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Where Are They Now - Friday, January 23, 2015
Hello fans, I apologize that the poll was not updated last week. Let's try this one more time. Here are the celebs to vote from:
Jo Ann Pflug - MASH, The Night Strangler, The Fall Guy
David Patrick Kelly - The Warriors, Commando, 48 Hrs.
Erika Eleniak - Under Siege, Baywatch, The Beverly Hillbillies
Tony Burton - The Shining, Rocky Balboa, Rocky
Suzy Amis - The Usual Suspects, Titanic, Blown Away
To vote visit, Where Are They Now ArchivesIn the meantime, let's catch up with 1980s "brat pack" member Judd Nelson...
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Email Melissa *View Past Issues: Where Are They Now Archives*--DEAD OR ALIVE?--See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":
Marilyn Chambers: Porn star known for her groundbreaking movie "Behind the Green Door", prior to her porn career she appeared as a young mother on boxes of Ivory soap
Dawn Wells: Played Mary Ann on the TV series "Gilligan's Island"
Bubba Smith: Football player and actor, he was a defensive lineman for the NFL Baltimore Colts for nine years and appeared in all six "Police Academy" movies
(Answer at the bottom)*Judd NelsonLearn More About Judd Nelson on Celebrity Nooz BIRTH DATE: November 28, 1959, Portland, Maine
CLAIM TO FAME: Known as one of the members of the 1980s "brat pack, starring in such films as Joel Schumacher's St. Elmo's Fire and John Hughes' The Breakfast Club.
FAMILY LIFE: His parents are Merle (nee Royte), a court mediator and former member of the Maine state legislature, and Leonard Nelson, a corporate lawyer who was the first Jewish president of the Portland Symphony Orchestra. He has two sisters, Eve and Julie.
INFO: Nelson was bitten with the acting bug during college, and headed to New York City to study with actress Stella Adler. He first appeared in the 1984 comedy Making the Grade, and co-starred alongside a young Kevin Costner in the movie Fandango.
His breakthrough role was in the 1985 brat-pack film The Breakfast Club as the rebellious John Bender, and a role in St. Elmo's Fire quickly followed. However, his career took a nosedive when several of his following films performed poorly at the box office.
In 1996, though, he found success with a starring role on the NBC television sitcom Suddenly Susan, and he stayed on for four seasons.
TRIVIA: Majored in philosophy at the prestigious Haverford College in Pennsylvania, he left the school during his sophomore year.
Appeared in John Parr's "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" music video.
One of the nine original members of the 1980s "brat pack", along with Andrew McCarthy, Mare Winningham, Anthony Michael Hall, Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez and Ally Sheedy.
Once engaged to Shannen Doherty.
When he left "Suddenly Susan" (1996), he was replaced by his The Transformers: The Movie (1986) castmate Eric Idle.
Favorite baseball team is the Boston Red Sox.
Loves to play golf, read and ride his motorbike.
Loves to write.
Didn't wash his hair for the entire shoot of The Breakfast Club.
Nominated for a Golden Globe for his role in Billionaire Boys Club.
Received the 2005 - Silver Bucket of Excellence Award from the MTV Movie Awards.
Nominated twice for the Razzie Award for Worst Actor - for Blue City (1986) and From the Hip (1987).
WHERE IS HE NOW: Nelson continues to act, mainly in TV roles and lower-budget films. He has most recently appeared in the TV series Empire as Baretti, and on the TV series Ben 10: Omniverse. In 2013, he appeared on the series Nikita.
Some of his recent film appearances include a role in the undead office comedy Netherbeast Incorporated by director Dean Matthew Ronalds, and next month he can be seen in The Day the Earth Stopped, a spoof of Fox's big budget The Day The Earth Stood Still remake.
He co-wrote and starred in the short film The Spin Room: Super Tuesday (2012). In 2013 he authored four books released on Kindle: "The Power of Speech", "Nine of Diamonds", "The Gig" and "Water Music".
WRITE TO JUDD NELSON: Judd Nelson
Shelter Entertainment
9454 Wilshire Blvd #715
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
* CREDITS:2015 Empire (TV Series)...Baretti
2013-2014 Ben 10: Omniverse (TV Series)...Eon / Ben 10,000 / Atomix X
2014 Heartbreakers (TV Mini-Series)
- Tainted Love (2014)
2014 Private Number...Sheriff Stance
2014 Road to the Open...Anger Management Therapist
2014 Bigfoot Wars...Dr. Leonard Evans
2014 Haunting of the Innocent...Mr. Franklin
2013 Nikita (TV Series)...Ronald Peller
- Pay-Off (2013) ... Ronald Peller
- Set-Up (2013) ... Ronald Peller
2013 Kristin's Christmas Past...Glenn
2013 Nurse 3D...Dr. Morris
2013 Down and Dangerous...Charles
2013 The Neighbors (TV Series)...Jim
- Dream Weavers (2013)
2012 Just 45 Minutes from Broadway...James Archer
2012 Bad Kids Go to Hell...Headmaster Nash
2012 Gotten (Video short)...Teacher / John
2012 The Spin Room: Super Tuesday (Short)
2011 Grizzly Flats...Sheriff Donnelly
2011 Mayor Cupcake...Donald Maroni
2011 The Story Beyond the Still (Short)...Dr. Alderwood
2010 Cancel Christmas (TV Movie)...Santa Claus / Kris Frost
2010 Two and a Half Men (TV Series)...Chris Makelroy
- A Good Time in Central Africa (2010) ... Chris Makelroy
- Hookers, Hookers, Hookers (2010) ... Chris Makelroy
2010 Endure...Emory Lane
2010 The Terror Experiment...Agent Wilson
2010 Psych (TV Series)...Dr. Steven Reidman
- Death Is in the Air (2010)
2010 Here & Now...Zander
2009 The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day...Concezio Yakavetta
2009 Phineas and Ferb (TV Series)...The Guru
- Bubble Boys/Isabella and the Temple of Sap (2009)
2009 Little Hercules in 3-D...Kevin
2009 Transformers: Animated (TV Series)...Rodimus Prime
- TransWarped: Part One (2009)
2009 Dirty Politics...Billy
2008 The Day the Earth Stopped (Video)...Charlie
2008 Eleventh Hour (TV Series)...Dr. Bruce Nesic
- Surge (2008)
2008 A Single Woman...Jewish Reporter
2008 Infected (TV Movie)...Malcolm Burgess
2008/I The Caretaker...Ella's Dad
2008 Crenshaw Nights (Short)...Jared Greene
2007 The Kidnapping (TV Movie)...Glen
2007 Family Guy (TV Series)...John Bender
- Blue Harvest (2007)
2007 Nevermore...Jonathan Usher
2007 Netherbeast Incorporated...Steven P.D. Landry
2007 CSI: NY (TV Series)...Cigarette Company Executive
- The Ride In (2007)
2007 Las Vegas (TV Series)...Ollie
- Fleeting Cheating Meeting (2007)
2006 Sideliners (TV Movie)...Michael McNamara
2006 The Black Hole (TV Movie)...Eric Bryce
2006 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series)...Mick Sheridan
- Time of Your Death (2006) ... Mick Sheridan
2006 TV: The Movie
2005 Three Wise Guys (TV Movie)...George
2005 The Lost Angel...Father Brian
2005 Lethal Eviction...Shep
2004 The Freediver...Ziad
2003 White Rush...Brian Nathanson
2003 Cybermutt (TV Movie)...Alex
2002 Santa, Jr. (TV Movie)...Darryl Bedford
2002 Deceived (Video)...Jack Jones
2001 Strange Frequency (TV Series)...Martin Potter
- More Than a Feeling (2001)
2001 Lost Voyage (TV Movie)...Aaron Roberts
2001 The Cure for Boredom...Max
2001 Dark Asylum...Quitz
2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back...Sheriff
2001 Return to Cabin by the Lake (TV Movie)...Stanley Caldwell
2001 Falcon Down...Harold Peters
2001 Strange Frequency (TV Movie)...Martin Potter (segment "More Than a Feeling")
2000 Endsville...Rufus The Buck-Toothed Sluggard
2000 The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior (TV Movie)...Jack Hulka
2000 The Outer Limits (TV Series)...Harry Longworth
- Something About Harry (2000)
2000 The Spiral Staircase (TV Movie)...Phillip Warren
2000 Cabin by the Lake (TV Movie)...Stanley
1999 Light It Up...Ken Knowles
1999 Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story (TV Movie)...Alan Freed
1996-1999 Suddenly Susan (TV Series)...Jack Richmond
1998 Sin City Spectacular (TV Series)
- Episode #1.9 (1998)
1998 For a Few Lousy Dollars...Hitman (as Midnight Rambler)
1997 Steel...Nathaniel Burke
1995 Blackwater Trail...Matt
1995 Circumstances Unknown (TV Movie)...Paul Kinsey
1994 Flinch (Video)...Harry Mirapolsky
1994 Airheads...Jimmie Wing
1994 Blindfold: Acts of Obsession (TV Movie)...Dr. Jennings
1994 Hail Caesar...Prisoner One
1994 Every Breath...Jimmy
1994 Caroline at Midnight...Phil Gallo
1993 Entangled...David
1993 Conflict of Interest...Gideon
1992 Primary Motive...Andrew Blumenthal
1992 Tales from the Crypt (TV Series)...Gaston
- What's Cookin' (1992)
1991 The Dark Backward...Marty Malt
1991 New Jack City...Nick Peretti
1990 Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (TV Movie)...Pete Dunham
1989 Relentless...Arthur 'Buck' Taylor
1989 Never on Tuesday...Motorcycle cop (uncredited)
1987 Billionaire Boys Club (TV Movie)...Joe Hunt
1987 From the Hip...Robin 'Stormy' Weathers
1986 Shattered If Your Kid's on Drugs (TV Movie)
1986 The Transformers: The Movie...Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime (voice)
1986 Moonlighting (TV Series)...Policeman
- Camille (1986)
1986 Blue City...Billy Turner
1985 St. Elmo's Fire...Alec Newbary
1985 The Breakfast Club...John Bender
1985 Fandango...Phil Hicks
1984 Making the Grade...Eddie Keaton
1983 Rock 'n' Roll Hotel...Johnny
To see Then & Now pictures of Judd Nelson, visit: Celebrity Nooz *--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--Marilyn Chambers - DEAD (Cerebral hemorrhage following
aortic aneurysm)
Born: 04/22/1952 Died: 04/12/2009
Dawn Wells - ALIVE
Born: 10/18/1938
Bubba Smith - DEAD (Drug overdose)
Born: 02/28/1945 Died: 08/03/2011
*WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...1/20
Ena Baxter, 90, Scottish food manufacturer (Baxters).
Canserbero, Venezuelan rapper, suicide by jumping.
Anatol Hrytskievich, 85, Belarusian historian.
Graeme Hugo, 68, Australian demographer and geographer, cancer.
Hitoshi Saito, 54, Japanese judoka, Olympic champion (1984, 1988), bile duct cancer.
Ricardo dos Santos, 24, Brazilian surfer, shot.
1/19
Paul Campbell, 49, American actor (The Fighter, American Hustle), shot.
Justin Capra (ro), 81, Romanian inventor.
Maurice Dumas, 87, Canadian politician.
Vera Gornostayeva, 85, Russian piano player and teacher.
Michel Guimond, 61, Canadian politician, MP for Montmorency-Charlevoix-Haute-Côte-Nord (1993-2011), heart failure.
Arthit Kamlang-ek, 89, Thai general, Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces (1983-1986).
Vladimir Kesarev, 84, Russian footballer (Dynamo Moscow).
Anne Kirkbride, 60, British actress (Coronation Street), brain cancer.
Rajni Kothari, 85, Indian political scientist.
Robert Manzon, 97, French Formula One driver, last surviving racer from first World Championship.
Bob Sadino, 81, Indonesian businessman.
Ward Swingle, 87, American musician (The Swingle Singers, Les Double Six).
Bob Symes, 90, British inventor and television presenter.
Reies Tijerina, 88, American chicano activist.
Peter Wallenberg, 88, Swedish financier and industrialist, patriarch of the Wallenberg family.
1/18
ASAP Yams, 26, American rapper.
Dorothy Barnes Pelote, 85, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1993-2003).
José Carrasco, 70, Peruvian politician.
Cynthia Layne, 51, American jazz singer, cancer.
Grazia Livi, Italian author and journalist, Viareggio Prize winner.
Alberto Nisman, 51, Argentine prosecutor (AMIA bombing), apparent suicide by gunshot.
Paul O'Grady, 54, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1988-1996), cancer.
Muna Obiekwe, 36, Nigerian actor, kidney disease.
Harish Chandra Srivastava, 90, Indian politician.
Yasuaki Taiho, 51, Taiwanese-born Japanese baseball player (Hanshin Tigers), acute myeloid leukemia.
Dallas Taylor, 66, American drummer (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young).
Christine Valmy, 88, Romanian-born American cosmetologist.
Tony Verna, 81, American television producer, invented instant replay, leukemia.
Philippe Vocanson, 110, French supercentenarian, oldest living man in Europe.
Kjell Arnljot Wig, 90, Norwegian media personality.
1/17
Bruno Ballarini, 77, Italian footballer (Calcio Como).
Joseph Brannigan, 83, American politician, member of the Maine Senate (2006-2012).
Ken Furphy, 83, English footballer and manager (Watford).
Gobinda Halder, 84, Indian lyricist and composer, kidney failure.
Faten Hamama, 83, Egyptian actress (The Angel of Mercy, Wajh al-Qamar).
Don Harron, 90, Canadian comedian, actor and author (Hee Haw, The Big Revue), cancer.
Kazumasa Hirai, 76, Japanese manga author (8 Man, Genma Taisen, Wolf Guy).
Rebecca D. Lockhart, 46, American politician, Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives (since 2011), degenerative brain disorder.
Louis Martin, 78, Jamaican-born British weightlifter, Olympic silver (1964) and bronze (1960) medalist.
Origa, 44, Russian singer (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex), lung cancer.
Mary Evelyn Parker, 94, American politician, Louisiana State Treasurer (1968-1987), complications from a heart attack.
Greg Plitt, 37, American fitness model, fitness trainer (Work Out), and actor; hit by train.
1/16
Miriam Akavia, 87, Israeli writer.
Sir Ian Athfield, 74, New Zealand architect.
Bill Dodd, 78, English footballer.
Michael Gehrke, 58, German music impresario and tour manager (Scorpions).
Ted Harrison, 88, British-born Canadian painter.
Pedro María Iguaran, 74, Spanish footballer (Real Sociedad).
Stuart Loory, 82, American journalist and media executive (CNN), cancer.
Ray Lumpp, 91, American basketball player (New York Knicks), Olympic champion (1948).
Rimma Markova, 89, Russian actress.
Ghelubhai Nayak, 91, Indian political activist.
Walter Peregoy, 89, American visual and animation background artist.
Yao Beina, 33, Chinese singer, breast cancer.
1/15
Jean-Claude Baker, 71, French-born American restaurateur, suicide.
Arnaldo Calveyra, 85, Argentine poet and novelist, heart attack.
Ervin Drake, 95, American songwriter ("It Was a Very Good Year", "I Believe", "Good Morning Heartache"), bladder cancer.
Kim Fowley, 75, American record producer, band manager (The Runaways), impresario and musician, bladder cancer.
Alan Hirschfield, 79, American film executive (Columbia Pictures).
Jochen Hülder, 57, German music impresario and band manager (Die Toten Hosen).
Val Holten, 87, Australian cricketer.
Anwarul Iqbal, 64, Bangladeshi politician and police chief, cardiac arrest.
Archibald Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa, 58, Scottish peer, hereditary chief of Clan Kennedy.
Ethel Lang, 114, British supercentenarian, nation's oldest person (since 2013), last living Briton born during reign of Queen Victoria.
Chikao Otsuka, 85, Japanese voice actor (Sonic the Hedgehog, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, One Piece), ischemic heart failure.
Raoul Pantin, 71, Trinidadian journalist, poet and playwright.
Harvey Sweetman, 93, New Zealand World War II pilot.
Rameshwar Thakur, 88, Indian politician, Governor of Odisha (2004-2006), Andhra Pradesh (2006-2007) and Karnataka (2007-2009).
Walter Westbrook, 93, South African artist.
Bob Wilson, 85, American sportscaster (Boston Bruins).
Joseph Mukasa Zuza, 59, Malawian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mzuzu (since 1995), traffic collision.
1/14
Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi, 71, Israeli rabbi.
Bob Boyd, 84, American basketball coach (USC Trojans).
Jerry Dempsey, 81, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1992-2006).
Danny Malloy, 84, Scottish footballer (Cardiff City, Dundee).
Susanto Pudjomartono (id), 71, Indonesian newspaper editor (The Jakarta Post) and diplomat.
Nélida Romero, 88, Argentine actress.
Darren Shahlavi, 42, English actor (Arrow, Night at the Museum, Watchmen) and martial artist.
Zhang Wannian, 86, Chinese general.
1/13
Andrew Brannan, 66, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
Catherine Cando, 19, Ecuadorian beauty pageant contestant, cerebral edema.
Doug Cunningham, 69, American football player (Ole Miss Rebels, San Francisco 49ers).
Violetta Degtiareva, 23, Russian tennis player, heart failure.
Ralph Faudree, 75, American mathematician.
Sir Jack Hayward, 91, English businessman, property developer and philanthropist, president of Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Mark Juddery, 43, Australian author and journalist, cancer.
H. Wesley Kenney, 89, American television director (All in the Family) and producer (General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless), cardiac arrest.
Mike Marqusee, 61, American-born writer and activist, multiple myeloma.
Valentin Nicolau (ro), 54, Romanian television personality (TVR), writer and book editor, cardiac arrest.
Hara Patnaik, 56, Indian actor and film director, cancer.
Ronnie Ronalde, 91, British music hall singer and siffleur.
Isabel Rosado, 107, Puerto Rican independence activist (Puerto Rican Nationalist Party).
Sid Smith, 93, American television director (The Jimmy Durante Show, The Bell Telephone Hour).
Trevor Ward-Davies, 70, British bassist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), cancer.
Robert White, 88, American diplomat, Ambassador to Paraguay (1977-1980) and El Salvador (1980-1981).
Jane Wilson, 90, American painter.
Keith Wright, 73, Australian politician and convicted child rapist, MP for Capricornia (1984-1993).
Hillel Zaks, 85, Polish-born Israeli rabbi.