Cecil B. DeMille Award honoree George Clooney in The Monuments Men, with Matt Damon. Produced and written by Good Night, and Good Luck. collaborators George Clooney and Grant Heslov, and…
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Rod Taylor ca. 1960s. Rod Taylor movies: Actor best known for The Time Machine & The Birds Rod Taylor, best remembered for the early 1960s movies The Time Machine and…
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Robert Redford in ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.’ Robert Redford movies: ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,’ ‘The Sting’ and honorable war hero or psycho serial killer? They don’t…
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Loretta Young: Devout Catholic was featured in numerous sexually daring movies. Loretta Young films: Conservative Catholic actress starred in a number of risqué Pre-Code releases Turner Classic Movies is celebrating…
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Luise Rainer: MGM star in the mid-1930s. Luise Rainer dead at 104: MGM actress was first two-time and first consecutive Oscar winner in acting categories, and oldest surviving winner The…
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Cary Grant in ‘I Was a Male War Bride’: Classic gender-bending comedy. Cary Grant films on TCM: Gender-bending comedy classic ‘I Was a Male War Bride,’ reactionary adventure flick ‘Gunga…
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First Best Actor Oscar winner Emil Jannings in ‘The Last Command.’ First Best Actor Oscar winner Emil Jannings, first Best Actress Oscar winner Janet Gaynor on TCM First Best Actor…
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Maureen O’Hara: Honorary Oscar recipient. Maureen O’Hara: Honorary Oscar to ‘How Green Was My Valley,’ ‘The Quiet Man’ actress Veteran actress Maureen O’Hara attended the Academy of Motion Picture Arts…
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Renée Asherson in Henry V (1944), with Laurence Olivier. ‘Henry V’ movie (1944) actress Renée Asherson dead at 99: Laurence Olivier leading lady in acclaimed Shakespearean classic Renée Asherson, a…
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Hedy Lamarr inventor ca. early 1940s. Hedy Lamarr: ‘Invention’ & inventor on Turner Classic Movies Two Hedy Lamarr movies released during her heyday in the early 1940s – Victor Fleming’s…
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Marie Dubois: Actress in the mammoth blockbuster La Grande Vadrouille. Marie Dubois, actress in French New Wave films, dead at 77 Actress Marie Dubois, a popular French New Wave personality…
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Neil Patrick Harris. Neil Patrick Harris to host Oscar 2015 ceremony Stage, film, and television actor Neil Patrick Harris will host the 2015 Oscars, a.k.a. the 87th Academy Awards ceremony,…
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Christopher Reeve in ‘Superman’ 1978: First superhero blockbuster. Christopher Reeve: ‘Superman’ and his movies Christopher Reeve, Superman in four movies from 1978 to 1987, died ten years ago today, Oct.…
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Audrey Long: Actress in films noirs and Westerns, and the widow of The Saint creator Leslie Charteris. Audrey Long dead at 92: Actress in B movies and author Leslie Charteris widow Actress…
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Polly Bergen publicity shot ca. 1960s. Polly Bergen: Actress on Richard Nixon’s ‘enemies list’ (See previous post: “Polly Bergen: ‘First American Woman President.’”) As discussed in the previous post, despite…
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Polly Bergen became the “first U.S. woman president” in the 1964 comedy Kisses for My President. Polly Bergen movies: ‘First woman U.S. president’ dead at 84 Emmy Award-winning actress Polly…
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Lifetime Achievement Award: Doris Day & long-running Honorary Oscar “snub.” Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award: Doris Day & Danielle Darrieux among Honorary Oscar non-recipients (See previous post: “Honorary Oscars Bypass Women:…
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Bill Kerr in Doctor Who with Patrick Troughton. ‘Doctor Who’ actor & Peter Weir collaborator Bill Kerr dead at 92 Australian actor Bill Kerr, best known internationally for a guest…
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Claudette Colbert and Maurice Chevalier in The Smiling Lieutenant. Claudette Colbert movies: From ‘The Smiling Lieutenant’ to ‘Skylark’ Claudette Colbert, the studio era’s perky, independent-minded – and French-born – “all-American”…
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Robin Williams. Robin Williams dead at 63: Oscar winner for Good Will Hunting Robin Williams, Best Supporting Academy Award winner for Gus Van Sant’s Good Will Hunting, was found dead…
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Marilyn Burns. ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ actress Marilyn Burns dead at 64 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre actress Marilyn Burns, the one cast member who manages to survive Leatherface…
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Jane Fonda in Alan J. Pakula’s Klute. Jane Fonda movies on TCM: ‘The China Syndrome’ & ‘Klute’ + Jean-Luc Godard drama Turner Classic Movies’ 2014 “Summer Under the Stars” kicked…
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Joan Lorring in ‘Three Strangers’ Joan Lorring dead at 88: ‘The Corn Is Green’ performer was one of the earliest surviving Academy Award nominees in the acting categories Best Supporting…
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Bob Hoskins in Who Framed Roger Rabbit with Jessica Rabbit, voiced by Kathleen Turner Bob Hoskins dead at 71: Hoskins’ best movies included ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ & ‘Mona Lisa’…
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Robert Pattinson Mission: Blacklist aborted. Pattinson is seen above in Life with Dane DeHaan. Robert Pattinson out of ‘Mission: Blacklist’ movie Robert Pattinson and Mission: Blacklist have parted ways. Pattinson,…
Jean Arthur. Jean Arthur films on TCM includes three Frank Capra classics of the 1930s Five Jean Arthur films will be shown this evening, Monday, Jan. 5, on Turner Classic…
Martha Stewart in Doll Face, with Perry Como. Martha Stewart: Actress-Singer in Fox movies not dead despite two-year-old reports to the contrary February 2021 update: Martha Stewart died at age…
Misty Upham of Frozen River fame and Juliette Lewis. ‘Frozen River’ actress Misty Upham found dead in Seattle suburb Actress Misty Upham, gone missing since Oct. 6, was found dead…
John Malkovich as Marilyn Monroe in Bert Stern’s 1962 portrait ‘Marilyn in Pink Roses.’ John Malkovich photos: How to look like a model, from Marilyn Monroe to Albert Einstein Whether…
Jack Huston. Jack Huston cast in Ben-Hur remake: Boardwalk Empire actor to follow in the footsteps of Ramon Novarro & Charlton Heston Jack Huston, best known for playing World War…
Lauren Bacall Lauren Bacall Dead: 89-year-old Oscar nominee who starred opposite Humphrey Bogart in ‘To Have and Have Not’ and ‘The Big Sleep’ Lauren Bacall has died following a massive…
Drew Barrymore sister Jessica Barrymore. Drew Barrymore half-sister Jessica Barrymore found dead near San Diego Drew Barrymore’s half-sister Jessica Barrymore was found dead in her car early Tuesday, July 29,…