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September 19, 2011

"Shut up, you old bag!"

"Frances Bay, Actress Known for ‘Old Lady’ Roles, Dies at 92."

16 comments:

Wince said...: What's funny about that scene is that it reveals what's just below the surface of just about everyone, if they don't get what they want (See also, Madison protests).

A very good sport about it. RIP, Frances.; 9/19/11, 11:58 AM
edutcher said...: Can't recall ever having seen her and I'm pretty good with character actors and actresses.

OTOH, I saw where Mary Fickett, who did a lot of movies and TV in the 50s, also died over the weekend - her I remember.

I hope both of them had good lives.; 9/19/11, 12:01 PM
Irene said...: Wow! She was in three David Lynch movies.

"No immediate family members survive." That makes me sad.; 9/19/11, 12:08 PM
Fred4Pres said...: RIP Frances.; 9/19/11, 12:11 PM
Brennan said...: Grandmother Gilmore in "Happy Gilmore".

RIP; 9/19/11, 12:16 PM
ricpic said...: Does this mean the Carol Herman reign of terror is over?; 9/19/11, 12:21 PM
Dustin said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 9/19/11, 12:24 PM
Dustin said...: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsAwOy-h6h4

I play that every time my mother in law visits. She has no idea what it means or what show it's from.; 9/19/11, 12:27 PM
Fred4Pres said...: ricpic, that was mean. And funny.; 9/19/11, 12:58 PM
Toad Trend said...: I can see the 'old bag's' reaction down in Del Boca Vista when she realizes that it was that 'very bad man' Jerry Seinfeld that took her marble rye. A very bad day for Morty Seinfeld indeed.

Funny show.; 9/19/11, 1:10 PM
Kensington said...: Eh, we haven't heard the last of her. She'll almost certainly make at least one more appearance on election day next year.; 9/19/11, 1:15 PM
ndspinelli said...: The "Old Bag" recognizes Jerry @ Del Boca Vista in a later episode. It costs his dad an election!; 9/19/11, 2:14 PM
ndspinelli said...: Sorry, Don't Tread..I'm late. May God comfort her friends and family. I pray for Ann Laurie Gaylor also just because I know she hates it! Will God forgive me for positive prayers albeit motivated by spite? We Catholics wonder about shit like this.; 9/19/11, 2:17 PM
Bob_R said...: I remember her in the Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet roles (now that I've been reminded). RIP; 9/19/11, 3:20 PM
Anonymous said...: All of this nostalgia me thirsty for a warm cup of milk.; 9/19/11, 3:30 PM
Thorley Winston said...: I can see the 'old bag's' reaction down in Del Boca Vista when she realizes that it was that 'very bad man' Jerry Seinfeld that took her marble rye. A very bad day for Morty Seinfeld indeed.

Not to mention she testified against Jerry at the trial in the finale. I suspect that having a little old lady testify about how the least unlikeable (IMO) of the four resorted to mugging an old woman for a loaf of bread probably put them over the top.; 9/19/11, 5:31 PM