Betty A. Bridges, an actress and the mother of Diff’rent Strokes star Todd Bridges who appeared on her son’s sitcom, Hill Street Blues, Ally McBeal and many other shows, has died. She was 83.
Bridges died Wednesday in hospice care at Todd’s home in Phoenix, publicist Elizabeth Much announced.
During her four-decade career, Betty Alice Bridges appeared on everything from Police Woman, Good Times, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Charlie’s Angels, Wonder Woman and Quincy, M.E. to Flamingo Road, Lou Grant, Dallas, NYPD Blue, ER and Scrubs.
The Dallas native also was seen in such films as A Night at the Roxbury (1998) and Building Bridges (2000), a 45-minute documentary about Todd, who as a child actor in Hollywood dealt with his share of trouble.
Bridges was a manager and acting coach, too; she co-founded Kane Bridge Academy, and among her students were Nia Long, sisters Reina and Regina King, Sanaa Lathan,...
Bridges died Wednesday in hospice care at Todd’s home in Phoenix, publicist Elizabeth Much announced.
During her four-decade career, Betty Alice Bridges appeared on everything from Police Woman, Good Times, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Charlie’s Angels, Wonder Woman and Quincy, M.E. to Flamingo Road, Lou Grant, Dallas, NYPD Blue, ER and Scrubs.
The Dallas native also was seen in such films as A Night at the Roxbury (1998) and Building Bridges (2000), a 45-minute documentary about Todd, who as a child actor in Hollywood dealt with his share of trouble.
Bridges was a manager and acting coach, too; she co-founded Kane Bridge Academy, and among her students were Nia Long, sisters Reina and Regina King, Sanaa Lathan,...
- 8/30/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Betty A. Bridges, who guested on dozen of popular TV series during a 40-year career ranging from Good Times and Charlie’s Angels to Lou Grant and Hill Street Blues to ER and 2 Broke Girls and later was a prominent acting coach, died August 27. She was 83.
She died at the Phoenix home of her son, Diff’rent Strokes and reality TV star Todd Bridges, where she had been in hospice care. Rep Elizabeth Much confirmed her death to Deadline, but no cause was given.
Born on August 1, 1941, Betty Bridges got her screen start guesting on such 1970s TV shows as Police Woman, Charlie’s Angels and Norman Lear’s Good Times and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. She continued to work consistently for much of the next four decades, mostly in TV. She made guest appearances in popular series including Wonder Woman; What’s Happening!!; Quincy, M.E.; CHiPs; Lou Grant; Diff’rent Strokes...
She died at the Phoenix home of her son, Diff’rent Strokes and reality TV star Todd Bridges, where she had been in hospice care. Rep Elizabeth Much confirmed her death to Deadline, but no cause was given.
Born on August 1, 1941, Betty Bridges got her screen start guesting on such 1970s TV shows as Police Woman, Charlie’s Angels and Norman Lear’s Good Times and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. She continued to work consistently for much of the next four decades, mostly in TV. She made guest appearances in popular series including Wonder Woman; What’s Happening!!; Quincy, M.E.; CHiPs; Lou Grant; Diff’rent Strokes...
- 8/29/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Omar Sharif in 'Doctor Zhivago.' Egyptian star Omar Sharif, 'The Karate Kid' producer Jerry Weintraub: Brief career recaps A little late in the game – and following the longish Theodore Bikel article posted yesterday – below are brief career recaps of a couple of film veterans who died in July 2015: actor Omar Sharif and producer Jerry Weintraub. A follow-up post will offer an overview of the career of peplum (sword-and-sandal movie) actor Jacques Sernas, whose passing earlier this month has been all but ignored by the myopic English-language media. Omar Sharif: Film career beginnings in North Africa The death of Egyptian film actor Omar Sharif at age 83 following a heart attack on July 10 would have been ignored by the English-language media (especially in the U.S.) as well had Sharif remained a star within the Arabic-speaking world. After all, an "international" star is only worth remembering...
- 7/24/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Dustin Lance Black is to be honoured with the Lew and Pamela Hunter/Jonathan and Janice Zakin Chair Holder in Screenwriting Award.
The Milk writer was named the 14th recipient of the award by his alma mater, the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
The award will be presented on April 30 at UCLA's James Bridges Theater.
The evening will also include a screening of Milk and a Q&A with Black.
Recipients are required to have taught a ten-week course at UCLA/Tft, which Black did last year.
Black most recently wrote Clint Eastwood's J Edgar and the Proposition 8 drama 8.
Watch a trailer for Milk below:...
The Milk writer was named the 14th recipient of the award by his alma mater, the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
The award will be presented on April 30 at UCLA's James Bridges Theater.
The evening will also include a screening of Milk and a Q&A with Black.
Recipients are required to have taught a ten-week course at UCLA/Tft, which Black did last year.
Black most recently wrote Clint Eastwood's J Edgar and the Proposition 8 drama 8.
Watch a trailer for Milk below:...
- 4/19/2013
- Digital Spy
Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black has been selected to receive the 14th Lew and Pamela Hunter/Jonathan and Janice Zakin Chair Holder in Screenwriting Award, which is given annually by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. The award will be presented April 30 at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater as part of an evening that will include a screening of the Oscar-winning Milk and a Q&A with Black. The award, established in 1999, requires that the recipient teach a 10-week screenwriting seminar at UCLA/Tft. This past fall, Black taught a course in which eight graduate students wrote their own
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- 4/19/2013
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television has named Academy Award-winning screenwriter and UCLA alum Dustin Lance Black as the recipient of the 14th Annual Lew and Pamela Hunter/Jonathan and Janice Zakin Chair Holder in Screenwriting Award. The award will be given to Black on Tuesday, April 30th at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater. The evening will include a screening of the Oscar-winning film Milk, in addition to a Q&A with Black.
- 4/19/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Academy Award-winning screenwriter and prominent gay rights activist Dustin Lance Blank, who shot to fame after penning Gus Van Sant's hit biopic "Milk," is being honored by his alma mater with the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Hunter/Zakin Award. Black, who also penned Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar," as well as directing Jennifer Connelly in "Virginia," has been teaching a ten-week feature writing course this quarter at UCLA's graduate program. The award will be given to Black on Tuesday, April 30th at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater alongside a screening of and Q&A about "Milk." The Hunter/Zakin Chair Holder in Screenwriting Award was established in 1999 by San Francisco businessman Jonathan N. Zakin and requires that the recipient teach a seminar at UCLA, alongside their prestigious achievements in screenwriting. Black is a two-time WGA winner for his work on HBO's "Big Love," and an Academy...
- 4/18/2013
- by Mark Lukenbill
- Indiewire
Eventful week. To play catch-up:
The big news that every site reported in a slightly different way is that Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome will be a digital series and a TV film, but not a TV show, at least not one produced by Syfy/Universal Cable Prods. You have probably read the Deadline article by now.
With the possibility that Universal may still shop B&C around, it doesn't sound like they have any immediate plans to make more of it beyond the existing pilot/web series/Mow.
No word yet on a release date, but Battlestar Wiki reports that we'll be seeing Blood & Chrome as a web series first and then as a TV movie.
Doug Drexler posted this the other day (full post at the link):
If sets had been built for this show, it would have cost 6 million easily, instead of only the 2 million it did cost,...
The big news that every site reported in a slightly different way is that Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome will be a digital series and a TV film, but not a TV show, at least not one produced by Syfy/Universal Cable Prods. You have probably read the Deadline article by now.
With the possibility that Universal may still shop B&C around, it doesn't sound like they have any immediate plans to make more of it beyond the existing pilot/web series/Mow.
No word yet on a release date, but Battlestar Wiki reports that we'll be seeing Blood & Chrome as a web series first and then as a TV movie.
Doug Drexler posted this the other day (full post at the link):
If sets had been built for this show, it would have cost 6 million easily, instead of only the 2 million it did cost,...
- 3/29/2012
- by fanshawe
- CapricaTV
Cinema Retro has received the following press release from A.M.P.A.S
2009–2010 Contemporary Documentaries Series
Wednesdays at 7 p.m., through December 9
The latest installment of the free Contemporary Documentary series showcases 2008 feature-length and short documentaries. In October: “The Garden,” “Encounters at the End of the World,” “Flow” and more.
Linwood Dunn Theater
1313 Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028
Wednesday evenings, through December 9, at 7 p.m.
Doors open at 6 p.m.
Admission is free; tickets are not required.
(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org
Academy Seminar Series: Perspectives on Editing
October 6 and 14 at 7-10 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater
The final two sessions in the seminar series on film editing focus on editing for documentary films (Tuesday, Oct. 6) and the accomplishments of Oscar winner Anne Coates (Wednesday, Oct. 14).
Linwood Dunn Theater
1313 Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028
Doors open at 6 p.m.
General Admission – $10 per evening
Academy members and students with a valid ID – $7.50 per evening
(310) 247-3600
www.
2009–2010 Contemporary Documentaries Series
Wednesdays at 7 p.m., through December 9
The latest installment of the free Contemporary Documentary series showcases 2008 feature-length and short documentaries. In October: “The Garden,” “Encounters at the End of the World,” “Flow” and more.
Linwood Dunn Theater
1313 Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028
Wednesday evenings, through December 9, at 7 p.m.
Doors open at 6 p.m.
Admission is free; tickets are not required.
(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org
Academy Seminar Series: Perspectives on Editing
October 6 and 14 at 7-10 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater
The final two sessions in the seminar series on film editing focus on editing for documentary films (Tuesday, Oct. 6) and the accomplishments of Oscar winner Anne Coates (Wednesday, Oct. 14).
Linwood Dunn Theater
1313 Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028
Doors open at 6 p.m.
General Admission – $10 per evening
Academy members and students with a valid ID – $7.50 per evening
(310) 247-3600
www.
- 10/1/2009
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Vilmos Zsigmond has been named Kodak Cinematographer in Residence for the spring quarter at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television. "McCabe & Mrs. Miller," which he shot, will screen at UCLA's James Bridges Theater on May 11.
"Vilmos Zsigmond overcame seemingly impossible odds to become one of the defining film artists of our times," Professor William McDonald, who inaugurated the program with the support of Kodak in 200, said.
"Leonard Maltin hit the nail on the head when he wrote, 'Recognition for cinematographers in general is long overdue. When it comes to Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, it's clear that the American New Wave of the late 1960s and early '70s wouldn't have flowered as it did without them.' "
Zsignmod won an Oscar for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" in 1978 and has also been nominated for "The Deer Hunter," "The River" and "The Black Dahlia." The American Society of...
"Vilmos Zsigmond overcame seemingly impossible odds to become one of the defining film artists of our times," Professor William McDonald, who inaugurated the program with the support of Kodak in 200, said.
"Leonard Maltin hit the nail on the head when he wrote, 'Recognition for cinematographers in general is long overdue. When it comes to Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, it's clear that the American New Wave of the late 1960s and early '70s wouldn't have flowered as it did without them.' "
Zsignmod won an Oscar for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" in 1978 and has also been nominated for "The Deer Hunter," "The River" and "The Black Dahlia." The American Society of...
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