Celebrating the Living: Randy Newman
Obviously, EGOTs are on hold right now. At least for Randy Newman, they are. I…
Attention Must Be Paid: Susan Peters
Famously, assorted Lionel Barrymore characters were in wheelchairs because Lionel Barrymore himself was crippled by…
Celebrating the Living: Swoosie Kurtz
Apparently, we’ve all been saying her name wrong all this time. It’s supposed to rhyme…
Attention Must Be Paid: Jackie Coogan
Basically, if you’re picturing Jackie Coogan, you’re either picturing him at age seven or in…
Celebrating the Living: Harrison Ford
Of late, I’ve been doing a lot of people about whom I’m doing research. Specifically,…
Attention Must Be Paid: Wendy Toye
It seems the sparse amount of detail about the life of Wendy Toye, CBE, has…
Celebrating the Living: Stockard Channing
It is not often we encounter people whose TV debut is on Sesame Street. Sonia…
Attention Must Be Paid: Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen seemed such a natural fit for comedy that it’s hard now to remember…
Celebrating the Living: Bill Cobbs
Bill Cobbs’s second cousin was James Baskett, whose short career included Fats Crow in Dumbo…
Attention Must Be Paid: Vonetta McGee
My Roku lied to me about the availability of L.A. Law on streaming, or maybe…