Where Are They Now - Friday, December 12, 2014

Hello fans,

I remember watching actress Mary Stuart Masterson in such 80s and 90s films as Some Kind of Wonderful, Bed of Roses, and Benny and Joon. It's hard to believe these movies were out over 20 years ago already! So what has Masterson done with her career over the past two decades? We're going to find out now!

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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":

Robert Prosky: He appeared in many roles in movies and on TV, including the TV series "Hill Street Blues" and "Veronica's Closet" and the movies "Broadcast News", "The Natural" and "Far and Away"

Jessica Walter: She has appeared in "Play Misty for Me", "The Group" and other movies, she starred in the TV series "Amy Prentiss"

Conrad Bain: He played Mr. Drummond on the TV series "Diff'rent Strokes" and Arthur Harmon on the series "Maude"

(Answer at the bottom)
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Mary Stuart Masterson
Learn More About Mary Stuart Masterson on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: June 28, 1966, New York City

CLAIM TO FAME: Known for her roles in Some Kind of Wonderful, Benny and Joon

FAMILY LIFE: Masterson was married to George Carl Francisco from 1990-1992. In 2000, she married American film director Damon Santostefano; they divorced in 2004. She has been married to actor Jeremy Davidson since 2006 and they have four children together.

INFO: Masterson started acting before the age of ten, when she appeared in The Stepford Wives (1975) in 1975 with her father. She went on to focus on her studies, and didn't reappear in films until 1985's Heaven Help Us. Since then, she's appeared in a number of movies and television series.

She is well known for her role in the 1987 teenage drama Some Kind of Wonderful. In 1989, she played a teenage girl giving up her first baby to a wealthy couple in Chances Are. She received a "Best Supporting Actress" award from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures for this role.

Other famous roles include Fried Green Tomatoes, Benny and Joon and Bed of Roses.

TRIVIA: Has two siblings: Peter, Jr., and Alexandra.

Attended Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center in upstate New York with actors Robert Downey, Jr. and Jon Cryer.

Attended schools in New York, including eight months studying anthropology at New York University.

Was nominated for Broadway's 2003 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for a revival of "Nine The Musical."

Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1987" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 39.

WHERE IS SHE NOW: In 2007, Masterson turned to directing and made her feature film directorial debut with The Cake Eaters.

It premiered at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival as well as the Ashland Independent Film Festival and received the Audience Award - Dramatic Feature prize in 2008.

Masterson has also narrated a number of audiobooks, including I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass, Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell, and Look Again by Lisa Scottoline.

She appeared as Denise Cabe in a few episodes of the TV series Mercy. She played Beth Cooper in an episode of Touch (2012), and Rachel Keyser in a 2013 episode of the series The Good Wife.

WRITE TO MARY STUART MASTERSON:
Mary Stuart Masterson
c/o Don Buchwald & Associates
10 E. 44th St.
New York, NY 10017

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CREDITS:

2013 The Good Wife (TV Series)...Rachel Keyser
- Whack-a-Mole (2013)

2012 Touch (TV Series)...Beth Cooper
- The Road Not Taken (2012) ... Beth Cooper

2010 Mercy (TV Series)...Denise Cabe
- That Crazy Bitch Was Right (2010) ... Denise Cabe
- There Is No Superwoman (2010) ... Denise Cabe
- Of Course I'm Not (2010) ... Denise Cabe
- There Is No Room for You on My Ass (2010) ... Denise Cabe

2009 Cupid (TV Series)...Mira
- Live and Let Spy (2009) ... Mira

2004-2007 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)...Dr. Rebecca Hendrix

2006 The Insurgents...Director

2006 Waterfront (TV Series)...Heather Centrella

2005 Whiskey School...G.G.

2005 The Sisters...Olga Prior

2004 Something the Lord Made (TV Movie)...Dr. Helen Taussig

2004 Blue's Clues (TV Series)...Cinderella
- Love Day (2004)

2003 Gary the Rat (TV Series)...Caroline Swanson
- Old Flame (2003)

2002 R.U.S./H. (TV Movie)...Elaine Burba

2002 Leo...Brynne

2002 West of Here...Genevieve Anderson

2001 Three Blind Mice (TV Movie)...Patricia Demming

2001 Kate Brasher (TV Series)...Kate Brasher

1999 Black and Blue (TV Movie)...Frances Benedetto

1999 The Florentine...Vikki

1999 The Book of Stars...Penny McGuire

1997 The Postman...Hope, Postman's Daughter (uncredited)

1997 On the 2nd Day of Christmas (TV Movie)...Patricia 'Trish' Tracy

1997 Dogtown...Dorothy Sternen

1997 Digging to China...Gwen Frankovitz

1996 Lily Dale (TV Movie)...Lily Dale

1996 Heaven's Prisoners...Robin Gaddis

1996 Bed of Roses...Lisa Walker

1994 Radioland Murders...Penny Henderson

1994 Bad Girls...Anita Crown

1993 Benny & Joon...Juniper 'Joon' Pearl

1992 Mad at the Moon...Jenny Hill

1991 Fried Green Tomatoes...Idgie Threadgoode

1991 Married to It...Nina Bishop

1990 Funny About Love...Daphne

1989 Immediate Family...Lucy Moore

1989 Chances Are...Miranda Jeffries

1988 Mr. North...Elspeth Skeel

1987 Gardens of Stone...Rachel Feld

1987 Some Kind of Wonderful...Watts

1986 Amazing Stories (TV Series)...Cynthia Simpson
- Go to the Head of the Class (1986)

1986 My Little Girl...Franny Bettinger

1986 At Close Range...Terry

1985 Love Lives On (TV Movie)...Susan Wallace

1985 Heaven Help Us...Danni

1980 City in Fear (TV Movie)...Abby Crawford

1975 The Stepford Wives...Kim Eberhart

To see Then & Now pictures of Mary Stuart Masterson, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Robert Prosky - DEAD (Surgical complications)
Born: 12/13/1930 Died: 12/08/2008

Jessica Walter - ALIVE
Born: 01/31/1941

Conrad Bain - DEAD
Born: 02/04/1923 Died: 01/16/2013

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
12/9
Dave Behrman, 73, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos), pancreatic cancer.
Ion Butmalai, 50, Moldovan politician, MP (since 2009), suicide by gunshot.
Jorge María Mejia, 91, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives (1998-2003), Librarian of the Vatican Library (1998-2003).
Mary Ann Mobley, 75, American actress (Diff'rent Strokes) and television personality, 1959 Miss America, breast cancer.
Blagoje Paunovic, 67, Serbian football player and manager.
Lila Sapinsley, 92, American politician, member of the Rhode Island State Senate.
Sam Swope, 88, American businessman.
Clifford Wright, 87, Canadian politician, Mayor of Saskatoon (1976-1988), lung cancer.

12/8
Catalin Chelu, 47, Romanian businessman, cardiac complications following a coma.
Sobho Gianchandani, 94, Pakistani writer and social scientist, heart attack.
Earl Hayes, 45, American rapper ("Nolia Clap"), suicide by gunshot.
Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, 87, Indian carnatic vocalist, lung cancer.
Stephanie Moseley, 30, Canadian television personality (Hit the Floor) and dancer, shot.
Knut Nystedt, 99, Norwegian orchestral and choral composer.

12/7
Abdellah Baha, 60, Moroccan politician, Minister of State (since 2012), MP for Rabat (since 2002), hit by train.
Charlie Flowers, 77, American football player (Los Angeles Chargers, Ole Miss Rebels).
Brian Roy Goble, 57, Canadian musician (Subhumans), heart attack.
Norman Mair, 86, Scottish rugby union player and journalist.
Giuseppe Mango, 60, Italian singer-songwriter and musician, heart attack.
Eddie Rouse, 60, American character actor (American Gangster, The Number 23), liver failure.
William Salomon, 100, American stockbroker (Salomon Brothers).
Grahanandan Singh, 88, Indian Olympic field hockey player.
Khalil Ullah Khan, 80, Bangladeshi film and television actor.
Nikolai Vasenin, 95, French World War II veteran, Legion of Honour recipient.
Ken Weatherwax, 59, American actor (The Addams Family), heart attack.
Jerzy Wilim, 73, Polish footballer.

12/6
Ralph H. Baer, 92, American video game pioneer, inventor and engineer, developed the Magnavox Odyssey, recipient of the National Medal of Technology (2004).
Mick Barry, 95, Irish road bowler.
Robert T. Bennett, 75, American politician.
Jimmy Del Ray, 52, American professional wrestler, heart attack.
Menis Koumandareas, 83, Greek writer.
Naphtali Lau-Lavie, 88, Israeli writer and diplomat.
Renato Mambor, 78, Italian painter.
Juan Antonio Merlos, 73, Salvadoran football player (Aguila, national team) and manager.
Nick Nicolau, 81, American football coach.
Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah, 39, Saudi Arabian-born external operations chief (al-Qaeda), shot.
Luke Somers, 33, British-born American photojournalist and AQAP hostage, shot.
Emma Lou Thayne, 90, American Mormon poet.
István Varga, 71, Hungarian Olympic handball player.
Stella Young, 32, Australian comedian and disability advocate.
Ahsan Zaheer, 60, Bangladeshi cricketer, heart attack.

12/5
Ernest C. Brace, 83, American pilot, longest civilian POW in Vietnam War.
Manuel De Sica, 65, Italian composer, heart attack.
Queen Fabiola of Belgium, 86, Spanish-born Belgian royal, queen consort (1960-1993).
Ralph Adam Fine, 73, American judge, member of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.
Jackie Healy-Rae, 83, Irish politician, TD for Kerry South (1997-2011).
Luis Herrera de la Fuente, 98, Mexican conductor and composer.
Arthur Leipzig, 96, American photographer.
Gil Marks, 62, American food writer and historian, lung cancer.
Keith Martin, 44, British record holder, formerly world's fattest man, pneumonia.
Gennadi Poloka, 84, Russian Soviet-era film director.
Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi, 77, Spanish nobleman.
Silvio Zavala, 105, Mexican historian and diplomat, Ambassador to France (1966-1975).

12/4
Bryan Burwell, 59, American sportswriter, cancer.
Hroar Elvenes, 82, Norwegian speed skater.
Claudia Emerson, 57, American poet, complications associated with colon cancer.
Frank and Louie, 15, American-born Ragdoll cat, world's oldest diprosopus cat.
Jack Gregory, 87, American football coach.
Talât Sait Halman, 83, Turkish poet and academic, Minister of Culture and Tourism (1971).
V. R. Krishna Iyer, 100, Indian judge, member of the Supreme Court.
Lynne Kosky, 56, Australian politician, MLA for Altona (1996-2010), breast cancer.
Vincent L. McKusick, 93, American attorney, Chief Justice of Maine (1977-1992).
Bob Montgomery, 77, American songwriter ("Heartbeat", "Misty Blue"), Parkinson's disease.
Nick Talbot, 37, British singer-songwriter (Gravenhurst).
Jeremy Thorpe, 85, British politician, Leader of the Liberal Party (1967-1976), MP for North Devon (1959-1979), central figure in the Thorpe affair, Parkinson's disease.
Rudolf Vanmoerkerke, 90, Belgian businessman.

12/3
Herman Badillo, 85, Puerto Rican-born American politician, member of the U.S. House from New York's 22nd (1971-1973) and 21st (1973-1977) districts, heart failure.
Jacques Barrot, 77, French politician, European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security (2008-2010).
Poppy Bermúdez, 86, Argentine-born Dominican chief executive (Bermúdez).
Nathaniel Branden, 84, Canadian-born American psychologist.
Ion Cilea, 69, Romanian politician, cancer.
L. Stephen Coles, 73, American scientist, co-founder and the Executive Director of the Gerontology Research Group, pancreatic cancer.
Sjefke Janssen, 95, Dutch racing cyclist.
Vicente Leñero, 81, Mexican writer and journalist, pulmonary emphysema.
Ann Marcus, 93, American television screenwriter (Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, Peyton Place).
Ian McLagan, 69, English keyboardist (Small Faces), stroke.
Franco Nieto, 33, Argentine footballer, head injury.
Alfredo Ernest Novak, 84, American-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Paranaguá (1989-2006).
Luc Oursel, 55, French businessman, CEO of Areva (2011-2014).
Giulio Questi, 90, Italian director and screenwriter (Django Kill, La morte ha fatto l'uovo).
Walter Reyno, 79, Uruguayan actor, respiratory failure.
Jim Swink, 78, American football player (Dallas Texans), lymphoma.
Sergio Armando Valls, 73, Mexican judge, member of the Supreme Court (since 2004).