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AD60 6029 chuffs over the Cooks River Bridge at Tempe with an afternoon shuttle service to Hurstville - part of the 2019 Transport Heritage Expo. GL109 was attached to the rear of the train to lead the return service to Central.
Who's in the Bonanza Cemetery
Bonanza Gravesites
AH SAM
Died 1894, Gunshot wound. - Shot by the Chinese cook at the Blacks Mine. Reported in the Silver Messenger, September 11, 1894.
AH YOUNG
Worked as a cook on the Stanley Gold Dredge. When he died of a heart attack, he was buried there, then exhumed and transported to the Bonanza graveyard. He received his residence paper #136652 from Helena, Montana.
ANDERSON, CHRIS
Native of Sweden. Approximately 53 years old. Died at Custer, Idaho on December 9, 1903.
BAIRD, EDWARD
Born, 1837 - Died June 3, 1897, Old timer in the area who had been a soldier. Died by his own hand, suicide by gunshot, as reported by the Silver Messenger June 3, 1897.
BARKER, MARTIN
Died in Custer, Idaho at the Nevada House on Monday, March 25, 1889 of spinal meningitis at age 35. He was a prospector on Sheep Mountain and Seafoam areas. Owned Vanity, Mountain King, Ella Day, MKH, and other claims. Born in Bash County, Kentucky.
BELLAMY, HARRY
Birthplace unknown. Born 1850 - Died at Custer, Idaho on December 2, 1912.
BENEFIEL, EMMA
Born 1843, wife of John R. Benefiel of Custer. Died on October 13, 1880.
BENERELLI, ELIZA
Died October 1880 at age (38 or 88). Buried in Bonanza.Sacred to the Memory of Eliza Emma, wife of J.R. Benerelli".
BURTON, ESTELLA M.
Born October 23, 1851. Died at Custer, Idaho on May 1, 1903.
BURTON, JAMES W.
Died November 21, 1895 at Custer, Idaho. Age 55. Was scratched while unloading a truck, consequently, he died of blood poisoning. He was a merchant, postmaster, and GAR of Lincolin Post #15 of Challis.
CAREY, MIKE
Born 1850 in Ireland - died at Custer, Idaho on October 21, 1897.
CEARLEY, JAMES L.
Born in North Carolina in 1839. Died at Custer, Idaho on March 17, 1902. Killed in an accident at the Lucky Boy Mine. Had nine children, served as a lieutenant of the volunteers in the Nez Pierce War.
CEARLEY, JAMES JR.
Born 1882 at Bonanza. Worked at Clayton Silver Mine. Died from Miner's Lung at Bonanza, Idaho on May 8, 1937. Died sitting in front of the small house at the lower end of Bonanza.
CENTAURAS, HENRY
Born in Hanover, Germany in 1847. Mined along the Salmon River from Sunbeam Dam to Burnt Creek. Made a stake and returned to Germany where it is reported the fortune was taken away by authorities. He returned to Idaho and started mining again to make another fortune. He died at Custer, Idaho on July 16, 1921.
CENTAUR AS, HERMAN
Born 1849 in Hanover, Germany. Died 1923.
CENTAURAS, MARGARET(MYERS)
Born in Hamburg, Germany on March 28, 1855. Came to the United States at age 17. Married Herman Centauras in 1878. Lived for 42 years in Custer County. Died of pneumonia on May 1, 1929 at Challis, Idaho. Taken to Bonanza Cemetery for burial.
CENTAURAS, MAY (MARY) Born October 23, 1883 - Died September 18, 1900 at age 17. Died of typhoid fever.
CERAMELINE, ANDREA
Born in Italy. Died July 8, 1910 when the air shaft to the Sunbeam mine plugged with ice and snow, Andrea climbed up from inside and placed a charge of black powder at the plug. He miscalculated the time necessary to reach safety and was killed in the explosion.
CEREGHINO, JOSEPH
Native of Italy. Born in 1848 - died at Bonanza, Idaho on October 31, 1905. Left three sisters living in Italy.
CLAUDE, JOSEPH
Born 1834. First mining death at Golconda Mine, by injuries due to falling rock on September 15, 1879. Buried one mile west of Bonanza.
CLAWSON, CALVIN C.
Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1840. Died at his home between Custer and Bonanza, Idaho on May 15, 1911. Had been a writer for the Silver Messenger under the non de plume of Graph; for 30 years. Crossed the plains with oxen teams in 1866. Came to Custer County in 1878.
CLAWSON, CZARINA (LLEWELLYN)
Born January 29, 1840 at Morgantown, West Virginia. Died at family home between Custer and Bonanza, Idaho on February 14, 1905. Was of Welsh descent.
CRAFTS, TREVOR
Born September 1881. His father owned Blacks Mine.
CROGEN, A.M.
Died 1896.
CROSS, JULIUS W.
Born October 1865 in Indiana. Died at Custer, Idaho on December 2, 1905.
DAVENPORT, ALICE LEONA
Born January 1928 - Died September 1935 in Hailey, Idaho from blood poisoning. This was caused from a cut on her foot or a black widow spider bite.
DAVIS, JOHN D.
Died February 14, 1904. Killed by a snowslide on the trail to the Charles Dickens Mine.
DeLAVILLIE, GODFREY POQUETTE
Native of Canada. Born in 1820. Died at Bonanza, Idaho on November 19, 1905 from injuries suffered in a fall at his sawmill on West Fork.
DUDLEY, JOHN P.
Born 1847 in Kentucky - Died March 14, 1907 at Custer, Idaho.
DUNN, MARGARET "BIDDY"
Born in Ireland in 1856. Came to the United States when she was two years old. Lived in Massachusetts, came to Custer in 1885, ran the Nevada House. Died November 9, 1908.
DUNN, WILLIAM Born 1843 - Died on July 6, 1907.
DUVALL,JOHN
Born 1833 in Missouri - Died August 1, 1890 at Custer, Idaho. He mined near Custer.
ERNST BABY
Was born and died 1899 in Bonanza. Child of George and Susie (Williams) Born 1843 - Died on July 6, 1907.
GEER, JASPER
Son of D. & M. Geer. Two years, five months and four days old.
GEER W.
Son of D.&; M. Geer. Four years and 9 months old.
HARDY, GEORGE
Born 1876 - died of suicide by knife at Custer, Idaho, August 5, 1902.
HARVEY, JOHN
Died 1917 at Custer, Idaho.
Born 1876 - died of suicide by knife at Custer, Idaho, August 5, 1902. Died 1917 at Custer, Idaho.
HARVEY, LOUISE
(French Louise)
Wife of John Harvey. Died from injuries sustained in a fall. - 1909 - (Some question on date of death, Silver Messenger mentions her at Thanksgiving 1911.)
HIENS, GEORGE
Died at Custer, Idaho on September 17, 1898
JOHNSON, KATHY
Born July 6, 1880 - Died 1891. The daughter of Peter and Annie (Ryan).
KNAPP, HENRY M.
Born 1823 in Florida. Died at Sunbeam, Idaho on December 2, 1909 of senility.
LAYTON, WILLIAM
(Banjo Bill) Birthplace and age unknown. Died at Custer, Idaho on October 20, 1897.
LAUNDRY, GEORGE
Birthplace and age unknown. Died at Custer, Idaho on March 3,1905.
LEE, JOHN H.
Born July 1847 in Illinois - Died January 24, 1888. Age 41 years and 6 months. Owned a store in Custer, had resided in Rockey Bar, Idaho earlier.
MacNAMER, TIMOTHY
Born in Baltimore, Maryland August 1829 - Died at Bonanza, Idaho on July 12, 1910.
McCULLOUGH, PETER
Native of Indiana. Born 1873 - Died in a snowslide at the Montana Mine on January 16, 1906.
McGOVERN, THOMAS
Born 1851 in Massachuests - Died November 19, 1909. Lived on the Yankee Fork thirty years, had claims on Fourth of July Creek named High Tariff, Union, Maggie and Dewey.
McMAHON, WILLIAM
Native of California. Born 1870 - Died in a snowslide at the Montana Mine on Mt. Estes on January 16, 1906.
McNAB, JOHN
Born 1852 in Texas - Died May 20, 1897.
MCNAUGHTON, CHARLES (THOMAS)
Born in Belfast, Ireland in 1867. Died at Custer, Idaho on March 6,1907.
MOORE, JOHN
Born December 16, 1840 - Died July 2, 1883. Mined at Loon Creek in the 1870's, mined at Stanley, sold the Yellow Jacket, Red Jacket, and Blue Jacket mining claims to A.P. Challis and Henry Sturkey.
MONROE TRIPLETS Died at birth in 1896. Their father was Dr. Monroe, second doctor in Custer.
MULLEN, JOHN
Born in Ireland in 1847. Came to the United States with his parents at the age of two years. Grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Died at Custer, Idaho on March 26, 1907.
MURPHY, WILLIAM
Birthdate unknown. Died December 12, 1900 - Suicide by gunshot. He borrowed the weapon from the McGowan's Saloon.
OLLSON, CHARLIE
Died September 5, 1880. He fell from the framework of the Custer Mill last Saturday morning, died at 6:00 p.m. Sunday evening. He was buried the next day, the funeral being well attended. The wounds that caused his death were compound committed fracture of both the right and left tibia fibula, and fracture of the base of the skull. Ollson resided in California a long time.
OLSEN, GEORGE
Birthplace unknown. Born 1877 - Died at Custer, Idaho on November 3, 1900. Has an iron bassinet around his grave.
PIERCE, CLIFFORD C.
Born 1908 in Montana, married Lucille (Shoemaker). Died January 26, 1992 in Andaconda, Montana. Ashes and memorial only.
PIERCE, CLIFFORD L.
Son of Clifford C. and Lucille Pierce. Died July 17, 1936.
PIERCE, JAMES CHESTER
Born November 2, 1873 - Died July 30, 1935 of suicide due to extremely painful cancer of the lower intestines. He had mentioned to his son that if I hadn't been a man in this country, I would have liked to have been a tree. Years later after the old man had died, a tree sprang from the exact spot where his heart was buried. To this day, his family half believe the tree is the fulfillment of the old man's wishes.
PIERCE, LUCILLE Wife of Clifford C. Died March 31, 1991.
PIERCE, SARA J.
Born January 1887 - Died August 22, 1953.
PIERCE, SHIRLEY MAE
Baby daughter of Clifford and Lucille Pierce who died November 29, 1935.
POQUETTE, JERRY
Lived across the river from Jerry's Creek. The creek had been named for him. Died November 29, 1905.
RAPP, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Born in Pennsylvania, 1841, operated a livery stable in Bonanza, had claims in Joe's Gulch near Stanley and was the postmaster in Stanley when he died on October 28, 1901.
REECE YOUNGEST BOY
Birthdate unkown - Died June 8, 1882 of scarlet fever.
RILEY, JAMES
Birthplace and age unknown. Died at Custer, Idaho on February 19, 1897.
ROMER, SILAS
Born in Ohio, July 1852 - Died October 4, 1903. He carried mail from Custer to Sunbeam, and on to Loon Creek area. When a child became sick at Sunbeam and needed medicine from Custer, Silas, against his better judgement, volunteered to make the trip. He made it to Custer but was caught by a snowslide on the return trip, and killed. The child is said to have recovered.
STEEL, JAMES E.J.
Born 1935 - Died March 4, 1880 of cold and fever. From Ohio.
STEEN, JOHN Worked for Morrison at Jordon Creek, owned the Morrison claim by 1895. Born 1862, St. Clair New Brunswick, Canada - Died of diabetes, June 12, 1900.
STRATTON, JACOB H.
Born 1836 - died July 11, 1906.
SULLIVAN CHILD
The two year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sullivan died at Custer, Idaho on March 15, 1889.
SWENSSON, F.O.
Sacred to the Memory of F.O. Swensson. Died November 1880.
SWENSSON, JOHANNA
Born 1842 in Sweden - Died September 28, 1880. Wife of F.O. Swensson, owner of Franklin Hotel. Service by Reverend J.F. Taylor.
TAYLOR, EDNA
Age 4, eldest child of J.F. Taylor and Rose D. Born 1875 - died 1879.
TAYLOR, JOHN
First natural death, abscess of the throat, (Yankee Fork Herald).
TERRY, MIKE
Born in China, buried in the Chinese section. While the coffin was being transported from Custer, it slipped off the wagon and slid down the hill. There it stayed until spring weather made it possible to retrieve the coffin and proceed with the burial.
TULLY, FRANCIS S.
Died October 1897, at Custer, Idaho.
TURNBULL. ANNA
Born in Ontario, Canada in 1852. Died at Bonanza, Idaho on November 20, 1894. Wife of James Turnbull. Age 42. Died in childbirth.
TURNBULL, THOMAS
Born 1878 - Died in Bonanza as a young man.
VARNEY, DUDLEY B. CAPTAIN
Born in New Hampshire in 1838. Died at Custer, Idaho on May 7, 1906. Was a member of the Jim Bridger expedition through the Big Horn and Yellowstone countries in 1864. Came to Loon Creek in 1869. Became one of the owners of the Montana Mine on Mt. Estes. Elected to Idaho Territorial Legislature from Lemhi County in 1878. Lived in Custer for many years. Received a spinal injury when a horse fell with him, that was ultimately the cause of his death.
WILSON, JACK J.
Born 1881 - died February 10, 1933 of sickness and old age.
WRIGHT, E.J. "BUCK"
Born in Ireland, 1858 - died in Custer, Idaho of suicide by morphine, on September 27, 1900.
1772. Dangerously close to the Diamond Shoals off North Carolina’s Outer Banks, the sloop Thunderbolt, battered by a fierce storm and rough sea, catches fire from an overturned cook stove. All aboard scrambled to put out the flames while trying to keep from being tossed overboard. The shoals, sand dunes just below the water’s surface, reach out some 18 miles past Hatteras Point. Hundreds of ships have run aground here, miles from shore, to be pulverized by the relentless waves... and often, all aboard drown.
On this day, a terrified 17-year-old orphaned boy from St. Croix, on his way to an American education, is among those fighting to save the ship... he is Alexander Hamilton, who would get that education and become the first U. S. Secretary of the Treasury under President George Washington. Resting against the rails of the saved ship, he watches as the shoals recede away... and vows to do something so that others would not know such fear.
There was a reason ships were drawn near the shoals... wind-driven ships also relied on ocean current, which at times can move better than 40 mph. The Labrador Current sweeps down from the north and hugs this coast to about two miles off the beach. Beyond that is the Gulf Stream that moves up from the south toward the upper tier states. Often, it was faster for ships coming to Boston or New York from Europe to work their way south to catch the Gulf Stream than it was to come straight across the Atlantic. Even back in the day, folks in the shipping business knew that time is money. The confluence of the cold Labrador Current and the warm Gulf Stream also set up perfect conditions for violent storms and ocean swells. Add to that the shoals, which extended beyond sight of land amid that confluence, and many an unwary ship’s captain left “money” to shift among the sands of these underwater dunes. Only jetsam and flotsam found on the beaches along the Outer Banks gave evidence of the fate of the ship.
As Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton finally has the power to make good on his vows, and the U. S. Lighthouse Service, and eventually the U. S. Coast Guard fall under the auspices of the Treasury Department. The first lighthouses along the east coast were functional, if just barely, and were not constructed to the exacting standards you see here... there’s something to be said of building your house on shifting sand, as many of the early lighthouses here in North Carolina toppled shortly after construction. Under the supervision of Dexter Stetson, Hatteras Lighthouse rose up 210 feet from a foundation of granite, rubble, and entire lengths of pine pushed to the bedrock... and stayed up, as it has since 1870. With a focal plane at 187 feet, its light could be seen for 28 miles, well before a ship reached the shoals at night. Its conical tower is painted in black and white spirals to make it distinctive from other local lighthouses.
After his success at Hatteras, Stetson turned his attention to Bodie Island. The name of the island is in contention, largely due to revisionist historians... the name is pronounced “body” and is likely an archaic form of that word. Legend has it the name comes because of bodies washing ashore after some ship found its resting place in the of the Graveyard of the Atlantic. According to some historians, however, the name comes from a family that once lived here, though that has never been proven... the legend may not be so legendary, as such things did happen. A lighthouse would save lives here too.
There were two lighthouses located here before the one you see here. The first one leaned toward the sea shortly after it was built. That was in the day before electrical power, so the lighthouse had to be tended to every day... could you imagine having to climb up a structure so unstable that it might topple any second, at least twice a day? Me neither. It failed and was replaced, but Confederate troops blew the second one up in 1861 during a series of skirmishes as Yankee troops descended on Fort Fisher. The third installment of Bodie Island Lighthouse projected light from its first order Fresnel lens for the first time in 1872. At a height of 165 feet, its beam can still be seen 21 miles out to sea.
Though built on a land that shifts with the wind and tide, Bodie Island Lighthouse has withstood hurricanes, nor’easters, floods, lightning, heat, and humidity, but 148 years of such conditions had taken its toll. After much determination, restoration of the lighthouse began in 2010. The last of the project was the installation of the refurbished Fresnel lens... after a re-lighting ceremony, the lighthouse was returned to service April 18, 2013. Seen here in morning light 11 years since, Bodie Island Lighthouse is still every bit the historical standout with its alternating bands of black and white.
Weather in the last week flooded roads and breached dune berms in the area… lucky me. It also provided unusual circumstances for me to shoot the lighthouse, magnificent as it has been for 152 years.
Mt Cook and Hooker Lake under the Norwester sunset, South Island, New Zealand
After a walk up to Hooker Lake in strong winds, and battling blasting by gravel and spray off the lake, we got to witness a stunning purple sunset, with the lake and view all to ourselves.
After this we headed rapidly back to camp, downhill and with a tailwind, in the dark.
It is amazing that after a drive and a 1 hour walk you can stand 10kms from the highest peak in New Zealand.
Read the blog posts for the trip here: ankhphotography.net/south-island-trip-2018-blogs/
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Not the best photo, but such an interesting place. The eastbound Indian Pacific is being serviced at Cook, South Australia in 2001 on my trip across Australia. Cook is located on a stretch of track that extends 297 miles (yes, 297 miles!, or 478 kilometers) without a curve across the Nullarbor Plain. The longest tangent track in the world. A recent census listed Cook's population at 4. I was told that if you traveled north from here, the nearest paved highway is 1100 miles away.
Title: Metropolitan Business College
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Date: ca. 1906-1910
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title: Esquire Cook Book
illustrator: Charmatz
introduction: Arnold Gingrich
publisher: Crown Publishers, Inc.
copyright: 1955
Took this on my way home on New Years Eve. If you get time have a look at my slideshow of New Years Eve. Every shot hand held at high iso youtu.be/v2u9Y3wriKo
Aoraki Mount Cook reflected in the glacial waters of Lake Pukaki, New Zealand.
Taken late afternoon.
Best viewed large.
The Interislander ferry "Kaitaki" steaming quietly through a placid Cook Strait under the towering slopes of Mt Tapuae-o-Uenuku (2885m).
Bailey Island in Harpswell, Maine. Cook's is a popular seafood destination.
Having only two owners in 58 years speaks volumes about our consistent commitment to all aspects of this unique business.
In keeping with our high standards for quality, everything is prepared to order. The stews, chowders and sauces are homemade daily. Our coleslaw is a delicious combination of freshly shredded cabbages, combined with our own unique dressing; something we hope you will try! All our delicious desserts are baked in our kitchen by our award winning pastry chef, Jan Coombs. Her blueberry pie is a culinary experience in and of itself.
To add to your experience of dining by the sea, we suggest a walk along the point to enjoy an unparalleled view of the world’s only Cribstone bridge. The bridge was built in 1927 and entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and a National Civil Engineering Landmark. The bridge was rebuilt in 2009-2011 to hopefully withstand another 85 years of ceaseless motion and exposure. [Cook's website]
It was the location in New Zealand which represented the Lonely Mountain in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy. For the latter half of the Third Age, the Lonely Mountain was the greatest city in Middle-earth. It was located in northeast of Rhovanion and was the source of the River Running. The mountain was named "Erebor" in Sindarin.
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Cook & Company
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British postcard in the 'Film Shots' series by Film Weekly. Photo: Paramount. Sylvia Sidney and Donald Cook in Jennie Gerhardt (Marion Gering, 1933).
Sylvia Sidney (1910-1999) was an American stage, screen, and film actress whose career spanned over 70 years. She rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s, such as An American Tragedy (1931), City Streets (1931), Alfred Hitchcock's Sabotage (1936), and Fritz Lang's Fury (1936) and You Only Live Once (1937). She later gained attention for her role as Juno, a caseworker in the afterlife, in Tim Burton's film Beetlejuice (1988), and she was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973).
Sylvia Sidney was born Sophia Kosow in 1910 in the Bronx, New York. She was the daughter of Rebecca (née Saperstein), a Romanian Jew, and Victor Kosow, a Russian Jewish immigrant who worked as a clothing salesman. Her parents divorced by 1915, and she was adopted by her stepfather Sigmund Sidney, a dentist. Her mother became a dressmaker and renamed herself, Beatrice Sidney. Now using the surname Sidney, Sylvia became an actress at the age of 15 as a way of overcoming shyness. She became a student of the Theater Guild's School for Acting. One school production was held at a Broadway theatre and in the audience, there was a critic from the New York Times who had nothing but rave reviews for the young Miss Sidney. On the strength of her performance in New York, Sylvia appeared in a play at the famed Poli Theater in Washington, D.C. More stage productions followed. In 1926, she was seen by a Hollywood talent scout in the production 'Crime' and made her first film appearance later that year in Broadway Nights (1927). During the Depression, she appeared in a string of films, often playing the girlfriend or sister of a gangster. 1931 saw her appear in five films, of which, City Streets (Rouben Mamoulian, 1931), made her a star. The sad-eyed Sylvia made a tremendous impact and her screen career was off a running. Among her other films, that year were: An American Tragedy (Josef von Sternberg, 1931), and Street Scene (King Vidor, 1931). She co-starred with Fredric March in Merrilly We Go To Hell (1932). Her other films included Alfred Hitchcock's Sabotage (1936), Fritz Lang's Fury (1936) and You Only Live Once (1937), Dead End (William Wyler, 1937), and The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (Henry Hathaway, 1936), an early three-strip Technicolor film. She appeared with Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda, Joel McCrea, Fredric March, George Raft, and Cary Grant. During this period, she developed a reputation for being difficult to work with. At the time of making Sabotage with Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney was one of the highest-paid actresses in the industry, earning $10,000 per week—earning a total of $80,000 for Sabotage.
During the 1940s, the career of Sylvia Sidney diminished somewhat. In The Searching Wind (William Dieterle, 1946), Sidney played a newspaper reporter with convictions who was the alter ego of playwright Lillian Hellman. The film was based on a Broadway play but it just didn't transfer well onto the big screen. The film was widely considered to be too serious and flopped. The following year, she appeared in another flop, Love From A Stranger (Richard Whorf, 1947). In 1949, exhibitors voted her "box-office poison". In 1952, she played the role of Fantine in Les Misérables (Lewis Milestone, 1952), and her performance was praised and allowed her opportunities to develop as a character actress. Only three more films followed that decade. There were no films throughout the 1960s. On TV, she appeared three times on the anthology drama series Playhouse 90 (1956-1960). In 1957, she appeared as Lulu Morgan, mother of singer Helen Morgan in the episode The Helen Morgan Story (George Roy Hill, 1957) featuring Polly Bergen. Four months later, Sidney rejoined her former co-star Bergen on the premiere of the short-lived The Polly Bergen Show (1957-1958). She also worked in television during the 1960s on such programs as Route 66 (1961-1964), The Defenders (1962), and My Three Sons (1969). In 1973, Sylvia returned to the big screen in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (Gilbert Cates, 1973), starring Joanne Woodward. She received an Academy Award nomination for her supporting role. As an elderly woman, Sidney continued to play supporting screen roles and was identifiable by her husky voice, the result of cigarette smoking. She was the formidable Miss Coral in the film version of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Anthony Page, 1977) and later was cast as Aidan Quinn's grandmother in the television production of An Early Frost (John Erman, 1985) for which she won a Golden Globe Award. She played Aunt Marion in Damien: Omen II (Don Taylor, 1978) opposite William Holden and Lee Grant. Sidney also had key roles as Juno in the mega-hit Beetlejuice (1988) directed by longtime Sidney fan Tim Burton, and Used People (Beeban Kidron, 1992). Her final role was in Mars Attacks! (1996), another film by Tim Burton, in which she played an elderly woman whose beloved records by Slim Whitman help stop an alien invasion from Mars.
On television, Sylvia Sidney appeared in the pilot episode of WKRP in Cincinnati (1978) as the imperious owner of the radio station, and she appeared in a memorable episode of Thirtysomething (1989) as Melissa's tough grandmother, who wanted to leave her granddaughter the family dress business, though Melissa (Melanie Mayron) wanted a career as a photographer. She also was featured on Starsky & Hutch (1976), The Love Boat (1981), Magnum, P.I. (1983), and Trapper John, M.D.(1984). Her Broadway career spanned five decades, from her debut performance as a graduate of the Theatre Guild School in 1926 at age 15, in the three-act fantasy Prunella to the Tennessee Williams play Vieux Carré in 1977. In 1982, Sidney was awarded the George Eastman Award by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film. In 1998 she appeared as the crotchety travel clerk Clia at the beginning of each episode in the short-lived revival of the classic TV series Fantasy Island. Sylvia Sidney died in 1999, from esophageal cancer at the Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, a month before her 89th birthday. Her remains were cremated. Sidney was married three times. She first married publisher Bennett Cerf in 1935, but the couple divorced six months later in 1936. She later married actor and acting teacher Luther Adler in 1938, by whom she had her only child, a son Jacob (1939–1987), who died of Lou Gehrig's disease while his mother was still alive. Adler and Sidney divorced in 1946. In 1947, she married radio producer and announcer Carlton Alsop. They divorced in 1951.
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