Jeanne Bates, actress (THE PHANTOM, ERASERHEAD, BEN CASEY)
Jim Beaver
Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. She was 89.
Jeanne had started in radio in the Bay area near her birthplace in Berkeley,
and had married Lew Lansworth, her co-star on "Whodunnit". Shortly after
the radio program moved to Los Angeles (with the Lansworths), Jeanne was
signed by Columbia Pictures and made her film debut in THE CHANCE OF A
LIFETIME, a 1943 Boston Blackie movie in which she played the female lead.
That same year she played Diana Palmer, The Phantom's love interest, in the
Columbia serial THE PHANTOM. She worked more or less steadily throughout
the 1940s, mainly in supporting roles, and constantly thereafter in
television. She was in episodes of everything from THE LONE RANGER to
LASSIE to SKY KING, WAGON TRAIN, and THE DONNA REED SHOW. She was Nurse
Wills for three years on BEN CASEY and played Mary Todd Lincoln in a notable
episode of ONE STEP BEYOND, about Lincoln's death. Although she appeared in
such feature films as DEATH OF A SALESMAN, DIE HARD 2, GRAND CANYON, and
MULHOLLAND DRIVE, her most famous role was undoubtedly that of the mother in
David Lynch's ERASERHEAD.
Jeanne was a longtime member of Theatre West, my home company in L.A. Her
husband had died in 1981, two years before I joined the company. Jeanne
worked frequently and effectively on stage at every opportunity, and was a
wonderful performer and an exquisite person to be around. One of my best
theatrical experiences was DOGMUSIC, in 1999, a brilliant little musical
about pound dogs. My wife Cecily was the narrator, and Jeanne and I played
dogs, along with Valri Jackson and Ellen Idelson. Valri and I are now the
only survivors of that cast, even though Cecily and Ellen were forty years
younger than Jeanne.
She was a sweet lady and a real actress, and I'll miss her.
Jim Beaver
ozmaniac
I mean it as a compliment to say that Jeanne's laughter in "Mulholland
Drive" is one of the most chilling movie sounds I know. I am sorry
for your, and her friends' and family's loss.
La N
"Jim Beaver" <jumb...@prodigy.spam> wrote in message
news:6DG3j.3502$Dt4....@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net...
> Jeanne Bates, my friend of many years, died last night at the Motion
> Picture Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. She was 89.
>
>
Thank you for sharing your memories of her with us, Jim.
- nilita
Frank R.A.J. Maloney
Indeed, thank you for telling us about her and her passing.
Here's a still of her from the Phantom serial:
http://www.serialexperience.com/image_gallery/Jeanne_Bates.jpg
Here she is with Ben Jaffe from "Ben Casey":
http://posters.imdb.com/character/ch0035969/photogallery-1
--
Frank in Seattle
____
Frank Richard Aloysius Jude Maloney
"Millennium hand and shrimp."
Ed Varner
photos:
http://i23.ebayimg.com/08/i/000/c8/3d/7af4_1.JPG
http://www.serialexperience.com/image_gallery/Jeanne_Bates.jpg
http://gfx.filmweb.pl/p/84/38/8438/50797.1.jpg
Bill Anderson
> La N wrote:
>> "Jim Beaver" <jumb...@prodigy.spam> wrote in message
>> news:6DG3j.3502$Dt4....@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net...
>>> Jeanne Bates, my friend of many years, died last night at the Motion
>>> Picture Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. She was 89.
>>>
>>>
>> < snip >
>>
>> Thank you for sharing your memories of her with us, Jim.
>>
>
> Indeed, thank you for telling us about her and her passing.
>
> Here's a still of her from the Phantom serial:
>
> http://www.serialexperience.com/image_gallery/Jeanne_Bates.jpg
>
> Here she is with Ben Jaffe from "Ben Casey":
>
Don't you mean, "Sam Casey?"
--
Bill Anderson
I am the Mighty Favog
Bob Feigel
<billand...@yahoo.com> magnanimously proffered:
Don't you mean Sam Jaffe?
--
"It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens." - Woody Allen
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Bob Feigel
<jumb...@prodigy.spam> magnanimously proffered:
>Jeanne was a longtime member of Theatre West, my home company in L.A. Her
>husband had died in 1981, two years before I joined the company. Jeanne
>worked frequently and effectively on stage at every opportunity, and was a
>wonderful performer and an exquisite person to be around. One of my best
>theatrical experiences was DOGMUSIC, in 1999, a brilliant little musical
>about pound dogs. My wife Cecily was the narrator, and Jeanne and I played
>dogs, along with Valri Jackson and Ellen Idelson. Valri and I are now the
>only survivors of that cast, even though Cecily and Ellen were forty years
>younger than Jeanne.
>
>She was a sweet lady and a real actress, and I'll miss her.
From what I've been privileged to experience while working a few times
backstage, a company is very much a family. So my condolences to you
and the rest of Ms Bates' family on your loss.
Frank R.A.J. Maloney
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:49:04 -0500, Bill Anderson
> <billand...@yahoo.com> magnanimously proffered:
>
>> Frank R.A.J. Maloney wrote:
>>> La N wrote:
>>>> "Jim Beaver" <jumb...@prodigy.spam> wrote in message
>>>> news:6DG3j.3502$Dt4....@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net...
>>>>> Jeanne Bates, my friend of many years, died last night at the Motion
>>>>> Picture Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. She was 89.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> < snip >
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for sharing your memories of her with us, Jim.
>>>>
>>> Indeed, thank you for telling us about her and her passing.
>>>
>>> Here's a still of her from the Phantom serial:
>>>
>>> http://www.serialexperience.com/image_gallery/Jeanne_Bates.jpg
>>>
>>> Here she is with Ben Jaffe from "Ben Casey":
>>>
>> Don't you mean, "Sam Casey?"
>
> Don't you mean Sam Jaffe?
>
Yeah, now I get the joke. This is what comes from posting whilst baking
cookies. The cookies, btw, are oatmeal with dried cranberries soaked in
orange liqueur.
La N
"Frank R.A.J. Maloney" <fr...@blarg.net> wrote in message
news:13kuiv3...@corp.supernews.com...
> La N wrote:
>> "Jim Beaver" <jumb...@prodigy.spam> wrote in message
>> news:6DG3j.3502$Dt4....@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net...
>>> Jeanne Bates, my friend of many years, died last night at the Motion
>>> Picture Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. She was 89.
>>>
>>>
>> < snip >
>>
>> Thank you for sharing your memories of her with us, Jim.
>>
>
> Indeed, thank you for telling us about her and her passing.
>
> Here's a still of her from the Phantom serial:
>
> http://www.serialexperience.com/image_gallery/Jeanne_Bates.jpg
>
> Here she is with Ben Jaffe from "Ben Casey":
>
> http://posters.imdb.com/character/ch0035969/photogallery-1
>
>
Ah! And thank *you*. Right after I posted my message to Jim, I went off
googling unsuccessfully to find photos of her. Her name was familiar, of
course, but I couldn't put a face to her. Of course, now I know who she is.
A very beautiful woman.
- nilita
Bill Anderson
Now all you have to do is hold the oatmeal and the cranberries and the
rest of the cookie stuff, bring me the liqueur, give me a check for the
cookies, and you haven't broken any rules.
Stephen Bowie
actually Bettye Ackerman in the IMDb photo with Sam Jaffe, not Jeanne
Bates.
George Peatty
wrote:
>Yeah, now I get the joke. This is what comes from posting whilst baking
>cookies. The cookies, btw, are oatmeal with dried cranberries soaked in
>orange liqueur.
Do you export?
Frank R.A.J. Maloney
> Frank R.A.J. Maloney wrote:
[deletions]
>> Yeah, now I get the joke. This is what comes from posting whilst
>> baking cookies. The cookies, btw, are oatmeal with dried cranberries
>> soaked in orange liqueur.
>>
>>
>
> Now all you have to do is hold the oatmeal and the cranberries and the
> rest of the cookie stuff, bring me the liqueur, give me a check for the
> cookies, and you haven't broken any rules.
>
What rules would those be? If you don't like cookies, fine; if you can
live with being *that* kind of person, more power to you. However, don't
expect *me* to cater to such as you.
The hootch in question, btw, is a kind of ersatz Grand Marnier, a lot
cheaper and just as good in this kind of application.
The Mighty Favog
> Bill Anderson wrote:
> > Frank R.A.J. Maloney wrote:
>
> [deletions]
>
> >> Yeah, now I get the joke. This is what comes from posting whilst
> >> baking cookies. The cookies, btw, are oatmeal with dried cranberries
> >> soaked in orange liqueur.
>
> > Now all you have to do is hold the oatmeal and the cranberries and the
> > rest of the cookie stuff, bring me the liqueur, give me a check for the
> > cookies, and you haven't broken any rules.
>
> What rules would those be?
The ones between your knees.
--
Bill Anderson
Of the five pieces, the Mighty Favog is the easiest
[Bobby wants plain toast, which isn't on the menu]
Bobby: I'd like an omelet, plain, and a chicken salad sandwich on
wheat toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce. And a cup of
coffee.
Waitress: A #2, chicken salad sand. Hold the butter, the lettuce, the
mayonnaise, and a cup of coffee. Anything else?
Bobby: Yeah, now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the
toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't
broken any rules.
Waitress: You want me to hold the chicken, huh?
Bobby: I want you to hold it between your knees.
Anim8rFSK
"Frank R.A.J. Maloney" <fr...@blarg.net> wrote:
Wow. Three things I don't like in one combination.
Pass the sauté of unborn octopus.
"Ain't sure it's cookies . . ."
--
Jitterbug phone works! (Third time's a charm!)
Except the first bill is $100 high. Heavy sigh.