Friday, October 4, 2013

Ruth Maleczech aka Ruth Sophia Reinprecht

Actress; co-founder of Mabou Mimes -- via the New York Times.

Ruth Maleczech as Lucia Joyce in Lucia's Chapters from Mabou Mines on Vimeo.



Ruth Maleczech in Summa Dramatica from Mabou Mines on Vimeo.

Keith "Sabu" Crier

Bassist and member of GQ -- via the New York Daily News.

June Reimer Springer aka Monica Lane

Actress, singer, and dancer -- via Playbill. A billboard sporting her image inspired Roy Lichtenstein's 1961 painting, "Girl with Ball."




Barrett L. Brick

Lawyer and gay rights activist -- via the Washington Post.

Douglas Grassel

Guitarist; original member of the Ohio Express ("Yummy Yummy Yummy") -- via the Mansfield News Journal.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Gary Brandner

Horror novelist; wrote "The Howling" -- via the Washington Post.

A.C. Lyles

Film producer and studio official -- via the L.A. Times.




Mario Montez

Actor and actress -- via the New York Times. A Warhol "superstar."

Amy Dombroski

Cyclist specializing in cyclocross racing -- via the Boulder Daily Camera.

Jay Robinson

Character actor -- via the L.A. Times. Very talented but frequently overlooked, Robinson could play villains and eccentrics as few others could. He is best remembered for his two film appearances as Emperor Caligula, in "The Robe" and "Demetrius and the Gladiators"; he appeared memorably on the original "Star Trek," as well as the bad guy in "Three the Hard Way," and most memorably for some, the eponymous villain of "Dr. Shrinker," a Saturday morning kids' show.










Elizabeth Frackelton Moak Skorpen

Her penchant for adventure led to her children's book "We Were Tired of Living in a House" -- via legacy.com.


Jutta Lieselotte Salzberg Levy

Her story of her escape from the Nazis became a children's book, "The Year of Goodbyes." -- via the Washington Post.


Toyoko Yamasaki

Novelist -- via The Japan News.

Marc Merson

Film and TV producer -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Jose Montoya

Artist and poet; co-founder of the Royal Chicano Air Force -- via the Sacramento Bee.

LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA "EL LOUIE" from Latinopia.com on Vimeo.

Marcella Hazan

Cook, teacher, and writer -- via the Huffington Post.


William A. Graham

Director -- via Entertainment Weekly. Did a lot of obscure and strange work, including "Change of Habit," "Return to the Blue Lagoon," Get Christy Love!", "Shirts/Skins," "The Consul," and "Mussolini: The Untold Story."

Walter Schmidinger

Actor -- via Dr Spiegel.

Tuncel Kurtiz

Actor, screenwriter, and director -- via Today's Zaman. Best known for his roles in "The Edge of Heaven" and Peter Brook's "Mahabarata."






Tom Clancy

Writer -- via the New York Times.




Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Gia Maione Prima

Singer -- via the News Orleans Times-Picayune.








Kim Hamilton

Actress -- via Here in the Hills.

Annette Kerr

Actress -- via the Telegraph.

Choi In-ho

Novelist -- via the Chosunilbo.

Oscar Castro-Neves

Guitarist, composer, and orchestrator -- via the L.A. Times.





Monday, September 30, 2013

Patricia Blair

Film and TV actress -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. Best remembered as Rebecca Boone in TV's "Dainel Boone." An early crush.

Dave Pogson

Dave is far right, visually.
Comic trombonist -- via the Telegraph.

Mike Road

Actor and voice artist -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. Did a lot of TV, but most importantly, he was the voice of Race Bannon on the original "Jonny Quest."