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Offline michael c

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i ran into marie...
« on: April 08, 2009, 02:29:51 AM »
literally.today.on the street in new york.at 60th and madison.i ran face to face into marie wallace...

i stopped her("excuse me ma'am"),introduced myself(even though we've met before)and told her what a huge fan i was of her and of dark shadows.

she was so nice.charming in fact.more than willing to spend five minutes chatting on the street with a fan of a forty year old show she appeared in.

i know we're supposed to keep "unconfirmed" information to a minimum but she did tell me she'd be at this year's fest,as well as jonathan frid,and lara parker and kathryn leigh scott too(all i believe have already been announced).she also "thought" john karlen might show up too.

i had a similar encounter with diana millay a few years ago and also spotted donna mckechnie but didn't approach.

funny but i see everybody where i work and am so jaded i don't bat an eye but i returned slightly giddy after my encounter with ms. wallace. [easter_rolleyes]
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Re: i ran into marie...
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2009, 02:42:39 AM »
Nice! I've spoken with her several times, as I know many people have because she's so outgoing with the fans, and I'm just amazed at how charming and warm she always is. It doesn't surprise me that she was so friendly on the streets of Manhattan and I'm really happy for you to have had the experience away from the Fests. LOVE her! [easter_kiss]
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Re: i ran into marie...
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2009, 07:20:48 AM »
I have always heard Marie is the best! I hope to met her one day at a fest....
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Re: i ran into marie...
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2009, 11:40:32 AM »
Isn't she just the sweetest, most charming person?  I will never forget meeting her at the one and only DS Fest I attended back in '03.  She called me and my friends over to her table (it was the last one in line and nobody had made it that far yet), saying:  "Hey, boys, I'm lonely here!  Come and talk to me!"  And so we did for a long time.  She gave us her undivided attention, and we gabbed about a myriad of things.  She and a friend of mine discovered that they both had involvement for the same cause (pediatric AIDS) and she gave him her card, telling him if she could ever be of any help to call her.  And, of course, we got the must-have autograph and photo shot with her.  We would've just stayed and continued on kvetching with her until Robert Rodan, whose table was nearby, shouted:  "Hey, Marie, stop hogging all the fans and send them over here!"  Marie is just fantastic, the absolute best!

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Re: i ran into marie...
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2009, 02:12:01 PM »
Thanks so much for sharing that story Gerard and what a lovely cause for her to be working for.  We need more Marie Wallace's in this crazy world of ours..... [easter_wink]
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Re: i ran into marie...
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2009, 05:14:33 PM »
Funny to find this thread here since last night I watched the Jay Nass interview on one of the DVDs and he was talking about Marie and how even back in the old days she always had extra minutes to spare for the fans!

She's a wonderful, generous woman, and I'll never forget how electric she was onstage when she did a one-act set in a bar up on stage one year at a Festival.  Sheer brilliance.

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Re: i ran into marie...
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2009, 05:40:03 AM »
When I lived in NYC I ran into Marie a few times.
She always greeted me by name, smiled & chatted.
She's wonderful!
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Re: i ran into marie...
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2009, 10:24:50 PM »
Quote from: mscbryk on April 08, 2009, 02:29:51 AM

funny but i see everybody where i work . [easter_rolleyes]

You do run into everybody when you're out and about dontcha? As I recall-- [easter_grin]
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Re: i ran into marie...
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2009, 10:42:15 PM »
yes!

and if you'll recall i'm not shy.  [easter_wink]
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Re: i ran into marie...
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2009, 12:49:06 PM »
No you were lovely after I realized you weren't hitting me up for change or subway directions (which I always give btw).    [ghost_blink]
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Re: i ran into marie...
« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2009, 10:12:23 PM »
Oh you all make my yearnings to live in NYC that much greater...........:daydreaming:   [peace]
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Re: i ran into marie...
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2009, 05:39:19 AM »
Me too. I was there in very weird limited circumstances in 1965 and 1991.  I'm the kind of person who ought to have made his way out of suburbs to something more urban decades ago.

Okay, the remaining question is how these two DS fans managed to run into each other by accident in NYC ....
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Re: i ran into marie...
« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2009, 05:43:50 AM »
That sort of thing just never happens in L.A., sigh.
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Re: i ran into marie...
« Reply #13 on: April 15, 2009, 05:47:20 AM »
That's where you are?  I shall attempt to remember that.  I've spent time in the northern half of that fictional land known as California (it was named after a fictional place in a novel, did you know that?).
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Re: i ran into marie...
« Reply #14 on: April 15, 2009, 06:24:59 AM »
Yes, I've read that it's a possible source.  But I didn't know you'd spent some time on the left coast.  Cool!
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