Where Are They Now - Friday, April 10, 2015

Hello fans,

I am on vacation right now, so please note that I will not include the section WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK. Look for its return in next week's edition!

For now, enjoy catching up with actress Sara Rue...

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":

Sparky Anderson: Baseball manager, he skippered the Cincinnati Reds to World Series wins in 1975 and 1976 and won the World Series with the Detroit Tigers in 1984

Jerry Falwell: TV evangelist and founder of the Moral Majority religious group and Liberty University

Edward Gorey: Author and illustrator, known for his macabre pen and ink drawings

(Answer at the bottom)
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Sara Rue
Learn More About Sara Rue on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: January 26, 1979, New York City, New York

BIRTH NAME: Sara Schlackman

CLAIM TO FAME: She is best known for the roles she played as Carmen Ferrara on the comedy-drama Popular and Claude Casey on the sitcom Less than Perfect.

FAMILY LIFE: She was married to director/writer/produce Mischa Livingstone from 2001-2007. Rue got remarried to teacher Kevin Price in 2011. She gave birth to her first child, daughter Talulah Rue Price, on February 9, 2013.

INFO: Her acting career began at age nine when she appeared in the 1988 film Rocket Gibraltar as Kevin Spacey's daughter. She next appeared on the TV show Roseanne as a young Rosanne meeting Dan for the first time. Her television credits include the comedy Grand; Phenom; Minor Adjustments; Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane; ER; The Division; and Popular.

She has also been in many films, includeing A Map of the World, Can't Hardly Wait, A Slipping Down Life, Idiocracy, Gypsy 83, and a role in the movie Pearl Harbor that was written for her by director Michael Bay.

In 2006, Rue starred in the stage musical Little Egypt with French Stewart, Jenny O'Hara, and Gregg Henry at The Matrix Theatre in Los Angeles.

TRIVIA: Guest starred in Two and a Half Men as Berta's youngest daughter Naomi who is pregnant and, as the episode progresses, eventually has her baby on Charlie's couch.

Starred on the 2009 ABC show Eastwick. The show was based on the novel and movie The Witches of Eastwick.

Collects and plays vintage guitars.

Enjoys gardening.

Taught to drive by Debra Jo Rupp.

Taught to juggle by Glenn Close.

She and her ex-husband, Mischa Livingstone, were avid poker players.

WHERE IS SHE NOW: Rue became a spokesperson for Jenny Craig in December 2009. She lost 50 pounds on her diet and later ran a half-marathon.

In 2011, she hosted the CW reality series Shedding for the Wedding. From 2010-13 she appeared as Brenda on the TV series Rules of Engagement.

From 2012-13 she had a role on the ABC show Malibu Country as Reba McEntire's upbeat trophy wife neighbor, Kim.

She recently played Candace on a couple of episodes of the TV series Mom, and appeared in an episode of the TV series Impastor as Dora.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.sararue.com/

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CREDITS:

2015 Impastor (TV Series)...Dora

2014-2015 Mom (TV Series)...Candace
- Dirty Money and a Woman Named Mike (2015)
- Kimchi and a Monkey Playing Harmonica (2014)

2010-2013 Rules of Engagement (TV Series)...Brenda

2012-2013 Malibu Country (TV Series)...Kim Sallinger

2013 Miss Dial...Sam

2010-2012 Rules of Engagement (TV series)...Brenda

2012 Psych (TV series)...Amy Alleris
Heeeeere's Lassie (2012)

2011 Dorfman...Deb Dorfman

2011 My Future Boyfriend (TV movie)...Elizabeth Barrett

2011 Dream Crushers (TV series)...Actress

2010 Private Practice (TV series)...Shira Cole
'Til Death Do Us Part (2010)

2009-2010 Eastwick (TV series)...Penny Higgins

2010 For Christ's Sake...Candy

2009 Not Since You...Sarah 'Doogs' Doogins

2009 Leverage (TV series)...Marissa Devins
The Mile High Job (2009)

2008 The Big Bang Theory (TV series)...Stephanie Barnett

2008 Nightmare at the End of the Hall (TV movie)...Courtney

2008 Man Maid...Torry

2008 Spaced (TV movie)...Apryl

2006-2007 Two and a Half Men (TV series)...Naomi
Castrating Sheep in Montana (2007)
Repeated Blows to His Unformed Head (2006)

2007 Nurses (TV movie)...Chris Korenek

2006 Idiocracy...Attorney General (uncredited)

2002-2006 Less Than Perfect (TV series)...Claude Casey

2006 Danny Roane: First Time Director...Charlotte Lewis

2006 Play Nice (TV movie)

2005 Barbara Jean (short)...Barbara Jean

2003 MADtv (TV series)...The Babysitter
Episode #9.11 (2003)

2002-2003 The Division (TV series)...Amanda McCafferty

2003 This Time Around (TV movie)...Gabby Castellani

2002 The Ring...Babysitter

2001 Gypsy 83...Gypsy Vale

2001 Pearl Harbor...Nurse Martha

1999-2001 Popular (TV series)...Carmen Ferrara

2000 Will & Grace (TV series)...Joyce Adler
Lows in the Mid-Eighties (2000)

1999 A Map of the World...Debbie

1999 Zoe (TV series)...Breeny Kennedy

1999 A Slipping-Down Life...Violet

1998 The Simple Life (TV series)...Melanie

1998 Can't Hardly Wait...Earth Girl

1998 Nowhere to Go

1998 Chicago Hope (TV series)...Rhonda Fritz
The Ties That Bind (1998)

1997 Ned and Stacey (TV series)...Amy
Prom Night (1997)

1997 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV series)...Younger Sister
The Golden Goose (1997)

1996 For My Daughter's Honor (TV movie)...Kimberly Jones

1996 Pearl (TV series)...Bertha Sugs
Ticket to Ride (1996)

1996 ER (TV series)...Jane
Don't Ask, Don't Tell (1996)

1995-1996 Minor Adjustments (TV series)...Darby Gladstone

1995 Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (TV movie)...Jacquelyn

1995 Blossom (TV series)...Angie
Mating Rituals (1995)

1993-1994 Phenom (TV series)...Monica

1992 Roseanne (TV series)...Teenage Roseanne
Halloween IV (1992)

1992 Passed Away...Megan Scanlan

1990 Grand (TV series)...Edda Pasetti

1988 Rocket Gibraltar...Jessica Hanson

To see Then & Now pictures of Sara Rue, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Sparky Anderson - DEAD (Alzheimer's disease)
Born: 02/22/1934 Died: 11/04/2010

Jerry Falwell - DEAD (Heart arrythmia)
Born: 08/11/1933 Died: 05/15/2007

Edward Gorey - DEAD (Heart attack)
Born: 02/22/1925 Died: 04/15/2000