Simon & Simon star Mary Carver has died, aged 89.
The actress was perhaps best known for playing the mother of the private detective brothers in the 1980s show.
She also had leading roles in such films as Protocol and Arachnophobia.
Carver died on October 18, following a short illness, according to the Los Angeles Times.
She starred as Cecilia Simon in 153 episodes of Simon & Simon from 1981 to 1989, opposite Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker.
Her acting career spanned over 60 years. She also played the mothers of Goldie Hawn in Protocol in 1984 and James Woods in Best Seller in 1987.
Her other film roles included From Here to Eternity, Pay or Die, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden and Safe in 1995.
Carver's TV appearances included The Donna Reed Show, The Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke, The Man From Uncle, Quincy, ER and Star Trek: Enterprise.
She is survived by her daughters Lia and Athena.
The actress was perhaps best known for playing the mother of the private detective brothers in the 1980s show.
She also had leading roles in such films as Protocol and Arachnophobia.
Carver died on October 18, following a short illness, according to the Los Angeles Times.
She starred as Cecilia Simon in 153 episodes of Simon & Simon from 1981 to 1989, opposite Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker.
Her acting career spanned over 60 years. She also played the mothers of Goldie Hawn in Protocol in 1984 and James Woods in Best Seller in 1987.
Her other film roles included From Here to Eternity, Pay or Die, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden and Safe in 1995.
Carver's TV appearances included The Donna Reed Show, The Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke, The Man From Uncle, Quincy, ER and Star Trek: Enterprise.
She is survived by her daughters Lia and Athena.
- 10/28/2013
- Digital Spy
Screenwriter for Don Siegel and writer/producer of classic TV series, he named many of his colleagues as communists
In 1951, when the screenwriter Richard Collins, who has died aged 98, testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (Huac), he named more than 20 colleagues and friends in the film industry as belonging to or sympathising with the Communist party. Although by so doing he saved his Hollywood career, it was an action that cast a shadow over the rest of his life, regardless of his success in film and television as a writer and producer.
According to many, it was a cowardly act, which Collins later tried to justify, as did directors Elia Kazan and Edward Dmytryk, by saying that it was his patriotic duty, and that Huac knew the names anyway. However, in an interview in Victor Navasky's book Naming Names (1980), Collins called himself "a son of a bitch, a miserable little bastard.
In 1951, when the screenwriter Richard Collins, who has died aged 98, testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (Huac), he named more than 20 colleagues and friends in the film industry as belonging to or sympathising with the Communist party. Although by so doing he saved his Hollywood career, it was an action that cast a shadow over the rest of his life, regardless of his success in film and television as a writer and producer.
According to many, it was a cowardly act, which Collins later tried to justify, as did directors Elia Kazan and Edward Dmytryk, by saying that it was his patriotic duty, and that Huac knew the names anyway. However, in an interview in Victor Navasky's book Naming Names (1980), Collins called himself "a son of a bitch, a miserable little bastard.
- 2/20/2013
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Ernest Borgnine is to be honored by TCM with a 24-hour marathon of some of the recently deceased actor’s finest films.
Beginning at 6 a.m. Et on July 26, the channel will begin with The Catered Affair and run through The Legend Of Lylah Clare, Pay Or Die, Torpedo Run, Ice Station Zebra, The Dirty Dozen, Marty, From Here To Eternity, The Wild Bunch, and Bad Day at Black Rock. There will also be multiple showings of Borgnine’s Private Screenings interview with channel host Robert Osborne, an hour-long episode filmed in 2009.
Must-see movies on the list are Marty, which...
Beginning at 6 a.m. Et on July 26, the channel will begin with The Catered Affair and run through The Legend Of Lylah Clare, Pay Or Die, Torpedo Run, Ice Station Zebra, The Dirty Dozen, Marty, From Here To Eternity, The Wild Bunch, and Bad Day at Black Rock. There will also be multiple showings of Borgnine’s Private Screenings interview with channel host Robert Osborne, an hour-long episode filmed in 2009.
Must-see movies on the list are Marty, which...
- 7/10/2012
- by EW staff
- EW - Inside TV
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has announced that an Ernest Borgnine 24-hour marathon has been set! The iconic, Oscar-winning actor died Sunday at age 95, but his brilliant cinematic contribution lives on!
On July 26, TCM will show 10 films starrign Borgnine and will also include replays of the actor's 2009's Private Screenings interview conducted by host Robert Osborne.
Here's the schedule:
6 Am Et, The Catered Affair (1956)
8 Am, The Legend Of Lylah Clare (1968)
10:30 Am, Pay Or Die (1960)
12:30 Pm, Torpedo Run (1958)
2:30 Pm, Ice Station Zebra (1968)
5:15 Pm, The Dirty Dozen (1967)
8 Pm, Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine (2009)
9 Pm, Marty (1955)
10:45 Pm, From Here To Eternity (1953)
1 Am, The Wild Bunch (1969)
3:30 Am, Bad Day At Black Rock (1955)
5 Am, Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine (2009)
Source: Deadline...
On July 26, TCM will show 10 films starrign Borgnine and will also include replays of the actor's 2009's Private Screenings interview conducted by host Robert Osborne.
Here's the schedule:
6 Am Et, The Catered Affair (1956)
8 Am, The Legend Of Lylah Clare (1968)
10:30 Am, Pay Or Die (1960)
12:30 Pm, Torpedo Run (1958)
2:30 Pm, Ice Station Zebra (1968)
5:15 Pm, The Dirty Dozen (1967)
8 Pm, Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine (2009)
9 Pm, Marty (1955)
10:45 Pm, From Here To Eternity (1953)
1 Am, The Wild Bunch (1969)
3:30 Am, Bad Day At Black Rock (1955)
5 Am, Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine (2009)
Source: Deadline...
- 7/9/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Turner Classic Movies has set a 24-hour marathon of movies starring Ernest Borgnine, who died Sunday at age 95. On July 26, the cable channel will devote its programming to 10 films starring Borgnine, including a couple of replays of its hourlong 2009 Private Screenings interview with channel host Robert Osborne. Here’s the schedule: 6 Am Et, The Catered Affair (1956); 8 Am, The Legend Of Lylah Clare (1968), 10:30 Am, Pay Or Die (1960); 12:30 Pm, Torpedo Run (1958); 2:30 Pm, Ice Station Zebra (1968); 5:15 Pm, The Dirty Dozen (1967); 8 Pm, Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine (2009); 9 Pm, Marty (1955); 10:45 Pm, From Here To Eternity (1953); 1 Am, The Wild Bunch (1969); 3:30 Am, Bad Day At Black Rock (1955); 5 Am, Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine (2009). Related: Hammond On Ernest Borgnine: Oscar-Winning Actor Who Broke Hollywood Mold...
- 7/9/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
In a salute to the extensive lifelong career of Hollywood great and Academy Award winner Ernest Borgnine, who passed away at the age of 95 this past weekend, TCM will feature an all-day marathon of some of Borgnine’s most memorable performances, as well as TCM’s Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine special. Lineup for the memorial day of programming Thursday, June 26, will be as follows: 6am: The Catered Affair (1956) 8am: The Legend of Lylah Clare 10:30am: Pay or Die 12:30pm: Torpedo Run 2:30pm: Ice Station Zebra 5:15pm: The Dirty Dozen 8pm: Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine 9pm: Marty 10:45pm: From Here to Eternity 1am: The [...]...
- 7/9/2012
- by Karl Paloucek
- ChannelGuideMag
Leave it to The Daily Beast to get Scorsese talking about films. Not that it would be hard to do. The man is “Mr. Cinema.” He directs, produces and he even has his own nonprofit organization for preserving classic films, The Film Foundation. The director may have toyed with other genres during his lifetime, but the one people would discuss aplenty is his contributions to crime cinema. To think of Scorsese is to think of Goodfellas, Casino and The Departed, despite also directing films like After Hours and The Last Temptation of Christ. As he turns his attention to the small screen with HBO’s Boardwalk Empire – touted as being the network’s costliest production to date – the director lists off his 15 favorite gangster movies. Scorsese writes:
“Here are 15 gangster pictures that had a profound effect on me and the way I thought about crime and how to portray it on film.
“Here are 15 gangster pictures that had a profound effect on me and the way I thought about crime and how to portray it on film.
- 9/17/2010
- by thedvdlounge
- Examiner Movies Channel
Sergio Corbucci's Django revolutionised the Spaghetti Western genre in many ways. The low-budget retelling of Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars – itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo – ramped up the violence, the amorality, the bloodletting and the insanity factor to an unprecedented scale, spawning a glut of rip-offs, cash-ins and unofficial sequels of varying degrees of quality. It also, quite unintentionally, began a trend for titular heroes whose names ended in the letter 'o' and when said quickly enough could possibly be mistaken for Django.
There was Anthony Steffen - the Spaghetti Western standard-bearer, himself no stranger to playing Django - starring as the main man in both Garringo and Shango. 'Sword and Sandal' star Brad Harris as the fast gun in Durango is Coming, Pay or Die. Montgomery Clark (Dante Posani) as the gambling gunslinger in Djurado and Ivan Rassimov in this, 1967's Cjamango.
There was Anthony Steffen - the Spaghetti Western standard-bearer, himself no stranger to playing Django - starring as the main man in both Garringo and Shango. 'Sword and Sandal' star Brad Harris as the fast gun in Durango is Coming, Pay or Die. Montgomery Clark (Dante Posani) as the gambling gunslinger in Djurado and Ivan Rassimov in this, 1967's Cjamango.
- 8/15/2009
- by Nick
- Latemag.com/film
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