Jeremy Stevens, a three-time Emmy Award winner – including two as a writer and executive producer on Everybody Loves Raymond – died of renal failure on October 27 at his home in Northridge, California, surrounded by his family. He was 83,
A Brooklyn native, Stevens earned a degree in theater at Brooklyn College before studying at New York’s Hb Studio under Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof. Roles Off Brodway led to his hiring in the replacement cast of the original Broadway production of Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys.
While working at the Fourth Wall Improvisational Theatre Group, Stevens was offered his first opportunity to write for television, penning sketches for Valerie Harper and Richard Schaal on The Skitch Henderson Show. This led to more jobs, including a stint as headwriter for the talk and variety show, Playboy After Dark.
His next job led to his first Emmy Award in 1972, when he was...
A Brooklyn native, Stevens earned a degree in theater at Brooklyn College before studying at New York’s Hb Studio under Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof. Roles Off Brodway led to his hiring in the replacement cast of the original Broadway production of Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys.
While working at the Fourth Wall Improvisational Theatre Group, Stevens was offered his first opportunity to write for television, penning sketches for Valerie Harper and Richard Schaal on The Skitch Henderson Show. This led to more jobs, including a stint as headwriter for the talk and variety show, Playboy After Dark.
His next job led to his first Emmy Award in 1972, when he was...
- 11/2/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Tony Sokol Aug 31, 2019
Best known as Rhoda, Valerie Harper started as a dancer and never left the stage behind.
Valerie Harper, whose Rhoda Morgenstern character is an icon of television, died on Friday August 30, eight days after her 80th birthday.
"My dad has asked me to pass on this message," Harper’s daughter Cristina Cacciotti, confirmed on Twitter. “'My beautiful caring wife of nearly 40 years has passed away at 10:06 a.m., after years of fighting cancer. She will never, ever be forgotten. Rest In Peace, mia Valeria. -Anthony.'”
The Emmy winning actor was battling lung and brain cancer, according to Variety. When her brain cancer was first diagnosed in January 2013, Harper was told she had three months to live. While she was never cancer-free, she responded well enough to treatment to compete on Dancing with the Stars. Harper started in show business as a dancer, and her defining...
Best known as Rhoda, Valerie Harper started as a dancer and never left the stage behind.
Valerie Harper, whose Rhoda Morgenstern character is an icon of television, died on Friday August 30, eight days after her 80th birthday.
"My dad has asked me to pass on this message," Harper’s daughter Cristina Cacciotti, confirmed on Twitter. “'My beautiful caring wife of nearly 40 years has passed away at 10:06 a.m., after years of fighting cancer. She will never, ever be forgotten. Rest In Peace, mia Valeria. -Anthony.'”
The Emmy winning actor was battling lung and brain cancer, according to Variety. When her brain cancer was first diagnosed in January 2013, Harper was told she had three months to live. While she was never cancer-free, she responded well enough to treatment to compete on Dancing with the Stars. Harper started in show business as a dancer, and her defining...
- 8/31/2019
- Den of Geek
Valerie Harper’s husband Tony Cacciotti took to Facebook Wednesday to announce that he has decided not to move his wife into hospice care despite recommendations from doctors.
“I have been told by doctors to put Val in Hospice care and I can’t [because of our 40 years of shared commitment to each other] and I won’t because of the amazing good deeds she has graced us with while she’s been here on earth,” he wrote in a Facebook post.
“We will continue going forward as long as the powers above allow us, I will do my very best in making Val as comfortable as possible,” he continued.
The 73 year-old Broadway actress, best known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and its spin-off, “Rhoda,” was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009 and with a rare brain cancer in 2013.
Many of Harper’s fans commented on the Facebook post that hospice care can also...
“I have been told by doctors to put Val in Hospice care and I can’t [because of our 40 years of shared commitment to each other] and I won’t because of the amazing good deeds she has graced us with while she’s been here on earth,” he wrote in a Facebook post.
“We will continue going forward as long as the powers above allow us, I will do my very best in making Val as comfortable as possible,” he continued.
The 73 year-old Broadway actress, best known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and its spin-off, “Rhoda,” was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009 and with a rare brain cancer in 2013.
Many of Harper’s fans commented on the Facebook post that hospice care can also...
- 7/24/2019
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
Jay Leno teases Jimmy Fallon in his "Tonight Show" return Before sitting down with his predecessor, Fallon allowed Leno to do a full standup set. Leno and Fallon then recalled all the photoshoots they did, showing pictures that never saw the light of day. Leno also made fun of Fallon for his lack of knowledge of cars, at one point grabbing Fallon’s “puppy paw” hand, and saying. "This is the hand of a 5-year-old and it's actually pink." Plus: Watch Leno crack up Fallon while joking about NBC. NBC reveals its fall finale dates “The Blacklist’s” fall finale is on Monday. MTV: We have nothing to do with “The Osbournes” reboot Sharon Osbourne said on a British chat show that they’re about to film eight episodes of their old reality show, but she never specified if they had a network home. Click Read Full Post For More...
- 11/8/2014
- by Norman Weiss
- Hitfix
The improv comic and sitcom actor passed away on Tuesday in Woodland Hills, Ca.
Actor and comedian Richard Schaal, a member of Chicago's legendary Second City improv group in the 1960s, died Tuesday at the age of 86.
Schaal was best known for his work in many classic sitcoms including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, The Bob Newhart Show, Phyllis and Just My Luck.
Pics: Stars We've Lost In Recent Years
Schaal was married to actress Valerie Harper in 1964, however the couple later divorced in 1978. American Dad voice actress Wendy Schaal is Richard's daughter from his previous marriage to Lois Treacy.
Aside from his frequent work in television, Schaal also appeared in films such as Slaughterhouse-Five and The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, among others.
Schaal delivered one of his most interesting and intense performances in the made-for-tv movie The Cube -- Jim Henson's experimental, live-action, psychedelic drama about a man stuck in a small...
Actor and comedian Richard Schaal, a member of Chicago's legendary Second City improv group in the 1960s, died Tuesday at the age of 86.
Schaal was best known for his work in many classic sitcoms including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, The Bob Newhart Show, Phyllis and Just My Luck.
Pics: Stars We've Lost In Recent Years
Schaal was married to actress Valerie Harper in 1964, however the couple later divorced in 1978. American Dad voice actress Wendy Schaal is Richard's daughter from his previous marriage to Lois Treacy.
Aside from his frequent work in television, Schaal also appeared in films such as Slaughterhouse-Five and The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, among others.
Schaal delivered one of his most interesting and intense performances in the made-for-tv movie The Cube -- Jim Henson's experimental, live-action, psychedelic drama about a man stuck in a small...
- 11/6/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
Richard Schaal, an early member of Chicago’s famed Second City comedy troupe who appeared often on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spinoffs Rhoda — which starred his then wife, Valerie Harper — and Phyllis, has died. He was 86. Schaal died Tuesday at the Motion Picture and Television Fund home in Woodland Hills, his daughter, American Dad! voice actress Wendy Schaal, told the Chicago Tribune. Schaal was married three times, including to Harper (his second wife) from 1964 until their divorce in 1978. He was the first of Harper's two husbands. The actor also appeared in such films as
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- 11/6/2014
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A group of stars – including Ed Begley Jr., Debra Wilson, Jack McGee and many more – will gather in Hollywood tonight, June 21, to raise money for two animal charities.
Unleashed: Celebrities To The Rescue is a gala event that will take place at the Highlands Nightclub at 6801 Hollywood Blvd to raise money for ThumpingTails Animal Rescue and the Four Legged Friends Foundation.
Entertainment will be provided by comedian Kathy Buckley, as well as performances by Cityzen, Bad Fathers and Pink-E-Swear. Confirmed celebrity guests include Martin Klebba (Pirates of the Caribbean), Wendy Schaal (voice of Francine on American Dad), Richard Schaal (Trapper John, M.D.), Ken Davitian (Get Smart, Borat, Meet the Spartans), Ben Morrison (Punk’d, CSI), Pascal Mouawad (Celebrity Jewelry Designer), Lex Larson and Louie Rubio (Dr. Hollywood: We Run La), Tracy Costello (The Westwing, Charmed, ER), Jenny Mollen (aka Jenny Biggs, Crash) and many more.
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Unleashed: Celebrities To The Rescue is a gala event that will take place at the Highlands Nightclub at 6801 Hollywood Blvd to raise money for ThumpingTails Animal Rescue and the Four Legged Friends Foundation.
Entertainment will be provided by comedian Kathy Buckley, as well as performances by Cityzen, Bad Fathers and Pink-E-Swear. Confirmed celebrity guests include Martin Klebba (Pirates of the Caribbean), Wendy Schaal (voice of Francine on American Dad), Richard Schaal (Trapper John, M.D.), Ken Davitian (Get Smart, Borat, Meet the Spartans), Ben Morrison (Punk’d, CSI), Pascal Mouawad (Celebrity Jewelry Designer), Lex Larson and Louie Rubio (Dr. Hollywood: We Run La), Tracy Costello (The Westwing, Charmed, ER), Jenny Mollen (aka Jenny Biggs, Crash) and many more.
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- 6/21/2010
- Look to the Stars
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