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Christine White was an American actress who gained popularity in the ’50s and ’60s with roles on several popular television shows, including “Twilight Zone”. In fact, one of her most famous roles was that of William Shatner’s wife in the episode “Nightmare At 20,000 Feet”, in which a mentally unstable man sees a gremlin on [...]
Jeanne Cooper was an actress best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. She was also actor Corbin Bernsen’s mother.
Deanna Durbin, 91, was a famous actress and singer. Durbin got her start as a child star in 1936 at the age of 14 with the film Every Sunday. For a few years after that, she starred in a number of musical-comedies that were met with critical and commercial success. She starred in more mature [...]
Christine Joy “Chrissy” Amphlett, 53, was the lead singer for the Australian rock band Divinyls. She formed the band in 1980 after meeting the other band members at a concert in Sydney. The band released six albums between the years of 1982 and 1996. After that, the band broke up, and Amphlett focused on a [...]
Annette Funicello was an American actress best known as a child performer on the original Mickey Mouse Club. Funicello had a successful career as a pop singer, and starred alongside Frankie Avalon in “beach party” movies in the 1960s.
Fran Warren (born Frances Wolfe) was an American singer best known for her song “A Sunday Kind of Love,” which was a hit in 1947. Warren also appeared as a guest on some TV variety shows and was featured in a 1952 Abbott and Costello film.
Bonnie Franklin, 69, was a famous television actress best known for her leading role in One Day At A Time. She got her start in television at the age of 9 in The Colgate Comedy Hour. From there, she worked in television and broadway regularly until her defining role as Ann Romano in One Day [...]
Susan Luckey was an actress credited with nearly a dozen roles in Hollywood films from the 50s and 60s. She is most known for her portrayal of Mayor Shinn’s daughter Zaneeta in the 1962 film “The Music Man.” She also had roles in 1956′s “Carousel” and 1966′s “Step Out of Your Mind.”
Phyllis Diller was an actress and comedienne, who appeared in many films and television shows throughout the years. Noteworthy titles include: A Bug’s Life, The Aristocats, The Boneyard, The Muppet Show, The Bold and the Beautiful, Titus, Family Guy, and Robot Chicken. During her early career, she worked in radio, before transitioning to television and [...]
Lupe Ontiveros was a well-known Latin actress from El Paso, TX. The performances that Ontiveros was known for were: El Norte, The Goonies, Dolly Dearest, Selena, Real Women Have Curves, and Desperate Housewives. Lupe Ontiveros (born Guadalupe Moreno) moved with her husband (Elías) to California in pursuit of a social work career; however, wanted to [...]
Mary Tamm was a well-known British actress from Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire. Tamm was most well-known for her role as Romana I in the British science fiction show of Doctor Who. Prior to Tamm’s acting career, she graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and also was an associate at the [...]
Susanne Lothar was a well-known actress from Hamburg, Germany. Her well-known roles include various characters in the TV series Tatort, Mrs. Schober in The Piano Teacher, Anna in Funny Games, and Marga Schroth in Strange Fruits. Prior to her acting career, Lothar studied drama at the Hochschule für Theater und Musik (School of Theatre and [...]
Doris Singleton was a well-known actress from New York, NY. Singleton has played various roles during her acting career, but she is mostly known for her character of Carolyn Appleby in the I Love Lucy sitcom. Even though Singleton’s acting was her niche, Singleton was involved in various other performing arts, such as singing with [...]
Susan Tyrrell was a well-known actress from San Fransisco, CA, mostly known for her roles as Oma in Fat City and Ramona Rickettes in the movie musical Cry Baby. In 2000, Tyrrell lost function to both of her legs to the disease “Essential Thrombocythemia”; however, this did not stop her work ethic, and she played [...]
Yvette Wilson was a well-known comedic actress from Los Angeles, CA. Wilson’s well-known roles include Andell Wilkerson in the UPN sitcoms of Moesha and The Parkers. She is also well-credited for her work in the House Party film series. Yvette Wilson’s first exposure to comedy on television was through short-running sitcoms called Thea and Friday; [...]
Ann Rutherford was a well-known Canadian-born actress who was involved with film, radio, and television media. Mostly well known for her role in Gone With The Wind as Scarlet O’Hara’s sister, Rutherford played other great roles, such as: Polly Benedict (Andy Hardy series) and Carol Lambert (Whistling in the Dark, Whistling in Dixie, Whistling in [...]
Patricia Medina was a well-known English actress, known for her roles in Stranger At My Door and Mr. Arkadin. Medina’s acting career started in the 1930s by starring in small roles; however, in the 1950s, her acting career flourished as she started in major titles, such as: Fortunes of Captain Blood, Lady in the Iron [...]
Whitney Houston was a famous singer who rose to stardom in the 1980s with hits like “How Will I Know” and “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”. By the early 90s, she was a huge star. Anyone old enough to remember 1992 will remember how huge Houston’s hit “I Will Always Love You” was. The song [...]
Mengers was a talent agent to some of the most important members members of the ‘New Hollywood’ generation of actors and filmmakers in the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. Some of her clients included: Candice Bergen, Peter Bogdanovich, Michael Caine, Dyan Cannon, Cher, Joan Collins, Brian De Palma, Faye Dunaway, Bob Fosse, Gene Hackman, Sidney [...]
Frances Bay was an actress probably best known for playing Adam Sandler’s grandma in the film “Happy Gilmore”. In fact, when she passed away, this even appeared in the headlines. Bay was also well known for her role on the hit television series Seinfeld, as the old lady who Jerry Seinfeld stole a marble rye [...]
Taylor was a beloved television and film actress, who is probably best known for her role of Anna Huxtable, Bill Cosby’s mother, on “The Cosby Show”. For her role of Dr. Huxtable’s mother, Taylor earned an Emmy nomination in 1986. Some of her other notable roles were Cousin Emma on “Sanford and Son” and film [...]
Elizabeth Taylor was an acting legend from the golden age of Hollywood. AFI listed her as seventh on the “Female Legends List”. Her acting career lasted over sixty years, starting at the age of ten and ending at the age of 71.
Jane Russell was an American actress who’s filmography spanned 40 years. She worked with Hollywood talent along the likes of Bob Hope, Marilyn Monroe, and Frank Sinatra.
Maria Schneider is a famous French actress who is most notable for a controversial movie titled ‘Last Tango in Paris’. She had a career that spanned four decades, most performances being in french movies.
Teena Marie was an American singer-songwriter nicknamed Lady Tee, considered an R&B legend who proclaimed herself as the “Ivory Queen of Soul” because she was one of the first successful white performers of that genre of music.
Jill Clayburgh was a two time Academy Award winning actress who is most notable for starring in leading roles with powerful female leads. The daughter of a mother and father who were both involved in the entertainment industry, Clayburgh seemed destined for acting.
Barbara Billingsley is known to many as the ‘mom of America’, for her portrayal as June Cleaver on the well known show ‘Leave it to Beaver’. The show, and specifically her role would go on to be an archetype of the family and motherhood in the 1950′s.
Gloria Stuart had an interesting, and long spanning acting career which ran nearly 80 years. She would accumulate an Oscar nomination, Golden Globe nomination, a Saturn award, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild.