Stars you wish that were still around..

[moparwash]

Given the state today of what passes as a 'Star' or 'Celebrity' these days...(Meet the Kardashian's..anyone?)
What great Stars of the past do you wish had never left us?

Back in my day, we had 'Special Effects'...
It was called TALENT!

Bette Davis

 

[andyelectrolux]

Off the top of my head...

Paul Newman
Dorothy Dandridge
Florence Ballard

Sure I'll think of more later.

 

[autowasherfreak]

Movies, music, or both?

 

[cleanteamofny]

Just for starters

Lucile Ball
Guy Williams
Ester Rolle
Shelly Winters

 

[tuthill]

George Carlin!

 

[jeffg]

Of the classic film-era stars, the only ones I miss are Jimmy Stewart and Paul Newman.

A few other people I miss a lot more:

John Denver
John Lennon
Heath Ledger
Leo Buscaglia

 

[maytagbear]

Some of mine

Wendy Wasserstein.

Primo Levi.

Rachel Carson.

Maynard Keynes.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[xraytech]

The stars I wish were still here the most are as follows:

-Lucille Ball
-Caroll O'Connor
-Jimmy Stewart
-Jackie Gleason
-Donna Reed
-Patsy Cline
-Tammy Wynette
-Perry Como

Sam

 

[autowasherfreak]

Elizabeth Montgomery
Agnes Moorehead
Joan Crawford
Bette Davis
Patsy Cline
Tammy Wynette
Dottie West
Jim Reeves
Lucille Ball & Vivian Vance
Buddy Ebsen
Irene Ryan
Eddie Albert
Eva Gabor

 

[frigilux]

Montgomery Clift and Kevin Spacey.

 

[dnastrau]

Kevin Spacey ?

Kevin Spacey is still alive!

 

[ronhic]

Audrey Hepburn....

If people havn't read her biography, the final part is the Eulogy which was delivered by Sir Peter Ustinov...It'll bring you to tears....

 

[frigilux]

Have you seen his last five or six films, LOL?!

 

[toggleswitch2]

I miss my deceased family members. They were stars to me, and no one can outshine them!!

 

[jeffg]

Eugene, LOL

My favorite Montgomery Clift photo:

 

[frigilux]

What a great pic of Clift!

 

[hydralique]

There are many, but these come quickly to mind:

Divine (was priveledged to see him onstage)
Ella Fitzgerald (was priveledged to see her in concert)
Percy Faith
Bert Kaempfert
Julie London
Dinah Washington
Frank Sinatra
Henry Mancini
Roy Orbison
Duke Ellington
Count Basie
Jimi Hendrix
Billy May
Eva Gabor
Dusty Springfield
Jackie Gleason (in my case more for his music than comedy, though both are fine.)

 

[xraytech]

I forgot about Monygomery Clift, my favorite movie he was in ws "A Place In The Sun" with Elisabeth Taylor

 

[bajaespuma]

Where to begin??

Margaret Hamilton
Una O'Connor
Gary Cooper
Joel McCrea
Hattie McDaniel
Rex Ingram
Claude Rains
Humphrey Bogart
Steve McQueen
Elizabeth Montgomery
Gracie Allen
George Reeves(so hot!)
Agnes Moorehead
Natalie Wood
Alec Guiness
Conrad Veidt
Elsa Lanchester
Charles Laughton

...for starters!

 

[twinniefan]

Where to start

1.Caesar Romero.-from Batman
2.Burgess Meredith.-from Batman
3.Bea Benaderet.-from Petticoat Junction.
4. Edgar Buchanan-from Petticoat Junction.
5.Guy Williams-from Lost in space.
6.Jonathan Harris-from Lost in Space.
7.Howard Caine-Major Hochstetter from Hogan's Heroes.
8.Werner Klemperer-Colonel Klink.
9.Bob Crane-Colonel Hogan.
10.William Hatnell-Doctor Who no.1
11.Patrick Troughton- Doctor Who no.2
12.Jon Pertwee- Doctor Who no.3.
13.Eddie Albert- Green Acres.
14.Eva Gabor- Green Acres.
Singers.
1.Dusty Springfield.
2.Karen Carpenter.
3.Roy Orbison.
4.Perry Como.
5.Sir Harry Secombe.
Others.
Mum and Dad.,my most precious stars.

 

[alr2903]

Jessica Tandy & Hume Cronyn, and poor Jessica Savitch "network by 30". Did anyone else notice early in the year when the Tragedy at Jonestown anniversary occured, NBC/MSNBC didn't even mention Savitch's name, how sad, She broke into broadcast television and narrated the film unedited of the murder of the Congressman and his party, at Jonestown. Jessica Savitch made it to network before she was 30, and drowned in a car that overturned in a ditch.

 

[jeffg]

I think you're talking about Jessica Savage?

 

[alr2903]

No Jeff it's Savitch

 

[autowasherfreak]

Did you guys know the Eddie Albert was born in Rock Island, IL? Rock Island is just across the bridge from Bettendorf.

I also forgot my favorite Golden Girl Miss Estelle Getty.

 

[moparwash]

and Judy Garland?

tsk, tsk!

 

[autowasherfreak]

Marilyn Monroe

 

[laundromat]

Florence Ballard

I had no idea that many people on this website knew who Florence Ballard was!She died,pennyless on the OR table during open heart surgery.197?.In my opinion,she was the most beautiful of all the Supremes and the cover of their album ,"I Hear a Symphony", shows her in a sort of inocent looking way and it became one of my favorite albums in my collection of 14 different vinal and cd albums I have aquired since 1965.I just recently,during my rainy weekend off,played 3 different albums. "The Supremes A-Go-Go","I Hear A Symphony" and "Diana Ross and the Supremes Greatest Hits".The nice woman in an apartment above mine,Sally, came down(She's a beautiful native Hawaiian girl)and not only jammed with me but helped me organize my unit,put everything away,danced with me and made some great fish tacos.She and her husband,Willy,fish a lot and always bring me samples of their catch!Anybody here remember the song "Put Yourself in My Place"? It was on the flip side of a 45 record, "You can't Hurry Love" and also on "The Supremes A-Go-Go".

I also miss:

Mary Wells
Devine
Lucille Ball
Bob Hope
Judy Garland
Nancy Kulp
Gary Moore
Billy Holiday
Hetta Hopper
Charles Nelson Riley
Gilda Radner
Edward Everett Horton
Gene Reyborn
Bill Cullen
Dick Martin
Jane Mansfield
Betty Davis
Agnes Moorehead
Joan Crawford
Don Knots
Helen Hayes
Dick York
Paul Lynde
Natilie Wood
Gretta Garbo
Dean Martin
Audrey Hepburn
Allen Ludden
Paul Harvey
Tom Posten
Harvey Korman
Rosemary Cluney
Anita Gillett
Carol O'Conner
Vivian Vance
Van Johnson
Gregory Peck
Kitty Carlisle
Danny Thomas
Estelle Getty
William Holden
Edey Gormay
Eartha Kitt
Fred Estare
Bennie Hill
Bess Meyerson
Janis Joplin

 

[estatesale_gary]

Florence Ballard...

...battled many demons both personal and professional (including Diana Ross and Berry Gordy). She was the strongest voice of the original Supremes. If you're not familiar with her, do some searching online - one the surface she appears to be a rags -riches - rags story but really never backed down from what she wanted personally - a solo career.

In a side note - I love the Supremes album covers but really love the Lincoln Center poster from 1965.

 

[vintagehoover]

Bill Hicks...
Kurt Cobain...
River Phoenix...

 

[beadsobleach]

The One, The Only

Seems most are already covered here for me, except for Groucho...