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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

The Best Television Shows

The Best Shows:

I Love Lucy
The Honeymooners
Seinfeld
Roseanne
Extras
The Simpsons
Flight of the Concords
Unsolved Mysteries
Forensic Files
Family Feud
M*A*S*H
Jeopardy
The Big Bang Theory
Downton Abbey
Upstairs, Downstairs
Reading Rainbow
Sesame Street
Animaniacs
Pinky and the Brian
3rd Rock from the Sun
Judge Judy
Garfield
Project Runway
Fashion Police
Breaking Bad
The Twilight Zone
Taxi
Fraiser
The Cosby Show
Cheers
Three's Company
Fawlty Towers
Mr. Bean
House
The Chappelle Show
Louie
Little Britain
Family Guy
The Wonder Years
Hell's Kitchen
Law and Order
Sopranos 
Antique Roadshow
Pawn Stars
Grace Under Fire
The First 48
America's Funniest Home Videos
All in the Family
Mama's Family
Perfect Strangers
Pyramid
The Golden Girls
An Idiot Abroad
Married With Children
The Ricky Gervais Show
Derek
Parks and Recreation
Game of Thrones
OZ
Six Feet Under
The Wire
Unbreakable  Kimmy Schmidt
Stranger Things
Orange is the New Black
The Detectorists
Doc Martin
Better Call Saul
The Office (U.K. and U.S.A)
Twin Peaks
Keeping Up With Appearances 
The Haunting of Hill House
Ozark
Still Game
Penny Dreadful
Russian Doll
After Life 
Peaky Blinders
Derry Girls 
Barry
Fleabag
The Patient 
The Bear 


Great Shows That Got Cancelled:

Outsourced
Party Down
Intervention
America's Most Wanted
Models Inc.
Titus
Madtv
The Wayans Brothers
Just Shoot Me!
The John Larroquette Show
Veronica's Closet
Lie To Me
Crashing
Twin Peaks
Castle Rock 

Monday, August 5, 2013

Celebrities Who Died on Their Birthday

These people fell face first into their birthday cake:


Elaine Aiken: actress: July 12, 1927 - July 12, 1998: age 71 

Ramsay Ames: actress: March 30, 1919 - March 30, 1998: age 79

Edward Aschoff: sports news anchor: December 24, 1985 - December 24, 2019: age 34 

Gertrude Astor: actress: November 9, 1887 - November 9, 1977: age 90

Ella Baker: civil rights activist: December 13, 1903 - December 13, 1986: age 83

John Banner: actor: January 28, 1910 - January 28, 1973: age 63 

Sidney Bechet: jazz musician: May 14, 1897 - May 14, 1959: age 62

Nick Benedict: actor: July 14, 1946 - July 14, 2023: age 77 

Ingrid Bergman: actress: August 29, 1915 - August 29, 1982: age 67

Lucia Berlin: author: November 12, 1936 - November 12, 2004: age 68

Julie Bishop: actress: August 30, 1914 - August 30, 2001: age 87

Corrie ten Boom: writer/WWII activist: April 15, 1892 - April 15, 1983: age 91 

Grace Bradley: actress: September 21, 1913 - September 21, 2010: age 97

Maurice Brenner: actor: August 25, 1914 - August 25, 2005: age 91 

George Washington Carver: inventor: January 5, 1864 - January 5, 1903: age 79

Maury Chaykin: actor: July 27, 1949 - July 27, 2010: age 61

Ron Cobb: artist: September 21, 1937  - September 21, 2020: age 83 

Margo Cunningham: actress: July 19, 1922 - July 19, 1998: age 76

Robert De Niro Sr: abstract painter and Robert Jr.'s dad: May 3, 1922 - May 3, 1993: age 71

Ferdinand de Rothschild: British banker and heir: December 17, 1839 - December 17, 1898: age 59

Mike Douglas: singer: August 11, 1925 - August 11, 2006: age 81

Dan Ferrone: actor: September 10, 1937 - September 10, 1999: 62 

Betty Friedan: feminist activist:  February 4, 1921 - February 4, 2006: age 85

Eleanor Gehrig: philanthropist and Lou Gehrig's wife: March 6, 1904 - March 6, 1984: age 80 

Milton Glaser: created the "I ❤️ NY" logo: June 26, 1929 - June 26, 2020: age 91 

Gavin Gordon: actor: April 7, 1901 - April 7, 1983: age 82 

Merle Haggard: musician: April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016: age 79

Laura Hawn: actress and Goldie's mother: November 27, 1913 - November 27, 1993: age 80 

Paul Herman: actor: March 29, 1946 - March 29, 2021: age 76 

Al Hill: actor: July 14, 1892 - July 14, 1954: age 62

B. J. Hogg: actor: April 30, 1955 - April 30, 2020: age 65 

Irene Hunt: writer: May 18, 1907 - May 18, 2001: age 94

Otto Kruger: actor: September 6, 1885 - September 6, 1974: age 89

Lester Matthews: actor: June 6, 1900 - June 6, 1975: age 75 

Chris Marker: French writer: July 29, 1921 - July 29, 2012: age 91 

Edna May Oliver: actress: November 9, 1883 - November 9, 1942: age 59

George Petrie: actor: November 16, 1912 - November 16, 1997: age 85

Raphael: artist: April 6, 1483 - April 6, 1520: age 37

Sam Reese: actor: September 11, 1930 - September 11, 1985: age 55 

Swede Risberg: baseball player: October 13, 1894 - October 13, 1975: age 81

Jilly Rizzo: American restauranteur: May 6, 1917 - May 6, 1992: age 75 

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.: Politician: August 17, 1914 - August 17, 1988: age 74

Tatiana Samoilova: actress: May 4, 1934 - May 4, 2014: age 80 

William Shakespeare: writer:  April 23, 1564? - April 23, 1616: age 52

Diane Shalet: actress: February 23, 1935 - February 23, 2006: age 71 

June Smaney: actress: May 24, 1922 - May 24, 1993: age 71 

Vincent Stonestreet: father of actor Eric Stonestreet: November 17, 1941 - November 17, 2021: age 80 

Austin Stoker: actor: October 7, 1930 - October 7, 2022: age 92 

Mel Street: singer: October 21, 1935 - October 21, 1978: age 43

Glen Vernon: actor: October 27, 1923 - October 27, 1999: age 76

Fran Warren: singer: March 4, 1926 - March 4, 2013: age 87

Dick Wessel: actor: April 20, 1913 - April 20, 1965: age 52


Shockingly, this is an extremely rare event. 

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Best and Worst Movies of 2013

Best year for movies since 2010.

The BEST:

About Time 

All is Lost

Begin Again

Blue Jasmine

The Book Thief

The Butler

Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyers Club

Enough Said

Frances Ha

Gravity

The Great Gatsby

The Heat

The Immigrant

Inside Llewyn Davis

Iron Man 3

Monsters University

Nebraska

Parkland 

Prisoners

Saving Mr. Banks

Side Effects 

Stand Up Guys

This is the End

The Way Way Back

The Wolf of Wall Street


The WORST:

Carrie

Dark Skies

Epic

A Haunted House

Movie 43

Room 237

Monday, June 17, 2013

Famous People Who Died in their 90s

Here are some memorable celebrities who lived into their 90s.


90

John Adams: 1735-1826: 2nd President
Eugene Allen: 1919-2010: butler for multiple Presidents
Gertrude Astor: 1887-1977: actress from "Sunset Boulevard"
Richard Attenborough: 1923-2014: actor from "Jurassic Park"
Clara Barton: 1821-1912: nurse that created the "American Red Cross"
Helen Gurley Brown: 1922-2012: editor-in-chief of "Cosmopolitan"
Winston Churchill: 1874-1965: former Prime Minister of Great Britain
Arthur C. Clark: 1917-2008: sci-fi writer
Michael Collins: 1930-2021: NASA astronaut 
Sean Connery: 1930-2020: actor
Marlene Dietrich: 1901-1992: actress from "Judgement at Nuremberg"
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.: 1909-2000: actor from "Robin Hood"
Enzo Ferrari: 1898-1988: inventor of the Ferrari car company
Mel Ferrer: 1917-2008: actor from "War and Peace"
Nadine Gordimer: 1923-2014: writer of "July's People"
James Gregory: 1911-2002: actor from the tv series "Barney Miller"
Philip Baker Hall: 1931-2022: actor from "Seinfeld
Herbert Hoover: 1874-1964: 31st President
Jennifer Jones: 1919-2009: actress from "The Towering Inferno"
Jack Klugman: 1922-2012: actor from the tv series "The Odd Couple"
Loretta Lynn: 1932-2022: Country musician singer 
Jean Marsh: 1934-2025: actress from "Upstairs, Downstairs" 
Helen Martin: 1909-2000: actress from "Good Times"
Rose Mattus: 1916-2006: co-founder of "Haagen Dazs"
Jessica McClintock: 1930-2021: fashion designer 
James A. Michener: 1907-1997: writer of "The Source"
Florence Nightingale: 1820-1910: founder of modern nursing 
Katherine Anne Porter: 1890-1980: writer of "Ship of Fools"
Don Rickles: 1926-2016: comedian
Doris Roberts: 1925-2016: actress from the tv series "Everyone Loves Raymond"
Peter Mark Roget: 1779-1869: published "Roget's Thesaurus"
Colonel Sanders: 1890-1980: founder of KFC
Upton Sinclair: 1878-1968: writer of "The Jungle"
Lali Sokolov: 1916-2006: book "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" based on his survival 
Jean Stapleton: 1923-2013: Edith from the tv series "All in the Family"
Desmond Tutu: 1931-2021: South African Human Right Activist 
Max von Sydow: 1929-2020: actor from "The Exorcist"
Laura Ingalls Wilder: 1867-1957: writer of "The Little House on the Prairie" series
Jane Wyman: 1917-2007: actress from the tv series "Falcon Crest"


91

Giorgio Armani: 1934-2025: fashion designer 
Gene Autry: 1907-1998: singer
Brigitte Bardot: 1934-2025: actress from "And God Created Woman" 
Maud Gage Baum: 1861-1953: wife of L. Frank Baum 
Orson Bean: 1928-2020: actor from "Being John Malkovich" 
Beulah Bondi: 1889-1981: actress from "It's a Wonderful Life"
Fernando Botero: 1932-2023: artist
Ray Bradbury: 1920-2012: writer of "Fahrenheit 451"
Sid Caesar: 1922-2014: comedian from "Your Show of Shows" 
Eric Carle: 1929-2021: writer of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" 
Julia Child: 1912-2004: chef
Hume Cronyn: 1911-2003: actor from "Cocoon"
Ruby Dee: 1922-2014: actress from "American Gangster"
Richard Donner: 1930-2021: director of "The Goonies" 
Max Factor Jr. : 1904-1996: heir of the cosmetic company
E.M. Forster: 1879-1970:  writer of "Passage to India"
Otto Frank: 1889-1990: Anne Frank's father (only surviving family member) 
Hubert de Givenchy: 1927-2018: fashion designer
Greer Garson: 1904-1996: actress 
Jane Goodall: 1934-2025: animal activist 
Phil Harris: 1904-1995: voice actor for Disney, Baloo in "The Jungle Book"
Hugh Hefner: 1926-2017: founder of "Playboy" magazine
Stanley Holloway: 1890-1982: actor from "My Fair Lady"
Quincy Jones: 1933-2024: composer 
Norton Juster: 1929-2021: author 
George Kennedy: 1925-2016: actor from "Cool Hand Luke"
Piper Laurie 1932-2023: actress from "Carrie" 
Jerry Lewis: 1926-2017: actor from "The Nutty Professor"
W. Somerset Maugham: 1874-1965: writer of "Of Human Bondage"
Ron Moody: 1924-2015: actor from "Oliver!"
Ennio Morricone: 1928-2020: Academy Award winning Italian composer
Scott O'Dell: 1898-1989: writer of "Island of the Blue Dolphins"
Louella Parsons: 1881-1972: first Hollywood gossip columnist
Pablo Picasso: 1881-1973: artist
Christopher Plummer: 1929-2021: actor from "The Sound of Music" 
J.D. Salinger: 1919-2010: writer of "The Cather in the Rye"
Stephen Sondheim:1930-2021: American composer 
Harry Dean Stanton: 1926-2017: actor from "Big Love"
Peter Thomas: 1924-2016: voice over actor "Forensic Files"
Werner von Trapp: 1915-2007: singer
Henry Travers: 1874-1965: actor from "It's a Wonderful Life"
Paul Tripp: 1911-2002: songwriter
Esther Williams: 1921-2013: actress from "Neptune's Daughter"
Robert Wise :1914-2005: director of "The Sound of Music"
Frank Lloyd Wright: 1867-1959: architect
Andrew Wyeth: 1917-2009: American artist 
Henny Youngman: 1906-1998: comedian


92

Lola Albright: 1924-2017: actress from "Peyton Place" 
Lita Baron: 1923-2015: actress from "I Love Lucy" 
Frances Bay: 1919-2011: actress from "Happy Gilmore"
Martin Bregman: 1926-2018: producer of "Scarface" and "Dog Day Afternoon"
First Lady Barbara Bush 1925-2018
Oleg Cassini: 1913-2006: fashion designer
Mary Higgins Clark: 1927-2020: mystery writer
Imogene Coca: 1908-2001: comedian from "Your Show of Shows" 
Claudette Colbert: 1903-1996 : actress from "It Happened One Night"
Dabney Coleman: 1932-2024: actor from movie "9 to 5" 
Walter Cronkite: 1916-2009: news anchor
Lil Dagover: 1887-1980: actress from "The Cabinet of r. Caligari"
Dolores Donlon: 1920-2012: actress from "77 Sunset Strip" 
Helen Jerome Eddy: 1897-1990: actress from "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
Eileen Ford: 1922-2014: created Ford Modeling Agency
John Forsythe: 1918-2010: actor from the tv series "Dynasty"
Jean Craighead George: 1919-2012: writer of "My Side of the Mountain"
Earl Hamner Jr. 1923-2016: writer of "The Waltons"
Helen Hayes: 1900-1993: stage actress
Carolyn Haywood: 1898-1990: children's author 
Peter Hobbs: 1918-2011: actor from "Barney Miller"
Lena Horne: 1917-2010: singer
Willem de Kooning: 1904-1997: artist
Sheila MacRae: 1921-2014: actress from "The Jackie Gleason Show" 
Maurice Marsac: 1915-2007: actor from "The Beverly Hillbillies"
Robert Moses: 1888-1981: city planner for Long Island
Burt Mustin: 1884-1977: actor from "All in the Family" 
Rosa Parks: 1913-2005: civil rights activist
Tom Robbins: 1932-2025: author 
Andy Rooney: 1919-2011: news anchor
Helena Rubinstein: 1872-1965: creator of cosmetic company
Ravi Shankar: 1920-2012: musician
Doris Singleton: 1919-2012: actress from "I Love Lucy"
Jerry Stiller: 1927-2020: comedian/actor from "Seinfeld"
Helen Yglesias: 1915-2008: author of "The Girls"


93

Russell Baker: 1925-2019: Pulitzer Winning author of "Growing Up" 
Milton Berle: 1908-2002: actor from "The Milton Berle Show"
David Brown: 1916-2010: film producer
Robert Brubaker: 1916-2010: actor from "Gunsmoke" 
Joseph Campanella: 1924-2018: actor from "Dallas"
Jack Carter: 1922-2015: actor from "Shameless" 
John Coolidge: 1906-2000: railroad executive
Fritz Feld: 1900-1993: actor from "Bewitched" 
Betty Ford: 1918-2011: 38th First Lady and founder of the "Betty Ford Center"
Gerald Ford: 1913-2006: the 38th President of the U.S.
Estelle Harris: 1928-2022: actress from "Seinfeld" and "Toy Story" 
Patricia Hitchcock: 1928-2021: Alfred Hitchcock's only child 
Jonathan Hole: 1904-1998: actor from "Petticoat Junction" 
James Earl Jones: 1931-2024: voice of Darth Vader 
Isabel Jeans" 1891-1985: actress from "Gigi"
Louis Jourdan : 1921-2015: actor from 'Gigi"
Christopher Lee: 1922-2015: actor from the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy
James Lipton: 1926-2020: host of "Inside the Actors Studio"
Katherine MacGregor: 1925-2018: actress from "Little House on the Prairie"
Jackie Mason: 1928-2021: comedian 
Edna O'Brien: 1930-2024: Irish writer 
Sandra Day O'Connor: 1930-2023: 1st female Supreme Court Judge 
Gordon Parks: 1912-2006: musician
Molly Picon: 1898-1992: actress from "Fiddler on the Roof"
Ronald Reagan: 1911-2004: 40th President of the U.S.
Elliott Reid: 1920-2013: actor from "Inherit the Wind"
Mickey Rooney: 1920-2014: actor from "The Black Stallion"
William Schallert: 1922-2016: actor from "True Blood" 
Liz Sheridan: 1929-2022: actress from "Seinfeld" 
Frances Sternhagen: 1930-2023: actress from "Cheers" 
Harriet Tubman: 1820-1913: American Abolitionist
Chavela Vargas: 1919-2012: Mexican singer 
Mike Wallace: 1918-2012: news anchor
Barbara Walters: 1929-2022: new anchor 
Fredd Wayne: 1924-2018: actor from "Man on the Moon" 
Richard Widmark: 1914-2008: actor from "Coma" 
Louis Zorich: 1924-2018: actor from "Fiddler on the Roof"


94

Judith Anderson: 1897-1992: actress from "Rebecca"
Burt Bacharach: 1928-2023: songwriter 
Barbara Billingsley: 1915-2010: actress from tv series "Leave it to Beaver"
Billie Bird: 1908-2002: actress from "Home Alone"
Eve Bunting: 1928-2023: children's author 
President George H.W. Bush 1924-2018
Frank Capra: 1897-1991: director of "It's a Wonderful Life"
Leonardo Cimino: 1917-2012: actor from "Moonstruck" 
Clive Davis: 1932-2026: music producer 
Michael Gough: 1916-2011: actor from "Batman"
Steven Hill: 1922-2016: actor from the tv series "Law and Order"
Irene Hunt: 1907-2001: writer of "Across Five Aprils"
Josephine Hutchinson: 1903-1998: actress from "Son of Frankenstein"
P.D. James: 1920-2014: mystery writer
Lady Bird Johnson: 1912-2007: 36th First Lady of the U.S.
Elia Kazan: 1909-2003: director of "On the Waterfront"
Milan Kundera: 1929-2023: author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" 
Charles Lazarus: 1923-2018: founder of "Toys "R" Us".
Cloris Leachman: 1926-2021: actress from "The Last Picture Show"
Doris Lessing: 1919-2013: writer of "The Golden Notebook"
Anne Morrow Lindbergh: 1906-2001: writer of "The Gift From the Sea"
Astrid Lindgren: 1907-2002: writer of "Pippi Longstocking"
Rose Marie: 1923-2017: actress from "The Dick Van Dyke Show" 
Sid Melton: 1917-2011: actor from "The Golden Girls" 
Shirley Mitchell: 1919-2013: actress from "Green Acres" 
Byron Morrow: 1911-2006: actor from "The Rockford Files" 
Bob Newhart: 1929-2024: comedian from "Newhart" 
Kumar Pallana: 1918-2013: actor from "The Royal Tenenbaums"
Les Paul: 1915-2009: musician
Pauline Phillips:1918-2013: writer of the column "Dear Abby"
Rosamunde Pilcher: 1924-2019: author of "The Shell Seekers" 
Sidney Poitier: 1927-2022: actor from "Lilies of the Field" 
Nancy Reagan; 1921-2016: 40th First Lady of the U.S.
Estelle Reiner: 1914-2008: actress and mom of Rob Reiner
Charles "Buddy" Rogers: 1904-1999: actor from "Wings"
Gena Rowlands: 1930-2024: actress from "The Notebook" 
Artie Shaw: 1910-2004: musician
George Bernard Shaw: 1856-1950: writer of "Pygmalion"
Dodie Smith: 1896-1990: writer of "I Capture the Castle"
Liz Smith: 1923-2017: gossip columnist
Dr. Benjamin Spock: 1903-1998: world renown doctor/ author
Brother Theodore: 1906-2001:  actor from "The 'Burbs"
James Tolkan: 1931-1926: actor from "Back to the Future" 
Joe Turkel: 1927-2022: actor from "The Shining" 
Abe Vigoda: 1921-2016: actor from "The Godfather"
Nedra Volz: 1908-2003: actress from the tv series "The Dukes of Hazzard"
Elizabeth Wilson: 1921-2015: actress from "The Addams Family"


95

Val Bisoglio: 1926-2021: actor from "Saturday Night Fever"  
Ernest Borgnine: 1917-2012: actor from "Marty"
Pat Carroll:1927-2022: voice of Ursula in Disney's "The Little Mermaid" 
Mona Darkfeather: 1882-1977: actress: silent film era
Phyllis Diller: 1917-2012: comedian
W.E.B. Du Bois: 1868-1963: poet
Buddy Ebsen: 1908-2003: actor from the tv series "The Beverly Hillbillies"
Jules Feiffer: 1929-2025: illustrator and cartoonist 
Mark Felt: 1913-2008: FBI agent who was known as "Deep Throat" during Watergate
Arthur Frommer: 1929-2024: created a travel guide empire 
John Glenn: 1921-2016: first American astronaut to orbit the earth
Noah Gordon: 1926-2021: writer of "The Physician" 
Gene Hackman: 1930-2025: actor from "The Royal Tenebaums" 
Edith Hamilton: 1867-1963: writer of "Mythology"
Lynn Hamilton: 1930-2025: actress from "Sanford and Son"
Elliot Handler: 1916-2011: co-founder of Mattel and co-inventor of Barbie 
Hal Holbrook: 1925-2021: actor from "Into the Wild" 
Celeste Holm: 1917-2012: actress from "All About Eve"
Leonid Kinskey: 1903-1998: actor from "Casablanca"
Jake LaMotta: 1921-2017: World famous boxer
Marc Lawrence: 1910-2005: actor from "Marathon Man"
Stan Lee: 1922-2018: Comic book writer
Gina Lollobrigida: 1927-2023: actress from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1956) 
Nelson Mandela: 1918-2013: (once) President of South Africa
Oscar Mayer: 1859-1955: creator of the Oscar Mayer meat company
Jayne Meadows: 1919-2015: actress from "Hollywood Squares"
Noel Neill: 1920-2016: actress from the tv series "The Adventures of Superman"
Maureen O'Hara: 1920-2015: actress from "Miracle on 34th Street"
Joan Plowright: 1929-2025: actress from "Enchanted April"
Pope Benedict XVI: 1927-2022 
Jean Porter: 1922-2018: actress from "Little Miss Broadway"
A. J. Richards: 1909-2004: CEO of the electronic chain P.C. Richards and Son
Liz Smith: 1921-2016: actress from "A Christmas Carol" 1984
William Steig: 1907-2003: writer of "Shrek"
Gloria Vanderbilt: 1924-2019: American heiress and socialite
Virginia Vincent: 1918-2013: actress from "I Want to Live!"
Billy Wilder: 1906-2002: director of "Some Like it Hot"
Ian Wolfe: 1896-1992: actor from "Rebel without a Cause"


96

Richard Adams: 1920-2016: writer of "Watership Down"
Marian Anderson: 1897-1993: singer
Mary Anderson: 1918-2014: actress from "Gone with the Wind"
Harry Belafonte: 1927-2023: singer 
George Blakeley: 1910-2007: producer at 20th Century-Fox Pictures
Lucille Bliss: 1916-2012: voice actress from the tv series "The Smurfs"
Virginia Brissac: 1883-1979: actress from "Rebel Without a Cause" 
Frank Cady: 1915-2012: actor from the tv series "Green Acres"
Rosalynn Carter: 1927-2023: Former First Lady of U.S.A 
Arlene Dahl: 1925-2021: actress from "One Life to Live" 
Bill Erwin: 1914-2010: actor from "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles"
Joan Fontaine: 1917-2013: actress from "Rebecca"
Naomi Parker Fraley: 1922-2018: "real" Rosie the Riveter
John Gielgud: 1904-2000: actor from "Arthur"
Martha Graham: 1894-1991: ballerina
Monty Hall: 1921-2017: gameshow host "Let's Make a Deal"
Viola Harris: 1920-2017: actress from "The Other Guys"
Katharine Hepburn: 1907-2003: actress from "The African Queen"
Clifton James: 1920-2017: actor from "Cool Hand Luke"
Robert Earl Jones: 1910-2006: actor from "The Sting" 
Ethel Kennedy: 1928-2024: RFK's wife 
Madge Kennedy: 1897-1981: actress from "Lust for Life"
Henry King: 1886-1982: director of "The Song of Bernadette"
Helen Kleeb: 1907-2003: actress from "The Waltons"
Angela Landsbury: 1925-2022: voice of Mrs. Potts in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast"
Jack LaLanne: 1914-2011: exercise and nutritional expert
Kevin McCarthy: 1914-2010: actor from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" 
Al Molinaro: 1919-1915: actor from the tv series "Happy Days"
Harry Morgan: 1915-2011: actor from the tv series "M*A*S*H"
Levi P. Morton: 1824-1920: 22nd Vice President of the U.S.
Don Pardo: 1918-2014: announcer for SNL and Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022: Queen of England 
P.L. Travers: 1899-1996: writer of the "Mary Poppins" series
Cicely Tyson: 1924-2021: actress from "The Help"
Ben Welden: 1901-1997: actor from "The Adventures of Superman" 
Dr. Ruth Westheimer: 1928-2024: renown sex therapist 
Simon Wiesenthal: 1908-2005: writer of "The Sunflower"
Fay Wray: 1907-2004: actress from "King Kong"
Jane Wyatt: 1910-2006: actress from the tv series "Father Knows Best"
Alan Young: 1919-2016: actor from the tv series "Mister Ed"


97

Leon Askin: 1907-2005: actor from Hogan's Heros" 
Clarence Brown: 1890-1987: director of "The Yearling"
Marc Chagall: 1887-1985: artist
Shirley Chambers: 1913-2011: actress from "Gone With the Wind" 
Doris Day: 1922-2019: actress from "Pillow Talk"
Nanette Fabray: 1920-2018: actress from "The Love Boat"
Sylvia Field: 1901-1998: actress from tv series "Dennis the Menace" 
Rhonda Fleming: 1923-2020: actress from "Out of the Past" 
Ethel Griffies: 1878-1975: actress from "The Birds" 
June Havoc: 1912-2010: actress from "The Gentleman's Agreement"
George Huntington Hartford II: 1911-2008: Businessman and Heir to A&P supermarkets
Patrick Hemingway : 1928-2025: Hemingway's son 
Betty Jaynes 1921-2018: actress from "I Love Lucy" 
Norman Jewison: 1926-2024: director of "Moonstruck" 
Art Linkletter: 1912-2010: comedian
Louise Lorimer: 1898-1995: actress from "Dragnet"
James Lovell: 1928-2025: U.S. astronaut 
Bill Macy: 1922-2019: actor from "Maude"
Karl Malden: 1912-2009: actor from "A Streetcar Named Desire"
John Mills: 1908-2005: actor from "Gandhi"
Barbara Perry: 1921-2019: actress from "The Dick Van Dyke Show"
Dorothy Phillips: 1882-1980: actress from "Father of the Bride"
John D. Rockefeller: 1839-1937: oil company executive
Scott Seaton: 1871-1968: actor from "Gone with the Wind"
Anne G. Sterling: 1916-2014: actress from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" 
Nora Swinburne: 1902-2000: actress from "Anne of a Thousand Days" 
Agathe von Trapp: 1913-2010: singer
Bess Truman: 1885-1982: 33rd First Lady of the U.S.
Janet Waldo: 1919-2016: voice actress from "The Jetsons" and "Smurfs"
Judge Joseph Wapner: 1919-2017: American judge from "The People's Court"
Chuck Yeager: 1923-2020: first pilot to exceed the speed of sound 
Louis Zamperini: 1917-2014: WWII subject for the book/movie "Unbroken"


98

Alicia Alonso: 1921-2019: Prima Ballerina and choreographer
Ann Blyth: 1927-2026: Oscar nominated actress from "Mildred Pierce" 
Louise Bourgeois: 1911-2010: sculpter
Nathan Boya: 1924-2022: first black person to successfully survive a stunt over Niagara Falls 
Argentina Brunetti: 1907-2005: actress from "It's a Wonderful Life"
Edward Burnham: 1916-2015: actor from "Dr. Who" 
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey: 1908-2006: writer of "Cheaper By the Dozen"
Pierre Cardin: 1922-2020: fashion designer 
Movita Castaneda: 1916-2015: actress from "Mutiny on the Bounty"
Ruth Clifford: 1900-1998: actress from "Sunset Boulevard"
Helen Dickson: 1885-1983: actress from "I Love Lucy" 
Lillian Disney: 1899-1997: artist (Walt Disney's wife)
Bob Dole: 1923-2021: American Politician 
Gertrude Ederle: 1904-2003: first woman to swim across the English Channel
Josip Elic: 1921-2019: actor from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Ruth Ford: 1911-2009: actress from "Play It Where It Lays"
James Nance Garner: 1868-1967: 32nd Vice President of the U.S.
George Gaynes: 1917-2016: actor from the tv series "Punky Brewster"
Jester Hairston: 1901-2000: actor from "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Dona Hardy: 1912-2011: actress from "Superbad" 
Anthony Havelock-Allan: 1904-2003: producer of "Romeo and Juliet"
Bill Hayes 1925-2024: Sang "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" 
Gloria Henry 1923-2021: actress from TV show "Dennis the Menace" 
Robert Emmett Keane: 1883-1981: actor from "Boys Town"
Noah Keen: 1920-2019: actor from "The Six Million Dollar Man"
Don Keefer: 1916-2014: actor from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
Angie Turner King: 1905-2004: U.S. mathematician 
Sir Lancealot: 1902-2001: actor/singer from "To Have and Have Not"
Nolan Leary: 1889-1987: actor from "Pollyanna"
Jerry Maren: 1920-2018: actor. last munchkin from "The Wizard of Oz" to pass away.
Tony Martin: 1913-2012: American singer
Dale Messick: 1906-2005: comic strip artist 
Oswald Morris: 1915-2014: cinematographer 
Forbes Murray: 1884-1982: actor from "Perry Mason" 
Nolan Leary: 1889-1987: actor from "Lassie" 
Georgia O'Keeffe: 1887-1986: artist
Anita Page: 1910-2008: actress from "The Broadway Melody"
Leslie Phillips: 1924-2022: actor from "Out of Africa" 
Carl Reiner: 1922-2020: comedian, writer, director, created "The Dick Van Dyke Show"
Adeline De Walt Reynolds: 1862-1961: actress from "Come Live with Me"
Alicia Rhett: 1915-2014: actress from "Gone With the Wind"
Conrado San Martin: 1921-2019: actor from "Once Upon a Time in the West"
Elizabeth Sellars: 1921-2019: actress from "The Barefoot Contessa" (1954)
Lilia Skala: 1896-1994: actress from "Lilies of the Field"
Margot Stevenson: 1912-2011: actress from "Rabbit, Run"
Tamara Tchinarova: 1919-2017: ballerina
Florence Vanderbilt-Twombly: 1854-1952: heiress 
Dorothy Vaughan: 1910-2008: Mathematician and NASA scientist 
Eli Wallach: 1915-2014: actor from "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly"


99

Eddie Albert: 1906-2005: actor from "Roman Holiday"
Lucine Amara: 1925-2024: opera singer 
Renee Asherson: 1915-2014: actress from "The Others"
Lorraine Aykroyd: 1918-2018: actor Dan Aykroyd's mom 
Bob Barker: 1923-2023: Host of "The Price is Right" 
Janet Barrett: 1916-2015: actress from "Gone With the Wind" 
Alan Bergman: 1925-2025: Lyricist and composer 
Louis Blau: 1915-2014: Hollywood entertainment attorney
Mary Carr: 1874-1973: actress from "The Shop Around the Corner"
Juana Chavez: 1892-1991: mother of Cesar Chavez 
Joan Copeland: 1922-2022: actress from "Jungle 2 Jungle" 
Phyllis Dalton: 1925-2025: costume designer 
Michael DeBakey: 1908-2008: world renown heart surgeon
Carmen Dirigo: 1907-2007: Hollywood hair stylist 
Hugh Downs: 1921-2020: News anchor from NBC news and 20/20
Donald Elson: 1923-2022: actor from "Chaplin" 
June Foray: 1917-2017: voice actress, Lucifer from "Disney's Cinderella"
Zsa Zsa Gabor: 1917-2016: actress from "Moulin Rouge"
Lillian Gish: 1893-1993: actress from "The Night of the Hunter"
Billy Graham: 1918-2018: Christian minister
Lorna Gray: 1917-2017: actress from "O, My Darling Clementine"
Maggie Griffin: 1920-2020: Kathy Griffin's mother on reality show "My Life on the D-List"
Al Hirschfeld: 1903-2003: artist
William Hoy: 1862-1961: deaf baseball center fielder
Reuben Klamer: 1922-2021: creator of the board game "LIFE" 
Patti Lewis: 1921-2022: 1st wife of Jerry Lewis and mother of his six children (all disinherited)
Norma Miller: 1919- 2019: actress from "Malcolm X"
Juanita Moore: 1914-2014: actress from "Imitation of Life"
Wood Moy: 1918-2017: actor from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"
Noreen Nash 1924-2023: actress from "Ziegfeld Follies" 
Ronald Neame: 1911-2010: director of "The Poseidon Adventure" 
Regina O'Connor: 1896-1995: mother of Flannery O'Connor 
Prince Philip: 1921-2021: British royalty 
Gloria Richardson: 1922-2021: Civil Right Activist 
Joyce Randolph: 1924-2024: actress from "The Honeymooners" 
Mira Rostova: 1909-2009: acting coach 
Max Schmeling: 1905-2005: boxer 
Edward Shames: 1922-2021: last surviving solider from "The Band of Brothers" 
Vincent Sherman: 1906-2006: director of "Adventures of Don Juan"
Sara Sothern: 1895-1994: actress and mother of Elizabeth Taylor 
Rise Stevens: 1913-2013: actress from "Going My Way"
Larry Storch: 1923-1922: actor from "The Great Race" 
Gloria Stroock: 1924-2024: actress from "Day of the Locust" 
Fay Tincher: 1884-1983: silent film actress 
Maria von Trapp: 1914-2014: singer/Inspiration for "The Sound of Music"
Betty White: 1922-2021: actress from "The Golden Girls" 
Frank Wimberley 1926-2025: American artist 
William Woodson: 1917-2017: voice actor from "The Lucy Show"

Monday, June 10, 2013

Comparisons between "Downton Abbey" and "Upstairs, Downstairs"




WARNING: COMPLETE SPOILER ALERT FOR BOTH SERIES

  Upstairs, Downstairs (1971-1975) Compared to  Downton Abbey (2010- present)



SIMILARITIES

In both shows the money is from the mother's side of the family.

In "Upstairs, Downstairs" the son kisses a maid.  In "Downton Abbey" the father kisses a maid.

In both shows there is a gay butler. Alfred in "Upstairs, Downstairs" and Thomas in "Downton..."

In "Downton Abbey" the maid, Ethel gets pregnant by a solider.  In "Upstairs.." the maid, Mary gets raped by a former employers' son. 

The daughter Elizabeth in "Upstairs..." has a very rebellious behavior similar to the daughter Sybil in "Downton.."  Sybil fights for women's equality and the right to vote, as does Elizabeth. 

In "Upstairs..." Elizabeth marries Lawrence a rebel poet against her family's wishes.  In "Downton.." Sybil marries Irish socialist, Tom to her family's dismay.

In both shows they try and contact the dead.  In "Upstairs..." by a seance and by Ouija board in "Downton..."

In "Downton.." the cook is in need of glasses as is the nanny in "Upstairs..."

In "Downton..." the head butler, Mr. Carson, once performed on the vaudeville stage as does Sarah the maid in "Upstairs..."

In both shows the masters take a real gamble in the stock market. 

In "Downton..." after Sir Robert loses all the family's money, Matthew, saves the estate with money he has  inherited in a will.  In "Upstairs..." after Lady Marjorie's father dies she learns from his will that she must sell her estate.  Their daughter, Elizabeth, buys back the house for them through money she made on the stock market and money from a lover.  

In both shows the wealthy Mother-in-Law does not step in to help save her daughter's estate. 

Daughters from both shows have an unfortunate one night stand. In "Upstairs..." daughter, Elizabeth gets pregnant as result of a one night fling.  In "Downton..." daughter, Mary, has her one time lover die of a heart attack during their sexual encounter.  

Each show has an unfortunate labor go wrong.  In "Upstairs.." the maid Sarah gets pregnant with the house's son James' baby.  She lives but gives birth to a stillborn boy.  In "Downton...." Sybil dies while giving birth to her daughter, the family later names her Sybil. 

In "Downton..." footman, Thomas, steals wine from the cellar.  In "Upstairs..." so does maid, Sarah. 

In "Downton..." a snuff-box goes missing, starting questioning between the staff.  In "Upstairs..." it is a missing broach. 

In "Downton..." the valet, Mr. Bates', has an estranged wife, Vera, who threatens to go to the newspaper with the story of Mary's one night stand.  In "Upstairs..." a soldier threatens to publish love letters of Lady Marjorie's that he found on a dead solider.  

In "Downton..." Matthew gets wounded in WWI and it leaves him temporary in a wheelchair. He is worried he will be impotent.  In "Upstairs..." Elizabeth leaves her husband because he is impotent.

Both shows deal with suicide.  In "Downton.." valet, Mr. Bates has an estranged wife that poisons herself.  In "Upstairs..." a maid named Emily hangs herself.  

In "Downton..." the master's valet, Mr. Bates gets sent to jail for murdering his estranged wife, Vera. Only to have the verdict overturned.  In "Upstairs..." parlor maid, Rose, gets sent to jail for being involved in a violent rally for women's rights.  She was only there to stop Elizabeth from attending.

Both shows have a footman named Alfred, maids named Gwen and Daisy and a chauffeur named Tom. 

In "Downton..." daughter, Edith, gets her column published in the newspaper.  In "Upstairs..." Lawrence gets his poem published in the paper.

In both series the staff get a day off for the fair.

In "Downton..." Sir Robert Crawley's cousin and heir to the estate Sir James Crawley and his son, Patrick, die in the sinking of the Titanic.  In "Upstairs..." the woman of the house, Lady Marjorie Bellamy dies aboard it. 

In "Downton.." a valet named Henry, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from battles he fought in war.  In "Upstairs," butler, Edward, also suffers from shell shock from the same reason.

In "Downton..." the head maid, Ms. Hughes sneaks food to former maid Ethel.  In "Upstairs..." head maid, Rose sneaks food to Alfred a former footman.  

In "Downton..." the cook, Mrs. Patmore always picks on her assistant, Daisy.  In "Upstairs..." the cook Mrs. Bridges always picks on her assistant, Ruby.

Both series include England entering WWI.

In "Downton.." the daughter Sybil becomes a nurse during WWI.  In "Upstairs..." the cousin Georgina serves as a nurse.

In "Downton..." Lady Crawley suffers from a miscarriage.  In "Upstairs.." Lady Hazel Bellamy and the maid Daisy also suffers from one.

In both series the households open their houses to the victims of WWI.

In both series male members from the family and staff join the armed forces during WWI.

In both shows the son and son-in-law are temporary in a wheelchair after WWI.

Both houses own dogs.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

I rate HBO made for TV Movies

Here's a List of made for TV HBO movies I liked  and Disliked:



I Liked:

Behind the Candelabra
Gia
Grey Gardens
Iron Jawed Angels
The Laramie Project
The Normal Heart
RKO 281
When the Levees Broke
Wit
You Don't Know Jack


I Disliked:

If These Walls Could Talk
Phil Spector

Friday, March 8, 2013

Celebrities Who Married the Same Person Twice

Actress June Allyson: was married to Alfred Glenn Maxwell from 1963 - 1965. Then again from 1966 - 1970.

Pamela Anderson: married to Rick Salomon from October 6, 2007 - March 24, 2008.  They remarried on January 11, 2014 - April 29, 2015.

Actress Lina Basquette: married boxer Teddy Hayes on October 19, 1931.  They divorced on September 10, 1932.  Only to remarry on December 27, 1932. And divorce again on December 20, 1935.

Milton Berle: was married to Joyce Mathews from December 1941 - October 1947 then remarried her from June 1949 - March 1950

Fred Berry: married to Franchesska Berry from January 11, 1976 - later that year.  They remarried on October 15, 1978 - September 25, 1980.

CEO Egdar Bronfman Sr. married Rita Webb in 1975.  They Divorced in 1983.  Soon after they remarried but divorced again by the early 1990s.  

Actress Virginia Bruce was married to Turkish screenwriter, Ali Ipar from August 27, 1946 - July 30, 1951.  They remarried from November 13, 1952 - January 16, 1964.

Actor Edwin Carewe married actress Mary Akin from May 13, 1925 - 1928.  Only to remarry from June 18, 1929 - January 22, 1940.

Art Carney: was married to Jean Myers from August 1940 - 1965 then remarried her from 1980 till his death on November 9, 2003.

Johnny Carson: married to Joanne Carson from August 17, 1963 - June 21, 1972.  They remarried from September 30, 1972 - August 30, 1985.

Jack Carter: married to Roxanne Wanda from October 8, 1971-1977.  Then remarried in 1992 till his death on June 28, 2015. 

Rosemary Clooney: was married to Jose Ferrer from July 1953 - May 1962 then remarried him from 1963 - September 1967

Cora Sue Collins: was married to Ivan Stauffer from November 26, 1943 - September 11, 1944.  They remarried again on their divorce date September 11, 1946.  Only to divorce again on May 1, 1947. 

Elisha Cook Jr. married his 2nd wife Peggy McKenna in 1943.  They divorced in 1968.  They remarried in 1971 and remained married until her death in 1990.

Rodney Dangerfield: was married to Joyce Indig from 1949 -1962 then remarried from 1963 - 1970.

Mona Darkfeather: was married to director Frank Montgomery from 1912-1928.  They were remarried from December 23, 1937 till Montgomery's death on July 18, 1944.

Actress Gloria DeHaven was married to Richard Fincher from 1957 - 1963. Then again from 1965 - 1969.

Bobby Driscoll was married to Marilyn Rush from 1956-1957.  Then from 1957-1960.

Steve Earle: married his fourth wife Lou-Anne Gill from 1987 - 1988. They remarried from 1993-1997.

Eminem: was married to Kimberly Anne Scott from June 1999  - October 2001 then remarried her from January 2006 - December 2006

Mel Ferrer: married Frances Pilchard October 23, 1937 - 1939, then remarried her in 1944. This marriage again ended in divorce.

Mick Fleetwood: married Jenny Boyd in June 1970 - 1976.  They remarried in 1977, only to divorce again in 1978.  

Ellen Gilchrist: married Marshall Walker in 1955.  They later divorced, remarried again, only to divorce again by 1963.  

Elliott Gould: was married to Jennifer Bogart from December 1973 - October 1975 then was remarried to her from June 1978 - September 1989

Melanie Griffith: was married to Don Johnson from January 1976 - July 1976 then remarried him from June 1989 - February 1996.

Tiffany Haddish: married to William Stewart from 2008-2011. Married and divorced again by 2013.

Darrell Hammond: was married to Elizabeth Hammond from 1990 - 1994.  They remarried in 1997 and divorced again in 2011.  

Agent Leland Hayward: was married to Lola Gibbs from March 28, 1921 - May 7, 1924. Then they were remarried from February 14, 1930 - November 27, 1934.

Leona Hemsley: married Joseph Lubin twice between the years 1952 - 1972.

Paul Hogan: married Noelene Hogan from 1958 - 1981, then remarried her from 1982 - 1989.

Terrence Howard: married to his first wife Lori from 1993-2003.  They remarried again in 2005 only to divorce again in 2008. 

Frida Kahlo: married Diego Rivera from August 21, 1929 - 1939, then remarried December 8, 1940 till her death on July 13, 1954.

George Kennedy: married to Norma Wurman from June 23, 1959 - 1971.  Then remarried on November 23, 1973...only to divorce again on August 11, 1978.

Larry King: was married to Alene Akins from April 1963 - December 1966 then remarried her from 1967 - 1972

Carole Landis: was married to Irving Wheeler from January 1934 - February 1934 then remarried him from August 1934 - May 1939.

Stan Laurel: was married to Virginia Ruth Rogers from April 1934 - December 1937 then again from January 1941 - April 1946.

NeNe Leakes: married to Gregg Leakes from 1997 - 2011. They remarried on June 22, 2013 until his death on September 1, 2021.  This was her only husband.

Sophia Loren: was married to Carlo Ponti from September 1957 - 1962 then remarried from April 1966 till his death in January 2007. This was her only husband. (They had to divorce the first time due to Ponti's first divorce not being legal in Italy.)

Joe Louis: married Marva Trotter in the early 1940's they divorced in 1945, remarried a year later only to divorce again in 1949.

Dick Martin: married to Dolly Read from August 22, 1971-1975.  Remarried from May 11, 1978 till his death on May 24, 2008. 

Carson McCullers: was married to Reeves McCullers from September 1937 - 1941 then remarried him from 1945 till his death in 1953.

Marie McDonald: was married to Harry Karl from 1947 - 1954.  They were remarried from 1955 - 1958.

Writer Grace Metalious: was married to her husband George from 1943-1958.  They remarried in 1960 and were separated when she died in 1964. 

Actress Sarah Miles: was married to screenwriter Robert Bolt from 1967-1976.  They were remarried from 1988 until Bolt's death in 1995. This was her only spouse.

Actor Thomas Mitchell was married to his first wife Anne Stewart Brewer from 1915 -1935. Then remarried from 1941 - 1962. They remained married until his death.

Elon Musk: married actress Talulah Riley once from 2010 - 2012 and then remarried from 2013 - 2016.

John Nash: was married to Alicia De Larde from February 1957 - August 1963 then remarried her from June 2001- 2015. This had been his only wife. Both were killed in a car accident on May 23, 2015.

Jennifer O'Neill: was married to Richard A. Lane from 1984 - 1987 then remarried him from December 1993 - 1996

Yoko Ono: was married to Anthony Cox from November 28, 1962 - March 1, 1963.  They remarried June 6, 1963 - February 2, 1969.

Alan Oppenheimer: Married Marianna Elliott in 1958 and divorced some years later.  Then in 1992 they married again until her death in 2003. 

Marie Osmond: was married to Steve Craig from June 1982 - October 1985 then remarried him in May 2011- present

Dorothy Parker: was married to Alan Campbell from 1934-1947.  They remarried in 1950 until his death on June 14, 1963. 

Tom Poston married Kay Hudson in 1968.  They divorced in 1975.  They remarried in 1980 and remained married until her death from ALS in 1998.

Richard Pryor: was married to Flynn Belaine from October 1986 - January 1987 then again from April 1990 - 1991.  He also married Jennifer Lee from August 1981 - October 1982 then remarried her in June 2001 till his death on December 10, 2005.

Erich Maria Remarque: married to Ilsa Jeanne Zamboui from October 14, 1923 - 1930. They remarried from June 1937 - 1957.

Bartlett Robinson: was married to Margaret Ballatine from September 3, 1938 - March 1971.  They then remarried on December 31, 1973 until his death in 1986.  This was his only wife. 

Billy Rose: was also married to Joyce Mathews from July 2, 1956 - July 23, 1959.  They remarried on December 29, 1961 - February 10, 1964.

Writer William Saroyan: married Carol Grace once from February 20, 1943 - November 17, 1949. Then again from March 21, 1951 - March 6, 1952. This was his only wife.

Judge Judy Sheindlin: married Jerry Sheindlin in 1977 and divorced in 1990.  Then remarried him in 1991 - present.

George C. Scott: was married to Colleen Dewhurst from 1960 - 1965 then again from July 1967-February 1972

Neil Simon: was married to Diane Lander from January 1987 - August 1988 then remarried from February 1990 - April 1998

Sinbad: married Meredith Fuller from 1986 - 1992 then remarried her in 2002. This is his only wife.

Ben Stein: married to Alexandra Denman from 1968-1974.  Then remarried her in 1977.  This has been his only wife. 

Elizabeth Taylor: was married to Richard Burton from March 1964 - June 1974 then remarried him from October 1975 - August 1976.

Raquel Torres: married actor Jon Hall sometime in the early 1950's.  They then were remarried from February 14, 1959 - 1967.

Lana Turner: was married to Stephen Crane from July 1942 - February 1943 then remarried him from March 1943 - August 1944

Jean-Claude Van Damme: married Gladys Portugues from January 1987 - 1992 then remarried her in 1999.

Barbara Walters: married Merv Adelson in 1981 and divorced in 1984.  They remarried in 1986 and divorced again in 1992. 

Actress Ruth Warrick was married to actor Carl Neubert from 1950 - 1952. Then again from 1961 - 1963.

Dionne Warwick: married William Elliott in 1966 and divorced in May 1967 they reconciled and remarried in August 1967 then divorced again in December 1975.

Jacki Weaver: married Derryn Hinch on February 25, 1983 and divorced in 1996.  Then remarried in 1997 but they ended up divorced again in 1998. 

James Whitmore: was married to Nancy Richmond Mygatt from August 1947 - December 1970 then were remarried from March 1979 - October 1982

Natalie Wood: was married to Robert Wagner from December 1957- April 1962 then remarried him July 1972 - till her death on November 29, 1981

Jane Wyman: was married to Fred Karger from November 1952 - December 1954 then remarried him from March 1961 - March 1965

Steve Wynn: was married to Elaine Pascal from 1963-1986.  Remarried in 1991 and divorced again in 2010. 

Sean Young: married Robert Lujan from November 24, 1990 - April 29, 2002.  They remarried in 2011. This is her only husband.

Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was married to his second wife Loranda Spaulding from February 12, 1956 - 1961.  They remarried in 1962 until her death in 2007.