Final Curtain Call - Extinct Actors

[sherb]

Vale June Lockhart, who has passed at the grand age of 100.

Those of my vintage will remember her from shows such as Lost In Space, Lassie & Petticoat Junction.

RIP.

June Lockhart, beloved mother figure from Lassie and Lost In Space, dies aged 100

Lockhart died on Thursday of natural causes at her home in Santa Monica, a family spokesperson says.

www.abc.net.au

 

[sherb]

Vale Prunella Scales, known to many as Sybil Fawlty.

It appears that she died on 27th October, which is John Cleese's birthday.

Prunella Scales death: Fawlty Towers actor dies aged 93

Actor was best known for playing the bossy wife to John Cleese’s eccentric hotelier Basil Fawlty in the acclaimed BBC sitcom

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Jacks Seething Rage]

Vale Prunella Scales, known to many as Sybil Fawlty.

It appears that she died on 27th October, which is John Cleese's birthday.

Prunella Scales death: Fawlty Towers actor dies aged 93

Actor was best known for playing the bossy wife to John Cleese’s eccentric hotelier Basil Fawlty in the acclaimed BBC sitcom

www.independent.co.uk

Hyacinth and Cybil gone within weeks of each other.

Loved them both.

 

[Revenant1995]

Another amazing actor gone. RIP Diane Ladd.

Breaking: Diane Ladd, three-time Oscar nominee, dies aged 89

Diane Ladd, a three-time Academy Award nominee whose roles ranged from the brash waitress in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore to the protective mother in Wild at Heart, has died at 89.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Bletch]

Vale Pauline Collins. The original Shirley Valentine. 'Sarah' in Upstairs Downstairs, and a host of roles on stage and screen over a long career.

Shirley Valentine gave Pauline Collins a role to match her talent. She seized it with style and glee

The film for which the actor, who has died aged 85, is best-remembered is also that in which she was afforded most airtime. If only more film-makers had managed to channel her warm, sharp charm

www.theguardian.com

 

[Stamos]

Shocking

Rob Reiner, director of When Harry Met Sally, and wife found dead in apparent homicide

A family member is being questioned by investigators over the deaths of the veteran filmmaker and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Stamos]

Zed's dead

Peter Greene, ‘Pulp Fiction’ and ‘The Mask’ Actor, Dies at 66

Mr. Greene, who built a four-decade career uncannily portraying villains, was found dead in his apartment in Manhattan on Friday, his manager said.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Jacks Seething Rage]

Zed's dead

Peter Greene, ‘Pulp Fiction’ and ‘The Mask’ Actor, Dies at 66

Mr. Greene, who built a four-decade career uncannily portraying villains, was found dead in his apartment in Manhattan on Friday, his manager said.

www.nytimes.com

If you're going to be typecast it may as well be as the bad guy.

Those pale eyes...

 

[Stamos]

The Wire actor James Ransone dies at age 46

James Ransone, an actor best known for playing Ziggy Sobotka in The Wire and also starring in It: Chapter Two, has died, according to LA medical authorities.

www.abc.net.au

 

[HalloweenJack]

Vale Brigitte Bardot. BB passed away on 28 December in St. Tropez. She was an iconic actor, singer and animal rights activist.

 

[Revenant1995]

Brigitte Bardot, the French star you 'had to see to believe'

Few epitomised French chic like Brigitte Bardot, the doe-eyed beauty whose sensuality rocked a post-war world.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Revenant1995]

Vale Catherine O'Hara
"Kevin"....

Catherine O'Hara, star of Schitt's Creek and Home Alone, dies aged 71

The Emmy-winning actress died at her home in Los Angeles on Friday after a brief illness, her agent said.

www.bbc.com

 

[Bletch]

One of the greats. From "To Kill a Mockingbird" to his zenith in the likes of "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now". Academy Award winner, and multiple nominee.

Robert Duvall, star of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, dies at 95

Oscar winner Robert Duvall, known for films such as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, has died at the age of 95.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Stamos]

RIP Kelso
(I cannot comprehend how this obituary fails to mention Heat)

Tom Noonan, Actor Renowned for Onscreen Menace, Dies at 74

He played memorable screen villains, notably a psychopath in “Manhunter,” but also wrote, directed and starred in well-received plays at a theater he founded in Manhattan.

www.nytimes.com

 

[blue gunslinger]

One of the greats. From "To Kill a Mockingbird" to his zenith in the likes of "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now". Academy Award winner, and multiple nominee.

Robert Duvall, star of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, dies at 95

Oscar winner Robert Duvall, known for films such as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, has died at the age of 95.

www.abc.net.au

Was also great in Falling Down

 

[Bletch]

RIP Robert Carradine, head Nerd.

 

[Revenant1995]

RIP Lorraine Bayly
When growing up, The Sullivans were a regular part of our household programs. Graceful as Grace...

Former Play School host Lorraine Bayly dies, aged 89

Lorraine Bayly, star of long-running soap opera The Sullivans and a former Play School host, has died, aged 89, after years of ill health.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Revenant1995]

Chuck Norris gone from this life. A legend in many ways. TV and Movie star. Martial arts and action hero. Family man. And meme icon.

Chuck Norris, martial artist and Hollywood movie star, dies aged 86

The actor was known for Walker, Texas Ranger and The Way of the Dragon films - and numerous online memes.

www.bbc.com