"At the beginning of the film Heather Chandler asks Heather Duke 'did you have a brain tumor for breakfast?' The actress who played Heather Chandler, Kim Walker later died of a brain tumor."
Posted by: sars at March 9, 2011 2:57 PM
WHOA. You done blew my mind gasket. The hot grandma from "Parenthood" is John McClane's wifey? I think I need to sit down...
Seriously though, that woman has aged into one of the hottest older women I have ever seen, to the point where my boyfriend and I are having weekly debates entitled, "Who is hotter? Erika Christensen or Bonnie Bedelia?"
The world may never know.
Posted by: Jessie at March 9, 2011 2:58 PM
Julie Warner has been in lots of stuff...in the 90's. Not that I own Indian Summer on dvd or anything.
Posted by: Julie at March 9, 2011 2:59 PM
Carrie Anne Moss was in Snow Cake with Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman a few years ago. I assume she went back to Canada and is doing Canadian things.
*Wikipedia*
Yep, she's been in at least one movie every year since 2000, although I've never heard of most of them. She's done a couple (Canadian, I assume) TV pilots, too.
Posted by: Three-nineteen at March 9, 2011 3:01 PM
They aged past 30. That's what happened to them.
Posted by: PaddyDog at March 9, 2011 3:02 PM
Memento! (Though I think that was between the Matrixes... Matrices... whatever.)
Posted by: Fracas at March 9, 2011 3:05 PM
Looking at those Chris Klein posters, I was wondering what happened to Elisha Cuthbert and Gretchen Mol.
Posted by: Tracer Bullet at March 9, 2011 3:06 PM
Yeah, I saw an ep of Parenthood on one of my Christmas flights and was like "eek! Bonnie Bedalia!" Which made me think of DH 2, which made me nervous about my flight. Thanks, Bonnie!
My roommate tells me that Joanne Whalley hasn't aged well, but I don't care. Sorsha may be the sole reason I'm attracted to redheads.
Posted by: Angeleno Ewok at March 9, 2011 3:06 PM
nice
Posted by: yo at March 9, 2011 3:09 PM
Carrie-Anne Moss was fantastic in The Chumscrubber in 2005 and Fido in 2006.
I agreed with a similar statement (about women turning 40) made under the 12 Monkeys/Disney article, and it's definitely true mainly of actresses, but I'd say some actors and actresses fall victim not just to being in age brackets that Hollywood doesn't like but also to bad movie/career choices, bad luck, and simply a case of the novelty wearing off. (See: Skeet Ulrich, Joseph Fiennes).
Posted by: sars at March 9, 2011 3:15 PM
Yeah - Nancy Travis has been working pretty steadily:
Wikipedia : She appeared in the television sitcom Becker from 2002 to 2004, on The Bill Engvall Show as Bill's wife Susan from 2007 to 2009, and on Desperate Housewives in 2010.
Bridgette Wilson is now Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, wife of legendary tennis player Pete Sampras. I assume they sleep on a pile of his money every night so there's no reason to deal with Hollywood's bullshit anymore.
Posted by: Chris from DE at March 9, 2011 3:16 PM
Bridgette Wilson married Pete Sampras and made tennis babies.
Posted by: Brigs at March 9, 2011 3:17 PM
What ever happened to Vanity, the woman who starred opposite Carl Weathers in Action Jackson?
Huh. I thought that was Rae Dawn Chong. Oh, maybe Rae Dawn Chong killed Vanity because there can be only one! In fact, has anyone seen Rae Dawn Chong lately? Did Sydney Tamiia Poitier take her out?
Posted by: jM at March 9, 2011 3:19 PM
"Whatever happened to the awesomeness that was Lori Petty, from Point Break and Tank Girl?"
That was a figment of your imagination. Petty shat all over Tank Girl and completely ruined the franchise. I'll never forgive her for that, the skank.
Posted by: Gothdoctor at March 9, 2011 3:22 PM
Heather Langenkamp produced and narrated the fan-fucking-amazing-tastic 4 hour Nightmare On Elm Street documentary that came out last year: Never Sleep Again. I recommend.
Posted by: Amanda H. at March 9, 2011 3:26 PM
Vanity turned her back on Hollywood and the entire entertainment industry after her downward spiral into promiscuity and drugs.
She got married and now goes by her birth name Denise Matthews, and is an ordained minster somewhere in California.
Lori Petty is the only bad thing about Point Break. Tank Girl was awful. I can't put my finger on it (the voice is a huge part) but I can not STAND Lori Petty.
Whatever happened to Jane Sibbett, from “Herman’s Head”
There was a member of Herman's Head that didn't work on the Simpsons?
Posted by: Paultera at March 9, 2011 3:41 PM
Yes, Carrie Anne Moss was in Memento.
I don't remember what she did after that.
Posted by: Odnon at March 9, 2011 3:44 PM
They aged past 30. That's what happened to them.
Posted by: PaddyDog at March 9, 2011 3:02 PM
I agreed with a similar statement (about women turning 40) made under the 12 Monkeys/Disney article...
Posted by: sars at March 9, 2011 3:15 PM
PaddyDog and I usually email each other before posting to make sure we're singing from the same hymn sheet. There must have been a typo regarding the cut-off ages. Maybe I need bigger keys on my keyboard to allow for my sausage fingers...
Posted by: Simon at March 9, 2011 3:49 PM
Not unlike the former Tara Patrick, Vanity still dogs Prince, even though he's the one responsible for anyone even knowing who she is at all. Her capitalizing on the fifteen minutes of fame that Vanity 6 afforded her provided enough backstory for the requisite "redemption" that evangelicals adore, otherwise she'd probably be a receptionist somewhere.
Nancy Travis had a guest spot on the last new Grey's Anatomy last month.
Sibbett has been in the dumps lately, guest spot here, guest spot there, nothing to write home about.
Heather Donohue? Not much since that Taken miniseries, which seems kind of weird, since Josh Leonard has been working his tits off.
I think Lori Petty did that one extremely grating commercial promoting horse racing and then evaporated.
I loved all the work Bonnie Bedelia did with Del Shores, but more to the point, what the hell happened with all her nieces and nephews? I mean, it's like the entire Culkin clan has been blasted off the face of the planet now that most of them are post-pubescent.
Posted by: Jerry at March 9, 2011 3:50 PM
Vanity got addicted to drugs, kicked the habit, got out of show biz, and is now a preacher (and went back to her _real_ name, which I forget). I can't believe I know (and actually remember) this micro-factoid.
Posted by: True_Blue at March 9, 2011 3:51 PM
Julie Warner had a guest arc on Nip/Tuck right after they moved the show to California.
Posted by: ed newman at March 9, 2011 3:51 PM
Paultera, Sibbert couldn't capitalize on her looks very well in The Simpsons. At least Azaria and Yeardley Smith have enough versatility in their voices to work well in animation, where Sibbett's is just... average.
Posted by: Jerry at March 9, 2011 3:53 PM
I'm confused. You use that header pic and then fail to ask what ever happened to Edward Scissorhands. What up with that?
As for the women on your list, how many of them will or have already done a spread in Playboy in hopes of reviving their careers?
Posted by: L.O.V.E. at March 9, 2011 3:54 PM
Couldn't there be a list like this of young male actors who disappeared? Last night, I was subjected to a Home Alone movie with Little Julien and it got me to thinking (because it apparently turned me into Carrie Bradshaw): What kind of shelf life does the average actor have? I was looking over the supporting cast and virtually no one was ever heard from again. Isn't that the case for almost everyone in Hollywood? Either they don't have it (talent and/or looks and/or the right kind of looks) or they get to old (women) or they need to eat and move on to other things. The successful and steadily-employed people are the exception to the rule.
Posted by: Mrs. Julien at March 9, 2011 3:54 PM
Tracer,
I'm not sure about Ms. Mol, but Elisha Cuthbert can be found almost nightly in my dirty, dirty dreams.
Posted by: David McTaintwaffle at March 9, 2011 3:55 PM
IMDB tells me Lori Petty was in "The Karate Dog".
Posted by: sars at March 9, 2011 3:57 PM
Joanne Whalley was in 44 Inch Chest last year and still looks great.
she looks fab for 46 (or any age, for that matter)
Posted by: matty blue at March 9, 2011 4:01 PM
It's actually freakish how often Simon and I appear to be sharing the same brain.
Simon, an uncle of mine was a Bishop in Liverpool. Any chance, your grandma had an ecclesiastic affair?
Posted by: PaddyDog at March 9, 2011 4:02 PM
Whatever happened to Lori Petty?
Juliette Lewis.
The world only has room for one weird actress with an annoying voice, apparently.
Posted by: The Other Agent Johnson at March 9, 2011 4:10 PM
figgy, I blame Madonna for everything about that movie. Especially for making me watch her use acting and cry out something about waiting tables and dancing with guys for nickels.
Posted by: sars at March 9, 2011 4:12 PM
Carrie Anne Moss was in "Unthinkable" with Samuel L. (motherfucking) Jackson, I think it's from last year. I don't think it ever hit theaters but it should still be on Netflix Instant. It was far better than I expected for what looked like the usual Redbox title (known names in never-heard-of films,) it looks at the idea of torture vs. preventing terrorist attacks, and does a damn good job of getting you to ask questions without either side being embraced as "right" and the other "wrong." probably the best film I've seen even approach the idea since The Siege.
Posted by: Markus at March 9, 2011 4:20 PM
God, I used to have *such* a crush on Bonnie Bedelia. I was just a 12 year old girl watching Die Hard who didn't know what she was feeling. Bonnie Bedelia made me gay!
Posted by: sheepeyes at March 9, 2011 4:31 PM
"Herman's Head"
Dustin, you just gave me an instant college flashback.
Also, do you hate The Cutting Edge so much you can't bring yourself to wonder what happened to Moira Kelly?
Posted by: Big Softie at March 9, 2011 4:32 PM
@The Other Agent Johnson;
Juliette Lewis.
The world only has room for one weird actress with an annoying voice, apparently.
Chick's got some pipes on her, she's a pretty damn good singer.
Posted by: Jadine at March 9, 2011 4:46 PM
Hell, I thought the "love interest" girl in Godzilla was Tea Leoni, they could be sisters.
Posted by: Mr. Stitch at March 9, 2011 4:47 PM
You know who else I wonder about? What ever happened to spambot? She promised me hot multi-racial love.
Posted by: Paultera at March 9, 2011 4:53 PM
You're well rid of her Paultera. She was a capricious tease.
Posted by: Mrs. Julien at March 9, 2011 4:57 PM
Whoa. I had no idea that Heather died.
Posted by: Kristen at March 9, 2011 5:13 PM
Juliette Lewis.
Chick's got some pipes on her, she's a pretty damn good singer.
But Lori Petty has the advantage of NOT being a damn Scientologist.
Posted by: Mr. Stitch at March 9, 2011 5:17 PM
@Kristen, Heather McNamara is also deceased.
Posted by: sars at March 9, 2011 5:32 PM
Lori Petty's cameo in House is the only one that immediately sprang to mind. She looked pretty wrecked, but I suppose that was the Huntington's-patient-makeup working overtime. What really freaks me out is that while the titular Tank Girl is almost completely obscure, her mousy costar turned into Naomi motherfucking Watts.
Posted by: Skyler Durden at March 9, 2011 5:32 PM
Nancy Travis does voiceover work on some kids' shows too. Pays the bills, I suppose.
Posted by: cydeleida at March 9, 2011 5:42 PM
"the awesomeness that was Lori Petty"
Now I'll never be able to take you seriously.
Posted by: schmerpes at March 9, 2011 5:42 PM
Ms Mol was on Boardwalk Empire last year.
There was a boinking with Lucky Luciano.
She's "Jimmy's" mom.
Posted by: Ms MoMo at March 9, 2011 5:45 PM
Contrary to popular belief, one can actually grow "any younger". Lori Petty did, co-stars in The Mentalist.
Posted by: godzilla_foil at March 9, 2011 6:07 PM
A lot of these women got married, had children, and took a break from Hollywood. That's what Carrie Ann Moss did but she's back working in smaller things. Bridgette Wilson, as mentioned, married Pete Sampras and had two boys. She has done some guess appearances on TV but not much. I think the same thing happen to Bonnie B. and Nancy Travis. I actually don't know the majority of the actresses mentioned so I can't say anything about them. Except to say that Lori Petty is a really, really bad actress and I'm grateful the powers that be discovered this before she could do any more damage to the acting profession beyond "Tank Girl."
Posted by: mslewis at March 9, 2011 6:08 PM
They all turned 30 and just disappeared. Or, they took the only roles offered to women over the age of 29: Mom.
Posted by: Slash at March 9, 2011 6:25 PM
I'm pretty sure Nancy Travis recently bagged a pilot.
A television pilot, that is.
Posted by: Cindy at March 9, 2011 6:28 PM
I didn't mean to copy what PaddyDog said. So: what she said.
Yeah, I know there's a few over-30 chicks still getting decent parts (Jolie, for example), but still. The best roles for women ("best" meaning roles where they get to be something besides someone's wife, girlfriend or mom) are on TV. That's why so many decrepit old crones like Kyra Sedgwick and Jennifer Beals are on TV now.
Posted by: Slash at March 9, 2011 6:30 PM
Big Softie: Moira Kelly was on the first season of The West Wing, as Mandy, one of the most disliked characters of all time. She completely disappeared in the second season with no explanation. I remember Television Without Pity would later say that any character that disappeared for no reason was taking an extended vacation in "Mandyville". I have no idea what she did after that, but I'll always remember Mandyville.
Last I saw Carrie Ann Moss was in Fido which was pretty good.
Posted by: John W at March 9, 2011 6:58 PM
Chick's got some pipes on her, she's a pretty damn good singer.
But Lori Petty has the advantage of NOT being a damn Scientologist.
Look, people, I don't make the rules.
Posted by: The Other Agent Johnson at March 9, 2011 7:44 PM
I've loved Bonnie Bedelia ever since she played Shirley Muldowney in HEART LIKE A WHEEL.
She has been seen in BIG LOVE as Ginnifer Goodwin's mother.
Posted by: Arkansan at March 9, 2011 7:45 PM
That header picture is fucking hideous.
Posted by: the new transported man at March 9, 2011 8:40 PM
Lori Petty actually wrote and directed a movie a few years back. An autobiographical thing called The POKER HOUSE. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014806/
Starred Jennifer Lawrence. Who is, not surprising, fabulous in it.
Posted by: Sean at March 9, 2011 8:48 PM
i feel like no Vanity post should be without a link to the greatest music video ever made, Vanity 6's "Nasty Girl" (1982)... So smoke some of the good shit and enjoy...
Also, from Wikipedia: "Due to the effects on her kidneys of years of drug use while a performer, she must now undergo peritoneal dialysis five times a day (each session is 20 minutes long)"
Holy shit. Maybe just stick to weed, okay?
Posted by: seed at March 9, 2011 11:01 PM
Carrie Anne Moss was in "Unthinkable" with Samuel L. (motherfucking) Jackson, I think it's from last year.
You forgot to mention that Michael Sheen was in it too. A few weeks ago I saw an advertisement for it on some film channel and was surprised I hadn't heard of it before. When I saw Sheen's face I had too look it up, but I haven't watched it yet.
Posted by: Uda at March 10, 2011 12:05 AM
Lori Petty - wasn't she in Free Willy?
Posted by: In Yer Face, Space Coyote! at March 10, 2011 6:10 AM
WTH, Gretchen Mol was on Boardwalk Empire this past season. As Michael Pitt's super hot mom.
And Nancy Travis was cast as Brian Austin Green's hipaa-violating mom on Desperate Housewives. Which is laughable, because isn't she only like 8 years older than BAG?
Posted by: prestocaro at March 10, 2011 9:42 AM
Joanne Whalley was in Scandal, which was a nice flick. She got small roles in Navy Seals, Shattered, The Man Who Knew Too Little. She kept working but mostly in little known projects.
Julie Warner was in Stick It, but I didn't recognize her.
Lori Petty was also in A League of Their Own.
Carrie-Anne Moss has been working regularly since the Matrix. I've seen her in Suspect Zero, Snow Cake, Disturbia and Unthinkable
Posted by: Ozpinhead at March 10, 2011 9:50 AM
TWO HEATHERS ARE DEAD? Wow. Huge, huge bummer.
Posted by: jp at March 9, 2011 6:41 PM
Based on my experience, anyone with the name "Heather" is dead inside.
By the way, I still own the Pajiba trademark on JP. So cease and desist.
Posted by: L.O.V.E. at March 10, 2011 1:22 PM
Lisanne Falk is still alive. The only dead Heather at this time is Kim Walker.
Heather Langenkamp dropped out of acting for a long time when she started receiving threats from a stalker.
Posted by: Craig at March 10, 2011 3:22 PM
I could be totally wrong, but I think I saw Lori Petty playing a surly, drunken bar owner (badly) on CSI NY a few seasons ago. She had about 12 seconds of screen time and was trying *really* hard.
Posted by: divafire at March 16, 2011 7:25 AM
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According to IMDB:
"At the beginning of the film Heather Chandler asks Heather Duke 'did you have a brain tumor for breakfast?' The actress who played Heather Chandler, Kim Walker later died of a brain tumor."