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Today we're catching up with Bonnie Franklin of One
Day at a Time fame. Let's see where she is now!
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":
Edgar Buchanan: Played Uncle Joe in the TV series
"Petticoat Junction" (as well as in "The Beverly
Hillbillies" and "Green Acres")
Kitty Carlisle: She was well known for her many years as
a panelist on the TV game show "To Tell the Truth" and
was also an actress and singer (including appearing in
the Marx Brothers movie, "A Night at the Opera")
Jamey Sheridan: Captain James Deakins on the TV series
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent", has also appeared in the
TV mini-series "The Stand", the series "Shannon's Deal",
and various movies
(Answer at the bottom)
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Bonnie Franklin
http://www.celebritynooz.com/bonnie_franklin.aspx
BIRTH DATE: January 6, 1944, Santa Monica, California
CLAIM TO FAME: She is best known for her starring role in
the television series One Day at a Time.
FAMILY LIFE: She was married to playwright Ronald Sossi
from 1967 to 1970 and to film producer Marvin Minoff from
1980 until his death in November 2009.
INFO: Franklin's first television role was in The Colgate
Comedy Hour when she was nine. She also appeared in a non
credited role in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Wrong Man.
In 1970, she made her debut on Broadway in the musical
Applause, for which she earned a Tony Award nomination.
She became well-known for her role as divorced mother Ann
Romano on the television situation comedy One Day at a Time
(1975?1984).
Franklin has also made appearances on television series
like the ABC series Gidget, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. She
later focused on stage work, appearing in various theater
productions of Grace & Glorie in 1997 and 1998, in Double
Act at the American State Festival in July 1998, and in
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Public Theater in
Pittsburgh.
Continued below....
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TRIVIA: Moved with her family to Beverly Hills when she was
13.
Graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1961.
Once said that because of her red hair and freckles, fans
have a hard time believing that she is Jewish.
Attended Smith College and later UCLA.
Won a Theatre World Award and a Tony Award nomination in
1970 for the Broadway musical, Applause.
WHERE IS SHE NOW: For the last several years, she has
appeared in staged readings with Classic and Contemporary
American Playwrights (CCAP) in the Los Angeles area.
Working along with CCAP in their outreach program, she
works with teachers in the English department at North
Hollywood, Cleveland and King Drew Medical Magnet high
schools. CCAP helps teachers pick out works to incorporate
into the curriculum and gives workshops at the schools.
WRITE TO BONNIE FRANKLIN:
Bonnie Franklin
15745 Royal Oak
Encino, CA 91316
Video Clips of Bonnie Franklin
One Day at a Time - Theme Song
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=12793
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CREDITS:
2011 Hot in Cleveland (TV series)...Agnieszka
Bad Bromance
2000 Touched by an Angel (TV series)...Carol Anne Larkin
Reasonable Doubt
1996 Almost Perfect (TV series)...Mary Ryan
Moving In: Part 2
Moving In: Part 1
1994 Burke's Law (TV series)...Theresa St. Claire
Who Killed the Soap Star?
1987 Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies (TV movie)...Sister Margaret
1975-1984 One Day at a Time (TV series)...Ann Romano / Ann Romano Royer
1983 Parade of Stars (TV movie)...Bonnie
1983 Your Place... or Mine (TV movie)...Alexandra
1981 Musical Comedy Tonight II (TV movie)
1980 Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger (TV movie)...Margaret Sanger
1979 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (TV movie)...Gail
1978 A Guide for the Married Woman (TV movie)...Shirley
1978 All-Star Comedy Ice Revue (TV movie)
1977 The Love Boat (TV series)...Stacy Skogstad, Captain's Ex-Wife
The Captain and the Lady/One If by Land/Centerfold
1975 Bronk (TV series)
The Pickoff (1975)
1974 The Law (TV movie)...Bobbie Stone
1966 The Munsters (TV series)...Janice
Herman's Sorority Caper
1965-1966 Please Don't Eat the Daisies (TV series)...Dorie
Big Man on Campus
Very, Very Huckleberry
1965 Gidget (TV series)...Janie / Jean
Too Many Cooks
Chivalry Isn't Dead
1965 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)...Peggy Durrance
The Gazebo in the Maze Affair
1965 Karen (TV series)...Charlotte Burns
Holiday in Ski Valley
1965 Profiles in Courage (TV series)...Deborah
Prudence Crandall
1965 Invisible Diplomats...Trudy
1964 Mr. Novak (TV series)...Sally
The People Doll: You Wind It Up and It Makes Mistakes
How Does Your Garden Grow?
1959 A Summer Place...Girl in Dormitory (uncredited)
1957 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
The Man from St. Paul (1957)
1956 The Wrong Man...Young Girl (uncredited)
1956 The Kettles in the Ozarks...Betty (uncredited)
1954 Shower of Stars (TV series)...Susan Cratchit
A Christmas Carol
To see Then & Now pictures of Bonnie Franklin, visit:
http://www.celebritynooz.com/bonnie_franklin.aspx
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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE
Edgar Buchanan - DEAD (Stroke)
Born: 03/20/1903 Died: 04/04/1979
Kitty Carlisle - DEAD (Heart failure)
Born: 09/03/1910 Died: 04/17/2007
Jamey Sheridan - ALIVE
Born: 07/12/1951
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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
2/24
Jerrold Kessel, 66, South African-born Israeli journalist
(CNN), cancer.
Frank A. McClintock, 90, American mechanical engineer.
Anant Pai, 81, Indian educationist and creator of comics,
particularly 'Amar Chitra Katha'.
Eddie Serrato, 65, American drummer (Question Mark & the
Mysterians), heart attack.
2/23
Joseph H. Flom, 87, American corporate lawyer, heart
failure.
Gustav Just, 89, German journalist and politician.
Jean Larteguy, 90, French soldier, war correspondent and
writer.
Lisa Wolfson, 47, American author, pancreatic cancer.
2/22
Nicholas Courtney, 81, British actor (Doctor Who)
Colin Hatch, 38, British child murderer, strangled.
Ion Hobana, 80, Romanian science fiction author.
Ron Hudson, 71, American photographer and author.
Sharief Khan, 59, Guyanese journalist, editor-in-chief
(Guyana Chronicle), heart attack.
Donna Manning, 42, New Zealand television presenter,
earthquake.
Bill Nimmo, 93, American television announcer (The Jackie
Gleason Show).
Laila Westersund, 68, Swedish actress.
2/21
Abdi Salaan Mohamed Ali, 20, Somali footballer, bombing.
Ben Fricke, 35, American football player (Dallas Cowboys),
colon cancer.
Dick Klugman, 87, Australian politician, member of the
House of Representatives (1969?1990).
Dwayne McDuffie, 49, American comic book writer, editor
and animator, complications following surgery.
Bernard Nathanson, 84, American pro-choice activist and
co-founder of NARAL, later pro-life activist and writer,
cancer.
Jerzy Nowosielski, 88, Polish painter, graphic artist,
scenographer and illustrator.
Russell W. Peterson, 94, American politician, Governor of
Delaware (1969?1973), stroke.
Kenneth Pillar, 86, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of
Hertford (1982?1989).
Aranmula Ponnamma, 96, Indian actress.
Premananda, 59, Sri Lankan-born Indian religious leader,
convicted rapist and murderer.
Judith Sulzberger, 87, American physician.
Justin Tennison, 33, American commercial fisherman
(Deadliest Catch).
2/20
Drew Baur, 66, American banker, co-owner of the St. Louis
Cardinals, heart attack.
Troy Jackson, 35, American basketball player (AND1 Mixtape
Tour).
Sir Fred Phillips, 92, Kittitian politician, Administrator
(1966?1967) and Governor (1967?1969) of Saint Christopher-
Nevis-Anguilla.
Helmut Ringelmann, 84, German film and television producer,
organ failure.
Gustavo Stroessner, 66, Paraguayan air force officer, son
of Alfredo Stroessner, lung cancer.
Malaysia Vasudevan, 66, Indian actor and playback singer,
heart failure.
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