Joyce Bulifant was all over the tube during the 1970's. Did a guest spot on just about every sitcom there was. Besides 'The Match Game', she was on 'Tattletales' a few times with her then husband - not James MacArthur, but they guy who played Bill Horton on 'Days of Our Lives'. Wish I could remember his name, it's on the tip of my tongue!!!

Interestingly, Joyce Bulifant was originally cast to play Carol in 'The Brady Bunch', but abruptly replaced for reasons known only to the producers by Florence Henderson. As Henderson was less of a light comedic actress than Bulifant, only then did they bring in Ann B. Davis as Alice to balance out the show.

Probably a good choice...bubbly as Joyce was, not sure if she was equal to Robert Reed in her ability to carry a regular series. The show might not have become the classic it is without Henderson.

Oh...but back to the Dead Pool!

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I had to do a search to remember what Joyce looks like and come to find out she was born in Newport News,VA where I use to live.

Denise Borino-Quinn, who played mob wife Ginny Sacrimoni on "The Sopranos," died at New Jersey's Morristown Memorial Hospital after a battle with liver cancer.

She was 46.

She was only 46? She looked old enough to be my mother.

That is sad. I read that her hubby passed away in March. Also that she worked at a New Brunswick law firm.

RIP, Ginny Sack. Sad news indeed.

Two recent deaths that seemed to pass unnoticed:

Actor Graham Crowden died on October 19, age 87. While probably more well-known in the UK than in the States, he had a role in the rather bizarre (to say the least!) 1982 Malcom McDowell film Britannia Hospital and co-starred in the 1990-94 British series Waiting For God which aired quite often here on Public Television.

Chris Udvarnoky died on October 25, age 49. His only acting role of note was as Holland Perry in the 1972 film The Other.

Signor V.

As well as JFK's speechwriter, Ted Sorensen.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/01/ted-sorensen-jfk-speechwriter-dies

Is it any wonder it went unnoticed?

Well, The Other was very big in its day, both the novel (by ex-actor Tom Tryon) and the film.

The movie version was, IMHO, one of the best adaptations of a book I'd seen - even though the framing device used in the book could not be used in the movie - mainly because author Tryon did the screenplay. Casting was also top-notch, and I found that nearly every character depicted in the film was amazingly close to how I had visualized them while reading the book. I thought that the Udvarnoky twins could have themselves decent careers as actors if they wanted, but it was not to be. Last I had heard, Chris was working as an EMT in New Jersey, but this morning I read that he had died in a hospice at age 49.

Maybe I'm showing my age, but I think 49 is just too young...

Signor V.

The movie was hardly what I'd call "big". It may have been a personal favorite of yours but it was FAR from box office "big".

So, this guy appears in one film in his career. It's a mediocre film (noteworthiness) and he dies some 38 years after the film was released. That's even less noteworthy than the movie!

This is sad, considering she was only 11 years old

'Lion King' actress dies from leukemia

That is depressing.

Very sad... this was a local story since earlier this year. They had a few bone marrow donor drives and I "tried out" for one (all they did was take a swab of the inside of my mouth). Nobody was found to be a close enough match for her.

Charlie O'Donnell, the anouncer on "Wheel of Fortune" died yesterday at age 78.

Wow. I can't say I'm at all familiar with her short span of life, or work, SC, but that is truly heartbreaking.

She had been on the local morning shows a few times. Very sweet girl. What a shame!

Hall of Fame Manager Sparky Anderson Dead at 76

He was one of the best.

Probably died of embarrassment. Imagine, a grown man called "Sparky".

He had the good luck to manage one of the best teams in history (the Reds in the '70s).

The Bears' head coach is a grown man that has to live with the name "Lovie". Who is he...the lost castaway?

i like sparky better than lovie...really did his parents hate him or something?

per yahoo he was named after an aunt or something.

Sometimes Mitch has a tendency to insert himself in stories..

I had a dream about Sparky Anderson a few days ago. He looked old and his hair was brown, and I called to him, but he didn't recognize me. Only after I said my name did he smile.

And then it ended.

I'd been wondering about that dream because Sparky doesn't usually show up in my REM cycle. And why was his hair brown? Sparky? The original White Wizard? Then, Thursday afternoon, I heard the jarring news: At age 76, Anderson, one of the most colorful, charming, perfectly suited managers baseball ever produced, had died in California.

Albom Column

I like Albom, Lilo. But if the guy were any more maudlin, he could be a funeral director.

He saw "It's a Wonderful Life" one time too many.

Jill Clayburgh died.

She was only 66 and had leukemia.

She was a fine actress... R.I.P., Jill

The name sounds familiar but I can't picture the face. I'll have to google the name. RIP!

Dino De Laurentis, Italian movie producer, died today at age 91.

klydon and I had him on our lists.

Wasn't he celebrity chef Giada's grandfather?? My brother has serious hots for her.