Thursday, December 19, 2013

France Roche

Actress, screenwriter, and journalist -- via Le Figaro.

John D. Wyker

Singer and songwriter -- al.com. His band Sailcat's big hit: "Motorcycle Mama."






Roger Tillison

Singer and songwriter -- via American Songwriter.





Tommy Ruger

Tommy is at far left!
Drummer with the Nightcrawlers -- via the Daytona Beach News-Journal. Their big hit: "The Little Black Egg."

Honey Waldman

Theater producer and owner -- via the New York Times.


Monday, December 16, 2013

Fred Scherer

Diorama painter -- via the New York Times.


Louis Waldon

Actor -- via the New York Times.

Glauco Mirko Laurelli


Director -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Sonia Fraser

Actor, writer, director, and therapist -- via the Guardian.


Chris Howland

TV and radio host -- via DW.

Ray Price

Country singer; one of the greats! -- via the Hollywood Reporter. LOVE ME some Ray Price.







Don Lund

Former MLB player -- via the Detroit Free Press


Rossana Podesta

Actress -- the National Enquirer.

Kees Brusse

Actor, director, and screenwriter -- via NRC Handelsblad.

Lynne Kieran

Singer; best known as a member of the Rounder Girls -- via esctoday.com.

Hung Sin-nui

Opera singer -- via the South China Morning Post.

Audrey Totter

Actress -- via Variety. One of the great, though less-known femme fatales from the classic American noir period. She appeared in classic potboilers such as "Women's Prison," "The Woman They Almost Lynched," "The Set-up," "The Lady in the Lake," and "The Unsuspected."





Sandor Szokolay

Composer -- via hvg.hu.

Jack Purcell

Trombonist and bandleader -- via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Nya Quesada

Actress -- via tn.com.ar.

Robert L. "Chick" Willis

Blues composer, guitarist, and singer -- via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.



Sunday, December 15, 2013

Tom Laughlin

Actor and filmmaker; man behind the "Billy Jack" films -- via the L.A. Times.












Joan Fontaine aka Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland

Actress -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Sister of Olivia de Haviland, she won the Oscar for "Suspicion." Best in that, the Orson Welles' "Jne Eyre," and Hitchcock's "Rebecca."



Peter O'Toole

Actor -- via the New York Times. He said he imagined heaven as a series of smoky pub rooms. He turned down a knighthood.

Here are the top films for me -- "Lawrence of Arabia," "What's New, Pussycat?", "The Lion in Winter," "The Ruling Class," "Man Friday," "The Stunt Man," "My Favorite Year," "Masada," "Troy," "Venus."