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Kenny, Mexico City, and Puerto Rico
On September 19 the most destructive earthquake in decades shook Mexico City and claimed over 200 lives. On August 19 I landed at the Mexico City airport to do a job. Kenny was the P.A. assigned to take care of me and Gabe much of the time. Kenny was a wonderful production assistant, always…
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Working on the latest…
The latest is that I’ve been working for many days on a film — 2 days in Mexico and several days here in Atlanta. Here’s a picture of Louie, the costume truck poodle — he’s as chill and as awesome and cute as can be. I played a grandmother, and my grandson was Gabriel Silva. …
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Blast from the past
My friend Denise Larson, the mother of Les Nickelettes, 1970s-1980s San Francisco be-glittered all-female camp comedy troupe, found this article and posted in on Facebook today: https://www.insomniac.com/media/new-york-nightlife-gone-danceteria-82-86/2 If you scroll down a bit, there I am, with the other Nicks, go-go dancing at Danceteria. We went to NY ca. 1982 to perform a comedy review that we…
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New hair, new role
I got some new pictures– important for the casting directors. Shout out to Ted Westby – he is a pretty great, experienced and innovative picture taker. And he has amazing special deals. Check him out on niceshotted.com — the one below has not yet been retouched. Btw — just learned I booked a movie; which involves international…
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Corrida – a short film by Darren McInerney
I auditioned for this film via Actor’s Access, which is a sort of open marketplace casting site. Booking any kind of legitimate, union job through AA is not very common. In many years of submitting I’ve only booked two things. This is one. I come in at about 10:00… http://www.darrenmcinerney.com/corrida-1/ It is a fine short…
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Rape is a preexisting condition
Every day women are beaten, slapped, punched, raped, and psychologically abused. —– “Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States, more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined. * 25% of all women have at one time or another been subject to…
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My mom, my sister, mortality, etc.
It’s interesting that I just watched Dog Years, about an aged movie star facing mortality and belatedly examining his life. My mom’s been in Florida for a few months and my sister has brought her back. Mom’s second childishness and mere oblivion is coming fast and furious upon her. And my sister and her husband are…
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Dog Years -the review
Firstly, I am in this movie. This is me–best costume ever: I went to Nashville with hubby and friends for a mini-vacay to check out music city and catch the film at #NashFilmFest –the movie was great. Briefly-the plot involved an aged ex-superstar, Vic Edwards, who is invited to a Nashville film festival featuring…
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Screening Dog Years
I’m going to Nashville! I worked on #DogYearsFilm and had a little but LOVELY role which I adore. I’ll post a picture soon (as soon as I get clearance) – but, my character looks super cute — Thanks @Mrs_Nashville (Meg Boers – makeup artist extraordinaire). I knew it would be a great film and was…