Remembrances 2021
Remembering those who passed away in 2021…
These lists and reviews are about actors, actresses and others in the profession who sadly passed away in 2021.
With posts on Tanya Roberts, Marion Ramsey, Christopher Plummer, George Segal, Jessica Walter, Olympia Dukakis, Charles Grodin, Gavin MacLeod, Ned Beatty, Richard Donner, Markie Post, Una Stubbs, Michael Nader, Ed Asner, Michael Constantine, Lionel Blair, Christopher Wenner / Max Stahl, Michael Nesmith, Sally Ann Howes and Betty White.
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LISTS… Talking Tanya Roberts, on this Girl on Film (and TV)
Remeeting Tanya with a view to her career…
Many wanted to be her for more than 007 reasons, as she reigned in those 80s roles.
FILMS… Reviewing Marion Ramsey as a Trainee cop
Revisiting her role as Laverne Hooks, a wannabe cop…
Rejoining the first of this movie franchise, in her first (but not her last) of the Police Academy movies.
LISTS… Star Trekking through Christopher Plummer’s Film Universe
Three film favourites found between his first, Encounter (1953) to his more recent, Departure (2019)…
Looking at those most loved roles that would be from Christopher Plummer.
TV… Recalling an Early TV Role for George Segal
Remembering George Segal in Alfred Hitchcock’s Hour…
In this episode, Segal has a leading role as an up and coming actor who has an affair with a casting director. But her husband won’t give her a divorce.
LISTS… Some Refreshing Roles from Jessica Walter
Drink in a triple with her award nominated performances…
Three roles from Jessica Walter from her appearances on films and TV.
LISTS… Some Monumental Roles from Olympia Dukakis
Recalling Olympia Dukakis in two of her more well known roles…
Just two on screen tales from this Oscar Award Winning Actress.
FILMS… Rejoining Charles Grodin as The Heartbreak Kid
Returning to Charles Grodin’s film leading role in a Neil Simon screenplay…
After a whirlwind romance, Lenny feels he’s made a mistake of the marrying kind as he falls for another woman while on his honeymoon.
TV… Going Overboard with Memories of Gavin MacLeod’s Captain Stubing
One man and his baby (and his boat)…
Going back to some of the greatest Gavin MacLeod’s Captain Stubing storylines in The Love Boat.
FILMS… Memories of Ned Beatty in Hopscotch (1980)
Playing games with Ned Beatty’s corrupt and incompetent CIA head…
A former CIA field agent threatens to expose CIA secrets in his memoirs, leading to a cat and mouse hunt throughout the States and Europe.
TV… Remembering The Man from Behind the Camera, Director Richard Donner
Returning to a Ghost Story directed by Richard Donner…
Remembering Richard Donner as he directed a chilling TV tale of possession and unrequited love of the supernatural kind.
TV… Thoughts On A Terrifying Telly Movie with Markie Post
Remembering Markie Post in a versatile role that spooked and thrilled to the end…
Markie Post plays a concerned mother in this familiar family drama but with a scary sci-fi spin.
TV… Flashbacking to Una Stubbs in Musical Christmas TV Episode
Flashbacking to join Una Stubbs as Aunt Sally for a cup o’ tea an’ a slice o’ cake…
Worzel Gummidge breaks a scarecrow Christmas tradition to take Aunt Sally for a Christmas Day date.
LISTS… Loving Dex Dexter in Michael Nader’s Dynasty Days
Taking a shot at recalling Dex’s delightful Dynastic divas…
Back to the 1980s for his Prime Time soap role as Farnsworth “Dex” Dexter and his Carrington and Colby connections.
TV… Memories of When Ed Asner Met Mulder and Scully
Remembering his past performance in a Xmas X-Files episode…
Ed Asner is remembered as one of two special guests in this spooky Christmas tale where a couple make their annual return to their home.. from their grave.
TV… Remembering Michael Constantine in a Dark Episode of The Twilight Zone
Black is black, a Sheriff and his town want the sunshine back…
Re-entering the Twilight Zone with Michael Constantine in an episode with a powerful message.
LISTS… Remembering the Always Flamboyant Flair of Lionel Blair
Just three telly moments from a lifetime of Lionel Blair…
My memories were of Lionel as a dancer, panellist and having a dodgy haircut. But he did so much more.
TV… Jumping into Dean Stockwell’s Quantum Leap to remember this actor
Oh boy, it seems Al and Sam have swapped places and personalities…
It’s a fun and poignant episode of this time travel TV show where Dean Stockwell’s in the army now and is not a hologram anymore.
LISTS… Remembering A Real Life Superhero, Blue Peter’s Christopher Wenner / Max Stahl Who Changed the World
On the journalist, Max Stahl formerly known as Christopher Wenner…
Not a lot of people know that this Blue Peter presenter reinvented his name and became an award-winning journalist and Timor citizen.
TV… Memories of Michael Nesmith, Monkeying Around in His Bobble Hat
It’s a battle for those apes as they compete for a contest…
Going back to a Saturday morning show about a wannabe 60s boy band that I watched as a kid.
LISTS… Tribute to the Truly Talented Sally Ann Howes
This scrumptiously sweet singer and actress is remembered in her versatile retro TV and film career…
Sally Ann Howes starred with some sensational casts from the late 1960s to the early 1970s on the big and wee screen.
TV… Memories of Betty White as a Blooming Marvellous Rose Nylund.
Reliving a time on the Golden Girls when Rose – and Blanche – have mother trouble…
I deliberated a lot on what to review from Betty White’s filmography of over 70 years to remember her by. And then chose that ditzy, caring character that I knew best, Rose Nylund.
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