. . . Where Are They Now? . . .
Hello fans,

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

Rick Moranis - Little Shop of Horrors
Bruce Boxleitner - How the West was Won
Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote
Julia Duffy â?? Newhart
Loni Anderson - WKRP in Cincinnati

To vote, please visit: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Today, we are catching up with actress Jurnee Smollett. You might remember her from Full House as Michelle's friend Denise...at least that is how I remember her! I used to be a Full House fanatic...oh I miss the days of TGIF sitcoms on ABC. Anyway, Smollett continues to act and has had roles on a couple of recent television shows. Find out more about Jurnee and where she is now...

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":

Michael Ironside: Specialized in playing villains and other hard-edged characters, he was Darryl Revok in the movie "Scanners" and has also appeared in "Top Gun", "Total Recall" and many other movies.

Martin Balsam: He appeared in many movies and TV shows, including "Psycho", "Tora! Tora! Tora!", "Little Big Man", "All The President's Men" and "Raid on Entebbe"

George Brent: He appeared in "Jezebel", "Dark Victory", "The Spiral Staircase" and other movies

(Answer at the bottom)
Jurnee Smollett
Learn More About Jurnee Smollett on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: October 1, 1986, New York City, New York

CLAIM TO FAME: Smollett got her start as a child star on two of ABC's "TGIF" lineup of Friday night family sitcoms. She played Michelle Tanner's friend Denise on Full House and acted alongside her real-life siblings on the short-lived TGIF sitcom On Our Own.

FAMILY LIFE: She married musician Josiah Bell in 2010.

INFO: Smollett is the fourth of six performing siblings, and she began acting at a young age with them in the ABC television comedy On Our Own (1994-1995). She also appeared on several TV shows including Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Martin, Wanda at Large, and as Michelle's friend on Full House.

Smollett received critical acclaim for her performance in the 1997 independent film Eve's Bayou. Some of her other film credits include the 1996 Francis Ford Coppola film Jack, the 1999 Disney film Selma, Lord, Selma, the 2000 comedy Beautiful Joe, and the film Ruby's Bucket of Blood. In 2007, she was cast by Denzel Washington in his starring/directorial vehicle The Great Debaters.

TRIVIA: Her father is Jewish and her mother is African American.

Has been active in HIV/AIDS causes since she was eleven. She is on the Board of Directors of Artists for a New South Africa, dedicated to dealing with HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Visited Ekhaya Multi Arts Centre in South Africa in 2009, where she led an exchange youth forum sharing her experiences with Kwa Mashu youth.

WHERE IS SHE NOW: Smollett co-starred in the last two seasons of the critically acclaimed series Friday Night Lights as Jess Merriweather. From September 2010 to March 2011 she appeared on the CBS legal drama The Defenders with Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell.

CREDITS:
2010-2011 The Defenders (TV series)...Lisa Tyler

2009-2011 Friday Night Lights (TV series)...Jess Merriweather

2008 Grey's Anatomy (TV series)...Beth Monroe
Freedom

2007 The Great Debaters...Samantha Booke

2006 House M.D. (TV series)...Tracy
Fools for Love

2006 Gridiron Gang...Danyelle Rollins

2005 Roll Bounce...Tori

2003 Wanda at Large (TV series)...Holly Hawkins

2002 ER (TV series)...Romy
Next of Kin

2002 Strong Medicine (TV series)
Positive (2002)

2001 Ruby's Bucket of Blood (TV movie)...Emerald Delacroix

2000 Beautiful Joe...Vivien Mason

1999 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV series)...Ali Baba
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

1998-2000 Cosby (TV series)...Jurnee

1999 Selma, Lord, Selma (TV movie)...Sheyann Webb

1997 Eve's Bayou...Eve Batiste

1996 NYPD Blue (TV series)...Hanna
Where's 'Swaldo

1996 Jack...Phoebe

1994-1995 On Our Own (TV series)...Jordee Jerrico

1992-1994 Full House (TV series)...Denise Frazer

1992 Martin (TV series)...Little Girl
I Saw Gina Kissing Santa Claus

1992 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (TV series)...Denise Frazer / Denise

1992 Out All Night (TV series)...Laquita
The Kid (1992) â?¦ Laquita

1991 Sunday in Paris (TV short)...Alison Chase

To see Then & Now pictures of Jurnee Smollett, visit: Celebrity Nooz

--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Michael Ironside - ALIVE
Born: 02/12/1950

Martin Balsam - DEAD (Heart attack)
Born: 11/04/1919 Died: 02/13/1996

George Brent - DEAD
Born: 03/15/1904 Died: 05/26/1979

WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
8/24
Janey Cutler, 82, Scottish singer (Britain's Got Talent).
Frank DiLeo, 63, American music industry executive, heart complications.
Esther Gordy Edwards, 91, American Motown associate and creator of Hitsville U.S.A..
Chango Farías Gomez, 73, Argentine folkloric musician and singer, lung infection.
Mike Flanagan, 59, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
Jeno Gerbovits, 86, Hungarian politician, minister without portfolio (1990â??1991), tractor accident.
Neil Kent, 49, British motorcycle racer, racetrack crash.
Graeme Moody, 60, New Zealand sports broadcaster, drowned.
Michael Showers, 45, American actor (Treme, Breaking Bad), drowned.
Alfons Van Brandt, 84, Belgian footballer.

8/23
Paul Francis Duffy, 79, American-born Zambian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mongu (1997â??2011).
Charles Jones, 56, New Zealand sports administrator, president of the World Croquet Federation.
Tamara Poletika, 89, Russian animator.
Frank Potenza, 77, American police officer and actor (Jimmy Kimmel Live!).
Hasballah M. Saad, 63, Indonesian politician, Human Rights Minister (1999â??2000).
Joey Vento, 71, American restaurateur, founder and owner of Geno's Steaks, heart attack.

8/22
Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, 72, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister (1994â??1997).
Nickolas Ashford, 70, American R&B singer-songwriter (Ashford & Simpson), throat cancer.
Vicco von Bülow, 87, German cartoonist and actor.
John Howard Davies, 72, English television producer and director (Fawlty Towers, The Good Life), former child actor (Oliver Twist), cancer.
Evgeni Dushko, 35, Russian politician, mayor of Sergiyev Posad, shot.
B.J. Hopper, 86, American actor (Flakes, The Toy, Because of Winn-Dixie).
Jesper Klein, 66, Danish actor, liver cancer.
Jack Layton, 61, Canadian politician, Leader of the
Official Opposition (2011) and New Democratic Party (2003â??2011), cancer.
Jerry Leiber, 78, American songwriter ("Stand By Me", "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock", "Kansas City"), cardiopulmonary failure.
Samuel Menashe, 85, American poet, natural causes.
Tony Ruffino, 74, American concert promoter, stroke.