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Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 11:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think you may be confusing her with Donna Pescow. They were both in Angie, but Donna was angie and Debralee was her sister. Far as I can remember Debralee Scott was not in Saturday Night Fever.

This is Donna Pescow


Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
From thestar.com:

Actress Debralee Scott dies at 52

AMELIA ISLAND, Florida (AP) - Actress Debralee Scott, who appeared in the sitcom "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'' and some of the "Police Academy'' movies, has died, her family said. She was 52. 

Scott died April 5 at her home in Amelia Island of natural causes, said her sister, Jeri Scott, a talent manager in Beverly Hills. 

Scott came from a family of show-business insiders. Her eldest sister, Scott Bushnell, produced many of director Robert Altman's films. 

Scott got her first major role at age 22, playing Cathy Shumway on "Mary Hartman.'' She later played the role of Hotsy Totsy on the show "Welcome Back, Kotter,'' and acted in 1984's "Police Academy'' and 1986's "Police Academy 3: Back in Training.'' 

She had been engaged to John Dennis Levi, a police officer with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who was killed in the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. 

Scott had just moved to north Florida to be with her older sister. 

Funeral plans were pending. - AP

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 11:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Debralee really was a fixture in the 70's, early 80's. I remember her on a lot of shows.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 11:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Natural causes at 52??? I don't think dying at 52 is very natural!!

Wasn't she a sweathog too on Kotter?

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 1:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes, and she was also in American Graffiti.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 1:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
she seemed to always play sluts, I think she was a great character actress.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 2:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OMG how sad. She was so young.

I hope the Game Show Network airs a marathon of her appearances on Match Game or something.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 2:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
yeah that's how I would like to be remembered! LOL

Maris
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03-28-2002

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 2:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wasnt she also a child actress? I remember a william windom show where he played James Thurber and she was his daughter. Is my memory wrong. Didnt she also play Dodie, Fred McMurray's stepdaughter in My three Sons?

Landi
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07-29-2002

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 4:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
different child maris. dodie was played by dawn lyn, sister to leif garrett.

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 6:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here's Debralee with her feathered hair:


Maris
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03-28-2002

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 6:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ok thanks Landi, they looked so much alike.

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 7:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, I remember her! I'm so sorry to hear that she died at such a young age.

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 6:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
She was in Welcome Back Kotter too, I think she played Hotsy Totsy

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 5:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dale Messick, age 98, on 4-08-05

Obituary: Link to LA Times (Subscription required)

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Dale Messick, a comic book artist who created the glamorous, red-haired Brenda Starr, has died. She was 98. Messick, whose "Brenda Starr, Star Reporter" strip ran in 250 newspapers at its peak in the 1950s, died Tuesday, said her daughter, Starr Rohrman, who had been caring for her mother in Sonoma County. Messick suffered a stroke in 1998. Brenda had everything: brains, beauty and brashness. She was pursued by droves of millionaires, from Cash Wallstreet to the mysterious Basil St. John. She got the best stories at the Globe (later the Flash) newspaper. She wore the most fabulous clothes, often with hats and matching open-toe shoes. And she didn't put up with anybody's nonsense, even her managing editor's. The strip, which began its run in 1940, was one of the first created by a woman. Its feisty leading lady provided a role model for ambitious women years before the women's movement was a glint in Gloria Steinem's eye.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 6:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I used to love reading Brenda Star, I haven't thought about it in years. Sad news ...

Sweetbabygirl
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08-31-2002

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 10:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Damn, I just found out about Debralee Scott's passing today....major bummer, she was a great character actress and I loved her as Rosalie "Hotsy" Totsy on Welcome Back, Kotter.

RIP, Debralee

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 11:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I loved Brenda Starr, lately it went off track.. well for me...

re Debralee and "natural causes" I said the same thing to DH when I was reading him the obit in our paper - dh reminded me of a friend of mine )teacher) who died at 38 of "natural causes". 38!! I still cant believe how young she was... anyway one of the teacher's brother was a coronor and he pulled out a lot of overtime (unpaid) to help us try and understand how someone at 38 dies of natural causes. Her dh was just getting up 6:30AM heard her 'gurgling" he thought she was being silly, he immediately realized called 911 and begin CPR... the medics were there within 5 minutes too... blood work, autopsy... truly tragic.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 11:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I had a friend who was in her late 30s with two little kids. He hubby is a doctor. She was sitting with him in the living room, took a big sigh and died. Her aorta ruptured.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh my goodness OG ... that is so sad! I'm so sorry!

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 1:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My hubby likes to say that we all are only a heartbeat away from death.

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 1:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My mom died of cancer and they called it "natural cause"

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Monday, April 18, 2005 - 1:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Carolina Panthers linebacker coach Sam Mills, who had been diagnosed with intestinal cancer in August 2003, passed away Monday morning. He was 45. Mills played 12 seasons in the NFL, the first nine with New Orleans and the last three with Carolina. After retiring following the 1997 campaign, Mills joined the Panthers coaching staff in 1998 and had been the team's linebackers coach since 1999.

It is a sad day in the Carolinas.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 7:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    


Ruth Hussey age 93...RIP

Lyn
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08-07-2002

Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 9:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oscar-winner John Mills dead at 97

LONDON, England (AP) -- Oscar-winning actor Sir John Mills, star of more than 100 films including "Great Expectations," "War and Peace" and "Ryan's Daughter," died Saturday after a short illness, the trustees of his estate said. He was 97.

Mills died at home in Denham, west of London, the trustees said in a statement.

Mills, whose talent was first spotted by Noel Coward, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and started his career on stage, appearing plays like "Goodbye Mr. Chips," and "Of Mice and Men."

His 1929 appearance as Hamlet at the Old Vic Theatre in London established him as one of the most talented actors of his generation, ideally suited to the great Shakespearean roles.

Later, he headed for Hollywood, appearing in a raft of acclaimed films.

He won the 1971 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in "Ryan's Daughter."

Mills is survived by his wife, playwright Mary Hayley Bell, his son, Jonathan, and daughters Juliette and Hayley, both actors.

The funeral service will be held on April 27 in Denham.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/23/johnj.mills.ap/index.html