A sweet Georgia voice, beauty, and very good acting ability.
I've seen her in many shows and today they played a number of her acting examples on METV in Westerns. I always recognize her when she's in a movie or an episode on TV. Thankfully, her beauty still lives on in films.
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Westerns on METV today with Joanna Moore in each episode
The Jean Lebec Story - Wagon Train
According to Hoyle - Maverick
Showing posts with label actors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label actors. Show all posts
Saturday, April 11, 2020
Sunday, July 7, 2019
Susan Oliver - Actress
Rt. 66
Welcome to Amity
Susan Oliver always plays parts that at some point test her with a wide range of emotional highs and lows, much more so than most acting parts. In this part she plays someone who is firmly fixed on a goal that pits her against everyone in the town in Amity who knew her family. She's in a struggle against the past and the town to move her mother from a pauper's grave to a paid plot that puts her mother in a prominent place. She plays a strong willed and aggrieved young woman who wants to set the past right when it comes to her long dead mother. The story of how and why the town is against the move is held back until the end. She plays an angry and tortured daughter of a mother whom she now only wants to get even by moving her. She wants to be free of her anger and sees this as her only way. While it makes little sense to most when thinking of this situation it made for a strong
"God Willing, I'll be by before I leave, " were her last words. to her aunt. Crying at the graveside she lets go of her anger and says , "poor woman, momma."
It was a sad but emotionally satisfying ending.
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As for Susan Oliver the actress, her beauty is preserved on film long after the ravages of cancer and treatment took her life. She played many parts (128) in her shortened acting career which only accentuate the loss to the art of acting and entertainment.
Welcome to Amity
Susan Oliver always plays parts that at some point test her with a wide range of emotional highs and lows, much more so than most acting parts. In this part she plays someone who is firmly fixed on a goal that pits her against everyone in the town in Amity who knew her family. She's in a struggle against the past and the town to move her mother from a pauper's grave to a paid plot that puts her mother in a prominent place. She plays a strong willed and aggrieved young woman who wants to set the past right when it comes to her long dead mother. The story of how and why the town is against the move is held back until the end. She plays an angry and tortured daughter of a mother whom she now only wants to get even by moving her. She wants to be free of her anger and sees this as her only way. While it makes little sense to most when thinking of this situation it made for a strong
"God Willing, I'll be by before I leave, " were her last words. to her aunt. Crying at the graveside she lets go of her anger and says , "poor woman, momma."
It was a sad but emotionally satisfying ending.
IMDB
As for Susan Oliver the actress, her beauty is preserved on film long after the ravages of cancer and treatment took her life. She played many parts (128) in her shortened acting career which only accentuate the loss to the art of acting and entertainment.
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Sherree North
The Fugitive - The Walls of Night
She plays a waitress and as in any part she plays she is real.
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She plays a waitress and as in any part she plays she is real.
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Saturday, February 9, 2019
Arelene Martel - Beautiful
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Have gun will travel - Richard Boone
Episode - The Princess and the Gunfighter
She always assumed the character and played those parts magically that placed her as a Princess or Royalty.
She passed away in 2014. R.I.P
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Have gun will travel - Richard Boone
Episode - The Princess and the Gunfighter
She always assumed the character and played those parts magically that placed her as a Princess or Royalty.
She passed away in 2014. R.I.P
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
R.I.P. Georgann Johnson
Georgann Johnson IMDB
She played at least two episodes of the fugitive and many other roles where a wholesome and good natured wife fit the part. It's sad to hear of her passing in 2018.
She played at least two episodes of the fugitive and many other roles where a wholesome and good natured wife fit the part. It's sad to hear of her passing in 2018.
Monday, February 4, 2019
R.I.P. Julie Adams
Julie Adams - Creature of the Black Lagoon
I remember her in a number of her best parts and she was fun and very recognizable with her unique personality and intelligence. Her standout early part still brings a smile to many faces as the girl kidnapped by the creature from the black lagoon.
I remember her in a number of her best parts and she was fun and very recognizable with her unique personality and intelligence. Her standout early part still brings a smile to many faces as the girl kidnapped by the creature from the black lagoon.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Gene Hackman - Happy 89th Birthday
Gene Hackman IMDB
He's good, really good. In The Outlaw Josey Wales he played such a menacing part that you could feel the stress that he gave to everyone around him on screen. I remember him in movies going back to when I was a youth and never remember him in a second rate part even though he very often played the supporting role.
His 20 Best Movies
He's good, really good. In The Outlaw Josey Wales he played such a menacing part that you could feel the stress that he gave to everyone around him on screen. I remember him in movies going back to when I was a youth and never remember him in a second rate part even though he very often played the supporting role.
His 20 Best Movies
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Bradford Dillman - R.I.P. 1930-2018
Bradford Dillman - Actor
The Day of the Comet - The Big Valley
I remember him in so many parts over the years that I didn't realize his early years were so productive. Dillman played a great part as Mercer in this struggle for survival as a disgraced Officer from the Civil War who is being hunted down by some of his former company that blames him for their losses.
He is a great actor with a with a place in movies and TV that always had him in trouble, at risk, and appearing unstable or untrustworthy. He played those parts well thanks to a voice, a look, and mannerisms that fit those characters.
Somehow to me he also seemed like a man who could smile and had an intelligence to enjoy his life. I hope it was so.
The Day of the Comet - The Big Valley
I remember him in so many parts over the years that I didn't realize his early years were so productive. Dillman played a great part as Mercer in this struggle for survival as a disgraced Officer from the Civil War who is being hunted down by some of his former company that blames him for their losses.
He is a great actor with a with a place in movies and TV that always had him in trouble, at risk, and appearing unstable or untrustworthy. He played those parts well thanks to a voice, a look, and mannerisms that fit those characters.
Somehow to me he also seemed like a man who could smile and had an intelligence to enjoy his life. I hope it was so.
Friday, December 7, 2018
Antoinette Bower - Actress
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The Case of the Bluffing Blast - Perry Mason
Bower plays the character Linda Blake in this episode and is charged with murder.
I've seen her in many TV shows and in some movies over the decades. She has a distinctive voice and accent that helps her appear very sophisticated and intense and serious.
It is nice to know she's still working.
Probe 7 - Over and Out -The Twilight Zone This episode is from 1963.
It's February 23nd, 2019 and I'm watching METV at 12:30am. It's a great way to find surprises and in this one that I have seen multiple times it's the first time I recognized Antoinette Bower playing the part of the other stranded traveler on a planet where only one other inhabitant by chance is another space castaway played by Richard Basehart. How will it end. I can't remember but if I were to be stranded on a distant planet I think it would have been nice to find her there. As the episode ends they share the forbidden fruit from the tree or that is the symbolism I think they included.
At least the show ended in hope and some dream of happiness rather than loneliness and desolation.
The thing that makes you smile is to imagine that the odds of two humanoids from different planets somehow end up running into each other. Even on our planet the diversity of life has many differences visible from geographic region to another so there is almost no chance of similarity of being from different planets. This is the fun of imagination and make believe as found in film and theatre.
The Case of the Bluffing Blast - Perry Mason
Bower plays the character Linda Blake in this episode and is charged with murder.
I've seen her in many TV shows and in some movies over the decades. She has a distinctive voice and accent that helps her appear very sophisticated and intense and serious.
It is nice to know she's still working.
Probe 7 - Over and Out -The Twilight Zone This episode is from 1963.
It's February 23nd, 2019 and I'm watching METV at 12:30am. It's a great way to find surprises and in this one that I have seen multiple times it's the first time I recognized Antoinette Bower playing the part of the other stranded traveler on a planet where only one other inhabitant by chance is another space castaway played by Richard Basehart. How will it end. I can't remember but if I were to be stranded on a distant planet I think it would have been nice to find her there. As the episode ends they share the forbidden fruit from the tree or that is the symbolism I think they included.
At least the show ended in hope and some dream of happiness rather than loneliness and desolation.
The thing that makes you smile is to imagine that the odds of two humanoids from different planets somehow end up running into each other. Even on our planet the diversity of life has many differences visible from geographic region to another so there is almost no chance of similarity of being from different planets. This is the fun of imagination and make believe as found in film and theatre.
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Janice Rule - Intensity RT 66 A Lance of Straw
A Lance of Straw
The second episode in the first season of Rt66 is an entertaining one with a multiple levels of humor, loyalty, attraction, danger, and emotional turmoil mixed together. Janice Rule plays her part well though at first it is hard to get her accent but she pulls off the hard case attitude very well. More importantly she works well with Martin Milner and George Maharis. She is beautiful in her youth.
I read that she passed away at 72. It makes watching this a bittersweet event and likely right now I'm the only one watching this show planet-wide. If you have a chance it's worth the time to enjoy this now historical artifact of American culture soon long past.
Rt 66 "A Lance of Straw" Cast and Crew
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Janice Rule Wiki
The second episode in the first season of Rt66 is an entertaining one with a multiple levels of humor, loyalty, attraction, danger, and emotional turmoil mixed together. Janice Rule plays her part well though at first it is hard to get her accent but she pulls off the hard case attitude very well. More importantly she works well with Martin Milner and George Maharis. She is beautiful in her youth.
I read that she passed away at 72. It makes watching this a bittersweet event and likely right now I'm the only one watching this show planet-wide. If you have a chance it's worth the time to enjoy this now historical artifact of American culture soon long past.
Rt 66 "A Lance of Straw" Cast and Crew
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Janice Rule Wiki
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Gene Tierney - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
I fell in love with Gene Tierney tonight. Though I may have seen her in movies before I never really paid attention to the actors in movies during my youth. Aside from her beauty she was an unbelievably talented actress. This movie I picked up today from the library is one I didn't know about. I watched the TV series so I was familiar with the story, but this is an amazing original production. Rex Harrison of course played his part as the Captain, the ghost, as well as it could be done. But the star of the movie is Gene Tierney.
Reading her biography I learned that she passed away in 1991 at the age of 70. She had a difficult later life that had her troubled with mental illness and it's hard to imagine her so unhappy. It's a sad element of life that with all her talent that she had to struggle through the remainder of her life.
Tonight though, I have to say just watching her play this part is a reminder that such beauty is ephemeral and therefore even more precious. Her voice, her mannerisms, and perfect way of displaying emotions on screen justify her leading actress power during her time.
One of her quotes "Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful."
If you want to see a hidden treasure of a movie consider spending an evening with this old black in white from 1947.
And rest in Peace to all the actors in that movie who have passed away for I suppose that none are alive now except possibly the children.
It has a beautiful ending.
Reading her biography I learned that she passed away in 1991 at the age of 70. She had a difficult later life that had her troubled with mental illness and it's hard to imagine her so unhappy. It's a sad element of life that with all her talent that she had to struggle through the remainder of her life.
Tonight though, I have to say just watching her play this part is a reminder that such beauty is ephemeral and therefore even more precious. Her voice, her mannerisms, and perfect way of displaying emotions on screen justify her leading actress power during her time.
One of her quotes "Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful."
If you want to see a hidden treasure of a movie consider spending an evening with this old black in white from 1947.
And rest in Peace to all the actors in that movie who have passed away for I suppose that none are alive now except possibly the children.
It has a beautiful ending.
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