Nicole DeHuff, an actress who played Teri Polo's sister in Meet the Parents, has died of causes related to pneumonia. She was 30.Posted on 03/11/2005 12:23:10 PM PST by crushelits
Nicole DeHuff, an actress who played Teri Polo's sister in Meet the Parents, has died of causes related to pneumonia. She was 30.
The actress died Feb. 16 in Hollywood, four days after she reportedly checked into a Los Angeles hospital, was misdiagnosed and sent home with orders to take Tylenol.
When her condition worsened, she returned to the hospital and was prescribed antibiotics for bronchitis and again sent home. Two days later, paramedics were called to her home after she collapsed, gasping for breath. By the time she reached the hospital, she was unconscious and passed away soon after.
Meet the Parents marked DeHuff's feature-film debut. She played Deborah Byrnes, the sister whose wedding prompts Gaylord "Greg" Focker's (Ben Stiller) visit to girlfriend Pam Byrne's (Polo) childhood home to attend the ceremony and, as suggested by the title, meet the parents. Hilarity ensues.
In one of the movie's most memorable scenes, a Speedo-clad Stiller spikes a volleyball into DeHuff's face, breaking the bride-to-be's nose and cementing his own unpopularity.
DeHuff also appeared in 2004's Suspect Zero with Ben Kingsley and in an independent film called Killing Cinderella.
She also starred in the as yet unreleased independent film Unbeatable Harold, directed by her husband, Ari Palitz, and costarring Dylan McDermott and Gordon Michaels.
On the small screen, DeHuff had roles in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Court, The Practice, Dragnet, Without a Trace and Monk. She also appeared in the TV movie See Arnold Run.
A native of Oklahoma, DeHuff graduated from the Carnegie Mellon University acting program.
She is survived by Palitz, her husband of four years, as well as her sister, her mother and her father.
I guess it wasn't bad enough to keep you from seeing the sequal, though. ;o)
What a pity.
LOL. Excellent catch.
I wrote that I always carry a concealed seatbelt.
Sorry, intended for someone else.
So who are waiting tables at all the restaurants in L.A., out-of-work doctors?
To the gun question, I always respond "None of your damn business"
Let's make it BILLIONS! Even more! That should provide tremendous solace to her loved ones. It might even bring her back from the dead. Why don't you go a step further to protect society and have the doctor executed. He deserves it, doesn't he?
So much BS, so few facts...
LOL, thanks, I'll use that for my answer next time!
What a terrible, inexcusable thing to happen. Her poor family must be stunned. My heart goes out to all of them and I hope heads roll on this one.
must have been a Kaiser hospital
Every doctor of mine gets one mistake. On the second mistake, I take my business elsewhere. There are too many doctors, and my health is too important to me, for me to cater to physician egos.
Yes, I have fired many a doctor. The ones I see now - my ob/gyn, my sleep doctor, my dentist - have proven themselves reliable over the years.
My first thought is that the ER doctors are swamped with diagnosing the multitudes of illegal aliens and welfare cases that use the emergency rooms for primary medical care.
A good looking hollywood actress walks in...how sick can she be?
I don't think so quickly when I'm really tired. Would you help me think of some nifty remarks to make to the emergency room when they wake my butt out of bed at 2 in the morning? We doctors would be so much more reliable if no one disturbed our sleep. And we get paid so well for those after-hours calls.
Actually, I've seen figures that more than 400k/per year die in Medical Accidents
Let's see some links to reliable studies.
I've been to more doctors than I can count, and not once have I ever been asked about firearms in the house.
Of course, I live in Texas, so perhaps the docs just assume we have 'em.
S'ok. I don't write that clearly, especially on FRieday. I have this grandiose idea that everyone thinks like me. Definatley a block on getting ideas across. Oh well...
FMCDH(BITS)
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