Recent Obituaries, Classic Films Only

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61. Actress Audrey Totter, 95.

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Audrey Totter, an actress who specialized in playing temptresses, dangerous dames and women harboring dark schemes in a series of movies from Hollywood’s film noir period of the 1940s and ’50s, died Dec. 12 at a hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif. She was 95.

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Only later was she recognized as one of film noir’s biggest stars, along with other actresses including Gloria Grahame, Jane Greer and Barbara Stanwyck. Considered B-movie throwaways at the time, noir films are now one of the most avidly studied genres from Hollywood’s golden age.

“For years nobody bothered with me — didn’ t know who I was, didn’t care,” she told the Toronto Star in 2000. “Now I’m recognized on the street, I’m asked for my autograph, I get loads of fan mail.”

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“Who knew these movies would be so popular 50 years later? Maybe it’s because the world isn’t like that anymore. The fantasy of it. They painted with light in those days, it’s a look that just isn’t done anymore.”



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