Margie Duncan, a dancer and actress who stood in for her dear friend Debbie Reynolds in films including The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The Second Time Around and The Singing Nun, has died. She was 92.
Duncan died Jan. 3 after a brief illness at her Porter Ranch home in Los Angeles, her family announced.
Duncan worked with choreographers in the movies to learn Reynolds’ routines, “dancing in” during blocking and rehearsals until the numbers were set. She would then teach the routines to her friend.
In the musical comedy The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), for which Reynolds received her lone Oscar nomination, Duncan rehearsed the number “Ain’t Down Yet,” which took place in the barnyard of Molly’s (Reynolds) country home, with choreographer Peter Gennaro.
Duncan jumped on the top of a shed to sing the last verse while walking backward down its thatched roof and then back up, finishing at the front of the roof.
Duncan died Jan. 3 after a brief illness at her Porter Ranch home in Los Angeles, her family announced.
Duncan worked with choreographers in the movies to learn Reynolds’ routines, “dancing in” during blocking and rehearsals until the numbers were set. She would then teach the routines to her friend.
In the musical comedy The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), for which Reynolds received her lone Oscar nomination, Duncan rehearsed the number “Ain’t Down Yet,” which took place in the barnyard of Molly’s (Reynolds) country home, with choreographer Peter Gennaro.
Duncan jumped on the top of a shed to sing the last verse while walking backward down its thatched roof and then back up, finishing at the front of the roof.
- 1/25/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 19th Costume Designers Guild Awards kicked off Tuesday at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, honoring the best in film, television and short-form costume design.
Hosted by This Is Us star Mandy Moore, the night was a star-studded fête, with Meryl Steep, who was honored with the prestigious Distinguished Collaborator Award, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Pierce Brosnan and James Corden all in attendance. Additional honorees included Lacoste Spotlight Award recipient Lily Collins, Career Achievement Award recipient Jeffrey Kurland, and Lois DeArmond, who received the Distinguished Service Award. Emmy Award-winning costume designer Ret Turner, who died at age 87 last May, was posthumously inducted into the Guild's Hall of Fame.
And while we certainly enjoyed seeing the aforementioned stars on the red carpet at the soiree, all eyes were on the night's nominated costume designers, who created the beloved looks we saw in Oscar-nominated films like La La Land, Jackie and [link...
Hosted by This Is Us star Mandy Moore, the night was a star-studded fête, with Meryl Steep, who was honored with the prestigious Distinguished Collaborator Award, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Pierce Brosnan and James Corden all in attendance. Additional honorees included Lacoste Spotlight Award recipient Lily Collins, Career Achievement Award recipient Jeffrey Kurland, and Lois DeArmond, who received the Distinguished Service Award. Emmy Award-winning costume designer Ret Turner, who died at age 87 last May, was posthumously inducted into the Guild's Hall of Fame.
And while we certainly enjoyed seeing the aforementioned stars on the red carpet at the soiree, all eyes were on the night's nominated costume designers, who created the beloved looks we saw in Oscar-nominated films like La La Land, Jackie and [link...
- 2/22/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
La La Land, Doctor Strange and Hidden Figures in film, as well as American Horror Story, Game of Thrones and The Crown in the TV categories took home honors at the Costume Designers Guild Awards, which were handed out Feb. 21 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in a ceremony hosted by Mandy Moore.
As previously announced, Meryl Streep received the Distinguished Collaborator Award. Lily Collins was honored with the Lacoste Spotlight Award, costume designer Jeffrey Kurland was honored with this year’s Career Achievement Award, illustrator Lois DeArmond was honored with the Distinguished Service Award and costume designer Ret Turner was posthumously inducted...
As previously announced, Meryl Streep received the Distinguished Collaborator Award. Lily Collins was honored with the Lacoste Spotlight Award, costume designer Jeffrey Kurland was honored with this year’s Career Achievement Award, illustrator Lois DeArmond was honored with the Distinguished Service Award and costume designer Ret Turner was posthumously inducted...
- 1/20/2017
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It seems like we haven’t talked this much about Mandy Moore since the early aughts when she was breaking our hearts in A Walk to Remember playing a (*15 Year Old Spoiler Alert*) high school student dying from Leukemia, and making us bust a move with pop sensations like “Candy.” But thanks to the new smash hit TV show This Is Us, Moore has made her return to the red carpet, most recently wowing at the Golden Globes in a very daring Naeem Khan gown with a deep, plunging neckline. And now she’s set to make another glamorous turn...
- 1/12/2017
- by Emily Kirkpatrick
- PEOPLE.com
“Hidden Figures,” “Jackie” and “La La Land” emerged as major award contenders at the Costume Designers Guild Awards, to be held on February 21 in Beverly Hills.
The feature film category is split into three sections: contemporary, period and fantasy, with Deborah Cook nominated for the stop-motion animation movie “Kubo and the Two Strings” in the fantasy category. The first animated movie to earn a Cdg nomination, “Kubo” is nominated for the puppet costumes made for the movie.
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The other films nominated in the category are “Doctor Strange,” “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” Costume designer Colleen Atwood earned nominations for both “Fantastic Beasts” and “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.”
The contemporary category nominations went to “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie,...
The feature film category is split into three sections: contemporary, period and fantasy, with Deborah Cook nominated for the stop-motion animation movie “Kubo and the Two Strings” in the fantasy category. The first animated movie to earn a Cdg nomination, “Kubo” is nominated for the puppet costumes made for the movie.
Read More: Cinema Eye Honors 2017: The Best Things Winners Kirsten Johnson, Keith Maitland, Clay Tweel and More Said
The other films nominated in the category are “Doctor Strange,” “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” Costume designer Colleen Atwood earned nominations for both “Fantastic Beasts” and “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.”
The contemporary category nominations went to “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie,...
- 1/12/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
DVD Release Date: Sept. 2, 2013
Price: DVD $199.99
Studio: StarVista/Time Life
Vicki Lawrence (ctr.) is Thelma Mae Crowley Harper in Mama's Family.
Mama’s Family: The Complete Series stars Vicki Lawrence and features all 130 episodes of the syndicated TV comedy series that ran for six seasons from 1983-1990.
Based upon the wildly-popular sketch “The Family” which aired on The Carol Burnett Show in 1974, the television show stars Ms. Lawrence as the blue-haired, purse-lipped, 65-year-old Thelma Mae Crowley Harper, an indelible, abrasive and smart-alecky widow.
Set in the fictional city of Raytown, Mama’s Family revolves around the dysfunctional escapades of the Harper clan, headed by formidable matriarch, Mama Harper, along with her journalist sister, Fran (Rue McClanahan, TV’s The Golden Girls), who lives with her; her youngest son, Vint (Ken Berry, TV’s F-Troop), who moves in with his two teenagers after he is evicted; and Naomi (Dorothy Lyman, TV...
Price: DVD $199.99
Studio: StarVista/Time Life
Vicki Lawrence (ctr.) is Thelma Mae Crowley Harper in Mama's Family.
Mama’s Family: The Complete Series stars Vicki Lawrence and features all 130 episodes of the syndicated TV comedy series that ran for six seasons from 1983-1990.
Based upon the wildly-popular sketch “The Family” which aired on The Carol Burnett Show in 1974, the television show stars Ms. Lawrence as the blue-haired, purse-lipped, 65-year-old Thelma Mae Crowley Harper, an indelible, abrasive and smart-alecky widow.
Set in the fictional city of Raytown, Mama’s Family revolves around the dysfunctional escapades of the Harper clan, headed by formidable matriarch, Mama Harper, along with her journalist sister, Fran (Rue McClanahan, TV’s The Golden Girls), who lives with her; her youngest son, Vint (Ken Berry, TV’s F-Troop), who moves in with his two teenagers after he is evicted; and Naomi (Dorothy Lyman, TV...
- 7/9/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Las Vegas -- Marie Osmond has remarried her first husband in a private ceremony at a Mormon temple in Las Vegas. Osmond said in a statement that the 51-year-old singer and 54-year-old Stephen Craig, a former professional basketball player wed on Wednesday. She says the day is special because it marks the birthdays of both her late mother and her late son Michael Bryan.
Osmond says it was important for both relatives to be with her and her husband on their special day.
Bryan committed suicide last year.
Osmond wore the same Ret Turner wedding dress that she wore during her first ceremony with Craig.
The couple first married in 1982 but divorced three years later. They also have a 28-year-old son, Stephen.
Osmond says it was important for both relatives to be with her and her husband on their special day.
Bryan committed suicide last year.
Osmond wore the same Ret Turner wedding dress that she wore during her first ceremony with Craig.
The couple first married in 1982 but divorced three years later. They also have a 28-year-old son, Stephen.
- 5/5/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Marie is thrilled to reunite her original family — how sweet!
Marie Osmond has walked down the aisle for a third time — with her first husband!
Marie, 51, remarried motivational speaker Stephen Craig in Las Vegas on May 5, and she’s thrilled to be back with him, E! reports.
“I am so happy and look forward to sharing my life with Stephen, who is an amazing man as well as a great father to my children,” Osmond said in a statement.
Marie first wed Craig, 54, in 1982 and the couple was married for three years. Their 28-year-old son Stephen was a result of that union.
The most amazing part of this ceremony? Marie wore the same Ret Turner wedding dress she wore the first time she married Craig!
Guests at the ceremony included her brother Donny, who was thrilled for Craig to rejoin the family.
“This was a last minute thing,” he told Et.
Marie Osmond has walked down the aisle for a third time — with her first husband!
Marie, 51, remarried motivational speaker Stephen Craig in Las Vegas on May 5, and she’s thrilled to be back with him, E! reports.
“I am so happy and look forward to sharing my life with Stephen, who is an amazing man as well as a great father to my children,” Osmond said in a statement.
Marie first wed Craig, 54, in 1982 and the couple was married for three years. Their 28-year-old son Stephen was a result of that union.
The most amazing part of this ceremony? Marie wore the same Ret Turner wedding dress she wore the first time she married Craig!
Guests at the ceremony included her brother Donny, who was thrilled for Craig to rejoin the family.
“This was a last minute thing,” he told Et.
- 5/5/2011
- by William Earl
- HollywoodLife
Marie Osmond has remarried her first husband Stephen Craig. On Wednesday, May 4, the younger sister of Donny Osmond exchanged wedding vows with the former basketball player for a second time in a private ceremony at a Mormon temple in Las Vegas. She wore the same dress she wore at their first wedding in 1982.
Speaking of the dress, the 51-year-old told Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart, "I can't breathe, but I'm in it." She went on to share that the Ret Turner-designed gown actually was not her first choice. "I had a dress all designed [for this wedding] and when it showed up it was not [right]. I was so sad, I was actually kind of in tears," she explained.
On how she finally chose to go with the old dress, the "Paper Roses" hitmaker recalled, "I was cleaning out my garage and all of a sudden this box showed up in this pile...
Speaking of the dress, the 51-year-old told Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart, "I can't breathe, but I'm in it." She went on to share that the Ret Turner-designed gown actually was not her first choice. "I had a dress all designed [for this wedding] and when it showed up it was not [right]. I was so sad, I was actually kind of in tears," she explained.
On how she finally chose to go with the old dress, the "Paper Roses" hitmaker recalled, "I was cleaning out my garage and all of a sudden this box showed up in this pile...
- 5/5/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Who says love can't strike twice? Nearly 30 years after their 1982 marriage and subsequent divorce three years later, Marie Osmond and former basketball player Stephen Craig got married for a second time Wednesday in Las Vegas, her rep confirms to People. "I am so happy and look forward to sharing my life with Stephen, who is an amazing man as well as a great father to my children," says Osmond, 51, who has a son, Stephen, 28, with Craig, 54. The couple were married in a private ceremony at the Las Vegas Mormon Temple and celebrating at a reception at their Nevada home. Osmond wore the same wedding dress,...
- 5/4/2011
- by Elizabeth Leonard
- PEOPLE.com
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