Where Are They Now - September 26, 2014

Hello fans,

This week we catch up with Joel Grey, an actor who has had a long career on Broadway, television and film. He first appeared on stage at the age of 10 and hasn't stopped since! Let's find out more about Grey's career and where he has been these days...

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":

Roger Miller - Sang "King of the Road"

Joan Lunden - Former co-host of the morning TV talk show "Good Morning America"

Tamara Dobson - She starred as Cleopatra Jones in the movie "Cleopatra Jones" (and its sequel) and originally came to prominence as a fashion model

(Answer at the bottom)
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Joel Grey
Learn More About Joel Grey on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: April 11, 1932, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

CLAIM TO FAME: He is best known for portraying the Master of Ceremonies in both the stage and film versions of the Kander & Ebb musical Cabaret.

FAMILY LIFE: In 1958, Grey married Jo Wilder; they divorced in 1982. Together, they had two children: actress Jennifer and chef James.

INFO: Grey began his career on Broadway, originating the role of the Master of Ceremonies in the Broadway musical Cabaret in 1966 for which he won the Tony Award.

He also appeared on stage in Come Blow Your Horn (1961), Stop the World - I Want to Get Off (1962), Half a Sixpence (1965), George M! (1968), Goodtime Charley (1975), The Grand Tour (1979), Chicago (1996), Wicked (2003), and Anything Goes (2011).

Grey appeared in St. Louis, MO at The Muny in roles including George M. Cohan in George M! (1970 and 1992), the Emcee in Cabaret, and Joey Evans in Pal Joey (1983).

In 1985, he played Master of Sinanju Chiun in the movie Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, a role that garnered him a Saturn Award and a second Golden Globe nomination for "Best Supporting Actor".

In 1991, Grey appeared in the American Repertory Theatre's production of When We Dead Awaken at the Sao Paulo Biennale. Two years later, he starred in New York Stage & Film's production of John Patrick Shanley 's A Fool and Her Fortune and received an "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series" Emmy nomination for his recurring role as Jacob Prossman on the television series Brooklyn Bridge.

Also during the 1990s, he appeared on Star Trek: Voyager (1995) as an aging rebel seeking to free his (deceased) wife from prison, and starred in Brian Friel's Give Me Your Answer, Do! (1999) mounted by Roundabout Theatre Company.

Grey had a recurring roles on on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (as Doc, 2001), Oz (as Lemuel Idzik, 2003) and Alias (as "Another Mr. Sloane", 2005). He also originated the role of the Wizard of Oz in the hit Broadway musical Wicked.

TRIVIA: Won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in March 1973 for his performance as the Master of Ceremonies in the 1972 film version of Cabaret.

Started his career as a child actor in the Cleveland Play House.

Attended Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, California.

Was the first Mystery Guest on the syndicated revival of What's My Line? (1968).

WHERE IS HE NOW: Grey starred on Broadway in 2011 as Moonface Martin in the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Anything Goes at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. He co-directed The Normal Heart in 2011. He was named a Givenik Ambassador and was presented with a lifetime achievement award on June 10, 2013 by The National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene.

He's appeared recently on a number of television series, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Warehouse 13, and Nurse Jackie.

Grey's other passion is photography. In 2003, he released his first book of photographs, Pictures I Had To Take. The follow-up, Looking Hard at Unexpected Things, was published in 2006.

He also had a third book published in 2009 titled 1.3 - Images from My Phone. An exhibit of his work was held in April 2011 at the Museum of the City of New York, titled "Joel Grey/A New York Life."

WRITE TO JOEL GREY:
Joel Grey
141 Fifth Ave. #300
New York, NY 10010

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CREDITS:

2014 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series)...Hank Kasserman
- Keep Calm and Carry-On (2014) ... Hank Kasserman

2013 Warehouse 13 (TV Series)...Monty the Magnificent
- The Sky's the Limit (2013) ... Monty the Magnificent

2012 Nurse Jackie (TV Series)...Dick Bobbitt
- Day of the Iguana (2012) ... Dick Bobbitt

2010 A. Hitler...Joseph Goebbels

2009 Grey's Anatomy (TV Series)...Dr. Singer
- New History (2009) ... Dr. Singer

2009 Private Practice (TV Series)...Dr. Alexander Ball
- Nothing to Fear (2009) ... Dr. Alexander Ball

2008 Phineas and Ferb (TV Series)...Beppo
- The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein/Oil on Candace (2008) ... Beppo (voice)

2008 Choke...Phil

2007 Brothers & Sisters (TV Series)...Dr. Jude Bar-Shalom
- Love Is Difficult (2007) ... Dr. Jude Bar-Shalom

2006 House M.D. (TV Series)...Ezra Powell
- Informed Consent (2006) ... Ezra Powell

2005 Alias (TV Series)...Another Mr. Sloane
- In Dreams... (2005) ... Another Mr. Sloane
- Another Mister Sloane (2005) ... Another Mr. Sloane
- Pandora (2005) ... Another Mr. Sloane

2005 Crossing Jordan (TV Series)...Carl Meisner, Amnesia Victim
- Forget Me Not (2005) ... Carl Meisner, Amnesia Victim

2003 111 Gramercy Park (TV Movie)...Hornsby

2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series)...Milton Winters
- Cuba Libre (2003) ... Milton Winters

2003 Oz (TV Series)...Lemuel Idzik

2001 Reaching Normal...Dr. Mensley

2001 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series)...Doc
- The Gift (2001) ... Doc
- The Weight of the World (2001) ... Doc
- Forever (2001) ... Doc

2001 Further Tales of the City (TV Mini-Series)...Guido
- Episode #1.3 (2001) ... Guido
- Episode #1.2 (2001) ... Guido
- Episode #1.1 (2001) ... Guido

2001 Touched by an Angel (TV Series)...Ronald
- Band of Angels (2001) ... Ronald
- The Lord Moves in Mysterious Ways (2001) ... Ronald

2000 Dancer in the Dark...Oldrich Novy

1999-2000 The Outer Limits (TV Series)...Gideon Banks / Dr. Nathan Seward
- Simon Says (2000) ... Gideon Banks
- Essence of Life (1999) ... Dr. Nathan Seward

1999 A Christmas Carol (TV Movie)...The Ghost of Christmas Past

1999 It's Like, You Know... (TV Series)...Joel Grey
- Twins (1999) ... Joel Grey

1996 The Empty Mirror...Josef Goebbels

1996 My Friend Joe...Simon

1995 Venus Rising...Jimmie

1995 Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)...Caylem
- Resistance (1995) ... Caylem

1995 The Dangerous...Flea

1995 The Fantasticks...Amos Babcock Bellamy

1992-1993 Brooklyn Bridge (TV Series)...Jacob Prossman
- In a Family Way (1993) ... Jacob Prossman
- The Last Immigrant (1992) ... Jacob Prossman

1993 The Music of Chance...Willy Stone

1992 Just Deserts (TV Movie)...Michael Price

1991 Kafka...Burgel

1991 Marilyn and Me (TV Movie)...Johnny Hyde

1991 Dallas (TV Series)...Adam
- Conundrum (1991) ... Adam

1991 Matlock (TV Series)...Tommy DeLuca
- The Critic (1991) ... Tommy DeLuca

1987 Queenie (TV Movie)...Aaron Diamond

1985 Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins...Chiun

1982 The Yeomen of the Guard (TV Movie)...Jack Point

1976 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution...Lowenstein

1976 Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson...The Producer (Nate Salisbury)

1976 Paddington Bear (TV Series)...Host (recut USA version)

1974 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (TV Short)...Joshua Trundle (voice)

1974 Man on a Swing...Franklin Wills

1974 The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series)...Various Characters
- Episode #7.19 (1974) ... Various Characters

1972 Man on a String (TV Movie)...Big Joe Brown

1972 Night Gallery (TV Series)...Andrew MacBane (segment "There Aren't Any More MacBanes")
- I'll Never Leave You - Ever/There Aren't Any More MacBanes (1972) ... Andrew MacBane (segment "There Aren't Any More MacBanes")

1972 Cabaret...Master of Ceremonies

1971 Ironside (TV Series)...Mike Yeager
- A Killing at the Track (1971) ... Mike Yeager

1970 George M! (TV Movie)...George M. Cohan

1966 Vacation Playhouse (TV Series)...Freddy Rockefeller
- My Lucky Penny (1966) ... Freddy Rockefeller

1960-1961 Lawman (TV Series)...Owny O'Reilly

1961 Come September...Beagle

1961 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series)...Joey Kellogg
Open and Close in One (1961)

1961 Westinghouse Playhouse (TV Series)...Herbie
- Nanette's Teenage Suitor (1961) ... Herbie

1960 Surfside 6 (TV Series)...Willy
- The Clown (1960) ... Willy

1960 The Ann Sothern Show (TV Series)...Billy Wilton
- Billy (1960) ... Billy Wilton

1960 Bronco (TV Series)...Runt Bowles
- Masquerade (1960) ... Runt Bowles

1959 Maverick (TV Series)...Billy The Kid
- Full House (1959) ... Billy The Kid

1958 Little Women (TV Movie)...Theodore Laurence (segment "Laurie")
1958 The Court of Last Resort (TV Series)

Floyd Todd
- The Todd-Loomis Case (1958) ... Floyd Todd

1957 December Bride (TV Series)...Jimmy

1957 Calypso Heat Wave...Alex Nash

1957 Telephone Time (TV Series)...Ray
- The Intruder (1957) ... Ray

1956 Producers' Showcase (TV Series)...Jack
- Jack and the Beanstalk (1956) ... Jack

1956 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV Series)...Jack
- Episode #2.8 (1956) ... Jack

1954 Ponds Theater (TV Series)
- Forty Weeks of Uncle Tom (1954)

1952 About Face...Bender

To see Then & Now pictures of Joel Grey, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Roger Miller - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 01/02/1936 Died: 10/25/1992

Joan Lunden - ALIVE
Born: 09/19/1950

Tamara Dobson - DEAD (Multiple sclerosis)
Born: 05/14/1947 Died: 10/02/2006

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
9/24
Deborah Cavendish, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, 94, British duchess, last surviving Mitford sister.
Christopher Hogwood, 73, English conductor.
Madis Koiv, 84, Estonian author, physicist and philosopher.
Greg Mackey, 52, Australian rugby league player (Warrington).

9/23
Alava Babaev, 93, Azerbaijani writer and translator, People's Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR.
A. W. Davis, 71, American basketball player (University of Tennessee) and coach.
Henryk Glucklich, 69, Polish speedway rider.
Gabriel Gomez Michel, 49, Mexican politician, MP for Jalisco (since 2012), incinerated.
Gilles Latulippe, 77, Canadian comedian, actor and theatre manager, lung cancer.
Don Manoukian, 80, American football player (Oakland Raiders).
Rodney Milgate, 80, Australian painter, playwright and newsreader, heart attack.
Kresimir Sipusch (no), 84, Yugoslavian-born composer and conductor.
John Toner, 91, American football coach and athletic administrator (University of Connecticut).

9/22
Fernando Cabrita, 91, Portuguese football player and manager.
Alexey Chervonenkis, 76, Russian mathematician (Vapnik-Chervonenkis theory).
Anandji Dossa, 98, Indian cricket statistician.
Skip E. Lowe, 85, American talk show host, emphysema.
Sahana Pradhan, 88, Nepalese politician, brain hemorrhage.
Jason Rabedeaux, 49, American basketball coach (UTEP Miners, Saigon Heat).
Daniel Reynek (cs), 86, Czech photographer.
Erik van der Wurff (nl), 69, Dutch pianist and composer.
Flor Van Noppen, 58, Belgian politician, MP (2007-2014), multiple system atrophy.
Hans E. Wallman, 78, Swedish entertainment executive, composer and film director and producer, injuries sustained in a horse riding accident.
Ben Webb, 37, New Zealand artist.

9/21
Cecilia Cenci (es), 72, Argentinian actress, cancer.
Jim Deva, 65, Canadian businessman and activist, fall.
Linda Griffiths, 60, Canadian actress and playwright, breast cancer.
Mike Harari, 87, Israeli intelligence officer.
Caldwell Jones, 64, American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers, Portland Trail Blazers), heart attack.
Sergey Klyashtorny (ru), 86, Russian Turkologist.
Ed Koffenberger, 88, American basketball and lacrosse player (Duke University), leukemia.
Galina Konovalova (ru), 98, Russian actress.
Frieda Szwillus, 112, German supercentenarian, oldest living person in Germany.
Sheldon Patinkin, 79, American theatre director.
Jürgen Paulmann, 80, German-born Chilean businessman, founder of Sky Airline.
Joseph Plaskett, 96, Canadian painter.
Alastair Reid, 88, Scottish poet and scholar.
Pete Shutler, 68, British folk musician (The Yetties), cancer.
Jan Werner, 68, Polish sprinter, Olympic silver medalist (1976).

9/20
Anton-Gunther, Duke of Oldenburg, 91, German noble.
Anatoly Berezovoy, 72, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-5).
Polly Bergen, 84, American singer and actress (Cape Fear, The Polly Bergen Show, Desperate Housewives), Emmy Award winner (1958), natural causes.
Rob Bironas, 36, American football player (Tennessee Titans), traffic collision.
Vince Callahan, 82, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1968-2008), West Nile meningitis.
Pino Cerami, 92, Italian-born Belgian cyclist.
J. California Cooper, 82, American playwright and author.
Eric the Midget, 39, American dwarf, member of The Wack Pack.
Zdenek Horínek (cs), 83, Czech historian.
Kazusuke Ogawa, 84, Japanese literary critic, stomach cancer.
Randy Pike, 60, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (since 2012).
Ramón Rojas, 35, Chilean BASE jumper, training accident.
George Sluizer, 82, Dutch filmmaker (The Vanishing), cardiovascular disease.
Erwin Sparendam (nl), 80, Surinamese-born Dutch footballer.

9/19
Guntram Brattia, 47, Austrian actor.
Milton Cardona, 69, Puerto Rican jazz musician.
Bill Detrick, 87, American college basketball coach (Central Connecticut Blue Devils).
Francisco Feliciano, 73, Filipino composer and conductor.
Avraham Heffner, 79, Israeli filmmaker (Laura Adler's Last Love Affair).
Audrey Long, 92, American film actress (Tall in the Saddle).
Iain MacCormick, 74, Scottish politician, MP for Argyll (1974-1979).
John Mlacak, 78, Canadian politician and artist.
Hilda Oates, 89, Cuban actress.
Bronislaw Pawlicki, 88, Polish Olympic field hockey player (1952).
U. Srinivas, 45, Indian mandolin player.
Derek Williams, 89, Welsh rugby union player (Cardiff).

9/18
Kyogen Carlson, 65, American Zen Buddhist roshi, co-abbot of Dharma Rain Zen Center, heart attack.
Hani Fahs (de), 68, Lebanese Shiite cleric.
Oleg Ivanovsky (ru), 92, Russian spacecraft designer (Vostok, Prognoz).
Will Radcliff, 74, American businessman, creator of the Slush Puppie.
George Radwanski, 67, Canadian journalist and civil servant, Privacy Commissioner (2000-2003), heart attack.
Elsbeth Rickers, 98, German politician.
Earl Ross, 73, Canadian race car driver.
Johnny Rotella, 93, American songwriter and musician.
Olivier Vanneste (nl), 84, Belgian politician and economist.
Kenny Wheeler, 84, Canadian jazz trumpeter.