Where Are They Now - Friday, July 3, 2015

Hello fans,

It's the start of a holiday weekend! While you're preparing for a weekend of festivities, take a break to catch up with actress Amy Wright.

Have a safe and happy fourth of July!

Take care,
Melissa

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

Clu Gulager: He appeared in "The Killers", "The Last Picture Show", "McQ" and other movies

Dudley Moore: Starred in many movies - including "10" and "Arthur"

Robbie Robertson: Member of the rock group The Band, wrote the score for a number of movies, including "Raging Bull" and "The Color of Money"

(Answer at the bottom)
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Amy Wright
Learn More About Amy Wright on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: April 15, 1950, Chicago, Illinois

CLAIM TO FAME: Is known for roles in such films as The Deer Hunter and The Amityville Horror.

FAMILY LIFE: Wright is married to actor Rip Torn and the couple have two daughters.

INFO: Wright has appeared in such films as The Deer Hunter, Breaking Away, The Amityville Horror, Heartland, Wise Blood, Stardust Memories, The Accidental Tourist, Hard Promises, Crossing Delancey and Miss Firecracker.

She starred in the original production of Breakfast with Les and Bess as Shelby.

TRIVIA: Is a graduate of the University of Chicago Laboratory School and Beloit College.

Stepmother of John Torn, Tony Torn, Danae Torn and Angelica Page.

WHERE IS SHE NOW: Wright is currently on the faculty of HB Studio in New York City, a school offering professional training in the performing arts. Her last acting role was in a couple of 2011 episodes of the TV series Wingin' It.

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CREDITS:

2011 Wingin' It (TV Series)...Choreographer / School Teacher
- Friday Afternoon Fever (2011) ... Choreographer
- Me Carl, You Jane-ish (2011) ... School Teacher

2010 Please Give...Erin

2009 Scratch... Play for Keeps (Short)...Ma

2008 Synecdoche, New York...Burning House Realtor

2006 The Good Shepherd...Safe House Operations Officer

2006 The Namesake...Pam

2005 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series)...Sister Dorothy
- Acts of Contrition (2005)

2004 Messengers...Nan Parrish

2002 Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control...Psychiatrist

2002 Undeclared (TV Series)...Debra Karp
- Parents' Weekend (2002)

2001 Besotted...Mona

2001 Amy & Isabelle (TV Movie)...Rosie

1999 Day and an Arabian Knight (Short)...Day

1999 Joe the King...Mary

1995 Tom and Huck...Aunt Polly

1995 The Scarlet Letter...Goody Gotwick

1994 Robot in the Family...Kristina Shamir

1993 To Dance with the White Dog (TV Movie)...Carrie

1993 Josh and S.A.M....Waitress

1993 Where the Rivers Flow North...Loose Woman

1991 Lethal Innocence (TV Movie)...Margaret Stokely

1991 Deceived...Evelyn

1991 Hard Promises...Shelley

1991 Final Verdict (TV Movie)...Queenie

1991 In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (TV Movie)...Karen

1990 Largo Desolato (TV Movie)

1990 Love Hurts...Karen Weaver

1990 Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?...Lurlene

1989 Settle the Score (TV Movie)...Becky

1989 Miss Firecracker...Missy Mahoney

1989 Men (TV Series)...Joyce
- The Trouble with Harvey (1989)

1988 The Accidental Tourist...Rose Leary

1988 Crossing Delancey...Ricki

1988 The Telephone...Honey Boxe / Irate Neighbor / Jennifer on Answering Machine

1986 Trapped in Silence (TV Movie)...Dana Wendolowski

1986 Off Beat...Mary Ellen Gruenwald

1985 Beer...Stacy

1983 A Fine Romance (TV Movie)...Jean

1980 Inside Moves...Anne

1980 NBC Special Treat (TV Series)...Bobba June
- Sunshine's on the Way (1980)... Bobba June

1980 Stardust Memories...Shelley

1979 Wise Blood...Sabbath Lily

1979 Heartland...Clara Jane

1979 The Amityville Horror...Jackie

1979 Breaking Away...Nancy

1978 The Deer Hunter...Bridesmaid

1978 Girlfriends...Ceil

1976 Not a Pretty Picture...Cindy

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

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Clu Gulager - ALIVE
Born: 11/16/1928

Dudley Moore - DEAD (Progressive supranuclear palsy)
Born: 04/19/1935 Died: 03/27/2002

Robbie Robertson - ALIVE
Born: 07/05/1943

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
7/1
Nasser al-Hafi, Egyptian lawyer and politician.
Arthur Porter, 59, Canadian physician, lung cancer.
Bruce Rowland, 74, British rock drummer (Fairport Convention).
Sergio Sollima, 94, Italian director and screenwriter (Face to Face, Sandokan, The Big Gundown).
Sir Nicholas Winton, 106, British humanitarian,
organised rescue of 669 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, respiratory failure.

6/30
Eddy Louiss, 74, French jazz organist.
Paolo Piffarerio, 90, Italian animator and cartoonist (Alan Ford).

6/29
Hisham Barakat, 64, Egyptian prosecutor, car bombing.
Ladislav Chudik, 91, Slovak actor (Kawasaki's Rose).
Willie Daniel, 77, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Rams).
Glenn Ford, 65, American exonerated prisoner, falsely convicted of murder, lung cancer.
Alain de Greef, 68, French television executive, co-founder of Canal+, cancer.
Kauto Star, 15, French-born British-trained racehorse, dual winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, euthanized.
Josef Masopust, 84, Czech football player and manager (Dukla Prague, national team).
Charles Pasqua, 88, French politician, Minister of the Interior (1986-1988, 1993-1995).
Jackson Vroman, 34, American-Lebanese basketball player (Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Hornets, Lebanese national team).

6/28
Ian Allan, 92, British publisher (Ian Allan Publishing).
Goran Brajkovic, 36, Croatian football player, traffic collision.
Robert C. Broward, 89, American architect.
Jack Carter, 93, American comedian (Cavalcade of Stars) and actor (Dr. Kildare, Alligator), respiratory failure.
Dietrich Haugk, 90, German film director and voice actor.
Raymond Kassow, 70, American convicted murderer and bank robber.
Thomas P. Kennedy, 63, American politician.
Joe Lobenstein, 88, German-born British politician.
Liam O Murchu, 86, Irish broadcaster (RTE).
Jope Seniloli, 76, Fijian politician, Vice-President (2001-2004).
Sivuqaq, 21, American walrus and animal actor (50 First Dates), heart failure.
Todor Slavov, 31, Bulgarian rally driver, race crash.
Wally Stanowski, 96, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers).
Ben J. Wattenberg, 81, American author and political commentator, complications from surgery.

6/27
Zvi Elpeleg, 89, Polish-born Israeli diplomat and academic.
John Fairhall, 86, British journalist.
Harvey McGregor, 89, British barrister, Warden of New
College, Oxford (1985-1996).
Chris Squire, 67, English bass guitarist (Yes), acute erythroid leukemia.
Bronius Vysniauskas, 92, Lithuanian sculptor.

6/26
Paul Ambros, 82, German Hall of Fame ice hockey player (EV Fussen, unified team).
Ron Bisman, 82, New Zealand harness racing journalist and author.
Roger Bordier, 92, French author.
Larry Carberry, 79, English footballer (Ipswich Town).
Damion Cook, 36, American football player (Detroit Lions), heart attack.
Jerome M. Hughes, 85, American politician, President of the Minnesota Senate (1983-1993).
Eter Kakulia, 66, Georgian singer.
Tsukasa Kanda, 44, Japanese convicted murderer, execution by hanging.
Matti Makkonen, 63, Finnish telecommunications engineer.
Richard Matt, 49, American convicted murderer and prison escapee, shot.
John Palmer, 64, British career criminal.
Yevgeny Primakov, 85, Russian politician and diplomat, Prime Minister (1998-1999).
Kaja Saudek, 80, Czech comics illustrator.
Kal Segrist, 84, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles).
Alexa Suelzer, 97, American author, educator and theologian.
Chris Thompson, 63, American writer and producer (Laverne
& Shirley, Bosom Buddies, Shake It Up!).
Denis Thwaites, 70, English footballer (Birmingham City), shot.
Donald Wexler, 89, American architect.

6/25
Lou Butera, 78, American pool player.
Sir Graham Dorey, 82, British judge, Bailiff of Guernsey (1992-1999).
Graham Gilchrist, 82, Australian football player (Carlton).
Maravene Loeschke, 68, American college administrator (Towson University), adrenal cancer.
Patrick Macnee, 93, English-American actor (The Avengers, This Is Spinal Tap, A View to a Kill).
Helene Monette, 55, Canadian poet, cancer.
Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, 75, Egyptian-born Armenian Catholic hierarch, Patriarch-Catholicos of Cilicia (since 1999).
Fred R. Price, 88, American film executive and set director
(Cool Hand Luke, The Monkees).
Vithal Rao, 85, Indian ghazal singer.
Alejandro Romay, 88, Argentine businessman (Canal 9).
Jan de Voogd, 90, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1977-1981).