More Forever - voice (1996)

So Weird (2000, Episode: "Destiny") - Tom Martinez

Chiefs (2002, TV Mini-Series documentary) - Sitting Bull

The Making of 'DreamKeeper (2004, Video documentary short) - Himself

Making 'The New World (2006, Video documentary) - Himself

Saving Grace (2007–2010) - GeePaw

Grey's Anatomy (2008, Episode: "These Ties That Bind") - Clay Bedonie

Allen Lanier obit

Blue Oyster Cult Co-Founder Allen Lanier Dead at 67

Guitarist-keyboardist also contributed to Patti Smith, Clash records 

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ALLEN LANIER — a co-founding member of Blue Öyster Cult who also contributed to vital punk records by Patti Smith and the Clash — died on August 14th. Lanier, who was 67, succumbed to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, generally the result of smoking. “It wasn’t a big surprise,” says BOC guitarist Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser of Lanier’s longtime smoking habit. “But it feels like the circle is broken.”

Along with Roeser, drummer Albert Bouchard, singer Les Braunstein and bassist Andrew Winters, Lanier, who played guitar and keyboards, started the group first called Soft White Underbelly in 1967. At the time, Lanier, who’d attended film school, was working at a film company. After Braunstein left, it was Lanier who suggested the lead-singer slot be filled by singer-guitarist Eric Bloom. After signing with Columbia Records, BOC gradually became a seminal band of the Seventies, and Lanier can be heard on BOC classics like “Cities on Flames with Rock and Roll,” “Career of Evil,” “(Don’t Fear) the Reaper,” and “Burnin’ for You.” He also wrote two songs, “Tenderloin” and “True Confessions,” on the band’s biggest album, 1976’s Agents of Fortune. 

Although Roeser describes his late bandmate as “almost violently enthusiastic,” Lanier tended to be low-key, more a behind-the-scenes player than scene-stealer. “Sometimes his songs and lyrics were under-represented in the band, but he always had notebooks filed with stuff. I’d say, ‘Allen, we have to record some of this.’ I’ve never been to his apartment, put it that way.”

Beyond Blue Öyster Cult, Lanier made his presence known in Seventies rock & roll in other ways. After being introduced to Patti Smith by Cult manager Sandy Pearlman, he and Smith became musical collaborators and then lovers. Lanier co-wrote and played guitar on Smith’s “Elegie,” from Horses, and also contributed material and keyboard parts to Radio Ethiopia and Easter. The horse pin seen on Smith’s jacket on the cover of Horses was a gift from Lanier.

In her memoir Just Kids, Smith described Lanier as a “soft-spoken and encouraging” man whose constant touring with the Cult — with all its attendant temptations — eventually broke them up. As Smith wrote, “Ultimately it destroyed our relationship, but not the respect I had for him, nor the gratitude I felt for the good he had done.” Roeser agrees with Smith’s assessment of the roots of their breakup: “I think that’s true. He took it hard on a lot of levels, personally and with his pride.”

Whether it was a result of his relationship with Smith or not, Lanier became keenly interested in the burgeoning punk scene in New York at the time. When Pearlman produced the Clash’s second album, 1978’s Give ‘Em Enough Rope, Lanier played an uncredited piano part on “Julie’s Been Working for the Drug Squad.” Lanier also recorded with poet-singer Jim Carroll and Iggy Pop.

Lanier left Blue Öyster Cult in 1985, only to return two years later; he continued recording and touring with the band until 2006, when he retired. Last November, he rejoined his band mates (who have carried on the band without him) for a one-shot reunion show in New York. “Within 10 or 15 minutes of playing together at rehearsals, it clicked again,” says Roeser. “It was riding like a bicycle. We’ll miss him.”

Tompall Glaser obit

Outlaw Country Singer Tompall Glaser Has Died 

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Thomas Paul "Tompall" Glaser, Age 79, passed away on Monday, the twelfth of August in Nashville after a long illness. Mr. Glaser was born in Spalding, Nebraska, son of the late Louis Nicholas and Alice Harriet Marie Glaser. Glaser is survived by his loving wife of 36 years, June Johnson. He is also survived by his sister, Eleanor Ryan of Lincoln, Nebraska; his brother, John of Omaha, Nebraska, Chuck, and Jim Glaser of Nashville; and by his numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his brother, Robert of Spalding, Nebraska. The family held a private service at The Cathedral of the Incarnation on Friday, the 16th of August. For those who desire to honor Tompall's memory, donations may be sent to the American Diabetes Association.

Glaser was born in Spalding, Nebraska, the son of Alice Harriet Marie (née Davis) and Louis Nicholas Glaser. He was raised on a farm.

In the 1950s, he recorded as a solo artist. He later formed a trio with brothers Chuck and Jim called Tompall & the Glaser Brothers.

Tompall and his brothers shared the bill with Patsy Cline at The Mint casino in Las Vegas, in November–December 1962.

Tompall Glaser's highest-charting solo single was Shel Silverstein's "Put Another Log on the Fire", which peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1975.

Tompall appeared with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Jessi Colter on the album Wanted! The Outlaws. In the 1970s his Nashville recording studio, dubbed "Hillbilly Central," was considered the nerve center of the nascent Outlaw country movement. Glaser, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson were central figures in that movement.

Glaser died on August 12, 2013, in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 79, after a long illness. He was survived by his wife, June Johnson Glaser. His brother, Jim, died of a heart attack on April 6, 2019, at the age of 81. His brother, Chuck, died two months later on June 10, 2019, at the age of 83.

Henry Polic II obit

Veteran Actor Henry Polic II Dies at Age 68

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Veteran character actor Henry Polic II, who found television pop culture fame as the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1975 Mel Brooks television series When Things Were Rotten and as Uncle Jerry Silver in the 1980s television series Webster, died last night after a long battle with cancer, it was announced today by his longtime manager Brad Lemack. He was 68.

Polic was also a prolific and popular television game show player and host, having been a semi-regular on both The $25,000 Pyramid and its later incarnation The $100,000 Pyramid, both hosted by Dick Clark. Polic also hosted the 1986 ABC-TV game show Celebrity Double Talk and found cult fame as The Voice of the Scarecrow in the 1990s Batman: The Animated Series.

Polic earned a lifetime of acting credits in other television series and films, including his regular role as Dracula in the 1976 series Monster Squad and as a guest star in episodes of Alice, Mork & Mindy, Eight is Enough, Murder She Wrote, Sheena, Saved By the Bell and dozens of others.

Born in Pittsburgh in 1945, Polic attended Florida State University, where he earned a MFA degree in acting. While a student there, he appeared in numerous professional stage productions at the Asolo Repertory Company, in Sarasota.

Following graduation, he was drafted into the armed forces as a military policeman, initially stationed at Fort Riley, in Kansas, assigned to split duty special services. Later, on his way to becoming a professional actor, Polic became associated with the Missouri Tent Theatre, the Player's Theatre of Miami and Phoenix's Southwest Ensemble Theatre, among others.

His move to Los Angeles in the early 1970s led to his television debut as the Sheriff of Nottingham in When Things Were Rotten.

Polic's film credits include The Last Remake of Beau Geste, All You Need, Bring Him Home, The Trial of Old Drum, Oh God, Book II and Joan River's comedy Rabbit Test.

A complete list of Polic's television and stage credits is available on imdb.com or here.

Theatre was always a major interest and an intent passion. During his career, Polic appeared in more than 70 regional and local productions, including the world premiere production of the now-Broadway hit Sister Act: The Musical, at the Pasadena Playhouse, in which he originated the role of Monsignor Howard. Other theatre credits include Long Beach Civic Light Opera's production of 1776, Long Beach International City Theatre's Putting It Together, Music Theatre West's Never Gonna Dance and the world premiere productions of A Couple of Guys at the Movies and Is This Your Life? (written expressly for him), in which he starred.

Polic also loved working with actors as a stage director. His directing credits include Neil Simon's Fools for the Actors Co-op, in Hollywood, and the Rubicon Theatre, in Ventura, the world premiere of Jim Geoghan's Two Gentlemen of Corona, the world premiere production of Nebraska, both the Los Angeles and New York productions of Brine County Wedding, and a box office record-breaking production of Dracula, for American Stage, in St. Petersburg, Florida.

As a celebrity auctioneer and event host, he helped raise over two-million dollars over the years for numerous and varied charities across the country, including the Adam Walsh Foundation, Concern Foundation for Caner Research, American Diabetes Association and the Leukemia Foundation.

On occasion, Polic also took some time away from his acting and directing work to teach, including a course in acting for the camera at the Emerson College Los Angeles Center and a course in acting and performance at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, in Los Angeles.

Polic was a member of The Actors Fund since 1973 and a member of the organization's Western Council, which honored him last year with Emeritus status, one of his most cherished achievements.

A memorial scholarship fund has been established in Polic's name at his beloved alma mater to provide funding to assist the School of Theatre's annual production of new works. Contributions can be made by contacting Fred Salancy at fsalancy@admin.fsu.edu

Filmography
Film
Year     Title     Role     Notes
1977     The Last Remake of Beau Geste     Captain Merdmanger    
1978     Rabbit Test     Tito    
1979     Scavenger Hunt     Naked Policeman    
1980     Oh, God! Book II     Psychiatrist 5    
1989     Hollywood Chaos        
1992     Double Trouble     Stephen Tarlow     Uncredited
1993     King B: A Life in the Movies     Stuart Peters    
2000     Bring Him Home     Ames    
2001     All You Need     Mr. Etheridge    
2002     Would I Lie to You?     Button King     Direct-to-video

Television
Year     Title     Role     Notes
1975     When Things Were Rotten     The Sheriff of Nottingham     13 episodes
1976     The Bionic Woman     The Man     Episode: "Bionic Beauty"
1976     Monster Squad     Dracula     13 episodes
1977     Alice     Walter     Episode: "The Failure"
1977     McNamara's Band     Schnell     Television film
1978–1980     Eight Is Enough     Jay Redding     2 episodes
1978–1981     Fantasy Island     Baron Boris / Marty     2 episodes
1979     Mork & Mindy     Dr. Benton Phillips     Episode: "Mork Runs Down"
1979     Detective School     Zarkov     Episode: "Hooray for Bulgaria"
1979     Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo     Additional Voices    
1980     The Incredible Hulk     Donald     Episode: "Equinox"
1980     The Love Boat     Pierre     Episode: "No Girls for Doc/Marriage of Convenience/The Caller/The Witness"
1980–1981     The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang     Additional Voices     24 episodes
1981     Scruples     Mark Stiner     Television film
1982     Darkroom     Frederick     Episode: "The Rarest of Wines"
1982     Shirt Tales     Additional Voices     13 episodes
1982     Cagney & Lacey     Francois     Episode: "Beauty Burglars"
1982     The New Odd Couple     Davies     Episode: "The Cordon Blues"
1982     The Smurfs Christmas Special     (voice)     Television short
1982–1989     The Smurfs     Tracker Smurf (voice)     3 episodes
1983     The Dukes     (voice)     13 episodes
1983     Gun Shy     Randy Turner     Episode: "We Gotta Know When to Hold 'Em"
1983     The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show     (voice)    
1983–1989     Webster     Jerry Silver / The Devil     66 episodes
1984     The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries     Additional Voices     Episode: "Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo"
1984–1985     E/R     Dr. Ravi Raja / Ivo     2 episodes
1985     Hotel     Roy Stern     Episode: "Illusions"
1985     The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible     (voice)     Episode: "Daniel and the Lion's Den"
1986–1989     Murder, She Wrote     Arthur Bishop / Alan Dupree     2 episodes
1988     Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats     Snerdly (voice)     Television film
1988     The New Yogi Bear Show     Additional Voices     4 episodes
1988     Superman     Wildsharkk (voice)     Episode: "Wildsharkk/To Play or Not to Play"
1988–1989     Fantastic Max     Additional Voices     3 episodes
1989–1990     Paddington Bear     Sir Sealy Bloom (voice)     2 episodes
1990     Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone     (voice)     13 episodes
1990     The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda     Additional Voices     Episode: "Pity the Poor Pirate"
1991     They Came from Outer Space     Val Vincent     Episode: "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow"
1991     Morton & Hayes     Maitre'd     Episode: "Daffy Dicks"
1991     Yo Yogi!     Baba Looey (voice)     9 episodes
1992     The Golden Palace     Dining Room Guest     Episode: "Seems Like Old Times: Part 1"
1992     Saved by the Bell     Mr. Bainbridge     Episode: "Snow White and the Seven Dorks"
1992     Tom & Jerry Kids     (voice)     Episode: "Penthouse Mouse/12 Angry Sheep/The Ant Attack"
1992–1994     Batman: The Animated Series     The Scarecrow / Dr. Jonathan Crane / Security Guard (voice)     5 episodes
1993     I Yabba-Dabba Do!     Seagull Writer (voice)     Television film
1994     Mighty Max     Nemo (voice)     Episode: "Around the World in Eighty Arms"
1999     Profiler     Richard Fallen     Episode: "Three Carat Crisis"
2000     The Trial of Old Drum     Doc Thompson     Television film
2000     Sheena     Professor Barrington     Episode: "Wild Thing"
2003     She Spies     Michael Osborne     Episode: "Gone Bad"
2004     Combustion     Dr. Watson     Television film

Eydie Gorme obit

Eydie Gorme dies at 84; pop singer did 'Blame It on the Bossa Nova'

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Often with husband Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme sang at clubs and on television, including on Steve Allen's 'Tonight' show.

Eydie Gorme, a pop vocalist who entertained nightclub audiences and TV viewers as a solo artist and with her husband, Steve Lawrence, died Saturday. She was 84.

Gorme died at a Las Vegas hospital of an undisclosed illness, said her publicist, oward Bragman.

Since the mid-1950s, first as a soloist and then as part of the Steve and Eydie duo, Gorme sang pop hits, standards and show tunes while decked out in sequins and engaging in playful stage patter.



Her first album with Lawrence, "We Got Us," won a Grammy Award in 1960. The two also recorded separately, he making Billboard's top 10 with "Go Away Little Girl" in 1962 and she having a hit with "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" in 1963 and winning a Grammy for "If He Walked into My Life" in 1966. Together they starred in the Broadway musical "Golden Rainbow" in 1968.


"Eydie has been my partner onstage and in life for more than 55 years," Lawrence said in a statement. "I fell in love with her the moment I saw her and even more the first time I heard her sing. While my personal loss is unimaginable, the world has lost one of the greatest pop vocalists of all time."

Gorme (pronounced Gor-MAY) had been a singer with the Tex Beneke Band when Steve Allen hired her for his New York variety TV show in 1953. Lawrence was also part of the show's ensemble, and the two sang and acted in comedy sketches. They made the leap with Allen when his "Tonight" show was picked up by the NBC network in 1954, and for three years they were regulars on the late-night hit.

In 1957 Gorme appeared with comedian Jerry Lewis at the Palace Theatre on Broadway and with comic Joe E. Brown in Las Vegas. That December she married Lawrence in Las Vegas. They returned to television in 1958 with "The Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme Show" before Lawrence was called to the Army.

While he served for two years, she performed on her own, and upon his discharge in 1960 they resumed their professional partnership, billing themselves as Steve and Eydie.

"What has been the nature of their success?" Allen said in a 1996 Times story. "First, the fact that they are a couple has something to do with it. Secondly, they are damned good singers. And thirdly — this has both hurt and helped them — they concentrated for the most part on good music. This lost them the youthful audience, who prefer crap to Cole Porter's music. But it endeared them to people with sophisticated taste."

Gorme was born Aug. 16, 1928, in the Bronx, N.Y., to Sephardic Jewish immigrants. Her father was a tailor from Sicily and her mother was from Turkey. Before her singing career took off, Gorme worked as a Spanish-language interpreter.

In the mid-1960s she was pitched the idea of a Spanish-language recording. "Amor" and a follow-up album with the Mexican group Trio Los Panchos became hits in the U.S. and Latin America.

Gorme and Lawrence continued to perform on television variety shows, winning an Emmy for the 1978 special "Steve and Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin," and on tour as a duo and opening for Frank Sinatra and others.

Filmography

Soundtrack (28 credits)

 2012-2013 Call the Midwife (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)

- Episode #2.1 (2013) ... (performer: "Love Me Forever" - uncredited)

- Baby Snatcher (2012) ... (performer: "Love Me Forever" - uncredited)

 2012 Girl in Progress (performer: "Sabor A Mi")

 2011 Gent de paraula (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode #2.7 (2011) ... (performer: "Historia de un Amor")

 2008/I Doubt (performer: "Blame It on the Bossa Nova")

 2007 American Masters (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)

- Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character (2007) ... (performer: "If You Feel Like Singing, Sing" - uncredited)

 2006 Big Love (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Eviction (2006) ... (performer: "Blame It on the Bossa Nova")

 2001 Russian Doll (performer: "Frenesí")

 2001 The West Wing (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Bartlet's Third State of the Union (2001) ... (performer: "Blame it on the Bossa Nova")

 1999 Southpaw (Documentary) (performer: "Round Midnight")

 1998 Così ridevano (performer: "Blame It on the Bossa Nova")

 1998 Great Expectations (performer: "Bésame Mucho" - as Eydie)

 1995 Sinatra: 80 Years My Way (TV Special documentary) (performer: "Medley of Frank Sinatra Songs" - uncredited)

 1990 Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come (TV Special documentary) (performer: "When You're Smiling", "Young at Heart", "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" - uncredited)

 1990 Mermaids (performer: "Blame It on the Bossa Nova")

 1989 The Big Picture (performer: "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" - as Eydie Gorme)

 1986 Life with Lucy (TV Series) (performer: "Life With Lucy Opening Theme")

 1985 Alice in Wonderland (TV Movie) (performer: "How d'you do, Shake Hands", "The Walrus and the Carpenter")

 1980 Falling in Love Again (performer: "The First Time")

 1976 Nosotros que fuimos tan felices (performer: "Nosotros")

 1973 Here's Lucy (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Lucy, the Peacemaker (1973) ... (performer: "If He Walked Into My Life", "Together (Wherever We Go)")

 1972 The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode #5.21 (1972) ... (performer: "A House Is Not a Home")

 1969 The Kraft Music Hall (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- What It Was, Was Love (1969) ... (performer: "What It Was, Was Love", "What You Say", "A Secret Place", "Yeah, But What If?", "A Man", "Boys And Girls", "There Goes The Bride", "To Be In Love", "We Had It All", "The Room With The View Inside", "Old Man", "What It Was, Was Love/Reprise")

 1966 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Ricky Nelson, Duke Ellington, Maria Cole, Eydie Gorme, Jo Anne Worley, George Kirby, Robert Bob King (1966) ... (performer: "What Did I Have That I Don't Have?", "I Feel So Spanish" - uncredited)

 1963 Juke Box Jury (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Beatles Special (1963) ... (performer: "I Can't Stop Talking About You")

 1960 The Facts of Life (performer: "The Facts of Life")

 1958 The Milton Berle Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Eydie Gorme, Walter Pidgeon (1958) ... (performer: "Johnny One Note", "My Buddy")

 1958 The Frank Sinatra Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Eydie Gorme (1958) ... (performer: "When Your Lover Has Gone", "The Gypsy in My Soul", "Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week" - uncredited)

 1957 Until They Sail (performer: "Until They Sail")

 

Actress (9 credits)

 2001 Ocean's Eleven

Boxing Spectator (as Eydie Gorme)

 1998 American Express: Grand Canyon (Video short)

 1995 The Nanny (TV Series)

Eydie Gormé

- Canasta Masta (1995) ... Eydie Gormé (as Eydie Gorme)

 1994 Frasier (TV Series)

Lois

- Frasier Crane's Day Off (1994) ... Lois (voice)

 1994 Empty Nest (TV Series)

Heckler

- Half That Jazz (1994) ... Heckler

 1985 Alice in Wonderland (TV Movie)

Tweedledee (as Eydie Gorme)

 1975 Sanford and Son (TV Series)

Eydie

- Earthquake II (1975) ... Eydie (as Eydie)

 1970 The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (TV Series)

Various

- Steve Allen, Eydie Gormé (1970) ... Various

 1969 The Kraft Music Hall (TV Series)

The Girl

- What It Was, Was Love (1969) ... The Girl

 

Barbara Mertz obit

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Barbara Mertz was the author of mystery novels under two pen names

Barbara Mertz wrote the popular Amelia Peabody series under the pen name of Elizabeth Peters and wrote other novels under the name Barbara Michaels. Barbara Mertz's writing career spanned more than four decades.

Barbara Mertz wrote various novels under the pen names Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels.

Barbara Mertz, a writer who wrote mysteries and other novels under two pen names, has died at the age of 85.

Mertz is perhaps best known for her Amelia Peabody mystery series, which she wrote using the name of Elizabeth Peters and which followed Amelia as she engaged in archaeological pursuits during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Under the name Elizabeth Peters, Mertz also wrote the Vicky Bliss series, which centered on an art professor who gets mixed up in crime, and the Jacqueline Kirby series, which follows a librarian who enjoys solving mysteries. Mertz also published several novels under the name Elizabeth Peters and wrote more than 20 books under the name Barbara Michaels, including the Georgetown trilogy.

The author said she was positively influenced by her heroine Amelia, a woman who was legendarily stubborn

“I was mealy mouthed, timid, never spoke up, let people push me around,” Mertz told the Associated Press. Writing about Amelia made the author become more like her.

The author attended the University of Chicago and received a Ph.D in Egyptology from the Oriental Institute there in 1952. However, she was discouraged from securing a job in her field at that time. “In the post-World-War II backlash against working women, females weren't encouraged to enter that or any other job market,” she wrote on her website. “I recall overhearing one of my professors say to another, 'At least we don't have to worry about finding a job for her. She'll get married.’”

Mertz did marry and began writing after her children were born. She released two nonfiction books, “Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs” and “Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt,” before her first novel, “The Master of Blacktower,” came out in 1966. When she decided to strike out in another genre, her publisher urged her to select a different pen name.

"There's always the notion people are going to use the nasty word prolific about you,” the author told the AP.

Mertz received the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster award in 1998 and served as the president of the American Crime Writers League. She received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Malice Domestic Convention, a gathering of mystery novel fans, and one of the awards there is named after her protagonist Amelia Peabody. Her last book, “A River in the Sky,” was part of the Amelia Peabody series and released in 2010.

“The craft of writing delights me,” Mertz wrote on her website. “It is impossible to attain perfection; there is always something more to be learned – figuring out new techniques of plotting or characterization, struggling with recalcitrant sentences until I force them to approximate my meaning. And nothing is ever wasted. Everything one sees and hears, everything one learns, can be used.”