Farewells of 2024 Part 5, Actresses and Entertainers

Sadly we lost many favorite actresses and outstanding performers in 2024, but we are blessed with the joys they left behind. Several of my favorites were Glynis Johns from Mary Poppins and The Court Jester,Mitzi Gaynor, a dynamite Singer, Dancer, and Actress from South Pacific, The wonderful and ethereal Shelly Duval, Dame Maggie Smith (who was so much more than Professor McGonnagal ) and Olivia Hussey, who passed in late December. She’ll always be Juliet to me!

Rest in Radiance, lovely angels!

Tomorrow, the final installment: The Star Trek Family

ACTRESSES and PERFORMERS

1. Anouk Aimee, 92, Beloved French Actress, 8 ½,A Man and a Woman, La Dolce Vita, (undisclosed)
2. Dame Maggie Smith, 89, Oscar Winning Actress, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Travels with my Aunt, Harry Potter series, Downton Abbey. Grave’s Disease.
3. Pat Colbert, 77, Dallas, Bensen, The Fall Guy. Several strokes.
4. Linda Lavin, 87, Barney Miller, Alice. Broadway shows. Lung Cancer.
5. Mitzi Gaynor, 92, Singer, Dancer, Actress, There’s No Business Like Show Business, South Pacific, Les Girls, Natural causes.
6. Sarah Rice 68 The first Johanna of Sweeney Todd, The Fantastiks, A Little Night Music. Cancer.
7. Jackie Loughrey 93, The First Miss USA 1952, Abbot and Costello Go to Mars, Escape from Burma, Burke’s Law, Six Characters in Search of an Author. (undisclosed)
8. Esta Terblanch 51, All My Children. Brain Hemorrhage from blunt force fall.
9. Katherine Grant Crosby, 90, Actress, Singer, Registered Nurse. The Seven Voyages of Sinbad, Anatomy of a Murder. Natural causes.
10. Peggy Moffitt, 86, Iconic Model and Actress Basic Black. Dementia.
11.  Barbara Rush, 97, Peyton Place, All My Children, The Young Philadelphians, The Young Lions.  Dementia.
12. Franca Bettoia 88, The Last Man on Earth, The Seventh Floor. Pneumonia
13. Janice Paige, 101, Actress and Singer, Romance on the High Seas, Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, General Hospital, Capital, Santa Barbara. Natural causes.
14. Erica Ash, 46, Mad TV, Survivor’s Remorse. Breast Cancer.
15. Judith Jameson, 81, Dancer and Choreographer with The Alvin American Dance Theater.  Brief Illness.
16. Cat Glover, 60, Dancer with Prince. Congestive Heart Failure and COPD.
17. Chita Rivera 91, Broadway LEGEND. Bye Bye Birdie (Original Rosie), West Side Story (Original Anita) Kiss of the Spider Woman. Short Illness.
18. Nerene Virgin, 77, Canadian Actress, Today’s Special, (undisclosed)
19. Pat Heywood, 92, Romeo and Juliet (as Nurse), Goodbye Mr. Chips, Young Winston. Natural causes. 
20. Olivia Hussey, 75, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Mary in Jesus of Nazareth
21. Joyce Randolph, 99, Trixie on The Honeymooners (Natural causes)
22. Glynis Johns, 100, The Court Jester, Mary Poppins, Papa’s Delicate Condition, The Sundowners. (Natural Causes)
23. Connie Chiume, 72, South African Actress and Filmmaker. Black Panther, Black is King,(undisclosed)
24. Silvia Pinal 93 Viridiana, Simón del Desierto, Shark!, Guns for San Sebastian. (UTI)
25. Shelly Duval, 75, Faerie Tale Theatre, The Shining, Popeye. Diabetes
26. Lynn Marta, 78, Days of Our Lives, Love, American Style, Footloose. Cancer.
27. Pamela Salem 80, Never Say Never Again, Gods and Monsters
28. Tisa Farrow, 72, Actress, Sister of Mia, Zombi, Manhattan Cardiopulmonary disease
29. Barbara Fuller 101 One Mans Family
30. Roxanne Rosedale 95 Beat the Clock, The Seven Year Itch
31. Amanda Davies 42 OLTL
32. Gena Rowlands, 94, Gloria, A Woman Under the Influence
33. Shannon Doherty,
34. Toian Matchinga 82
35. Cecilia-Gentili 52, Pose, Actress and Activist
36. Susan Buckner, 72, The Dean Martin Show, Grease, (undisclosed)
37. Yvonne Furneaux
38. Anne Whitfield 85 White Christmas
39. Helen Gallagher, 98, Two-Time Tony Winner, Broadway star, High Button Shoes, No, No, Nanette, Ryan’s Hope, (Natural causes)
40. Betty Bridges, 88, Model, Actress,
41. Elizabeth Macrae, 88, Gomer Pyle, The Conversation, General Hospital
42. Jean Allison 94, Edge of Fury, The Devil’s Partner, Bad Company. (undisclosed)
43. Barbara Leigh-Hunt, 88, Frenzy, Pride and Prejudice (1995) (undisclosed)
44. Carla Balenda, 98, Sealed Cargo, Hey Mulligan! Prince of Pirates. undisclosed)
45. Cheng-Pei-Pei, 78, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, (rare brain disease)
46. Dayle Haddon, 75, The Worlds Greatest Athlete,
47. June Walker-Rogers 97 Broadway Performer, playwright and Author, The Girls Against the Boys, Little Me. Natural causes.
48. Rita McKenzie 76, Ethel Merman’s Broadway, Ruthless-The Musical. Long Illness.
49. Mimi Hines, 91, Singer, Comedienne, Funny Girl, The Ed Sullivan Show, Frasier, Natural causes.
50. Ana Ofelia Muguria,90, Life Sentence, Queen of the Night, Coco (as Mama Coco) (undisclosed).
51. Gloria Stroock, 99, Day of the Locust, The Competition, McMillan and Wife. Natural causes.
52. Joan Benedict 96, General Hospital, Candid Camera. Natural causes.
53. Cindy Morgan 69, Caddyshack, Tron, Falcon Crest, CHiPs, Natural Causes
54. Diane Ford 68 Comedy star. Evening at the Improv, One Night Stand, Cancer.
55. Betty Ann Rees, 81 Unholy Rollers, Sugarhill, Mannix. Stroke and several falls.
56. Lynda Gravatt 77 Broadway Actor,  The Architect, I Hate Valentines Day, Undisclosed
57. Diane Delano, 67, Days of Our Lives,  Northern Exposure, Popular. Cancer.