Vanished Celebrities (2024)

Straight Dope Primes the Pump:

"Are there any famous people who have suddenly, voluntarily, and so completely vanished from public life that no fan or journalist has ever been able to track them down?

"The prototypical example I'm thinking of is Deep Purple and Captain Beyond singer Rod Evans. He involved himself in an unauthorized Deep Purple "reunion" tour in 1980, got sued, and then completely disappeared from public life. There have been rumours that he got a medical degree and became a hospital director in California, though AFAIK no journalist has ever succeeded in finding him to confirm this. His whereabouts since 1980 have been a complete mystery to the public.

"Are there any other cases comparable to that of Rod Evans? Note that I'm not talking about famous people, like Bill Watterson, whose whereabouts are known but who nowadays usually decline to give interviews or attend public events. Nor am I talking about people like Glenn Miller or Jimmy Hoffa who were probably killed in an accident, in a crime, or in combat. I'm talking about people who are widely believed to be alive and well but who cannot be tracked down despite active efforts on the part of their fans or the media."

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by Anonymousreply 329December 26, 2020 12:15 PM

Before Dr. Phil did a show on her, Shelley Duvall was kinda a "vanished" celeb, I think.

by Anonymousreply 1February 25, 2017 3:13 PM

No, Shelley would pop up now and again in news or entertainment. She was never a recluse.

A season or two ago, Top Chef had a jerky contestant named Aaron. He seemed to relish to role of villain. I recently looked him up online and found that, after leaving top chef, he was arrested for hurting his girlfriend. In quick succession, the restaurant that employed him appears to have first fired him, then shut down. The chef abandoned his Twitter, deleted his Facebook, and has disappeared.

by Anonymousreply 2February 25, 2017 3:35 PM

New age author Carlos Castaneda disappeared from the public the last 10 years of his life. Weird cultiness and suicide involving his female followers. Sorry I am too lazy to post a link. You can google it.

by Anonymousreply 3February 25, 2017 4:55 PM

Barbara Harris is allegedly an acting teacher in the northern suburbs of Chicago but she certainly dropped out of the public eye

by Anonymousreply 4February 25, 2017 6:08 PM

What happened to that hottie in the "Voices Carry" video. I tried to look him up, but I found nada. Same goes for DL favorite Michael Schoeffling. I read he has a furniture store, but I found nada.

by Anonymousreply 5February 25, 2017 6:12 PM

there are plenty of celebs from the 1950s and 1960s who dropped off the face of the earth

by Anonymousreply 6February 25, 2017 6:25 PM

Isaac Mizrahi

Dog the Bounty Hunter

Katherine Ross

Cameron Diaz

Nick Stahl

Rob Morrow

Eric Stoltz

Id say Sam Worthington, but he's come out with a new movie.,THE SHACK, this month

by Anonymousreply 7February 25, 2017 7:09 PM

Rob Morrow is on Billions. Isaac Mizrahi sells his schmatas on Hsn or Qvc. Eric Stolz directs TV . Katherine Ross is a Christian now.Cameron Diaz gets papped on the regular. Nick Stahl is trying to stay clean and away from the business fof the moment.

by Anonymousreply 8February 25, 2017 7:14 PM

R8 = Rona Barrett

by Anonymousreply 9February 25, 2017 7:25 PM

Jane Pauley

by Anonymousreply 10February 25, 2017 7:28 PM

Cully Holland is SO hot in "Warbirds"!!!!

WHET??? WHET????

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by Anonymousreply 11February 25, 2017 7:32 PM

Richard Simmons has seemed to go quiet recently. I assume he's still alive.

by Anonymousreply 12February 25, 2017 7:36 PM

Jane Pauley replaced Charles Osgood on CBS Sunday Morning last September. It's one of the most high profile non prime time shows on television. Do you cultural gurus live under a rock?

by Anonymousreply 13February 25, 2017 7:39 PM

Richey Edwards is the most famous one I can think of although he has been legally declared dead now so maybe doesn't fit the OP.

There doesn't seem to be any evidence of his death (other than his self acknowledged depression) and there have been numerous unproven sightings. I guess after so many years his family didn't see any other option.

by Anonymousreply 14February 25, 2017 8:36 PM

Bobbie Gentry hasn't really been 'seen' since the 1980s

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by Anonymousreply 15February 25, 2017 9:15 PM

Jonathan Gilbert from Little House on the Prairie. There were rumors that he was a Wall Street broker, rumors that he was doing theater in LA, and rumors that he was a missionary somewhere in South America or Asia, but nobody has ever been able to track him down.

by Anonymousreply 16February 25, 2017 9:21 PM

Didn't I kind of disappear?

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by Anonymousreply 17February 25, 2017 9:25 PM

Miyoshi Umeki was pretty much a recluse. Friend of mine used to talk to her infrequently on the phone, though only when she'd call him. Apparently, she had always been shy, but it became more pronounced as she got older. She died on August 28, 2007.

by Anonymousreply 18February 25, 2017 9:42 PM

R11 He died in 1991

by Anonymousreply 19February 25, 2017 9:43 PM

Brenda Vaccaro

by Anonymousreply 20February 25, 2017 9:54 PM

This is a mighty fascinating thread! Do celebrated, as in well-known, criminals count? Because I would say the two girls on which the Kate Winslet movie HEAVENLY CREATURES was based certainly qualify as vanished, since both moved to different locations and changed their names.

The accomplice to the murder of the other girls mother ended up being murder/crime/fiction novelist, Ann Perry! It was years before the fans of those novels knew that they were reading crime novels from a real-life "criminal".

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by Anonymousreply 21February 25, 2017 10:56 PM

If you want to read a great book about this subject, I recommend Nick Hornby's Juliet, Naked. It's about a singer who disappears after releasing one album, and the cottage industry and internet chat groups that develop as a result. It is a great read for anyone who likes Hornby - I do! I do! -- music, and weird celebratory stories. Because the singer was from a previous era, there is also a little tinge melancholy that runs through the story, as the main characters still hold on an idol from their youth. I've read all of Hornby's books, and this is my favorite.

by Anonymousreply 22February 25, 2017 11:07 PM

There was a whole thread about Patti Deutch. No pics of her anywhere for the past 30 years.

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by Anonymousreply 23February 25, 2017 11:17 PM

r23- That can only mean one most likely thing to my mind – identity change! I expect that she probably changed her name and her looks, and now has a good time being right under our nose undetected. ;-)

by Anonymousreply 24February 25, 2017 11:21 PM

R15 Bobbie Gentry is stationed on the Tallahatchie Bridge still trying to figure out what Billie Joe threw off it many years ago.

by Anonymousreply 25February 26, 2017 12:46 AM

R13 We don't get that this side of the pond.

by Anonymousreply 26February 26, 2017 12:51 AM

r9 No not Rona but my closest friends say I like to stay in the know.

by Anonymousreply 27February 26, 2017 1:13 AM

Joey Heatherton

by Anonymousreply 28February 26, 2017 1:22 AM

Do you think the third photo might be Patti Deutsch?

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by Anonymousreply 29February 26, 2017 1:41 AM

Irene Cara

Doris Day

Dorothy Malone

Blu Cantrell

Debleah Morgan ("Dance with Me", late '90s one hit wonder)

Charlene ("I've Never Been to Me")

by Anonymousreply 30February 26, 2017 1:42 AM

John Rocca (lead singer of the '80s disco-pop band Freeez)

Nanette Fabray

Janis Paige

Lola Falana

Betty Jaynes (Judy and Mickey' s co-star from Babes in Arms)

by Anonymousreply 31February 26, 2017 1:50 AM

Forgot her name. Molly something?

Famous Editorial Cartoonist who did a 'Draw Mohamed contest' about 4 years ago.

Well, it infuriated the terrorists and the Have her on their most wanted list.

FBI could not protect her.

She disappeared, changed her name and appearance....nobody knows where she is anymore.

by Anonymousreply 32February 26, 2017 2:25 AM

Erik per Sullivan, Dewey on "Malcolm In The Middle." Here's a cast reunion photo, with Justin Berfield holding a photo for the missing Erik.

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by Anonymousreply 33February 26, 2017 2:41 AM

Reuben Greene, the black actor who played Bernard in THE BOYS IN THE BAND, both stage and screen. In the DVD extras someone, probably Mart Crowley, says they have tried to locate him for years with no success.

by Anonymousreply 34February 26, 2017 2:46 AM

Eddie

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by Anonymousreply 35February 26, 2017 2:52 AM

SissyBoodleBoots

by Anonymousreply 36February 26, 2017 2:59 AM

The guy who played Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles lives in PA with his wife and kids and owns a furniture store, but I haven't seen any recent pics of him

by Anonymousreply 37February 26, 2017 3:01 AM

Jeremy Spenser was in a few movies in the 50s and 60s, then disappeared.

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by Anonymousreply 38February 26, 2017 3:04 AM

Kate Jackson

Sue Lyon

Tussday Weld

Marsha Warfield

by Anonymousreply 39February 26, 2017 3:08 AM

Peter Lemongello

Glynis Johns

by Anonymousreply 40February 26, 2017 3:09 AM

Delta Burke

by Anonymousreply 41February 26, 2017 3:11 AM

Isn't Marsha Warfield dead?

by Anonymousreply 42February 26, 2017 3:12 AM

Arte Johnson

Gary Burghoff

JoAnn Plfug

The original letter turner on Wheel of Fortune pre Vanna

Carol Merrill (from the original Let's Make a Deal)

Ursula Andress

by Anonymousreply 43February 26, 2017 3:13 AM

David Leisure

Matt Frewer

by Anonymousreply 44February 26, 2017 3:14 AM

"Jonathan Gilbert from Little House on the Prairie. There were rumors that he was a Wall Street broker, rumors that he was doing theater in LA, and rumors that he was a missionary somewhere in South America or Asia, but nobody has ever been able to track him down."

Can't someone just ask his sister Melissa where he is?

by Anonymousreply 45February 26, 2017 3:14 AM

Greg Reeves from CSNY.

by Anonymousreply 46February 26, 2017 3:14 AM

[quote] The original letter turner on Wheel of Fortune pre Vanna

Susan Stafford. She became a psychologist and then lost her license to practice for being extremely homophobic.

by Anonymousreply 47February 26, 2017 3:17 AM

Even the furniture store thing abiut Michael Schoeffling is dated. He could be retired by now for all we know. His daughter is a married model who lives in NY.

I second Jonathan Gilbert, nobody knows anything about him despite numerous efforts to track him down.

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by Anonymousreply 48February 26, 2017 3:17 AM

Anita Bryant

Tommy Rall (heard he's pretty much retired, saw a recent photo of him on another site and he looked ok.)

Mara Corday

Joyce Bulifant

Barbara Parkins

Jenny Jones

by Anonymousreply 49February 26, 2017 3:22 AM

Gail Strickland

by Anonymousreply 50February 26, 2017 3:23 AM

Griffin Dunne

Great in the movie AFTER HOURS. Catch it if you can...cool to see NYCs very rough SoHo & LES before they were gentrified.

by Anonymousreply 51February 26, 2017 3:23 AM

Lauren Hutton

by Anonymousreply 52February 26, 2017 3:27 AM

Stacy Lattisaw

Alicia Bridges (I want some ACK-SHAWN!!)

Grace Slick

Tommy Steele

by Anonymousreply 53February 26, 2017 3:28 AM

Griffin had a recurring role on Fox's RED BAND SOCIETY a few years ago and popped up in the Carrie Fisher/Debbie Reynolds documentary.

by Anonymousreply 54February 26, 2017 3:29 AM

Ann Curry (formerly of the Today Show)

Charles Gibson (formerly of ABC News)

by Anonymousreply 55February 26, 2017 3:30 AM

Steve Sandvoss

by Anonymousreply 56February 26, 2017 3:33 AM

TerriLynn Joe

by Anonymousreply 57February 26, 2017 3:33 AM

Mac Davis

by Anonymousreply 58February 26, 2017 3:35 AM

Jeannie C. Riley

Barbara Mandrell

Tony Dow (Although I think he's been doing the autograph show circuit lately.....)

by Anonymousreply 59February 26, 2017 3:36 AM

Isn't Barbara Mandrill severely brain damaged from that car crash?

by Anonymousreply 60February 26, 2017 3:40 AM

Wow you can see her Daddy in her r48 Kathrine Ross is married to Sam Elliot - so that aint too shabby.

by Anonymousreply 61February 26, 2017 3:40 AM

Alicia Bridges does disco oldies shows occasionally.

by Anonymousreply 62February 26, 2017 3:41 AM

Olivia Newton John's husband vanished, didn't he?

by Anonymousreply 63February 26, 2017 3:43 AM

Here's Jeannie C Riley in a video posted 4 years ago. She sounds good

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by Anonymousreply 64February 26, 2017 3:44 AM

Steven Shortridge

by Anonymousreply 65February 26, 2017 3:44 AM

The men from WEST SIDE STORY

Richard Beymer

Russ Tamblyn

George Chakiris

by Anonymousreply 66February 26, 2017 3:47 AM

Rick Moranis but he came back recently.

by Anonymousreply 67February 26, 2017 3:48 AM

Meg Foster

by Anonymousreply 68February 26, 2017 3:50 AM

Monty Hall of Lets Make A Deal.

Still alive at 95!

by Anonymousreply 69February 26, 2017 3:57 AM

Just about everyone in The Warriors, except James Remar.

by Anonymousreply 70February 26, 2017 4:06 AM

Lauren Hutton didn't vanish. She still models, actually - I saw her in an ad recently

by Anonymousreply 71February 26, 2017 4:11 AM

An ad for what? Diapers?

by Anonymousreply 72February 26, 2017 4:13 AM

Kay Lenz

Belinda J. Montgomery

by Anonymousreply 73February 26, 2017 4:16 AM

Stephanie Zimbalist

by Anonymousreply 74February 26, 2017 4:17 AM

r72, it was bottega veneta

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by Anonymousreply 75February 26, 2017 4:22 AM

Greg Evigan

by Anonymousreply 76February 26, 2017 4:28 AM

Kim Lankford

by Anonymousreply 77February 26, 2017 4:29 AM

[quote] Steve Sandvoss

He vanished from Hollywood, but he didn't vanish altogether. There were several articles about how Steve (who now goes by "Max") left Hollywood to join his brother in the goat farming/dairy business.

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by Anonymousreply 78February 26, 2017 4:30 AM

Meg Foster had the bluest, weirdest eyes ever

She looks like a burn victim now :O(

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by Anonymousreply 79February 26, 2017 4:42 AM

R78 thats a fate worse than vanishing

by Anonymousreply 80February 26, 2017 4:43 AM

R76 I just saw him on some TV show re run the other night, that couldnt have been more than a few yrs old. Forget the show...

Still very handsome & has a full head of hair - completely white.

by Anonymousreply 81February 26, 2017 4:46 AM

Charlene Tilton

by Anonymousreply 82February 26, 2017 4:50 AM

Both Richard Beymer and Russ Tamblyn are in the Twin Peaks revival. Riss Tamblyn had a cameo with his daughter in Django Unchained a few years back.

This guy claims to have found a semi-recent pic of Michael Schoeffling. Looks believable enough.

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by Anonymousreply 83February 26, 2017 4:50 AM

Ever wonder what you're missing, what the deplorables would say?

by Anonymousreply 84February 26, 2017 4:50 AM

Mike Branson

by Anonymousreply 85February 26, 2017 4:53 AM

That looks nothing like Michael Schoeffling, even a 20 years older version.

by Anonymousreply 86February 26, 2017 4:59 AM

Many of the people mentioned in this thread are still acting, although in lower profile projects, or do public appearances. So not totally vanished.

R85 Most porn stars disappear from public eye after retiring. Branson has been the subject of many rumors though that became a running joke on here.

by Anonymousreply 87February 26, 2017 5:02 AM

Notice a deplorable asked about Mike Branson.

by Anonymousreply 88February 26, 2017 5:15 AM

Yet the loser knew who he was too.

by Anonymousreply 89February 26, 2017 5:22 AM

There was an actor, Wes Stern, who was on television a lot in the early 70s. I think he made a movie with Jacqueline Bissett before that. He was in teen magazines, guest-starred on "The Partridge Family," had a semi-regular role on "Rhoda", then when his minor moment was over, he just vanished except for a few TV guest shots. Not a notable story in itself, but nobody seems to have any idea what happened to him or where he went.

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by Anonymousreply 90February 26, 2017 5:29 AM

Jane and Jackie

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by Anonymousreply 91February 26, 2017 5:37 AM

[quote]That looks nothing like Michael Schoeffling, even a 20 years older version.

Here's another one. Pretty sure this is legitimately him

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by Anonymousreply 92February 26, 2017 5:56 AM

I choose to remember him like this.

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by Anonymousreply 93February 26, 2017 6:01 AM

Jake even got a doll.

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by Anonymousreply 94February 26, 2017 6:03 AM

Varnished celebrities

by Anonymousreply 95February 26, 2017 6:11 AM

Iain Quarrier, an actor who starred in two Roman Polanski films, Cul-de-sac and The Fearless Vampires Killers. He appeared in only five movies in the mid to late 1960s before retiring from the film business following the murder of his close friend Sharon Tate in 1969.

by Anonymousreply 96February 26, 2017 6:16 AM

Griffin Dunne had a rather prominent role in "Dallas Buyers Club", though hard to see him under all that hair and beard.

I vote for Bambi Woods, star of "Debbie Does Dallas". They made a whole documentary about trying to find her and it ended as a drag when they couldn't. She has done a good job of hiding from her porn past (and, despite rumors, is supposedly alive).

by Anonymousreply 97February 26, 2017 6:17 AM

P.S. You'd think Bambi's wonky eye would give her away easily. It was prominent.

by Anonymousreply 98February 26, 2017 6:18 AM

The actress Heather Lin/Lind. She was so pretty. Also Bridget Fonda. Corey Parker probably still acts?

by Anonymousreply 99February 26, 2017 6:55 AM

[quote]Here's Jeannie C Riley in a video posted 4 years ago. She sounds good

She was terrific in that video!

by Anonymousreply 100February 26, 2017 6:55 AM

Maureen Teefy

Sabrina LeBeauf

PJ Soles

Abby Dalton

by Anonymousreply 101February 26, 2017 6:56 AM

Pamelyn Ferdin

Eric Shea

Lisa Gerritsen

by Anonymousreply 102February 26, 2017 7:01 AM

Cameron Diaz? That is so stupid. She was just in Annie. Fairuza Balk certainly isn't getting roles in anything.

by Anonymousreply 103February 26, 2017 7:02 AM

Sarah Holcomb from Animal House and Caddy Shack. Had some mental health and/or drug problems and dropped off the face of the Earth about 1980.

Another Animal House actor, Lisa Baur, the girl who makes out in the car at the Blues Club after they do the dead roommate thing only appeared in one episode of Charlie's Angels before disappearing. She's rumored to be living in New Zealand and making candles.

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by Anonymousreply 104February 26, 2017 7:08 AM

Bridget Fonda is married to Danny Elfman.

Gene Hackman.

by Anonymousreply 105February 26, 2017 7:09 AM

Fawn Liebowitz's friend?

by Anonymousreply 106February 26, 2017 7:10 AM

"Days of Heaven" actress Linda Manz

by Anonymousreply 107February 26, 2017 7:21 AM

Jeannie C Riley is a hoot in that video.

by Anonymousreply 108February 26, 2017 7:26 AM

Meg Foster played an old hooker recently in an episode of F/X's Baskets. She was very funny, and very tragic-looking.

by Anonymousreply 109February 26, 2017 8:11 AM

The story I remember is Sarah Holcomb developed schizophrenia in her early twenties- hanging around with drugging party dudes like Belushi and her at-the-time boyfriend Brian Doyle Murray probably didn't help things. A movie loosely based on her came out 10+ years ago with Rachel Leigh Cook. Holcomb's brother had a role in it.

Sarah's still alive. I think she lives up somewhere in New England.

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by Anonymousreply 110February 26, 2017 8:14 AM

Gene Hackman is officially retired.

by Anonymousreply 111February 26, 2017 8:15 AM

There were rumors that husky-voiced Bobbie Gentry was really a man. Perhaps she/he gave up the drag to live amongst the people undetected.

by Anonymousreply 112February 26, 2017 8:19 AM

Eric Shea vanished for many years but then started popping up about 8 or 10 years ago doing some "Poseidon Adventure" reunions.

Here is 4 years ago for Poseidon's 40th with the major surviving cast (but not the retired and rumored not well Gene Hackman).

Why Pamela Sue Martin looks like Valerie Harper now we'll never know...

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by Anonymousreply 113February 26, 2017 8:40 AM

Carol Lynley, omg.

by Anonymousreply 114February 26, 2017 8:53 AM

gale harold

by Anonymousreply 115February 26, 2017 9:27 AM

Brenda Vacarro did all four seasons of Treme as Aunt Mimi. She was wonderful.

by Anonymousreply 116February 26, 2017 10:35 AM

bridget fonda?

by Anonymousreply 117February 26, 2017 11:04 AM

Those pictures look nothing like Michael Schoeffling.

by Anonymousreply 118February 26, 2017 11:34 AM

r107, I was just wondering about Linda Manz

by Anonymousreply 119February 26, 2017 4:33 PM

Joe Dallesandro. There's someone from the eldergay vault.

by Anonymousreply 120February 26, 2017 4:53 PM

The last time I saw Linda Manz was on that movie GUMMO.

by Anonymousreply 121February 26, 2017 4:55 PM

Some infomercial guy who sold some kind of cleaning stuff for a brief moment after Billy Mays died. He had a hooker scandal and has since disappeared.

by Anonymousreply 122February 26, 2017 5:09 PM

R113 - woooow Paaaaam.......

by Anonymousreply 123February 26, 2017 5:17 PM

Beavis and Butthead. They used to be everywhere.

by Anonymousreply 124February 26, 2017 5:25 PM

Matt Frewer, that's a good one! Wasn't he Max Headroom?

And that handsome actor that costarred with him, Beau Gravitte? Is he still around?

by Anonymousreply 125February 26, 2017 5:29 PM

Shrinkin' Violette

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by Anonymousreply 126February 26, 2017 5:32 PM

R103, Fairuza Balk was in the last season of Ray Donovan.

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by Anonymousreply 127February 26, 2017 6:14 PM

Max Headroom

by Anonymousreply 128February 26, 2017 6:25 PM

Coming soon:

Billy Bush Chelsea Handler

by Anonymousreply 129February 26, 2017 6:28 PM

I thought we were talking about vanished celebrities, as in, they fell off the radar and were barely heard from again, rather than celebrities whose careers just naturally petered out.

by Anonymousreply 130February 26, 2017 6:36 PM

Nick Kamen

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by Anonymousreply 131February 26, 2017 6:36 PM

The original Penny from Hairspray.

by Anonymousreply 132February 26, 2017 6:41 PM

Charles Martin Smith

Lark Voorhies

Ike Eisenmann

Ricky Segall

Carrie Kei Heim

Lance Kerwin

by Anonymousreply 133February 26, 2017 6:50 PM

Please post a real picture of Jake Ryan. I cannot believe there is not one current picture of him floating around on the Web. Is he in the Witness Protection Program or something? The previous pics posted cannot be him.

by Anonymousreply 134February 26, 2017 6:51 PM

Several cast members of [italic]Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman[/italic] are MIA:

–Louise Lasser (Mary Hartman).

–Greg Mullavey (Mary's husband, Tom).

–Claudia Lamb (Mary's daughter Heather).

–Bruce Solomon (Sgt. Foley).

–Marian Mercer (Wanda Jeeter).

–Salome Jens (Mae Olinski).

Some cast members have died, including Graham Jarvis ( Charlie Haggers), Dody Goodman (Mary's mom), Victor Killian (Grandpa Larkin), Debralee Scott (Mary's younger sister, Cathy), Philip Bruns (Mary's dad), and Dennis Burkley (Mac Slattery).

God, I miss that show!

by Anonymousreply 135February 26, 2017 6:53 PM

A few months back there was a thread about what happens to actors who have some degree of fame when they stop getting work. (And don't have enough money to live off of for the rest of their lives.)

This thread seems like a good continuation.

by Anonymousreply 136February 26, 2017 7:00 PM

R135 Louise Lasser is an acting teacher at HB Studio in NYC.

by Anonymousreply 137February 26, 2017 7:04 PM

Frewer has been on Orphan Black for the last five years.

by Anonymousreply 138February 26, 2017 7:04 PM

R135, Marian Mercer is dead too.

by Anonymousreply 139February 26, 2017 7:05 PM

There's a new creepy podcast about Richard Simmons's disappearance.

by Anonymousreply 140February 26, 2017 7:13 PM

Re: 140

Did it mention the rumors that he's pulling a Caitlyn?

by Anonymousreply 141February 26, 2017 7:18 PM

Article about the Richard Simmons podcast.

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by Anonymousreply 142February 26, 2017 7:19 PM

Richard Simmons

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by Anonymousreply 143February 26, 2017 7:21 PM

Karen Valentine

Denise Nicholas

Lucinda Dickey

Erin Moran

Leif Garrett

Gigi Perreau

by Anonymousreply 144February 26, 2017 7:24 PM

Danielle Darrieux

Steve Lawrence

Lyle Waggoner

by Anonymousreply 145February 26, 2017 7:27 PM

R125 Yes, Matt Frewer = Max Headroom

by Anonymousreply 146February 26, 2017 7:32 PM

Michael T. Weiss

Ken Wahl

by Anonymousreply 147February 26, 2017 7:36 PM

Andie MacDowell

Casper Van Dien

Victoria Principal

Chris Noth

Frances Conroy

Peri Gilpin

by Anonymousreply 148February 26, 2017 8:08 PM

Leigh McCloseky

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by Anonymousreply 149February 26, 2017 8:12 PM

No one mentioned me😥

by Anonymousreply 150February 26, 2017 8:15 PM

This thread confuses me. Are people just throwing out names of people they haven't heard about recently? I mean, Charlene Tilton was in the recent "Dallas" reboot; Andie MacDowell was recently on a television show on the Hallmark Channel, Casper van Dien is still in small movies and tv shows (like those "Sharktopolous" movies).

If you google most of these names, you'll find a lot of them are still working, but it's just on one of the 200 channels you're not watching, or direct to video movies you never rent/download.

by Anonymousreply 151February 26, 2017 8:21 PM

Hollywood is crazy, so people run away

by Anonymousreply 152February 26, 2017 8:25 PM

The classic example of this is the singer Rodriguez. His disappearance and eventual discovery was chronicled in the Academy Award-winning documentary "Searching for Sugar Man" in 2012.

[quote]Searching for Sugar Man is a 2012 Swedish–British documentary film of a South African cultural phenomenon directed and written by Malik Bendjelloul which details the efforts of two Cape Town fans in the late 1990s, Stephen "Sugar" Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom, to find out whether the rumoured death of American musician Sixto Rodriguez was true, and if not, to discover what had become of him. Rodriguez's music, which had never achieved success in the United States, had become very popular in South Africa although little was known about him in that country.

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by Anonymousreply 153February 26, 2017 8:36 PM

I was just reading about that documentary in the OP link. There are many holes in the story as the film tells it.

by Anonymousreply 154February 26, 2017 8:39 PM

R92, that could be Schoeffling, there are other pictures on FB where the features seem to be the same. Unfortunately, if it is him, he didn't age well and looks much older than 55. I guess I'm with R93, if that is him, I would rather have remembered him as Jake Ryan.

by Anonymousreply 155February 26, 2017 8:40 PM

You're assuming DL's Olds know how to use Google R151

Most are on Windows 6 and have DL bookmarked

by Anonymousreply 156February 26, 2017 8:41 PM

The cast of Downton Abbey

by Anonymousreply 157February 26, 2017 8:45 PM

These are the other photos.

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by Anonymousreply 158February 26, 2017 8:51 PM

Contrast the profile pic at R92 with the one below. Totally different nose, isn't it?

If these are recent pics, he looks nothing like he used to. I don't just mean aging (grey hair, receding hairline, weight gain), I mean structurally the face looks completely different to me.

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by Anonymousreply 159February 26, 2017 9:01 PM

The kid who played Vicki the robot

by Anonymousreply 160February 26, 2017 9:06 PM

The lips and side hairline do resemble the younger him, R159. Compared to his Hollywood peers, it's kind of shocking how badly he aged for such a gorgeous guy, if it is indeed him of course.

by Anonymousreply 161February 26, 2017 9:10 PM

R161, there's a recent article about his life as a carpenter.

by Anonymousreply 162February 26, 2017 9:13 PM

Yikes! Those photos at R158 are shocking, but I do believe that it is Jake Ryan. Unfortunate choice of eyeglass frames to boot.

by Anonymousreply 163February 26, 2017 9:46 PM

I see Griffin Dunne on Instagram all the time

by Anonymousreply 164February 26, 2017 10:02 PM

Jenny the Icicle Queen

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by Anonymousreply 165February 26, 2017 10:13 PM

Valerie Perrine - Oscar nominated Best Actress for Lenny

by Anonymousreply 166February 26, 2017 10:19 PM

The cutie with the odd name who played Derek the mean brother on "Strangers With Candy". He didn't even show up to do the movie. And his replacement sucked.

by Anonymousreply 167February 26, 2017 10:23 PM

Gary Sandy

Tom Riddle from that second Harry Potter movie (droooollll)

by Anonymousreply 168February 26, 2017 10:26 PM

Catherine Burns - Oscar-nominated Supporting Actress for Last Summer

by Anonymousreply 169February 26, 2017 10:28 PM

Hugh Downs

by Anonymousreply 170February 26, 2017 11:08 PM

DL fave Sally Kirkland - I'm worried.

by Anonymousreply 171February 26, 2017 11:11 PM

Oh, won't she be at the Oscars this evening, R171??? Doesn't she always go??? I'm being dead serious.

by Anonymousreply 172February 26, 2017 11:13 PM

I'm with you, R151. It would be more interesting our way.

by Anonymousreply 173February 26, 2017 11:13 PM

R154, I recently watched that film and thought it was very absorbing. What holes in the story do you mean?

by Anonymousreply 174February 26, 2017 11:16 PM

Barbara Walters

Star Jones

Debbie Matenopolos

by Anonymousreply 175February 26, 2017 11:24 PM

R171 Here's Sally out and about this past November at the AFI Fest.

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by Anonymousreply 176February 26, 2017 11:26 PM

Lyle Waggoner owns a successful company that rent trailers for movie sets.

by Anonymousreply 177February 26, 2017 11:28 PM

Robert Lowell, star of the MST3K favorite I Accuse My Parents

Edward Ryan, played Al Sullivan in The Fighting Sullivan's with DL fave Anne Baxter, also starred in many B-movies in the '40s

by Anonymousreply 178February 26, 2017 11:47 PM

I love that photo of her, r176. She looks completely insane.

by Anonymousreply 179February 26, 2017 11:48 PM

Is there anyone who didn't love Jake? I love how Molly Ringworm bitches about how all people ask her about is Jake. I refuse to look at the Jake now pictures. Refuse.

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by Anonymousreply 180February 26, 2017 11:55 PM

The pics at r92 and r158 are Schoeffling. Compare the profile and ears- outer ear shape doesn't change. He looks like who he is- a 50-something dad who long ago left Hollywood being secretly photographed in Bumfuck, PA.

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by Anonymousreply 181February 27, 2017 12:00 AM

I agree r181. I do not think he looks bad at all he just hasn't done botox and filler. He looks like a normal, well adjusted and happy person. Tammy cruise is probably his age and looks insane and terrible in comparison.

by Anonymousreply 182February 27, 2017 12:05 AM

What happened to Shane McDermott?

by Anonymousreply 183February 27, 2017 12:05 AM

Shane McDermott in 2014.

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by Anonymousreply 184February 27, 2017 12:09 AM

Shane McDermott

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by Anonymousreply 185February 27, 2017 12:10 AM

Thank you r151, some people are just naming people they haven't about recently. Everyone on the list r8 made can be found with one google search,

by Anonymousreply 186February 27, 2017 12:14 AM

I figured Bobbie Gentry was on this list....she strikes me as the most frequently cited example.

by Anonymousreply 187February 27, 2017 12:18 AM

Last June, a WaPo reporter tracked Bobbie Gentry down. Maybe.

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by Anonymousreply 188February 27, 2017 12:21 AM

Pia Zadora. As in (to be sung to the tune of the Toreador Song from Carmen):

Pia Zadora, don't spit on the floor-a.

Use the cuspidor-a.

That's what it's for-a.

by Anonymousreply 189February 27, 2017 12:24 AM

Regarding Jonathan Gilbert, Melissa said that he moved away after Little House ended and she hasn't heard from him since. She has no idea why. Kind of bizarre!

Good thread by the way, it's nice and chill in here.

by Anonymousreply 190February 27, 2017 12:31 AM

That's weird that he won't even talk to his own sister

by Anonymousreply 191February 27, 2017 1:25 AM

Anna Maria Alberghetti

Maxine Nightingale

Yvonne Elliman

by Anonymousreply 192February 27, 2017 1:32 AM

Cindy Birdsong

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by Anonymousreply 193February 27, 2017 2:05 AM

Ther is a new podcast about Richard Simmons' disappearance. It's called 'Missing Richard Simmons"

by Anonymousreply 194February 27, 2017 2:09 AM

Bummed. Always hoping for surprises, hoped tonight would start with Dev. But if it's going to be straight down the fucking line all night... ugh.

by Anonymousreply 195February 27, 2017 2:24 AM

"Valerie Perrine - Oscar nominated Best Actress for Lenny"

Last time I saw her was on ATWT as the mother of Jack and Brad Snyder. This was maybe, 2001, 2002? I think the character was named Dolores.

by Anonymousreply 196February 27, 2017 2:54 AM

R193 Cindy was killed when her hair do collapsed & fractured her cranium.

by Anonymousreply 197February 27, 2017 2:55 AM

[167] according to the strangers with candy movie dvd commentary, he was looked so old loozing he wasn't cast to play the role.

by Anonymousreply 198February 27, 2017 3:29 AM

Another World: Where are Vicky Wyndham (Rachel), Gail Brown (Clarice) & Nancy Frangione (Cecile)?

by Anonymousreply 199February 27, 2017 4:39 AM

[quote]The pics at [R92] and [R158] are Schoeffling. Compare the profile and ears- outer ear shape doesn't change. He looks like who he is- a 50-something dad who long ago left Hollywood being secretly photographed in Bumfuck, PA.

Perhaps, but I can't figure out why his nostrils in the current day appear to be twice the size as they used to be.

by Anonymousreply 200February 27, 2017 5:11 AM

The gorgeous and magnetic Jenny Wright

by Anonymousreply 201February 27, 2017 5:19 AM

*He was looking sp old

by Anonymousreply 202February 27, 2017 12:07 PM

Barbi Benson

Rachel Ticontin

Laura SanGiacomo

The fat lady who played Mimi on The Drew Carey Show

by Anonymousreply 203February 27, 2017 1:19 PM

Where's Brad from Teen Witch? And Russ from Honey, I shrunk the Kids? The whole cast for that matter.

by Anonymousreply 204February 27, 2017 1:46 PM

Jameson Parker, costar with Gerald McRaney on Simon & Simon. No IMDB credits since a guest spot on JAG back in 2003.

by Anonymousreply 205February 27, 2017 1:59 PM

Meg Foster should be cast in The Game of Thrones.

by Anonymousreply 206February 27, 2017 9:11 PM

Amanda Bearse

Irene Ng

Jaye P. Morgan

Jim J. Bullock

Chuck Barris

by Anonymousreply 207February 28, 2017 1:42 AM

R175 Debbie and Star tweet constantly. Both have done so just in the last few hours. They've hardly vanished. Barbara gave an interview just a couple of months ago. She's 143 years old and pretty much retired, it's not the same as vanished.

by Anonymousreply 208February 28, 2017 2:10 AM

Matt Frewer is still around in lots of things, including the new show Timeless.

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by Anonymousreply 209February 28, 2017 2:25 AM

Gary Grimes

by Anonymousreply 210February 28, 2017 2:28 AM

Yes yes yes ! r201 I looked her up a few year ago because she had a quality about her that was memorable. She was very kittenish sort of like Maralyn Monroe. I always wondered why she gave up.

by Anonymousreply 211February 28, 2017 3:09 AM

Bobbie Gentry was just too fucking gorgeous

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by Anonymousreply 213February 28, 2017 3:21 AM

Chrissy Metz' clitoris

by Anonymousreply 214February 28, 2017 11:09 AM

What about Matt Frewer's handsomer costar Beau Gravitte? Is it true he's selling real estate in New Jersey?

by Anonymousreply 215February 28, 2017 12:51 PM

WEHT Jaye Davidson?

by Anonymousreply 216March 1, 2017 12:50 AM

"Brenda Vacarro did all four seasons of Treme as Aunt Mimi."

No. That was Elizabeth Ashley.

by Anonymousreply 217March 1, 2017 1:06 AM

R48, She's pretty fugly for a model.

by Anonymousreply 218March 1, 2017 1:20 AM

Why is it that so many think "vanished" means "got older and retired from a good career"?

by Anonymousreply 219March 1, 2017 1:24 AM

The Sham Wow kind is back. Just saw him recently.

by Anonymousreply 220March 1, 2017 1:28 AM

Brigitte Bardot

Gil Gerard

Charles Perez

by Anonymousreply 221March 1, 2017 12:20 PM

Brigitte Bardot r221 lives in France which is not the same as vanishing. She married a far right politician. Prides herself on being a bigot and every now and again gets in trouble for inciting racial disharmony. These days she's as ugly on the outside and she is on the inside.

by Anonymousreply 222March 1, 2017 1:15 PM

Billy Bush

by Anonymousreply 223March 2, 2017 12:53 AM

I was wondering what happened to Lauren Lane who played C.C. Babcock on "The Nanny" (1993-1999).

Lane is an Associate Professor at Texas State University (San Marcos). She is Head of Acting in the Department of Theatre and Dance.

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by Anonymousreply 224March 5, 2017 2:00 AM

[quote]The gorgeous and magnetic Jenny Wright

This may be one of the few people listed that actually fits this topic as OP intended. On the NEAR DARK DVD commentary, Adrian Pasdar indicated that she had completely disappeared and while looking at the camera he asked her to get in contact.

by Anonymousreply 225March 5, 2017 2:36 AM

Glenne Headley

Thomas Jane

Laura San Giacomo

Lauren Ambrose

by Anonymousreply 226March 5, 2017 3:36 AM

In recent years Jenny Wright has been doing some of the horror movie conventions.

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by Anonymousreply 227March 5, 2017 3:44 AM

Christopher Jones

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by Anonymousreply 228March 5, 2017 4:24 PM

Laura San Giacomo

She's still doing guest appearances on various TV shows, but mostly she works with disabled kid charities since her kid has CP.

by Anonymousreply 229March 5, 2017 4:30 PM

There was an excellent interview with Jenny Wright in "Shock Cinema" a year or so ago. Turns out she'd been dealing with a very serious drug problem for many years, and even alluded to living on the streets for a while. Very ambivalent about her time in Hollywood. She does the autograph show circuit occasionally.

I remember seeing her photo in "Vogue" (if memory serves) when she was in NY starring in the play "Album"; she was so pretty.

by Anonymousreply 230March 5, 2017 6:28 PM

Several comedians from Chelsea Handler's old show on E! seem to be MIA, including:

Chris Franjola

Chris Wolf

Dov Davidoff

Sarah Colonna

Guy Branum

Heather McDonald

Brad Wollack

Josh Wolf

Chelsea's brother, a chef, Roy Handler

by Anonymousreply 231March 5, 2017 8:43 PM

^^Sorry, I didn't mean to say Chris Wolf. I have no idea who that is.^^

by Anonymousreply 232March 5, 2017 8:44 PM

[quote]Several comedians from Chelsea Handler's old show on E! seem to be MIA, including:

They're stand-up comedians. They generally make a living by being on tour. Franjola was in Boston in January, McDonald is coming to Boston in a couple weeks, Josh Wolf played Mohegan Sun (CT) a few weeks ago, etc.

by Anonymousreply 233March 5, 2017 8:52 PM

I know for a fact that Gil Gerard ate his way out of a career. I once saw a memo from a PTB on a show he did (not the space one that made him famous), begging him to slim down. He couldn't lose it and nobody would hire him. And nobody would accept him as a character actor since he wasn't that versatile anyway.

Ditto, Jayne Kennedy, God bless her. She was gorgeous in her time. And very sweet. But just too BIG to last. I also ran into another beauty at a grocery story in the Valley who had the same issue -- beautiful but she looked like a linebacker as she got older: Lynda Day George.

by Anonymousreply 234March 5, 2017 10:24 PM

That bundle of talent, Alison Doody

by Anonymousreply 235March 5, 2017 10:50 PM

Did Erin Moran end up unemployed and living in a trailer park, taking care of a relative, or is that just urban legend?

by Anonymousreply 236March 5, 2017 10:58 PM

Ew. What bit Jenny Wright? Why are there multiple Lauren Ambrose mentions? She does cable mini-series. And that is true about Erin Moran. She is an okie trailer meth tweaker. I saw the pictures.

by Anonymousreply 237March 5, 2017 11:02 PM

Bobby Rydell

Fabian

Della Reese

Antony Carbone

by Anonymousreply 238March 5, 2017 11:04 PM

Greta Scacchi

by Anonymousreply 239March 5, 2017 11:06 PM

Michael Pitt

by Anonymousreply 240March 5, 2017 11:10 PM

Macaulay Culkin Paul Bettany Cameron Diaz Isabelle Adjani

by Anonymousreply 241March 5, 2017 11:12 PM

Bunny D

by Anonymousreply 242March 5, 2017 11:31 PM

Jonathan Gilbert was pretty easy to track down if you know where to look. I'm sure Melissa knows how to contact him and is in contact with him, but he is no longer in show business and wants his privacy. She can just dodge all questions about him by stating he doesn't speak to her. There is some false biographical information about him out there which leads me to believe he's doing all he can to remain private.

by Anonymousreply 243March 5, 2017 11:35 PM

Michael Pitt played the villain in Criminal, with Costner and Ryan Reynolds, R240, pretty easy to recognize, and I've only ever seen him since Numbers.

by Anonymousreply 244March 6, 2017 12:24 AM

Huma Abedin

by Anonymousreply 245March 6, 2017 12:27 AM

[quote] Bobbie Gentry hasn't really been 'seen' since the 1980s

There are rumors she got lost in Demi Moore's bush.

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by Anonymousreply 246March 7, 2017 2:25 AM

Erin Moran was all over the tabloids a few years ago r236. She ended up in a trailer park, she has what seems to be a pretty serious drinking problem. Possibly drugs too. The trailer belonged to her mother in law, but she eventually kicked them out. Last reports were she was living in various motels. There were also rumors she was going to leave her husband for a woman but who knows if there's any truth to that.

by Anonymousreply 247March 7, 2017 3:21 AM

That is totally Jake Ryan in those pics!!! I think hes too thin,if he filled out a little and cut that hair(I loathe long hair on older men) you'd easily see it. The eyebrows,the ears,the mouth,the chin,all the same. I think he looks just fine,but goddamn was he ever a hottie back when.

by Anonymousreply 248March 7, 2017 5:35 AM

R246 reminds me of this.

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by Anonymousreply 249March 7, 2017 5:40 AM

[R207] Amanda Bearse lives in Seattle. She's an active member of the community. Does lots of LGBTQ events. Teaches acting.

by Anonymousreply 250March 7, 2017 5:44 AM

Bearse still does the horror conventions also because Fright Night is still popular.

by Anonymousreply 251March 7, 2017 5:47 AM

FREE Acting lessons from Marcy!!!!

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by Anonymousreply 252March 8, 2017 2:42 AM

@ABC7 1 hour ago

LAPD did a welfare check on Richard Simmons, and the detective says the fitness guru is fine

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by Anonymousreply 253March 11, 2017 3:40 AM

Someone mentioned Claudia Lamb (Heather on "Mary Hartman") —she was a radio journalist in the Bay Area for years and still is active on social media.

Leslie Ann Powers (Penny from the original "Hairspray") truly fits this category. John Waters and Ricki Lake both say they want her to get in touch.

Two others:

A child actor named Michael-James Wixted (pictured) was very active on American TV in the 1960s and 1970s, and his career didn't peter out. It just stopped. There are queries on various message boards about him, but he seems to have truly vanished.

And this creepy one:

Jonathan Scott-Taylor played Damien in the second Omen film and got generally good reviews in a campy movie. He worked in legit theater and movies for a while afterward (including the Royal Shakespeare Company) and then just disappeared. The now-vanished IMDB message boards had lots of queries and theories, including some who said he had some truly obsessed stalkers after his eerie portrayal of Damien.

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by Anonymousreply 254March 11, 2017 4:09 AM

R243- She wrote about the estrangement in her book, so it wasn't in response to any direct question. She said last she heard he was a stock broker in NY,

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by Anonymousreply 255March 11, 2017 4:15 AM

Sorry, didn't mean to post that picture, which is supposedly him, but clearly is not. However, this picture seems more likely to be him.

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by Anonymousreply 256March 11, 2017 4:18 AM

WEHT Thora Birch? She's a good actress

by Anonymousreply 257March 12, 2017 2:19 AM

Larry, his brother Darryl, and his other brother Darryl

by Anonymousreply 258March 13, 2017 4:12 AM

Her dad ruined her career r257. He was her manager and behaved like a total diva on set. He would insist on being onset during her sex scenes and on occasion would give instructions to the male actor, which creeped them out no end. Other than that he was difficult and demanding. In order to avoid him, they stopped hiring her.

by Anonymousreply 259March 13, 2017 4:20 AM

Malin Berggren from Swedish pop group Ace of Base. Has been in hiding since 2002. Not one photo has surfaced since. She had a stalked in the mid-90s that held a knife to her sister's throat as she slept demanding to know her whereabouts. Malin was never the same. What is known is that she changed her name, first and last (mother's maiden surname). She lives in Sweden. She left the music business for good. That's all that's known.

by Anonymousreply 260March 13, 2017 5:03 AM

R8 named the most oddly vanished broad in Hollywood - Rona Barrett - who IMDB says is just 80 years old (now that has to be BS)

by Anonymousreply 261March 13, 2017 5:09 AM

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

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by Anonymousreply 262March 14, 2017 12:25 AM

Christopher Jones died in 2014

by Anonymousreply 263March 23, 2017 1:23 PM

i confess i'm the lindbergh baby

by Anonymousreply 264March 23, 2017 1:26 PM

Trini Alvarado

by Anonymousreply 265March 23, 2017 1:35 PM

Viv Vance

by Anonymousreply 266March 23, 2017 1:54 PM

Trini Alvarado is a mom and wife. She lives in NY and lives a happy regualar persons life.

by Anonymousreply 267March 23, 2017 1:57 PM

Judy Norton Taylor

Mary Kate McGeehan (Falcon Crest)

Melanie Mayron (Thirtysomething)

Patricia Wettig (Thirtysomething)

Deborah Adair (The Young & The Restless; Dynasty; Finder Of Lost Loves)

by Anonymousreply 268March 23, 2017 2:28 PM

R193 Cindy Birdsong was so pretty, but she's become a religious nut, appearing on the 700 Club. Sad.

by Anonymousreply 269March 23, 2017 7:07 PM

R269 After the Supremes broke up in the 70's Cindy Birdsong wasn't doing so well so therefore Motown gave her a job as a secretary, believe it or not. From a Supreme to a secretary. Diana Ross also helped her out with some money. Cindy said years ago that she was writing her memoirs but so far it has never materialized.

by Anonymousreply 270March 23, 2017 9:59 PM

Lee Horsley (Matt Houston)

Donna Pescow (Angie)

Robert Hays (Angie)

by Anonymousreply 271March 24, 2017 12:05 AM

Jenny Wright is still very sexy and fascinating. She needs to star in a dark, exciting Netflix series.

by Anonymousreply 272March 24, 2017 2:35 AM

David Hartman - former host of Good Morning America

by Anonymousreply 273March 24, 2017 3:08 AM

Steve Kmetko - Former host of E! News

by Anonymousreply 274March 24, 2017 4:31 PM

Judy Norton Taylor is a die hard Scientologist. Somebody on Reddit saw her at a Target hawking LRH books, CCHR anti drug DVDs, and Way to Happiness brochures. It was pretty sad to watch, the Reddit poster said. She does do the autograph circuit once in a while

by Anonymousreply 275March 29, 2017 1:12 PM

R273 David Hartman was on the GMA 40th Anniversary show a while back.

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by Anonymousreply 276March 29, 2017 6:13 PM

Alison Lohman

by Anonymousreply 277March 29, 2017 6:17 PM

I see Trini Alvarado a lot in Hell's Kitchen in NYC - she's a mom, always with her kids walking them to and from school. She's still pretty and very nice. Friendly and outgoing.

by Anonymousreply 278March 29, 2017 6:32 PM

Bump!

by Anonymousreply 279March 30, 2017 3:39 PM

Melina Kanakaredes

by Anonymousreply 280March 30, 2017 3:55 PM

The little blonde girl in ALIENS.

Edward (?) Furlong

Nick Stahl

Craig Schaeffer or Scheffer. Was in A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT with Brad Pitt.

by Anonymousreply 281March 30, 2017 4:56 PM

I saw Greg Mullavey in an off-Broadway show last year opposite Marlo Thomas. They were both terrific; his bio in the Playbill had numerous theater appearances, so he's been keeping busy.

I always thought Mary Kay Place would have had a bigger career though. Also, I though Bruce Solomon (Sergeant Foley) would work more. Always was hoping for him to do a shirtless scene on "Mary Hartman"x2 but don't think he ever did.

by Anonymousreply 282March 30, 2017 5:28 PM

The very cute twink lead in EUROTRIP.

Never saw him before nor since...

by Anonymousreply 283March 30, 2017 5:46 PM

Sigourney Weaver

by Anonymousreply 284March 31, 2017 3:56 PM

Sigourney Weaver constantly works and has not vanished at all. She was never one of those attention seeking red carpet types. She is in Avatar 2 and 3 and is coming out in a new series.

by Anonymousreply 285March 31, 2017 4:08 PM

Jayne Kennedy and her hubby Leon Issac Kennedy. Their career tanked when a home made sex tape got out. She was beautiful (albeit with a big hairy pussy).

by Anonymousreply 286March 31, 2017 4:28 PM

Erica Gavin

Susan Anton

by Anonymousreply 287March 31, 2017 4:48 PM

Forgot all about Alison Lohman. Very pretty and not a bad actress. Should have Michelle Williams career.

by Anonymousreply 288March 31, 2017 9:33 PM

I liked Alison Lohman, too

by Anonymousreply 289April 1, 2017 1:08 AM

Trax Colton

Ty Hardin

Robert Conrad

Clint Walker

by Anonymousreply 290April 2, 2017 2:58 PM

Ana Alicia

by Anonymousreply 291April 2, 2017 7:52 PM

Yvonne Elliman is alive and well, well sorta...

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by Anonymousreply 292November 2, 2017 8:05 PM

Ann Jillian

by Anonymousreply 293November 2, 2017 8:07 PM

Valerie Perrine

Kathy Najimi

Nia Vardalos

by Anonymousreply 294November 2, 2017 8:22 PM

Anitra Ford

by Anonymousreply 295November 2, 2017 8:47 PM

Nia Vardalos is starring in a well-reviewed show at the Public Theatre right now...

by Anonymousreply 296November 2, 2017 8:55 PM

G.

by Anonymousreply 297November 2, 2017 9:10 PM

One mysterious celeb disappearance was Emily Longstreth. She was in Private Resort, Pretty in Pink, and The Big Picture. She wasn't a big star by any means, but is still remembered by some. She disappeared suddenly in the early 90s.

There were postings on Crazy Days and Nights website that she fell into drugs and mental illness, was homeless in NYC. Her mother made a very long, defensive posting about how perfect and great her daughter was doing, it made me think it might be true, sadly enough.

Then there was postings on her amazon.com message board (amazon recently closed all their boards down) that she died after freezing to death on the streets of NYC in January 2015. Here's an archived capture of her board discussion.

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by Anonymousreply 298November 2, 2017 9:17 PM

Couple of names upthread I've run into.

I was at a party at Lincoln Center with Ursula Andress but that was over10 years ago. She looked fabulous in a tight gold lame dress. I'm not star struck but boy, did she strike me!

Joe Dallesandro is around too in NYC. I know.

Rona Barrett too, at another party, but goes back oh even before my encounter with La Andress.

by Anonymousreply 299November 2, 2017 9:18 PM

[quote]The fat lady who played Mimi on The Drew Carey Show

Isn't she currently the White House Press Secretary?

by Anonymousreply 300November 2, 2017 9:22 PM

R260 I know where she lives and also what her new name is. She has a husband and children and lives a normal life. I think she had some kind of business and might have been a teacher at some point as well.

by Anonymousreply 301November 3, 2017 1:36 PM

Pamela Springsteen

Former child actor Robby Kiger.

by Anonymousreply 302April 22, 2020 6:04 AM

Patrick Houser

80s teen actress Kim Valentine

by Anonymousreply 303April 22, 2020 6:28 AM

Anita Bryant is presently living with her second husband in Edmond OK.

by Anonymousreply 304April 22, 2020 7:07 AM

R302 Pamela Springsteen is a photographer now. She doesn't seem to want to have anything to do with anything related to her acting career anyone. She'd probably rake it in at horror conventions, since her Sleepaway Camp sequel appearances have a fan base.

by Anonymousreply 305April 22, 2020 7:28 AM

The girl who played Penny Pingleton in the original 1986 film of "Hairspray," Leslie Ann Powers, completely vanished.

by Anonymousreply 306April 22, 2020 7:50 AM

R306 She resurfaced 2 years ago at 30th anniversary Hairspray Q&A at the IFC center in NYC. Apparently, she also lives in NYC.

Here's a picture of her at the event.

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by Anonymousreply 307April 22, 2020 12:40 PM

What happened to the sleeve of her dress? And who is the balding man on the side?

Is that the hilarious woman who played Prudence Pingleton on the left? That was someone I was never expecting to get heavy.

by Anonymousreply 308April 22, 2020 5:47 PM

Craig Wasson doesn't do conventions.

by Anonymousreply 309July 17, 2020 10:44 AM

Karen Valentine

by Anonymousreply 310July 17, 2020 11:01 AM

[quote]The fat lady who played Mimi on The Drew Carey Show

I know this is from several years ago but she didn't disappear, she just mostly retired after the Drew Carey Show. But she was a regular on a sitcom around the time this was first posted so clearly they didn't bother looking Kathy Kinney up on the IMDb.

by Anonymousreply 311July 17, 2020 11:15 AM

Most older pornstars.

by Anonymousreply 312July 17, 2020 11:17 AM

Re: The Emily Longstreth info posted years ago, a lot of it seems to be false. For instance, the supposed ex sister-in-law talked about Emily's brother Eric in the present tense in 2017, but he passed away in 2012.

She appears to be alive per some online lookup resources that I won't link to, because she's not a public persona anymore.

by Anonymousreply 313July 17, 2020 11:19 AM

Child star John P. Navin, Jr.

He was in everything for a brief period of time in the early 80s. He was in the first scene of the first episode of “Cheers.” He also co-starred with Ann Jillian in the short-lived sitcom “Jennifer Slept Here.” Then, nothing. His last IMDB credit was in 1993.

by Anonymousreply 314July 17, 2020 11:54 AM

Jay Mohr was everywhere in the late 90s - what happened?

by Anonymousreply 315August 27, 2020 2:06 AM

Reply 313: Interesting, thanks.

by Anonymousreply 316August 27, 2020 2:08 AM

Jay Mohr lost his looks, so it became hard to cast him. Part of the reason he did so well in the late 90s was that then he was both sexually attractive and a comedian ( a rare combination).

Speaking of which, what happened to Dane Cook? Hollywood really tried to foist him on the public--he didn't really have that much comic talent (despite his popularity at the time with college kids) so he didn't really do that well. He had decent features (but bad skin), and an amazing body.

by Anonymousreply 317August 27, 2020 2:18 AM

Richard Ruccolo, until a few weeks ago. Boy, did he come out of hiding in a big way!

by Anonymousreply 318August 27, 2020 2:51 AM

Catherine Burns. There was a thread about her on here a while back, which is where I learned about her story.

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by Anonymousreply 319August 27, 2020 2:58 AM

Marion Ross (Mrs. C on Happy Days)

by Anonymousreply 320August 27, 2020 3:04 AM

Actress Heidi Kling

by Anonymousreply 321August 31, 2020 1:48 AM

R39 Marsha Warfield lives in Vegas with her girlfriend/wife, and has regular stand up gigs on the strip. She's very active on Twitter. I followed her before I was suspended for calling Betsy DeVos & Lea Michele cunts (and not even directly!). Which reminds me: I want my fucking Twitter account back.

I'm going to add Dinah Manoff & Kristy McNichol to the list. McNichol said long ago that her mental health made it necessary for her to retire from acting. But what's Manoff's story? It doesn't appear she's worked in years. Maybe they haven't "disappeared", but they're both definitely off the radar.

by Anonymousreply 322August 31, 2020 2:41 AM

Actress Margot Finley.

by Anonymousreply 323September 1, 2020 7:37 AM

R317 Dane Cook 2020

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by Anonymousreply 324September 1, 2020 10:57 AM

Bump

by Anonymousreply 325December 26, 2020 5:03 AM

Dinah Manoff had a 19 year old son who was killed in a car accident about 4 years ago...he was a real cutie too...

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by Anonymousreply 326December 26, 2020 5:42 AM

That Chris Gaines fella.

by Anonymousreply 327December 26, 2020 6:23 AM

Wow, I'm sorry to hear that, R326. I've always really liked her, and that's a terrible thing for anyone to endure. And he was cute.

by Anonymousreply 328December 26, 2020 10:16 AM

I'd forgotten how many of the people named in this thread hadn't disappeared at all.

Griffin Dunne never disappeared, he's had multiple projects every year going back two decades, and prior to that only had a couple years out of the spotlight.

Gene Hackman was simply retired, someone posted a photo of him buying a new bike about 2 years ago and he looked fine, not on death's door as rumors were suggesting.

Lee Horsley didn't disappear, he basically retired when the beefcake roles dried up, but he comes out of retirement for Tarantino movies. I wish I could remember where I saw this info but a couple years ago someone linked to a business he owns, plus he also used to write Western novels under a pen name, maybe still does.

by Anonymousreply 329December 26, 2020 12:15 PM
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