Chubby Checker.
Not only still alive, but not as old as I thought.
― Iris Demented (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 26 November 2023 10:53 (two years ago)
Russ Abbot (76)
― AlanSmithee, Sunday, 26 November 2023 15:45 (two years ago)
Habermas
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 22:48
I'm guessing we all found this out the same way (that dreadful statement) lol
― glumdalclitch, Sunday, 26 November 2023 15:56 (two years ago)
(BTW my son would love this thread.
He asks the same few questions every time he hears a song.
1. Who mote dis HAAH? (Samspeak for Who wrote this song?)
2. He dead?
3. How ode is he?)
― Iris Demented (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 26 November 2023 16:07 (two years ago)
Leslie Caron, 90
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 26 November 2023 19:49 (two years ago)
As is the documentary, Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Actor, although she digs a lot deeper in the memoir. Also just found this interview from two years ago: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/21/i-am-very-shy-its-amazing-i-became-a-movie-star-leslie-caron-at-90-on-love-art-and-addiction
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 November 2023 17:50 (two years ago)
TIL that Leslie Caron is a woman. I always thought that was a man.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Monday, 27 November 2023 18:15 (two years ago)
Heh. Another link: https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/12/movies/dance-the-ballerina-in-leslie-caron-the-actress.html
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 November 2023 18:39 (two years ago)
Married to Peter Hall, one for that other thread about unlikely marriages.
― How old Cary Grant? (Tom D.), Monday, 27 November 2023 18:52 (two years ago)
Ha. I didn’t know who Peter Hall was until I watched the documentary I just mentioned last night. Still don’t quite grok his significance.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 November 2023 18:58 (two years ago)
Didn’t know about his third wife either.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 November 2023 19:02 (two years ago)
Warren Beatty originally conceived What's New, Pussycat? as a vehicle for himself and Caron during their relationship.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 27 November 2023 19:14 (two years ago)
... playing the roles ultimately portrayed by Peter O'Toole & Romy Schneider after Beatty had falling out with producer Charles Feldman.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 27 November 2023 19:16 (two years ago)
Yes. And then Charles K. Feldman said she was too old and he wanted to cast his own girlfriend, Capucine, instead, and then eventually got fed up with his protégé Beatty and kicked him off the project as well.(X post!)
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 November 2023 19:17 (two years ago)
According to Caron, he did indeed say “What’s new, pussycat?” on the phone, at least to the womenfolk.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 November 2023 19:18 (two years ago)
You may also know that Feldman had dated Angie Dickinson as well, which is how Burt Bacharach got involved with the project.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 November 2023 19:20 (two years ago)
My sister and I were just talking about Gigi.
― Iris Demented (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 27 November 2023 20:14 (two years ago)
And then Charles K. Feldman said she was too old and he wanted to cast his own girlfriend, Capucine, instead
Who was older than Leslie Caron.
― How old Cary Grant? (Tom D.), Monday, 27 November 2023 20:19 (two years ago)
Ah yes, you are right. The “too old” was for another movie, Bonnie and Clyde.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 November 2023 20:23 (two years ago)
Which Beatty then offered to Natalie Wood.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 November 2023 20:24 (two years ago)
Other Bonnie candidates included Tuesday Weld, Jane Fonda, Sharon state, Julie Christie and Yvette Mimieux, I think.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 November 2023 20:42 (two years ago)
Leslie Caron did play a key role by introducing Beatty to François Truffaut, who first brought the project to his attention, and then convincing him he should do the film while he was vacillating about doing a “Western.”
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 November 2023 20:45 (two years ago)
"Sharon state" = My Favorite Pavement Song
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 27 November 2023 20:45 (two years ago)
Aargh, autocorrect ffs typoHe had original been angling for a role in Fahrenheit 451
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 November 2023 20:46 (two years ago)
But lol in any case
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 November 2023 20:47 (two years ago)
Ann-Margret was also considered.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 November 2023 20:56 (two years ago)
Maybe more of a case of faulty memory, but I could have sworn I heard that Dr. Ruth had passed at one point in the recent past. Nope!
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 28 November 2023 16:08 (two years ago)
^^
95! Who knew?
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 28 November 2023 16:15 (two years ago)
Bobby Banas, dancer and actor, 90. He gained a lot of new fans several years ago when someone uploaded a video to Youtube of him tearing up the floor in 1964.
― alimosina, Tuesday, 28 November 2023 18:14 (two years ago)
Barbara Holdridge, 93 or 94, co-founder of Caedmon Records.
― alimosina, Tuesday, 28 November 2023 18:16 (two years ago)
Must admit I’d not heard of him, but after searching for him on YouTube realised that I’d seen him in this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lULozLuFm-I
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 28 November 2023 18:35 (two years ago)
john mayall turned 90 today
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 01:28 (two years ago)
somehow Supernatural actor Mark Sheppard survived this: https://coveredgeekly.com/mark-sheppard-died-4-times-yesterday-and-now-in-recovery/
― StanM, Sunday, 3 December 2023 06:38 (two years ago)
Mitzi Gaynor, 91
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 4 July 2023 22:31 (five months ago) link
Now 92
― alimosina, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 01:08 (two years ago)
Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon turns 87 today.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 01:47 (two years ago)
But Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington is only 70.
(actor Lawrence Hilton Jacobs)
― nickn, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 01:51 (two years ago)
“Hi there!” One of the unsung and most underused catch phrases on Welcome Back, Kotter, a show that was nothing but catch phrases strung together with some cheap jokes.
― henry s, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 01:56 (two years ago)
Albert Brooks. I don't know why, but I thought this guy died. Only 76!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 01:58 (two years ago)
^^He was just on WTF
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 02:08 (two years ago)
That's how I found out he still lived!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 01:17 (two years ago)
Mighty Sparrow, 88.
― Free Ass Ange (Tom D.), Saturday, 9 December 2023 19:52 (two years ago)
xpost Maybe you were thinking of Garry Shandling?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 9 December 2023 20:53 (two years ago)
George Hamilton, 84
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 9 December 2023 20:55 (two years ago)
XP, or maybe Albert's brother Bob, aka Super Dave Osbourne
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 9 December 2023 21:01 (two years ago)
Willie Mays, 92
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Sunday, 10 December 2023 05:20 (two years ago)
Wow!
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Sunday, 10 December 2023 05:24 (two years ago)
There’s a great clip on YouTube of Mays appearing as the mystery guest on What’s My Line? in 1954 (not long before the WS and his catch against Cleveland).
― Sam Weller, Sunday, 10 December 2023 14:50 (two years ago)
I think I believed that Roger De Courcey was dead because Keith Harris is dead, but no, alive and running Dick Horsey Management Ltd.
― woof, Tuesday, 12 December 2023 11:56 (two years ago)
All ventriloquists die at the same appointed time.
― Free Ass Ange (Tom D.), Tuesday, 12 December 2023 11:57 (two years ago)
Angie Dickinson, 92!Ali MacGraw, 84!
And as always: Eva Marie Saint, 99.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 14 December 2023 13:32 (two years ago)