Mike Burton obit

Three-Time Olympic Champion Mike Burton Dies at 79; Packaged Legendary Career in Distance Freestyle

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Legendary American distance star Mike Burton has died, according to a social-media post written by his son, Eric. Burton, 79, was a three-time Olympic champion between the 1968 Games in Mexico City and the 1972 Games in Munich. Burton was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1977 and was enshrined in the UCLA Hall of Fame, along with several others.

My heart is broken this morning,” wrote Eric Burton on Facebook. “My dad, Mike Burton, has passed away after a grueling battle with Alzheimer’s and dementia. My dad was by far the toughest man to have ever lived. He always inspired me to greatness. I will forever miss him, his stories and just having him around. He will definitely live on through all of us. This is not goodbye, but see you later.”

Burton established himself as one of the greatest distance freestylers in history, setting five world records in the 1500 freestyle between 1966 and 1972. At the 1968 Olympic Games, Burton was the gold medalist in the 400 freestyle and 1500 freestyle. Four years later, Burton defended his Olympic title by winning the 1500 freestyle in a world-record time of 15:52.58. Both of Burton’s victories in the 1500 freestyle were dominant, as he won his 1968 gold by 18 seconds and his 1972 title by six seconds.

Coached by Sherm Chavoor at the Arden Hills Swim Club, Burton became a five-time NCAA champion at UCLA and was an overwhelming choice for induction into ISHOF in the late 1970s. In addition to his Olympic success, Burton was a three-time medalist at the 1967 Pan American Games.

Burton also became a successful coach after his competitive career concluded and he remains one of four men to defend an Olympic gold medal in the 1500 freestyle. He was the first man to swim the 1650-yard freestyle in under 16 minutes and was the first man to break 8:30 in the 800 freestyle. At the 1972 Olympic Trials, he qualified for the 1500 freestyle final in eighth, placed third and rose to the occasion to win his second straight Olympic gold.

Bryan Bishop obit

Bryan Bishop Dies After 18-Year Brain Tumor Battle, Wife Confirms

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Radio personality Bryan Bishop, known for "The Adam Carolla Show," has died after an 18-year battle with an inoperable brain tumor, according to a statement from Kaye Steinsapir of the Molly Steinsapir Foundation, though his family has not yet confirmed the news.

Bishop was diagnosed with glioblastoma in his brain stem in 2009 at age 30, given six months to live, and later wrote the NYT bestseller "Shrinkage" about his struggle. His wife Christie had shared a heartbreaking GoFundMe update saying he was non-responsive and unlikely to recover, with the fundraiser exceeding its $180,000 goal.

Bishop is survived by his wife Christie and their daughter Tessa, and had remained active on social media days before his death, sharing playlists for the radiation center.

Bishop was born on September 13, 1978, and grew up in San Carlos, California. He attended Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, California, where he was a classmate of Tom Brady. Bryan graduated in 1996. Bishop majored in creative writing at the University of Southern California, where he was a founding member of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity's Delta Rho chapter.

Game show appearances

In 2002, Bishop was a contestant on Comedy Central's Beat the Geeks. Bishop won the final challenge in the game by defeating the "Music Geek".

Bishop appeared on the syndicated game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in a two-part episode airing on December 5 and 8, 2008. He won and took home $100,000 after walking away on his $250,000 question.

In May 2002, Bishop began working with Adam Carolla on the radio show Loveline as a call screener. He was fired on June 2, 2005, after blogging inside details of the show.

Bishop also worked on Adam Carolla's Too Late with Adam Carolla TV show

On January 2, 2006, Bishop began working on The Adam Carolla Show as a call screener. On May 4, 2006, Bishop filled in for Mike Lynch, the show's sound effects person, while Lynch was getting married. When Lynch was promoted to writer, Bishop became the show's permanent sound effects person and the call screener position was filled by Kyle Baugher. LAist described Bryan as "a sound-effects wizard, and ultra quick-witted third-man.

Bishop occasionally participated in both conversations and performances on the show. One of Bishop's hallmarks was providing prerecorded verbalized and audio commentary by triggering humorous and relevant sound effects. Examples of Bishop's sound effects include the "correct answer" and "incorrect answer" bells/buzzers from Family Feud, or sentences spoken by others on the show, out of context. Bishop's sound effects are often referred to as "drops" on the show.

He was notable on the show for excelling in geek culture-themed competition segments, such as "Totally Topical Tivo Trivia", "Blah, Blah, Blog", "Gay Walking", "Nerd Walking", and "The Rotten Tomatoes Game". Bishop occasionally participated in improvisational elements of the show.

Support for Bishop's fight with cancer and his $100,000 win on Who Wants to be a Millionaire were occasionally discussed on the show.

In January 2023, Carolla announced that Bishop and co-host Gina Grad would not be returning as regulars to the podcast, but would be future guests on the program.

Stephanie Cole obit

Stephanie Cole, veteran actress whose career ranged from a breakthrough role in Tenko to Coronation Street

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Stephanie Cole, the actress, who has died aged 84, spent two decades treading the boards in provincial theatre before landing her breakthrough role in the BBC's wartime drama Tenko; she subsequently became one of British television comedy's favourite battleaxes.

Tenko (1981-84) was set in 1942, shortly after the fall of Singapore, when women trying to escape by sea were captured and interned in makeshift camps. Stephanie Cole was Dr Beatrice Mason – like many of the characters she played, not one to suffer fools gladly – in a series noted for its realism in depicting the dirty conditions endured by British, Dutch and Australian women from widely differing backgrounds.

Beatrice's fellow internees included the colonel's wife and reluctant leader of the British, Marion Jefferson (played by Ann Bell), the spoilt socialite Rose Millar (Stephanie Beacham), the mouthy cockney Blanche Simmons (Louise Jameson), the veteran suffragette Joss Holbrook (Jean Anderson) and the Dutch contingent's authoritarian leader Sister Ulrica (Patricia Lawrence). Burt Kwouk was the Japanese camp commander Major Yamauchi. The only make-up worn by the women represented boils, bruises, cuts, bites and dirt as they faced overcrowding, malnutrition, violence, disease and death.

By the time Stephanie Cole returned for the 1985 special Tenko Reunion, set five years after the PoWs' release, she had unleashed her talent for comedy. In the final two series of Roy Clarke's Open All Hours (1982 and 1985), she played Delphine Featherstone, a paranoid, morose customer clad in a black hat and long cloak who sets her sights on the stuttering Yorkshire shopkeeper Arkwright (Ronnie Barker) – unaware that he and Granville (David Jason), his nephew and assistant, call her the "Black Widow".

She later returned for Clarke's sequel Still Open All Hours (2013-19), with Mrs Featherstone switching her attentions to Granville after he inherits the shop following Arkwright's death.

The actress had still not turned 50 when she progressed to top of the cast list in the sitcom Waiting for God (1990-94) as Diana Trent, the down-to-earth, waspish retired photojournalist at Bayview Retirement Home. She was seen goading the lethargic residents into sharing her subversive outlook on life and found an ally in the widowed accountant Tom Ballard (Graham Crowden), eventually moving into his room.

In a 2019 Telegraph interview, the forthright star recalled asking the programme's producer-director, Gareth Gwenlan: "Why did you cast a man of the right age but a woman 20 years younger?"

His reply astonished her. "This was in the early 1990s," she explained, "and I promise you he said, 'Because no woman would have the energy at that age to do what we're asking you to do.' I was appalled."

Another starring role for Stephanie Cole, again playing beyond her years, was as the scatty Peggy Beare, being cared for by one of her sons, in Keeping Mum (1997-98). The sitcom, which also featured Meera Syal as her daughter-in-law, received lukewarm reviews but ran to two series.

Then, in Life As We Know It (2001), she and Richard Wilson played Lizzie and Alex Cameron, an ageing couple trying to remain active while coping with the challenges posed by their three grown-up children still living with them.

In the first four series (2004-09) of Doc Martin, Stephanie Cole brought conviction to the role of Joan Norton, the motherly aunt of Martin Clunes's surgeon-turned-GP, Martin Ellingham.

Another cherished TV part had the actress combining drama, comedy and pathos in Coronation Street to play Sylvia Goodwin, the cantankerous, bossy mother of Roy Cropper (David Neilson), from 2011 to 2013. Apart from mending a few bridges with Roy, the only human side of Sylvia to emerge was her brief romance with Milton Fanshaw, a wealthy American played by the former Man from U.N.C.L.E. star Robert Vaughn.

The actress was born Patricia Stephanie Cole in Solihull, Warwickshire, on October 5 1941. Her mother June, née Sheldon, was married to Leslie Cole, who left her several months before Stephanie's birth. Only in her mid-teens did her mother tell her that she had been having an affair with someone else, who was Stephanie's father. She searched for him later in life, only to learn that he had died seven months earlier.

When she was five, Stephanie moved with her mother and great-aunt Peg to Croyde, in Devon, where she was sent to boarding school. Her mother married her second husband, Colin Lees, two years later.

After they moved to Bitton, Gloucestershire, Stephanie Cole became a rebellious boarder at Clifton High School for Girls. Aged 15, she was expelled for throwing a Latin dictionary at a teacher who mocked her aspirations to act.

She learnt secretarial skills at the College of Commerce in Bristol before spending two years training at the city's Old Vic Theatre School. She made her stage debut in 1960 as a 90-year-old woman in The Woodcarver, a play with the main company, alongside Leonard Rossiter. She then joined the company as an assistant stage manager and actor.

In a 1998 Radio Times interview, she admitted to being "quite promiscuous" while there, adding: "Without a father, you don't know how to relate to men and think the way to do it is through sex."

Stephanie Cole moved on to other rep companies, including long stints at Salisbury Playhouse between 1964 and 1970.

Feeling her career was going nowhere, she gave up acting in 1972, a year before her marriage to Henry Marshall, a playwright and fight director. She learnt to play the guitar and speak Welsh, and worked as a bookbinder.

"There was an element of nervous breakdown," she said, "but it took place over such a long period it was more of a huge crisis of confidence."

Stephanie Cole resumed her theatrical career within a few years, although her marriage ended in divorce in 1986. She also underwent therapy during this time.

On stage, she was particularly thrilled to appear in the West End as the tight-lipped headteacher Smale, alongside Glenda Jackson's title character, in Andrew Davies's comedy Rose at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1980. Another highlight of her stage career was starring as Betty in A Passionate Woman, Kay Mellor's semi-autobiographical drama about her mother's secret affair (Comedy Theatre, 1994-95). Stephanie Cole titled her 1998 autobiography A Passionate Life.

She began making an impact on television with small roles such as a solicitor, Mrs Bulstrode, in Emmerdale Farm in 1978, then played Mrs Major Gibbs, mother of two children growing up in the Salvation Army, in the Sunday-teatime serial Sally Ann (1979), written by Phil Redmond, and, after Tenko, Sarah Mincing in the children's Lilliputian fantasy The Return of the Antelope (1986-88).

One of her early sitcom supporting roles, in A Bit of a Do (1989), written by David Nobbs and starring David Jason and Gwen Taylor, was as Betty Sillitoe, half of a wealthy couple taking it in turns to get drunk at family events.

Her later sitcom parts included Nesta, potty-mouthed aunt of Greg Davies's hapless drama teacher, in Man Down (2014-17), and Marion, mother of Catherine Tyldesley's karaoke-loving character, in Scarborough (2019).

Other dramatic roles included Muriel Carpenter in Alan Bennett's Talking Heads monologue Soldiering On (1988), the ancient, ill-fated Dame Lettie Colston in Muriel Spark's Memento Mori (1992), and the po-faced Aunt Ann Walker in Gentleman Jack (2019-22).

On the radio she played Ariadne Oliver to John Moffatt's Hercule Poirot and featured in two of the finest Radio 4 comedies of the new millennium: as Olive, the sweetly scathing pensioner in Ed Reardon's Week (2005-2021), and the acid-tongued airline owner Carolyn Knapp-Shappey opposite Roger Allam, Benedict Cumberbatch and Anthony Head in John Finnemore's Cabin Pressure (2008-14).

Stephanie Cole was appointed OBE in 2005.

Her second husband, the actor Peter Birrel, whom she married in 1998, died of cancer in 2004. She is survived by Emma, the daughter of her first marriage.

Stephanie Cole, born October 5 1941, died September 18 2026

 

Actress

Murder at Bigwig Manor

TV Movie

Stephen's Nanna

2023

 

Declan Donnelly and Anthony McPartlin in Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002)

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

6.1

TV Series

Stephen's Nanna

2023

4 episodes

 

Suranne Jones in Gentleman Jack (2019)

Gentleman Jack

8.2

TV Series

Aunt Ann Walker

2019–2022

7 episodes

 

The House (2022)

The House

6.8

Great Aunt Eleanor (segment "I", voice)

2022

 

Greg Davies in The Cleaner (2021)

The Cleaner

7.1

TV Series

Vivien Hozier

2021

1 episode

 

Doctor Who: Beyond the Doctor (2021)

Doctor Who: Beyond the Doctor

Podcast Series

Narrator (voice)

2021

1 episode

 

A Cold Supper Behind Harrods (2021)

A Cold Supper Behind Harrods

Vera

2021

 

David Jason and James Baxter in Still Open All Hours (2013)

Still Open All Hours

6.4

TV Series

Mrs. Delphine Featherstone

2013–2019

41 episodes

 

Jason Manford and Catherine Tyldesley in Scarborough (2019)

Scarborough

6.4

TV Series

Marion

2019

6 episodes

 

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith in Inside No. 9 (2014)

Inside No. 9

8.5

TV Series

Moira O'KeefeStephanie Cole

2018

1 episode

 

Rik Mayall, Gwyneth Powell, Greg Davies, Jeany Spark, Mike Wozniak, and Roisin Conaty in Man Down (2013)

Man Down

7.6

TV Series

Nesta

2014–2017

18 episodes

 

Comedy Playhouse (1961)

Comedy Playhouse

7.1

TV Series

Pearl

2016

1 episode

 

Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures (2012)

Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures

8.2

Podcast Series

Marianna (voice)

2014

1 episode

 

Peter Adamson, Jean Alexander, Johnny Briggs, Margot Bryant, and Doris Speed in Coronation Street (1960)

Coronation Street

5.6

TV Series

Sylvia Goodwin

2011–2013

159 episodes

 

Selina Cadell, Tuppence Middleton, and Tom Hughes in The Lady Vanishes (2013)

The Lady Vanishes

6.1

TV Movie

Evelyn Floodporter

2013

 

George and Bernard Shaw

TV Movie

Hyacinth

2011

 

Martin Clunes in Doc Martin (2004)

Doc Martin

8.4

TV Series

Joan Norton

2004–2009

27 episodes

 

Frances McDormand and Amy Adams in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

7.0

Miss Holt

2008

 

Annette Badland, Neil Dudgeon, and Nick Hendrix in Midsomer Murders (1997)

Midsomer Murders

7.9

TV Series

Dorothy Hutton

2007

1 episode

 

Victoria Wood in Housewife, 49 (2005)

Housewife, 49

7.7

TV Movie

Mrs Waite

2005

 

Born and Bred (2002)

Born and Bred

7.6

TV Series

Prudence

2003

1 episode

 

Doctors (2000)

Doctors

4.5

TV Series

Doris

2003

1 episode

 

Back Home (2001)

Back Home

7.0

TV Movie

The Honourable Lady Beatrice 'Beattie' Langley

2001

 

Life as We Know It (2001)

Life as We Know It

5.6

TV Series

Lizzie Cameron

2001

7 episodes

 

Dexter in Other Animals (1999)

Other Animals

TV Series

Lizzie Cameron

1999

 

Pierce Brosnan and Annie Galipeau in Grey Owl (1999)

Grey Owl

6.0

Ada Belaney

1999

 

Martin Ball, Stephanie Cole, David Haig, Prunella Scales, and Meera Syal in Keeping Mum (1997)

Keeping Mum

7.5

TV Series

Peggy Beare

1997–1998

16 episodes

 

Jackanory (1965)

Jackanory

7.2

TV Series

Storyteller

1996

1 episode

 

Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex (1995)

Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex

5.5

Video

1995

 

Stephanie Cole and Graham Crowden in Waiting for God (1990)

Waiting for God

7.8

TV Series

Diana Trent

1990–1994

47 episodes

 

Screen Two (1984)

Screen Two

6.7

TV Series

AliceDame Lettie Colston

1992–1994

2 episodes

 

Noel's House Party (1991)

Noel's House Party

6.3

TV Series

Ms Diana Trent

1992

1 episode

 

David Suchet in Poirot (1989)

Poirot

8.6

TV Series

Mrs Lacey

1991

1 episode

 

About Face (1989)

About Face

6.4

TV Series

Sheila

1991

1 episode

 

David Jason and Gwen Taylor in A Bit of a Do (1989)

A Bit of a Do

7.2

TV Series

Betty Sillitoe

1989

13 episodes

 

Rockliffe's Folly (1988)

Rockliffe's Folly

6.0

TV Series

Mrs. Pickering

1988

1 episode

 

The Return of the Antelope (1986)

The Return of the Antelope

7.9

TV Series

Sarah Mincing

1986–1988

24 episodes

 

Sharon Stone in Tears in the Rain (1988)

Tears in the Rain

5.8

TV Movie

Billie Cooper

1988

 

Room at the Bottom (1986)

Room at the Bottom

5.6

TV Series

Audrey

1988

1 episode

 

Talking Heads (1988)

Talking Heads

8.6

TV Mini Series

Muriel Carpenter

1988

1 episode

 

Fresh Fields (1984)

Fresh Fields

6.6

TV Series

Mrs. Robertson

1986

1 episode

 

Tenko Reunion (1985)

Tenko Reunion

8.2

TV Movie

Dr. Beatrice Mason

1985

 

Ronnie Barker in Open All Hours (1976)

Open All Hours

7.6

TV Series

Mrs. Delphine Featherstone

1982–1985

10 episodes

 

Affairs of the Heart (1983)

Affairs of the Heart

TV Series

Miss Cartwright

1985

1 episode

 

Paul Manvell in Jamie Running (1985)

Jamie Running

TV Movie

Ruth Edwards

1985

 

Stephanie Cole in Tenko (1981)

Tenko

8.5

TV Series

Dr. Beatrice Mason

1981–1984

30 episodes

 

Jackanory Playhouse (1972)

Jackanory Playhouse

8.0

TV Series

Aunt Beryl

1984

1 episode

 

Harriet Walter in Amy (1984)

Amy

7.8

TV Movie

Cis Johnson

1984

 

Terry and June (1979)

Terry and June

6.4

TV Series

Mrs. Hunt

1983

1 episode

 

Judy Loe and Prunella Scales in Singles (1983)

Singles

5.6

TV Movie

Mrs. Fisher

1983

 

Don Henderson, Diane Keen, Peter Sallis, and Don Warrington in Crown Court (1972)

Crown Court

7.4

TV Series

Beatrice Padley

1983

3 episodes

 

Saturday Night Thriller (1982)

Saturday Night Thriller

7.4

TV Series

Jane Petrie

1982

1 episode

 

The Agatha Christie Hour (1982)

The Agatha Christie Hour

7.1

TV Mini Series

Princess Anna

1982

1 episode

 

BBC2 Playhouse (1973)

BBC2 Playhouse

6.7

TV Series

Gladys Flood

1981

1 episode

 

Christmas Spirits (1981)

Christmas Spirits

6.1

TV Movie

Mrs. Purvis

1981

 

Tales of the Unexpected (1979)

Tales of the Unexpected

7.6

TV Series

Miss Harrison

1980

1 episode

 

Richard Hurndall and John Shrapnel in Screenplay (1979)

Screenplay

7.2

TV Series

Mona

1980

1 episode

 

Alfred Burke, Simon Cadell, Adolf Hitler, Bernard Horsfall, and Martin Jarvis in Enemy at the Door (1978)

Enemy at the Door

7.9

TV Series

Alice Glover

1980

1 episode

 

Sally Ann (1979)

Sally Ann

6.2

TV Series

Mrs. Major Gibbs

1979

7 episodes

 

The Glums (1978)

The Glums

5.8

TV Series

Counsellor

1979

1 episode

 

Gerry Cowper and Stephen Garlick in Two People (1979)

Two People

7.5

TV Series

Margery

1979

1 episode

 

Tropic (1979)

Tropic

7.4

TV Series

Miss. Dogfoot

1979

2 episodes

 

Play for Today (1970)

Play for Today

7.8

TV Series

EnidDr. Monday

1977–1979

2 episodes

 

That Summer! (1979)

That Summer!

6.3

Mrs. Mainwaring

1979

 

Agony (1979)

Agony

7.1

TV Series

Mrs. Manfield

1979

1 episode

 

Afternoon Off (1979)

Afternoon Off

6.9

TV Movie

Customer

1979

 

Building Sites Bite (1978)

Building Sites Bite

6.4

Short

Auntie (as Stephanie Coles)

1978

 

Francesca Annis in Lillie (1978)

Lillie

8.1

TV Mini Series

Agnes Langtry

1978

1 episode

 

Frank Finlay and Lucy Gutteridge in Betzi (1978)

Betzi

TV Movie

Mrs. Balcombe

1978

 

International Velvet (1978)

International Velvet

5.9

Teacher

1978

 

Googie Withers in Within These Walls (1974)

Within These Walls

7.0

TV Series

Kitty Fenner

1978

1 episode

 

Emmerdale Farm (1972)

Emmerdale Farm

4.9

TV Series

Mrs. Bulstrode

1978

6 episodes

 

The Fosters (1976)

The Fosters

7.0

TV Series

Receptionist

1977

1 episode

 

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (1977)

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

7.5

TV Series

Sister Horton

1977

1 episode

 

Adrian Dannatt in Just William (1977)

Just William

6.7

TV Series

Vicar's Wife

1977

1 episode

 

Ben Kingsley, Rosemary Leach, and Puneet Sira in The Velvet Glove (1977)

The Velvet Glove

TV Series

Sybil Thorndike

1977

1 episode

 

Julie Dawn Cole and Janina Faye in Angels (1975)

Angels

6.6

TV Series

Miss Hombro

1976

1 episode

 

Jack Shepherd in Bill Brand (1976)

Bill Brand

7.7

TV Mini Series

Marjorie

1976

1 episode

 

Eskimo Nell (1975)

Eskimo Nell

4.4

Traffic Warden (uncredited)

1975

 

Angela Down, Liza Goddard, and Susan Jameson in Take Three Girls (1969)

Take Three Girls

7.8

TV Series

Continuity Girl

1969

1 episode

 

Armchair Theatre (1956)

Armchair Theatre

7.7

TV Series

Betty Guess

1968

1 episode

 

Z Cars (1962)

Z Cars

7.1

TV Series

Sick Woman

1968

1 episode

 

Soundtrack

Stephanie Cole and Graham Crowden in Waiting for God (1990)

Waiting for God

7.8

TV Series

performer: "God Save the Queen"

1990

1 episode

 

Self

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved (2024)

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

Self

2024

 

Open All Hours 50 Years of Laughter (2023)

Open All Hours 50 Years of Laughter

Self (as Stephanie Cole OBE)

2023

 

Helen Flanagan and Sally Dynevor in Coronation Street Icons (2019)

Coronation Street Icons

6.1

TV Series

Self

2020

1 episode

 

Lorraine Kelly in Lorraine (2001)

Lorraine

2.9

TV Series

Self - Guest

2019

1 episode

 

The One Show (2006)

The One Show

3.6

TV Series

Self (in photo)

2014–2019

2 episodes

 

Cat Deeley, Alison Hammond, Dermot O'Leary, and Ben Shephard in This Morning (1988)

This Morning

4.3

TV Series

Self

2019

1 episode

 

Ken Dodd in Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were (2018)

Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were

7.4

TV Movie

Self

2018

 

Top of the Box (2018)

Top of the Box

TV Mini Series

SelfSelf - Mrs. FeatherstoneSelf - Betty Sillitoe ...

2018

3 episodes

 

Granada Reports (1980)

Granada Reports

5.9

TV Series

Self - Actress

2018

1 episode

 

ITV Evening News (1999)

ITV Evening News

4.5

TV Series

Self - Actor

2018

1 episode

 

Tim Healy in David Jason: My Life on Screen (2017)

David Jason: My Life on Screen

8.2

TV Mini Series

Self - Mrs Featherstone

2017

1 episode

 

Ken Dodd in Ken Dodd: In His Own Words (2017)

Ken Dodd: In His Own Words

7.9

TV Movie

Self - Friend & Actress

2017

 

Gregg Wallace and John Torode in Masterchef Goes Large (2005)

Masterchef Goes Large

6.6

TV Series

Self

2016

1 episode

 

Aled Jones in Weekend (2014)

Weekend

3.2

TV Series

Self - Guest

2014

1 episode

 

David Jason in Open All Hours: A Celebration (2013)

Open All Hours: A Celebration

7.6

TV Movie

SelfSelf - The Black Widow

2013

 

Food in England: The Lost World of Dorothy Hartley

7.5

TV Movie

Self - Dorothy Hartley (voice)

2012

 

Breakfast (2000)

Breakfast

5.2

TV Series

Self - Actress

2011

1 episode

 

Lynda Bellingham, Jackie Brambles, Sherrie Hewson, Jane McDonald, Coleen Nolan, Denise Welch, Carol McGiffin, and Andrea McLean in Let Loose... The Very Best of 'Loose Women' (2008)

Let Loose... The Very Best of 'Loose Women'

Video

Self

2008

 

John Nettles Applauds

TV Series

Self

2008

2 episodes

 

Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawalha, Ruth Langsford, and Charlene White in Loose Women (1999)

Loose Women

2.1

TV Series

Self

2007–2008

3 episodes

 

The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

3.6

TV Series

Self

2008

1 episode

 

Paul O'Grady in The Paul O'Grady Show (2004)

The Paul O'Grady Show

5.4

TV Series

Self

2005–2007

2 episodes

 

Drama Connections (2005)

Drama Connections

TV Series

Self

2005

1 episode

 

Matthew Wright in The Wright Stuff (2000)

The Wright Stuff

4.4

TV Series

Self - Guest Panelist

2005

1 episode

 

Britain's Best Sitcom (2004)

Britain's Best Sitcom

7.2

TV Series

Self

2004

3 episodes

 

Eamonn Andrews in This Is Your Life (1955)

This Is Your Life

6.4

TV Series

Self

1985–2002

4 episodes

 

It's Your Funeral

TV Series

Self

2001

1 episode

 

All Over the Shop

TV Series

Self

1999

1 episode

 

Funny Women (1997)

Funny Women

6.5

TV Series

Self

1998

1 episode

 

Terry Wogan in Auntie's Bloomers (1991)

Auntie's Bloomers

5.2

TV Series

Self (uncredited)

1997

1 episode

 

Call My Bluff (1996)

Call My Bluff

6.0

TV Series

Self

1996–1997

3 episodes

 

Q.E.D. (1982)

Q.E.D.

6.3

TV Series

Self - Narrator (voice)

1996

1 episode

 

The Enemy Within

TV Series

Self

1995

 

That's Showbusiness (1989)

That's Showbusiness

4.8

TV Series

Self - Panelist

1995

1 episode

 

Heart and Soul

TV Series

Self

1995

1 episode

 

Ken Dodd: An Audience with Ken Dodd (1994)

Ken Dodd: An Audience with Ken Dodd

8.3

TV Special

Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

1994

 

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 1994

TV Special

Self

1994

 

The Good Sex Guide (1993)

The Good Sex Guide

6.5

TV Series

Self

1994

1 episode

 

Pebble Mill at One (1972)

Pebble Mill at One

6.2

TV Series

Self

1994

1 episode

 

Holiday (1969)

Holiday

5.9

TV Series

Self

1994

1 episode

 

The British Comedy Awards 1992

TV Special

Self

1992

 

Terry Wogan in Wogan (1982)

Wogan

6.2

TV Series

Self

1989

1 episode

 

Victoria Wood in An Audience with Victoria Wood (1988)

An Audience with Victoria Wood

8.3

TV Special

Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

1988

 

Archive Footage

Declan Donnelly and Anthony McPartlin in Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002)

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

6.1

TV Series

Stephen's Nanna (archive footage)

2023

1 episode

 

Victoria Wood in Her Own Words

8.0

TV Movie

Self - Audience Member (archive footage, uncredited)

2020

 

Granada Reports (1980)

Granada Reports

5.9

TV Series

Self - Actress (archive footage)

2018

1 episode

 

News at Ten (1967)

News at Ten

5.5

TV Series

Self - Actress (archive footage)

2018

1 episode

 

Channel 4 News (1982)

Channel 4 News

6.9

TV Series

Self - Mrs Waite (archive footage, uncredited)

2016

1 episode

 

Sue Wallace Showreel

Short

Mrs Waite (archive footage, uncredited)

2014

 

Melvyn Bragg in The South Bank Show (1978)

The South Bank Show

7.1

TV Series

Self - Mrs. Waite (archive footage, uncredited)

2007

1 episode

 

Chris Barrie, Steve Coogan, Adrian Edmondson, and Jennifer Saunders in More Great Comedy Moments (2003)

More Great Comedy Moments

7.3

Video

Diana Trent (archive footage)

2003

 

Grazia Daddario obit

Farewell to Grazia Daddario, Bari's voice and face in film, theater, and television. "The arts, her passion."

The actress turned 94 last July. Her last appearances were in the TV series "Imma Tataranni – Deputy Prosecutor." Her last film appearance was four years ago. Her stage debut was in 1980, opposite Nico Salatino.

She was not on the list.

She made her stage debut in a comedy in the Bari dialect, starring alongside Nico Salatino in La portapannere (The Flagbearer), before devoting herself to film and her lifelong passions: poetry and writing. It was 1980, and Grazia Daddario was entering the world of entertainment after spending her youth tutoring exam-ready students in her family's palazzo near Piazza Garibaldi. The Bari-born actress passed away today at the age of 94 , having just turned 94 on July 12th. Until a few days ago, in the hospice where she had been a patient for some time, she recited the Divine Comedy from memory to the doctors and nurses who came to her room.

Her daughter, Sara Scanni , recounts : "Until the very end, she never lost her focus on what she loved most: culture, theater, and poetry. She acted with all the actors from Bari, from Salatino to Pignataro, from Barbarese to Barresi. She was also a great friend of Mariolina De Fano ; they spent holidays together."

Her film debut came thanks to Nico Cirasola , the director from Bari who passed away in 2023, who wanted her in his film Odore di pioggia (1989). And then the parts in L'anima gemella (2002) by Sergio Rubini , Buona giornata (2012) by Carlo Vanzina , Sei mai stata sulla luna by Paolo Genovese , Si vive una volta by Carlo Verdone (2021), and among many others also an appearance in Il racconto dei racconti , also filmed in Puglia by Matteo Garrone in 2015. On television she was directed by Damiano Damiani in Ama il tuo nemico (1999), and Lina Wertmuller for Mannaggia alla miseria (2009).

We also saw her, looking incredibly elegant while dancing in the Dolce & Gabbana commercial filmed in Bari Vecchia to launch their makeup line in 2017. Her last TV appearance was in the series Imma Tataranni, set in Matera. In two episodes aired in 2022, she played the friend of the mother of the Matera magistrate played on the small screen by Vanessa Scalera , who was killed with the sword of the Madonna Addolorata. "When she accepted the part, she didn't know she would die on stage," Sara continues, "and when she realized it, she addressed the director with her irony, telling him: 'I came, but if I had known you would kill me, I wouldn't have done it.'" The director told her that he had taken a beautiful close-up of her, and to watch the episode on TV and then let him know. When we saw the scene, she immediately called him and said: 'Yes, it's true, it was a splendid close-up, but the fact remains that I didn't want to die.'"

Her last film role was at the age of ninety, in Gianni Costantino 's Bride in Red , which was filmed in Malta. "When the director shot the last scene, he knelt down, hugged and kissed her, and said he was honored to have her in his work." Strong-willed and tenacious, Grazia Daddario was among the first women from Bari to get a driving license in the 1960s, and over the years she wrote several books on the condition of women. "She was a feminist without wanting to be," says Sara. Her love of writing never left her. Her daughter concludes: "She summarized Aristophanes' Lysistrata and translated it into the Bari dialect, making it even more entertaining."

Actress

Imma Tataranni: Deputy Prosecutor (2019)

Imma Tataranni: Deputy Prosecutor

7.6

TV Series

Sebastiana Loperfido

2022

2 episodes

 

Anna Galiena, Eduardo Noriega, and Sarah Felberbaum in The Bride in Red (2022)

The Bride in Red

5.5

Delfina (as Grazia D'Addario)

2022

 

Si vive una volta sola (2021)

Si vive una volta sola

5.3

Maria Lasalandra

2021

 

Food Club (2020)

Food Club

5.7

Manuela

2020

 

Bar Joseph (2019)

Bar Joseph

5.5

Moglie U Vecchie

2019

 

The Girl of My Dreams (2017)

The Girl of My Dreams

4.9

Grazia

2017

 

Claudio Bisio, Massimo De Lorenzo, Angela Finocchiaro, Alessandro Gassmann, Laura Adriani, Nabiha Akkari, and Mehdi Meskar in Non c'è più religione (2016)

Non c'è più religione

4.8

Gilda

2016

 

Io che amo solo te (2015)

Io che amo solo te

5.6

Signora Campanella

2015

 

Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, and Stacy Martin in Tale of Tales (2015)

Tale of Tales

6.4

Paggio (uncredited)

2015

 

Ever Been to the Moon? (2015)

Ever Been to the Moon?

6.2

Farmer

2015

 

100 metri dal paradiso (2012)

100 metri dal paradiso

4.9

Athlete

2012

 

Buona giornata! (2012)

Buona giornata!

4.7

Anziana Signora Puglia

2012

 

Mia Benedetta, Nando Paone, Aylin Prandi, and Uccio De Santis in Non me lo dire (2012)

Non me lo dire

4.7

Widow

2012

 

Sergio Assisi and Gabriella Pession in Mannaggia alla miseria! (2009)

Mannaggia alla miseria!

5.8

TV Movie

Linarella

2009

 

Elisabetta Pellini in Balletto di guerra (2004)

Balletto di guerra

Vecchia bazar (as Grazia Dadario)

2004

 

L'anima gemella (2002)

L'anima gemella

6.2

Giustina

2002

 

Ama il tuo nemico (1999)

Ama il tuo nemico

6.1

TV Movie

1999

 

Odore di pioggia (1989)

Odore di pioggia

Madre

1989

 

Eugenio Zanetti obit

Eugenio Zanetti, the Argentine genius of art design who conquered Hollywood and won an Oscar, has died.

The renowned set designer, director, and visual artist passed away at the age of 79 after collapsing at his home in Buenos Aires. He left a monumental legacy in international cinema, opera, and theater. He received an Academy Award for his work in restoration. 

He was not on the list.

The Argentine and international cultural community mourns the passing of Maestro Eugenio Zanetti , renowned worldwide as an art director, set designer, stage director, painter, playwright, and film director.

Anetti passed away suddenly this Friday in the city of Buenos Aires at the age of 79 , just one month shy of her 80th birthday.

According to sources close to him, the Cordoban artist was rehearsing the opera The Tales of Hoffmann at the Teatro Colón when he began to feel unwell. After returning home, he suffered a medical emergency that led to his death. The sad news was mourned by various institutions, including the Argentine Actors Association and Argentores, who highlighted his exceptional talent and unparalleled international reach.

Hollywood stardom and the Oscar

Eugenio Zanetti achieved the highest cinematic acclaim in 1996 , during the 68th Academy Awards ceremony, when he won the award for Best Art Direction for his dazzling period recreation in Restoration ( 1995 ), a film directed by Michael Hoffman and starring Robert Downey Jr. Zanetti shared the award with set decorator Cindy Carr.

That night in Los Angeles, after being invited to the stage by Emma Thompson and Whoopi Goldberg, the Argentine artist spoke words that summarized his life and artistic philosophy: “Restoration is the story of a man who is finally restored by God after following his heart. I followed my heart to this point, and I am grateful to God [...] My only advice is: follow your heart . ”

In 2000 , the Hollywood Academy once again recognized his work with a second Oscar nomination for the production design of the pictorial universes of What Dreams May Come (1998), a feature film directed by Vincent Ward and starring Robin Williams.

His extensive career in the American film industry also included the visual design of high-impact productions such as Flatliners (1990), Last Action Hero (1993), Soapdish (1991), The Haunting , Promised Land , Zapata and There Be Dragons .

From Córdoba to the world: an interdisciplinary vocation

Born in the province of Córdoba on October 19, 1946 , Zanetti began his training by studying architecture at the National University of Córdoba in the mid-1960s. His aesthetic curiosity led him early to Italy, where he participated in the filming of Medea (1969), under the direction of Pier Paolo Pasolini.

In Argentine cinema, he left his visual mark on fundamental titles such as Mario Sabato's The Power of Darkness (1979) and Alejandro Doria's Passengers in the Garden (1982), in addition to collaborating on productions nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, such as Camila and The Truce . Years later, in 2014 , he took a crucial step by writing and directing the feature film Amapola , a work that earned him the Best Director award at the Bogotá Film Festival.

Master's degree in performing arts, opera and painting

Throughout his more than six decades-long career, Zanetti alternated between film, opera, and theater. At the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, he created memorable stage productions, set designs, and costumes for titles such as Don Carlo (for which he received the ACE Award for Best Opera Production in 2014), Fidelio (2016), and The Servant (2011).

He also had a prominent presence at the Bicentennial Theater of San Juan , where he conceived large-scale productions such as The Magic Flute and Pagliacci . His time at this institution had a foundational impact, promoting technical training and the transfer of knowledge to local production teams.

As a visual artist, he held solo exhibitions of his work in Argentina, the United States, Mexico, and Spain. Just a few weeks before his death, Zanetti presented the retrospective and immersive exhibition “Eugenio Zanetti: The Man Who Inhabits Many Worlds” at the Tamburini Museum of the Bank of Córdoba (Bancor) in his home province.

Recognition of a dazzling career

Zanetti's legacy was recognized with numerous awards and honors at the national and international levels:

Silver Condor Awards: Awarded the Special Silver Condor of the Bicentennial in 2010 for his contribution to the projection of Argentine art abroad.

Theatre Awards: Winner of the María Guerrero, Trinidad Guevara, Estrella de Mar and Florencio Sánchez awards.

Official and Academic Distinctions: Declared an Illustrious Citizen of Los Angeles, Cordoba and Buenos Aires; awarded the “Domingo Faustino Sarmiento” Honorary Mention by the Senate of the Nation and recognized with the Honorary Doctorate by the National University of the Arts, the University of Palermo and the ESSERP University of Madrid.

Eugenio Zanetti leaves an indelible mark on global culture. His extraordinary ability to conceive visual universes imbued with poetry and symbolic density will remain an essential reference point for the performing and cinematic arts.

Production Designer

Kacike Enriquillo

Production Designer

Pre-production

 

Geraldine Chaplin, Camilla Belle, and François Arnaud in Amapola (2014)

Amapola

4.8

Production Designer

2014

 

Geraldine Chaplin, Derek Jacobi, Jordi Mollà, Wes Bentley, Golshifteh Farahani, Rodrigo Santoro, Dougray Scott, Charlie Cox, Olga Kurylenko, and Agustín Bruzzone in There Be Dragons (2011)

There Be Dragons

5.7

Production Designer

2011

 

Alejandro Fernández in Zapata - El sueño del héroe (2004)

Zapata - El sueño del héroe

2.2

Production Designer

2004

 

Liam Neeson, Lili Taylor, and Catherine Zeta-Jones in The Haunting (1999)

The Haunting

5.1

Production Designer

1999

 

Robin Williams in What Dreams May Come (1998)

What Dreams May Come

7.0

Production Designer

1998

 

Warriors of Virtue (1997)

Warriors of Virtue

4.8

Production Designer

1997

 

Meg Ryan, Robert Downey Jr., Sam Neill, and Polly Walker in Restoration (1995)

Restoration

6.6

Production Designer

1995

 

Patrick Swayze, Oliver Platt, Nick Stahl, and Roger Aaron Brown in Tall Tale (1995)

Tall Tale

5.9

Production Designer

1995

 

Anthony Quinn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, F. Murray Abraham, Charles Dance, Tom Noonan, Austin O'Brien, and Bridgette Wilson-Sampras in Last Action Hero (1993)

Last Action Hero

6.5

production designed by

1993

 

Whoopi Goldberg, Teri Hatcher, Kevin Kline, Elisabeth Shue, Robert Downey Jr., and Sally Field in Soapdish (1991)

Soapdish

6.6

Production Designer

1991

 

Kevin Bacon, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Kiefer Sutherland, and Oliver Platt in Flatliners (1990)

Flatliners

6.6

Production Designer

1990

 

Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Dempsey, Ashley Greenfield, and Sheila Kelley in Some Girls (1988)

Some Girls

5.7

Production Designer

1988

 

Promised Land (1987)

Promised Land

5.6

Production Designer

1987

 

Virginia Madsen in Slam Dance (1987)

Slam Dance

5.2

Production Designer

1987

 

Graciela Borges and Rodolfo Ranni in Los pasajeros del jardín (1982)

Los pasajeros del jardín

7.3

Production Designer

1982

 

The Power of Darkness (1979)

The Power of Darkness

6.2

Production Designer

1979

 

Héctor Alterio and Ana María Picchio in The Truce (1974)

The Truce

7.3

Production Designer

1974

 

Director

Geraldine Chaplin, Camilla Belle, and François Arnaud in Amapola (2014)

Amapola

4.8

Director

2014

 

Quantum Project (2000)

Quantum Project

6.0

Short

Director

2000

 

Writer

Geraldine Chaplin, Camilla Belle, and François Arnaud in Amapola (2014)

Amapola

4.8

Writer

2014

 

Set Decorator

Meg Ryan, Robert Downey Jr., Sam Neill, and Polly Walker in Restoration (1995)

Restoration

6.6

Set Decorator

1995

 

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Warriors of Virtue (1997)

Warriors of Virtue

4.8

designer: Komodo's cape, US / Beijing

1997

 

Self

Hedy Krilla in Hedy Crilla, maestra de actores (2023)

Hedy Crilla, maestra de actores

8.0

Self

2023

 

Restoration: The Art and Design of 'Flatliners'

Video

Self

2022

 

Pura Química (2010)

Pura Química

7.0

TV Series

Self - Guest

2014

1 episode

 

Fútbol Para Todos (2003)

Fútbol Para Todos

8.0

TV Series

Self - Guest

2014

1 episode

 

Masters of Production: The Hidden Art of Hollywood

7.7

TV Movie

Self

2004

 

The Making of 'the Haunting'

5.9

Video

Self

1999

 

HBO First Look (1992)

HBO First Look

6.3

TV Series

Self

1999

1 episode

 

NeXt (1994)

NeXt

TV Series

Self

1999

1 episode

 

Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand (1968)

Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand

4.4

TV Series

Self - Guest

1996

1 episode

 

Hollywood, CH

TV Movie

Self

1996

 

The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996)

The 68th Annual Academy Awards

5.9

TV Special

Self - Winner

1996

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Austin O'Brien in Behind the Scenes: Last Action Hero (1993)

Behind the Scenes: Last Action Hero

7.8

TV Special

Self

1993