Friday, August 5, 2011
THE BEST DANCER AT ST. BERNADETTE'S -- WITH THE WORST REPUTATION: A melancholy farewell to Cal State-Northridge speech professor Annette Charles, better known to all of us for her memorable work as a character actress in one scene, in one movie, in 1978. When the producers of Grease needed a hussy to steal Danny Zuko on the dance floor, they found their Cha Cha DiGregorio in Annette Charles, and she absolutely delivered. Clip below the fold.
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That Travolta kid's not so bad either, by the way.
ReplyDeleteHuh. I remember her more in the drag racing scene, dropping the scarf to start the race.
ReplyDeleteWell, I hope she and Jeff Conaway are living it up, wherever that are now.
ReplyDelete"A lock of hair...from her chest!"
ReplyDeleteSo young... it always makes me sad when I read that a parent outlived her child. She was, indeed, fabulous. May she rest in peace.
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