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Billie Hayes, an actress who starred as the wacky villain Witchiepoo on the beloved 1969-70 children’s series “H.R. Pufnstuf,” died Thursday at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. She was 96.
Hayes’ family announced her death on Monday.
By the time she was squaring off with a psychedelic dragon over a talking flute on “H.R. Pufnstuf,” Hayes was already an established comic actress. She made her Broadway debut in 1956 in the ensemble cast of the aptly titled “New Faces of 1956,” which also featured a young Maggie Smith. That same year, Hayes originated the role of Mammy Yokum in the musical “Li’l Abner” and went on to star in the show’s 1961 film version.
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They had a relatively short run, But The Mamas and the Papas were not only successful, but influential. Blending folk music with Rock and roll, they formed a unique sound with Soaring harmonies and arrangements. John Phillips was a hard core folkie, but the influence of Denny Doherty and others showed him the potentials of contemporary pop music. Along with Cass Elliot and John’s wife Michelle, they began to practice and eventually record in 1965. Honing a unique sound the found their breakthrough with California Dreaming when it broke the top 10 following it’s release at the end of 1965. Monday Monday followed and hit #1, in March or ’66. It was their only Number one hit. It didn’t take long for personalities and lifestyles to cause the band to crumble.
“Beautiful Thing” tells the story of two teenage boys, neighbors
in a London high-rise housing project, who gradually become aware that they are
homosexual. But a funny thing happens: the most interesting scenes involve the
characters around them, who all but steal the movie. The boys lives contain
few surprises (it is clear from the start what the one big surprise is going to
be), but from the other characters there is one astonishment after another.
The
boys are Jamie (Glenn Berry), an introverted, quiet type, and Ste (Scott Neal),
an athlete. Jamie becomes aware that he s drawn to Ste, but does nothing about
it until one night when Ste is beaten (as usual) by his alcoholic father, and
Jamie s mother takes pity and allows Ste to sleep at their house. Ste and Jamie
fairly quickly discover how they feel about each other, and there is a touching
scene where they study a copy of Gay Times magazine, trying to figure out what
they re supposed to know about homosexuality. (They gues
She should know.
Piotrowicz, 33, took her first sip of alcohol when she was 11. She struggled with addiction for the two decades that followed.
Growing up in Grand Ledge she spent her youth rebelling, and struggling too, Piotrowicz said. She dropped out of high school when she was pregnant with her son, now 14, and checked herself into rehab in her early 20s after a year-long battle with methamphetamine.
Mama Cass, the character she created and first portrayed in a 60-second video on Tik Tok last November, pulls no punches with wayward youth.
In duet videos Piotrowicz makes in response to clips created by young Tik Tokers who present themselves as tough, Mama Cass is a much tougher mother, fed up with their behavior and demanding that they get up and do the dishes.