Melissa Gilbert elected Screen Actors Guild president [Libs want recount!]

CNN website ^ | 11/3/01 | not given

[Ron C.]

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Actress Melissa Gilbert was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild, union officials said, defeating actress Valerie Harper in a fiercely contested race that could end up being contested over a flaw in thousands of ballots.

[spectre]

Wow! Congrats to Melissa. Beauty, brains and so much poise and class!

BTW, Melissa was adopted when she was only 1 day old....

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[RobFromGa]

watch out Ron C., I don't think dear-old-Deb approves of wine (just whine), she might go off on you.

[Lazamataz]

Uh oh. Shades of hanging chads on the butterfly ballot.

[Ron C.]

"I'm surprised Harper did so well."

Not I. The left dominates Hollyweird - usually. But what makes this significant - this was, after all - a union election. That, to me, makes the election even more the harbinger of a shift in political taste in CA.

I've spent twenty plus years working in the studios, all of them - and in the homes of the stars, the directors and the common work-hands of the industry. This - is big. As big as Reagan's election was.

[Lazamataz]

Are you going to stalk me from thread to thread? If you have something to say, say it there, tough guy

Can I stalk you from thread to thread? I'm a tough guy! (bats eyelashes)

[Deb]

Oh, allright.

[TBoone]

That's one of the best photos I've seen of Melissa Gilbert. She's classy and smart. I bet the Libs DO want a recount!

[Texas Yellow Rose]

Melissa Gilbert Profile and Biography

 

Photograph taken by Judith / Profile questions by Jayne Spears

Melissa Gilbert Profile

Eye color...Light golden hazel
Hair.......Red
Weight.....120 lbs.
Height......5'4"
Parents....Barbara Gilbert-Cowan, Paul Gilbert...died in 1976
Children....Step-sons- Sam Boxleitner 21, Lee Boxleitner 15, Sons-Dakota
Brinkman 12, Michael Boxleitner 5
Siblings.... Sara Gilbert, Jonathan Gilbert
Pets....2 dogs, three cats,three birds,one rabbit, one hamster
Best friends....Sandra Peckinpah, Cordelia Richards, Christina Carlisi
Place of birth....Los Angeles, Ca.
Date of birth.....May 8, 1964
Favourite things.....Baby shoes, books, my family
Drink?....Tea
Food?....Fried chicken
Animal?...Tiger
Vacation?....Tahiti
Film?....Sunset Boulevard, Limelight (by Charlie Chaplin)
Book?.....Fall on your Knees by Anne-Marie MacDonald
TV Show?.... Trauma:Life in the ER
To do in spare time?.... Snuggle with my kids, nap, eat
Fave team/sports person?.... Don't really follow sports
Actors?.... Too many to name

Hobbies?.... Right now I'm learning to make lace, I also needlepoint
Likes and Dislikes?....Don't like small talk...LOVE rainy days
Politics?....Democrat
Sports?.... I lift weights and fast walk
Websites?...Luxury finder.com

[Lazamataz]

CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT GILBERT!

Most of the Florida actors voted for Pat Buchanan by mistake. Katherine Harris is partisan. Gilbert is a selected, not an elected, president. The Supreme Court of the United States is biased.

Is all this good enough to make me an honorary liberal?

[Ron C.]

"Beauty, brains and so much poise and class!"

There are many with that description in the industry - but, they get short-shrift on parts, work seldom, and are not part of the party-scene. They are the 'untouchables' in the town. Too bad. There was a time that it was the opposite.

[Lazamataz]

Pets....2 dogs, three cats,three birds,one rabbit, one hamster

I'm not sure about those hamster people.

Politics?....Democrat

I knew it.

[Lazamataz]

Oh, allright.

:o)

[Glenn]

Book?.....Fall on your Knees by Anne-Marie MacDonald

Damn good book. Damn liberal book.

[Texas Yellow Rose]

Politics?....Democrat I knew it.   On the BRIGHT SIDE...  Ronald Reagan was a Democrat in the old days too.

[jwalsh07]

I just read the thread you posted Deb's comments from.

:-} Deb isn't the problem Rob, your problem is Libertarian'S for Peace and the moron who wrote that garbage.

[Deb]

Thanks, JW, you can stalk me too.

[Valin]

Not to mention those in the animated persons community. Why should the small fact that you're not actually alive stop a person from voting.

[Solomon Kane]

Melissa Gilbert's campaign website:

www.restorerespect.com

I voted for her as the "lesser of two evils".