Elizabeth MacRae, known for her memorable roles in General Hospital and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., has passed away at 88. MacRae died on May 27 in her hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina. Early Career Beginnings After graduating, MacRae pursued acting diligently. Although she missed out on a role in Otto Preminger’s production of Saint Joan in 1956, she was undeterred. Moving to New York City, she studied under acclaimed actress Uta Hagen at the Herbert Berghof Studio and featured in numerous off-Broadway productions. First Television Roles She landed her first television role in the courtroom drama The Verdict Is Yours. Over...
- 6/4/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
General Hospital Spoilers say Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) is seething inside with fury as he tries to shift the blame to anyone but himself when it comes to his daughter’s newfound resentment toward him. Scratch that.
Kristina Corinthos Davis (Kate Mansi) is downright fearful of her father — and rightfully so after what he did and said to Dex Heller (Evan Hofer). But as Sonny continues to attempt to find an in-road back into his little girl’s good graces, he may start to reach for help in all the wrong places — starting with her mother.
General Hospital Spoilers — Make Up Your Mind
After Sonny veered off track and lost his cool on Dex at Brook Lynn Quartermaine (Amanda Setton) and Harrison Chase’s (Josh Swickard) wedding, it was Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) who helped him cool his heels and tried to console his broken heart.
He knew at that...
Kristina Corinthos Davis (Kate Mansi) is downright fearful of her father — and rightfully so after what he did and said to Dex Heller (Evan Hofer). But as Sonny continues to attempt to find an in-road back into his little girl’s good graces, he may start to reach for help in all the wrong places — starting with her mother.
General Hospital Spoilers — Make Up Your Mind
After Sonny veered off track and lost his cool on Dex at Brook Lynn Quartermaine (Amanda Setton) and Harrison Chase’s (Josh Swickard) wedding, it was Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) who helped him cool his heels and tried to console his broken heart.
He knew at that...
- 6/2/2024
- by Dani Lasher
- Celebrating The Soaps
General Hospital spoilers indicate that Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco) has decided to help Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) whether he wants it or not.
Viewers will remember when Jason first came back to town, Sam was furious that Jason had let his family, especially his children, believe that he was dead. But she softened her stance once she discovered that Jason had been coerced by the FBI the entire time to work as their informant.
General Hospital Spoilers – Sam McCall Is Determined To Help Jason Morgan
Sam knows that Jason wouldn’t have let his children, including her son Danny Morgan (Asher Antonyzyn), believe he was dead unless they had something really incriminating to hold against him. She approached her partner Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zomprogna), who warned Sam to stay out of it.
Sam believes that Jason truly needs her help, so she approached the one person with both the skills and inclination to help Jason.
Viewers will remember when Jason first came back to town, Sam was furious that Jason had let his family, especially his children, believe that he was dead. But she softened her stance once she discovered that Jason had been coerced by the FBI the entire time to work as their informant.
General Hospital Spoilers – Sam McCall Is Determined To Help Jason Morgan
Sam knows that Jason wouldn’t have let his children, including her son Danny Morgan (Asher Antonyzyn), believe he was dead unless they had something really incriminating to hold against him. She approached her partner Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zomprogna), who warned Sam to stay out of it.
Sam believes that Jason truly needs her help, so she approached the one person with both the skills and inclination to help Jason.
- 6/1/2024
- by Matt Crider
- Celebrating The Soaps
Former General Hospital actress Elizabeth MacRae died at age 88 on May 27, 2024. According to a local report, she was reported to have died peacefully at the Highland House Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Fayetteville, North Carolina. MacRae had an illustrious acting career in film and television. The former General Hospital actress joined the ABC soap opera in a recurring role in the late 1960s. Besides her credit on the show, MacRae also appeared in several other notable television productions. In honor of the actress, here’s a look at her career, personal life, and death. Elizabeth MacRae’s Early Years Although...
- 5/31/2024
- by Onyinye Izundu
- TVovermind.com
Elizabeth MacRae, a beloved actress renowned for her roles in General Hospital and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., passed away at the age of 88, as reported by Deadline. Her death marks the end of a remarkable career that spanned over 25 years, encompassing a wide range of television series, films, and stage performances. Early Career and Breakthrough After graduating, Elizabeth MacRae pursued her passion for acting, auditioning for Otto Preminger’s production of Saint Joan in 1956. Despite not securing a part, MacRae’s determination did not wane. She moved to New York City, where she honed her craft under the guidance of...
- 5/29/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
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Actress Elizabeth MacRae, best known for her roles on General Hospital (Gh) and Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C, among other credits, has died at the age of 88. She passed away in her hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina on Monday, May 27.
Elizabeth MacRae’s Television Legacy
Elizabeth was cast in her first TV role, playing a witness for the courtroom drama, The Verdict is Yours. As the next several years past, MacRae increased her presence on television, cast in sitcoms and dramas and appearing in various popular shows from the ‘60s and ‘70s, including, Hawaiian Eye, 77 Sunset Strip, The Andy Griffith Show, Surfside 6, Death Valley Days, The Fugitive, and I Dream of Genie – just to name a few.
One of her most famous roles was playing Lou-Ann Poovie, Gomer’s girlfriend, in Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C, in the show’s final three seasons (1966 to 1969).
She had a total of 15 appearances on the show,...
Actress Elizabeth MacRae, best known for her roles on General Hospital (Gh) and Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C, among other credits, has died at the age of 88. She passed away in her hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina on Monday, May 27.
Elizabeth MacRae’s Television Legacy
Elizabeth was cast in her first TV role, playing a witness for the courtroom drama, The Verdict is Yours. As the next several years past, MacRae increased her presence on television, cast in sitcoms and dramas and appearing in various popular shows from the ‘60s and ‘70s, including, Hawaiian Eye, 77 Sunset Strip, The Andy Griffith Show, Surfside 6, Death Valley Days, The Fugitive, and I Dream of Genie – just to name a few.
One of her most famous roles was playing Lou-Ann Poovie, Gomer’s girlfriend, in Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C, in the show’s final three seasons (1966 to 1969).
She had a total of 15 appearances on the show,...
- 5/29/2024
- by Melinda Marsh
- Celebrating The Soaps
Veteran actress Elizabeth MacRae, best known for appearing in soap operas such as General Hospital and Days of Our Lives, has died. She was 88. According to her obituary at CityViewNc.com, MacRae passed away peacefully on Monday, May 27, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. A cause of death was not provided. Born on February 22, 1936, in Columbia, South Carolina, MacRae later moved to Fayetteville with her family and then to Washington D.C., where she attended Holton-Arms, an independent college-preparatory school for girls. After graduating, MacRae decided to pursue an acting career, moving to New York City in 1956 to study with Uta Hagen at the Herbert Berghof Studio. She gained experience playing various characters in off-Broadway and summer-stock productions. She landed her first television role in 1958 in the courtroom series The Verdict Is Yours. From there, MacRae would appear in numerous TV dramas and sitcoms, including 77 Sunset Strip, Burke’s Law, Dr. Kildare,...
- 5/29/2024
- TV Insider
Elizabeth MacRae, who played girlfriends of Gomer Pyle and Festus Haggen on television and a woman who seduces Gene Hackman’s surveillance expert in The Conversation, has died. She was 88.
MacRae died Monday in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where she was raised, her family announced.
MacRae showed up as Lou-Ann Poovie on 15 episodes of the CBS comedy Gomer Pyle: Usmc during its final three seasons (1966-69). She was signed to work just one episode, “Love’s Old Sweet Song,” on the Jim Nabors starrer but impressed producers enough to stick around for more.
Earlier, she portrayed April Clomley, the girlfriend of deputy marshal Festus (Ken Curtis), on CBS’ Gunsmoke on four installments from 1962-64.
In The Conversation (1974), written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, MacRae played Meredith, who dances with Hackman’s Harry Caul in his apartment, sleeps with him and then swipes one of his audiotapes. The actress was among...
MacRae died Monday in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where she was raised, her family announced.
MacRae showed up as Lou-Ann Poovie on 15 episodes of the CBS comedy Gomer Pyle: Usmc during its final three seasons (1966-69). She was signed to work just one episode, “Love’s Old Sweet Song,” on the Jim Nabors starrer but impressed producers enough to stick around for more.
Earlier, she portrayed April Clomley, the girlfriend of deputy marshal Festus (Ken Curtis), on CBS’ Gunsmoke on four installments from 1962-64.
In The Conversation (1974), written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, MacRae played Meredith, who dances with Hackman’s Harry Caul in his apartment, sleeps with him and then swipes one of his audiotapes. The actress was among...
- 5/29/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Elizabeth MacRae has died at the age of 88. MacRae known for her recurring roles in General Hospital and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. died on May 27 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where she grew up. Elizabeth MacRae appeared in soaps like General Hospital, where she played Meg Baldwin starting in August 1969. She remained on the ABC daytime soap until […]
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- 5/29/2024
- by Soap Opera News
- Soap Opera News
Elizabeth MacRae, known for her recurring roles in General Hospital and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., has died. She was 88.
MacRae died on May 27 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where she grew up.
After graduating, MacRae pursued a career in acting and auditioned for Otto Preminger’s production of Saint Joan in 1956. Although she didn’t land a role, she continued to pursue acting. She moved to New York City where she studied with Uta Hagen at the Herbert Berghof Studio and gained experience in off-Broadway productions.
MacRae landed her first television role playing a witness in the courtroom series The Verdict Is Yours. Over a career that spanned 25 years, MacRae would be featured in television shows like Route 66, Surfside 6, Rendezvous, The Fugitive, Judd for the Defense, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, I Dream of Jeannie, The Andy Griffith Show, and many more.
One of her most prominent roles was in Gomer Pyle,...
MacRae died on May 27 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where she grew up.
After graduating, MacRae pursued a career in acting and auditioned for Otto Preminger’s production of Saint Joan in 1956. Although she didn’t land a role, she continued to pursue acting. She moved to New York City where she studied with Uta Hagen at the Herbert Berghof Studio and gained experience in off-Broadway productions.
MacRae landed her first television role playing a witness in the courtroom series The Verdict Is Yours. Over a career that spanned 25 years, MacRae would be featured in television shows like Route 66, Surfside 6, Rendezvous, The Fugitive, Judd for the Defense, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, I Dream of Jeannie, The Andy Griffith Show, and many more.
One of her most prominent roles was in Gomer Pyle,...
- 5/29/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
"Don't get involved in this, Mr. Caul." Don't get involved in what?! Who is after him?! Studiocanal UK has revealed a new re-release trailer for Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation, for its 50th anniversary this year. The film initially opened in 1974 and premiered at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, meaning he is back again premiering his newest film (Megalopolis) at Cannes 2024 a full 50 years later. "To mark the 50th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola’s seminal neo-noir thriller, The Conversation, we are is thrilled to announce a brand-new 4K restoration of the film to UK cinemas on July 5th." This paranoia masterpiece stars Gene Hackman as sound surveillance expert Harry Caul, who hears something while taping a couple. A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered. The ensemble cast also includes John Cazale, Allen Garfield,...
- 5/2/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Two years after he leapt to the forefront of the New Hollywood with The Godfather, and just months before he picked up the threads of that operatic crime saga with the magnificent sequel/prequel The Godfather Part II, Francis Ford Coppola released a quiet movie, one in which sound itself — and, more specifically, its surreptitious recording — is the narrative engine. Arriving during a particularly fertile era for American film, The Conversation was not a hit, but it is one of the period’s most subtle and shattering features. Half a century later, it resounds as hauntingly as ever, not merely as a cautionary tale but as a searing portrait of where we are now.
The movie took its New York bow on Coppola’s 35th birthday, April 7, 1974, a few weeks before its Palme d’Or triumph in Cannes. Today the octogenarian writer-director is again preparing to compete on the Croisette,...
The movie took its New York bow on Coppola’s 35th birthday, April 7, 1974, a few weeks before its Palme d’Or triumph in Cannes. Today the octogenarian writer-director is again preparing to compete on the Croisette,...
- 4/17/2024
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Francis Ford Coppola's "The Conversation" is his masterpiece in between masterpieces. The legendary filmmaker wrapped principal photography in late February 1973, just one month before he would win the Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars for "The Godfather" (Albert Ruddy took home the Best Picture Oscar as the mafia classic's producer). Had Paramount released the film that year, it almost certainly would've received nominations for Best Picture and Director (over the wholly forgotten "A Touch of Class"), giving Coppola three consecutive nods in the latter category, a feat only accomplished once in Academy Awards history (by William Wyler). Instead, he wound up competing against himself a year later, when he added three more Oscars to his trophy case with "The Godfather Part II."
While "The Godfather" movies placed him atop Hollywood's director A-list for the rest of the decade, some cinephiles believe "The Conversation" is the superior film. The...
While "The Godfather" movies placed him atop Hollywood's director A-list for the rest of the decade, some cinephiles believe "The Conversation" is the superior film. The...
- 3/24/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Famed comedic actor Don Knotts was best known for his role as Barney Fife in The Andy Griffith Show. But he had a hugely successful, varied career that lasted half a century. One of his fan-favorite roles was when he played a fish-obsessed-man-turned-fish in The Incredible Mr. Limpet. Here’s a look back at the 1964 film and Knotts’ role in it.
Don Knotts | Hulton Archive/Getty Images Who was in ‘The Incredible Mr. Limpet’
The Incredible Mr. Limpet was produced by Warner Bros and featured Knotts in the starring role. The film also hosted such names as Carole Cook, Jack Weston, Andrew Duggan, Larry Keating, Oscar Beregi Jr, Charles Meredith, and Elizabeth MacRae. The live-action portion of the movie was directed by Arthur Lubin. Bill Tytla, Robert McKimson, Hawley Pratt, and Gerry Chiniquy directed the animation. The Incredible Mr. Limpet features songs “Super Doodle Dandy,” “I Wish I Were A Fish,...
Don Knotts | Hulton Archive/Getty Images Who was in ‘The Incredible Mr. Limpet’
The Incredible Mr. Limpet was produced by Warner Bros and featured Knotts in the starring role. The film also hosted such names as Carole Cook, Jack Weston, Andrew Duggan, Larry Keating, Oscar Beregi Jr, Charles Meredith, and Elizabeth MacRae. The live-action portion of the movie was directed by Arthur Lubin. Bill Tytla, Robert McKimson, Hawley Pratt, and Gerry Chiniquy directed the animation. The Incredible Mr. Limpet features songs “Super Doodle Dandy,” “I Wish I Were A Fish,...
- 5/11/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson on the Oscars' Red Carpet Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson at the Academy Awards Eli Wallach and wife Anne Jackson are seen above arriving at the 2011 Academy Awards ceremony, held on Sunday, Feb. 27, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The 95-year-old Wallach had received an Honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards in November 2010. See also: "Doris Day Inexplicably Snubbed by Academy," "Maureen O'Hara Honorary Oscar," "Honorary Oscars: Mary Pickford, Greta Garbo Among Rare Women Recipients," and "Hayao Miyazaki Getting Honorary Oscar." Delayed film debut The Actors Studio-trained Eli Wallach was to have made his film debut in Fred Zinnemann's Academy Award-winning 1953 blockbuster From Here to Eternity. Ultimately, however, Frank Sinatra – then a has-been following a string of box office duds – was cast for a pittance, getting beaten to a pulp by a pre-stardom Ernest Borgnine. For his bloodied efforts, Sinatra went on...
- 4/24/2015
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
The Conversation (1974) Direction and Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola Cast: Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Allen Garfield, John Cazale, Cindy Williams, Michael Higgins, Elizabeth MacRae, Teri Garr, Harrison Ford Oscar Movies Gene Hackman, The Conversation By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica There are some works of art that are both obviously derivative and just as obviously inferior to the originals. Those simply ape the earlier work, tweak a few minor things, and try to pass off their theft as an "homage." The Conversation (1974), written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and winner of the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or, is not one of those minor works. Though it has an indebtedness to Michelangelo Antonioni's brilliant Blowup (1966), The Conversation does not merely ape that film's existential dilemma of an accidental photograph possibly cluing its lead character into murder. Instead, Coppola's film probes far more deeply into the mind of Harry Caul...
- 3/15/2011
- by Dan Schneider
- Alt Film Guide
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