Farewell, Patty Duke

It has a name!

Patty Duke (1946-2016)

Farewell, Coleen Gray

Duke, you should have taken me with you!

Coleen Gray (1922-2015)

Farewell, Christopher Lee

I hate being idle. As dear Boris used to say, when I die, I  want to die with my boots on.

Christopher Lee (1922-2015)

There's a certain comfort in knowing that you don't have to try to be the coolest person in the world. Christopher Lee already was that person.

Farewell, Leonard Nimoy

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.

 

Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)

Farewell, Louis Jourdan

I would rather be called a character actor than a star.

 

Louis Jourdan (1921-2015)

Farewell, Luise Rainer

When you lose your curiosity, you’re dead. There is so much in the world that one should know, or it would be marvelous to know. And I know nothing. Nothing! My God, one’s life-span is so very short.

Luise Rainer (1910-2014)

Farewell, Mike Nichols

If you want to be a legend, God help you, it's so easy. You just do one thing. You can be the master of suspense, say. But if you want to be as invisible as is practical, then it's fun to do a lot of different things.

Mike Nichols (1931-2014)

Farewell, Lauren Bacall

 She's a real Joe. You'll fall in love with her like everybody else.

Lauren Bacall (1924-2014)

Farewell, James Garner

I want you to remember that the last time you saw me, I was unregenerately eating a Hershey bar.

James Garner (1928-2014)

Farewell, Eli Wallach

I never lost my appetite for acting.

Eli Wallach (1915-2014)

Farewell, Ruby Dee

 

God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.

Ruby Dee (1922-2014)

Farewell, Mickey Rooney

I don't regret anything I've ever done. I only wish I could do more.

Mickey Rooney (1920-2014)

Farewell, Shirley Temple

Make-believe colors the past with innocent distortion, and it swirls ahead of us in a thousand ways - in science, in politics, in every bold intention.

Shirley Temple (1928-2014)

Farewell, Audrey Totter

What could I play? A nice grandmother? Boring! Critics always said I acted best with a gun in my hand.

 

Audrey Totter (1917-2013)

Farewell, Joan Fontaine

It's gone forever, that funny, young, lost look that I loved.

Joan Fontaine (1917-2013)

Farewell, Peter O'Toole

 

Whoever you were in those movies, those silly goddamn heroes meant a lot to me! What does matter if it was an illusion? It worked!

 

Peter O'Toole (1932-2013)

Farewell, Julie Harris

What is thrilling about the theater is that it's a forum where people come and for those two or three hours belong to something, to ideas, to a feeling of being a member of the human race.

Julie Harris (1925-2013)

Farewell, Karen Black

I don't think fear is as dynamic an emotion as joy.

 

Karen Black (1939-2013)

Dan Callahan's tribute to Karen Black here

An interesting interview with Fangoria

Farewell, Esther Williams

To the one and only "Million Dollar Mermaid"

 

Esther Williams (1921-2013)

Farewell, Ray Harryhausen

I think it’s the thought of trying to bring something to life, an inanimate object to life. Maybe it’s a Frankenstein complex.

Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013)