Let Us Remember

[Johnny]

Let Us Remember:


On September 20-2014, actress Polly Bergen died at age 84.

She starred in Cape Fear, The Caretakers and in Move Over Darling wuth Doris Day and James Garner.

[Jas1]

Polly said she had made up her mind not to like the big star DD- however, she was wrong and like us all, fell hook line and sinker for a wonderful warm immensely talented down to earth superstar.

[Johnny]

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On September 23-1978, singer Ruth Etting who was portrayed by Doris Day in Love Me or Leave Me died at age 80.

[Musiclover]

DD's and Etting's lives had several things in common: Both of German ancestry; both blue-eyed blondes from the Midwestern U.S. (Etting from Nebraska); each had an absentee father; both sang in nightclubs in their early careers; each had a very controlling husband; both had recording contracts with Columbia; each hosted her own radio program; and both received stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (Etting has one, DD two).

[Johnny]

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On September 25-1987, actress Mary Astor died at age 81. Two of her most famous roles are wicked Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon with Humphrey Bogart and as Sandra Kovak in The Great Lie with Bette Davis.
Mary Astor won the Best Supporting Actress award in 1941 for The Great Lie.

[Johnny]

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On September 26-1973, Italian actress, Anna Magnani died at age 65. She won the Academy Award for best actress for her performance in The Rose Tatoo in 1955.

On September 26-1984, actor Walter Pidgeon died in 1984 at age 87. He starred in the wartime drama Mrs. Miniver with Greer Garson.

On September 26- 2008, Paul Newman died at age 83. He won the best actor Academy Award for his performance in The Colour of Money in 1986. He starred in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Hud, Cool Hand Luke and Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.

On September 26- 2010, actress Gloria Stuart who starred in Titanic died at age 100

[Johnny]

Let Us Remember:

On September 29-1970, veteran character actor Edward Everett Horton died at age 84. He starred in Top Hat, Arsenic and Old Lace, It's A Mad, Mad, Mad World, and Pocketful of Miracles.


On September 29-2010, Tony Curtis died at age 85. He starred in The Defiant Ones, Some Like It Hot, Spartacus , The Boston Strangler and The Mirror Crack'd.

Tony Curtis became an artist in the 1980's and his impressionist paintings sell for $25,000. Some of his works are exhibited in a gallery in Carmel California.

Tony and his last wife Jill did a lot of work to help save horses from being sent to slaughter houses.

[Johnny]

Let Us Remember:

On September 30- 1955, legendary actor James Dean died in a car crash at age 24. He is known for his three iconic films, East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause, and Giant.

On September 30- 1985, Simone Signoret died at age 64. She won an Academy Award for best actress in 1959 for her performance in Room At The Top.

[Johnny]

Let Us Remember:

On October 2-1985, Rock Hudson died at age 59.
He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1956 for his role in Giant.
He will be forever remembered for his charismatic romantic pairing with Doris Day in Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back and Send Me No Flowers.

How fortunate we are to have this beautiful Rock and Doris banner on this day.

Thanks Bryan!

[webmaster]

Thanks for reminding us, Johnny.



He even seemed to look at her with love even when he was acting - certainly in the photo above.

[Johnny]

Let Us Remember:

On October 5-1976, actress Barbara Nichols died at age 46. She starred in the film Dear Heart and in The Pajama Game with Doris Day.

On October 5- 1981, actress Gloria Grahame died at age 55. She won the 1952 best supporting actress Academy Award for her role in The Bad and The Beautiful. She also was nominated for her role in Crossfire. She starred in Sudden Fear, The Greatest Show on Earth and Oklahoma.

[Johnny]

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On October 22nd 1995, the extraordinarily talented and charming supporting actress Mary Wickes died at age 79. Mary starred in three Doris Day films; I'll See You In My Dreams, On Moonlight Bay and By The Light of The Silvery Moon.

[Peter Flapper]

Hi Johnny,

Thanks for doing all this research work!
Keep up the good work!

P

[Johnny]

Thanks Peter!

[Johnny]

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On October 26-1952, actress Hattie McDaniel died at age 57. She was the first African American actress to win the best supporting actress Academy Award for her role as Mammy in Gone With The Wind in 1939
She was also the first black woman to sing on the radio in the United States. She starred in China Seas with Jean Harlow, I'm No Angel with Me West, and The Little Colonel with Shirley Temple and approximately 150 other films.

[Musiclover]

Thanks for this topic, Johnny. I think Mary Wickes also appeared in "It Happened to Jane."

[Johnny]

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On October 31-1993, the extraordinary talented River Phoenix died suddenly and tragically at age 23.

Some of his films are:

Stand By Me
A Night In The Life of Jimmy Reardon
Running On Empty
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
My Own Private Idaho

[Johnny]

Let Us Remember:

Terry Melcher who died on November 19th, 2004 at age 62.

Terry was Doris Day's son whose father was Doris' first husband Al Jordan. Terry was adopted by Doris' third husband Martin Melcher.
Terry was a music producer and produced the song Move Over Darling.

[webmaster]

Wow, that was a long time ago, Johnny.

And although Marty adopted him, which he didn't really need to do, it sounds like he didn't really love him, as we understand 'the concept' today.

[Johnny]

Bryan, I made a mistake regarding the date of Terry's death. It is November 19-2004. I will repost it on the 19th.

[Johnny]

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Gene Tierney who died on November 6-1991 at age 70.

Some of Gene's classic films are Laura, Leave Her To Heaven for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for best actress in 1945. and the 1962 political thriller Advise and Consent.

Gene Tierney

[Johnny]

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On November 7, 1980, actor Steve McQueen died at age 50.
Some major films of Steve McQueen's are Love With The Proper Stranger, Bullitt, The Thomas Crown Affair and The Sand Pebbles.


On November 7-2004, musical star Howard Keel died at age 85. He starred in Show Boat with Ava Gardner, Calamity Jane with Doris Day, and Seven Brides For Seven Brothers with Jane Powell.

[Johnny]

Let Us Remember:

On November 15-1958, leading man Tyrone Power died at age 44

Some of Tyrone Powers films are:
Jesse James
The Mark of Zorro
Blood and Sand
The Black Swan
The Razor's Edge
Witness For The Prosecution

Tyrone Ppwer

[Johnny]

Let Us Remember:

On November 28-1976, talented actress Rosalind Russell died at age 68.

Some of her films are:

The Women
The Front Page
Auntie Mame
The Trouble With Angels

Rosalind Russell -Auntie Mame 1958

[Johnny]

Let Us Remember:


On November 29-1981, actress Natalie Wood at age 43 died tragically by drowning. Natalie started out as a child actress in the Christmas film Miracle On 34th Street.

She grew into a talented Academy Award nominated actress for Rebel Without A Cause with James Dean, Splendor In The Grass with Warren Beatty, and Love With The Proper Stranger with Steve Mc Queen.

She also starred as Maria in West Side Story.

Natalie Wood