Remembrances 2023

Remembering those who passed away in 2023…

These lists and reviews are about actors, actresses and others in the profession who have sadly passed away in 2023.

With posts on Gina Lollobrigida, Sylvia Syms, Raquel Welch, Stella Stevens and Chaim (Haym) Topol.

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FILMS… Returning to a Bond with Gina Lollobrigida, a Bella, Bella Actress

Gina Lollobrigida shows she’s made of stern stuff in A Woman of Straw…

Remembering this outstanding Italian Golden Hollywood actress heading a British cast in a 1960s British thriller.

FILMS… Remembering Sylvia Syms in a BAFTA Award Nominated Role in The Tamarind Seed

A John Barry score is added to this (Tamarind) Seed crammed full of doubts…

Sylvia Syms and her on-screen husband stole the movie in those scenes in this Blake Edwards directed Cold War movie.

FILMS… Recalling Raquel Welch in More than an Arresting Role in Fuzz

In a policewoman role, Raquel Welch handed over the baton to more of this kind…

A policewoman proves herself in this then policemen’s world where there are crimes to be solved by 1970s manly men.

TV… Taking a Trip to a TV Movie Pilot with Stella Stevens as the Leader of a Pack of Bad Guys (TV MOVIE)

Stella Stevens takes a role as a duplicitous Third Reich spy for starters in a superhero storyline…

Remembering the 7 time TV pilot series star and film delights as diverse as The Manitou and The Poseidon Adventure.

TV… Flashbacking to a Final Episode of a TV Series, When Topol Knew It All

Topol’s character sings to a different tune the more you get to know him…

Remembering Topol when he played a womanising archaeologist whose past is dug up when he riles an irritated hotel worker.