Where Are They Now - Friday, December 18, 2015

Hello fans,

The votes are in and it's obvious you want to see what's up with Jacqueline Bisset. There's plenty of info on her, so let's get right to it.

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":

- Lou Reed - Member of the Velvet Underground as well as having a solo career, sang "Walk on the Wild Side"

- Kurt Cobain - Lead singer of the grunge band Nirvana

- John Phillips - Driving force of the singing group The Mamas and the Papas, "California Dreamin'", "Monday, Monday"

(Answer at the bottom)
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Jacqueline Bisset
Learn More About Jacqueline Bisset

BIRTH DATE: September 13, 1944, Weybridge, Surrey, England

CLAIM TO FAME: She is known for many film roles, including her performance in Bullitt and Murder on the Orient Express.

FAMILY LIFE:Bisset has never married, though she has had lengthy romances with actor Michael Sarrazin, Russian-American dancer and actor Alexander Godunov, real estate magnate Victor Drai, actor Vincent Perez, and martial arts instructor Emin Boztepe.

INFO: British actress Jacqueline Bisset rose to fame in the 1970s as the object of desire for numerous top actors in features like Bullitt (1968), Airport (1970), The Deep (1977) and The Greek Tycoon (1978).

Films like Francois Truffaut's Day for Night (1973), George Cukor's Rich and Famous (1981) and John Huston's Under the Volcano (1983) revealed her talent for intelligent, complex performances.

Unlike many actresses as they approached their fourth and fifth decades, Bisset remained active and in demand, playing a wide range of parts from stalwart mothers to seductive socialites.

TRIVIA: Is godmother to actress Angelina Jolie.

Was educated at the Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle in London.

Has one older brother, Max Jr., a car dealer.

Has said her last name is pronounced "Bissit" and rhymes with "Kiss it".

Her first job was a waitress in a Chinese restaurant.

Was a member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2001.

Her father, Max Sr., was a doctor who died of a brain tumor in 1982. Her mother, Arlette, died in 1999.

WHERE IS SHE NOW: In 2010, Bisset was awarded the Legion d'honneur insignia. She returned to the UK to film Stephen Poliakoff's 1930s jazz drama series, Dancing on the Edge, which started on BBC2 in 2013. She won the Golden Globe for Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film for this role.

She plays the role of Miranda in the 2015 film Miss You Already.

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CREDITS:

2015 Miss You Already...Miranda

2015 Peter and John

2014 Welcome to New York...Simone

2013 Dancing on the Edge (TV Mini-Series)...Lady Cremone

2012 2 Jacks...Diana - 2010

2011-2012 Rizzoli & Isles (TV Series)...Constance Isles

2010 An Old Fashioned Christmas (TV Movie)...Isabella

2009 The Eastmans (TV Movie)...Emma Eastman

2008 An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving (TV Movie)...Isabella

2008 Death in Love...The Mother

2007 Carolina Moon (TV Movie)...Margaret Lavelle

2006 Nip/Tuck (TV Series)...James LeBeau

2006 Save the Last Dance 2 (Video)...Monique

2005 Summer Solstice (TV Movie)...Alexia

2005 Domino...Sophie Wynn

2005 The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha...Headmistress

2004 Fascination...Maureen Doherty

2004 The Survivors Club (TV Movie)...Carol Rosen

2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)...Juliet Barclay
- Control (2003) ... Juliet Barclay

2003/I Swing...Christine / Mrs. DeLuca

2003 Latter Days...Lila Montagne

2003 America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story (TV Movie)...Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

2002 Dancing at the Harvest Moon (TV Movie)...Maggie Webber

2001-2002 Ally McBeal (TV Series)...Frances Shaw
- Playing with Matches (2002)
- I Want Love (2001)

2001 The Sleepy Time Gal...Frances

2000 In the Beginning (TV Movie)...Sarah

2000 New Year's Day...Geraldine

2000 Sex & Mrs. X (TV Movie)...Madame Simone

2000 Britannic (TV Movie)...Lady Lewis

1999 Jesus (TV Movie)...Mary

1999 Les gens qui s'aiment...Angie

1999 Hey Arnold! (TV Series)...Madame Parvenu
- Grudge Match/Polishing Rhonda (1999)

1999 Joan of Arc (TV Mini-Series)...Isabelle D'Arc

1999 Witch Hunt (TV Movie)...Barbara Thomas

1999 Let the Devil Wear Black...Helen Lyne

1998 Dangerous Beauty...Paola Franco

1997 End of Summer (TV Movie)...Christine Van Buren

1996 Once You Meet a Stranger (TV Movie)...Sheila Gaines

1996 September (TV Movie)...Pandora

1995 La Ceremonie...Catherine Lelievre

1994 Leave of Absence (TV Movie)...Nell

1993 Hoffman's Hunger...Marian Hoffman

1993 Les marmottes...Frederique

1993 Corrupt Justice (TV Movie)...Holly McPhee

1991 Rossini! Rossini!...Isabella Colbran

1991 The Maid (TV Movie)...Nicole Chantrelle

1989 Wild Orchid...Claudia Dennis

1989 Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills...Clare Lipkin

1988 La maison de jade...Jane Lambert

1987 Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (TV Mini-Series)...Josephine de Beauharnais

1987 High Season...Katherine Shaw

1986 Choices (TV Movie)...Marisa Granger

1985 Anna Karenina (TV Movie)...Anna Karenina

1984 Forbidden...Nina von Halder

1984 Under the Volcano...Yvonne Firmin

1983 Class...Ellen

1981 Rich and Famous...Liz Hamilton

1981 Inchon...Barbara Hallsworth

1980 When Time Ran Out...Kay Kirby

1979 Together?...Louise

1978 Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?...Natasha

1978 The Greek Tycoon...Liz Cassidy

1977 The Deep...Gail Berke

1976 St. Ives...Janet Whistler

1975 The Sunday Woman...Anna Carla Dosio

1975 End of the Game...Anna Crawley

1975 The Spiral Staircase...Helen Mallory

1974 Murder on the Orient Express...Countess Andrenyi

1973 The Man from Acapulco...Tatiana / Christine

1973 Day for Night...Julie Baker

1973 The Thief Who Came to Dinner...Laura Keaton

1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean...Rose Bean

1972 Stand Up and Be Counted...Sheila Hammond

1971 Believe in Me...Pamela

1971 Secrets...Jennifer Wood

1971 The Mephisto Waltz...Paula Clarkson

1970 The Grasshopper...Christine Adams

1970 Airport...Gwen Meighen

1969 Secret World...Wendy Sinclair

1969 The First Time...Anna

1968 Bullitt...Cathy

1968 The Sweet Ride...Vickie Cartwright

1968 The Detective...Norma MacIver

1967 The Cape Town Affair...Candy

1967 Two for the Road...Jackie

1967 Casino Royale...Giovanna Goodthighs (as Jacky Bisset)

1966 Arrivederci, Baby!...Dancer

1966 Cul-De-Sac...Jacqueline (as Jackie Bisset)

1965 The Knack... and How to Get It...Extra (uncredited)

To see Then & Now pictures of Jacqueline Bisset, visit:
Learn More About Jacqueline Bisset

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
- Lou Reed (DEAD - Liver disease)
Born: 03/02/1942 Died: 10/27/13

- Kurt Cobain (DEAD - Suicide)
Born: 02/20/1967 Died: 04/05/1994

- John Phillips (DEAD - Heart Failure)
Born: 08/30/1935 Died: 03/18/2001

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
12/16
Svein Bakke, 62, Norwegian footballer (Sogndal).
Patricia Brooker, 80, British reality television personality (The Only Way Is Essex).
Gabre Gabric, 101, Croatian-born Italian track and field athlete.
Bob Krause, 70, American educator (Kansas State University), cancer.
Zoulikha Nasri, 80, Moroccan politician, Secretary of State for National Cooperation (1997-1998).

12/15
Tom Arden, 54, Australian-born British author.
Sandor Benko (de), 75, Hungarian clarinetist and bandleader.
Juan de los Santos (es), Dominican politician, Mayor of East Santo Domingo, shot.
Licio Gelli, 96, Italian financier, Venerable Master of the Propaganda Due lodge.
Kathy Secker, 70, British television presenter.
Harry Zvi Tabor, 98, British-born Israeli physicist.

12/14
Elena Asins (es), 75, Spanish painter.
Terry Backer, 61, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (since 1993), brain cancer.
Armando Cossutta, 89, Italian politician, member of the European Parliament (1999-2004).
Scat Daddy, 11, American Thoroughbred racehorse.
Leander J. Shaw, Jr., 85, American politician, Chief Justice of Florida Supreme Court (1990-1992).
Glen Sonmor, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers) and head coach (Minnesota North Stars), pneumonia.
Mick Twomey, 84, Australian football player (Collingwood).
Vadym Tyshchenko, 52, Ukrainian football player (Karpaty, Dnipro) and manager (Dnipro).
Lillian Vernon, 88, German-born American businesswoman (Lillian Vernon).
Ales Vesely, 80, Czech sculptor.

12/13
Benedict Anderson, 79, American academic and writer (Imagined Communities), heart failure.
John Bannon, 72, Australian politician, Premier of South Australia (1982-1992), cancer.
Albert Bontridder, 94, Belgian architect and writer.
Luigi Creatore, 93, American songwriter and record producer, pneumonia.
Lincoln Holdzkom, 33, American-born New Zealand baseball player (national team), traffic collision.
Marleen de Pater-van der Meer, 65, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (2001-2010).
Peter Ryan, 92, Australian newspaper columnist.

12/12
Abu Ali al-Anbari, Iraqi general and ISIL governor, airstrike.
Ignacio Carrau (es), 92, Spanish politician and lawyer.
Jon Gadsby, 62, British-born New Zealand writer and comedian (A Week of It), cancer.
Sharad Anantrao Joshi, 80, Indian politician and social activist.
Federico Kirbus, 84, Argentine author.
Evelyn S. Lieberman, 71, American public affairs professional, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (1996), pancreatic cancer.
I. Howard Marshall, 81, Scottish theologian, pancreatic cancer.
Phil Pepe, 80, American sportswriter, heart attack.
Gene Ready, 74, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1977-1984), cancer.
Rose Siggins, 43, American actress (American Horror Story), infection.
Chaudhary Yashpal Singh, 94, Indian politician

12/11
Mihai Adam, 75, Romanian footballer.
Harry Butler, 85, Australian naturalist and conservationist, cancer.
Steve Chimombo, 70, Malawian writer.
Jake Howard, 70, Australian rugby union player (national team).
Igor Kashintsev, 83, Soviet and Russian actor.
Yuri Marushkin, 71, Russian football player and manager.
Jiri Padour, 72, Czech Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ceske Budejovice (2002-2014).
H. Arnold Steinberg, 82, Canadian business and educational administrator, Chancellor of McGill University (2009-2014).
Wolfgang Stockmeier (de), 84, German composer.
Jose Subira Puig (es), 90, Spanish sculptor.
Hema Upadhyay, 43, Indian artist, bludgeoned.
Peter Westbury, 77, British racing driver.
John "Hot Rod" Williams, 53, American basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns), prostate cancer.
Ken Woolley, 82, Australian architect.
Yang Jian Bing, 21, Chinese mixed martial artist (ONE Championship), dehydration after weight cut.
Zyx, 65, Canadian cartoonist and publisher (Croc).

12/10
Klaus Baumgartner, 77, Swiss politician.
Ian Bell, 59, Scottish journalist and author.
Rainer Bloss, 69, German electronic musician (Drive Inn).
Ron Bouchard, 67, American NASCAR driver, cancer.
Maurice Graham, 83, Australian rugby union player (New South Wales, New Zealand).
Denis Heroux, 75, Canadian film director and producer.
Dermot Patrick O'Mahony, 80, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (1975-1996).
Arnold Peralta, 26, Honduran footballer (national team, Rangers F.C.), shot.
Gaston Salvatore, 74, Chilean writer.
Dolph Schayes, 87, American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach (Philadelphia 76ers), cancer.
Barry Schweid, 83, American news correspondent (Associated Press), neurological disease.
Donald J. Stohr, 81, American federal judge, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri (1992-2006).