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Hello fans,
The numbers are pretty low on the new poll...don't
forget to cast your vote for who you'd like to see
featured next in Where Are They Now.
Erin Murphy - Tabatha Stevens - Bewitched
Alley Mills - Norma Arnold - The Wonder Years
Yvonne Craig - Batgirl - Batman
Gaby Hoffmann - Karen - Field of Dreams
Karen Dotric - Jane Banks - Mary Poppins
David Gallagher - Simon Camden - 7th Heaven
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This week, we are catching up with the actress who
played the young Jane Banks in the Walt Disney film
Mary Poppins....Karen Dotrice.
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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":
--Mike Farrell: Played B.J. Hunnicut on the TV series
"M*A*S*H"
--Isabelle Huppert: French actress, she's appeared in
"Madame Bovary", "The Piano Teacher" (La Pianiste),
"Heavens Gate" and other films
--Howard Keel: He appeared in movie musicals, including
"Annie Get Your Gun", "Show Boat", and "Seven Brides for
Seven Brothers" where he was known for his baritone voice,
he played Clayton Farlow on the TV series "Dallas"
(Answer at the bottom)
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Karen Dotrice
http://www.celebritynooz.com/karen_dotrice.aspx
BIRTH DATE: November 9, 1955, Guernsey, Channel Islands
CLAIM TO FAME: She is best known for her role as Jane Banks
in Walt Disney's feature film adaptation of the Mary Poppins
book series.
FAMILY LIFE: She was married to English actor Alex Hyde-
White from 1986 to 1992; they have a son, Garrick. In 1994,
Dotrice married then-Universal Studios executive Edwin "Ned"
Nalle and later gave birth to two children, Isabella and
Griffin.
INFO: Born into a family of stage actors, Dotrice was not
surprisingly exposed to acting at a very young age. When
she was just four-years-old, she performed on stage in the
Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Bertold Brecht's
"The Caucasion Chalk Circle". During this time, she was
discovered by a Disney scout who soon had her heading to
the Disney Studio in Burbank with her family in tow.
Her appearance in "The Three Lives of Thomasina" led to her
being cast as the young lead Jane Banks in the Oscar-
winning "Mary Poppins," followed by the role of Elizabeth
in "The Gnome-Mobile" with Walter Brennan.
She later returned to England and continued her acting
career with roles in such features as "Joseph Andrews" in
1976 and "The Thirty-Nine Steps" in 1978. Her performance
in the latter won a nod from the Evening News British Film
Awards, which named her best female newcomer.
She also played Lily in the popular English television
series "Upstairs, Downstairs" in 1971. Other television
appearances include the miniseries "Napoleon and Love" in
1974 and "She Fell Among Thieves" in 1978, which appeared
on PBS's Mystery!
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TRIVIA: Sister of Michele Dotrice and Yvette Dotrice.
Sister-in-law of actor Edward Woodward.
Former daughter-in-law of Wilfrid Hyde-White.
The late actor Charles Laughton was her godfather.
Her husband Ned is the President of Programming for Playboy
Entertainment.
Her Mary Poppins co-star Matthew Garber died from an
inflammation of his pancreas in 1977 at the age of 21. It
was caused by hepatitis that was the result of eating bad
meat in India.
WHERE IS SHE NOW: Her last major acting role was playing
Desdemona in "Othello" on Broadway, and in 1984, she mainly
retired from acting to focus on motherhood.
However, in recent years, she provided spoken-word adapt-
ations of Disney's The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast
and Pocahontas, and lent her voice to a sing-along release
of Mary Poppins in 2001.
In 2004, she made a brief return to the spotlight when she
was named a Disney Legend at a ceremony in Burbank, and she
also did an interview and provided audio commentary for the
40th Anniversary Edition Mary Poppins DVD release.
WRITE TO Karen Dotrice: Sorry, no address found.
Video Clips of Karen Dotrice
http://www.evtv1.com/searchevtv.aspx?s=karen%20dotrice
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CREDITS:
(2005) Young Blades (TV series)...The Teacher
? The Invincible Sword
(1982) Voyagers! (TV series)...Marion
? The Day the Rebs Took Lincoln
(1978) The Thirty Nine Steps...Alex Mackenzie
(1978) BBC2 Play of the Week (TV series)...Jenny
? She Fell Among Thieves
(1977) Joseph Andrews...Pamela
(1977) Jackanory Playhouse (TV series)...Princess Ozyliza
? The Princess and the Hedgehog
(1976) Dickens of London (TV mini-series)...Maria Beadnell
? Success
? Love
(1975) Upstairs, Downstairs (TV series)...Lily
(1974) Napoleon and Love (TV mini-series)...Desiree
? Rose
(1974) Bellamira (TV movie)...Isabella
(1967) The Gnome-Mobile...Elizabeth
(1967) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (TV series)...Young Vicky
? Playing with Fire
(1964) Mary Poppins...Jane Banks
(1964) The Three Lives of Thomasina...Mary McDhui
To see Then & Now pictures of Karen Dotrice, visit:
http://www.celebritynooz.com/karen_dotrice.aspx
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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE
Mike Farrell - ALIVE
Born: 02/06/1939
Isabelle Huppert - ALIVE
Born: 03/16/1953
Howard Keel - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 04/13/1919 Died: 11/07/2004
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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
11/11
-Dino De Laurentiis, 91, Italian Academy Award-winning
film producer.
-Carlos Edmundo de Ory, 87, Spanish poet, leukemia.
11/10
-Jim Farry, 56, Scottish football administrator, Chief
Executive of the Scottish Football Association (1990?1999),
heart attack.
-Nikos Lambadaris, 59, Greek politician.
-Tiger Lance, 70, South African cricketer, injuries from a
car accident.
-Dave Niehaus, 75, American sportscaster (Seattle Mariners)
and 2008 Ford C. Frick Award recipient, heart attack.
-Nicolo Rizzuto, 86, Italian-born Canadian mafia leader
(Rizzuto crime family), shot.
-Tony West, 72, British musician (The Searchers).
11/9
-Gregorio Barradas Miravete, 28, Mexican politician, Mayor
-elect of Rodriguez Clara, Veracruz, murdered.
-John Jerome Cunneen, 78, New Zealandian Roman Catholic
Bishop of Christchurch (1995?2007).
-Robert Donatucci, 58, American politician, member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives (since 1980), sleep
apnea.
-Albert Wesley Johnson, 87, Canadian civil servant,
President of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1975?1982),
after long illness.
-Ektor Kaknavatos, 90, Greek poet.
-Herman Liebaers, 91, Belgian linguist.
-Dot Pitts, Manx politician, Mayor of Douglas (2008?2009),
bowel cancer.
-Lursakdi Sampatisiri, 91, Thai businesswoman and
politician, first female Minister of Transport (1976?1977).
-Ernest Valko, 57, Slovak jurist and politician, President
of the Czechoslovak Constitutional Court (1992?1993), shot.
11/8
-Fred Blankemeijer, 84, Dutch footballer.
-Philip Carlo, 61, American crime author, amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis.
-Quintin Dailey, 49, American basketball player (Chicago
Bulls, Los Angeles Clippers, Seattle SuperSonics),
cardiovascular disease.
-Jack Levine, 95, American artist.
-Emilio Eduardo Massera, 85, Argentine admiral, member of
the 1976 Argentine coup d'etat, cardiovascular arrest.
-Mikhail Savicki, 88, Belarusian painter.
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