Forgotten stars of the 70s and 80s (2024)

Name some forgotten stars of the 70s and 80s. Those who might have occasionally appeared on game shows or The Love Boat, but then just disappeared.

actress, Melinda Naud is a perfect example.

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by Anonymousreply 602August 5, 2021 4:28 AM

Maren Jensen

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by Anonymousreply 1July 21, 2021 5:22 PM

William McNamara

by Anonymousreply 2July 21, 2021 5:29 PM

R1 A friend of mine saw Maren at some used furnishings store/parking lot on La Brea in Hollywood unloading a bunch of her things, including some hideous gigantic Buddah statue. She was overheard laughing and saying "Oh yeah, I bought that thing back when I was rich and stupid."

by Anonymousreply 3July 21, 2021 5:32 PM

Patti Deutsch

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by Anonymousreply 4July 21, 2021 5:37 PM

I remember Melinda Naud! She & Jim Varney were the only two cast members of the ill-fated OPERATION PETTICOAT that survived the complete overhaul/retooling between S1 & S2. I was one of the dozen or so people who actually watched (and loved) PETTICOAT that first season. I was not pleased, and didn't mind when it was cancelled ten episodes into S2.

OUT: John Astin, Richard Gilliland, and Jamie Lee Curtis.

IN: Robert Hogan, Randolph Mantooth, and Hillarie Thompson.

by Anonymousreply 5July 21, 2021 5:38 PM

Lance Kerwin. Had a hit series and starred in Salem's Lot. He was in all the teen magazines back in the day.

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by Anonymousreply 6July 21, 2021 5:42 PM

R5 I remember as a kid when "Halloween" first came out my friend and I (we snuck in since it was R-rated) referred to Halloween as that horror movie starring the girl from Operation Petticoat.

by Anonymousreply 7July 21, 2021 5:49 PM

Katy Segal's twin little sisters, Liz and Trish. They had their own show for a hot minute.

by Anonymousreply 8July 21, 2021 5:50 PM

Season Hubley

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by Anonymousreply 9July 21, 2021 5:52 PM

Brian Patrick Clarke = in the 80's he was Baseball player Merle the Pearl (WHY do I remember that???) On Eight is Enough. Then he played Dr Grant Putnum on General Hospital. He had the romance with Celia = didn't Grant turn out to be a Russian spy?

by Anonymousreply 10July 21, 2021 5:52 PM

R4 Debralee Scott , that other redhead with a horrible overbite.

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by Anonymousreply 11July 21, 2021 5:54 PM

R9 She was great in the movie "Hardcore"

by Anonymousreply 12July 21, 2021 5:56 PM

Randi Oakes was Gregory Harrison's squeeze for a while. She did some appearances on shows like CHiPs and Hollywood Squares.

Starlet Brianne Leary from Baa Baa Black Sheep, she was also one of Howard Cosell's favorites (along with the just-as-forgotten Erin Grey) on Battle of the Network Stars.

by Anonymousreply 13July 21, 2021 5:57 PM

Jenna Von Oy

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by Anonymousreply 14July 21, 2021 5:59 PM

Patti Deutsch was one of the more inept celebrity panelists on "Match Game." She died in 2017. Debralee Scott died in 2005. So, not just "gone but not forgotten," but both forgotten and gone.

by Anonymousreply 15July 21, 2021 6:00 PM

[quote] Randi Oakes was Gregory Harrison's squeeze for a while. She did some appearances on shows like CHiPs and Hollywood Squares.

She’s married to Gregory Harrison.

by Anonymousreply 16July 21, 2021 6:01 PM

R13 It's funny you mention those 3 forgettable actresses (Randi Oakes, Brianne Leary and Eric Grey) in the same post since I always used to get them confused. They were like Brooke Adams, Jessica Harper and someone else I can't remember.

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by Anonymousreply 18July 21, 2021 6:05 PM

[quote]Randi Oakes was Gregory Harrison's squeeze for a while.

The two have been married for 41 years and have 4 children.

by Anonymousreply 19July 21, 2021 6:05 PM

The actress who replaced Pamela Sue Martin as Nancy Drew.

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by Anonymousreply 20July 21, 2021 6:05 PM

R18 He was hot. I used to jerk off to his nude image from that movie he made with Don Johnson.

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by Anonymousreply 21July 21, 2021 6:09 PM

Sian Barbara Allen

Laurie Prange

by Anonymousreply 22July 21, 2021 6:11 PM

John Cassisi

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by Anonymousreply 23July 21, 2021 6:16 PM

Persis Khambatta

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by Anonymousreply 24July 21, 2021 6:18 PM

Sally Field

by Anonymousreply 25July 21, 2021 6:18 PM

[quote] Randi Oakes was Gregory Harrison's squeeze for a while.

[quote] The two have been married for 41 years and have 4 children.

Sons?

by Anonymousreply 26July 21, 2021 6:24 PM

The Bay City Rollers

by Anonymousreply 27July 21, 2021 6:25 PM

[quote]She's married to Gregory Harrison.

Wow ... last I heard about them as a couple was in the early 80s. Good for them!

by Anonymousreply 28July 21, 2021 6:26 PM

The extremely talented adolescent singing /songwriting duo, the Keane Brothers. Went on to have award-winning behind the scenes music careers (Tom Keane, the lead singer and keyboardist, co-wrote the Chaka Khan classic "Through the Fire")

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by Anonymousreply 29July 21, 2021 6:40 PM

Lady Elaine Fairchild

by Anonymousreply 30July 21, 2021 6:43 PM

Pam Dawber

by Anonymousreply 31July 21, 2021 6:44 PM

Don't say you've forgotten me, bitches!

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by Anonymousreply 32July 21, 2021 6:44 PM

Christopher Norris (female) from Trapper John MD.

by Anonymousreply 33July 21, 2021 6:46 PM

R33, I saw her in an old "Barnaby Jones" this morning.

by Anonymousreply 34July 21, 2021 6:48 PM

Cindy Pickett

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by Anonymousreply 35July 21, 2021 6:50 PM

Judy Pace

by Anonymousreply 36July 21, 2021 6:53 PM

R26: HOLY SHIT!! Gregory Harrison's son is named Quinn Edgar Harrison. A quick search brought up a 2016 article (with mugshot) from an Idaho newspaper about a Quinn E. Harrison (then 25) who was sentenced to five years probation for fostering a sexually explicit relationship with an 8th grade girl over Facebook. (also kissed her a few times).

Unless there are two Quinn E. Harrisons of similar age, it's Greg & Randi's boy. DL won't let me link the article.

by Anonymousreply 37July 21, 2021 6:53 PM

Laurence Lau

by Anonymousreply 38July 21, 2021 6:54 PM

Ann Turkel, who was married to Richard Harris. Even as a kid, I always pegged her as a whore.

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by Anonymousreply 39July 21, 2021 6:54 PM

I saw Cindy Pickett in a Cybill Shepherd movie from 2017 just a few weeks ago, so she's still working (as of then, at least.)

by Anonymousreply 40July 21, 2021 6:54 PM

I have an elgergay friend who's always mentioning Polly Bergan as a sort of punshline. I have no idea what Polly Bergan has starred in, other than knowing she was/is a celebrity of bygones days. But everytime he mentions her, we bust out laughing because it's such an absurd reference.

by Anonymousreply 41July 21, 2021 6:55 PM

Any moment now this thread will be inundated by links and posts by DL's "Two Old queens who've just a moment to catch up" troll. Truly the most tiresome of trolls on DL, never ends at one post/link and always floods with threads with phantom replies about how funny those videos are and how "brilliant" the "actors" are. ugh

by Anonymousreply 42July 21, 2021 6:57 PM

What about the actress who used to appear on Johnny Carson's show sometimes, blonde, always played bimbo type roles? Sorry, don't remember her name.

by Anonymousreply 43July 21, 2021 7:02 PM

Carole Wayne RIP

by Anonymousreply 44July 21, 2021 7:03 PM

No e, r44.

by Anonymousreply 45July 21, 2021 7:05 PM

Gregory Harrison is still beautiful. Aging very well.

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by Anonymousreply 46July 21, 2021 7:11 PM

If we don’t know who they are, they weren’t stars, WBM.

by Anonymousreply 47July 21, 2021 7:16 PM

Glynnis O'Connor.

by Anonymousreply 48July 21, 2021 7:28 PM

[quote] I have an eldergay friend who's always mentioning Polly Bergan as a sort of punshline

Liza, is that you?

by Anonymousreply 49July 21, 2021 7:37 PM

R42, I thought that troll only posted in threads that needed YouTube video? The more he clogged up threads with his endless YouTube responses, the more paralyzed the thread became.

I blocked that asshole. A good 2/3rds of the "Beautiful Lesser-known Songs" thread was the troll's laundry list.

by Anonymousreply 50July 21, 2021 7:43 PM

The DeFranco Family

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by Anonymousreply 51July 21, 2021 7:48 PM

Robby Benson

by Anonymousreply 52July 21, 2021 7:50 PM

Jim J Bullock

by Anonymousreply 53July 21, 2021 7:54 PM

[quote] Glynnis O'Connor.

She was in that movie "Diane" (starring Mary Kay Place) a few years back. Still wore her hair long like she did in the 70s only it was all grey.

by Anonymousreply 54July 21, 2021 7:56 PM

Shields and Yarnell

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by Anonymousreply 55July 21, 2021 7:58 PM

Scott Baio

Antonio Sabato jr

by Anonymousreply 56July 21, 2021 7:59 PM

Glenn Scarpelli

by Anonymousreply 57July 21, 2021 8:00 PM

Eric Laneuville

He guest starred on everything in the 70's, and was a semi-regular on "Room 222".

Has been a very successful TV director for the past few decades.

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by Anonymousreply 58July 21, 2021 8:02 PM

John James

by Anonymousreply 59July 21, 2021 8:07 PM

Karen Valentine.

by Anonymousreply 60July 21, 2021 8:08 PM

Magic Wanda

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by Anonymousreply 61July 21, 2021 8:08 PM

Randolph Mantooth

by Anonymousreply 62July 21, 2021 8:10 PM

R58 Bernie was the one I remember most.

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by Anonymousreply 63July 21, 2021 8:10 PM

No comment.

by Anonymousreply 64July 21, 2021 8:12 PM

Patricia Klous

by Anonymousreply 65July 21, 2021 8:12 PM

70s talk/variety show staple Bill Saluga, aka Raymond J. Johnson, Jr. No, it wasn't a "you had to be there" situation -- I WAS there; it wasn't funny then, either.

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by Anonymousreply 66July 21, 2021 8:13 PM

Eric Olson.

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by Anonymousreply 67July 21, 2021 8:22 PM

Michael Goodrow

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by Anonymousreply 68July 21, 2021 8:25 PM

Not Carol, R44. I just did a search online and was able to find her. Her name was Teresa Ganzel.

by Anonymousreply 69July 21, 2021 8:26 PM

[quote] I always get them confused. They were like Brooke Adams, Jessica Harper, and someone else I can't remember.

Karen Allen, lol.

Three more forgotten brunette doppelgangers were Connie Selleca, Joan Severance and Deborah Shelton

by Anonymousreply 70July 21, 2021 8:27 PM

And by the way, Carol was a great guess.

by Anonymousreply 71July 21, 2021 8:27 PM

Moosie Drier; I swear that kid was everywhere in the 70s.

by Anonymousreply 72July 21, 2021 8:30 PM

Susan Anton

Susan Blakely

Heather Thomas (Fall Guy)

David Selby

Michael Cole (Mod Squad)

by Anonymousreply 73July 21, 2021 8:31 PM

Lee Horsley.

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by Anonymousreply 74July 21, 2021 8:37 PM

Cousin Oliver

by Anonymousreply 75July 21, 2021 8:38 PM

Paul Williams

by Anonymousreply 76July 21, 2021 8:47 PM

Dwayne from What's Happening.

by Anonymousreply 77July 21, 2021 8:52 PM

Wes Stern

by Anonymousreply 78July 21, 2021 8:54 PM

Caren Kaye

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by Anonymousreply 79July 21, 2021 9:01 PM

Polly Holliday

by Anonymousreply 80July 21, 2021 9:33 PM

R75 Ironically, the only "Brady" who has continued to find work in showbiz.

by Anonymousreply 81July 21, 2021 9:41 PM

R79 I remember her from Blansky's Beauties, in which she starred with two other 70s relics, Lynda Goodfriend and Rhonda Bates.

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by Anonymousreply 82July 21, 2021 9:46 PM

[quote] Dwayne from What's Happening.

He had the most beautiful ass.

by Anonymousreply 83July 21, 2021 9:48 PM

Daniel J Travanti. Forgotten and unrecognizable.

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by Anonymousreply 84July 21, 2021 9:49 PM

Adam Rich

by Anonymousreply 85July 21, 2021 9:50 PM

Claudia Jennings. Playboy Centerfold then Roger Corman/Queen of the B's, but she was elevated. She was almost a Charlie's Angel but Aaron got cold feet. Then she had a car accident on the PCH and died. One of her early roles was as the record company girl who gave Greg Brady a makeover, making him "Johnny Bravo."

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by Anonymousreply 86July 21, 2021 10:01 PM

Lee Pussywether

by Anonymousreply 87July 21, 2021 10:05 PM

Lois Chiles: The Way We Were, The Great Gatsby, Moonraker, Coma, Very funny as Holly Hunter's romantic rival for Bill Hurt in Broadcast News.

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by Anonymousreply 88July 21, 2021 10:09 PM

Pussyweather

by Anonymousreply 89July 21, 2021 10:11 PM

Lany o Grady

by Anonymousreply 90July 21, 2021 10:11 PM

Erin Gray

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by Anonymousreply 91July 21, 2021 10:13 PM

What about that bitch who played Nancy on Eight Is Enough?

Lany O Grady was MARY the lez

by Anonymousreply 92July 21, 2021 10:15 PM

Better example of Erin Grays shampoo hair

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by Anonymousreply 93July 21, 2021 10:15 PM

I was a huge Pamela Sue Martin fan.

by Anonymousreply 94July 21, 2021 10:17 PM

R46- He's aged into a MONKEY or a MUMMY

by Anonymousreply 95July 21, 2021 10:18 PM

Jamie Smith Jackson seemed to be in every other TV movie in the ‘70s. She’s still married to Michael Ontkean!

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by Anonymousreply 96July 21, 2021 10:19 PM

R93- Bloomingdales it's like no other store in the world.

by Anonymousreply 97July 21, 2021 10:19 PM

Lynda Day George. Hell, I’ll throw in Phyllis George (RIP).

by Anonymousreply 98July 21, 2021 10:19 PM

Mary Fran

by Anonymousreply 99July 21, 2021 10:21 PM

I used to get Lynda Day George and Susan George mixed up.

by Anonymousreply 100July 21, 2021 10:21 PM

Mariette Hartley

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by Anonymousreply 101July 21, 2021 10:22 PM

OMG! R101! Yes!

by Anonymousreply 102July 21, 2021 10:23 PM

Sara Purcell

by Anonymousreply 103July 21, 2021 10:23 PM

Thread closed.

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by Anonymousreply 104July 21, 2021 10:45 PM

I saw a rerun of Mannix the other ninth and Lynda Day George was still just Lynda Day.

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by Anonymousreply 105July 21, 2021 10:51 PM

Connie Sellica

by Anonymousreply 106July 21, 2021 10:51 PM

Night. Night!

by Anonymousreply 107July 21, 2021 10:51 PM

Grant Goodeve

by Anonymousreply 108July 21, 2021 10:51 PM

Ronnie Clare Edwards ( Corabeth Walton Godsey)

by Anonymousreply 109July 21, 2021 10:51 PM

Emma Sams

by Anonymousreply 110July 21, 2021 10:51 PM

Lulu Roman

by Anonymousreply 111July 21, 2021 10:52 PM

Marjoe Gortner

by Anonymousreply 112July 21, 2021 10:54 PM

Merie Earle

by Anonymousreply 113July 21, 2021 10:55 PM

Mabel King

by Anonymousreply 114July 21, 2021 10:55 PM

Gary Burghoff

by Anonymousreply 115July 21, 2021 10:56 PM

One cannot mention Lynda Day George and not post this amazing performance

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by Anonymousreply 116July 21, 2021 10:59 PM

Maria Gottdank was a big star on the Vienna stage in the 1770s and 80s. No longer a household name.

by Anonymousreply 117July 21, 2021 11:03 PM

Thank you bastard @ r116. BASTARD!

by Anonymousreply 118July 21, 2021 11:07 PM

Marthe Keller

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by Anonymousreply 119July 21, 2021 11:08 PM

Phyllis Davis

by Anonymousreply 120July 21, 2021 11:12 PM

Sarah Siddons (hey, you didn't specify that it was the 1970s!)

by Anonymousreply 121July 21, 2021 11:20 PM

Bruce Penhall, best known for CHIPS and as a professional motorcycle speedway racer.

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by Anonymousreply 122July 21, 2021 11:21 PM

Eddie Mecca

by Anonymousreply 123July 21, 2021 11:23 PM

Philip Michael Thomas

by Anonymousreply 124July 21, 2021 11:26 PM

Nannette Fabray

by Anonymousreply 125July 21, 2021 11:27 PM

Corabeth was a Walton, R109? I had no idea.

I lived through the '70s but never heard of most of the people in the first half of this thread.

by Anonymousreply 126July 21, 2021 11:29 PM

Mason Reece

by Anonymousreply 127July 21, 2021 11:29 PM

Carol Wayne, Theresa Ganzel and Louisa Moritz all became one big blur. Louisa had the biggest knockers, though. I think.

by Anonymousreply 128July 21, 2021 11:35 PM

Rodney Alan Rippy

by Anonymousreply 129July 21, 2021 11:36 PM

Oh, r128, I haven't thought of Louisa Moritz in ages!

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by Anonymousreply 130July 21, 2021 11:39 PM

Elizabeth MacRae

by Anonymousreply 131July 21, 2021 11:39 PM

Barbara Stuart - but her husband, Dick Gauthier, will never be forgotten on DL!

by Anonymousreply 132July 21, 2021 11:40 PM

David Hartman started out as an actor and went on to co-host Good Morning America.

Sandy Hill was one of his co-hosts, replacing Nancy Dussault.

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by Anonymousreply 133July 21, 2021 11:42 PM

Susan Anton, and her teeth

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by Anonymousreply 134July 21, 2021 11:45 PM

Darleen Carr

by Anonymousreply 135July 21, 2021 11:48 PM

Diana Canova

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by Anonymousreply 136July 21, 2021 11:50 PM

Jo Ann Pflug, who married and then divorced Chuck Woolery.

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by Anonymousreply 137July 21, 2021 11:53 PM

Gary Burghoff

Gabe Kaplan

by Anonymousreply 138July 21, 2021 11:53 PM

Brooke Adams Blair Brown

by Anonymousreply 139July 21, 2021 11:58 PM

Blair Brown

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Morgan Brittany

Robert Hays

The Landers Sisters

Adrian Zmed

by Anonymousreply 141July 22, 2021 12:00 AM

Just about the entire cast of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.

I loved that show.

by Anonymousreply 142July 22, 2021 12:04 AM

Shelley Smith

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Judy Strangis and Ta-Tanisha from Room 222

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Tom and Dick Smothers

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Gil Gerard

by Anonymousreply 146July 22, 2021 12:13 AM

Cathy Silvers

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by Anonymousreply 147July 22, 2021 12:14 AM

WHET Chastity Bono?

by Anonymousreply 148July 22, 2021 12:15 AM

[quote]Daniel J Travanti. Forgotten and unrecognizable.

Isn't he a gay?

by Anonymousreply 149July 22, 2021 12:18 AM

A lot of the people mentioned on this thread are dead, which in most cases is a career killer.

by Anonymousreply 150July 22, 2021 12:20 AM

Ray Buktenica

by Anonymousreply 151July 22, 2021 12:21 AM

R151- He was CUTE on Rhoda.

by Anonymousreply 152July 22, 2021 12:30 AM

R149, yes

by Anonymousreply 153July 22, 2021 12:32 AM

Lorna Patterson

Laurette Spang

by Anonymousreply 154July 22, 2021 12:33 AM

Roz Kelly

by Anonymousreply 155July 22, 2021 12:33 AM

Michael Ontkean

by Anonymousreply 156July 22, 2021 12:35 AM

Misty Rowe

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by Anonymousreply 158July 22, 2021 12:38 AM

William Shatner’s ex, Marcy Lafferty

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Pamela Hensley

by Anonymousreply 160July 22, 2021 12:44 AM

Liberty Williams

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by Anonymousreply 161July 22, 2021 12:44 AM

Curtis Armstrong & Alice Beasley

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by Anonymousreply 162July 22, 2021 12:47 AM

Nick Gilder

Susie Quattro

Gino Vannelli

by Anonymousreply 163July 22, 2021 12:48 AM

Len Bari

Clark Brandon

Kevin Brophy

by Anonymousreply 164July 22, 2021 12:49 AM

I loved those two together, R162

by Anonymousreply 165July 22, 2021 12:49 AM

TV's Dack Rambo

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by Anonymousreply 166July 22, 2021 12:51 AM

Robert Hayes

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Donna Pescow

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Maureen McGovern

by Anonymousreply 169July 22, 2021 12:53 AM

Lynne Marta

by Anonymousreply 170July 22, 2021 12:53 AM

E. J. Peaker

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Alexandra Paul

by Anonymousreply 172July 22, 2021 12:57 AM

Erin Moran

by Anonymousreply 173July 22, 2021 12:58 AM

Linda Purl

by Anonymousreply 174July 22, 2021 1:00 AM

Karen Valentine

by Anonymousreply 175July 22, 2021 1:00 AM

Zara Cully

by Anonymousreply 176July 22, 2021 1:01 AM

Miyoshi Umeki

by Anonymousreply 177July 22, 2021 1:03 AM

Brandon Cruz

by Anonymousreply 178July 22, 2021 1:05 AM

I remember a film credit for Judy Pace, r36, where she was credited as Pretty Girl and I couldn’t take my eyes off her.

by Anonymousreply 179July 22, 2021 1:05 AM

Demond Wilson

by Anonymousreply 180July 22, 2021 1:12 AM

Abe Vigoda

by Anonymousreply 181July 22, 2021 1:13 AM

Rex Smith

by Anonymousreply 182July 22, 2021 1:14 AM

Wasn’t Jo Ann Phlug in the movie MASH? She played a nurse who gave a mercy fuck to a soldier.

by Anonymousreply 183July 22, 2021 1:14 AM

[quote]R70 Three more forgotten brunette doppelgangers were Connie Selleca, Joan Severance and Deborah Shelton

Shelton was dubbed by Helen Shaver when she finally got her big movie break in “Body Double.”

So embarrassing.

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by Anonymousreply 184July 22, 2021 1:16 AM

Evel Knievel

Ike Eisenmann

Jo Ann Pflug

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Judy Carne

Antonio Fargas

Lucy Lee Flippen

Joyce Bulafante

by Anonymousreply 186July 22, 2021 1:26 AM

Mark Serra

Liz Torres

Felice Schachter

by Anonymousreply 187July 22, 2021 1:28 AM

You rang.

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by Anonymousreply 188July 22, 2021 1:29 AM

Some of you have loose definitions of the word "forgotten". Abe Vigoda? As long as people continue to watch The Godfather, Abe Vigoda will be remembered.

Polly Holliday? She only played one of the most iconic characters of 70s television.

Ditto Roz Kelly -- if for nothing else, she'll always be Pinky Tuscadero.

And trust me, people born before 1980 have definitely *not* forgotten TV Hall of Fame inductees the Smothers Brothers.

by Anonymousreply 189July 22, 2021 1:32 AM

Liz Torres

by Anonymousreply 190July 22, 2021 1:34 AM

Yes, she was in MASH, R183. The medics nicknamed her Lt. Dish

by Anonymousreply 191July 22, 2021 1:38 AM

Oh look R189, the smartest one in the room and resident party pooper has arrived.

Now phones down everyone before she takes out the ruler.

by Anonymousreply 192July 22, 2021 1:40 AM

Abe Vigoda

Polly Holliday

Riz Kelly

The Smothers Brothers

by Anonymousreply 193July 22, 2021 1:42 AM

You bring so much joy to this thread by being an absolute stickler for definitions and categorizations. That was exactly what this thread needed.

You just bring sunshine wherever you go.

by Anonymousreply 194July 22, 2021 1:44 AM

Child actor Michael-James Wixted, who seems to have vanished.

Lee Harcourt Montgomery.

Handsome Radames Pera.

And "Hotel" couple Michael Spound and Heidi Bohay (who are still married, I believe). He was quite handsome, and she had the best 80s "hair nests" around her ears.

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by Anonymousreply 195July 22, 2021 1:49 AM

Ian Buchanan

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by Anonymousreply 196July 22, 2021 1:59 AM

[quote]You bring so much joy to this thread by being an absolute stickler for definitions and categorizations. That was exactly what this thread needed.

Honey, stop spamming this thread up with your "70s actors" Google results and contribute some actual forgotten stars -- not just "old" stars.

by Anonymousreply 197July 22, 2021 2:04 AM

Debralee Scott’s career was over the day her shirt flew open on PASSWORD.

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by Anonymousreply 198July 22, 2021 2:44 AM

Scoey Mitchell

by Anonymousreply 199July 22, 2021 2:47 AM

Barbara Carrera.

My teen crush, before I figured out I preferred guys.

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by Anonymousreply 200July 22, 2021 2:49 AM

Susan Anspach

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Rebecca Holden

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by Anonymousreply 202July 22, 2021 3:25 AM

R24 R24 She was also very memorable as a terrorist in Nighthawks.

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by Anonymousreply 203July 22, 2021 3:28 AM

R128 Carol Wayne is the only one who went into the ocean and never came out.

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by Anonymousreply 204July 22, 2021 3:34 AM

Clint Ritchie

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by Anonymousreply 205July 22, 2021 3:35 AM

Susanne Zenor who did a load of 70s TV, including "The Girl Most Likely To," was the first Chrissy Snow in one of the Three's Company Pilots, then married Edward Malloy from Days of Our Lives and stopped working.

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by Anonymousreply 206July 22, 2021 3:37 AM

R38, Laurence Lau had a small part on The Good Fight last week. He looked pretty good, and does NOT look 67.

by Anonymousreply 207July 22, 2021 3:41 AM

Park Overall

by Anonymousreply 208July 22, 2021 3:44 AM

Lois Hamilton was sort of a facsimile of Loni Anderson, always turning up in roles like Jack Tripper's date on Three's Company. Suicide by asphyxiation.

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by Anonymousreply 209July 22, 2021 3:47 AM

Phyllis Davis

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by Anonymousreply 210July 22, 2021 3:53 AM

You gays should check out Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast. He and his co-host dig up these old stars every week for some very lewd stories about Old Hollywood and the failed careers of various weirdos, drunkards, and anti-semites. Whenever they can't get their dream guest that week (happens often, with so many of them dropping dead of old age), they bring on some witty queen who has written a book about Viv Vance, Tommy Smothers, or The Golden Girls.

If you're a fan of filthy jokes about Marjorie Main's lesbian love and Cesar Romero's orange-throwing rent boys, check it out.

by Anonymousreply 211July 22, 2021 3:54 AM

"If you're a fan of filthy jokes about Marjorie Main's lesbian love and Cesar Romero's orange-throwing rent boys, check it out."

What's the Cesar Romero story?

by Anonymousreply 212July 22, 2021 4:01 AM

Bruce Solomon

Paul Sands

by Anonymousreply 213July 22, 2021 4:07 AM

Mary Crosby

Cathy Lee Crosby

by Anonymousreply 214July 22, 2021 4:08 AM

[quote]You gays should check out Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast. He and his co-host dig up these old stars every week for some very lewd stories about Old Hollywood and the failed careers of various weirdos, drunkards, and anti-semites. Whenever they can't get their dream guest that week (happens often, with so many of them dropping dead of old age), they bring on some witty queen who has written a book about Viv Vance, Tommy Smothers, or The Golden Girls.

Agreed. And Gilbert's co-host Frank Santopadre has done Datalounge-level research into all their guests.

I think if you start with the Peter Marshall and Bruce Vilanch ones, you'll be hooked.

As for forgotten stars: Mary Cadorette.

by Anonymousreply 215July 22, 2021 4:49 AM

[quote] Honey, stop spamming this thread up with your "70s actors" Google results and contribute some actual forgotten stars -- not just "old" stars.

Oh begone, troll.

by Anonymousreply 216July 22, 2021 4:51 AM

Victor French

by Anonymousreply 217July 22, 2021 5:05 AM

Mark Shera. I think he acted for a few more years after "Barnaby Jones," then dropped out of the business.

by Anonymousreply 218July 22, 2021 5:05 AM

Miss Moyet

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by Anonymousreply 219July 22, 2021 5:17 AM

Deborah Van Valkenburgh

by Anonymousreply 220July 22, 2021 5:30 AM

Belinda J Montgomery

Stephanie Zimbalist

by Anonymousreply 221July 22, 2021 5:30 AM

Greg Evigen

by Anonymousreply 222July 22, 2021 5:42 AM

Benji

by Anonymousreply 223July 22, 2021 11:16 AM

Judy Pace was lovely…

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by Anonymousreply 224July 22, 2021 1:21 PM

Any of the celebrity couples who ever appeared on Tattletales

Dan “Grizzly Adams” Haggerty

by Anonymousreply 225July 22, 2021 2:03 PM

Inga Swenson

by Anonymousreply 226July 22, 2021 2:05 PM

Just googled Inga . She's alive at 88. Probably not as perky anymore .

by Anonymousreply 227July 22, 2021 2:11 PM

Kristy Swanson

by Anonymousreply 228July 22, 2021 2:12 PM

Quinn Cummings

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by Anonymousreply 229July 22, 2021 2:13 PM

Childhood crush Douglas Barr (The Fall Guy, Designing Women)

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by Anonymousreply 230July 22, 2021 2:20 PM

Yvette Mimieux

JoAnna Petit

by Anonymousreply 231July 22, 2021 2:32 PM

Victor French died of cancer in the 80s.

by Anonymousreply 232July 22, 2021 2:38 PM

[quote]R227 Just googled Inga. She's alive at 88. Probably not as perky anymore.

For some reason, for a second I thought this said[italic] Inger Stevens, [/italic]and I was like, “Oh dear! I have some baaaad news for you…”

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by Anonymousreply 233July 22, 2021 2:53 PM

Doug Barr owns a winery in Napa. Yes, I've been there and met Doug. He's a"normal" guy.

by Anonymousreply 234July 22, 2021 2:53 PM

Allison Balson

by Anonymousreply 235July 22, 2021 3:18 PM

Pamelyn Ferdin has been discussed- -

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by Anonymousreply 236July 22, 2021 3:46 PM

Pamela Hensley

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by Anonymousreply 237July 22, 2021 3:48 PM

John Byner

by Anonymousreply 238July 22, 2021 6:04 PM

John Byner was good on "Soap" (free on Tubi).

by Anonymousreply 239July 22, 2021 6:07 PM

Randall Carver

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by Anonymousreply 240July 22, 2021 6:08 PM

Dennis Bowen

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Stephen Shortridge

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by Anonymousreply 242July 22, 2021 6:11 PM

Clark Brandon

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by Anonymousreply 243July 22, 2021 6:14 PM

Swedish actress and James Bond girl Maud Adams.

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by Anonymousreply 244July 22, 2021 6:18 PM

Lola Falana

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by Anonymousreply 245July 22, 2021 6:19 PM

There's this actor in that show but I forgot who he was.

by Anonymousreply 246July 22, 2021 6:19 PM

Willie Tyler

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by Anonymousreply 247July 22, 2021 6:23 PM

Donna Wilkes

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by Anonymousreply 248July 22, 2021 6:24 PM

R231 Yvette Mimieux married Howard Ruby...Ruby owns the market on corporate housing (Oakwood) and is super-rich.

by Anonymousreply 249July 22, 2021 7:11 PM

Rupert Graves

by Anonymousreply 250July 22, 2021 7:24 PM

Wow never realized how much Clark Brandon looked like Angelina Jolie.

by Anonymousreply 251July 22, 2021 7:27 PM

Anthony Zerbe

by Anonymousreply 252July 22, 2021 8:22 PM

@212

Cesar Romero apparently had a thing for hustlers, and according to Hollywood gossip, would pay them extra to yank down his pants and throw orange wedges at his bare ass. Anyone who landed one into his gaping hole would get an additional cash bonus.

It's surely not true, but it's just the sort of filth Gilbert and Frank love to laugh about again and again.

by Anonymousreply 253July 22, 2021 8:30 PM

[quote]I have an elgergay friend who's always mentioning Polly Bergan as a sort of punshline

Polly Bergen had a great run in a story arc of The Sopranos. She looked fantastic!

by Anonymousreply 254July 22, 2021 8:53 PM

Polly was also on Desperate Housewives. After the 1960s, she became a big cosmetic executive. In fact, I recently saw the Glenda Jackson-George Segal film "A Touch of Class" (1973) and the credits read "Make-up by Polly Bergen".

by Anonymousreply 255July 22, 2021 8:58 PM

Dana Hill

by Anonymousreply 256July 22, 2021 9:06 PM

Dana Hill, Dana Plato, both dead.

by Anonymousreply 257July 22, 2021 9:33 PM

Dennis Christopher

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by Anonymousreply 258July 22, 2021 9:47 PM

Lest we forget the sordid tale of "Welcome Back Kotter's" Melonie Haller and her association with Roy Radin, a vintage '70s coke-fueled tale of kink, quaaludes, and fame.

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by Anonymousreply 259July 22, 2021 9:49 PM

R258 I waited on him in a store once. I thought it may have been him, confirmed when he gave me his credit card. He wasn't very nice and was somewhat dismissive around me, but it struck me as the way an older gay (maybe he was in his late 30s) assumes a younger gay (mid 20s) must be judging him...so it was a pre-emptive strike on his part, aka "let me be rude to this young gay who doesn't understand that looks fade." Meanwhile, it was far from the truth: I liked Breaking Away, California Dreaming, Fade to Black, but then thought he was kind of a cunt after the transaction. He was also a tad unkempt and was wearing enough leather for me to think he liked it rough...I got the feeling he was visualizing me naked and spread-eagled and handcuffed to the bedposts.

by Anonymousreply 260July 22, 2021 9:56 PM

R254 R255 I saw R41 mentioning Polly Bergen and she had a major role in The Winds of War and War And Remembrance, played Bob Mitchum’s wife and got Emmy nominations from both mini series. Played Hart Bochner’s mother.

by Anonymousreply 261July 22, 2021 10:02 PM

R250 works in England, many tv roles

by Anonymousreply 262July 22, 2021 10:03 PM

Fits perfectly. The song is a fave on Theatre Gossip threads and Polly.

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by Anonymousreply 263July 22, 2021 10:07 PM

This thread makes me wet. Thanks. What’s the deal with "Two Old queens who've just a moment to catch up" - Did they spam threads? Hubby and I watched them all and spit out our hibiscus Pinot gris spritzers laughing.

by Anonymousreply 264July 22, 2021 10:11 PM

yvette mimieux

by Anonymousreply 265July 22, 2021 10:27 PM

R261 Polly was an amazing haughty diva, loved her. As the 50's and 60s progressed, she went from wearing gloves in public to letting her full growl of a voice project to the balcony. Tons of broadway plus this absurd romp playing the first female POTUS: many hijinks ensue.

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by Anonymousreply 266July 22, 2021 10:34 PM

R160, you beat me to it! Yea, I was wondering if anyone would add her to the thread. I loved Princess Ardala!

For a young gay kid (who didn't know he was gay), I loved Lindsay Wagner, Erin Gray, and Pamela Hensley.

Jamie, Wilma, Princess Ardala... what a great dinner that would be.

by Anonymousreply 267July 22, 2021 10:52 PM

Marjoe Gortner

by Anonymousreply 268July 22, 2021 11:12 PM

Loretta Swit

by Anonymousreply 269July 22, 2021 11:16 PM

Comedian Marty Cohen. A regular on "Solid Gold" and lots of game shows ... then, vanished.

by Anonymousreply 270July 23, 2021 12:03 AM

Dana Barron, who I *thought* was Dana Hill when she played Audrey in the original "National Lampoon's Vacation", and who was then replaced by the actual Dana Hill in "European Vacation".

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by Anonymousreply 271July 23, 2021 12:20 AM

The Barnstable Twins (Cyb and Pat) were kind of a semi-big deal in the 70s; their biggest gig was the Richard Benjamin space comedy series Quark. I guess you could say they were precursors to the Landers sisters.

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by Anonymousreply 272July 23, 2021 12:27 AM

Wait, shouldn’t this thread be empty?

by Anonymousreply 273July 23, 2021 12:38 AM

[quote]I guess you could say they were precursors to the Landers sisters.

As claims to fame go, this one is from the Dollar Store.

by Anonymousreply 274July 23, 2021 12:40 AM

Something perfect for this thread.

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by Anonymousreply 275July 23, 2021 1:59 AM

Polly Holliday

by Anonymousreply 276July 23, 2021 2:04 AM

Thanks to this thread, I’ve realized that over the years I often confused Randall Carver with Charles Rocket.

Rocket is forgotten. And dead.

by Anonymousreply 277July 23, 2021 2:56 AM

Al Molinaro

by Anonymousreply 278July 23, 2021 3:08 AM

[quote]Something perfect for this thread.

About a minute and a half into that roll-call of 80s guest stars, I was acting like I was in a casino:

"C'mon, Lorenzo Lamas!"

"Okay, give me Dack Rambo, let's go!"

"Heather Thomas, c'mon ...damn!"

by Anonymousreply 279July 23, 2021 3:21 AM

Greg Bradford

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by Anonymousreply 280July 23, 2021 3:21 AM

Sheryl Lee Ralph

by Anonymousreply 281July 23, 2021 3:22 AM

Michael Spound

Heidi Bohay

Shea Farrell

by Anonymousreply 282July 23, 2021 3:23 AM

Lesley-Anne Down

by Anonymousreply 283July 23, 2021 3:27 AM

Klinton Spilsbury.

by Anonymousreply 284July 23, 2021 3:40 AM

Diana Scarwid will never be fotgotten.

That's all that matters, really.

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by Anonymousreply 285July 23, 2021 3:54 AM

Linda Blair

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by Anonymousreply 286July 23, 2021 4:41 AM

Jenilee Harrison

Priscilla Barnes

Joyce DeWitt

by Anonymousreply 287July 23, 2021 4:44 AM

Kay Lenz

Cristina Raines

by Anonymousreply 288July 23, 2021 4:46 AM

It’s Miss Kay Lenz to you, and she’ll never be forgotten!

by Anonymousreply 289July 23, 2021 4:47 AM

Am I a star?

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by Anonymousreply 290July 23, 2021 4:49 AM

Joyce Bulifant is remembered by DL, but that's about it.

by Anonymousreply 291July 23, 2021 5:32 AM

Where was Brett Somers' Ophelia... her Paedra?

Lost to the ages - -

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by Anonymousreply 292July 23, 2021 5:41 AM

Al Corley, the first Stephen on "Dynasty"

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by Anonymousreply 293July 23, 2021 5:46 AM

[quote]Al Corley, the first Stephen on "Dynasty"

Also, as it turned out, the last Stephen on "Dynasty."

by Anonymousreply 294July 23, 2021 6:14 AM

@285

Wasn’t Diana Scarwid about 45 when she put on that Orphan Annie wig to play Crawford’s teenage daughter? Or is she just one of those people who has always looked old?

by Anonymousreply 295July 23, 2021 1:29 PM

She was 26, r295.

by Anonymousreply 296July 23, 2021 1:31 PM

Herschel Bernardi

by Anonymousreply 297July 23, 2021 1:32 PM

Stella Stevens

Jim Hutton

Ron Liebman

Helen Reddy

Victoria Principal

Victoria Tennant

Christopher Atkins

by Anonymousreply 298July 23, 2021 1:43 PM

Diana Scarwid is not forgotten by fans of Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies.

by Anonymousreply 299July 23, 2021 2:03 PM

all the talk about polly bergen and nobody mentioned she was in the original Cape Fear.

by Anonymousreply 300July 23, 2021 2:15 PM

Kathleen Beller and her enormous jugs that almost turned me straight.

by Anonymousreply 301July 23, 2021 2:17 PM

Cynthia Stevenson

by Anonymousreply 302July 23, 2021 2:17 PM

Judy Geeson Barbara Bain

by Anonymousreply 303July 23, 2021 2:21 PM

Pamela Bellwood

by Anonymousreply 304July 23, 2021 2:27 PM

Polly Bergen had her own line of cosmetics, only sold in high end stores. Her creams and oils were based on turtle oil and were great products. Pressure from environmentalists closed her down completely. You can still buy creams based on turtle oil in many Mexican stores but Polly lost her business.

by Anonymousreply 305July 23, 2021 3:27 PM

Armond Assanti

by Anonymousreply 306July 23, 2021 5:14 PM

nastassja kinski

by Anonymousreply 307July 23, 2021 7:00 PM

Susan Ruttan

by Anonymousreply 308July 23, 2021 7:01 PM

[quote] Kathleen Beller and her enormous jugs that almost turned me straight.

She had an enormous bush too.

by Anonymousreply 309July 23, 2021 7:03 PM

Lisa Eilbacher

by Anonymousreply 310July 23, 2021 7:04 PM

Kathleen Beller is married to Thomas Dolby ("She Blinded Me with Science").

by Anonymousreply 311July 23, 2021 7:04 PM

Candy Clark

by Anonymousreply 312July 23, 2021 7:06 PM

The Boobs of Beller:

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by Anonymousreply 313July 23, 2021 7:09 PM

The Boobs of Beller II

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by Anonymousreply 314July 23, 2021 7:10 PM

David Ogden Stiers

by Anonymousreply 315July 23, 2021 7:52 PM

I must be the gayest gay who ever lived, because I was devoted to Dynasty and never noticed Kathleen Beller's boobs.

by Anonymousreply 316July 23, 2021 8:00 PM

R283 LAD has worked lot, she was in Sunset Beach and B&B and has made lots of tv movies. She even won Rose d’Or in Montreux.

by Anonymousreply 317July 23, 2021 8:04 PM

R308 I remember her in 3rd Rock from the Sun, just one episode. She wasn’t very funny.

by Anonymousreply 318July 23, 2021 8:06 PM

R318-She also appeared as Georgina Worsley on Upstairs Downstairs.

by Anonymousreply 319July 23, 2021 8:07 PM

My message was meant for R317.

by Anonymousreply 320July 23, 2021 8:08 PM

R298 Like every young gay boy I loved Chris Atkins and I think he still looks good. I wish he had better career.

by Anonymousreply 321July 23, 2021 8:08 PM

R319 Yes, in the final season. It made her a star and she moved to US.

by Anonymousreply 322July 23, 2021 8:09 PM

Marc Singer

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by Anonymousreply 323July 23, 2021 8:15 PM

G.

by Anonymousreply 324July 23, 2021 8:23 PM

R301 When I was in high school and Kirby first appeared on Dynasty, my friends and I would refer to girls with big tits as "Kirby," as in "that Kristen chick in Earth Science is very Kirby." We made Kirby happen. Incidentally, Adam raping Kirby on Dynasty was the best ABC rape scene since Luke had raped Laura on General Hospital a year or so before.

by Anonymousreply 325July 23, 2021 8:30 PM

Lauren Tewes

Connie Sellecca

by Anonymousreply 326July 23, 2021 8:35 PM

I loved (old) Kirby. (New) Kirby is Australian. BARF.

by Anonymousreply 327July 23, 2021 8:36 PM

r327 I have not watched much of it; I did somewhat enjoy Nicollete Sheridan as Alexis. Did they recast her?

by Anonymousreply 328July 23, 2021 8:56 PM

Jayne Kennedy and Leon Isaac Kennedy

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by Anonymousreply 329July 23, 2021 9:00 PM

Kindness. That’s all that really matters.

by Anonymousreply 330July 23, 2021 9:04 PM

R328, (New) Dynasty has had, thus far, three Krystles and two Alexises. Steven was written out of the show in season 2 (it's now season 4). Long-lost Carrington child, Amanda, is about to arrive on the show!

by Anonymousreply 331July 23, 2021 9:09 PM

Jayne Kennedy was gorgeous! If she were a young actress today, she would be a big star. Unfortunately, things were different from black actresses back then.

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by Anonymousreply 332July 23, 2021 9:22 PM

Max Gail

by Anonymousreply 333July 23, 2021 9:34 PM

The beautiful Tracy Reed.

Devon Ericson

Mitzi Hoag

Anita Gillitte

John Calvin

Mitch Vogel

by Anonymousreply 334July 23, 2021 9:40 PM

R334 I saw Anita Gillette (most remembered as the mature bimbo Cher's Dad was seeing in Moonstruck) as Lucie Arnaz's replacement in the first run of "They're Playing Our Song!"

by Anonymousreply 335July 23, 2021 10:13 PM

Jayne Kennedy

by Anonymousreply 336July 23, 2021 10:14 PM

R334 Remembering Anita Gilette, I had to check on her in IMDB. Wow, what a stage career she had.

by Anonymousreply 337July 23, 2021 10:21 PM

R335, Anita Gillette is best known as Quincy's wife!

by Anonymousreply 338July 23, 2021 10:23 PM

I had a crush on Mitch Vogel when I was a kid

by Anonymousreply 339July 23, 2021 11:50 PM

Anita Gillette is the poor man's Penny Fuller. Or is it the other way around?

by Anonymousreply 340July 24, 2021 1:23 AM

Jo Ann Pflug

by Anonymousreply 341July 24, 2021 1:30 AM

Has anyone mentioned Jo Ann Pflug yet?

by Anonymousreply 342July 24, 2021 1:40 AM

Lisa Eichhorn.

by Anonymousreply 343July 24, 2021 1:41 AM

Lee Majors, Peter Breck

by Anonymousreply 344July 24, 2021 1:43 AM

Telly Savalas. A household name in the 70s, totally forgotten now.

by Anonymousreply 345July 24, 2021 1:45 AM

Jamie Farr

by Anonymousreply 346July 24, 2021 1:50 AM

Did Lee Majors die? You really DON’T hear about him. At all.

by Anonymousreply 347July 24, 2021 2:00 AM

Howie Mandel

by Anonymousreply 348July 24, 2021 2:04 AM

My nieces and nephews don't know who Farrah Fawcett was.

Fame and celebrity can be so fleeting.

by Anonymousreply 349July 24, 2021 2:11 AM

Jeannie Berlin

Melinda Dillon

Lindsay Crouse

by Anonymousreply 350July 24, 2021 2:14 AM

Lindsay Wagner

by Anonymousreply 351July 24, 2021 2:20 AM

Glynis Johns

by Anonymousreply 352July 24, 2021 2:21 AM

LaVar Burton

by Anonymousreply 353July 24, 2021 2:22 AM

Mirina Sirtis

by Anonymousreply 354July 24, 2021 2:23 AM

Lindsay Wagner and Lee Majors are not forgotten. They may not have done anything in the past decade, but they still have a huge fanbase.

by Anonymousreply 355July 24, 2021 2:24 AM

R74 Tarantino brought his career back to life in Django Unchained and Hateful Eight.

by Anonymousreply 356July 24, 2021 2:34 AM

Lauren "snort" Tewes

by Anonymousreply 357July 24, 2021 2:39 AM

Lindsay Wagner's career always puzzled me. Yes she brought more to the Bionic Woman than Lee Majors did to the Six Million Dollar Man but her string of made for TV movies revealed she was a competent but rather dull actress. She didn't have the camp factor that Patty Duke or Jane Seymour could often bring to their TV projects.

by Anonymousreply 358July 24, 2021 2:46 AM

Lena Zavaroni.

by Anonymousreply 359July 24, 2021 2:49 AM

Lindsay Wagner was kind of a horse face waiting to happen.

by Anonymousreply 360July 24, 2021 2:50 AM

I usually catch repeats of The Bionic Woman on Sunday nights on Cozi, and I think she was beautiful, in a very natural '70s way. And she was surprisingly tall. I didn't know she used to be a model.

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by Anonymousreply 361July 24, 2021 3:05 AM

Susan Blakely

David Naughton

by Anonymousreply 362July 24, 2021 3:12 AM

I think Lindsay Wagner was a very good actress and did nice work outside of The Bionic Woman in several miniseries and MOWs after the series was over. It's too bad she was never able to score another hit show, though.

by Anonymousreply 363July 24, 2021 3:26 AM

R350, I think Melinda Dillon retired from the business a few years ago.

by Anonymousreply 364July 24, 2021 3:27 AM

Jeff Stryker

Ryan Idol

by Anonymousreply 365July 24, 2021 3:38 AM

[quote]R361 she was surprisingly tall. I didn't know she used to be a model.

She was a model in that if they occasionally needed a rangy blonde for a Chevrolet ad, she was a model.

by Anonymousreply 366July 24, 2021 3:51 AM

Melanie Chartoff.

by Anonymousreply 367July 24, 2021 4:06 AM

R366, or someone with gorgeous hair (2:37):

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by Anonymousreply 368July 24, 2021 4:10 AM

Curly haired blonde Marilyn Jones. Looking online, I found this oddity

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by Anonymousreply 369July 24, 2021 4:16 AM

Carol Wayne who frequently appeared on one of my favorite game shows Celebrity Sweepstakes.

She was always an even money bet and quite bright. She died very young in her early 40s.

Other than the gameshow I had no idea why she was famous.

by Anonymousreply 370July 24, 2021 5:55 AM

Carol Wayne was The Matinee Lady in Art Fern's (Johnny Carson) "Tea Time Movie" skits on "The Tonight Show." Carol was replaced by Teresa Ganzel, another popular gameshow guest.

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by Anonymousreply 371July 24, 2021 6:40 AM

Carol Wayne got her own E! Mysteries and Scandals episode because of how she died.

by Anonymousreply 372July 24, 2021 10:29 AM

Alex Winter

by Anonymousreply 373July 24, 2021 1:25 PM

Ann Jillian

by Anonymousreply 374July 24, 2021 1:27 PM

Jory Husain

by Anonymousreply 375July 24, 2021 1:31 PM

Jeremy Miller

David Faustino

Taran Noah Smith

Keshia Knight Pulliam

Tempestt Bledsoe

Missy Gold

Danny Pintauro

Tiffany Brissette

Jason Hervey

by Anonymousreply 376July 24, 2021 1:37 PM

R373 Alex must have been disappointed that last year’s Bill and Ted movie didn’t make much of an impact. It’s like Dumb and Dumber, hard to recreate the original magic.

by Anonymousreply 377July 24, 2021 1:47 PM

Danielle Brisebois

by Anonymousreply 378July 24, 2021 2:03 PM

Boy George

by Anonymousreply 379July 24, 2021 2:17 PM

The '70s had THE BEST LOOKING women in HISTORY!

'70s women I want to sit on my face, ass backwards:

Stephanie Powers

Anne Archer

Bern Nadette Stanis

Dorothy Hamill

Cheryl Ladd

The women who played the mother who took her boy (the pitcher) off the field after the coach smacked him for beaming a Bad News Bear, in The Bad News Bears. MMMMM Tight jeans and half tee-shirt.

Sarah Purcell

So many more DELICIOUS specimens, too many to mention.

by Anonymousreply 380July 24, 2021 2:18 PM

R303, Barbara Bain as Dr. Helena Russell on "Space:1999." So wooden!

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by Anonymousreply 381July 24, 2021 2:25 PM

Joey Hetherton

by Anonymousreply 382July 24, 2021 2:32 PM

Brain Wimmer, of the late-80s show, China Beach.

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by Anonymousreply 383July 24, 2021 3:03 PM

Roz Kelly.

by Anonymousreply 384July 24, 2021 3:11 PM

Skye Aubrey. She was the daughter of actress Phyllis Thaxter and one-time MGM president and later CBS President James Aubrey (aka "The Smiling Cobra"). She guested on all the TV shows - Marcus Welby, Ellery Queen, Banyon, Emergency!, Ironside, Toma, Owen Marshall.

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by Anonymousreply 385July 24, 2021 3:18 PM

Peter Barton

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by Anonymousreply 386July 24, 2021 3:21 PM

Peter Barton is MAGA. F*** him.

by Anonymousreply 387July 24, 2021 3:29 PM

R363 I would love to see Scruples. She was not who I pictured as Billie Eikhorn, but she did fine.

by Anonymousreply 388July 24, 2021 4:29 PM

R385 Wasn’t James Aubrey the inspiration for Jackie Susann’s The Love Machine? I had to go look up a picture of him, just to see what was so dropdead sexy/powerful. Imagine your nickname being The Smiling Cobra, geez.

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by Anonymousreply 389July 24, 2021 4:38 PM

Yes, James Aubrey was the inspiration for Robin Stone in The Love Machine.

It's a great book btw. It's very informative about how the tv industry worked at the time. Jackie Susann knew her stuff.

by Anonymousreply 390July 24, 2021 4:50 PM

Tisha Sterling

by Anonymousreply 391July 24, 2021 4:57 PM

Tisa Farrow

by Anonymousreply 392July 24, 2021 5:00 PM

r385 Didn't her father dismantle the MGM backlots and sell them off for scrap?

by Anonymousreply 393July 24, 2021 5:26 PM

R391 Her book was a hot mess. Terrible editing but some good stories. But the stuff on Ann was good including one incredibly fucked up story about how Ann "adopted" a boy when the boy was around 7 or 8—a little kid from a big, poor family—but the kid's parents came to the house and took him back a year later.

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by Anonymousreply 394July 24, 2021 5:33 PM

Most of the cast from FLAMINGO ROAD

by Anonymousreply 395July 24, 2021 6:02 PM

Pissy Gold

by Anonymousreply 396July 24, 2021 6:06 PM

Inspired by this thread, I went down a Skye Aubrey rabbit hole. Skye died last December. I ended up reading about her daughter, Anastasia Salkind, a painter. Anastasia writes in her Saatchi Art bio: "My early life was like a movie, a lot of movies actually. My godmother is Liza Minnelli. My maternal grandmother, Phyllis Thaxter, has a star on Hollywood Boulevard, and my paternal great grandfather produced the first Greta Garbo movie. My stepmother, Jane, is Charlie Chaplin’s daughter and the granddaughter of Eugene O’Neill. Many books and articles have been written about James Aubrey, “The Smiling Cobra,” president of CBS and later MGM, who was responsible for television shows like “Leave It To Beaver,” “The Beverly Hillbillies,” and “Gilligan’s Island.” He was also my grandfather. And my parents? Well, my dad and his father produced the Superman films with Christopher Reeve. My life has been full of wonderful surprises and consistent creative madness." Doesn't mention Skye, oh well.

Imagine growing up with all those connections though. She doesn't seem jaded about it, as so many showbiz kids do.

by Anonymousreply 397July 24, 2021 6:10 PM

Leslie Bega

Khrystine Haje

Tannis Vallely

Jeanetta Arnette

Tracy Wells

Rob Stone

Andrea Elson

Max Wright

Alley Mills

Dan Lauria

Joanna Kerns

Ellen Travolta

by Anonymousreply 398July 24, 2021 6:25 PM

What about the old bitch on the waltons?

by Anonymousreply 399July 24, 2021 6:28 PM

Many years ago I saw Lindsey Wagner was on an early Graham Norton show. She seemed so uncomfortable, she just didn't get the camp silliness of the show.

by Anonymousreply 400July 24, 2021 8:03 PM

Stepfanie Kramer

Charlene Tilton

Jeff Cohen

And lest we forget...the star of international stage and screen who no one in the USA heard of in the 70s/80s...

Rula Lenska!

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by Anonymousreply 401July 24, 2021 8:44 PM

Robey

by Anonymousreply 402July 25, 2021 12:00 AM

Skye Aubrey is the female lead in the 1974 TV Movie The Phantom of Hollywood which was shot at MGM at the time they were demolishing the back lot. It's heartbreaking to see.

by Anonymousreply 403July 25, 2021 2:12 AM

Karen Cellini, who went from being Amanda Carrington to... well, nothing.

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by Anonymousreply 404July 25, 2021 2:24 AM

[quote] Andrea Elson

You remember her but me you forget?

by Anonymousreply 405July 25, 2021 2:44 AM

Anne, we forgot you while the show was still airing.

by Anonymousreply 406July 25, 2021 2:56 AM

[quote]Sarah Purcell

I always get her confused with Mrs. Neil Simon

Mei and Kei (Pink Lady}

Zina Bethune

Season Hubley

Kent McCord

Ricky Segall

Andrew and David (Andy Williams's nephews) Gunnar and Matthew (Ricky Nelson's sons)

Marc Copage

Lulu Roman

Lydia Cornell

France Joli

by Anonymousreply 407July 25, 2021 5:11 AM

Christine Belford, who guested on pretty much every tv series at one time or another.

by Anonymousreply 408July 25, 2021 5:14 AM

R407 Mei and Kei (and Jeff) were such a moment. Lydia Cornell turned up some years back on Curb Your Enthusiasm…as a bra sales lady helpin Larry. France Joli I loved…people thought she was Donna Summer at the time. Dolores on The Real Housewives of New Jersey recently name-checked her, saying something like “All I wanted to do tonight was have a glass of wine, put on some France Joli, and relax,” as if she was talking about Adele or even Whitney Houston or yea, even Donna Summer, which is so perfect because Dolores is frozen in 1979.

by Anonymousreply 409July 25, 2021 5:22 AM

Pinku Raydee

by Anonymousreply 410July 25, 2021 5:25 AM

R277 Charles Rocket really went for the jugular. “Rocket, 56, whose real name was Charles Claverie, was found dead in a field near his home in Canterbury on Oct 7. His throat had been cut, the medical examiner said.”

by Anonymousreply 411July 25, 2021 6:06 AM

Henrietta Pussycat

by Anonymousreply 412July 25, 2021 1:15 PM

Speed Buggy

by Anonymousreply 413July 25, 2021 1:53 PM

Lucille Benson

by Anonymousreply 414July 25, 2021 2:53 PM

Sheree North

by Anonymousreply 415July 25, 2021 2:55 PM

Gretchen Corbett who played Beth on The Rockford Files.

by Anonymousreply 416July 25, 2021 3:49 PM

R393 I thought Kirk Kerkorian was head of MGM at the time the back lot was sold off?

by Anonymousreply 417July 25, 2021 5:08 PM

Poor Charles Rocket. He was a good villain in Dumb and Dumber, I’ll never forget him for that.

by Anonymousreply 418July 25, 2021 5:29 PM

C. Thomas Howell

Vincent Spano

by Anonymousreply 419July 25, 2021 5:38 PM

r417 Kerkorian hired Aubrey. Kerkorian just looked at the P&L statement and didn't care what it took to turn a profit...Aubrey was responsible for the day-to-day operations.

"Kerkorian immediately installed former CBS president James T. Aubrey (1918–1994) to run the studio, with instructions to cut costs and reduce output. One result was MGM's successful run of low-budget "blaxploitation" films, notably Shaft (1970) and its various sequels and television spinoffs. But soon Aubrey began to dismantle the studio, auctioning off a treasure trove of memorabilia and archival material, and selling the MGM backlot for real-estate development. The most drastic move came in 1973, the year that Kerkorian opened his MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas (then the largest hotel in the world), when Aubrey sold MGM's distribution operation to United Artists, which had been acquired in 1967 by Transamerica, and announced that MGM would produce only a few pictures per year."

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by Anonymousreply 420July 25, 2021 6:40 PM

R415 I liked Sheree. She was a working actress who should have been bigger. She was a pretty good dancer who added some life to the otherwise flaccid "Living It Up." She was treated horribly by Fox who persisted in using her as a threat to Marilyn Monroe (eg "you can be replaced") and putting her with Betty Grable in the awful "How to Be Very Very Popular" when Monroe turned it down. The studio was trying to recreate the spark of "How to Marry a Millionaire," but audiences weren't buying it. Betty Grable—the blonde that had helped carry Fox through the war years had been gradually treated like shit by Fox as Monroe came up in the ranks—was so done with Fox after the experience she never made a picture again. North was in over her head with musical comedy and while Fox continued to push her (Life Magazine cover, etc.) the public never embraced her and she was dropped by the studio. North managed to recreate herself as a stage actress (she was in the original run of "I Can Get it for You Wholesale" on Broadway with Barbara Streisand and Elliot Gould) but had a rough go of it in the 1960s. She did fairly well on TV in the 70s doing a lot of TV movies and was especially spicy as Lou Grant's girlfriend on The Mary Tyler Moore Show but she fizzled out...except for a brief turn as Kramer's mom on Seinfeld.

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by Anonymousreply 421July 25, 2021 7:22 PM

[quote]She did fairly well on TV in the 70s doing a lot of TV movies and was especially spicy as Lou Grant's girlfriend on The Mary Tyler Moore Show but she fizzled out...except for a brief turn as Kramer's mom on Seinfeld.

Excuse me?

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by Anonymousreply 422July 25, 2021 7:36 PM

Sheree on the cover of LIFE.

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by Anonymousreply 423July 25, 2021 7:38 PM

r422 !!!

by Anonymousreply 424July 25, 2021 7:43 PM

R421, Poor Sheree. Fox lost interest in her after they signed another gal to go toe-to-toe with Marilyn... the incomparable Miss Jayne Mansfield.

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by Anonymousreply 425July 25, 2021 7:46 PM

Barbara Sharma

Susan Blanchard

Lee Purcell

by Anonymousreply 426July 25, 2021 7:48 PM

R426 I'll take your Barbara Sharma, Susan Blanchard, and Lee Purcell and raise you Barbara Luna, Mari Blanchard, and Leigh Taylor-Young.

by Anonymousreply 427July 25, 2021 8:11 PM

Leigh McCloskey, John Beck, and Lois Chiles

by Anonymousreply 428July 25, 2021 8:53 PM

So Sheree North was a forgotten star of the 70s and 80s?

by Anonymousreply 429July 25, 2021 9:31 PM

R429 “Forgotten Stars… (I’m in my) 70s or 80s”

by Anonymousreply 430July 25, 2021 9:41 PM

Didn't Sheree North also play a temptress on All in the Family?

by Anonymousreply 431July 25, 2021 10:06 PM

Sheree shows up a lot on late night TV reruns, she really did the cop show circuit in the 70s.

by Anonymousreply 432July 25, 2021 11:06 PM

Lois Chiles was gorgeous

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by Anonymousreply 433July 26, 2021 12:34 AM

I thought Linden Chiles was a babe. He was everywhere in the 70s & 80s.

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by Anonymousreply 434July 26, 2021 2:39 AM

@376

Danny Pintauro sold me crystal meth, but at least I gave him the clap in return!

by Anonymousreply 435July 26, 2021 4:38 AM

R419, Vincent Spano! Good one. I forgot about him. I remember there was some movie with him that was always on HBO, where he had a shower scene. I was a gayling and liked it VERY MUCH.

by Anonymousreply 436July 26, 2021 5:05 AM

R421 I'm watching Family, which aired when I was a child, and she played the grandfather's new squeeze with a past. She sang and looked like a knockout.

by Anonymousreply 437July 26, 2021 10:56 AM

R433 Lois’s husband Richard Gilder recently died. He ws a major philanthropist and…a billionaire.

“Richard Gilder, a billionaire investor and benefactor who was instrumental in revitalizing two neglected exemplars of American democracy — the study of American history and Central Park — died on Tuesday at his home in Charlottesville, Va. He was 87. His wife, the actress Lois Chiles, said the cause was congestive heart failure.“

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by Anonymousreply 438July 26, 2021 8:32 PM

Fabio

by Anonymousreply 439July 26, 2021 9:38 PM

Jennifer Warren.

by Anonymousreply 440July 26, 2021 10:04 PM

Jennifer Warnes

by Anonymousreply 441July 26, 2021 10:06 PM

[quote]R438 His wife, the actress Lois Chiles, said the cause was “congestive heart failure.“

She would say that.

#FollowTheMoney

by Anonymousreply 442July 26, 2021 10:53 PM

Well, now we know why Lois Chiles has never needed to do the autograph circuit.

by Anonymousreply 443July 26, 2021 11:02 PM

What is Vincent Spano up to these days?

by Anonymousreply 444July 26, 2021 11:39 PM

R444, He is an acting coach.

by Anonymousreply 445July 26, 2021 11:48 PM

Keith Gordon (with Nancy Allen in Dressed To Kill)

Christopher Collet (The Manhattan Project)

Michael Shoeffling (16 Candles)

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by Anonymousreply 446July 27, 2021 1:47 AM

That Australian cunt who showed up on Facts of Life towards the end.

by Anonymousreply 447July 27, 2021 3:52 AM

Chris Makepeace

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by Anonymousreply 448July 27, 2021 6:04 PM

Lee Curreri

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by Anonymousreply 449July 27, 2021 6:06 PM

Jameson Parker

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by Anonymousreply 450July 27, 2021 6:07 PM

Brenda Vacarro

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by Anonymousreply 451July 27, 2021 6:10 PM

We watched Meatballs recently and I never realized how elfin Chris Makepeace was.

by Anonymousreply 452July 27, 2021 9:45 PM

R446 I chatted with Michael Schoeffling in an AOL Chatroom in probably 1995. It was not a gay room; it may have had to do with carpentry or home renovations. At the time he was living (I think) somewhere in New England, maybe Vermont, and he was doing furniture making / home building. He struck me only as someone who was bored and was connecting with people online, like a lot of people in the pre-Internet Explorer and pre-Netscape days of AOL and Prodigy. At some point what he had done for a living prior to carpentry came up and of course I remembered Jake in 16 Candles. He was nice but a little dull and in retrospect he was probably looking for some leads for his carpentry business.

by Anonymousreply 453July 27, 2021 9:53 PM

R451 She popped up as Al Pacino's wife in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" in a "blink and you'll miss her" moment.

by Anonymousreply 454July 27, 2021 9:56 PM

Heather Thomas

by Anonymousreply 455July 27, 2021 10:41 PM

Teresa Saldana

by Anonymousreply 456July 27, 2021 10:42 PM

Jennifer Warren had an excruciating love scene with Gene Hackman in Night Moves and played the coded lesbian best friend of MTM in First You Cry.

by Anonymousreply 457July 29, 2021 2:41 PM

Many are deceased. The rest are quite old.

by Anonymousreply 458July 29, 2021 2:44 PM

[quote] Didn't Sheree North also play a temptress on All in the Family?

Yes. She played a drunken floozy who tried to get into Archie's pants.

by Anonymousreply 459July 29, 2021 3:23 PM

Speaking of Sheree North, I remember watching a movie with my mom on Dialing For Dollars as a kid called The Lieutenant Wore Skirts, a Frank Tashlin comedy where she's married to Tom Ewell. He's a Hollywood screenwriter who has to go back in the service, so she joins up, too. He flunks his physical. or something, and she's now in the service and he's just tagging along. I think he tries to get her out on a Section 8, tries to drive her crazy a la Charles Boyer/Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight. Iirc, he puts crumbled potato chips in her cold cream, for ex. My mom and I referred to this scene every once in a while when it seemed someone was trying to drive one of us crazy. Rita Moreno was also in it, and Rick Jason. Not a great movie, but Sheree and Tom were great, she was gorgeous, and she should have had a better career at Fox.

by Anonymousreply 460July 29, 2021 3:49 PM

The first time I heard of Sheree North was when she was on the short-lived TV series from the 70s called "Big Eddie"

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by Anonymousreply 461July 29, 2021 3:57 PM

Chris Burke

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by Anonymousreply 462July 29, 2021 4:02 PM

Charlie Schlatter.

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by Anonymousreply 463July 29, 2021 4:13 PM

R460 I never saw that but I love Frank Tashlin movies and that cast. Rick Jason was sexy. Btw: In the porn star Al Parker's biography, Al is quoted as saying that one of the first photographers he went to see in the mid-1970s also served as a sort of pimp and set up a client meeting between Al Parker and...Tom Ewell...whom Al refers to as (I'm paraphrasing here) "lascivious, liver-spotted, and decrepit."

by Anonymousreply 464July 29, 2021 4:22 PM

R464 Thanks for that info. Poor Tom was not looking good in the 70s. I love Tashlin movies, too, I'm particularly fond of Susan Slept Here.

by Anonymousreply 465July 29, 2021 4:43 PM

R461, the first time I heard of Sheree was when she was on the short-lived '80s TV series "I'm a Big Girl Now."

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by Anonymousreply 466July 31, 2021 6:37 AM

R466 Wow! That has to be the most dreadful TV theme song ever.

by Anonymousreply 467July 31, 2021 3:08 PM

R467, Yes. Simply awful.

by Anonymousreply 468July 31, 2021 3:49 PM

Karen Valentine

by Anonymousreply 469August 1, 2021 1:39 AM

Karen Valentine deserved a better career she was adorable and could act.

by Anonymousreply 470August 1, 2021 3:20 AM

R466 I had to go down the rabbit hole of reading about this show…First, the child actress who played her kid is D-E-A-D. Died at 45.

Then this…”I'm a Big Girl Now" ran 17 episodes on ABC's Friday night schedule, right after "Benson.” Canova had just finished three seasons as one of the stars of ABC's "Soap," and the producers of that show rewarded her by giving her a series of her own. One of those producers was Tony Thomas, son of Danny Thomas - hence Danny's participation. Canova's character worked at a think tank - her stern boss was played by Sheree North, and her wacky co-worker was played by Martin Short. Short once explained that halfway through the series the producers decided to change Canova's job to a newspaper reporter, thinking that would give them more interesting plots... but they didn't want to fire the supporting cast, so North and Short's characters now worked at the newspaper too. It was that kind of show.”

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by Anonymousreply 471August 1, 2021 5:06 AM

Jimmy Baio…Scott’s cousin…who was part of the large ensemble on “Soap”:and big in Tiger Beat. I have no idea if he is MAGA like his cuz. He keeps an extremely low profile, but I did find this, which is circa 2017/Jimmy at 55.

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by Anonymousreply 472August 1, 2021 5:18 AM

I think most of these blasts from the past are forgotten today, at least by younger generations: Barry Newman, Arlene Galonka, Herschel Bernardi, Shelley Hack, Bert Convy, Gil Girard, Lola Falana, Lloyd Haynes, Sam Melville, Lynda Day George, Bo Svensen, Dirk and Dack Rambo, Audrey and Judy Landers, Lance Kerwin, Jack Wild, Jimmy McNichol, Susan Blakely, Susan Anton, Adrienne Barbeau, Cathy Lee Crosby.

by Anonymousreply 473August 1, 2021 1:25 PM

R448 is Chris Makepeace gay?

by Anonymousreply 474August 1, 2021 1:34 PM

Lori Singer

by Anonymousreply 475August 1, 2021 2:00 PM

R475 And the Lori-esque Antonia Franceschi from Fame

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by Anonymousreply 476August 1, 2021 2:35 PM

R473 Of all, I think Carol / Adrienne Barbeau is the most remembered because she is something of a scream queen (although never the “damsel in distress” type) and she still does some TV…she popped up a couple of weeks ago Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Stories.

by Anonymousreply 477August 1, 2021 2:53 PM

Vickie Lawrence

by Anonymousreply 478August 2, 2021 4:38 AM

Ann Turkel a whore? Ann comes from a wealthy NYC family, she made her own money as a top model in the late 1960s and 1970s. Ann was photographed by the top photographers of the day, such as Lord Patrick Lichfield. She married Richard Harris, after their divorce they remained close friends.

Never heard anything bad about Ann. Where do some of you get this crap?

by Anonymousreply 479August 2, 2021 4:54 AM

Actress Persis Khambatta was not forgotten, her careered ended because she died of a massive heart attack at only 49.

by Anonymousreply 480August 2, 2021 4:57 AM

[quote]Vickie Lawrence

Vicki (no e at the end) can still be seen in reruns of "Mama's Family" and "The Carol Burnett Show" and was in a sitcom called "The Cool Kids" that ran on Fox for one season in 2018-2019. Not forgotten.

by Anonymousreply 481August 2, 2021 5:17 AM

Adrienne Barbeau Barbara Sharma Nancy Dussault La6

by Anonymousreply 482August 2, 2021 6:01 AM

We haven’t even as much mentioned, let alone celebrated the incomparable Nina Talbot! She was a mainstay in the 60s,70s, and even right up until the mid-80s, with her appearance in “Night Shift,” starring Henry Winkler & Shelley Long.

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by Anonymousreply 483August 2, 2021 6:32 AM

[quote]the incomparable Nina Talbot!

Nita Talbot worked even more than Nina.

by Anonymousreply 484August 2, 2021 6:38 AM

[quote] the incomparable Nina Talbot!

Obviously I meant NITA TALBOT.

by Anonymousreply 485August 2, 2021 6:38 AM

Night Shift was the early 80s.

by Anonymousreply 486August 2, 2021 6:39 AM

I like Ann Turkel. She seems to be part of a clique of 1970s Hollywood glamour girls right out of a Jackie Collins novel, always lunching in Beverly Hills etc. She’s on Instagram, posts once in a while. Here’s an epic group from awhile back, including Alana Stewart, Jaclyn Smith, and Raquel Welch. I find it amusing that Ann didn’t bother with the caption. Joan Collins seems to be part of this social circle as well.

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by Anonymousreply 487August 2, 2021 11:48 AM

R487 Epic post!

by Anonymousreply 488August 2, 2021 11:53 AM

Thanks R488. I’m afraid it does date me, but oh well.

by Anonymousreply 489August 2, 2021 11:57 AM

R483- She appeared in one of the VERY last episodes of Bewitched in 1972. Her son was harassing Tabitha and she turns him into a toad.

by Anonymousreply 490August 2, 2021 12:24 PM

Didn’t she play Boots on an episode of Charlie’s Angels where she dated Bosley?

by Anonymousreply 491August 2, 2021 12:53 PM

Lois Chiles. One of the few jet setting model/actresses who was talentless yet completely watchable.

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by Anonymousreply 492August 2, 2021 1:11 PM

I thought Lois Chiles was very good in The Way We Were. Or effective anyway.

by Anonymousreply 493August 2, 2021 1:22 PM

R492 R493 I liked Lois, too. Spicy and sophisticated, just like you’d expect a girl from an oil family to be. Incidentally, Lois is alive and well and still counting her money from her husband’s recent death.

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by Anonymousreply 494August 2, 2021 1:30 PM

Madonna

by Anonymousreply 495August 2, 2021 1:35 PM

Lois Chiles is not good in Death on the Nile, nor is she a good Jordan Baker. However, I like her and I like watching her. Same with Marisa Berenson.

by Anonymousreply 496August 2, 2021 1:41 PM

[quote]I like Ann Turkel. She seems to be part of a clique of 1970s Hollywood glamour girls right out of a Jackie Collins novel, always lunching in Beverly Hills etc. She’s on Instagram, posts once in a while. Here’s an epic group from awhile back, including Alana Stewart, Jaclyn Smith, and Raquel Welch. I find it amusing that Ann didn’t bother with the caption. Joan Collins seems to be part of this social circle as well.

I was sick that day.

by Anonymousreply 497August 2, 2021 1:52 PM

Lois Chiles redeemed herself in the 80s with a season-long arc on Dallas, the hit-and-run story in Creepshow 2, and a supporting role in Broadcast News.

by Anonymousreply 498August 2, 2021 2:09 PM

R487 here, to add that Carole Bayer Sager pops up in this group of gals on Instagram too. It's a hoot to follow them.

by Anonymousreply 499August 2, 2021 2:29 PM

Doug Henning

Ali MacGraw

Stephanie Zimbalist

by Anonymousreply 500August 2, 2021 2:41 PM

Facelifts are ugly.

by Anonymousreply 501August 2, 2021 2:51 PM

Raquel Welch's film career fizzled out after being fired from Cannery Row though I believe she got a nice settlement. Raquel was never as big in the 70s as Barbra or Faye or later Jane Fonda but she had a following.

by Anonymousreply 502August 2, 2021 3:02 PM

ABC really seemed to be pushing Melinda Naud for a couple of years in the Disco-era 70s.

Googled her after this fun thread, this news was an eyebrow-raiser. Wayne Rogers?!

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by Anonymousreply 503August 2, 2021 3:03 PM

I loved Raquel’s’ 80s dance album.

by Anonymousreply 504August 2, 2021 3:05 PM

Jennifer Darling

by Anonymousreply 505August 2, 2021 3:08 PM

Peter Breck

by Anonymousreply 506August 2, 2021 3:12 PM

[quote]Vicki (no e at the end) can still be seen in reruns of "Mama's Family" and "The Carol Burnett Show" and was in a sitcom called "The Cool Kids" that ran on Fox for one season in 2018-2019. Not forgotten.

I'm sure some people have forgotten her and don't watch reruns or GetTV or whatever. Forgotten is relative. I mean Lyle Waggoner is also seen in reruns of the Carol Burnett Show and so is Paul Sand, I guess...

by Anonymousreply 507August 2, 2021 3:50 PM

Contrary to popular belief, Erin Gray could act her way out of a paper bag, as long as it was from Bloomie's:

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by Anonymousreply 508August 2, 2021 3:52 PM

Christopher Norris, star of Mrs. And Mrs. Bo Jo Jones. I guess Desi Jr. would be a forgotten star of that period too if he wasn't the offspring of Desilu.

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by Anonymousreply 509August 2, 2021 3:53 PM

How is it possible that Lucy was the worst singer in the Ball/Arnaz marriage?

Call for Philip Morris!

by Anonymousreply 510August 2, 2021 3:54 PM

[quote]R498 Lois is alive and well and still counting her money from her husband’s recent death.

The authorities may have something to say about that. She’s not out of the woods just yet.

by Anonymousreply 511August 2, 2021 4:23 PM

Lois also played a killer on "Hart to Hart." She was knocking off supermodels as I recall and later went after Jennifer.

by Anonymousreply 512August 2, 2021 5:11 PM

Melinda Naud was the Lindsay Price of her time!

by Anonymousreply 513August 2, 2021 5:12 PM

Wasn't Christopher Norris on Trapper John and constantly overshadowed by Lorna Luft?

by Anonymousreply 514August 2, 2021 7:39 PM

I don't think they overlapped, r514; Norris left the series after season 6 and Luft joined at the start of season 7.

by Anonymousreply 515August 2, 2021 7:41 PM

Lorna Luft was in Trapper John, MD? Damn, I totally forgot about that. Must have been too busy looking at Gregory Harrison.

by Anonymousreply 516August 2, 2021 8:08 PM

[quote] Wasn't Christopher Norris on Trapper John and constantly overshadowed by Lorna Luft?

Don't remind me.

by Anonymousreply 517August 2, 2021 8:27 PM

Re Erin Grey, Ann Turkel, Veronica Hamel and many of the other women mentioned here were fashion models.

It appears many of you don't realize a lot of these 'actresses' started as well paid, fairly well-known fashion models. Most modeled in VOGUE and other important fashion magazines. Others did ad campaigns and commercials for well known fragrances and cosmetic brands.

Most had very successful modeling careers yet, for some reason, transitioned to acting. Some proved to be quite good actresses, while others were terrible.

Veronica in VOGUE. She found acting success in 'Hill Street Blues'.

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by Anonymousreply 518August 2, 2021 8:27 PM

Lois Chiles is weird in Death on the Nile; her line readings are brittle and arch, and I'm not sure I believe she's a real human being, but when I see other versions of the work, I find myself realizing Chiles (or how she was directed) made it much more believable that any of these people would kill her because she's such a haughty bitch, but also that she was a romantic underneath (ergo why Simon would be so besotted, supposedly, with her).

TL:dr Lois Chiles is not a great actor, but I think she took direction well, and always seems to contribute to a work making sense (particularly in Moonraker, which is a stupid film, but our incredulity at Dr. Holly Goodhead is not the same as Denise Richards as Dr. Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough; one actually seems like she could be a doctor).

by Anonymousreply 519August 2, 2021 8:27 PM

Starting as a model is no impediment to a successful acting career.

by Anonymousreply 520August 2, 2021 8:29 PM

Agreed, r519. Chiles had stiff line readings in Moonraker, but you never for a minute doubt that Holly is an astrophysicist. She carries herself with authority.

by Anonymousreply 521August 2, 2021 8:45 PM

[quote]R2 Veronica in VOGUE. She found acting success in 'Hill Street Blues'.

That’s my favorite modeling shot of Hamel. She was [italic]very[/italic] successful and did tons of ads in addition to fashion.

Her first acting job was playing a model in KLUTE.

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by Anonymousreply 522August 2, 2021 9:10 PM

[quote]Starting as a model is no impediment to a successful acting career.

No one posted it was an impediment, do you have reading comprehension problems?

My post was in response to some idiot in this thread calling Anna Turkel a "whore". That moron likely had no idea Ann had been a very successful fashion model before becoming an actress, Ann was an in-demand glamorous high fashion model, she was able to support herself. Ann sure wasn't a call girl.

These days, way too many DL posters don't come armed with facts, just their lame opinions.

Many former models ended up great actresses and even won Oscars, Faye Dunaway is one obvious example.

by Anonymousreply 523August 2, 2021 11:40 PM

R520 Oh?

by Anonymousreply 524August 2, 2021 11:54 PM

r524 Naomi: Fuck Off.

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by Anonymousreply 525August 2, 2021 11:57 PM

The Lady Jenkins, Miss Gayle Hunnicutt

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by Anonymousreply 526August 3, 2021 12:53 AM

I love Gayle Hunnicutt. She had movie star looks and charisma and should have been way bigger than she was.

by Anonymousreply 527August 3, 2021 12:55 AM

[quote]Many are deceased. The rest are quite old.

And some are still known but for different things. Melanie Chartoff and Erin Gray were mentioned upthread. 90's kids know her from voicing Tommy Pickles' mom on "Rugrats" and Gray is in management signing up other has been celebs for the convention circuit.

by Anonymousreply 528August 3, 2021 1:06 AM

[quote]And some are still known but for different things. Melanie Chartoff and Erin Gray were mentioned upthread. 90's kids know her from voicing Tommy Pickles' mom on "Rugrats" and Gray is in management signing up other has been celebs for the convention circuit.

And they're forgotten stars. Though that's interesting, I appreciate your sharing this info.

by Anonymousreply 529August 3, 2021 2:50 AM

Lois Chiles is so awful in The Way We Were she must have been sleeping with Ray Stark or Sydney Pollack.

by Anonymousreply 530August 3, 2021 4:11 AM

Jesus Fucking Christ r523, calm down.

by Anonymousreply 531August 3, 2021 4:21 AM

Jessica Lange was a model too remember.

by Anonymousreply 532August 3, 2021 6:06 AM

Gayle Hunnicutt and her late husband, British actor David Hemmings, made such an attractive couple.

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by Anonymousreply 533August 3, 2021 11:59 AM

This is what David Hemmings turned into before his death.

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by Anonymousreply 534August 3, 2021 12:01 PM

David Hemmings' eyebrows have their own Zip code in that unfortunate photo.

by Anonymousreply 535August 3, 2021 5:04 PM

After his death he looked even worse

by Anonymousreply 536August 3, 2021 5:57 PM

Polly Bergen in Cry Baby.

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by Anonymousreply 537August 3, 2021 6:16 PM

Lois Chiles in Dallas

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by Anonymousreply 538August 3, 2021 6:17 PM

Season Hubley and Wings Hauser

Both terrific in the camp classic "Vice Squad".

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by Anonymousreply 539August 3, 2021 6:37 PM

The names are getting increasingly obscure!

by Anonymousreply 540August 3, 2021 6:59 PM

So if Polly Bergen was a star of the 70s and 80s so was Frank Sinatra, I guess.

by Anonymousreply 541August 3, 2021 7:06 PM

But nobody forgets Frank.

by Anonymousreply 542August 3, 2021 7:30 PM

R541, she did star in one of the most popular miniseries of the era:

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by Anonymousreply 543August 3, 2021 7:36 PM

Joan Severance and Patti D’Arbanville

by Anonymousreply 544August 3, 2021 8:11 PM

Who knew Lois Chiles had such obsessive fans! Or is it ONE fan obsessively posting about her?

by Anonymousreply 545August 3, 2021 8:11 PM

Kim Greist

by Anonymousreply 546August 3, 2021 8:12 PM

I was a child during the broadcast of Winds of War. My mom was glued to the TV.

by Anonymousreply 547August 3, 2021 9:44 PM

R530 She was the mistress of William Paley, head of CBS.

by Anonymousreply 548August 3, 2021 11:41 PM

Scientologist Joan Prather

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by Anonymousreply 549August 3, 2021 11:44 PM

Ali McGraw, who was possibly the worst actress of her era.

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by Anonymousreply 550August 3, 2021 11:48 PM

More of the terrible Ali MacGraw...

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by Anonymousreply 551August 3, 2021 11:57 PM

Aw, I liked Ali as Jennifer Cavilleri. She played stuck up well.

by Anonymousreply 552August 4, 2021 12:03 AM

I knew Ali McGraw was a terrible actress, and yet I liked her anyway.

by Anonymousreply 553August 4, 2021 12:43 AM

Wow, R546, Kim Greist — revisited “Brazil” a few days ago, and was reminded what an odd choice she was for the film. At the time of filming, she had only “C.H.U.D.” to her credit and was cast over more experienced actresses like Ellen Barkin. She isn’t much of an actress — I don’t know what Gilliam saw in her.

by Anonymousreply 554August 4, 2021 1:21 AM

Gilliam came to regret casting Greist and wound up cutting her out of a good portion of the film, he was so dissatisfied with her performance. They also did not get along, and it's been said Greist was a terror on the set.

by Anonymousreply 555August 4, 2021 4:02 AM

Ali MacGraw is indeed a rancid actress, but if you want to see someone even worse, look no further than this thread fave Ann Turkel. Had anyone charged Richard Harris with necrophilia during his marriage to Turkel, he very likely would have been convicted.

by Anonymousreply 556August 4, 2021 4:06 AM

Kent McCord

by Anonymousreply 557August 4, 2021 4:09 AM

Bo Derek

by Anonymousreply 558August 4, 2021 4:22 AM

William Devane--he was in Family Plot and Marathon Man, but then kind of disappeared, didn't he?

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by Anonymousreply 559August 4, 2021 4:26 AM

R1 Maren Jensen's last film was at Wes craven horror flick Deadly Blessing. Or Sharon Stone had a real spider going to her mouth. Don't worry, it was defanged

They all look radiant in this picture.

But Sharon flashed her meat curtains, and the rest is history

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by Anonymousreply 560August 4, 2021 4:28 AM

[quote] William Devane--he was in Family Plot and Marathon Man, but then kind of disappeared, didn't he?

Ummm... no.

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by Anonymousreply 561August 4, 2021 5:01 AM

R559 you’re looking to rile up the knots fans, eh?

by Anonymousreply 562August 4, 2021 5:29 AM

William Devane was a poor man's Jack Nicholson.

by Anonymousreply 563August 4, 2021 5:32 AM

Maren Jensen now. She's an old lady.

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by Anonymousreply 564August 4, 2021 6:53 AM

That woman doesn't look a thing like Maren Jensen.

by Anonymousreply 565August 4, 2021 7:29 AM

William Devane also played JFK in The Missiles Of October, on TV, which everyone watched (Martin Sheen played RFK). He was also in the movie, Yanks. about US servicemen in an English town during WWII. In the film he played a Yank officer who had an affair with an upper crust woman played by Vanessa Redgrave. Richard Gere and Lisa Eichhorn played a more middle class couple. I agree about Devane being forgotten because he starred in films and seemed to be on the verge of real stardom. Not exactly a household name now (unlike Sheen, Redgrave, or Gere). Lisa Eichhorn never became a star, either.

by Anonymousreply 566August 4, 2021 12:41 PM

Everyone who watches Mesothelioma channels knows Bill Devane because he's ubiquitous on stations with his extended commercials selling gold.

by Anonymousreply 567August 4, 2021 1:35 PM

R564 That's not Maren Jensen

by Anonymousreply 568August 4, 2021 2:02 PM

[quote]Everyone who watches Mesothelioma channels knows Bill Devane because he's ubiquitous on stations with his extended commercials selling gold.

Reall? I 've watched those channels and never seen Devane.

On a related note -- have you noticed that there don't seem to be any more mesothelioma ads? Is it because the settlement time expired? Or have they just run out of victims of this "rare disease?"

Now it seems like 90% of the ads are for scammy Medicare stuff or drugs for your dog.

by Anonymousreply 569August 4, 2021 5:20 PM

R569, not sure, I only watch the channels when I'm at my parents (not because I'm young, but I live abroad) and when I was home last I recall seeing tons of William Devane and tons of Tom Selleck and his coopting of Faye's 'This ain't my first time at the rodeo line'

by Anonymousreply 570August 4, 2021 7:36 PM

Dianne Kay

by Anonymousreply 571August 4, 2021 9:48 PM

William R Moses

by Anonymousreply 572August 4, 2021 9:52 PM

Cathy Moriarty

by Anonymousreply 573August 4, 2021 9:55 PM

Keith Gordon

by Anonymousreply 574August 4, 2021 9:55 PM

Sally Ann Howes

by Anonymousreply 575August 4, 2021 9:57 PM

Trini Alvarado

by Anonymousreply 576August 4, 2021 9:58 PM

William Katt

by Anonymousreply 577August 4, 2021 10:11 PM

Matthew and Patrick Labyorteaux

by Anonymousreply 578August 4, 2021 10:17 PM

K.C. Martel

by Anonymousreply 579August 4, 2021 10:18 PM

[quote]Sally Ann Howes

More like a star of the '50s. She took over for Julie Andrews in "My Fair Lady."

by Anonymousreply 580August 5, 2021 12:58 AM

James Houghton and Kim Lankford

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by Anonymousreply 581August 5, 2021 2:13 AM

R571 r572 r577 r578 Battle of the Network Stars

by Anonymousreply 582August 5, 2021 2:16 AM

R581 Ginger and Kenny were so groovy

by Anonymousreply 583August 5, 2021 2:17 AM

R9- HER KNEES! God's nightgown!

by Anonymousreply 584August 5, 2021 3:01 AM

Scott Colomby. So fucking hot, dated Valerie Bertinelli

by Anonymousreply 585August 5, 2021 3:35 AM

Miss Season Hubley, at R9, was the gal who broke apart David Carradine and Barbara Hershey, after she guest starred on "King Fu." They were engaged for a time, but then she found her way into Kurt Russell's strong arms, and birthed their baby, Boston.

by Anonymousreply 586August 5, 2021 3:42 AM

Val managed to score some world-class cock and then let it slip away. No wonder she ate her feelings. How would you react if Eddie Van Halen dumped you?

by Anonymousreply 587August 5, 2021 4:04 AM

Timothy Hutton!

by Anonymousreply 588August 5, 2021 4:06 AM

R16- NICE COMEUP!

by Anonymousreply 589August 5, 2021 4:07 AM

[quote]Scott Colomby

Wow, this is a great entry on the list. Haven't seen or thought about him in ages. And yes, he was hot.

by Anonymousreply 590August 5, 2021 4:11 AM

OP- Melinda Naud looks like she could be Yasmine Bleeth's mother/sister (another 80's relic). Bet she looks better than Yaz now.

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by Anonymousreply 591August 5, 2021 4:11 AM

OP- She looks like she could be Yasmine Bleeth's mother/sister. Bet she's aged better than Yaz...

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by Anonymousreply 592August 5, 2021 4:12 AM

OP- She looks like she could be Yasmine Bleeth's mother/sister. Bet she's aged better than Yaz...

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by Anonymousreply 593August 5, 2021 4:13 AM

OP- She looks like she could be the mother of Yasmine Bleeth (another relic of the 80's).

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by Anonymousreply 594August 5, 2021 4:15 AM

test

by Anonymousreply 595August 5, 2021 4:15 AM

TEST

by Anonymousreply 596August 5, 2021 4:16 AM

OP- She looks like she could be the mother of Yasmine Bleeth (another relic of the 80's).

by Anonymousreply 597August 5, 2021 4:16 AM

well fuck.

by Anonymousreply 598August 5, 2021 4:18 AM

^^ some day this very public embarrassment will be forgotten… just like the stars from the 70s and 80s.

Take comfort in that.

by Anonymousreply 599August 5, 2021 4:20 AM

This reminds me to Yasmine Bleeth my asshole

by Anonymousreply 600August 5, 2021 4:24 AM

YazB multiposter, you've provided me with a good laugh, so there's that.

by Anonymousreply 601August 5, 2021 4:25 AM

It was a middling—at best—observation. Hardly worthy of such a cacophony of enthusiasm.

by Anonymousreply 602August 5, 2021 4:28 AM
Forgotten stars of the 70s and 80s (2024)
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