Where Are They Now - September 19, 2014

Hello fans,

It's time to vote for who you would like to see featured next in Where Are They Now. Here are the choices:

Joel Grey - Cabaret, Dancer in the Dark, and Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Susan Clark - Webster, Coogan's Bluff, Night Moves
Michael Beck - The Warriors, Xanadu, Megaforce
Isabelle Adjani - Possession, One Deadly Summer, Diabolique
James Tolkan - Back to the Future, Top Gun, Masters of the Universe

To vote, visit: Where Are They Now Archives

This week, let's see what's knew with actress Jessica Harper!

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":

Jim Nabors: Starred as Gomer Pyle in the TV series "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.", also appeared as Gomer in the series "The Andy Griffith Show"

Nell Carter: Starred in the TV series "Gimme a Break!", won a Tony award for "Ain't Misbehavin'"

Dee Wallace: Played Elliott's mother in the movie "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"

(Answer at the bottom)
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Jessica Harper
Learn More About Jessica Harper on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: October 10, 1949, Chicago, Illinois

CLAIM TO FAME: She is known for her roles in Dario Argento's horror classic Suspiria; My Favorite Year; as Phoenix in Phantom of the Paradise (in which she sang several songs); as Cathy Cake in Inserts by John Byrum; and as Janet Majors in Shock Treatment.

FAMILY LIFE: Harper is married to Thomas Edgar Rothman, former Co-Chairman of 20th Century Fox. They have two daughters, Elizabeth and Nora.

INFO: Aside from her well-known film roles, she also appeared in Pennies From Heaven, Stardust Memories and Love and Death, and in the Steven Spielberg/Tom Cruise film Minority Report.

TRIVIA: Attended the North Shore Country Day School and Sarah Lawrence College.

Has three brothers including a twin brother, William Harper, a composer, Sam Harper, a screenwriter and director, Charles Harper, and two sisters, Lindsay Harper duPont and Diana Harper.

Was named by Parenting magazine as "Parent of the Month" in 2004.

In 2000, she sang background vocals on selected tracks on the Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks album Beatin' the Heat.

WHERE IS SHE NOW: She has written eleven books for children, and made seven albums of songs for children.

In December 2010, Harper released a cookbook titled The Crabby Cook Cookbook: Recipes and Rants. In 2011, she went on tour to promote the book. Stops included Chicago, where she held a "Lunch and Learn with Jessica Harper".

Harper keeps up a blog called MyBlahBlahBlog on her website http://www.jessicaharper.com/.

She also features recipes on her Crabby Cook website, http://thecrabbycook.com/.

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

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CREDITS:

2005 Crossing Jordan (TV Series)...Dorris Meisner
Forget Me Not (2005)

2002 Minority Report...Anne Lively

1999 7th Heaven (TV Series)...Norma Moon
Paranoia (1999)

1998 Ally McBeal (TV Series)...Sister Helen
World's Without Love (1998)

1997 Nothing Sacred (TV Series)...Elizabeth
Calling (1997)

1997 On the Edge of Innocence (TV Movie)...Mrs. Alice Walker

1997 Chicago Hope (TV Series)...Phyllis Church
Missed Conception (1997)

1996 The Story First: Behind the Unabomber (TV Movie)...Linda

1996 Boys...Mrs. John Baker

1995 Safe...Joyce

1993 Mr. Wonderful...Funny Face

1990 Tales from the Crypt (TV Series)...Marie
My Brother's Keeper (1990)

1989-1990 It's Garry Shandling's Show. (TV Series)...Phoebe Bass

1989 Eat a Bowl of Tea...American prostitute (uncredited)

1989 Big Man on Campus...Dr. Fisk

1989 Wiseguy (TV Series)...Jenny McPike
Stairway to Heaven (1989)

1988 The Blue Iguana...Cora

1987 Once Again (TV Movie)...Carrie

1987 Trying Times (TV Series)...Sydney
Bedtime Story (1987)

1987 Starman (TV Series)...Charlotte Hart
The System (1987)

1986 Moonlighting (TV Series)...Janine Dalton
All Creatures Great... and Not So Great (1986)

1986 The Equalizer (TV Series)...Kate Parnell
Nocturne (1986)

1986 The Imagemaker...Cynthia

1985 When Dreams Come True (TV Movie)...Annie

1985 Tales from the Darkside (TV Series)...Prudence
The Tear Collector (1985)

1982 My Favorite Year...K.C. Downing

1981 Pennies from Heaven...Joan

1981 Shock Treatment...Janet Majors

1980 Stardust Memories...Daisy

1979 The Evictors...Ruth Watkins

1979 Studs Lonigan (TV Mini-Series)...Loretta Lonigan

1978 Little Women (TV Series)...Jo March

1977 Aspen (TV Mini-Series)...Kit Kendrick

1977 Hawaii Five-O (TV Series)...Sunny Mandell
See How She Runs (1977)

1977 Suspiria...Suzy Bannion

1975 Love and Death...Natasha

1974 Phantom of the Paradise...Phoenix

1974 Inserts...Cathy Cake

1973 The Garden Party (Short)...Peggy

1971 NBC Children's Theatre (TV Series)
Super Plastic Elastic Goggles (1971)

To see Then & Now pictures of Jessica Harper, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Jim Nabors - ALIVE
Born: 06/12/1930

Nell Carter - DEAD (Diabetes)
Born: 09/13/1948 Died: 01/23/2003

Dee Wallace - ALIVE
Born: 12/14/1949

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
9/17
Andriy Husin, 41, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv, Krylia Sovetov, national team) and coach, traffic collision.
Street Cry, 16, Irish thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised.
Lorna Thomas, 96, Australian cricket player and manager.
China Zorrilla, 92, Uruguayan actress, pneumonia.

9/16
Alf Ivar Samuelsen, 72, Norwegian politician, tractor crash.
Darrell Zwerling, 86, American character actor (Chinatown, Grease, Capricorn One).

9/15
John Anderson, Jr., 97, American politician, Governor of Kansas (1961-1965).
Ted Belytschko, 71, American mechanical engineer.
Roger Blomquist, 57, Swedish sports journalist (SVT).
Post Bahadur Bogati, 61, Nepalese politician, brain hemorrhage following cardiac arrest.
Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr., 73, American lawyer, lobbyist and politician, heart attack.
Jackie Cain, 86, American jazz vocalist (Jackie and Roy), complications from a stroke.
Eugene I. Gordon, 84, American physicist.
Yitzhak Hofi, 87, Israeli general, Director of Mossad (1974-1982).
Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia, 91, French-born Russian claimant to the headship of the House of Romanov (since 1992).
Wayne Tefs, 67, Canadian writer.

9/14
Isidoro Alvarez, 79, Spanish businessman, CEO of El Corte Ingles.
Tony Auth, 72, American Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, cancer.
Behrens, 20, American thoroughbred racehorse.
Bruno Castanheira, 37, Portuguese racing cyclist.
Saifuddin Choudhury, 62, Indian politician, leader of the CPI(M), cancer.
Servílio Conti, 97, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roraima (1965-1975).
Gustavo Andres Deutsch (es), 78, Czech-born Argentine businessman, plane crash.
Peter Gutteridge, 53, New Zealand singer and guitarist (The Clean, The Chills, Snapper).
Miroslav Hlinka, 42, Slovak ice hockey player, gold medal winner at the 2002 IIHF World Championship, suicide by hanging.
Takatada Ihara, 85, Japanese television producer and director, heart disease.
Boris Khimichev, 81, Russian actor.
Kireet Joshi, 83, Indian philosopher and educationist, cancer.
Angus Lennie, 84, Scottish actor (The Great Escape, Crossroads, Doctor Who).
Chase N. Peterson, 84, American physician and academic, President of the University of Utah (1983-1991).
Petr Prihoda (cs), 75, Czech publicist.

9/13
Benjamin Adekunle, 78, Nigerian army leader.
Marvin Cheung, 67, Hong Kong accountant and politician, Chairman of the AAHK (2008-2014), unofficial member of the Executive Council (2005-2012), leukemia.
Helen Filarski, 90, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
Milan Galic, 76, Serbian footballer (national team).
David Cawthorne Haines, 44, British humanitarian aid worker and ISIS hostage, beheading.
Shelley Riley Moore, 88, American educator, First Lady of West Virginia (1969-1977, 1985-1989).
Dmitry Sakunenko, 84, Russian Soviet Olympic speed skater (1956).
Douglas E. Smith, 54, American video game designer (Lode Runner).
Frank Torre, 82, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies), cardiac arrest.
Paul Valenti, 94, American college basketball coach (Oregon State).

9/12
Edmundo Domínguez Aragones, 75, Mexican journalist.
Mahant Avaidyanath, 93, Indian politician.
John Bardon, 75, English actor (EastEnders).
Atef Ebeid, 82, Egyptian politician, Prime Minister (1999-2004).
Salah El Mahdi, 89, Tunisian musicologist and composer.
Theodore J. Flicker, 84, American writer and director (Barney Miller, The President's Analyst).
Joseph Abangite Gasi, 86, South Sudanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tombura-Yambio (1974-2008).
John Gustafson, 72, English singer and bassist (Ian Gillan Band, Roxy Music, The Big Three).
Henrik Have, 68, Danish artist and writer.
Antony Kidman, 75, Australian psychologist, biochemist and author, heart attack.
Lonnie Lynn, 71, American basketball player (Pittsburgh Pipers) and spoken word poet.
Andrea Marongiu, British-Italian drummer (Crystal Fighters).
Ian Paisley, 88, Northern Irish politician, Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (1971-2008), First Minister (2007-2008).
Dimitry Pospielovsky, 79, Canadian historian.
Bengt Saltin, 79, Swedish physiologist.
Joe Sample, 75, American jazz musician (The Crusaders), and songwriter ("One Day I'll Fly Away", "Street Life").
Tom Skeeter, 82, American music executive and manager, co-founder and owner of Sound City Studios.
Herbert Vorgrimler, 85, German theologian.
Zhou Weizhi, 98, Chinese musician and politician, minister of culture.

9/11
Bob Crewe, 82, American songwriter ("The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)", "Lady Marmalade") and record producer (The Four Seasons).
Antoine Duhamel, 89, French composer and conductor.
Grant Dunlap, 90, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).
Kendall Francois, 43, American serial killer, apparent natural causes.
Joachim Fuchsberger, 87, German actor (Edgar Wallace movies), television host and lyricist.
Hamish McHamish, 15, Scottish celebrity cat.
Cosimo Matassa, 88, American recording engineer and studio owner.
Sir Donald Sinden, 90, English actor (The Cruel Sea, The Day of the Jackal, Two's Company), prostate cancer.

9/10
Emilio Botin, 79, Spanish financier (Santander Group).
Antonio Garrido, 81, Portuguese football referee.
Richard Kiel, 74, American actor (The Spy Who Loved Me, Happy Gilmore, Tangled).
Edward Nelson, 82, American mathematician, professor emeritus (Princeton University).
Yoshinori Sakai, 69, Japanese athlete, lit cauldron at the 1964 Summer Olympics, cerebral hemorrhage.
Károly Sandor, 85, Hungarian footballer.
Paul K. Sybrowsky, 70, American businessman, President of Southern Virginia University (2012-2014).
Joakim Vislavski, 73, Serbian football player (Partizan) and manager (Hajduk Kula).