Word: brockett
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...staying with the aforementioned randomness theme, the two most accomplished actors of the crew, Ted Danson and Martin Short, appear briefly in quirky antagonistic roles; Danson as the self-centered, insensitive Jeremy Brockett and Short as attorney Lional Dillard, who is at the forefront of opposition to Doctor Mumford's questionable practice. On a more cheerful note, Short and Danson, in each of their shining five-minute cameos, provide glimpses of some much-needed comic relief...
According to Carolann Brockett, an administrator at OCS, despite the crush of eager students, the day went smoothly...
...Crichton, then Hollywood will, I hope, produce more films that explore African-American life. Yes, ultimately some of these movies will be slick Hollywood trash. But only then will African Americans as a group have arrived--when we can create Hollywood "trash" that affects the bottom line. BRONWYN O. BROCKETT New York City...
...Quinn, lawyer William Kunstler had a face "ready-made for a radical's Mount Rushmore." Actor Don Brockett was remembered for his astonishing range--the amiable chef on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood also played a deranged inmate in The Silence of the Lambs. Quinn's favorite obit: soprano Ina Souez, who starred in operas in the '30s and then, after World War II, joined Spike Jones' bizarre musical-comedy troupe, cheerfully warbling under a hat adorned with live pigeons. "Now there's a full life," says Quinn...
DIED. DON BROCKETT, 65, actor whose diverse roles ranged from the amiable Chef Brockett on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood to a deranged inmate in The Silence of the Lambs; from a heart attack; in Pittsburgh...