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Famous people you never really hear of anymore.

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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

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SinisterIslandRoundabout · 18/03/2023 15:29

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 18/03/2023 14:44

Currently appearing in The Archers on Radio 4.

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g oooh, is he? Which character is he playing?

I’ve just started listening to it again after a break and didn’t realise he was in it. I know his daughter has been in it at some point though.

SerafinasGoose · 18/03/2023 15:30

Supergirl1958 · 18/03/2023 15:05

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

Glad to hear this. He's very funny and extremely clever. Rowley Birkin QC was comedy genius!

the80sweregreat · 18/03/2023 15:30

I do believe that Ade Edmondson is still married to Jennifer Saunders.

SuchAFunAge · 18/03/2023 15:30

Steve Jones from T4!

AlecTrevelyan006 · 18/03/2023 15:31

KillingMeDeftly · 18/03/2023 14:54

What happened to Jay from The In-betweeners? The other three have all continued to work in TV but I don't think I've ever seen him in anything else.

making lots of money

www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/inbetweeners-actor-james-buckley-becomes-25180937

Apairofsparklingeyes · 18/03/2023 15:31

Elaine Paige is definitely still doing her radio 2 show on Sunday afternoons. It’s always a medley of show tunes with her chatting about all the people she’s worked with and things that go wrong on stage!

CassTheFox · 18/03/2023 15:32

Zane Lowe
George Lamb

SpookyBlackCat · 18/03/2023 15:32

the80sweregreat · 18/03/2023 15:30

I do believe that Ade Edmondson is still married to Jennifer Saunders.

Thanks! That's good to hear!

SerafinasGoose · 18/03/2023 15:32

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 18/03/2023 15:12

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.

I've always thought him a pretty accomplished actor. He was into his folk music in quite a big way, as well as his laid-back country lifestyle in recent years, so it's good to see he's still quite prominent. I really like his work - and his wife's.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 18/03/2023 15:35

SinisterIslandRoundabout · 18/03/2023 15:29

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g oooh, is he? Which character is he playing?

I’ve just started listening to it again after a break and didn’t realise he was in it. I know his daughter has been in it at some point though.

The old man in the care home who Ben is looking after - Sykesy.

His daughter Lucy Davis was Hayley in The Archers for years, was Maria Lucas in the 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice, and then the receptionist in The Office (original Ricky Gervais version). I don't remember seeing her in anything since.

AlecTrevelyan006 · 18/03/2023 15:36

Ade Edmonson played Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at the RSC Stratford last year - he was excellent.

WhisperingAutistic · 18/03/2023 15:39

Heather Mills

AlecTrevelyan006 · 18/03/2023 15:41

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 18/03/2023 15:35

The old man in the care home who Ben is looking after - Sykesy.

His daughter Lucy Davis was Hayley in The Archers for years, was Maria Lucas in the 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice, and then the receptionist in The Office (original Ricky Gervais version). I don't remember seeing her in anything since.

She's currently in a reasonably successful sitcom on Disney playing the mum in a family of super heroes.

AlecTrevelyan006 · 18/03/2023 15:44

Villians of Valley View

SinisterIslandRoundabout · 18/03/2023 15:48

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 18/03/2023 15:35

The old man in the care home who Ben is looking after - Sykesy.

His daughter Lucy Davis was Hayley in The Archers for years, was Maria Lucas in the 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice, and then the receptionist in The Office (original Ricky Gervais version). I don't remember seeing her in anything since.

Ah, thank you!

Quartz2208 · 18/03/2023 15:51

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

All are still acting though The Flash is still going and the others both has to series.

Mary-Elizabeth Winstead married Ewan McGregor and has a child.

all have children though

Winebeckons · 18/03/2023 15:57

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

Julia Stiles was in a drama series set in Monaco a couple of years ago - terrible - but it got signed up for second seasons so she's still acting.

twinmum2007 · 18/03/2023 15:57

Isn't she married to Harrison Ford now?

CM283648 · 18/03/2023 15:59

@Tinypetunia Anneka Rice is on Channel 5 tonight.

GandhiDeclaredWarOnYou · 18/03/2023 15:59

AlecTrevelyan006 · 18/03/2023 15:41

She's currently in a reasonably successful sitcom on Disney playing the mum in a family of super heroes.

She was in Wonder Woman as Chris Pine’s secretary too.

Enfys1982 · 18/03/2023 15:59

Philippa Forrester

MrsMoastyToasty · 18/03/2023 16:00

Michael Praed
Nigel Planer
Simon Le Bon
Jimmy Tarbuck
Craig Phillips (Big brother)

Winebeckons · 18/03/2023 16:02

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 18/03/2023 15:35

The old man in the care home who Ben is looking after - Sykesy.

His daughter Lucy Davis was Hayley in The Archers for years, was Maria Lucas in the 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice, and then the receptionist in The Office (original Ricky Gervais version). I don't remember seeing her in anything since.

Lucy Davis played a friend of the main character in a great five season comedy, 'Better Things" about an LA single mum/actress raising her three girls.

Winebeckons · 18/03/2023 16:06

Itsnotfairhuff · 18/03/2023 15:18

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

After all his TV stuff, he went on to act in lots of big West End theatre. I think he's nearly 80 now so not doing much maybe.

Meandfour · 18/03/2023 16:07

SuchAFunAge · 18/03/2023 15:30

Steve Jones from T4!

Omg yes! That’s a blast from the past. I was actually thinking about him, Alexa & Maquita(?!) the other day. I used to love T4 as a teen!! And t4 on the beach was a summer highlight. Used to watch hollyoaks on a sat morning on T4