Where Are They Now - Friday, July 17, 2015

Hello fans,

This week it's time to vote in a new poll for who you'd like to see featured next in Where Are They Now. Here are the choices:

Barry Newman - Vanishing Point, The Limey, Bowfinger
Michelle Pfeiffer - Scarface, Batman Returns, The Fabulous Baker Boys
Mel Harris - Thirtysomething, K-9, Something So Right
Dennis Christopher - Breaking Away, Chariots of Fire, Fade to Black
Pamela Hensley - Matt Houston, Rollerball, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

To vote, visit: Where Are They Now poll

Take care,
Melissa

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Questions? Comments? Email Melissa

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

Arthur Duncan: Tap dancer, known especially for his many appearances on the TV music show "The Lawrence Welk Show"

Frank Langella: Starred in the 1979 movie "Dracula", concentrates on stage work more than movies

George Lazenby: One-shot wonder as James Bond in the movie "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"

(Answer at the bottom)
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Ellen Greene
Learn More About Ellen Greene on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: February 22, 1951, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

CLAIM TO FAME: Greene has had an extensive career as a critically acclaimed singer and actress, notably in Little Shop of Horrors.

FAMILY LIFE: Her first marriage to Tibor Hardik ended in divorce. She was married to Christian Klikovits from 2003-2007.

INFO: Greene got her start singing in nightclubs such as The Brothers and Sisters, Grand Finale and Reno Sweeney. Although her first starring role was in the 1973 Broadway bomb Rachael Lily Rosenbloom (And Don't You Ever Forget It), her next
performance as Chrissy in Joseph Papp's production of In the Boom Boom Room earned her rave reviews. It also won her the attention of director Paul Mazursky, who cast Greene in her first leading film role - as Sarah in Next Stop, Greenwich Village.

Greene was nominated for a Tony Award for her next role as Jenny in The Three Penny Opera at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre in Lincoln Center. She appeared in a number of productions with the New York Shakespeare Festival as well as numerous other companies. During this time, she also formed long-lasting friendships with Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, which led to her famous role of Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, a role she reprised in the film version opposite Rick Moranis.

Her career as a performer has also included theater parts, such as Suzanne/The Little Rose in The Little Prince and the Aviator, as well as in films such as I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can, Leon, and Talk Radio. She has made television appearances in Miami Vice, Glory! Glory!, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Cybill, Law & Order, Suddenly Susan, The X-Files, Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder, Fielder's Choice and Heroes.

TRIVIA: Her mother is a guidance counselor, and her father is a dentist.

Attended W T Clarke High School, in Westbury, New York.

Spent summers at Cejwin Camps in Port Jervis, New York where she performed in musical theater productions.

WHERE IS SHE NOW: Greene performed in the musical Betwixt! at the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End from July 26 to August 20, 2011. In 2013, she portrayed Doctor Gale Macones in The Walking Dead Webisodes: The Oath.

In 2015, she reprised her signature role as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors in the staged concert at the New York City Center as part of their Encores! Off-Center Series.

WRITE TO ELLEN GREENE: ellen@ellengreene.com

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.ellengreene.com

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CREDITS:

2013 The Walking Dead: Webisodes (TV Mini-Series)...Gale

2013 Hannibal (TV Series)...Mrs. Komeda
- Sorbet (2013)

2012 Bunheads (TV Series)...Wiccan Friend
- Movie Truck (2012)
- For Fanny (2012)

2012 Pound Puppies (TV Series)...Gertrude Washburn
- Olaf in Love (2012)

2011 The Young and the Restless (TV Series)...Primrose DeVille

2010 Privileged...Mrs. Rothman

2007-2009 Heroes (TV Series)...Virginia Grey

2009 Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Series)...Mrs. Manface
- Night of the Huntress! (2009)

2007-2009 Pushing Daisies (TV Series)...Vivian Charles

2007-2008 Out of Jimmy's Head (TV Series)...Dolly Gopher

2006 Re-Animated (TV Movie)...Dolly Gopher (voice)

2005 Fielder's Choice (TV Movie)...Jill

2005 Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder (TV Movie)...Carly

2003 Love Object...Typing Supervisor

2003 The Cooler...Doris

2002 Crossing Jordan (TV Series)...Mrs. Dunham
- Secrets & Lies: Part 2 (2002)

2002 The X-Files (TV Series)...Vicki Louise Burdick
- Improbable (2002)

2001 Alex in Wonder...Clarice

2000 Suddenly Susan (TV Series)...Harriet Graham
- The Break Up (2000)

1998 Jaded...Louise Smith

1997 Dellaventura (TV Series)...Elizabeth Brodkin
- Above Reproach (1997)

1997 States of Control...Carol

1996 One Fine Day...Mrs. Elaine Lieberman

1996 An Occasional Hell...Della

1995 Law & Order (TV Series)...Karen Gaines
- Bitter Fruit (1995)

1995 Killer: A Journal of Murder...Elizabeth Wyatt

1995 Cybill (TV Series)
- Look Who's Stalking (1995)
- How Can I Call You My Ex-Husbands If You Won't Go Away? (1995)

1994 The Adventures of Pete & Pete (TV Series)...Abilene Jones
- Time Tunnel (1994)

1994 Léon: The Professional...Mathilda's Mother

1994 Wagons East...Belle

1994 Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult...Louise

1992 Fathers & Sons...Judy

1991 Stepping Out...Maxine

1991 Rock-A-Doodle...Goldie (voice)

1990 Pump Up the Volume...Jan Emerson

1989 Dinner at Eight (TV Movie)...Kitty Packard

1989 CBS Summer Playhouse (TV Series)...Sally Maggio
- Road Show (1989)

1989 Glory! Glory! (TV Movie)...Ruth

1988 Superman 50th Anniversary (TV Movie documentary)...Ariel Dickenson - Curator Metroplis Museum

1988 Talk Radio...Ellen

1988 Me and Him...Annette Uttanzi

1987 Morning Maggie (TV Movie)...Maggie McAllister

1986 Little Shop of Horrors...Audrey

1985 Miami Vice (TV Series)...Darlene
- Made for Each Other (1985)

1983 The Special Magic of Herself the Elf (TV Movie)...Creeping Ivy (voice)

1982 I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can...Karen Mulligan

1978 The Rock Rainbow (TV Movie)...Jess

1977 Seventh Avenue (TV Mini-Series)...Paula Cass
- Episode #1.2 (1977)

1976 Next Stop, Greenwich Village...Sarah Roth

To see Then & Now pictures of Ellen Greene, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--

Arthur Duncan - ALIVE
Born: 09/25/1933

Frank Langella - ALIVE
Born: 01/01/1940

George Lazenby - ALIVE
Born: 09/05/1939

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
7/15
Alan Curtis, 80, American harpsichordist, conductor and
scholar.
Gary Mack, 69, American JFK assassination expert and
archivist (Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza).
Wan Li, 98, Chinese politician, Chairman of the National
People's Congress (1988-1993).

7/14
Wolf Gremm, 73, German film director and screenwriter,
complications from cancer.
Ismet Hadzic, 61, Bosnian footballer, cancer.
Neil Lawrence, 61, Australian advertising executive.
Mansour Nariman, 80, Iranian oud player.
Marlene Sanders, 84, American news and television
executive (ABC World News Tonight), and journalist,
cancer.
Alby Schultz, 76, Australian politician, NSW MP for
Burrinjuck (1988-1998), federal MP for Hume (1998-2013),
cancer.
Ildiko Schwarczenberger, 63, Hungarian fencer, Olympic
champion (1976).
M. S. Viswanathan, 87, Indian music composer and film
scorer.

7/13
Sir John Buchanan, 72, New Zealand natural resource
executive, CFO for BP (1996-2002), Director of BHP
Billiton (2003-2015), Chairman of ARM Holdings.
Philipp Mifelder, 35, German politician, member of the
Bundestag (since 2005), pulmonary embolism.
Arturo Paoli (it), 102, Italian Roman Catholic priest
and missionary.
Joan Sebastian, 64, Mexican singer and songwriter, bone
cancer.
Martin Litchfield West, 77, British classical scholar.
Eric Wrixon, 68, Northern Irish keyboardist (Them, Thin
Lizzy).
Gerhard Zwerenz, 90, German writer and politician, member
of the Bundestag (1994-1998).

7/12
Sergey Artsibashev (ru), 63, Russian theatre director,
cancer.
D'Army Bailey, 73, American civil rights campaigner,
judge and actor (The People vs. Larry Flynt), founder of
the National Civil Rights Museum, cancer.
Cheng Siwei, 80, Chinese economist, President of the
China Democratic National Construction Association (1996-
2007).
Omar Felix Colme, 82, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate,
Bishop of Cruz del Eje (1984-2008).
JaJuan Dawson, 37, American football player, drowned.
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, 65, Chinese Tibetan Buddhist monk
and political prisoner.
Mahlon Duckett, 92, American baseball player (Philadelphia
Stars).
Helen F. Holt, 101, American politician, Secretary of
State of West Virginia (1957-1959), member of the West
Virginia House of Delegates (1955-1957), heart failure.
Chenjerai Hove, 59, Zimbabwean exiled author, journalist
and poet, liver failure.
Dominik Koechlin, 56, Swiss communications executive,
Chairman of Sunrise Communications AG.
Javier Krahe, 71, Spanish singer-songwriter, heart
attack.
Bosse Larsson, 81, Swedish television presenter (Allsang
pa Skansen), brain cancer.
Buddy Lively, 90, American baseball player (Cincinnati
Reds).
Milorad Milutinovic, 80, Serbian football player and
manager (Neuchatel Xamax).
Mzee Ojwang, 78, Kenyan comedian and television actor,
pneumonia.
Russel Perry, 68, Australian rugby union executive,
Chairman of RugbyWA, motor neurone disease.
Tom Skinner, 61, American singer-songwriter.

7/11
Claudia Alexander, 56, Canadian-born American
geophysicist and planetary scientist (Jet Propulsion
Laboratory), breast cancer.
Giacomo Biffi, 87, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal,
Archbishop of Bologna (1984-2003).
Capo, 22, American rapper, shot.
Patricia Crone, 69-70, Danish historian and author
(Hagarism), cancer.
James U. Cross, 90, American military pilot (Air Force
One), aide and author.
Hussein Fatal, 38, American rapper (Outlawz), traffic
collision.
Max Fischer, 88, German politician.
Satoru Iwata, 55, Japanese game programmer (Super Smash
Bros., Pokemon), president and CEO of Nintendo (since
2002), bile duct cancer.
Lawrence K. Karlton, 80, American federal judge, US
District Court for Eastern California (1979-2015),
complications from heart valve failure.
Andre Leysen, 88, Belgian executive.
Douglas Lithborn, 48, Swedish politician, Municipal
Commissioner for Sollentuna (since 2010).
P. Chendur Pandian, 65, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu
MLA for Kadayanallur (since 2011).
Thomas Piccirilli, 50, American writer, brain cancer.
Joseph Robinson, Jr., 53, American music executive (Sugar
Hill Records), cancer.
Bojan Udovic, 57, Yugoslav Olympic cyclist, traffic
collision.

7/10
Ozor Akubueze, 70s, Nigerian actor, pancreas disease.
David Bowman, 82, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of
Western New York (1987-1998).
Ben Cook, 69, American radio host and sportswriter.
Sami El-Adl (ar) , Egyptian television actor,
complications from a heart problem.
Monty Heald, 78, British-born Canadian rugby union
executive, President of Rugby Canada (1991-1999),
cancer.
Peter de Klerk, 80, South African racing driver.
Diarmuid Mac an Adhastair, 71, Irish actor (Ros na Run).
Jimmy Murray, 82, Scottish footballer.
Sardar Abdul Qayyum, 91, Pakistani politician, Prime
Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (1956-1957, 1970-
1985,
1991-1996).
Roger Rees, 71, Welsh-American actor (Cheers, Robin Hood:
Men in Tights, The West Wing), Tony Award winner (1982),
stomach cancer.
Omar Sharif, 83, Egyptian actor (Lawrence of Arabia,
Doctor Zhivago, Funny Girl), heart attack.
Jon Vickers, 88, Canadian heldentenor, Alzheimer's
disease.

7/9
Christian Audigier, 57, French fashion designer (Ed
Hardy, Von Dutch), myelodysplastic syndrome.
Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 75, Saudi royal,
Minister of Foreign Affairs (1975-2015).
Jim Bede, 82, American aircraft designer, aneurysm.
Caspar Bowden, 53, British privacy advocate, cancer.
Seán Foran, 84, Irish Gaelic football player (Offaly).
Bill Hunter, 95, British political activist and author.
Michael Masser, 74, American songwriter ("Saving All My
Love for You", "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where
You're Going To)"), complications from a stroke.
Sriballav Panigrahi, 74, Indian politician, member of the
Lok Sabha (1984-1989, 1991-1998).
David M. Raup, 82, American paleontologist, pneumonia.
Tahsin Sahinkaya, 90, Turkish air force general, Commander
(1978-1983).
John Sawyer, 90, American sporting executive, part-owner
of the Cincinnati Bengals and Cincinnati Reds.

7/8
Casimir Ehrnrooth, 84, Finnish executive.
Irwin Keyes, 63, American actor (House of 1000 Corpses,
The Jeffersons, The Flintstones).
Arne Kotte, 80, Norwegian footballer.
Paul J. Lioy, 68, American environmental scientist.
Dewitt Lowrey, 93, American WWII soldier.
Ernie Maresca, 76, American songwriter ("Runaround Sue",
"The Wanderer") and singer.
Ramiro Martinez, 91, Cuban sportscaster.
Charles J. McCann, 89, American academic, president of
The Evergreen State College.
Harry Messel, 93, Canadian-born Australian physicist.
Philippe Rochat, 61, Swiss chef.
Lucita Soriano, 74, Filipino actress.
Ken Stabler, 69, American football player (Oakland
Raiders), colon cancer.
Harry Stowers, 89, American judge, member of the New
Mexico Supreme Court (1982-1989).
James Tate, 71, American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.
Delroy Thompson, 63, Jamaican dancehall sound engineer
(Tuff Gong) and producer (Mad Cobra), complications from
heart attack and stroke.
Yoash Tzidon, 88, Romanian-born Israeli politician.