Olympia Dukakis, a character actress best known for her Oscar-winning supporting turn in Norman Jewison’s “Moonstruck” and for her role as the wealthy widow in “Steel Magnolias,” has died. She was 89.
Dukakis’ brother, Apollo Dukakis, confirmed her death to Variety. Apollo Dukakis announced her death in a Facebook post, writing: “My beloved sister, Olympia Dukakis, passed away this morning in New York City. After many months of failing health she is finally at peace and with her Louis.”
The actress was 56 when she came to prominence overnight thanks to her Oscar-winning turn in “Moonstruck,” the 1987 film in which she played, with an extraordinary comic ethnic gusto characteristic of the movie as a whole, the mother of Cher’s character. The Washington Post singled out Dukakis for praise: Cher and Nicolas Cage are “backed by an equally quirky cast of marvelous supporting players — especially Olympia Dukakis, whose role as Loretta...
Dukakis’ brother, Apollo Dukakis, confirmed her death to Variety. Apollo Dukakis announced her death in a Facebook post, writing: “My beloved sister, Olympia Dukakis, passed away this morning in New York City. After many months of failing health she is finally at peace and with her Louis.”
The actress was 56 when she came to prominence overnight thanks to her Oscar-winning turn in “Moonstruck,” the 1987 film in which she played, with an extraordinary comic ethnic gusto characteristic of the movie as a whole, the mother of Cher’s character. The Washington Post singled out Dukakis for praise: Cher and Nicolas Cage are “backed by an equally quirky cast of marvelous supporting players — especially Olympia Dukakis, whose role as Loretta...
- 5/1/2021
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Producer-director Alan Poul (HBO’s Six Feet Under) has signed an exclusive overall deal with Endeavor Content to develop and produce premium scripted content for the indie studio owned by Endeavor.
Under the pact, Poul has joined Endeavor Content’s upcoming HBO Max drama series Tokyo Vice as executive producer.
The deal stems from Poul’s current collaboration with Endeavor Content; he is executive producing and directed two episodes of Oscar winner Damien Chazelle’s upcoming Netflix series The Eddy, which the studio is producing.
“Alan is not only one of the greatest producers around, but he is also a highly talented filmmaker and his illustrious production expertise makes him an invaluable partner to work with on The Eddy and Tokyo Vice,” said Endeavor Content Svp Television Joe Hipps. “With his extensive background at HBO, he also has impeccable taste in creating ground-breaking, high-end series that resonates with audiences on a global scale,...
Under the pact, Poul has joined Endeavor Content’s upcoming HBO Max drama series Tokyo Vice as executive producer.
The deal stems from Poul’s current collaboration with Endeavor Content; he is executive producing and directed two episodes of Oscar winner Damien Chazelle’s upcoming Netflix series The Eddy, which the studio is producing.
“Alan is not only one of the greatest producers around, but he is also a highly talented filmmaker and his illustrious production expertise makes him an invaluable partner to work with on The Eddy and Tokyo Vice,” said Endeavor Content Svp Television Joe Hipps. “With his extensive background at HBO, he also has impeccable taste in creating ground-breaking, high-end series that resonates with audiences on a global scale,...
- 9/17/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“Escape at Dannemora” is the current frontrunner to take home the Best Limited Series Emmy, which would not only be a huge coup for Ben Stiller & Co., but would be a landmark win for Showtime as the network has never won the category before.
Showtime only has a mere six nominations in the category, which through various times over the years has been merged with and split from the Best TV Movie category. For comparison, NBC and PBS have a record 10 wins each. Last year, Showtime’s bid for “Patrick Melrose” marked the network’s first nomination in the category since “Sleeper Cell” 12 years prior. Its other nominations were for “Paris Trout”, “Hiroshima” (1996), “Armistead Maupin’s More Tales of the City” (1998) and “Armistead Maupin’s Further Tales of the City” (2001).
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Showtime only has a mere six nominations in the category, which through various times over the years has been merged with and split from the Best TV Movie category. For comparison, NBC and PBS have a record 10 wins each. Last year, Showtime’s bid for “Patrick Melrose” marked the network’s first nomination in the category since “Sleeper Cell” 12 years prior. Its other nominations were for “Paris Trout”, “Hiroshima” (1996), “Armistead Maupin’s More Tales of the City” (1998) and “Armistead Maupin’s Further Tales of the City” (2001).
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- 4/15/2019
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
“When I first got off the bus years ago,” Laura Linney’s character says of San Francisco, “I had the strangest feeling that I’d come home.”
Those are the first words spoken in the trailer for Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, the Netflix limited series that stars Linney, Ellen Page, Paul Gross and Olympia Dukakis in a new chapter of the popular story. It will premiere June 7 on the streamer.
Linney, Gross and Dukakis are reprising the roles they played in three previous miniseries based on Armistead Maupin’s books: Tales of the City (1993), More Tales of the City (1998) and Further Tales of the City (2001). The new 10-episode limited series — in the parlance of our times, you know — adds Ellen Page as the daughter of Linney’s character.
Here’s the logline: Mary Ann (Linney) returns to present-day San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter Shawna...
Those are the first words spoken in the trailer for Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, the Netflix limited series that stars Linney, Ellen Page, Paul Gross and Olympia Dukakis in a new chapter of the popular story. It will premiere June 7 on the streamer.
Linney, Gross and Dukakis are reprising the roles they played in three previous miniseries based on Armistead Maupin’s books: Tales of the City (1993), More Tales of the City (1998) and Further Tales of the City (2001). The new 10-episode limited series — in the parlance of our times, you know — adds Ellen Page as the daughter of Linney’s character.
Here’s the logline: Mary Ann (Linney) returns to present-day San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter Shawna...
- 4/9/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Girls vet Zosia Mamet is the latest TV vet boarding Netflix’s forthcoming 10-episode revival of Tales of the City, TVLine has learned. The actress will play the recurring role of Claire Duncan, a driven documentarian who has a burgeoning relationship with Ellen Page’s Shawna that catches them both off guard.
The fourth TV chapter of Armistead Maupin’s Lgbt-themed, San Francisco-set series (following the landmark 1993 version and the “sequels” More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City) finds Laura Linney’s Mary Ann — in full-tilt midlife crisis mode — returning home to her daughter (Page) and...
The fourth TV chapter of Armistead Maupin’s Lgbt-themed, San Francisco-set series (following the landmark 1993 version and the “sequels” More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City) finds Laura Linney’s Mary Ann — in full-tilt midlife crisis mode — returning home to her daughter (Page) and...
- 10/22/2018
- TVLine.com
Some familiar and new faces are coming Tales of the City. Netflix just announced additional casting details for the upcoming revival series.
As reported earlier, Netflix is reviving the '90s TV show, which is based on the books by Armistead Maupin. The original 1993 miniseries followed a group of people living in San Francisco during the 1970s and ’80s. The cast included Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis, Barbara Garrick, Thomas Gibson, and Billy Campbell. The series spawned two sequels, More Tales of the City (1998) and Further Tales of the City (2001).
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As reported earlier, Netflix is reviving the '90s TV show, which is based on the books by Armistead Maupin. The original 1993 miniseries followed a group of people living in San Francisco during the 1970s and ’80s. The cast included Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis, Barbara Garrick, Thomas Gibson, and Billy Campbell. The series spawned two sequels, More Tales of the City (1998) and Further Tales of the City (2001).
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- 10/18/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Production scheduled to start later in year for 2019 series debut.
Extending the 25-year run of TV adaptations of Armistead Maupin’s groundbreaking literary saga, Netflix has ordered a limited series based on Maupin’s Tales Of The City novels from Working Title Television and NBCUniversal International.
Set in the present day, the new 10-part series, titled Armistead Maupin’s Tales Of The City, will see Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis reprise their roles from the three previous Tales mini-series.
Ellen Page joins the cast and production is expected to start later this year for a series debut in 2019.
Orange Is The New Black...
Extending the 25-year run of TV adaptations of Armistead Maupin’s groundbreaking literary saga, Netflix has ordered a limited series based on Maupin’s Tales Of The City novels from Working Title Television and NBCUniversal International.
Set in the present day, the new 10-part series, titled Armistead Maupin’s Tales Of The City, will see Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis reprise their roles from the three previous Tales mini-series.
Ellen Page joins the cast and production is expected to start later this year for a series debut in 2019.
Orange Is The New Black...
- 4/25/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Production scheduled to start later in year for 2019 series debut.
Extending the 25-year run of TV adaptations of Armistead Maupin’s groundbreaking literary saga, Netflix has ordered a limited series based on Maupin’s Tales Of The City novels from Working Title Television and NBCUniversal International.
Set in the present day, the new 10-part series, titled Armistead Maupin’s Tales Of The City, will see Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis reprise their roles from the three previous Tales mini-series.
Ellen Page joins the cast and production is expected to start later this year for a series debut in 2019.
Orange Is The New Black...
Extending the 25-year run of TV adaptations of Armistead Maupin’s groundbreaking literary saga, Netflix has ordered a limited series based on Maupin’s Tales Of The City novels from Working Title Television and NBCUniversal International.
Set in the present day, the new 10-part series, titled Armistead Maupin’s Tales Of The City, will see Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis reprise their roles from the three previous Tales mini-series.
Ellen Page joins the cast and production is expected to start later this year for a series debut in 2019.
Orange Is The New Black...
- 4/25/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Netflix is heading to San Francisco. Today, the streaming service announced they've ordered a follow-up series to Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City. Based on the novels of Maupin, the original 1993 miniseries followed a group of people living in San Francisco during the 1970s and '80s. The cast included Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis, Barbara Garrick, Thomas Gibson, and Billy Campbell. The series spawned two sequels, More Tales of the City (1998) and Further Tales of the City (2001).
- 4/25/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Netflix has ordered a new 10-episode installment of “Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City,” Variety has learned.
As previously announced when it was revealed the series was in development, Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis will reprise their roles as Mary Ann Singleton and Anna Madrigal respectively. In addition, Barbara Garrick, who played DeDe Halcyon Day in the original miniseries, is also set to return.
Finally, “Juno” and “Inception” star Ellen Page will join the series as Shawna, Mary Ann’s daughter.
Based on the books by Maupin, the new installment follows Mary Ann, who returns home to San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter and ex-husband Brian, twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career. Fleeing the midlife crisis that her picture perfect Connecticut life created, Mary Ann returns home to her chosen family and will quickly be drawn back into the orbit of Anna Madrigal...
As previously announced when it was revealed the series was in development, Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis will reprise their roles as Mary Ann Singleton and Anna Madrigal respectively. In addition, Barbara Garrick, who played DeDe Halcyon Day in the original miniseries, is also set to return.
Finally, “Juno” and “Inception” star Ellen Page will join the series as Shawna, Mary Ann’s daughter.
Based on the books by Maupin, the new installment follows Mary Ann, who returns home to San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter and ex-husband Brian, twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career. Fleeing the midlife crisis that her picture perfect Connecticut life created, Mary Ann returns home to her chosen family and will quickly be drawn back into the orbit of Anna Madrigal...
- 4/24/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix is officially spinning more Tales of the City. The streamer has formally ordered a 10-episode limited-series revival of the beloved Armistead Maupin franchise, and has tapped Ellen Page to join an alum-heavy cast that includes Tales vets Laura Linney (Mary Ann), Olympia Dukakis (Anna) and Barbara Garrick (DeDe). Page will play Shawna, the daughter of Linney’s Mary Ann.
Additionally, Lauren Morelli (Orange is The New Black) will serve as showrunner/executive producer/writer on the project, which will bear the title Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City. Rumors that Netflix was looking to resurrect Tales began percolating nearly a year ago.
Additionally, Lauren Morelli (Orange is The New Black) will serve as showrunner/executive producer/writer on the project, which will bear the title Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City. Rumors that Netflix was looking to resurrect Tales began percolating nearly a year ago.
- 4/24/2018
- TVLine.com
Revival-enamored Netflix is looking to resurrect another beloved television tale.
TVLine has learned that the streamer is developing a 10-episode, present-day continuation of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City. Sources confirm that original cast members Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis are attached to star, with other Tales vets expected to join them.
Netflix declined to comment.
This would mark the fourth TV chapter of the Lgbt-themed, San Francisco-set Tales, following the landmark 1993 version (which aired stateside on PBS) and the “sequels” More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, which ran on Showtime in 1998 and 2001, respectively.
TVLine has learned that the streamer is developing a 10-episode, present-day continuation of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City. Sources confirm that original cast members Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis are attached to star, with other Tales vets expected to join them.
Netflix declined to comment.
This would mark the fourth TV chapter of the Lgbt-themed, San Francisco-set Tales, following the landmark 1993 version (which aired stateside on PBS) and the “sequels” More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, which ran on Showtime in 1998 and 2001, respectively.
- 6/28/2017
- TVLine.com
With the premiere of HBO’s Looking still over a week away, this is the perfect time to remember another TV series about a group of gay (and straight) friends in San Francisco. It was 20 years ago today that Tales Of the City made its American television debut.
Based on the newspaper column–later book series–by Armistead Maupin, Tales centers around a found family living together in a boarding house at 28 Barbary Lane. Tenants include Mary Anne Singleton, a naive girl fresh off the bus from Cleveland, Michael “Mouse” Tolliver, a gay emigré from Florida, his best friend Mona Ramsey, a frustrated feminist copywriter, and Brian Hawkins, a leftie lawyer who dropped out and became a waiter. They all live under the eye of enigmatic landlady Anna Madrigal. Tales stars Laura Linney as Mary Anne, Marcus D’Amico as Mouse, Chloe Webb as Mona, Paul Gross as Brian and Olympia Dukakis as Mrs.
Based on the newspaper column–later book series–by Armistead Maupin, Tales centers around a found family living together in a boarding house at 28 Barbary Lane. Tenants include Mary Anne Singleton, a naive girl fresh off the bus from Cleveland, Michael “Mouse” Tolliver, a gay emigré from Florida, his best friend Mona Ramsey, a frustrated feminist copywriter, and Brian Hawkins, a leftie lawyer who dropped out and became a waiter. They all live under the eye of enigmatic landlady Anna Madrigal. Tales stars Laura Linney as Mary Anne, Marcus D’Amico as Mouse, Chloe Webb as Mona, Paul Gross as Brian and Olympia Dukakis as Mrs.
- 1/10/2014
- by John
- The Backlot
Today we are talking to a terrifically talented and versatile stage and screen performer who has excelled in many arenas throughout her compellingly varied career - comedy, drama, stand-up, cabaret, jazz and beyond - the fiercely, fabulously idiosyncratic and ebulliently engaging Lea DeLaria. Espousing upon a wide range of topics and tracing her unique professional trajectory thus far, DeLaria sheds some light on a few of her most fondly remembered stage roles - revivals of The Rocky Horror Show and On The Town on Broadway, as well as Off-Broadway turns in Little Fish and Prometheus Bound included - as well as recounts her experiences participating in a handful of feature films, new and old, as well - including the recent Hallmark original movie musical Dear Dumb Diary. Most importantly, DeLaria recounts her experiences starring on the Netflix mega-hit series Orange Is The New Black and offers a glimpse of the...
- 11/25/2013
- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
Canadian Thierry Pépin has had a long career as an in-demand model, and occasional actor (Danny in the Sky, Further Tales of the City … and some other stuff we won’t mention but can be Googled), and he’s starring in the new campaign for Gregg Homme underwear.
Thierry plays a cowboy who pitches a tent and then has an unwanted visitor, who learns a valuable lesson. Check out the Nsfw hotness below.
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Thierry plays a cowboy who pitches a tent and then has an unwanted visitor, who learns a valuable lesson. Check out the Nsfw hotness below.
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- 10/22/2013
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Lets face it, as television viewers we grow attached to the gay characters that resonate with us on the small screen, and with the actors that bring life to these roles. We also find ourselves growing fond of out-and-proud actors that have opted to play it straight thats why its called acting, people and vice versa.
So when their shows are cancelled or taken off the air before they wear out their welcome (whatever, I still miss Sex and the City on Sunday nights, ok?), it can be a little bit difficult to see them slide into other TV roles easier than Lindsay Lohan checking into another rehab (Im rootin for you, girl).
Alas, sometimes that isnt always the case, which might have you asking yourself, Where are they now? In some cases for these actors, it could be taken as a query of, Where did they disappear to?
But for curiosity's (and manner's) sake,...
So when their shows are cancelled or taken off the air before they wear out their welcome (whatever, I still miss Sex and the City on Sunday nights, ok?), it can be a little bit difficult to see them slide into other TV roles easier than Lindsay Lohan checking into another rehab (Im rootin for you, girl).
Alas, sometimes that isnt always the case, which might have you asking yourself, Where are they now? In some cases for these actors, it could be taken as a query of, Where did they disappear to?
But for curiosity's (and manner's) sake,...
- 2/11/2011
- by Tim Parks
- The Backlot
Cyndi Lauper performs at Rosie's Building Dreams For Kids Gala in NYC
Cheyenne Jackson will reprise his role as Danny on the October 14 live episode of 30 Rock. Canadian actress Jackie Burroughs has passed away at the age of 71. She's best known for the CBC series Road to Avonlea and for playing Mona 'Mother Mucca' Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City. Watch What Happens Live returned last week, and to celebrate Bravo put together this clip of Andy Cohen's multitude of expressions.
More words of wisdom from GoProud's Homocon host Ann Coulter. Below you can see Sir Elton John discuss his upcoming album The Union, a collaboration with Leon Russell.
Andrew Sullivan has weighed in on the Dadt debacle. It's official! Portia de Rossi is now Portia Lee James DeGeneres. Congratulations, but um ... James? Entertainment Weekly has three collector's edition covers of Modern Family this week,...
Cheyenne Jackson will reprise his role as Danny on the October 14 live episode of 30 Rock. Canadian actress Jackie Burroughs has passed away at the age of 71. She's best known for the CBC series Road to Avonlea and for playing Mona 'Mother Mucca' Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City. Watch What Happens Live returned last week, and to celebrate Bravo put together this clip of Andy Cohen's multitude of expressions.
More words of wisdom from GoProud's Homocon host Ann Coulter. Below you can see Sir Elton John discuss his upcoming album The Union, a collaboration with Leon Russell.
Andrew Sullivan has weighed in on the Dadt debacle. It's official! Portia de Rossi is now Portia Lee James DeGeneres. Congratulations, but um ... James? Entertainment Weekly has three collector's edition covers of Modern Family this week,...
- 9/23/2010
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
When I wrote last month about an unexpected encounter at the Television Critics Association Summer Tour with Laura Linney, the star of Showtime's The Big C, I said that she wasn't just the nicest celebrity I'd ever met, but quite possibly one of the nicest people I'd ever met.
After all, when she noticed me standing by myself waiting to interview someone else (something Linney didn't know), she first waved hello at me and then pulled me into the conversation she was having with friends. When I introduced myself and said I edited a site for gay and bisexual men, Linney grinned widely and exclaimed, "My people!"
Trust me, this is not normal celebrity behavior in Hollywood.
Given that I met her at a press event, the possibility wasn't lost on me that, as nice as Linney might be in her personal life, perhaps she was performing a bit as well.
After all, when she noticed me standing by myself waiting to interview someone else (something Linney didn't know), she first waved hello at me and then pulled me into the conversation she was having with friends. When I introduced myself and said I edited a site for gay and bisexual men, Linney grinned widely and exclaimed, "My people!"
Trust me, this is not normal celebrity behavior in Hollywood.
Given that I met her at a press event, the possibility wasn't lost on me that, as nice as Linney might be in her personal life, perhaps she was performing a bit as well.
- 8/16/2010
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Tippi Hedren and Joel Grey have joined the cast of the ABC drama pilot 111 Grammercy Park. Meanwhile, newcomer D.J. Cotrona has nabbed a lead role in the Fox drama pilot Skin, from Jerry Bruckheimer and Warner Bros. TV. Grammercy Park, from Warner Bros. TV and the Tannenbaum Co., is described as an Upstairs, Downstairs-style look at life in a tony New York apartment building. Hedren will play one of the building's wealthy residents, while Grey will play a writer who also resides there. Hedren, best known for her work in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Marnie, recently appeared in guest shots on the NBC drama Providence. Grey, an Oscar winner for his supporting role in 1972's Cabaret, has been active on the small screen lately with roles in HBO's Oz, NBC's Law & Order: Criminal Intent and the Showtime miniseries Further Tales of the City. Skin is described a contemporary take on Romeo and Juliet revolving around the adult film business. Cotrona will play the son of a district attorney (Gerald McRaney) who falls in love with the daughter of his father's nemesis -- a porn industry mogul (Ron Silver). Cotrona, who is wrapping an episode of NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, is repped by Defining Artists and 3 Arts Entertainment.
- 3/25/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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