# Forgettable, Mediocre Actors and Actresses Who Were Nevertheless Successful

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**Created:** [January 17, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgettable-mediocre-actors-and-actresses-who-were-nevertheless-successful/743445 "2016-01-17T21:51:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgettable-mediocre-actors-and-actresses-who-were-nevertheless-successful/743445/141 "2016-01-30T03:36:33Z")

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> [@mattm](#):
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> 139 posts and nobody’s mentioned Shucks greatest role,
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> [Capt. ‘Painless’ Waldowski](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0009470/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t18)
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> He made the theme song.

Oh yeah… I _ **FORGOT** _ that was him 😛

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgettable-mediocre-actors-and-actresses-who-were-nevertheless-successful/743445/142 "2016-02-01T12:56:55Z")

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\*\*Kate Mara \*\*

She’s in all these movies and yet is completely forgettable.

> [@Boyo Jim](#):
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> I think Sean Young is in that mold. She’s probably known as one of the replicants in Blade Runner.

Finkle IS Einhorn!!!

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**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgettable-mediocre-actors-and-actresses-who-were-nevertheless-successful/743445/143 "2016-02-01T14:46:32Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> Clearly, you never watched Showtime in the mid-nineties. She was a (rather memorable) softcore porn star before she in MIB.

Do you happen to know the names of these films? It’s for a friend.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgettable-mediocre-actors-and-actresses-who-were-nevertheless-successful/743445/144 "2016-02-01T15:49:49Z")

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Well, I may or may not have discovered what a penis is for while watching _[Jade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_%28film%29)_.

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