Forgotten Hollywood

Manny P. here…

“`Allen Garfield was the veteran character actor who was cast in classic 1970s films. He was a dependable addition to any production.

“`The New Jersey-born Garfield started out as a boxer and a sportswriter. While covering sports for the New Jersey Star-Ledger,  he studied acting at night, and he was eventually accepted by the Actor’s Studio. There he became a student of Lee Strasberg.  Performing with naturalism and a method-style commitment, Garfield found he could transfer journalism into acting.   ALLEN GARFIELD –>

“`Garfield would end up appearing in some of the best films of a generation, including The Conversation,  The Candidate, The Owl and the Pussycat,  Nashville, Bananas, the redux of The Front Page, The Stunt Man, Gable and Lombard, Beverly Hills Cop II,  and The Cotton Club.

“`Allen Garfield was eighty.

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“`Honor Blackman was the Bond Girl with the suggestive name. She strutted around in Goldfinger as Pussy Galore. Blackman also co-starred in the weekly British series, The Avengers.

HONOR BLACKMAN

“`An avowed anti-Monarchist, Blackman refused the honor of being named a Dame for the United Kingdom. Outspoken, bold, and fearless, she embodied the feminist fight of the mid 1960s. More recently, she even had a falling out with Sean Connery.

“`Honor Blackman was ninety-four.

Until next time>                               “never forget”

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