Remembering Susannah York, born January 9, 1939.

Remembering Susannah York, born January 9, 1939 and passed away January 15, 2011.

Susannah Yolande Fletcher, known professionally as Susannah York, was an English actress. Her appearances in various films of the 1960s, including Tom Jones (1963) and They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969), formed the basis of her international reputation.

York’s early films included The Greengage Summer (1961) and a Golden Globe-nominated role in Freud (1962). She went on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and win the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? She also won the 1972 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Images. Her other film appearances included Sands of the Kalahari (1965), The Killing of Sister George (1968), Battle of Britain (1969), Jane Eyre (1970), Zee and Co. (1972), Gold (1974), The Maids (1975), Conduct Unbecoming (1975), Eliza Fraser (1976), The Shout (1978), The Silent Partner (1978), and Superman (1978).

York was diagnosed with cancer late in 2010, but refused chemotherapy to honor a contractual obligation to appear in Ronald Harwood’s Quartet. She died at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London from multiple myeloma on 15 January 2011, six days after her 72nd birthday.

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Happy birthday Larry Storch, born January 8, 1923.

Lawrence Samuel “Larry” Storch is an American actor best known for his comic television roles, including voice-over work for cartoon shows, such as Mr. Whoopee on Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales, and his live-action role of the bumbling Corporal Randolph Agarn on F Troop.

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Happy birthday to Clancy Brown, born January 5, 1959.

Clarence John Brown III is an American actor and voice actor known for his roles as the Kurgan in the fantasy film Highlander (1986), Byron Hadley in the prison drama The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Charles Zim in the sci-fi film Starship Troopers (1997) and Brother Justin Crowe in the television series Carnivàle (2003–2005).

He has also provided his voice to films, television series and video games, including Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants(1999–present), Lex Luthor in various media, Doctor Neo Cortex in the Crash Bandicoot video games (1997–2003), Surtur in Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Lt. Hank Anderson in Detroit: Become Human (2018).

He played Zobral in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode “Desert Crossing”.

He is also known for his work as a voice actor in DC Comics supervillain Lex Luthor on Superman: The Animated Series and the Justice League cartoons.

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Remembering George Reeves, born January 5, 1914.

Remembering George Reeves, born January 5, 1914 and passed away on June 16, 1959.

George Reeves was an American actor best known for his role as Superman in the 1950s television program Adventures of Superman.

His death at age 45 from a gunshot remains a polarizing issue; the official finding was suicide, but some believe he was murdered or the victim of an accidental shooting.

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Remembering Sterling Holloway, born January 4, 1905.

Remembering Sterling Holloway, born January 4, 1905 and passed away on November 22, 1992.

Sterling Price Holloway, Jr. was an American actor who appeared in over 100 films and 40 television shows. He was also a voice actor for The Walt Disney Company, well known for his distinctive tenor voice and is perhaps best remembered as the original voice of Mr. Stork in Dumbo, Adult Flower in Bambi, Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, the eponymous character in Winnie the Pooh, Kaa in The Jungle Book and Roquefort in The Aristocats.

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Happy birthday to Kristin Kreuk, born December 30, 1982.

Kristin Laura Kreuk is a Canadian actress, known for her roles as Lana Lang in the Superman-inspired television series Smallville and as Laurel Yeung in the Canadian teen drama Edgemont and Catherine Chandler in Beauty & the Beast.

She has also starred in movies such as Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001), Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009), and Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy (2011).

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Remembering Elisha Cook, born December 26, 1903.

Remembering Elisha Cook, born December 26, 1903 and passed away on May 18,1995.

Elisha Vanslyck Cook, Jr. had a prestigious Hollywood career spanning nearly six decades. However, he is most known and loved by Star Trek fans as Samuel T. Cogley in the “Court Martial” episode of Star Trek: The Original Series.

Outside of Trek, Cook is best remembered for his frequent appearances as aged mobster “Ice Pick” on the hit television series Magnum, P.I., from 1983 through 1988. He also had guest-starring roles on multiple other television shows, including Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, The Untouchables, Wagon Train, The Wild Wild West, Bonanza, and Batman. He also had roles in such popular made-for-TV movies as The Night Stalker (1972) and ‘Salem’s Lot (1979). In 1982, he co-starred in the TV movie Terror at Alcatraz.

He also co-starred in several classic feature films, including The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Big Sleep (1946), Shane (1953), The Killing (1956), the original House on Haunted Hill (1959), and Rosemary’s Baby (1968). He was in the classic 1947 film-noir Born to Kill.
Cook’s other notable films include I, the Jury (1953), The Great Bank Robbery (1969), Blacula (1972), Emperor of the North Pole (1973), The Outfit (1973), Steven Spielberg’s 1941 (1979), and Harry’s War (1981).

Cook died of a stroke in Big Pine, California in 1995 at the age of 91.

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