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- Benny Hill - I am told this is a very famous and excellent English comedian. He must be a bit before my time, for I can’t put a face to him and have no recollection of seeing any of his media.
- Garrick Utley - I have heard of him but I haven’t seen his work. I was too young to watch the events of Vietnam on TV.
- Colin Farrell - I’ve heard his name but I don’t know who he is or what he’s been in.
- Ernie Kovacs - he’s apparently some sort of comedy savant but I’ve seen his shows.
- Mort Sahl - We have a mortsaulfan here, so he has some level of fame, but unknown to me.
- Jack Paar - Apparently, he’s been an actor, comedian, and a talk show host, and I’ve never seen a thing he’s done.
- Rock Hudson - He appeared as himself in an I Love Lucy episode that I heard of, I think. And I think he was in the closet. But that’s all I know about him.
- Ricky Jervais-- or maybe Gervais. Gervase? Only heard it, never seen it written.
- Pedro Pascal or Pasqual? - I hear plenty of Youtubers thirst for him, but I don’t know what he looks like or what he’s been in.
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Famous actors who you have only heard of
- Benny Hill - I am told this is a very famous and excellent English comedian. He must be a bit before my time, for I can’t put a face to him and have no recollection of seeing any of his media.
- Garrick Utley - I have heard of him but I haven’t seen his work. I was too young to watch the events of Vietnam on TV.
- Colin Farrell - I’ve heard his name but I don’t know who he is or what he’s been in.
- Ernie Kovacs - he’s apparently some sort of comedy savant but I’ve [never] seen his shows.
- Mort Sahl - We have a mortsaulfan here, so he has some level of fame, but unknown to me.
- Jack Paar - Apparently, he’s been an actor, comedian, and a talk show host, and I’ve never seen a thing he’s done.
- Rock Hudson - He appeared as himself in an I Love Lucy episode that I heard of, I think. And I think he was in the closet. But that’s all I know about him.
- Ricky Jervais – or maybe Gervais. Gervase? Only heard it, never seen it written.
- Pedro Pascal or Pasqual? - I hear plenty of Youtubers thirst for him, but I don’t know what he looks like or what he’s been in.
- Victor Mature - I guess he was a leading man/tough guy in, what, the Forties? Heard his name, but never saw any of his work.
Next up:
Famous actresses who you have only heard of
- Norma Shearer - I believe she was big in the Thirties, but I’ve never seen any of her flicks
Famous actresses who you have only heard of
- Norma Shearer - I believe she was big in the Thirties, but I’ve never seen any of her flicks
- Natasha Lyonne - Apparently very popular over the last decade, has been nominated for five Emmys, but I’ve not ever watched any of her shows or films
Famous actresses who you have only heard of
- Norma Shearer - I believe she was big in the Thirties, but I’ve never seen any of her flicks
- Natasha Lyonne - Apparently very popular over the last decade, has been nominated for five Emmys, but I’ve not ever watched any of her shows or films
- Gracie Allen - A TV star, and wife of George Burns, but I’ve never seen anything of hers on TV.
Regarding Natasha Lyonne, two of hers that I remember: But I’m a Cheerleader, and Detroit Rock City. Both comedies, and they are funny. The former has her as a lesbian sent for “re-education”; the latter is a tribute to the band Kiss, and Lyonne plays a disco queen.
Famous actresses who you have only heard of
- Norma Shearer - I believe she was big in the Thirties, but I’ve never seen any of her flicks
- Natasha Lyonne - Apparently very popular over the last decade, has been nominated for five Emmys, but I’ve not ever watched any of her shows or films
- Gracie Allen - A TV star, and wife of George Burns, but I’ve never seen anything of hers on TV.
- Zendaya - in movies I have never watched, apparently
Famous actresses who you have only heard of
- Norma Shearer - I believe she was big in the Thirties, but I’ve never seen any of her flicks
- Natasha Lyonne - Apparently very popular over the last decade, has been nominated for five Emmys, but I’ve not ever watched any of her shows or films
- Gracie Allen - A TV star, and wife of George Burns, but I’ve never seen anything of hers on TV.
- Zendaya - in movies I have never watched, apparently
- Lillian Gish - legendary Hollywood name. Starred in movies beginning in the silent film days with a career spanning decades. If I saw her in any film I was unaware of who she was.
I guess it’s too late to point out this is a TV thread, not movies.
Famous actresses who you have only heard of
- Norma Shearer - I believe she was big in the Thirties, but I’ve never seen any of her flicks
- Natasha Lyonne - Apparently very popular over the last decade, has been nominated for five Emmys, but I’ve not ever watched any of her shows or films
- Gracie Allen - A TV star, and wife of George Burns, but I’ve never seen anything of hers on TV.
- Zendaya - in movies I have never watched, apparently
- Lillian Gish - legendary Hollywood name. Starred in movies beginning in the silent film days with a career spanning decades. If I saw her in any film I was unaware of who she was.
- Nancy Tribble Benda
What (little) do you know of her, Intergalactic_Gladiator?
Famous actresses who you have only heard of
- Norma Shearer - I believe she was big in the Thirties, but I’ve never seen any of her flicks
- Natasha Lyonne - Apparently very popular over the last decade, has been nominated for five Emmys, but I’ve not ever watched any of her shows or films
- Gracie Allen - A TV star, and wife of George Burns, but I’ve never seen anything of hers on TV.
- Zendaya - in movies I have never watched, apparently
- Lillian Gish - legendary Hollywood name. Starred in movies beginning in the silent film days with a career spanning decades. If I saw her in any film I was unaware of who she was.
- Nancy Tribble Benda
- Diahann Carroll was, I’ve heard, once in a TV series called Julia in which she played, I think, a nurse - I never saw it.
When I was 17, I wrote the only fan letter I’ve ever written, to her-- and she answered! Not a form letter, either. A real, personal letter.
Wow!
It also occurs to me she wasn’t really a TV personality and consequently not a valid submission for this thread.
Edit: I see Knoodler already called me on it.
Lillian Gish was in a few made-for-TV movies and appeared on several TV shows, so should be eligible.
I don’t think Norma Shearer (the first on this list) was ever in a made-for-TV production.
Famous actresses who you have only heard of
- Susan Lucci - I know she was on some soap opera for a long time, but I’m unfamiliar of anything she has done.
- Natasha Lyonne - Apparently very popular over the last decade, has been nominated for five Emmys, but I’ve not ever watched any of her shows or films
- Gracie Allen - A TV star, and wife of George Burns, but I’ve never seen anything of hers on TV.
- Zendaya - in movies I have never watched, apparently
- Lillian Gish - legendary Hollywood name. Starred in movies beginning in the silent film days with a career spanning decades. If I saw her in any film I was unaware of who she was.
- Nancy Tribble Benda
- Diahann Carroll was, I’ve heard, once in a TV series called Julia in which she played, I think, a nurse - I never saw it.
Replaced number 1. I’m pretty sure everyone else has done TV except for #6. Have no idea who she is.
Famous actresses who you have only heard of
- Susan Lucci - I know she was on some soap opera for a long time, but I’m unfamiliar of anything she has done.
- Natasha Lyonne - Apparently very popular over the last decade, has been nominated for five Emmys, but I’ve not ever watched any of her shows or films
- Gracie Allen - A TV star, and wife of George Burns, but I’ve never seen anything of hers on TV.
- Zendaya - in movies I have never watched, apparently
- Lillian Gish - legendary Hollywood name. Starred in movies beginning in the silent film days with a career spanning decades. If I saw her in any film I was unaware of who she was.
- Nancy Tribble Benda
- Diahann Carroll was, I’ve heard, once in a TV series called Julia in which she played, I think, a nurse - I never saw it.
- Ann Sothern – TV actress from the 1950s, who was the star in two popular series (Private Secretary, The Ann Sothern Show), and had a long career in film as well as lots of guest roles on television. But, her career largely ended in the early 1970s, due to health issues, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen her work.
Famous actresses who you have only heard of
- Susan Lucci - I know she was on some soap opera for a long time, but I’m unfamiliar of anything she has done.
- Natasha Lyonne - Apparently very popular over the last decade, has been nominated for five Emmys, but I’ve not ever watched any of her shows or films
- Gracie Allen - A TV star, and wife of George Burns, but I’ve never seen anything of hers on TV.
- Zendaya - in movies I have never watched, apparently
- Lillian Gish - legendary Hollywood name. Starred in movies beginning in the silent film days with a career spanning decades. If I saw her in any film I was unaware of who she was.
- Nancy Tribble Benda
- Diahann Carroll was, I’ve heard, once in a TV series called Julia in which she played, I think, a nurse - I never saw it.
- Ann Sothern – TV actress from the 1950s, who was the star in two popular series (Private Secretary, The Ann Sothern Show), and had a long career in film as well as lots of guest roles on television. But, her career largely ended in the early 1970s, due to health issues, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen her work.
- Anne Francis – Referenced as starring in Forbidden Planet in “Science Fiction Double Feature”, the theme song of The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Susan Lucci - I know she was on some soap opera for a long time, but I’m unfamiliar of anything she has done.
- Natasha Lyonne - Apparently very popular over the last decade, has been nominated for five Emmys, but I’ve not ever watched any of her shows or films
- Gracie Allen - A TV star, and wife of George Burns, but I’ve never seen anything of hers on TV.
- Zendaya - in movies I have never watched, apparently
- Lillian Gish - legendary Hollywood name. Starred in movies beginning in the silent film days with a career spanning decades. If I saw her in any film I was unaware of who she was.
- Nancy Tribble Benda
- Diahann Carroll was, I’ve heard, once in a TV series called Julia in which she played, I think, a nurse - I never saw it.
- Ann Sothern – TV actress from the 1950s, who was the star in two popular series (Private Secretary, The Ann Sothern Show), and had a long career in film as well as lots of guest roles on television. But, her career largely ended in the early 1970s, due to health issues, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen her work.
- Anne Francis – Referenced as starring in Forbidden Planet in “Science Fiction Double Feature”, the theme song of The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Katherine Heigl, just registers on me as “the name missing a vowel.”
NEXT: Shows you have actually binge-watched
- My Life is Murder
Shows you have actually binge-watched
- My Life is Murder
- WKRP in Cincinnati
On DVD, of course.
Shows you have actually binge-watched
- My Life is Murder
- WKRP in Cincinnati
- Arcane