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Died Today (October 3rd): Roddy McDowall (1928–1998)

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roddymcdowall.jpgRoddy McDowall (1928–1998)

Born: September 17, 1928 in Herne Hill, London, England, UK
Died: October 3, 1998 (age 70) in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

[on Mia Farrow] Trying to describe Mia is like trying to describe dust in a shaft of sunlight. There are all those particles. Her conversation is clotted.

[in 1968, on his career] . . . totally isolated, really suffocating. As a child, I was always lied to about myself and about the world.

OVERBOARD
1987
dir. Garry Marshall
Starring
Goldie Hawn
Kurt Russell
PLANET OF THE APESPlanet of the Apes
1968
dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Starring
Charlton Heston
Roddy McDowall
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
dir. Ted Post
Starring
James Franciscus
Kim Hunter
CONQUEST THE PLANET OF THE APESConquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972
dir. J. Lee Thompson
Starring:
Roddy McDowall
Don Murray		 battle for the THE PLANET OF THE APESBattle for the Planet of the Apes
1972
dir. J. Lee Thompson
Starring:
Roddy McDowall
Claude Akins
MOVIE POSTERTHE LONGEST DAY
1962
dir. Ken Annakin
Andrew Marton
Bernhard Wicki

 

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Died Today (October 3rd): Janet Leigh (1927–2004)

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janetleigh.jpg  Janet Leigh (1927–2004)

Born: July 6, 1927 in Merced, California, USA

Died: October 3, 2004 (age 77) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: Robert Brandt (15 September 1962 – 3 October 2004) (her death)
Tony Curtis (4 June 1951 – 14 September 1962) (divorced) (2 children)
Stanley Reames (5 October 1945 – 7 September 1949) (divorced)
John Carlisle (II) (21 August 1942 – 28 December 1942) (annulled)

Eloped at the age of 14 – marriage was later annulled. Thus, Tony Curtis was her third husband when she married him in her 20s.

Touch of Evil
1958
dir. Orson Welles
starring
Charleton Heston
Leigh
PsychoPsycho
1960
dir. by Alfred Hitchcock
starring
Anthony Perkins
Leigh
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATEThe Manchurian Candidate
1962
dir. John Frankenheimer
starring
Frank Sinatra
Laurence Harvey		 BYE BYE BIRDIEBye Bye Birdie
1963
dir. George Sidney
Starring
Ann-Margret
Dick Van Dyke
MOVIE POSTERANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD
1951
dir. Clarence Brown
Stars:
Paul Douglas
Janet Leigh
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