Where Are They Now - Friday, July 24, 2015

Hello fans,

The votes are in, and it appears that most of you want to see what's up with actress Michelle Pfeiffer lately. I don't blame you! I've wondered where she is now since I haven't seen her in anything new recently. Let's find out 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":

Jonathan Brandis - Played Lucas Wolenczak on the TV series "SeaQuest DSV", in addition he appeared in "Ladybugs", "Sidekicks" and other movies

Glenn Quinn - Played Mark Healy (Becky's husband) on the TV series "Roseanne" and Doyle on the series "Angel"

Chris Burke - Played Corky in "Life Goes On"

(Answer at the bottom)
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Michelle Pfeiffer
Learn More About Michelle Pfeiffer on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: April 29, 1958 Santa Ana, California, U.S

CLAIM TO FAME: Pfeiffer is an actress known for her roles in Scarface, Dangerous Liasions, Batman Returns, What Lies Beneath, and Hairspray.

FAMILY LIFE: She has been married to David E. Kelley since 1993. In March 1993, she adopted a newborn daughter, Claudia Rose, who was christened on Pfeiffer and Kelley's wedding day. In August 1994, Pfeiffer gave birth to a son, John Henry.

INFO: Pfeiffer gave Oscar-nominated performances in Dangerous Liaisons (1988), The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) and Love Field(1992). In 1992, she played Catwoman in Batman Returns, a role that established her as a bona fide star.

She went on to star in such films as Dangerous Minds (1995), What Lies Beneath (1999), I Am Sam (2001) and White Oleander (2002), Pfeiffer took a break from acting to focus on her family.

She returned to the screen in 2007 in the film version of
the musical Hairspray. Other films include Stardust (2007)
and Cheri (2009).

In 1989, Pfeiffer made her stage debut in the role of Olivia in Twelfth Night, a New York Shakespeare Festival production staged in Central Park. Other film actors appearing in the play included Jeff Goldblum as Malvolio and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Viola.

TRIVIA: Having been a smoker for ten years and having a niece who suffered from leukemia for ten years, she decided to support the American Cancer Society.

Is a vegan.

Ranked #39 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]

Studied acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse.

Used to work in a clothing store.

Turned down the Sharon Stone role in Basic Instinct (1992).

The character Catwoman/Selina Kyle, who she played in Batman Returns (1992), was voted #3 in Empire's "69 Sexiest Movie Characters of All Time".

Studied acting under Geraldine Page at workshop at Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles.

Has been very good friends with Cher since working together on The Witches of Eastwick (1987).

Has been an an avid oil painter for most of her life.

Was chosen to be on the cover of the first ever "People
Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World" issue in
1990.

Attended Fountain Valley High School in Fountain Valley,
California and graduated in 1976.

Older sister of Lori Pfeiffer, and Dedee Pfeiffer.

WHERE IS SHE NOW: In 2013, Pfeiffer appeared in the mob-comedy The Family as the tough mother and wife of Robert De Niro's character.

In April of this year, Variety revealed that former Today anchor, Katie Couric was shopping a comedy series set behind-the-scenes of a morning news show, with Pfeiffer attached to star.

The show was pitched to HBO, Showtime, AMC, Netflix and Amazon.

WRITE TO MICHELLE PFEIFFER:
Michelle Pfeiffer
c/o ICM
10250 Constellation Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90067

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CREDITS:

2013 The Family...Maggie Blake

2012 People Like Us...Lillian

2012 Dark Shadows...Elizabeth Collins Stoddard

2011 New Year's Eve...Ingrid - Resolution Tour

2009 Personal Effects...Linda

2009 Cheri...Lea

2007 Stardust...Lamia

2007 Hairspray...Velma Von Tussle

2007 I Could Never Be Your Woman...Rosie

2003 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas...Eris (voice)

2002 White Oleander...Ingrid Magnussen

2001 I Am Sam...Rita Harrison Williams

2000 What Lies Beneath...Claire Spencer

1999 The Story of Us...Katie Jordan

1999 A Midsummer Night's Dream...Titania

1999 The Deep End of the Ocean...Beth Cappadora

1998 The Prince of Egypt...Tzipporah (voice)

1997 A Thousand Acres...Rose Cook Lewis

1996 One Fine Day...Melanie Parker

1996 To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday...Gillian Lewis

1996 Up Close & Personal...Sally 'Tally' Atwater

1995 Dangerous Minds...Louanne Johnson

1995 Picket Fences (TV Series)...Client
- Freezer Burn (1995)

1994 Wolf...Laura Alden

1993 The Simpsons (TV Series)...Mindy Simmons
- The Last Temptation of Homer (1993)

1993 The Age of Innocence...Ellen Olenska

1992 Love Field...Lurene Hallett

1992 Batman Returns...Catwoman / Selina Kyle

1991 Frankie and Johnny...Frankie

1990 The Russia House...Katya

1989 The Fabulous Baker Boys...Susie Diamond

1988 Dangerous Liaisons...Madame de Tourvel

1988 Tequila Sunrise...Jo Ann

1988 Married to the Mob...Angela de Marco

1987 Great Performances (TV Series)...Natica Jackson
- Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson (1987)

1987 Amazon Women on the Moon...Brenda Landers (segment "Hospital")

1987 The Witches of Eastwick...Sukie Ridgemont

1986 Sweet Liberty...Faith Healy

1985 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series)...Annie
- One Too Many (1985) ... Annie

1985 Ladyhawke...Isabeau

1985 Into the Night...Diana

1983 Scarface...Elvira Hancock

1982 Grease 2...Stephanie Zinone

1981 The Children Nobody Wanted (TV Movie)...Jennifer Williams

1981 Splendor in the Grass (TV Movie)...Ginny Stamper

1981 Callie & Son (TV Movie)...Sue Lynn Bordeaux (as Michele Pfeiffer)

1981 Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen...Cordelia

1978-1981 Fantasy Island (TV Series)...Deborah Dare / Athena
- Elizabeth's Baby/The Artist and the Lady (1981)
- The Island of Lost Women/The Flight of Great Yellow Bird (1978)

1980 Falling in Love Again...Sue Wellington (1940's)

1980 Enos (TV Series)...Joy
- Uncle Jesse's Visit (1980)

1980 The Hollywood Knights...Suzie Q

1980 B.A.D. Cats (TV Series)...Samantha 'Sunshine' Jensen

1979 CHiPs (TV Series)...Jobina
- The Watch Commander (1979)

1979 The Solitary Man (TV Movie)...Tricia

1979 Delta House (TV Series)...The Bombshell

Michelle Pfeiffer
Learn More About Michelle Pfeiffer on Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Jonathan Brandis - DEAD (Suicide)
Born: 4/13/1976 Died: 11/12/2003

Glenn Quinn - DEAD (drug overdose)
Born: 5/28/1970 Died: 12/3/2002

Chris Burke - ALIVE
Born: 8/26/1965

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
7/22
Raymond Booth, 85, British wildlife artist.
Denny Ebbers, 41, Dutch Olympic judoka (1996), brain tumor.
Ibrahim Rowther, 64, Indian film producer.
Horst Walter, 76, German footballer (Dynamo Dresden).

7/21
Tom Beard, 50, British actor (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Hereafter, Wallander), cancer.
Theodore Bikel, 91, Austrian-born American theatre actor (The Defiant Ones, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof), folk singer and composer.
Robert Broberg, 75, Swedish singer and songwriter, Parkinson's disease.
Luiz Paulo Conde, 80, Brazilian politician and architect, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro (1997-2001).
E. L. Doctorow, 84, American author (Ragtime, Billy Bathgate, The March), complications from lung cancer.
Kee Etsicitty, 92, American Navajo soldier, member of the Codetalkers.
Des Horne, 75, South African footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
T. Kanakam, 88, Indian actress.
Alfredo Lardelli, 59, Swiss murderer and businessman, multiple organ failure.
Mariam Mfaki, 69, Tanzanian politician, MP for Dodoma (since 2000), cancer.
Dick Nanninga, 66, Dutch footballer (Roda JC Kerkrade, national team), complications from diabetes.
Serhiy Omelyanovych, 37, Ukrainian footballer (Charleroi).
Don Randall, 62, Australian politician, MP for Swan (1996-1998) and Canning (since 2001), suspected heart attack.
James F. Rothenberg, 69, American financial executive, chairman of the Capital Group, heart attack.
Mike Turner, 80, English cricketer (Leicestershire).

7/20
Atiqul Alam, 81, Bangladeshi journalist and bureau chief (BBC News, Reuters, Pakistan Times).
Ron Cannon, 86, Australian criminal lawyer (Kevin Barlow, Peter Mickelberg).
Wayne Carson, 72, American songwriter ("The Letter", "Always on My Mind", "Neon Rainbow").
Fred Else, 82, English footballer (Preston North End).
Elio Fiorucci (it), 80, Italian fashion designer.
Raj Wali Shah Kattak, 63, Pakistani poet, writer and critic, director of the Pashto Academy, cardiac arrest.
Kafumba Konneh, 71, Liberian Islamic cleric, peace activist and public servant, commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Louis Lenart, 94, Hungarian-born American-Israeli fighter pilot (Ad Halom) and film producer (Iron Eagle), multiple organ failure.
Dieter Moebius, 71, Swiss-German electronic musician (Cluster, Harmonia, Moebius & Plank).
Tom Moore, 86, American cartoonist (Archie), throat cancer.
Bosse Ostlin, 63, Swedish actor (Hur många kramar finns det i varlden?), complications from a stroke.
William Tanyuh Nub, 69, Malaysian politician, Sarawak MLA for Bengoh (1982-1983, 1991-2001), Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia.

7/19
Van Alexander, 100, American big band leader, songwriter-arranger ("A-Tisket, A-Tasket"), film and television composer (I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched), heart failure.
Rugger Ardizoia, 95, Italian baseball player (New York Yankees), stroke.
Stellan Bojerud, 70, Swedish politician, MP for Dalarna (2012-2015).
Samantha Cawkwell, 31, British dressage equestrian rider, blunt force head and neck trauma.
Douglas S. Cook, 56, American screenwriter (The Rock, Double Jeopardy).
George Cooper, American educator and presidential aide, President of South Carolina State University (2008-2012).
Josh Greenberg, 28, American technology executive, co-founder of Grooveshark.
Kyoko, Japanese musician and singer.
Bryan O'Linn, 87, South African-born Namibian jurist and human rights advocate, member of the High Court (1989-1999) and Supreme Court (1999-2006).
Bernat Martínez, 35, Spanish motorcycle racer, race collision.
Alexey Pantyushkin, 46, Russian economist, Mayor of
Vyshny Volochyok (since 2011).
Bisheshar Pradeep, 80, Pakistani-born Indian fiction and children's author.
Galina Prozumenshchikova, 66, Russian Soviet-era swimmer, Olympic champion (1964).
Carmino Ravosa, 85, American composer and lyricist.
Dani Rivas, 27, Spanish motorcycle racer, race collision.
David Roth, 56, American accountant, General Director of Kentucky Opera (since 2006), traffic collision.
Gennadiy Seleznyov, 67, Russian politician, Speaker of the Duma (1996-2003).
Vaclav Snítil (cs), 87, Czech violinist and teacher.
Wang Fuzhou, 80, Chinese mountain climber.
Felicity Wishart, 49, Australian conservationist, Marine Conservation Society campaign manager (Great Barrier Reef).

7/18
Tim Beaglehole, 82, New Zealand historian and educator, chancellor of Victoria University, pneumonia.
Sushil Bhattacharya, 90, Indian football player, men's (East Bengal) and women's (national team) coach.
Dave Black, 62, British musician (Goldie), struck by train.
Buddy Buie, 74, American songwriter ("Spooky", "Traces"), heart attack.
George Coe, 86, American actor (Kramer vs. Kramer, The Dove, Archer).
John Earle, 43, Canadian filmmaker and politician.
Lou Gardiner, 62-63, New Zealand military officer, Chief of the Army (2003-2006), cancer.
Priscilla Kincaid-Smith, 88, South African-Australian nephrologist, discovered the link between phenacetin and kidney cancer.
Jerry Mallett, 76, American educator, founder of the Mazza Museum.
Quah Kim Swee, 76, Singaporean football player (national team).
Alex Rocco, 79, American actor (The Godfather, The George
Carlin Show, The Facts of Life), Emmy winner (1990), cancer.
Per Tonder, 104, Norwegian politician.
Allan Willett, 78/9, British soldier and businessman, Lord-Lieutenant of Kent (2002-2011).
Yang Ko-han, 27, Taiwanese actress, suicide by hanging.

7/17
Andal Ampatuan, Sr., 74, Filipino politician, Governor of Maguindanao, suspect in the Maguindanao massacre, heart attack.
Bill Arnsparger, 88, American football coach (New York Giants, LSU Tigers) and athletic director (University of Florida), heart attack.
Banza Stone, 43, Tanzanian dancehall singer, brain infection and pneumonia.
Dick van Bekkum, 89, Dutch radiobiologist.
Jules Bianchi, 25, French Formula One driver, head injuries sustained in a race collision.
Owen Chadwick, 99, British rugby player, historian, and theologian.
Murray Feingold, 84, American physician and medical journalist.
Don Fontana, 84, Canadian tennis player.
Van Miller, 87, American football announcer (Buffalo Bills).
C. V. Narasimhan, 92, Indian police officer, director of the CBI, renal failure.
James Nyondo, 47, Malawian politician, lung cancer.
Nova Pilbeam, 95, British actress (The Man Who Knew
Too Much, Young and Innocent, Tudor Rose).
John Taylor, 72, British jazz pianist, heart attack.

7/16
Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, 24, Kuwaiti-born Jordanian-
American perpetrator of the 2015 Chattanooga shootings, shot.
Michael J. Burns, 68, American banker, director of the Alaska Permanent Fund (2004-2015).
Joseph Caprani, 95, Irish cricket player and umpire.
Barbara H. Colby, 94, American CIA family benefit advocate, ex-wife of Director of Central Intelligence William Colby, heart attack.
Alcides Ghiggia, 88, Uruguayan-Italian football player and manager (Penarol), heart attack.
Kinnie Gibson, 59, American stuntman (RoboCop 2), hot air balloon racer and Powerhouse Rocketbelt marketer and designer, cancer.
Sir Jack Goody, 95, British social anthropologist.
Brian Hall, 68, Scottish footballer (Liverpool), leukemia.
Alan Kupperberg, 62, American comic book artist (The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man), thymus cancer.
Jean Lacouture, 94, French journalist and historian.
Richard Leone, 75, American public servant, chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and NYMEX, complications from prostate cancer.
Jim Mayne, 64, Canadian politician, leader of Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party (1983-1989).
V. Ramakrishna, 67, Indian playback singer and film scorer, cancer.
Moreshwar Save, 85, Indian politician, MP for Aurangabad (1989-1996).
Veikko Savela, 96, Finnish politician.
W. Wilbert Welch, 97, American theologian.
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