Death Becomes Her

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Death Becomes Her (31-Jul-1992)

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Writers: Martin Donovan; David Koepp

Music by: Alan Silvestri

Producers: Robert Zemeckis; Steve Starkey

Keywords: Dark Comedy, Immortality

Rivals Madeline Ashton and Helen Sharp, actress and writer respectively, battled over a man and Helen lost. Seven years later, Madeline's career and looks have faded, Helen now morbidly obese. But at a book signing, Madeline sees that Helen is thin again, looking impossibly young. Dark comedy set around an immortality potion, scaffold for a timeless story of two vengeful women. Won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects.

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

John Enos III Actor 12-Jun-1962 Bullet, The Rock

Fabio Model 15-Mar-1959 Can't believe it's not butter

Alaina Reed Hall Actor 10-Nov-1946 17-Dec-2009 Sesame Street

Goldie Hawn Actor 21-Nov-1945 Private Benjamin

Michelle Johnson Actor 8-Sep-1965 Blame It on Rio

Mimi Kennedy Actor 25-Sep-1948 Abby O'Neil on Dharma & Greg

Ian Ogilvy Actor 30-Sep-1943 Return of the Saint

Isabella Rossellini Actor 18-Jun-1952 Blue Velvet, Big Night

Debra Jo Rupp Actor 24-Feb-1951 Kitty Forman on That '70s Show

Jonathan Silverman Actor 5-Aug-1966 The Single Guy

Adam Storke Actor 18-Aug-1962 Mystic Pizza

Meryl Streep Actor 22-Jun-1949 The Deer Hunter

Carol Ann Susi Actor 2-Feb-1952 11-Nov-2014 Mrs. Wolowitz on The Big Bang Theory

Mary Ellen Trainor Actor 8-Jul-1952 20-May-2015 Lethal Weapon

Bruce Willis Actor 19-Mar-1955 Die Hard

CAST

Goldie Hawn ... Helen Sharp
Bruce Willis ... Ernest Menville
Meryl Streep ... Madeline Ashton
Isabella Rossellini ... Lisle Von Rhuman
Ian Ogilvy ... Chagall
Adam Storke ... Dakota
Nancy Fish ... Rose
Alaina Reed Hall ... Psychologist
Michelle Johnson ... Anna
Mary Ellen Trainor ... Vivian Adams
William Frankfather ... Mr. Franklin
John Ingle ... Eulogist
Clement von Franckenstein ... Opening Man
Petrea Burchard ... Opening Woman
Jim Jansen ... Second Man
Mimi Kennedy ... Second Woman
Paulo Tocha ... Landlord
Mark Davenport ... Eviction Cop
Thomas Murphy ... Eviction Cop
Michael Mills ... Police Officer
Psychiatric Patients
Sonia Jackson ... Psychiatric Patient
Jill C. Klein ... Psychiatric Patient
Jean Pflieger ... Psychiatric Patient
Debra Jo Rupp ... Psychiatric Patient
Carol Ann Susi ... Psychiatric Patient
Kay Yamamoto ... Psychiatric Patient
Jacquelyn K. Koch ... Messenger Girl
Anya Longwell ... Chagall Receptionist
Stuart Mabray ... Chagall Security
Colleen Morris ... Starlet
Jonathan Silverman ... Jay Norman
Meg Wittner ... Woman at Book Party
Carrie Yazel ... Girl at Dakota's
Michael A. Nickles ... Lisle's Body Guard
John Enos III ... Lisle's Body Guard
Dan Clark ... Lisle's Body Guard
Fabio ... Lisle's Body Guard
Joel Beeson ... Lisle's Body Guard
Ron Stein ... Elvis
Bonnie Cahoon ... Greta Garbo
Stephanie Anderson ... Marilyn Monroe
Bob Swain ... Andy Warhol
Eric Clark ... James Dean
Dave Brock ... Jim Morrison
Lydia Peterkoch ... Blonde with Jim Morrison
Phillip Cooper ... Coroner
Ernest Harada ... Coroner
Susan Kellermann ... Second Doctor
Kevin Caldwell ... Medical Technician
Alex P. Hernandez ... Medical Technician
Donna Ekholdt ... Sobbing Nun
Tammy Gantz ... Sobbing Nun
Melissa Martin ... Sobbing Nun
Dancers
Jeff Adkins ... Dancer
Cheryl Baxter ... Dancer
Cameron English ... Dancer
Ed Forsyth ... Dancer
Bob Gaynor ... Dancer
Don Hesser ... Dancer
Michael Higgins ... Dancer
Kenneth Hughes ... Dancer
Kenneth Knaff ... Dancer
Glean Lewis ... Dancer
Keith McDaniel ... Dancer
Charles McGowan ... Dancer
Regan Patno ... Dancer
Lacy Darryl Phillips ... Dancer
Matt Sergott ... Dancer
Paul Thorpe ... Dancer
Sergio Trujillo ... Dancer
Singers
Randy Crenshaw ... Singer
Jon Joyce ... Singer
Jerry Whitman ... Singer

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