Pop singer and occasional classic movie actor Eddie Fisher has passed away at the age of 82. Perhaps best known today as the father of Star Wars actress and snark-tastic writer Carrie Fisher and television stalwart Joely Fisher, Eddie Fisher was one of the most popular singers of the 1950s. His marriage to Debbie Reynolds…
A reminder: TCM has scheduled a tribute tonight to the late actress Patricia Neal, who passed away last month at the age of 84. Make sure you catch a fantastic lineup of films featuring some of Neal’s most indelible screen performances, beginning with her Private Screenings interview with host Robert Osborne at 8PM EST. The…
Patricia Neal, the husky-voiced actress best known for roles in classic films such as The Fountainhead (1949), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), and 1963’s Hud (for which she won the Academy Award as Best Actress), died late this evening at the age of 84. Neal was an exceptionally talented, though sometimes underrated, actress. My favorite performance…
Lena Horne has passed away at the age of 92. Below is her incomparable performance of “Stormy Weather” from the similarly-titled 1943 film. We’ll return to regular posting next week.
Life has interrupted for the time being, so daily “31 Days of Oscar” recommendations are slowing down for the moment. But I must take a little time to remember the marvelous Kathryn Grayson, who passed away today at the age of 88. The lovely and tremendously gifted Grayson may be best remembered as the temperamental…
Classic film actress Jennifer Jones passed away today at the age of 90. Though Jones only appeared in 27 film projects throughout her career (three of them under her birth name, Phyllis Isley), the actress left a large mark on Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s, landing five Oscar nominations and winning one, as Best…
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