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Where Are They Now - June 27, 2014
Hello fans,Today's edition of Where Are They Now features actress Maria Pitillo. She is remembered for appearing in Godzilla in 1998...and for winning the 1999 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress for this performance. What happened to her after this role? Read on to find out...
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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":
Edwin Starr: Soul singer, had a huge hit in 1970 with the anti-war song "War"
Arthur Lee: Leader of the '60s rock group Love, their most famous album was "Forever Changes"
Captain Beefheart: Experimental rock musician with his backing group The Magic Band, albums include "Trout Mask Replica", "Safe As Milk", "Doc at the Radar Station", and "Ice Cream for Crow"
(Answer at the bottom)*Maria PitilloLearn More About Maria Pitillo on Celebrity Nooz BIRTH DATE: January 8, 1965, Elmira, New York
CLAIM TO FAME: She is best known for playing Audrey Timmonds in Godzilla in 1998.
FAMILY LIFE: She has been married since 2002 to David Fortney (her second marriage). She has a daughter, Eva Jean.
INFO: Pitillo got her start performing in television commercials in New York City. In 1987, she was cast as Nancy Don Lewis for the ABC Network soap opera, Ryan's Hope, a role she kept until the series ended in 1989.
She went on to play Annie in the TNT network production of The Lost Capone (1990). Pitillo also did voice training to perform two songs for the movie Bye Bye Blackbird.
In the mid 1990s, Pitillo moved to California and worked steadily in TV and film productions, with roles in Escape from Terror: The Teresa Stamper Story (1995), Partners (1995), Dear God (1996) and Something To Believe In (1998), Godzilla (1998), and a recurring role on TV's Providence (2001-02).
During her acting career, Pitillo frequently worked with director James Burrows and writer/producer Jeff Greenstein. She gained a reputation as a consistent utility actor who has participated during the early stages of project development and read with actors auditioning for parts.
TRIVIA: Received the 1999 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress for her role as Audrey Timmonds in the Centropolis Entertainment production of Godzilla.
Attended Mahwah High School in New Jersey, where she was on the track team, before transferring to Northern Highlands Regional High School.
Was prevented from attending her high school graduation ceremony after an altercation with her English teacher.
Is an avid runner and Yoga enthusiast.
Is of Italian and Irish descent.
Is an alumna of Playhouse West School and Repertory Theater.
WHERE IS SHE NOW: Pitillo retired from full-time acting in 2006 to raise her family and operate a small business with her husband. She is currently iving in Ross CA, north of San Francisco.
* CREDITS:2008 Big Shots (TV Series)...Valerie Cerritas
Sex Be Not Proud (2008)
2006 The Angriest Man in Suburbia (TV Movie)...Allison
2003 Friends (TV Series)...Laura
The One with the Home Study (2003)
2001-2002 Providence (TV Series)...Tina Calcatera
2000 The Christmas Secret (TV Movie)...Debbie McNeil
2000 Will & Grace (TV Series)...Paula
Love Plus One (2000)
2000 After Sex...Vicki
2000 Dirk and Betty...Betty
1999 Early Edition (TV Series)...Rebecca Waters
Weather Girl (1999)
1999 Ally McBeal (TV Series)...Paula Hunt
Civil War (1999)
1998 In the Loop (TV Series)
1998 House Rules (TV Series)...Casey Farrell
1998/I Godzilla...Audrey Timmonds
1998 Something to Believe In...Maggie
1996 Dear God...Gloria McKinney
1995-1996 Partners (TV Series)...Alicia Sundergard
1996 Out of Order (TV Series short)
Refracted (1996)
1995 Frank & Jesse...Zee
1995 Bye Bye Love...Kim
1995 Between Love and Honor (TV Movie)...Maria Caprefoli
1995 Escape from Terror: The Teresa Stamper Story (TV Movie)...Teresa Walden Stamper
1994 Natural Born Killers...Deborah
1994 I'll Do Anything...Flight Attendant
1993 True Romance...Kandi
1993 Mad About You (TV Series)...Mimi
The Man Who Said Hello (1993)
1993 Cooperstown (TV Movie)...Bridget
1993 South of Sunset (TV Series)...Gina Weston
1992 Chaplin...Mary Pickford
1992 Middle Ages (TV Series)...Robin
1991 Saturday's (TV Movie)...Chelsea
1991 Law & Order (TV Series)...Angel Greer
Aria (1991)
1990 White Palace...Janey
1990 The Lost Capone (TV Movie)...Annie
1989 She-Devil...Olivia Honey
1989 Miami Vice (TV Series)...Anna
The Cell Within (1989)
1989 Ryan's Hope (TV Series)...Nancy Don Lewis
1988 Spike of Bensonhurst...Angel
1988 Bright Lights, Big City...Pony Tail Girl
1987 CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series)...Vickie
What If I'm Gay? (1987)
1986 Wise Guys...Massuese
To see Then & Now pictures of Maria Pitillo, visit: Celebrity Nooz*--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--Edwin Starr - DEAD (Heart attack)
Born: 01/21/1942 Died: 04/02/2003
Arthur Lee - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 03/07/1945 Died: 08/03/2006
Captain Beefheart - DEAD (Multiple sclerosis)
Born: 01/15/1941 Died: 12/17/2010
*WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...6/25
Ana Maria Matute, 88, Spanish writer, winner of the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (2010), heart attack.
6/24
Caleb Bankston, 26, American reality show contestant (Survivor: Blood vs. Water), injuries sustained in a train derailment.
Eric Brown, 58, American sports journalist (WBBM (AM),
WCFS-FM), cancer.
Olga Kotelko, 95, Canadian athlete and book subject, intercranial brain hemorrhage.
David Taylor, 60, Scottish lawyer, Chief Executive of the SFA, General Secretary of UEFA.
Ramon Jose Velasquez, 97, Venezuelan politician, Acting President (1993-1994).
Chip Wadena, 75, American tribal executive (Ojibwe), Chairman of the White Earth Indian Reservation (1976-1996).
Eli Wallach, 98, American actor (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Magnificent Seven, Baby Doll).
Wei Jianghong, 51, Chinese metal executive, Chairman of Tongling Nonferrous Metals, suicide by jumping.
Amadee Wohlschlaeger, 102, American sports cartoonist (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).
6/23
Quinton-Steele Botes, 54, Namibian sports administrator, cancer.
Malgorzata Braunek, 67, Polish actress (The Big Night Bathe), cancer.
Bobby Chola, 34, Zambian football player (Chambishi F.C.).
Lantra Fernando, 57, Sri Lankan cricketer (national
team), suspected heart attack.
Nancy Garden, 76, American writer (Annie on My Mind) and LGBT activist, heart attack.
Ichiro Komatsu, 63, Japanese civil servant and diplomat, Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau, Ambassador to Switzerland and France.
Arch MacKenzie, 88, Canadian photojournalist and bureau chief (The Canadian Press), strokes and pneumonia.
Paula Kent Meehan, 82, American hair products executive, newspaper owner (Beverly Hills Courier) and philanthropist, co-founder of Redken.
Sapphire, 22, American Holsteiner show jumping horse, Olympic champion (2004, 2008), complications from colic.
Mavis Whyte, 92, British entertainer and charity fundraiser.
6/22
Fouad Ajami, 68, Lebanese-born American political scientist and author, cancer.
Paul Attard, 72, Maltese civil servant, broadcaster and Catholic foundation executive (St. John's Co-Cathedral), fall.
Felix Dennis, 67, British poet and publisher, founder of Dennis Publishing, throat cancer.
Rigoberto Guzmán, 82, Salvadoran football player and manager (national team), and teacher.
Teenie Hodges, 68, American rhythm and blues guitarist (Hi Rhythm Section) and songwriter ("Take Me to the River", "Love and Happiness"), complications from emphysema.
Grzegorz Knapp, 35, Polish speedway and ice speedway rider, race collision.
Washington Malianga, 88, Zimbabwean militant and political activist, founding member of ZANU and ZANLA.
Sir Philip Myers, 83, Welsh police officer, first chief constable of North Wales Police.
Rama Narayanan, 65, Indian film director, producer and politician, Tamil Nadu MLA for Karaikudi (1989-1994), kidney failure.
Steve Rossi, 82, American comedian (Allen & Rossi), cancer.
Arif Valiyev, 70, Azerbaijani politician, Chairman of the State Statistics Committee (since 1993).
Yang Qinglong, 62, Chinese oil executive, cancer.
6/21
Guillermo Asprilla, 54, Colombian lawyer and politician, pneumonia as a complication from motor neurone disease.
Gerry Conlon, 60, Northern Irish author and human rights activist, Guildford Four member wrongfully convicted of the Guildford pub bombings, lung cancer.
Peter de Rome, 89, American filmmaker, natural causes.
Tony Edwards, 60, Australian barrister, heart attack.
Trevor Fry, 68, British radio broadcaster (Heart Bristol, BBC Radio Bristol).
Hiroaki Fujii, 88, Japanese producer, heart failure.
Yukio Fukamachi, 83, Japanese producer and director.
Yozo Ishikawa, 88, Japanese politician, Director General of the Defense Agency, member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo, acute respiratory failure.
Anthony Jacobs, Baron Jacobs, 82, British peer and automobile executive, Chairman of the BSM (1973-1990).
Walter Kieber, 83, Liechtenstein politician, Prime Minister (1974-1978).
Doreen Miller, Baroness Miller of Hendon, 81, British politician and life peer.
Miguel Ángel Moreno, 44, Spanish footballer (Tomelloso CF), traffic collision.
Jimmy C. Newman, 86, American country music singer, cancer.
MC Sparks, British UK garage artist.
Wong Ho Leng, 54, Malaysian politician, MP for Sibu (2010-2013), Sarawak MLA for Bukit Assek (1996-2001, since 2006), brain cancer.
6/20
Jim Bamber, 66, British cartoonist, cancer.
Oberdan Cattani, 95, Brazilian footballer (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras).
Michael Coetzee, 54, South African anti-apartheid activist and civil servant, cancer.
Anthony Goldschmidt, 71, American movie poster graphic designer, liver cancer.
Handel Greville, 92, Welsh rugby union player (national team).
Jay H. Harris, 77, American theatre producer, complications from hip replacement surgery.
Philip Hollom, 102, British ornithologist.
Florica Lavric, 52, Romanian rower, Olympic champion (1984), cancer.
Amalia Miranzo, 74, Spanish politician, Senator for Cuenca (1977-1986).
Ron Sibley, 80, British politician, Mayor of Slough (1994-1995).
Ana Maria Sireteanu, 69, Romanian journalist, writer and academic, Director of Radio România Cultural (1996-2002).
Murat Sokmenoglu, 69, Turkish politician, MP for Hatay Province (1983-1989) and Istanbul (1999-2002).
Jaroslav Walter, 75, Czech ice hockey player (national team), Olympic bronze medalist (1964).
Akio Yokoyama, 83, Japanese actor (Ototo), pneumonia.
6/19
Tahira Asif, Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly (#52 Reserved Women's Sindh seat), shot.
Dadi Balsara, 81, Indian physician and holistic lifestyle entrepreneur.
Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt, 98, German army and air force officer, WWII Wehrmacht major awarded Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, general in the Bundeswehr.
Gerry Goffin, 75, American Hall of Fame lyricist ("Will You Love Me Tomorrow", "The Loco-Motion", "Go Away Little Girl", "Take Good Care of My Baby").
Khalid Iqbal, 85, Indian-born Pakistani academic and landscape artist.
Myint Myint Khin, 91, Burmese physician and academic.
James A. Lantz, 92, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives, Speaker (1959-1961).
Maddox Madison, American drag queen performer and makeup artist, skin cancer.
Alan Moller, 64, American meteorologist and tornado chaser, Alzheimer's disease.
James Pitts, 93, American smog researcher, academic and civil servant, natural causes.
Josephine Pullein-Thompson, 90, British author.
John Schiffer, 68, American politician, member of the Wyoming Senate (since 1993), liver cancer.
Avraham Shalom, 86, Austrian-born Israeli security official, Director of the Shin Bet (1980-1986), commander in the capture of Adolf Eichmann and the Bus 300 affair.
Ibrahim Toure, 28, Ivorian footballer (Misr El-Makasa SC, Al-Safa' SC), cancer.
Guy Trottier, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs), cancer.
6/18
Arisekola Alao, 69, Nigerian Islamic cleric, philanthropist and business tycoon, colon cancer.
Petr F. Bilek, 68, Czech architect.
Nate Estimada, 24, American dancer (Chippendales) and model, suicide by driving off cliff.
Ray Evans, 79, Australian business executive and political activist, co-founder of the Lavoisier Group.
Kid Bassey, 75, Jamaican boxer, heart attack.
Stephanie Kwolek, 90, American chemist, inventor of Kevlar.
Simmy Lewis, 96, South African Hall of Fame boxing official.
Don Light, 77, American Hall of Fame Gospel musician, record executive (Jimmy Buffett) and race car driver.
Johnny Mann, 85, American composer, Grammy Award-winning arranger ("Up, Up and Away") and singer (Alvin and the Chipmunks).
Claire Martin, 100, Canadian author.
Rodolfo Mattarollo, 70, Argentine lawyer and human rights activist.
John E. Miller, 85, American politician, member (1958-1998) and Speaker (1979-1980) of the Arkansas House of Representatives.
Barry Moss, 74, American stage and television casting director (The Cosby Show, Titanic).
Muskan, 38, Pakistani singer, shot.
James Nelson, 82, American sound editor (Five Easy Pieces, The Exorcist) and film producer (Star Wars).
Vladimir Popovkin, 56, Russian military officer, head of the Federal Space Agency (2011-2013).
Sushil Roy, 78, Indian militant and political prisoner, member of the Politburo for the CPI (Maoist).
Horace Silver, 85, American jazz pianist (Song for My Father, Blowin' the Blues Away), natural causes.
David Boyd Smyth, 57, Northern Irish rugby union player and captain (Ulster Rugby).
Philip Snell, 85, British livestock breeder, chief steward for the Royal Bath and West Show.
War Eagle VI, 34, American golden eagle, mascot for the Auburn Tigers.
Jeffry Wickham, 80, British actor (Ransom, The Remains of the Day, Vera Drake), President of Equity (1992-1994).