Where Are They Now - Friday, September 16, 2016

Hello fans,

This week we are catching up with actress Amy Steel, per a reader's request. Steel was known for her role in the 1981 horror film Friday the 13th Part 2. Time to find out more about her!

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Steve

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":

Meredith MacRae: Played Billie Jo Bradley on the TV series "Petticoat Junction"

Norman Jewison: Director whose films include "The Cincinnati Kid", "In the Heat of the Night", and "Moonstruck"

Nora Ephron: Screenwriter, novelist, and director who wrote or co-wrote "Silkwood", "When Harry Met Sally", "Sleepless in Seattle", "Heartburn" and other movies and directed "Sleepless in Seattle", "You've Got Mail" and other movies



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Amy Steel
Learn More About Amy Steel on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: May 3, 1960, Pennsylvania, United States

CLAIM TO FAME: She is well known for her role as Ginny Field in the 1981 horror film Friday the 13th Part 2.

FAMILY LIFE: In 1986 she married Peter Pulitzer. She has two daughters.

INFO: Steel has appeared in many television roles, including the soap operas Guiding Light as Trudy Wilson from 1980-81, and on All My Children as Peggy Warner in 1980. Other credits include Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Family Ties, CHiPs, The A-Team, Chicago Hope, Quantum Leap, Millennium and JAG.

TRIVIA: Her character on Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) was supposed to be killed by Jason, but the producers later decided during filming that they needed to have someone survive.

Was going to star in the third installment of the Friday the 13th series reprising her role as "Ginny" from Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) but her agent at the time told her not to sign on.

Has three brothers.

She has appeared at horror conventions across the country, and provided insights on the 'His Name Was Jason' documentary DVD in 2009.

WHERE IS SHE NOW: Her most recent film work was 2014's 'Tales of Poe'.

Currently, she serves as a marriage and family therapist intern at InBalance in the Santa Monica Mountains. She also has a private practice in Calabasas, specializing in adolescent and mid-life transitions.

CREDITS:

2014 Tales of Poe...Mother of Dreams / Poetic Narrator

2003 A Time to Remember (TV Movie)...Claire Goodman Isenberg

2000 JAG (TV Series)...Cmdr. Samantha Woodling
Promises (2000)

1999 Tycus (Video)...Little Girl's mother

1999 Valerie Flake...Denise

1997 Millennium (TV Series)...Dr. Liz Michaels
A Single Blade of Grass (1997)

1996 Chicago Hope (TV Series)...Lisa Erickson
Liar, Liar (1996)

1996 American Gothic (TV Series)...Christie
Rebirth (1996)

1995 Abandoned and Deceived (TV Movie)

1995 The Commish (TV Series)...Rhonda Shonick
The Johnny Club (1995)

1994 Diagnosis Murder (TV Series)...Jenny Morley
Murder Most Vial (1994)

1994 The Innocent (TV Movie)...Molly

1994 Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice (TV Movie)...Dr. Gail Baker

1994 Home Improvement (TV Series)...Eve
It Was the Best of Tims, It Was the Worst of Tims (1994)

1994 Viper (TV Series)...Lisa Hinkle
The Face (1994)

1993 Time Trax (TV Series)...Laura Darrow
Darrow for the Defense (1993)

1993 Space Rangers (TV Series)...Sarah Boon
Fort Hope (1993)

1992 Play Nice...Nancy

1992 Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo (TV Movie)...Roxanne Shields

1992 Walter & Emily (TV Series)...Ginny
Remember Me? (1992)

1991 China Beach (TV Series)...Maria Koloski
Rewind (1991)

1991 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (TV Movie)...Connie

1990 Quantum Leap (TV Series)...Maggie Spontini
The Great Spontini - May 9, 1974 (1990)

1990 Father Dowling Mysteries (TV Series)...Murphy
The Undercover Nun Mystery (1990)

1987-1989 Jake and the Fatman (TV Series)...Mia Delaine / Samantha Shay
Wish You Were Here (1989)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (1987)

1988 The Red Spider (TV Movie)...Kate O'Day

1987 Home Fires (TV Movie)...Cathy Ash

1987 Walk Like a Man...Penny

1986 April Fool's Day...Kit

1985 Stir Crazy (TV Series)...Lisa Grant
Sulky Race (1985)

1985 First Steps (TV Movie)...Nan Davis

1983-1984 For Love and Honor (TV Series)...Sharon

1983 Women of San Quentin (TV Movie)...Liz Larson

1983 Exposed...Guest at Party

1982-1983 The Powers of Matthew Star (TV Series)...Pam Elliott

1983 The A-Team (TV Series)...Kathy Ludlam
One More Time (1983)

1983 CHiPs (TV Series)...Kelly
Firepower (1983)

1982 Family Ties (TV Series)...Stephanie Brooks
Summer of '82 (1982)

1982 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TV Series)...Allison Freleng
The Man in the White Hat (1982)

1981 Friday the 13th Part 2...Ginny

1981 Fat Chance...Alison

1970 All My Children (TV Series)...Peggy Warner (1980)

1952 Guiding Light (TV Series)...Trudy Wilson (1980-1981)

To see Then & Now pictures of Amy Steel, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Meredith MacRae - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 05/30/1944 Died: 07/14/2000

Norman Jewison - ALIVE
Born: 07/21/1926

Nora Ephron - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 05/19/1941 Died: 06/26/2012

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
9/14
Ronnie Cope, 81, English football player and manager (Manchester United, Luton Town).

9/13
Artyom Bezrodny, 37, Ukrainian-born Russian footballer (Spartak Moscow), heart attack.
Julio González, 61, Cuban-born American mass murderer (Happy Land fire).
Matt Gray, 80, Scottish footballer (Third Lanark, Manchester City).
Jack Hofsiss, 65, American stage director (The Elephant Man).
Judith Jacobs, 77, American legislator, fall.
Mike Roberts, 83, American radio sportscaster sportscaster (New Mexico Lobos), cancer.
Joe Zaleski, 89, American-born Canadian football player and coach (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).

9/12
Gunnila Bernadotte, 93, Swedish countess.
Ellen Burka, 95, Dutch-born Canadian figure skater and coach.
Sándor Csoóri, 86, Hungarian poet, essayist, writer and politician.
Edmund D. Edelman, 85, American politician.
Hidayat Inayat Khan, 99, English-French composer and conductor.
Peter Pettalia, 61, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (since 2011), traffic collision.
Tavin Pumarejo, 84, Puerto Rican actor, comedian and jíbaro singer.
Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa, 92, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Macau (1976-1988).
Stanley Sheinbaum, 96, American peace and human rights activist.

9/11
Ishak Alaton, 89, Turkish businessman, heart failure.
Alexis Arquette, 47, American actress (The Wedding Singer, Pulp Fiction, Lords of Dogtown), complications from AIDS.
Howard E. Butt, Jr., 89, American businessman (H-E-B), Parkinson's disease.
Lawrence D. Cohen, 83, American attorney, politician and judge, Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota (1972-1976).
Nelson Davidyan, 66, Armenian Soviet wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1976).
Ben Idrissa Dermé, 34, Burkinabe footballer (Sheriff Tiraspol, CA Bastia), heart attack.
Mbaye-Jacques Diop, 80, Senegalese politician, member of the National Assembly (1983-2004), Mayor of Rufisque (1987-2002).
Leonard Haze, 61, American drummer (Y&T), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Let's Elope, 28, New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse, Melbourne Cup winner (1991).
Norman May, 88, Australian sports broadcaster.
Eduard Nazarov (ru), 74, Russian and Soviet animator (Once Upon a Dog).
Claude-Jean Philippe, 83, French film critic and filmmaker.
Bruno Poromaa, 80, Swedish politician, MP (1982-1994), municipal commissioner for Kiruna (1994-1998).
Dalmiro Sáenz, 90, Argentine playwright.
Ken Sparkes, 76, Australian radio broadcaster, heart attack.
Ricky Tosso, 56, Peruvian actor, cancer.

9/10
Robert Eugene Allen, 81, American business executive, CEO of AT&T (1988-1997), stroke.
Eddie Antar, 68, American businessman (Crazy Eddie).
Giuliano Carnimeo, 84, Italian director (The Case of the Bloody Iris).
Marten Fortuyn (nl), 73, Dutch businessman (Johnson & Johnson) and justice advocate (Assassination of Pim Fortuyn), injuries sustained in psychiatric hospital escape attempt.
Luis Eduardo González, 70, Uruguayan political scientist, cancer.
Paul Green, 73, American author and politicial commentator, complications from a brain aneurysm.
Mahmut Hekimoglu, 60, Turkish actor and film producer.
Jutta Limbach, 82, German jurist and politician, President of the Federal Constitutional Court (1994-2002).
Horst Linde (de), 104, German architect.
Frank Masley, 56, American Olympic luger (1980, 1984, 1988), cancer.
Moose Morowski, 81, Canadian professional wrestler.
Jure Radic, 62, Croatian civil engineer and politician, gastric cancer.
Chris Stone, 81, American recording studio owner (Record Plant) and entrepreneur, heart attack and stroke.
Joy Viado, 57, Filipino comedienne and actress, heart attack.
Knut Wiggen (sv), 89, Norwegian composer.