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Famous people you never really hear of anymore.

649 replies

Soubriquet · 18/03/2023 12:47

What people can you remember being really popular at one point, and then seemed to drop out of existence?

Ill start with

Danielle Panabaker
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Julia Styles

OP posts:
the80sweregreat · 18/03/2023 15:03

Paul whitehouse did a fishing programme on bbc two with Bob Mortimer.
He also did a programme about the state of our rivers with Fergal Sharkey as a guest activist and that was on last week.
I do like him a lot , he is funny and informative

HadEnoughOfBears · 18/03/2023 15:04

TheAirbender · 18/03/2023 14:42

Jasper Carrott

Jasper Carrott is touring this spring

Famous people you never really hear of anymore.
Florenz · 18/03/2023 15:04

Rustie Lee
Timmy Mallett
Mr Motivator
Floella Benjamin
Tasmin Archer
Tamzin Outhwaite
Michael Greco
Antoine De Caunes
Gordon Burns
Andrew O' Connor

KillingMeDeftly · 18/03/2023 15:04

Oh here's another one - Julia Sawalha! She hasn't been in anything for ages.

the80sweregreat · 18/03/2023 15:05

Ade Edmondson was also in Eastenders a few years ago and in ' back to life ' on bbc one.
I often go ' it's him ' or ' it's her ' when you see old actors from the 80s or 90s crop up!

Supergirl1958 · 18/03/2023 15:05

SerafinasGoose · 18/03/2023 15:00

Paul Whitehouse
Katie Holmes
Ade Edmondson
Cameron Diaz
Clare Grogan
Rob Newman

Katie Puckrick - there's a name from the past! Forgotten that whole crew from 'The Word'. Which on the face of it is no bad thing ...

Paul Whitehouse has had a very popular TV series recently with Bob Mortimer.

Elderflower14 · 18/03/2023 15:06

Jimmy Nail...

Wanderingowl · 18/03/2023 15:06

RedRobin100 · 18/03/2023 12:57

Ewan mcgregor has gone pretty quiet

Except for being the lead villain in Birds of Prey in 2020. Starring as the eponymous Halston in the 2021 Netflix series and eponymous Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney series in 2022. He's a constant feature on big budget movies and shows.

Changingmynameyetagain · 18/03/2023 15:06

Florenz · 18/03/2023 15:04

Rustie Lee
Timmy Mallett
Mr Motivator
Floella Benjamin
Tasmin Archer
Tamzin Outhwaite
Michael Greco
Antoine De Caunes
Gordon Burns
Andrew O' Connor

Floella Benjamin is a member of the house of lords

LlynTegid · 18/03/2023 15:08

@Changingmynameyetagain saw Baroness Benjamin at an event last year and she is as stylish as ever.

Elderflower14 · 18/03/2023 15:09

Tinypetunia · 18/03/2023 12:55

Annika Rice

She did SCD a couple of years ago and is presenting a new series of Challenge Anneka tonight on Ch5

the80sweregreat · 18/03/2023 15:09

I saw Charlotte church on a quiz show last Saturday night with Micheal McIntyre and I didn't recognize her at all! She used to be on tv a lot more.

Galatine · 18/03/2023 15:10

Viviennemary · 18/03/2023 13:45

Never heard of any of those. The other day I saw that the absolutely dreadful Anekka Rice is back with some new programe. I thought we had seen the back of her years ago.

Saucer of milk?

CantFindTheBeat · 18/03/2023 15:11

I just googled the spelling on Anneka Rice (it's Anneka)... and found that her real name is Anne.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 18/03/2023 15:12

SerafinasGoose · 18/03/2023 15:00

Paul Whitehouse
Katie Holmes
Ade Edmondson
Cameron Diaz
Clare Grogan
Rob Newman

Katie Puckrick - there's a name from the past! Forgotten that whole crew from 'The Word'. Which on the face of it is no bad thing ...

Adrian Edmondson is a busy working actor. His IMDB entry shows lots of stuff from the last three year alone. He was in the ITVX series A Spy Among Friends just recently with Damian Lewis, Guy Pearce and Anna Maxwell Martin and very good he was too.

dropthevipers · 18/03/2023 15:15

Duncan Norvelle. (one for the teenagers there)

Meandfour · 18/03/2023 15:16

Walkingtheplank · 18/03/2023 13:21

Simon Thomas lost his wife and detailed his grief in depth and breached his own child's privacy in doing so - but got over it quickly and married a younger woman.

Yes I think they’ve recently had a child haven’t they? Wasn’t she the daughter of his priest or similar?

Lauryn Hill is amazing, absolutely love her. I’ve never heard about her going to prison but I know 1 of her 6 children is a fashion model now. Think Lauryn is around 50 now which seems crazy!

CaveMum · 18/03/2023 15:18

June Sarpong works for the BBC these days as one of their directors I believe.

Gaby Roslin was covering Zoe Ball’s show on Radio 2 yesterday.

Itsnotfairhuff · 18/03/2023 15:18

Russ Abbott - I used to find him hilarious as a child

the80sweregreat · 18/03/2023 15:18

I love Ade Edmondson. I had a nice dream about him the other week. I swear we shall be together in an another life. (He just doesn't know it yet )
You don't hear much about John Hannah these days , he was in some of my favorite 90s films

gingercat02 · 18/03/2023 15:19

Tinypetunia · 18/03/2023 12:55

Annika Rice

She was on the One Show the other day. They are rebooting Challenge Anneka

Largeflaskoftea · 18/03/2023 15:20

x2boys · 18/03/2023 14:04

I saw her on the wright,stuff a few months ago pontificating about sex education in Wales I can't remember the details but they had a link to a female campaigner who shot her down and said she really should ,by be broadcasting about stuff she knows nothing about it was glorious😂

I wish I’d seen this, I can’t stand the woman.

SpookyBlackCat · 18/03/2023 15:25

I'm a bit surprised to see Ewan MacGregor on this list.

Terry Christian was also on Celebrity Bake-off. He seems exactly the same as he was in his The Word days.

My guess is that Jason Orange is living a peaceful life somewhere and enjoying his money.

Hooklander · 18/03/2023 15:26

Elderflower14 · 18/03/2023 15:06

Jimmy Nail...

I was just going to say Jimmy Nail.

Loved his singing, especially his 'Love Don't Live Here Any More' cover.

SpookyBlackCat · 18/03/2023 15:28

Are Ade Edmondson and Jennifer Saunders still married? They seemed such a fun couple. Their children must be all grown up now.