Where Are They Now - Friday, January 6, 2017
Hello fans,
I was watching 'Aliens' the other night and while I was enjoy the sci-fi/action masterpiece from James Cameron I began to wonder...what ever happened to the little girl that played Newt?
So, here we are, ready to discover what has been happening with Carrie Henn.
Take care,
Steve
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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":
Curtis Armstrong: He played Booger in the "Revenge of the Nerds" movies and one of Joel's friends in the movie "Risky Business", he appeared in the TV series "Moonlighting"
LeVar Burton: He played the young Kunta Kinte in the TV mini-series "Roots" and Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge on the TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation", he hosted the PBS educational series "Reading Rainbow" for many years
Jack Webb: Played Sgt. Joe Friday on the TV series (and originally radio series) "Dragnet"
(Answer at the bottom)
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Carrie Henn
Learn More About Carrie Henn on Celebrity Nooz
BIRTH DATE: May 7, 1976, Panama City, Florida, USA
BIRTH NAME: Caroline Marie Henn
NICKNAME: Screamer
CLAIM TO FAME: She is best known for her role as Rebecca "Newt" Jorden in the 1986 movie 'Aliens'.
FAMILY LIFE: Spouse - Nathan Kutcher (1 child)
INFO: 'Aliens' is her only acting credit. Since leaving acting, Henn earned a degree in liberal studies and child development from California State University at
Stanislaus in June 2000 and since then has worked as a schoolteacher.
TRIVIA: Sister of Christopher Henn.
Her father was in the US Air Force, and Carrie spent much of her childhood in England. It was at a school in Lakenheath that she was cast in Aliens.
Had no previous acting experience before Aliens (1986), never even appearing in a school play.
Despite her lack of acting experience, she got second billing to Sigourney Weaver in Aliens.
According to the casting director, Newt was the most difficult role to cast: Schoolchildren were auditioned, but many of them had acted in commercials and were accustomed to smiling after saying their lines. Henn was chosen out of 500 children for the role, although she had no previous acting experience.
She received a Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor for 'Aliens'.
Henn works as a schoolteacher.
She and Aliens (1986) co-star, Sigourney Weaver still keep in contact.
WHERE IS HE NOW: Since 1986, she has never acted or performed in any other motion pictures, or television series. She has said, however, that she'd love to be in a Quentin Tarantino film.
Carrie Henn now lives near Stanislaus County in California.
Henn will reunite with her 'Aliens' co-stars at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con to celebrate the film's 30th anniversary.
CREDITS:
1986 Aliens...Newt
To see Then & Now pictures of Carrie Henn, visit: Celebrity Nooz
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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Curtis Armstrong - ALIVE
Born: 11/27/1953
LeVar Burton - ALIVE
Born: 02/16/1957
Jack Webb - DEAD (Heart attack)
Born: 04/02/1920 Died: 12/23/1982
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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
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Gangmumei Kamei, 77, Indian academic and politician.
Tullio De Mauro, 84, Italian linguist and politician, Minister of Education (2000-2001).
Frank Murphy, 69, Irish middle-distance runner, European Athletics Championships silver medalist (1969).
Jill Saward, 51, British anti-sexual assault activist, subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Rafiq Subaie, 86, Syrian actor, writer and director.
Christopher Weeramantry, 90, Sri Lankan judge, Vice-President of the International Court of Justice (1997-2000).
1/4
Hisham Al-Otaibi, 70, Kuwaiti politician.
John Cummings, 73, British politician, MP for Easington (1987-2010), lung cancer.
Willie Evans, 79, American football player (University of Buffalo).
Mike Gaborno, 51, American musician (Manic Hispanic), liver cancer.
Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, 89, Indian sitar player and composer, cardiac arrest.
Bade Fateh Ali Khan, 82, Pakistani singer, lung disease.
Stefan Ormandjiev (bg), 63, Bulgarian football referee and executive.
Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje, 84, Spanish painter.
Ezio Pascutti, 79, Italian footballer (Bologna).
Art Pennington, 93, American baseball player (Chicago American Giants, Birmingham Black Barons).
Georges Prêtre, 92, French orchestral and opera conductor.
Milt Schmidt, 98, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player, coach and general manager (Boston Bruins), stroke.
Anna Senkoro, Tanzanian politician.
Vlastimir Trajkovic, 69, Serbian composer.
Sir Douglas Wass, 93, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury (1974-1983).
Paul Went, 67, English footballer (Charlton Athletic, Fulham, Leyton Orient, Portsmouth).
Wayne Westner, 55, South African golfer, suicide by gunshot.
1/3
Vida Alves (pt), 88, Brazilian actress, multiple organ failure.
Enzo Benedetti (it), 85, Italian footballer (Palermo).
Ivo Bresan, 80, Croatian writer.
Ciro Bustos (es), 84, Argentine artist and guerrilla soldier.
Kevin Casey, 40, Irish broadcaster, cancer.
Charles J. Colgan, 90, American politician, member of the Virginia Senate (1976-2016), vascular ailment.
J. Dewey Daane, 98, American economist.
George M. Dennison, 81, American university administrator, President of the University of Montana (1990-2010), non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
Cecilia González Gómez, 55, Mexican politician, Deputy of Congress (2012-2015), heart attack.
Marti Huizenga, 74, American philanthropist.
Rolf Noskwith, 97, German-born British businessman and codebreaker (World War II).
Poul Pedersen, 84, Danish footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1960).
Peter Pollen, 89, Canadian politician, Mayor of Victoria, British Columbia (1971-1975, 1981-1985).
H. S. Mahadeva Prasad, 58, Indian politician, MLA (since 1994), heart attack.
Rosemary Stevenson, 80, American baseball player (Grand Rapids Chicks).
Igor Volk, 79, Ukrainian-born Russian cosmonaut and test pilot.
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Auriel Andrew, 69, Australian country musician.
René Ballet, 88, French journalist and author.
John Berger, 90, English art critic and painter.
Albert Brewer, 88, American politician, Governor of Alabama (1968-1971).
François Chérèque, 60, French labor unionist (CFDT), leukemia.
Barbara Fei, 85, Hong Kong opera singer.
Richard Gee, 83, Australian federal judge, Family Court (1980-1999), drowning.
Richard Machowicz, 51, American Navy SEAL, and television host (Future Weapons, Deadliest Warrior), brain cancer.
Gregorio Paunero Martín (es), 100, Spanish football executive, vice-president of Real Madrid C.F.
Daryl Spencer, 88, American baseball player (New York/San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals).
István Tatár, 58, Hungarian Olympic sprinter (1980, 1988).
Viktor Tsaryov, 85, Russian football player and coach (Dynamo Moscow, Soviet Union national team).
Jean Vuarnet, 83, French alpine skier, Olympic champion (1960), stroke.
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Sir Tony Atkinson, 72, British economist, multiple myeloma.
Rita Bertolini (de), 50, Austrian author and publisher.
Hilarion Capucci, 94, Syrian Melkite Catholic hierarch, Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem (1965-1974).
René de Clercq (nl), 72, Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist.
Peter Farmer, 75-76, British set designer.
Manuel Fernández Mora (es), 84, Spanish football player and coach (Racing de Santander).
Karl Gerstner, 86, Swiss typographer.
Stuart Hamilton, 87, Canadian musician and broadcaster, prostate cancer.
Mel Lopez, 81, Filipino politician, Mayor of Manila (1986-1987, 1988-1992), heart attack.
Bill Marshall, 77, Canadian film and theater producer, co-founder of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Luis Mazzeo (es), 54, Argentinian actor (Wild Tales).
Vladimir Mikhalkin (ru), 89, Russian military commander.
Memo Morales, 79, Venezuelan singer, heart attack.
Yaakov Neeman, 77, Israeli lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice (1996, 2009-2013) and Finance (1997-1998).
Emmanuel Niyonkuru, 54, Burundian politician, Senator (since 2015) and Minister of Water and Environment (since 2015), shot.
Derek Parfit, 74, English philosopher (Reasons and Persons).
Abis Rizvi, 49, Indian businessman and film producer (Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans), shot.
Samuel Schweber, 80, Argentinian chess International Master.
Jeremy Stone, 81, American scientist and arms control activist.
Aleksander Tsutselov, 83, Estonian sailor, Olympic silver medalist (1960).
Talat Tunçalp, 101, Turkish racing cyclist and president of the Turkish Cycling Federation (1950-1968).
Bogdan Tuszynski, 84, Polish sports journalist and reporter (Polskie Radio).
Sylvester Uphus, 89, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1983-1993).
Brian Widlake, 85, British broadcaster (The Money Programme).
Alfonso Wong, 91, Hong Kong cartoonist (Old Master Q), organ failure.