Where Are They Now - June 13, 2014

Hello fans,

Actress Julia Sweeney is probably most identified as the androgynous Pat, whose impossible-to-determine gender was the basis for her popular It's Pat! skits on Saturday Night Live. Where has her career taken her since the SNL days? Find out now!

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Melissa

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

Jane Alexander: Actress, "Testament" was a career highlight, former chair of the National Endowment for the Arts

Larry Linville: Starred as Frank Burns on the TV series "M*A*S*H"

Dee Wallace: Played Elliott's mother in the movie "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", has also appeared in "Cujo", "Critters" and other movies

(Answer at the bottom)
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Julia Sweeney
Learn More About Julia Sweeney on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: October 10, 1959, Spokane, Washington

CLAIM TO FAME: She is known for her role as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1994.

FAMILY LIFE: She was married to Stephen Hibbert from 1989-1994. She has been married to scientist Michael Blum since 2008. They have an adopted daughter together, Tara Mulan Blum.

INFO: Sweeney started out as an accountant for Columbia Pictures and United Artists when she enrolled in classes with the improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings. She was later chosen to be part of the troupe's Sunday Company.

She began developing characters including Mea Culpa, the title character of Mea's Big Apology, and the androgynous Pat, whose impossible-to-determine gender was the basis for Sweeney's popular It's Pat! skits on Saturday Night Live. She later released a feature film of the same name.

At a Groundlings performance in 1989, Saturday Night Live (SNL) producer Lorne Michaels discovered Sweeney and offered her a spot as one of SNL's featured players. Sweeney has created and performed three autobiographical monologues, God Said Ha!, In the Family Way, and Letting Go of God.

TRIVIA: Is a cervical cancer survivor.

Her 1993 impression of Chelsea Clinton caused a stir when Hillary Clinton found it offensive and sent an angry letter to SNL's Studio 8H.

Performed in the rock band Ugly Kid Joe's music video for the song Neighbor

WHERE IS SHE NOW: Sweeney performed with singer/songwriter Jill Sobule in a revue called Jill and Julia in 2009 and 2010. She also serves as part of a regular rotation of panelists for the NPR news quiz radio show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!.

In 2013, she was the voice of Sherry Sqibbles in Pixar's Monsters University, and also wrote a memoir that was published last May called If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother.

WRITE TO JULIA SWEENEY:
Julia Sweeney
P.O. Box 786
Wilmette, IL 60091

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CREDITS:

2014 Party Central (Short)...Ms. Squibbles (voice)

2013 Monsters University...Ms. Squibbles (voice)

2000-2010 Family Guy (TV Series)...Naomi Robinson / Woman in Bar
Partial Terms of Endearment (2010) ... Naomi Robinson (voice)
Wasted Talent (2000) ... Woman in Bar (voice)

2009 The Goode Family (TV Series)...Margo / Trish / Save-Big Check-Out Girl / ...

2009 Back at the Barnyard (TV Series)...Vet
Dream Birthday (2009) ... Vet
Doggelganger (2009) ... Vet

2007 The War at Home (TV Series)...Jamie Mandelbaum
The War of the Golds (2007)

2006 Joey (TV Series)...Tracy
Joey and the Holding Hands (2006)

2005 Don't Come Knocking...Producer 2

2004 Father of the Pride (TV Series)...Britney
Road Trip (2004)

2004 Sex and the City (TV Series)...Sister Anne Marie
Catch-38 (2004)

2003-2004 Frasier (TV Series)...Ann Hodges
The Ann Who Came to Dinner (2004)
The Placeholder (2003)

2003 What's New, Scooby-Doo? (TV Series)...Aunt Meg
A Scooby Doo Halloween (2003)

2002 According to Jim (TV Series)...Bobbi Coker
Thanksgiving Confidential (2002)

2001-2002 Maybe It's Me (TV Series)...Mary Krupp-Stage

2002 Clockstoppers...Jenny Gibbs

2002 Teamo Supremo (TV Series)...Crandall's Mom
Appetite for... Dessert (2002)
Grounded!

2002 A Baby Blues Christmas Special (TV Short)...Wanda MacPherson (voice)

2000-2002 Baby Blues (TV Series)...Wanda MacPherson / Various Characters
Wanda Proof (2002) ... Wanda MacPherson (voice)
Rodney Moves In (2000) ... Wanda MacPherson / Various Characters (voice)
God Forbid (2000) ... Wanda MacPherson (voice)

2001 Ain't It Cool News (TV Movie)...Pizza eater at Geek Headquarters round table discussion

2001 Beethoven's 4th (Video)...Beth Newton

2001 Clerks (TV Series)...Mother
The Last Episode Ever (2001)

2000 Sammy (TV Series)...Marie (voice)

2000 Beethoven's 3rd (Video)...Beth Newton

2000 Whatever It Takes...Kate Woodman

1999 Suddenly Susan (TV Series)...Rachel Fishman
The Birthday Party (1999)

1999 Stuart Little...Mrs. Keeper, the Orphanage Owner

1999 Thick as Thieves...Sarah

1998 George & Leo (TV Series)...Alice

1997 3rd Rock from the Sun (TV Series)...Patty
Moby Dick (1997)

1997 Courting Courtney...Group Therapy Member

1997 Vegas Vacation...Mirage Reception Person

1997 Meet Wally Sparks...Mrs. Martha Karp

1996 Mr. Show with Bob and David (TV Series)...Vernice in 'Second Wind'
Operation Hell on Earth (1996)

1996 Jules (TV Movie)...Jules

1995 Hope & Gloria (TV Series)...Charity
Listen, Sister (1995) ... Charity

1995 The Barefoot Executive (TV Movie)

1995 Stuart Saves His Family...Mea C.

1994 It's Pat...Pat Riley

1990-1994 Saturday Night Live (TV Series)...Various / Pat / Caller / ...

1994 Pulp Fiction...Raquel

1994 Mad About You (TV Series)...French Professor
Disorientation (1994)

1993 Coneheads...Principal

1992 Honey I Blew Up the Kid...Nosey Neighbor

1991 Riders in the Sky (TV Series)...Tunga Tujunga
Sourdough's Surprise (1991)

1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch...Peggy

1990 On the Television (TV Series)...Various

1989 Dinner at Eight (TV Movie)...Miss Wendell

1989 Hard Time on Planet Earth (TV Series)...Gladys
Jesse's Fifteen Minutes (1989)

1988 Brothers (TV Series)...Librarian
Moving Out (1988)

1986 Elvira's Halloween Special (TV Movie)

To see Then & Now pictures of Julia Sweeney, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Jane Alexander - ALIVE
Born: 10/28/1939

Larry Linville - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 09/29/1939 Died: 04/10/2000

Dee Wallace - ALIVE
Born: 12/14/1948

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
6/11
Glenn Britt, 65, American media executive, CEO and
Chairman of Time Warner Cable, cancer.
Edmund Bruggmann, 71, Swiss alpine skier, Olympic silver
medalist (1972), complications from leukemia.
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, 80, Spanish conductor and
composer, cancer.
Charles Gautier, 69, French politician, Senator for
Loire-Atlantique (2001-2011), colon cancer.
Mipham Chokyi Lodro, 61, Tibetan Buddhist teacher, 14th
Shamarpa of the Karma Kagyu sect, heart attack.
Costas Mourouzis, 80, Greek basketball coach (National
team, Olympiacos B.C., Panathinaikos B.C.), complications
from a stroke.
Vital Patil, 86, Indian cricket player (Bombay) and
coach.
Harilal Shah, 71, Kenyan cricket player (East Africa)
and manager (national team), Captain (1975).

6/10
Toribio Aguilera, 73, Honduran economist and politician,
MP for Cortes (1998-2014), lymphatic cancer.
Sebastian Alabanda, 63, Spanish footballer (Real Betis),
heart attack.
Robert Arthur Alexie, 56, Canadian Gwich'in politician
and novelist, Chief (1989-1991), President of the Tribal
Council, chief First Nations negotiator during 1992 land
reform.
Gary Gilmour, 62, Australian Test cricketer.
Mohammed Idris, 64, Kenyan Islamic cleric, shot.
Jackson Lee, 94, American politician, Mayor of
Fayetteville, North Carolina (1971-1975).
Khair Bakhsh Marri, 86, Pakistani Baloch nationalist
leader and militant, leader of the Balochistan Liberation
Army, complications from a brain haemorrhage.
Gerald Nicholas McAllister, 91, American Episcopal
prelate, Bishop of Oklahoma (1977-1989).
Baul Abdul Karim Shah, 90, Bangladeshi folk singer,
winner of Ekushey Padak (2011), asthma.
Ismail Shabazz, 76, Belizean Islamic historian and
activist, co-founder of UBAD and Amandala.

6/9
Bernard Agre, 88, Ivorian Roman Catholic prelate,
Cardinal of San Giovanni (since 2001), Archbishop of
Abidjan (1994-2006).
Mustafa Mohd Sidin al-Muqri, 39, Malaysian Islamic
religious leader, Chief Imam of the Sultan Salahuddin
Abdul Aziz Mosque.
Danilo Baroni, 92, Argentine lawyer and politician,
Governor of Chaco (1987-1991).
Harris Blake, 84, American politician, member of the
North Carolina Senate (2003-2013), natural causes.
Junie Donlavey, 90, American Hall of Fame NASCAR team
owner (Ken Schrader, Jody Ridley, Donlavey Racing),
Alzheimer's disease.
Carmelo Flores Laura, 123?, Bolivian longevity claimant.
Reinhard Höppner, 65, German politician, Minister-
President of Saxony-Anhalt (1994-2002), cancer.
Milton Kerzner, 91, American newspaper sportswriter
and editor (The Jersey Journal).
Kim Heungsou, 94, South Korean harmonism artist.
Rik Mayall, 56, English comedian, writer and actor
(The Young Ones, Bottom, The New Statesman), Emmy
Award winner (The Wind in the Willows).
Murali Nagavally, 59, Indian film director (Alexander
the Great, Wanted), cardiac arrest.
Árpád Punkosti, 78, Hungarian journalist, author
and sociologist.
N. Ramachandran, 88, Indian journalist and
editorialist (Kerala Kaumudi).
Alicemarie Huber Stotler, 72, American judge, member
of the US District Court for Central California
(since 1984) and Chief Judge (2005-2009).
Bob Welch, 57, American baseball player (Los Angeles
Dodgers, Oakland Athletics), Cy Young Award winner
(1990).

6/8
Smbat Ayvazyan, 55, Soviet-born Armenian politician, MP
(1995-1999, 2003-2007).
Ruy Barbosa Popolizio, 94, Chilean businessman,
oenologist and cathedratic, Minister of Agriculture
(1963-1964), Rector of the University of Chile (1968-
1969).
Sidney Bedoni, 91, American Navajo Marine Corps code
talker, recipient of the Congressional Silver Medal
(2001), complications from influenza and pneumonia.
Alice Connolly, 92, Irish racehorse breeder.
H. K. Desai, 68, American technology executive, CEO
and Chairman of QLogic, cardiac arrest.
Taruhi Furuta, 86, Japanese writer and critic, heart
failure.
Jean Geissinger, 79, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
Paul Herrera, 32, Filipino fashion designer, cardiac
arrest as a complication of meningitis.
Alexander Imich, 111, Russian Congress Poland-born
American chemist, parapsychologist and supercentenarian,
oldest man in the world.
Veronica Lazar, 76, Romanian-born Italian actress
(Inferno, Last Tango in Paris, The Stendhal Syndrome).
Harold Russell Maddock, 96, Australian jockey.
Shirley Marsh, 88, American politician, member of the
Nebraska Senate (1973-1989).
J. Stanley Marshall, 91, American educator, President
of Florida State University (1969-1976), complications
from a heart attack.
Jesus Perales, 78, American Chicano rock guitarist.
J. William Pope, 76, American politician and lawyer,
member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,
cancer.
Edward Pswarayi, 87, Zimbabwean political prisoner
and politician, MP for Mbare.
Ivo Vinco, 86, Italian opera singer.
Yoshihito, Prince Katsura, 66, Japanese royal, acute
heart failure.

6/7
Dora Akunyili, 59, Nigerian politician and academic,
Federal Minister of Information and Communications (2008-
2010), ovarian cancer.
Alan Douglas, 80, American record producer (Jimi Hendrix)
and sound engineer (Eric Clapton).
Dick Elliott, 78, American politician, member of the
South Carolina House of Representatives (1982-1992) and
Senate (1992-2012).
Kevin Elyot, 62, British scriptwriter (Clapham Junction)
and playwright (My Night with Reg).
Fernandão, 36, Brazilian footballer (Sport Club
Internacional, national team), helicopter crash.
E. W. Foy, 77, American basketball coach (Southeastern
Louisiana Lions, McNeese State Cowboys).
Glenn Freeman, 80, American politician, member of the
Kentucky House of Representatives (1970-1971, 1974-
1977) and Senate (1996-2000).
Jane Gray, 112, Scottish-born Australian
supercentenarian, oldest living Scottish-born person
and Australian resident.
Jurij Gustincic, 92, Slovene journalist and writer.
Muhammedd Idris Haliru, 48, Nigerian politician,
Kwara MLA for Kaiama, Wayibe and Kemanji.
Jacques Herlin, 86, French character actor (Of Gods
and Men).
Melvin Irvin, 72, American politician, member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives (1983-1987),
cancer.
Rafael A. Lecuona, 86, Cuban Olympic gymnast (1948,
1952, 1956) and American academic.
Juan María Leonardi Villasmil, 67, Venezuelan Roman
Catholic prelate, Bishop of Punto Fijo (since 1997).
Epainette Mbeki, 98, South African anti-apartheid
activist.
James McNair, 63, American writer and comedian,
traffic collision.
Clara Schroth, 93, American gymnast, Olympic bronze
medalist (1948).

6/6
Mahbubul Alam, 79, Bangladeshi newspaper journalist and
editor (The Independent).
Darío Barrio, 42, Spanish television chef, BASE jumping
accident.
Ado Bayero, 83, Nigerian chieftain, politician and
diplomat, Emir of Kano (since 1963), Northern Region
MLA, Ambassador to Senegal, cancer.
Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, 84, Argentine Roman
Catholic prelate, Bishop of Río Gallegos (1992-2005).
Rex L. Carter, 88, American politician, member of the
South Carolina House of Representatives (1953-1980)
and Speaker (1973-1980).
Curt Chase, 91, American Hall of Fame ski instructor
(Aspen Skiing Company), co-founder of PSIA-AASI.
Karen DeCrow, 76, American civil rights activist,
lawyer and author, President of the National
Organization for Women (1974-1977), melanoma.
Carey Eaton, 41, Australian entrepreneur, shot.
Eric Hill, 86, British children's writer and
illustrator (Spot the Dog).
Lee Hyla, 61, American composer.
JayAre, 25, American rapper (Cali Swag District),
cardiac arrest.
Victor Khoo, 63, Singaporean entertainer, cancer.
Alden Laborde, 98, American oil engineer and executive
(ODECO, Tidewater).
Carlos Montes, 48, Spanish basketball player (CB
Estudiantes, CB Sevilla), injuries sustained in a
traffic collision.
Wayne Wilson, 66, Australian horse racing announcer,
cancer.
Lorna Wing, 85, British psychiatrist, co-founder of
the National Autistic Society, coined the term
"Asperger syndrome".

6/5
Roger Ackling, 66, British sculptor
John Bishop, 87, American auto racing executive, co-
founder of the IMSA.
Marion Brandvold, 102, American maiasaura discoverer.
Christopher Burger, 78, South African cricket player.
Elio Carmichael, 79, Mexican mural artist, cancer.
Luis Colotuzzo, 96, Uruguayan trade union leader and
pension activist, Director of the Banco de Previsión
Social (1991-1999).
Don Davis, 75, American musician, songwriter (Who's
Making Love, Disco Lady), and Grammy Award-winning
producer (You Don't Have to Be a Star).
Robert Kuwalek, 47, Polish historian.
Johnny Leach, 91, British table tennis player, World
Table Tennis Champion (1949, 1951), Team champion
(1953), President of the ETTA.
Hana Orgoníková, 67, Czech politician, MP for the CSDP
(since 1989).
Larry Schreiner, 73, American photojournalist (WGN
Radio and TV), cardiac arrest.
Cecelia Seiler, 80, American mascot owner and trainer
(Uga).
Reiulf Steen, 80, Norwegian politician and diplomat,
Minister of Transportation (1971-1972) and Commerce
(1979-1981), MP for Oslo and Akershus (1977-1993),
Ambassador to Chile (1992-1996).

6/4
Joseph Befe Ateba, 52, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate,
Bishop of Kribi (since 2008).
John Baker, 86, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of
Salisbury (1982-1993).
Yusuf Hamdan, 63, Malaysian businessman, instrumental
in hostage release by Abu Sayyaf (2000), cancer.
Ryuzo Hayashi, 70, Japanese actor (Early Spring Story),
kidney failure.
George Ho, 94, American-born Chinese Hong Kong media
owner (Commercial Television and Radio), recipient of
the Gold Bauhinia Star (2001).
Saad Man, 63, Malaysian politician, Kedah MLA for Jitra,
lung cancer.
Yasuo Masumoto, 67, Japanese industrial and farm
machinery executive, chairman and president of Kubota.
Doc Neeson, 67, Australian musician (The Angels),
malignant brain tumour.
Ed Negre, 86, American racecar driver and owner (NASCAR,
Dale Earnhardt).
Chester Nez, 93, American Navajo code talker, last
remaining Navajo who developed the code, recipient of
the Congressional Gold Medal (2001), renal failure.
Elias Saavedra, 96, American survivor of the Bataan
Death March during World War II, natural causes.
Bill Sample, 78, American police officer and
philanthropist, founder of the Sunshine Foundation,
respiratory failure.
William Schuelein, 86, American politician, member of
the Oklahoma Senate (1972-1992).
Lovemore Chipunza Sekeramayi, 67, Zimbabwean civil
servant, Chief Elections Officer of the Zimbabwe
Electoral Commission (since 2007).
Cliff Severn, 88, British-born American cricketer
(national team) and child actor (A Christmas Carol,
How Green Was My Valley).
Nathan Shamuyarira, 85, Zimbabwean newspaper editor and
politician, Minister of Information (1980-1987) and
Foreign Affairs (1987-1995), chest infection.
Susan Spencer-Wendel, 47, American author, amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis.
Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman, 94, British judge
and law lord.
Martin Treacy, 78, Irish hurler (Kilkenny).
Buddy Wentworth, 77, Namibian politician, recipient of
the Ordre des Palmes Académiques, heart disease.
Walter Winkler, 71, Polish footballer (Polonia Bytom,
national team).
Norman Wolfe, 87, American newspaper editor (Orlando
Sentinel) and public relations agency executive, co-
founder of Cohn & Wolfe.
Don Zimmer, 83, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers)
and manager (Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs), heart failure
as a complication from cardiac surgery.