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

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

Bernadette Peters - The Jerk, Annie, Pink Cadillac
Scoey Mitchell - Match Game, Rhoda, Barefoot in the Park
Lisa Eilbacher - Beverly Hills Cop, An Officer and a Gentleman, Leviathan
Charles Martin Smith - The Untouchables, American Graffiti, Starman
Roxanne Hart - Highlander, Chicago Hope, The Verdict

To vote, please visit: Where Are They Now Archives

Take care,
Melissa

Questions? Comments? Email Melissa

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":

Richard Paul: Starred in the TV series "Carter Country", played Jerry Falwell in several movies

Timothy Bottoms: He starred in the movies "The Last Picture Show" and "The Paper Chase", among other roles

Abe Vigoda: He played Fish on the TV series "Barney Miller", he has been 80 years old for the last twenty years

(Answer at the bottom)
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Stephanie Zimbalist
Learn More About Stephanie Zimbalist on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: October 8, 1956 in New York, New York

CLAIM TO FAME: Stephanie is probably most noted for her role in the TV Show 'Remington Steele.'

FAMILY LIFE: Never married, Stephanie is dating director Peter Medaka who is twenty almost 20 years older.

Her father is Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., her grandfather Efrem Zimbalist the violinist and her grandmother, Alma Gluck the opera singer. Her late aunt, Marcia Davenport, was an author. Her mother is Stephanie Spaulding Zimbalist.

INFO: Some of Zimbalist's early television and movie appearances include Forever, The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal, The Long Journey Back (TV 1978), The Awakening (with Charlton Heston), Tomorrow's Child (TV 1982) and The Golden Moment, in which she played a Soviet Olympic gymnast. She co-starred with her father, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., in the tragic 1979 TV movie The Best Place to Be.

She played female sleuth Laura Holt in the NBC series Remington Steele opposite Pierce Brosnan and Doris Roberts (1982-1987).

TRIVIA: Studied music and acting at Juilliard.

Was originally cast as Anne Lewis in RoboCop, but had to give up part to Nancy Allen when called back to resume filming episodes of 'Remington Steele'.

Is a vegetarian.

Won the Robby Award for Best Actress in a Drama for her role as Lizzy Curry in "The Rainmaker." The awards, which were presented at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, are given every year to honor distinguished achievement in theater. [February 2001]

Co-starred alongside father Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 'The Best Place to Be' (1979).

Her aunt, Marcia Davenport, was the best-selling author of "Valley of Decision" and "East Side, West Side," both of which were made into films. She also wrote the definitive biography of Mozart, which has never been out of print.

Is an honorary member of the Stuntwomen's Association.

Studied classical singing for six years

Says that people always confuse her with: Stefanie Powers.

WHERE IS SHE NOW: Since Remington Steele, Zimbalist has taken leading roles in several television movies such as the Emmy-award winning Caroline? (1990) and some guest roles in television series such as Touched by an Angel.

Zimbalist has also found success onstage. She played opposite Tommy Tune in the touring musical My One and Only. Throughout the 2000s, she appeared in several plays on 19th-century artists including Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Van Gogh. This past April and May, she appeared at the Laguna Playhouse in Steel Magnolias.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: stephaniezimbalist.net

WRITE TO STEPHANIE ZIMBALIST:
Stephanie Zimbalist
16255 Ventura Blvd. #420
Encino, CA 91436-2308

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CREDITS:
2013 Hamlet's Ghost (post-production)...Justina Keller / Queen Gertrude

2008/I The Delivery (short)...The Red Queen

2006 Truth (video)...Meredith

2006 Lucy's Piano (short)...Alice

2003 Judging Amy (TV series)...Ms. Friedman
Marry, Marry Quite Contrary (2003) ... Ms. Friedman

2003 Crossing Jordan (TV series)...Mrs. Sullivan
Cruel & Unusual (2003)

1997-2001 Touched by an Angel (TV series)...Dr. Kate Calder / Jessica Albright

2001 Malpractice...Beth Garrett

2001 Nash Bridges (TV series)...Joy Larson
Kill Joy (2001)

2001 Borderline Normal...Vicky Walling

2001 V.I.P. (TV series)...Bobbi Canary
Get Vallery (2001)

2000 The Prophet's Game...Francis Aldobrandi

2000 Bread and Roses...Stephanie Zimbalist - Party Guest (uncredited)

2000 Family Law (TV series)...Elizabeth Lane
Second Chance (2000)

1999 Chicken Soup for the Soul (TV series)...Mom
Simple Wooden Boxes (1999)

1999 Diagnosis Murder (TV series)...Vanessa Sellars
The Seven Deadly Sins (1999)

1999 Twice in a Lifetime (TV series)...Ann Rutherford / Dana Hancock
Ashes to Ashes (1999)

1997 Prison of Secrets (TV movie)...Lynn Schaffer

1996 Dead Ahead (TV movie)...Maura Loch

1996 Stop the World, I Want to Get Off (TV movie)...Evie/Anya/Ara/Ginnie

1995 Whose Daughter Is She? (TV movie)...Cathy

1995 The Great Elephant Escape (TV movie)...Beverly Cunningham

1994 Voices from Within (TV movie)...Ann Parkhurst

1994 Batman (TV series)...Janet Van Dorn
Trial (1994)

1994 Incident in a Small Town (TV movie)...Lily Margaret Bell

1994 Animated Stories from the Bible: Music Video - Volume 2 (video) (voice)

1994 Animated Stories from the Bible: Music Video - Volume 1 (video)...Eve (voice)

1993 Jericho Fever (TV movie)...Bonnie Whitney

1993 The Hidden Room (TV series)...Della
While She Was Out (1993)

1992 Sexual Advances (TV movie)...Paula Pratt

1992 Breaking the Silence (TV movie)...Janey Kirkland

1991 The Story Lady (TV movie)...Julie Pollard

1991 The Killing Mind (TV movie)...Isobel Neiman

1990 Caroline? (TV movie)...Caroline

1990 Personals (TV movie)

1989 The Hitchhiker (TV series)...Heather
Hootch (1989)

1989 The Man in the Brown Suit (TV movie)...Anne Beddingfeld

1988 The Creation (video short)...Eve (voice)

1987 Celebration Family (TV movie)...Janet Marston

1982-1987 Remington Steele (TV series)...Laura Holt

1985 A Letter to Three Wives (TV movie)...Debra Bishop

1985 Love on the Run (TV movie)...Diana Rockland

1982 Tomorrow's Child (TV movie)...Kay Spence

1981 Elvis and the Beauty Queen (TV movie)...Linda Thompson

1980 The Babysitter (TV movie)...Joanna Redwine

1980 The Awakening...Margaret Corbeck

1980 The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (TV movie)...Anya Andreyev

1980 Hagen (TV series)...Linda
Hear No Evil (1980)

1979 The Best Place to Be (TV movie)...Maryanne Callahan

1979 Family (TV series)...Josie
Ballerina (1979)

1978-1979 Centennial (TV mini-series)...Elly Zendt

1979 The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (TV movie)...Connie

1979 Having Babies (TV series)
Captive (1979)

1978 Long Journey Back (TV movie)...Celia Casella

1978 The Magic of Lassie...Kelly Mitchell

1978 The Love Boat (TV series)...Jenny Lang

1978 Forever (TV movie)...Katherine Danziger

1977 The Gathering (TV movie)...Toni

1977 In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (TV movie)...Mary Ellen Quinlan

1977 Lucan (TV series)...Tashi
Listen to the Heartbeat (1977)

1977 Yesterday's Child (TV movie)...Ann Talbot

To see Then & Now pictures of Stephanie Zimbalist, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Richard Paul - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 06/06/1940 Died: 12/25/1998

Timothy Bottoms - ALIVE
Born: 08/30/1951

Abe Vigoda - ALIVE
Born: 02/24/1921

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
8/14
Gia Allemand, 29, American reality television star (The Bachelor), suicide by hanging.
Mick Deane, 61, British television cameraman (Sky News), shot.
Habiba Ahmed Abd Elaziz, 26, Emirati journalist (XPRESS), shot.
Jack Germond, 85, American journalist (Washington Star, The Baltimore Sun) and novelist.
Luciano Martino, 79, Italian film producer, director and screenwriter, pulmonary edema.

8/13
Anatoly Albul, 77, Russian Olympic bronze medalist wrestler (1960).
Bob Bignall, 91, Australian Olympic soccer player (1956).
Lothar Bisky, 71, German politician, MEP (2009-2012), MP for PDS (2005-2009), Landtag of Brandenburg (1990-2005).
Jon Brookes, 44, British drummer (The Charlatans), brain tumour.
Tompall Glaser, 79, American country music singer.
Johnny Hamilton, 78, Scottish footballer.
Rui Moreira Lima, 94, Brazilian military fighter pilot.
Allen Murray, 80, American horse owner and breeder (Louis Quatorze, War Emblem), natural causes.
Paul O'Neill, 84, Canadian actor, writer, historian and broadcaster (CBC).
Jun Sadogawa, 34, Japanese manga author (Muteki Kanban Musume), suicide by hanging.
Edit Sipos, 38, Hungarian world champion water polo player, brain tumor.
Jean Vincent, 82, French football player (Lille OSC, Stade de Reims) and coach (Cameroon, Tunisia).

8/12
Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, 44, Dutch royal, complications following 2012 skiing accident.
F. Joseph Gossman, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Raleigh (1975-2006).
Lewis Kornfeld, 97, American technology executive, president of RadioShack (1970-1981), chairman (1981-1993), chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Pauline Maier, 75, American historian and academic.
David McLetchie, 61, Scottish politician, MSP for Lothian (1999-2003, since 2011) and Edinburgh Pentlands (2003-2011), cancer.
Vasiliy Mihaylovich Peskov, 83, Russian writer and journalist
Peter Pockley, 78, Australian science journalist (ABC).
Dave Sitton, 58, American sports broadcaster (University of Arizona, 1990-2012), heart attack.
Gerald Stockton, 81, American basketball coach and athletic director (Midwestern State University), Alzheimer's disease.
Trevor Storer, 83, English businessman and entrepreneur, founder of Pukka Pies.
Spas Wenkoff, 84, Bulgarian-born Austrian opera tenor.

8/11
C. Nels Corey, 98, American football player and coach (Bowdoin College).
Raymond Delisle, 70, French racing cyclist.
Jean Bethke Elshtain, 72, American philosopher and academic, complications from heart failure.
Don Friedman, 83, American politician and radio talk show host, member of the Colorado House of Representatives (1962-1976).
Zafar Futehally, 93, Indian ornithologist and conservationist, lung failure.
Eliza Gerner, 92, Croatian actress (Love Letters with Intent).
Jim Gintonio, 65, American sports journalist (The Arizona Republic, Phoenix Coyotes), lung cancer.
Shirley Herz, 87, American Tony Award-winning publicist (2009), complications from a stroke.
Mafunyeta, Malawian dancehall singer, asthma.
Francis Joseph Charles O'Reilly, 91, Irish businessman, Chancellor of the University of Dublin (1985-1998).
Henry Polic II, 68, American actor (When Things Were Rotten, Webster, Batman: The Animated Series), cancer.
Alexander Soldatenkov, 86, Russian aerospace engineer, rocket designer for Soyuz-2.
Judit Temes, 82, Hungarian Olympic champion swimmer (1952).
Devendra Prasad Yadav, 76, Indian politician and academic, Bihar MLA for Munger, heart failure.