Obituaries In The Performing Arts, 2007: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture 0786434813, 9780786434817, 9780786451913

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Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2007 Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture by

HARRIS M. LENTZ III

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Jefferson, North Carolina, and London

On the front cover, clockwise from top left: Ann Hovey, Merv Griffin, Anna Nicole Smith, Ike Turner.

ISSN 1087-9617

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©2008 Harris M. Lentz, III. All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Manufactured in the United States of America

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To the memory of those friends and family lost during 2007 — Gene Bursi, Eleanore Kyle, Fred Wiseman, Dr. Leona Demere “Sissy” Dwyer, Ernest Biscio, Louis Berretta, Norman Ricci, Betty Jane Thurman, Ronnie Clark and Teddy Infuhr, Eleanore Stewart, Nicholas Worth, Robert Jordan

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I greatly appreciate the assistance of my mother, Helene Lentz, and my good friend, Carla Clark. Special thanks also go to my sister, Nikki Walker, and to Bob King at Classic Images for granting permission to use information from my columns. Also, thanks to Rosa Burnett and the staff at State Technical Institute library, Tom Weaver, Fred Davis, Forrest J Ackerman, John Beifuss, Ray Neilson, John Whyborn, Boyd Magers, Larry Tauber, Andrew “Captain Comics” Smith, Jimmy Walker, Tony Pruitt, Greg Bridges, Bobby Mathews, Kent Nelson, George and Leona Alsup, Betty Alsup, Toni Cerritto, Dale Warren, Andrew Clark, Aarin Prichard, Dr. Mark Heffington, Anne Taylor, Andy Branham, John Nelson, Richard Allynwood, Frank de Azpillaga, Irv Jacobs, Bill Warren, Bob Cuneo, Alun Jones, Marty Baumann, Joe Caviolo, Rusty White of Entertainment Insiders, Russ Blatt of Life in Legacy, the folks at VoyForums: Celebrity Obits (especially Barbara, Peggy, Rocket, Loren, Greg, Chronicler, Danny), Joy Martin, Denise Tansil, Blaine Lester, Louis and Carol Baird, Carlin and Renee Stuart, Melanie Pinson, Marlene Taylor, Greg Bridges, Maggie Hernandez, Dia Barbee, “Doc,” Dave Ramsey, Ray and Judy Herring,

Don and Elaine Kerley, Mark Webb, Wally Traylor, Letsie Axmaker, Jerry Van Hausen, Michael Roberts, Jennifer Eggleston, Lance Freemon, Darryl and Amy Wheeler, Grace Garcia, Daniel Dixon, Kevin Britt, Jordan Lacina, Steve Tines, Ronnie McAfee, Mark Ledbetter, Dennis Traylor, Gwen Beatley, John Anglin, Brian Theros, Jimmy Sowell, Reggie Johnson, Tony Mace, Marvin Massey, Bob Baldwin, Kira Christensen, Shannon Carrico, Heather Rich, Katie Brittney Peyton, Steve Montgomery, Keith Prince, Laura Crofcheck, Travis Williams, Derek Williams, Richard Dillingham, Bridgette Newman, Jessica Housley, Timothy Cleary, Josh Cleary, Tracy Long, Keith Lindley, Rebecca Hanson, Tina Bryant, Chad Wray, Holli and Nick Ayleward, Lane and Drew Lester, Kurt Carlsen, Suzanne and Flannigan Clifford, Mandy Lancaster, Jeff Eddy, Candace Bell, Jerry Warloh, Hayden, the fine folks at J. Alexanders, Willy Moffitt’s, Bob’s Sports Bar, the Memphis Film Festival, Glinda Kelley and Ray Grier of the Ellendale Post Office, the gang at AOL’s Classic Horror Film Board, Tommy Gattas, James Gattas, Emma Brown, the University of Memphis Library and the Memphis, Shelby County, and Bartlett public libraries.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments vi Introduction ix Reference Bibliography xiii The 2007 Obituaries

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INTRODUCTION The year 2007 saw the passing of a host of celebrities, both great and small, whose talents in film, television, song, dance, literature, and other endeavors entertained, enlightened, and sometimes provoked us. From Oscar-, Grammy-, Tony- and Emmy-winning performers, to cult actors, one-hit wonders, and denizens of the animal kingdom, this volume reports on 1272 individuals who contributed to the performing arts and popular culture in the United States and throughout the world. Notable losses include Oscar-winner and former Mrs. Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman; singer turned actor turned talk show host turned game show impresario Merv Griffin, and Broadway star turned game show panelist Kitty Carlisle. Internationally renowned opera singer Luciano Pavarotti and the leading lady of American opera, Beverly Sills, joined daredevil stuntman Evel Knievel and Playboy centerfold Anna Nicole Smith in the year’s passings. Two titans of international cinema, Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni, perished on the same day. Legendary Broadway actor and singer Robert Goulet and celebrated mime Marcel Marceau were also forever silenced. Deborah Kerr, who steamed the screen in From Here to Eternity, and Dick Wilson, who as Mr. Whipple steamed when customers squeezed his Charmin, also passed on. Two of America’s greatest literary figures, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and Norman Mailer, are found within these pages, as is popular novelist and I Dream of Jeannie creator Sidney Sheldon. The literary father of Rosemary’s Baby, Ira Levin, and The Mephisto Waltz’s author, Fred Mustard Stewart, departed the mortal plane along

with televangelists Tammy Faye Bakker, Jerry Falwell, and Rex Humbard. The year also saw the passing of the last of the Rat Pack, comic Joey Bishop, late night talk show host Tom Snyder, pioneering rock singer and musician Ike Turner, baseball announcer Phil Rizzuto, Enola Gay bomber pilot Paul Tibbets, and astronaut Wally Schirra. Match Game icons Charles Nelson Reilly and Brett Somers were also reunited in death’s domain. Exotic film leading lady Yvonne DeCarlo, who gained even greater fame as television’s Lily Munster, and singer and actress Betty Hutton, who starred as Annie Oakley in the musical Annie Get Your Gun, both passed on in 2007. Two screen Tarzans, Bruce Bennett and Gordon Scott, took a final bow, along with Hercules actor and bodybuilder Reg Park, and Kerwin Mathews, who starred on screen as Sinbad, Gulliver, and Jack the Giant Killer. Barry Nelson, who starred as the first James Bond in a 1954 television production, John Gardner, who took up Ian Fleming’s torch as writer of the James Bond book series, and Lois Maxwell, who carried a torch for Agent 007 as the everhopeful Miss Moneypenny in 14 of the Bond films, all died during the past year. Frankie Laine, who sang the memorable television theme Rawhide, and Bobby “Boris” Pickett, who created “The Monster Mash,” join “Yakety Sax” musician Boots Randolph and leading country singers Porter Wagoner and Hank Thompson in this volume. Other notable passings include Scooby-Doo creator Iwao Takamoto, Jack Valenti, who headed the Motion Picture Association of America and

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Obituaries • 2007 created the film ratings system; Oscar-winning choreographer Michael Kidd; jazz legend Oscar Peterson; Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Gian Carlo Menotti, whose opera Amahl and the Night Visitors became a modern classic; Tommy Newsom, the occasional leader of Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show band; Russian ballet choreographer Igor Moiseyev; adult film pioneer Jim Mitchell; veteran character actor Charles Lane; film and television comedian Tom Poston; and Italian film producer and husband of Sophia Loren, Carlo Ponti. Don Herbert, who made science fun for several generations of children as television’s Mr. Wizard, film critic Joel Siegel, Flying Burrito Brothers steel guitarist turned film special effects designer Sneaky Pete Kleinow, and Oscar-winning make-up artist William Tuttle, also perished in 2007. Other losses include film noir scriptwriter A.I. Bezzerides; humorist Art Buchwald; Howdy Doody puppeteer Velma Dawson; Pulitzer Prize– winning journalist David Halberstam; Bob Clark, the director of the modern holiday classic The Christmas Story; veteran horror film director and Oscar-winning cinematographer Freddie Francis; and the Oscar-winning helmer of Marty, Delbert Mann. Other passings include leading voice performer Walker Edmiston, Oscar-winning special effects designer Peter Ellenshaw, and advertising executive Philip Dusenberry, whose commercial set Michael Jackson’s hair on fire. The intelligent parrot Alex, the one-eyed albino rat Jiminy, and Meerkat matriarch Flower were among the year’s nonhuman losses. The Hollywood firmament was further dimmed by the loss of such stars as Oscar-winner Miyoshi Umeki, George Grizzard, Janet Blair, Jean-Claude Brialy, Percy Rodrigues, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Laura Devon, Calvin Lockhart, Mala Powers, Ian Richardson, Moira Lister, and Eleonora Rossi Drago. Character actors Nicholas Worth, Roy Jenson, Alice Backes, Jeanne Bates, Robert Symonds, Lee Bergere, Eddie Firestone, Maurice Marsac, Paul Reed, Floyd Red Crow Westerman will also be missed, as will comedians Stanley Myron Handleman, Richard Jeni, and Pudgy. Other film and television icons whose passings are noted within include The Mod Squad ’s Captain Greer — Tige Andrews; Barney Miller’s

x Officer Carl Levitt — Ron Carey; Dr. Kildare’s Nurse Mary Lamont — Laraine Day; David Letterman’s comic foil Larry “Bud” Melman — Calvert DeForest; Bewitched ’s ditzy witch Esmerelda — Alice Ghostley; Little House on the Prairie’s Rev. Alden — Dabbs Greer; The New Avengers Mike Gambit — Gareth Hunt; Are You Being Served?’s Mr. Humphries — John Inman; The Dirty Dozen’s Tassos Bravos — Al Mancini; and Shaka Zulu star Henry Cele. Charles B. Griffith, who scripted such Roger Corman cult film classics as Little Shop of Horrors and Attack of the Crab Monsters, died in 2007. Other cult film figures who passed on include Crazy Fat Ethel star Priscilla Alden, Friday the 13th actress Laurie Bartram, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls star Michael Blodgett, The Thing with Two Heads director Lee Frost, Bride of the Monster leading lady Loretta King, Day of the Triffids scripter Bernard Gordon and co–star Kieron Moore, Raw Force leading lady Jillian Kesner, Attack of the Giant Leeches director Bernard Kowalski, Liane, Jungle Goddess star Marion Michael, Journey to the Center of the Earth’s HansPeter Ronson, It’s Alive father John P. Ryan, Night of the Living Dead antagonist Karl Hardman, T&A director Andy Sidaris, Tigon Films producer Tony Tenser, The Strangler director Burt Topper, and Last House on a Dead End Street filmmaker Roger Watkins. The death toll also claimed child performers Sonny Bupp, Teddy Infuhr, Marcia Mae Jones, Bobby Mauch, and Ashleigh Aston Moore, stuntmen Bill Catching and Bob Miles, glamour girls Jeanne Carmen and Liz Renay, and Playboy centerfold Phyllis Sherwood. Family members of celebrities who were accomplished figures in their own rights are also to be found within these pages. Included within are Osmond family patriarch George, Art Linkletter’s son Jack, Sir Winston Churchill’s daughter Arabella, Lucille Ball’s brother Fred, George Burns and Gracie Allen’s son Ronnie, Frank Capra’s son Frank Jr., Buddy Ebsen’s sister Velma, Buster Keaton’s son Buster Jr., Martin Luther King’s daughter Yolanda, Spencer Tracy’s son John, and Sharon Osbourne’s father Don Arden. The world of music suffered major loses during the year. Popular singers Theresa Brewer, Dan Fogelberg, Luther Ingram, and Barbara McNair;

xi rock musicians Brad Delp of Boston and Kevin DuBrow of Quiet Riot; rockabilly artist Janis Martin, who was billed as the female Elvis; and “These Boots Are Made for Walking” songwriter Lee Hazlewood all passed on. Along with Pavarotti and Sills, such opera stars as Rose Bampton, Regine Crespin, and Jerry Hadley also were silenced. Other musical losses include the rappers Pimp C, Big Moe, and Stacks Bundles, South African reggae performer Lucky Dube, Aborigine singer George Rrurramba, Hawaiian crooner Don Ho, Irish singer Tommy Makem of the Clancy Brothers, and Werner von Trapp of the Trapp Family Singers. The realm of sports entertainment was stunned with wrestling superstar Chris Benoit’s murder of his wife, fellow wrestling personality Nancy “Woman” Benoit and their young son, and Benoit’s subsequent suicide. The year also saw the passing of such major professional wrestling figures as Bam Bam Bigelow, The Fabulous Moolah, Sensational Sherry Martel, Bryan “Crush” Adams, Mike Awesome, Eliminator John Kronus, Ernie Ladd, and Bad News Brown. Science fiction and fantasy authors Robert Jordan, Madeleine L’Engle, Sterling Lanier, Fred Saberhagen, and Robert Anton Wilson died during the year. Cartoonist Johnny Hart, creator of the B.C. comic, and Brant Parker, who co–created The Wizard of Id comic strip with Hart, both died in 2007. Paul Norris, creator of the superhero Aquaman, and Arnold Drake, who created the superhero team The Doom Patrol, also passed on, as did leading comic artists Marshall Rogers and Mike Wieringo and Archie Comics executive Richard Goldwater. This book provides a single source that notes the deaths of all major and many minor figures in the fields of film, television, cartoons, theatre, music and popular literature. The obituaries con-

2007 • Obituaries tain pertinent details of deaths including date, place and cause, of 1272 celebrities. Biographical information and career highlights and achievements are also provided. I have also included a complete-as-possible filmography for film and television performers. I have discontinued the practice of including citations with individual entries, as more often than not I have utilized online sources for much of the information. Both print and online resources used are listed below and in the bibliography. A photograph has been included for many of the individuals. I have been writing obituaries of film personalities for nearly thirty years, beginning with a column in Forry Ackerman’s Famous Monsters of Filmland in the late 1970s. Many of the film obituaries in the work are taken from my monthly column in Classic Images (P.O. Box 809, Muscatine, IA 52761), a newspaper devoted to classic films and their performers. Information on the passing of the individuals found in this volume has been gathered from a myriad of sources. Primary sources, as previously noted are listed in the individual bibliographies, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Times (of London), The Washington Post, Variety, Time, People, TV Guide and Newsweek. Other sources include Boyd Mager’s Western Clippings, The Memphis Commercial Appeal, The Hollywood Reporter, The (Manchester) Guardian, The Comics Buyer’s Guide, Locus, Pro Wrestling Torch, Psychotronic Video, The Comics Journal and Facts on File. Several sources on the internet have also been helpful, including Celebrity Obits (http://www/voy.com/60649/ ), Life in Legacy (formerly Famous Deaths — Week in Review) (http://www.lifeinlegacy.com/ ), Entertainment Insiders (http://www.einsiders.com/ features/columns/2006obituaries), and the Internet Movie Database, Ltd. (http://us.imdb.com/ ).

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The Academy Players Directory. Beverly Hills, CA : Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 1978–2003. The American Film Institute Catalog: Feature Films, 1911–20. Patricia King Hansen, ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. American Film Institute Catalog: Feature Films, 1921–30. Kenneth W. Munden, ed. New York : R.R. Bowker, 1971. The American Film Institute Catalog: Feature Films, 1931–40. Patricia King Hansen, ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. American Film Institute Catalog: Feature Films, 1961–70. Richard P. Krafsur, ed. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1976. Brooks, Tim. The Complete Directory of Prime Time TV Stars. New York: Ballantine, 1987. Brown, Les. The New York Times Encyclopedia of Television. New York: Times, 1977. Bushnell, Brooks. Directors and Their Films. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1993. Chilton, John. Who’s Who of Jazz. Philadelphia, PA: Chilton, 1972. Contemporary Authors. Detroit: Gale Research, various editions. DeLong, Thomas A. Radio Stars. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1996. Dimmitt, Richard Bertrand. An Actors Guide to the Talkies. Two volumes. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1967. Erickson, Hal. Television Cartoon Shows. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1995. Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940–1949. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1994. _____. Feature Films, 1950–1959. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1999. _____. Sound Films, 1927–1939. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1992.

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Obituaries • 2007 Walker, John, ed. Halliwell’s Filmgoer’s and Video Viewer’s Companion, 10th ed. New York: HarperPerennial, 1993. Watson, Elena M. Television Horror Movie Hosts. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1991. Weaver, Tom. Attack of the Monster Movie Makers: Interviews with 20 Genre Giants. Jefferson, NC : McFarland, 1994. _____. Eye on Science Fiction. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2003. _____. I Was a Monster Movie Maker. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001. _____. Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1988. _____. It Came from Weaver Five: Interviews with 20 Zany, Glib and Earnest Moviemakers in the SF and Horror Traditions of the Thirties, Forties, Fifties and Sixties. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1994. _____. Monsters, Mutants and Heavenly Creatures. Baltimore, MD: Midnight Marquee, 1996. _____. Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Flashbacks. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1998. _____. Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1991. _____. They Fought in the Creature Features: Interviews with 23 Classic Horror, Science Fiction and Serial Stars. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1994. Who’s Who in the World. Chicago: Marquis Who’s Who, various editions. Willis, John, ed. Screen World. New York : Crown, 1958–2001.

Internet References NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS Arizona Central — http://www.azcentral.com/ BBC News — http://news.bbc.co.uk/ Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) http:// www.commercialappeal.com/ Der Standard — http://derstandard.at/ Guardian Unlimited — http://www.guardian.co.uk/ Hollywood Reporter — http://www.hollywoodreporter. com/hr/index.jsp The Independent — http://news.independent.co.uk/ International Herald Tribune — http://www.iht.com/ La Repubblica — http://www.repubblica.it/ Los Angeles Times — http://www.latimes.com/ The Nation — http://www.nationmultimedia.com/ New York Times — http://www.nytimes.com/ Online Newspapers — http://www.onlinenewspapers. com/ Playbill — http://www.playbill.com/news/ RTE Entertainment — http://www.rte.ie/ Seattle Post-Intelligence — http://seattlepi.nwsource. com/

xiv The Stage — http://www.thestage.co.uk/ Sar Tribune (Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota)— http://www.startribune.com/ Telegraph — http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Time — http://www.time.com/ Times of India — http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ TimesOnline — http://www.guardian.co.uk/ Variety — http://www.variety.com/ Xinhua-Chinan View — http://news.xinhuanet.com/ english/ Yonhap News — http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Eng news/

OTHER SITES 1WrestlingLegends — http://www.1wrestlinglegends. com/ alt.obituaries — http://groups.google.com/group/alt. obituaries/ Bruisermania — http://bruisermania.com/ Caskets on Parade — http://www.msu.edu/~daggy/ cop/bkofdead/ Caratteristi e Protagonisti Della Commedia Italina Anni ’70 e ’80— http://www.caratteristi.it/ Cauliflower Alley Club — http://www.caulifloweralleyclub.org/ Celebrity Deathwatch — http://slick.org/deathwatch/ mailarchive/maillist.html Celebrity Obits — http://www.voy.com/60649/ Classic Horror Film Board — http://pub20.ezboard. com/bmonsterkidclassichorrorforum Dead People Server — http://dpsinfo.com/dps/ Dead Porn Stars — http://www.rame.net/faq/dead porn/ Dead Rock Stars Club — http://thedeadrockstarsclub. com/ Entertainment Insiders — http://www.einsiders.com/ Find a Grave — http://www.findagrave.com/ Gary Will: Deceased Pro Wrestlers — http://www.garywill.com/wrestling/decwres Internet Movie Database — http://www.imdb.com/ Last Link on the Left — http://lastlinkontheleft.com/finalcredits.html Legacy.com — http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries Life in Legacy — http://www.lifeinlegacy.com/ Memphis Film Festival — http://www.memphisfilm festival.com/ Outpost Gallifrey — http://gallifreyone.com/ Social Security Death Index — http://ssdi.genealogy. rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi Toonopedia — http://www.toonopedia.com/index.htm Wikipedia — http://en.wikipedia.org/ Young Hollywood Hall of Fame — http://www.young hollywoodhof.com/

OBITUARIES IN THE PERFORMING ARTS, 2007 worked frequently with Andrew Lloyd Webber, training singers for his productions of Cats, Evita, and Starlight Express. Adam hosted his own BBC television show I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing in 1989. He also worked on Kenneth Branagh’s 2000 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, and was featured onscreen as a singing coach in the 2006 film Confetti. Adam was coaching Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter for their roles in Tim Burton’s film adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical Sweeney Todd at the time of his death.

ABERNATHY, FRANKIE Frankie Abernathy, who starred in the MTV reality television series Real World: San Diego in 2004, died at her mother’s home in Shorewood, Wisconsin, on June 10, 2007. She was 25. She had suffered from cystic fibrosis since she was a child. Abernathy was born in Blue Springs, Missouri, on December 21, 1981. She appeared as a moody punk rocker on the show, with numerous tattoos and piercings. She left before the series ended because of conflicts with her housemates and her desire to be reunited with her boyfriend.

ADAMS, BRYAN Bryan Adams, a professional wrestler who was known as Crush in the WWE and was half of the tag team KroniK in the WCW, died at his home in Tampa, Florida, of an accidental overdose of pain killers and anti-depressants on August 13, 2007. He was 44. Adams was born in Kona, Hawaii on January 31, 1963. He began wrestling in 1986 with Pacific Northwest Wrestling in Oregon. Known as the American Ninja, he teamed with Len “the Grappler” Denton to capture the tag team title. He also held the Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship in 1990. He came to the World Wrestling Federation (now known as the WWE) as Crush, the third member of the tag team Demolition, with Ax and Smash. Demolition held the WWE tag team belts several times before disbanding in 1991. He returned to the Pacific Northwest area where he teamed with Steve Doll to win the tag team championship. He also captured the heavyweight belt in 1991 before returning to the WWE in 1992. Sometimes billed as the Hawaiian surfer Kona Crush, Adams feuded with such wrestlers as Doink the Clown, Barry “Repo Man” Darsow (who was his former Demolition partner Smash), and Randy Savage. Crush was terminated by the WWE following his arrest at his home in Kona, Hawaii, for possession of illegal steroids in early 1995. He returned to the WWE the following year where he briefly joined Faarooq’s Nation of Domination. He then formed the biker team called the Disciples of Apocalypse (DOA) to battle Faarooq’s team and the Hispanic gang Los Boricuas. He left the WWE for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1998, where he became part of the New World Order (nWo), teaming with Scott Norton, Vincent, Horace Hogan and Stevie Ray. He briefly appeared in the WCW as the KISS Demon before being replaced by Dale Torberg. Adams reemerged in the WCW teaming with Bryan Clarke as part of the tag team KroniK. The formidable team held the WCW tag titles several times. They were briefly signed with the WWE when WCW folded in 2001. After a feud with the Undertaker, Adams was sent to the developmental territory Heartland Wrestling Association in Ohio before being released later in the year. He and Clarke reunited as KroniK in the World Wrestling All-Stars in February of 2002. They also wrestled in Japan where they captured the All Japan

Frankie Abernathy

ADAM, IAN British vocal coach Ian Adam died in a London hospital after a brief illness on May 10, 2007. He was 76. Adam was born in Fontrose, on the Black Isle in Scotland, on March 14, 1931. He began his career as a singer with the Scottish Opera before becoming a voice teacher. He worked with actor Michael Crawford for the 1973 musical Billy, and Crawford continued to train with him during his rise to become a leading musical star with 1986’s The Phantom of the Opera. He

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Bryan Adams (left, with Bryan Clarke)

ADEEB, ABDEL HAY Egyptian screenwriter Abdel Hay Adeeb died in Switzerland after a long illness on June 11, 2007. He was 82. He was one of Egypt’s best known screenwriters who wrote over 120 films during his career. He was best known for scripting Youssef Chahine’s 1958 film Cairo Station. He also wrote A Woman on the Road (1958), Omar Sharif ’s The Revolt of the Mamalukes (1965), Kenouz (1966), A Wife from Paris (1966), Shabab Magnoun Geddan (1967), El Aris el Thani (1961), Akhtar Ragol fil Alam (1967), Hawaa Wal Kerd (1968), Baba Ayez Keda (1968), and Ines Al Deghleidy’s controversial 2001 film Mothakerat Morahkah. His survivors include his sons, filmmakers Emad and Adel Adeeb. AGUILAR, GUSTAVO Mexican actor Gustavo Aguilar Tejada died of renal failure in Mexico City on September 24, 2007. Aguilar, who was also known as Manotas, appeared frequently on screen and television from the 1980s. His film credits include El Escuadron de la Muerte (1985), Caceria Humana (1987), Taquito do Ojo (1988), Breed of Snakes (1988), Sante Sangre (1989), Infierno en la Frontera (1990), Jack el Vigilante (1990), Domingo Tragico (1991), Traicion (1991), Pueblo de Malditos (1993), Adela Despierta (1997), Policia de Narcoticos 2 (1999), Cabezas Rapadas (2000), La Fiera de la Montana (2001), The Mexican (2001), El Marneluco de mi Compadre (2003), and El Cara de Chango 2 (2005). Aguilar also appeared on television in episodes of Al Derecho y al Derbez, Esmeralda, and Aventuras en el Tiempo, and the 2001 mini-series Navidad sin Fin (2001). AGUILAR, TONY Mexican actor and singer Tony Aguilar died of complications from pneumonia and heart disease in a Mexico City hospital on June 19, 2007. He was 88. He was born Pascual Antonio Aguilar Barraza in Villanueva, Zacatecas, Mexico, on May 17, 1919. He became a leading performer of ranchera music with such hits as “Triste Rescuerdo,” “Gabino Barrera,” and “Un Puno de Tierra.” He made his film debut in

2 1952 and starred in numerous movies including Un Rincon Cerca del Cielo (1952), Yo Fui una Callejera (1952), Amor de Locura (1953), La Mujer Desnuda (1953), Reventa de Esclavas (1954), Una Gallega en La Habana (1955), Musica, Espuelas y Amor (1955), El Rayo Justiciero (1955), La Barrance ce la Muerte (1955), El Gavilan Vengador (1955), Tierra de Hombres (1956), La Sierra del Terror (1956), La Huella del Chacal (1956), Cien Muchachas (1957), La Pantera Negra (1957), La Justicia del Gavilan Vengador (1957), Fiesta en el Corazon (1958), La Venganza de Heraclio Bernal (1958), Los Muertos no Hablan (1958), El Fin de un Imperio (1958), Los Santos Reyes (1959), The Soldiers of Pancho Villa (1959), La Sombra del Caudillo (1960), Two Disobedient Sons (1960), Ah, Love Is Beautiful (1960), Stray Bullet (1960), Vacations in Acapulco (1961), La Joven Mancornadora (1961), My Son, the Hero (1961), Rumbo a Brasilia (1961), The Important Man (1962), Flaming Sun (1962), The White Horse (1962), El Justiciero Vengador (1962), Cazadores de Asesinos (1962), If I Were a Millionaire (1962), La Emboscada Mortal (1962), Yo el Mujeriego (1963), Vuelve el Norteno (1964), El Revolver Sangriento (1964), El Padre Diablo (1965), Gabino Barrera (1965), El Hijo de Gabino Barrera (1965), La Vida de Pedro Infante (1966), El Alazan y el Rosillo (1966), Los Cuatro Juanes (1966), Juan Colorado (1966), The Two Rivals (1966), Los Alegres Aguilares (1967), Lucio Vazquez (1968), El Caballo Bayo (1969), and Lauro Punales (1969). Aguilar was featured as Juarista General Rojas in the 1969 Hollywood film The Undefeated starring John Wayne. He also starred in the title role in the 1970 biographical film Emiliano Zapata about the Mexican leader. His film credits also include La Captura de Gabino Barrera (1970), La Venganza de Gabino Barrera (1971), They Call Him Marcado (1971), Valente Quintero (1973), La Muerte de Pancho Villa (1974), Peregrina (1974), Simon Blanco (1975), Don Hercurlano Enamorado (1975), El Rey (1976), Sabor a Sangre (1977), Mi Caballo el Cantador (1977), El Moro de Cumpas (1977), Volver, Volver, Volver (1977), La Muerte de un Gallero (1977), Los Triunfadores (1978), Benjamin Argumedo el Rebelde (1979), Albur de Amor (1980), El Anima de Sayula (1982), Viva el Chubasco (1983), The Madcap Who Performed Miracles (1984), El Rey de Oros (1984), Astucia (1986), Contrabando y Muerte (1986), Zapata en Ehinameca (1987), Lamberto Quintero (1987),

Tony Aguilar

3 Domingo Corrales (1988), El Hijo de Lamberto Quintero (1990), Triste Recuerdo (1991), El Chivo (1992), and La Sangre de un Valiente (1993) as Pancho Villa. Aguilar also remained a popular singer and musician, performing throughout Mexico and the United States. He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2000.

AHNERT, GERLIND German television personality Gerlind Ahnert died in Rosenheim, Germany, on September 12, 2007. She was 73. Ahnert was born in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany, on April 26, 1934. She was featured in such films as Ehesache Lorenz (1959), Ware fur Katalonien (1959), Reportage 57 (1959), Seilergasse 8 (1960), Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot (1961), Drei Kapitel Gluck (1961), Das Verhexte Fischerdorf (1962), and Meine Freundin Sybille (1967). She also appeared in television productions of Kater Lampe (1967), Alchimisten (1968), and Tater Unbekannt (1972). She was an announcer on East German television for over two decades through the early 1980s.

2007 • Obituaries Ravina (1958), E Eles Nao Voltaram (1960), Samba (1965), and A Espia Que Entrou em Fria (1967). He was best known in Brazil for his numerous television performances, appearing in such series as O Desconhecido (1964), Coracao (1965), Eu Compro Esta Mulher (1966), A Sombra de Rebeca (1967), Demian, o Justiceiro (1968), A Ponte dos Suspiros (1969), Pai Heroi (1979), Dona Beija (1986), Novo Amor (1986), Tudo ou Nada (1986), Kananga do Japao (1989), Sonho Meu (1993), Tocaia Grande (1995), Xica da Silva (1996), Mandacaru (1997), Os Maias (2001), and Chocolate com Pimenta (2003). Alberto was married to actress Yona Magalhaes.

ALBRECHT, CARTER Dallas musician Jeffrey Carter Albrecht was shot to death in Dallas, Texas, on September 3, 2007. He allegedly attacked his girlfriend and attempted to break in the door of a neighbor. The neighbor, asleep at the time, thought he was a burglar and fired a shot through the door, causing a fatal head wound. Albrecht was 34. He was born in Cartersville, Georgia, on June 23, 1973. Albrecht became the keyboardist for the New Bohemians in 1999 and played guitar, keyboard and sang for the local Dallas band Sorta. He also played with such musicians as Paul Simon and Charlie Sexton. Albrecht was working on a solo album at the time of his death.

Gerlin Ahnert

ALBERTO, CARLOS Brazilian actor Carlos Alberto Soares died of cancer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 6, 2007. He was 81. Alberto was born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on June 11, 1925. He began his film career in the early 1950s, appearing in Carnaval Atlantida (1952), O Craque (1953), Rua Sem Sol (1954),

Carlos Alberto

Carter Albrecht

ALDEN, PRISCILLA Over-sized character actress Priscilla Alden died in San Francisco, California, on August 24, 2007. She was 68. Alden was born in San

Priscilla Alden (as Crazy Fat Ethel )

Obituaries • 2007 Francisco on June 27, 1939. She was a frequent performer on the local stage before making her film debut as the larger than life homicidal maniac Ethel Janowski in the 1975 cult classic Criminally Insane (aka Crazy Fat Ethel ). She reprised her role in the 1987 sequel Crazy Fat Ethel 2. She racked up more victims as Nurse Edith Mortley in the films Death Nurse (1987) and Death Nurse 2 (1988). Alden also appeared in small roles in the films Birdy (1984), Quest of the Delta Knights (1993), Nine Months (1995), and The Turn of the Screw (2003). She appeared on television in the tele-film Stolen: One Husband and an episode of Midnight Caller in 1990.

ALEX Alex, a highly intelligent African Grey parrot who was the subject of a 30-year experiment into the understanding of the avian brain, was found dead in his cage of natural causes at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, on September 6, 2007. Alex, whose name was an acronym for Avian Learning Experiment, was purchased from a pet store by animal psychologist Irene Pepperberg in 1973. He initially resided at the University of Arizona, later at Harvard and finally at Brandeis University. Alex was able to identify 50 objects, differentiate colors, count to six and could even express frustration during repetitive scientific trails. He provided over 30 years of scientific research towards understanding of the bird brain. Alex also showed off his skills on various BBC and PBS nature programs on television, and appeared with Alan Alda on the PBS series Look Who’s Talking.

Alex

ALEXANDER, LLOYD

Fantasy author Lloyd Alexander died of cancer at his home in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, on May 17, 2007. He was 83. Alexander was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 30, 1924. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and worked in counterintelligence in Paris after the war. He returned to the United States in 1947, where he worked in advertising and as a cartoonist. His first book, And Let The Credit Go, was published in 1955. He wrote several other novels including My Five Tigers (1956), August Bondi: Border Hawk (1958), Aaron Lopez: The Flagship Hope (1960), and Fifty Years in the Doghouse (1963). Alexander wrote the popular 1963 children’s novel Time Cat: The Remarkable Journeys of Jason and Gareth. He began his best-selling fantasy series, The Chronicles of Prydain, with 1964’s The Book of Three. The second book in the series, The Black Cauldron (1965), earned Alexander a Newbery Honor, and both were adapted for the

4 1985 animated film The Black Cauldron. Subsequent books in the series included The Castle of Llyr (1966), Taran Wanderer (1967), The High King (1968) which won the Newbery Medal, and The Foundling and Other Tales from Prydain (1970). He also penned The Westmark Trilog y, which included Westmark (1981), The Kestrel (1982), and The Beggar Queen (1984), and The Vesper Holly Series, consisting of The Illyrian Adventure (1986), The El Dorado Adventure (1987), The Drackenderg Adventure (1988), The Jedera Adventure (1989), The Philadelphia Adventure (1990), and The Xanadu Adventure (2005). His other novels include The Truthful Harp (1967), The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian (1970), The King’s Fountain (1971), The Four Donkeys (1972), The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man (1973), The Wizard in the Tree (1974), The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha (1978), The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen (1991), The Fortune-Tellers (1992), The Arkadians (1995), The House Gobbaleen (1995), The Iron Ring (1997), Gypsy Rizka (1999), How the Cat Swallowed Thunder (2000), The Gawgon and the Boy (2001), The Rope Trick (2002), and Dream-of-Jade: The Emperor’s Cat (2005). His final book, The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio, was published in 2007. Alexander was married to Janine Denni from 1946 until her death a month prior to his own.

Lloyd Alexander

ALGREN, ERIC Special effects artist Eric Algren died in Marina del Rey, California, on May 25,

Eric Algren

5 2007. He was 32. Algren was born in Narragansett, Rhode Island, on August 22, 1974. He began his career in films as a visual effects artist in the 1990s, working on such features as Dante’s Peak (1997), The Fifth Element (1997), Titanic (1997), and Armageddon (1998). He worked with such companies as Hydraulx, Digital Domain, and Creo, specializing as a flame artist. His film credits also include Hostage (2005), The Fog (2005), Aeon Flux (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Little Man (2006), 3000 (2006), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), and The Invasion (2007).

ALLEN, MARIT Costume designer Marit Allen died of a brain aneurism in Sydney, Australia, on November 26, 2007. She was 66. Allen was born in Cheshire, England, on September 17, 1941, and was educated at the University of Grenoble in France. She began working in fashion in the early 1960s, writing for Queen Magazine. She moved to British Vogue in 1963 and spent the next decade covering the British fashion scene. Allen served as a fashion consultant for the 1966 film Kaleidoscope and, credited as Marit Lieberson, designed Julie Christie’s wardrobe for Nicholas Roeg’s 1973 film Don’t Look Now. During her subsequent career, Allen worked frequently with director Roeg and later with Ang Lee. Her film credits include Bad Timing (1980), Richard’s Things (1980), An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982), The Hit (1984), Eureka (1984), Deja Vu (1985), Dream Lover (1986), Little Shop of Horror (1986), White Mischief (1987), Manifesto (1988), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), Who’s Harry Crumb? (1989), The Rachel Papers (1989), Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989), The Witches (1990), Mermaids (1990), A Kiss Before Dying (1991), Shining Through (1992), Wind (1992), The Secret Garden (1993), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Dead Man (1995), Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997), Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997), Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Ride with the Devil (1999), Forever Mine (1999), The Weight of Water (2000), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), Hulk (2003), Thunderbirds (2004), Nomad (2005), Brokeback Mountain (2005), All the King’s Men (2006), La Mome (aka Edith Piaf) (2007), and Love in the Time of Cholera (2007). Allen was twice nominated for an Emmy Award for her work in television, which included credits for the tele-

Marit Allen

2007 • Obituaries films Nelly’s Version (1983), Florence Nightingale (1985), Stalin (1992), and Scarlett (1994). She was working with director George Miller on the forthcoming feature film version of the DC Comic Justice League of America at the time of her death.

ALMIRANTE, ENRIQUE Cuban actor Enrique Almirante died in Havana, Cuba, on October 1, 2007. He was 77. Almirante was born in Havana on February 7, 1930. He began his career on radio in the early 1950s. He was soon appearing in films and became a leading television performer in Cuba. Almirante was featured in such films as Our Man in Havana (1959), Santo vs. the Evil Brain (1961), The Baptism (1968), Tupac Amaru (1984), A Time to Die (1985), El Socio de Dios (1987), Mascaro, Hunter of the Americas (1992), Pata Negra (2001), Black (2003), The Galindez File (2003), and Dreaming of Julia (2003). He was seen in numerous Cuban television series, most recently starring as a boxing trainer in a television soap opera.

Enrique Almirante

ALONSO, ALBERTO Cuban ballet dancer and choreographer Alberto Alonso died at his home in Gainesville, Florida, on December 31, 2007. He was 90. Alonso was born in Havana, Cuba, on May 22, 1917. He studied dance in Paris, and joined the Ballets Russes de Colonel de Basil in 1936. He toured with the company for five years, performing in productions of La Boutique

Alberto Alonso

Obituaries • 2007 Fantasque, Les Femmes de Bonne Hurneur, and Aurora’s Wedding. He returned to Cuba for several years in the early 1940s before joining his brother, Fernando, and Fernando’s wife, Alicia, at New York’s Ballet Theatre in 1943. He was featured in numerous character roles over the next two years, and danced in Jerome Robbins’ production of Fancy Free. He and his family returned to Cuba in 1948 and the three founded what became the National Ballet of Cuba. Alonso created such works as Antes del Alba (1948), Rapsodia Negra (1953), Espacio y Moviemiento (1966), Un Retablo Para Romeo y Julieta (1970), and Cumbres Borrascosas (1982), a ballet adaptation of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. Sister-in-law Alicia Alonso often performed in leading roles. He also choreographed Carmen Suite for the Bolshoi Ballet, which debuted starring Maya Plisetskaya in 1967. Alonso left Cuba for the United States in 1993, and settled in Florida.

ALONSO, ERNESTO Mexican actor Ernesto Alonso, who became a pioneer producer and director of Mexican telenovelas, died of complications from pneumonia at his home in Mexico City on August 8, 2007. He was 90. He was born Ernesto Ramirez Alonso in Aquascalientes, Mexico, on February 28, 1917. He began his career in films as an actor in the late 1930s, and became a popular leading man over the next two decades. Alonso’s many film credits include Sugar Daddy (1939), The Cackling Hen (1941), Historia de un Gran Amor (1942), The Saint That Forged a Country (1942), El Padre Morelos (1943), El Jorobado (1943), The Balloon of Cantoya (1943), La Corte del Faraon (1944), Marina (1945), El Monje Blanco (1945), La Pajarera (1945), Bodas Tragicas (1946), Crimen en la Alcoba (1946), El Gallero (1948), Price of Glory (1949), La Dama del Velo (1949), San Felipe de Jesus (1949), Jewels of Sin (1950), Luis Bunuel’s The Young and the Damned (1950), El Puerto de los Siete Vicios (1951), Trotacalles (1951), Un Principe de la Iglesia (1952), La Cobarde (1953), Reportaje (1953), A Doll’s House (1954), Bunuel’s 1954 adaptation of Wuthering Heights, Un Mujer en la Calle (1955), Maternidad Imposible (1955), Bunuel’s The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955) starring in the title role, Con Quien Andan Nuestras Hijas? (1956), and La Tore de Marfil (1958). He moved to television in 1959, joining Televisa as a producer. He produced, and sometimes directed, hundreds of telenovelas, or soap operas, during his career. His first production was The House of Hate in 1960, and a steady procession followed, with Alonso sometimes appearing onscreen in character roles. His television credits include El Otro (1960), La Mujer Dorada (1960), Divorciadas (1961), Las Gemelas (1961), La Brujula Rota (1961), Estafa de Amor (1961), Niebla (1961), La Leona (1961), La Gloria Quedo Atras (1962), La Actriz (1962), Prisionera (1962), Borrasca (1962), Janina (1962), Las Momias de Guanajuato (1962), La Cobarde (1962), Adios, Amor Mil (1962), Dona Macabra (1963), Las Modelos (1963), Grandes Ilusiones (1963), Mexico 1900 (1964), Historia de un Cobarde (1964), Apasionada (1964), Cumbres Borrascosas (1964), Marina Lavalle (1965), Secreto de Confesion (1965), El Refugio (1965), Una Mujer (1965), La Mentira (1965), Valeria (1965), Maximiliano y Carlota

6 (1965), El Abismo (1965), La Busqueda (1966), La Razon de Vivir (1966), Cristina Guzman (1966), El Patio de Tlaquepague (1966), Mas Fuerte que tu Amor (1966), El Despertar (1966), Lo Prohibido (1967), Deborah (1967), Frontera (1967), Leyendas de Mexico (1968), El Padre Guernica (1968), Los Caudillos (1968), El Retrato de Dorian Gray (1969), El Diario de una Senorita Decente (1969), La Constitucion (1970), El Derecho de los Hijos (1971), Las Mascaras (1971), Las Fieras (1972), La Hiena (1973), El Chofer (1974), El Milagro de Vivir (1975), Paloma (1975), Manana sera Otro Dia (1976), Pacto de Amor (1977), Cartas Para una Victima (1978), Una Mujer Marcada (1979), El Enemigo (1979), Muchacha de Barrio (1979), Yara (1979), Bella y Bestia (1979), Al Final del Arco Iris (1980), Secret de Confesion (1980), Del Derecho de Nacer (1981), Extranos Caminos del Amor (1981), Angelica (1982), Bodas de Odio (1983), La Traicion (1983), El Maleficio (1983), Encadenados (1986), Cursed Inheritance (1986), La Trampa (1988), Atrapada (1988), De Pura Sangre (1988), Yo Compro esa Mujer (1990), Un Rostro en mi Pasado (1990), Lo Blanco y lo Negro (1992), Triangulo (1992), La Sonrisa del Diablo (1996), El Vuelo del Aguila (1996), La Antorcha Encendida (1997), Desencuentro (1997), Laberintos de Pasion (1999), El Precio de tu Amor (2000), La Otra (2002), My Love, My Sin (2004), Barrera de Amor (2005), and Sor Juana ines de la Cruz (2006).

Enrique Alonso

ALPERT, HOLLIS Author and film critic Hollis Alpert died in Naples, Florida, on November 18, 2007. He was 91. Alpert was born in Herkimer, New York, on September 24, 1916. He served as fiction editor for The New Yorker magazine from 1950 to 1956. He also wrote film reviews for Saturday Review and Woman’s Day, and was a book reviewer for The New York Times. Alpert also contributed articles and essays about films and film personalities to Playboy, Cosmopolitan, and Esquire, and was chief editor of American Film Magazine. He and Pauline Kael were co-founders of the National Society of Film Critics in 1966. Alpert was also author of several books including Broadway! 125 Years of Musical Theatre, The Life and Times of Porg y and Bess, Burton about actor Richard Burton, Fellini: A Life, and The Barrymores. He scripted an episode of the television series Johnny Staccato in 1959. (See photograph on page 7.)

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2007 • Obituaries AMALIO LOPEZ, PEDRO Spanish television director Pedro Amalio Lopez died in Madrid, Spain, on June 25, 2007. He was 82. Amalio Lopez was born in Madrid in 1925. He produced, directed, and scripted the 1969 Spanish television series El Conde de Monte Cristo. He also directed such series as Silencio, Vivimos (1962), Novela (1962), Primera Fila (1962), De 500a 500.000 (1963), Platea (1963), Las Doce Caras de Juan (1967), Al Filo de lo Imposible (1970), Obra Completa (1971), Todo es Posible en Domingo (1974), La Saga de los Rius (1976), and La Comedia (1983).

Hollis Alpert

ALVAREZ, IRMA Argentine-Brazilian actress Irma Alvarez died of lung cancer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 8, 2007. She was 73. Alvarez was born in Saliguelo, Argentina, on November 21, 1933. She began her career in films in Argentina in 1950, where she appeared in Cinco Locos en la Pista (1950), Del Otro Lado del Puente (1953), and De Noche Tambien se Duerme (1955). Alvarez relocated to Brazil later in the decade and continued her career in such films as Massagista de Madame (1958), Os Dois Ladroes (1960), Nordeste Sangrento (1962), Porto das Caixas (1962), A Morte em Tres Tempos (1964), Encontro com a Morte (1965), 22-2000 Cicade Aberta (1965), Engracadinha Depois dos Trinta (1966), Onde a Terra Comeca (1966), Todas as Mulheres do Mundo (1967), O Sabor do Pecado (1967), Anguished Land (1967), O Homem Nu (1968), A Doce Mulher Amada (1968), A Virgem Prometida (1968), The Night of My Love (1968), How Are You? Well? (1969), Vampire’s Dream (1969), The Girl Watchers (1969), A Cama Ao Alcance de Todos (1969), This Is Simonal (1970), Pra Quem Fica, Tchau (1971), Caingangue (1973), A Estrela Sobe (1974), Blablabla (1975), Ana, a Libertina (1975), O Dia Marcado (1977), Pra Frente, Brasil (1982), Aguenta, Coracao (1984), Rockmania (1986), and O Viajante (1999). Alvarez also appeared on Brazilian television in