Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm dies at 95

AP via CBS ^ | July 15, 2012 | AP

[Jemian]

I was wrong. I’ve asked the mods to remove my post.

[Blue Ink]

She was a respected actress who took the jobs she was offered in her last working years.

So did Gloria Swanson, who did a TV movie about killer bees.

Doesn’t diminish their contribution to American movies.

Bet you guys laugh and point at Wal-Mart greeters, too.

Cue FReepers spraining their fingers to type “Lighten up, Francis” in three... two... one...

[Blue Ink]

She was a respected actress who took the jobs she was offered in her last working years.

So did Gloria Swanson, who did a TV movie about killer bees.

Doesn’t diminish their contribution to American movies.

Bet you guys laugh and point at Wal-Mart greeters, too.

Cue FReepers spraining their fingers to type “Lighten up, Francis” in three... two... one...

[Uncle Slayton]

Thanks, I was unaware that Celeste worked as a greeter at the Fantasy Island Walmart.

[Dr. Sivana]

I didn’t mean it as a dig at Celeste Holm, I was just playing along with the humor of Love Boat II being taken as a deep, multi-layered film, worthy of critical examination. I was hoping that my statement that she was overshadowed by the likes of Bert Convy to be not a dig at Miss Holm, but at the cheesiness of the TV movie.

My comment regarding “Gentlemen’s Agreement” was serious, however; the script, and Gregory Peck’s acting had the subtlety of a pneumatic drill. It is in the same league with “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”, except that the latter suffers from a horrible acting job by Katherine Hepburn’s niece whose bad acting was all the more apparent when contrasted with Tracy/Hepburn/Poitier.

Returning to Miss Holm, she was a semi-regular on “I Love Lucy”. That was a show that never had a bad regular. Lucy and Desi had an eye for talent. Holm was fine in “Champagne for Caesar” and “High Society”, and everyone was VG in “All About Eve” (Marulyn Monroe was the weakest actress in that flick, though she brought something else to it).

Celeste Holm was a fine actress, and I no more consider her talent less for doing TV movies than I do Bela Lugosi for working with Ed Wood, the Marx Brothers for “Love Happy” George Lucas for his last ten movies.

[real saxophonist]

I've played for 72,000 people. I've played many a gig with various 'has-beens'. I'm on about a dozen CDs. None of which I own.

There's not going to be a national story when I die, and there shouldn't be. This lady received an Oscar. If I'd received a Grammy, and I shouldn't have, I hope people wouldn't mock me the way they are this lady.

[BipolarBob]

“All about Eve” wonderful film as well.

[itssme]

Loved the film and Miss Holm. Celeste Holm was a class act and an excellent actress. She didn't have to drop her neckline to her waist, or wear the hem of her dresses up to her behind, as these “women” do today. Today's women dress like sluts...hopefully the pendulum will swing back to classy women who know how to dress. There is classy sex appeal, and then thre is skank appeal. These uninformed women today just don't know the difference, nor do they seem to care.

[itssme]

Loved the film and Miss Holm. Celeste Holm was a class act and an excellent actress. She didn't have to drop her neckline to her waist, or wear the hem of her dresses up to her behind, as these “women” do today. Today's women dress like sluts...hopefully the pendulum will swing back to classy women who know how to dress. There is classy sex appeal, and then there is skank appeal. These uninformed women today just don't know the difference, nor do they seem to care.

[yorkie]

"These uninformed women today just don't know the difference, nor do they seem to care."

I agree wholeheartedly. We need to get back to class and dignity.
Grace Kelly had it, Jackie Onassis had it, Nancy Reagan had it, Laura Bush had it, Moo(never mind)...........
I think it kinda stopped there.

[nicksaunt]

I think you are thinking of her role as the Fairy Godmother in the TV version of Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. My sister and I were enthralled with that show when it aired in the 60’s. This morning when I heard she had passed I immediately thought of her singing, “It’s Possible.” with Lesley Ann Warren. She was great. Boy that was a long time ago.

[bonfire]

That is exactly how I think of her as well. Like you, I absolutely LOVED that musical. One of the best memories from the 60’s.

[Postman]

She had a great run and, I pray, good health, an intact mind and an easy passage. She was truly a class act. R.I.P.

[madison10]

I remember her from Cinderella.I first thought of Wizard of Oz, too. Was it the similarity in costumes that confused us?

[napscoordinator]

Wow. Never heard of any of those movies. Oklahoma as a play that was done at one of the high schools. Love Boat and Fantasy Island I heard of. That is it. Although I wish her family and friends the best and also for her to be immediately placed in the arms of Christ.

[napscoordinator]

Glenda, the Good Witch

Was that her? If that is the case then I have seen her in a movie...Wizard of Oz I did see awhile back.

[John W]

No.

[yarddog]

Oklahoma was a great movie.

She played Ado Annie, a pretty but not too bright girl who liked boys a bit too much.

[virgil]

She was the fairy godmother in Rogers&Hamerstein’s TV version of Cinderella. I remember that show from childhood, but you rarely if ever see a rerun.

[kalee]

It was. :)