tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post969100572417156815..comments2024-03-28T11:30:13.457-04:00Comments on Poseidon's Underworld: Poseidon Quickies: A Twist of OliverPoseidon3http://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-21228528919738151462022-10-01T17:12:09.617-04:002022-10-01T17:12:09.617-04:00I remember her very well from Peyton Place. She pl...I remember her very well from Peyton Place. She played a really interesting character who had ties to many of the other people in town. They bumped her character off by pushing her off a cliff. xanadujayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04933977576263832308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-88983497247041951362022-09-29T08:48:15.191-04:002022-09-29T08:48:15.191-04:00joel65913, I wasn't trying to ignore you or th...joel65913, I wasn't trying to ignore you or the others who commented after you. I have found myself even MORE swamped than usual as of late. So I do apologize for the extra-late replies. Oliver's career, while SO prolific and popular has a tinge of unfulfillment about it which is strange and kind of sad. Had she lived, perhaps she'd have finally gotten a foothold in directing. As the ads used to say, "We've come a long way, baby."<br /><br />Unknown, that "Peyton Place" situation must have really had an impact on viewers. They surely were expecting her to remain on the show longer. Her relationship with her mother was so complicated. I should think it would be hard to have a mother who seemingly knew things no one else could! <br /><br />Ptolemy1, I like your idea about Hitchcock. I suppose he was all about Tippi during the time when Susan might have been an option. After that, he seemed to basically abandon that type. I recall renting (yes!) "Once is Not Enough" solely to see Gary Conway in a movie. His part was small and underdeveloped, but he did wear some nice cutoff sweats in one brief sequence. :-) Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-84554493547360462592022-09-27T14:59:44.379-04:002022-09-27T14:59:44.379-04:00Man oh man how I remember Oliver! I can still see...Man oh man how I remember Oliver! I can still see her in my mind in that iconic Trek episode. A beauty with a beautiful voice. I've discovered over the years that I have a soft spot for rather obscure blondes (Inger Stevens also comes to mind) whose arrows don't quite fly as high as they should have. If only, in an alternate universe Hitchcock would have grabbed Oliver. She could have been one of his "icy blondes" easily. And I've always liked Conway, he had a great face, almost primitive looking and deep dark eyes. Grateful that his exhibitionist side came to the fore, hehehe. Thanks Poseidon, always fun. Ptolemy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/04334386659240438250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-75437713772595713902022-09-22T00:24:05.146-04:002022-09-22T00:24:05.146-04:00Ahhh, beautiful Susan Oliver! I ran across "T...Ahhh, beautiful Susan Oliver! I ran across "The Green Girl" doc on YouTube and was fascinated by her personal and professional achievements. She did everything well and was constantly employed, equally effective in comedy as well as drama. She was alternately ethereal, hard-as-nails and an extremely pleasant presence in her work. Being a huge "Peyton Place" fan, I was shocked that her role as the mysterious Ann Howard ended abruptly after only 20 episodes with her broken body discovered by Allison MacKenzie (Mia Farrow) at the bottom of a coastal bluff. <br /><br />She was quite a pioneer (acting, directing, aviation) and seemed to handle her career on her own terms. One of the documentary surprises was that her mother was THE astrologer to the stars back in the day, and I got the impression that, at times, she followed her mother's career advice like many other actors.<br /><br />Thanks so much, Poseidon3, for bringing her story to a wider audience and offering her career a degree of immortality that it deserves.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756661801392308292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-47838582453427915022022-09-20T22:10:13.102-04:002022-09-20T22:10:13.102-04:00I happened upon The Green Girl doc earlier this ye...I happened upon The Green Girl doc earlier this year when my cable provider ran one of those special weeks with access to various premium channels. I've always loved Susan Oliver (you're right she was EVERYWHERE in episodic television in the 50's, 60's and 70's) and knew whenever she popped up there would be at least one decent element and performance since she was there. I watch a good deal of the classic TV stations now, sometimes to revisit old faves-I could watch "Alias Smith and Jones" endlessly-but most often to catch up on shows that I knew of but never had the chance to see during their original broadcast. It's kind of amazing that Susan has shown up in almost every single one of those shows that were on during her career! The woman WORKED!<br /><br />I found the documentary fascinating, intriguing, informative and ultimately sad. Love that she stayed independent enough to not care about big ticket stardom though it was something that was practically handed to her. A pity she didn't have more opportunity to direct. The episode she directed for MASH is one of my favorites of the series. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-33416973587835446282022-09-20T15:26:56.596-04:002022-09-20T15:26:56.596-04:00Wow, normadesmond, Oliver must have made an impres...Wow, normadesmond, Oliver must have made an impression on you for you to hang onto something like that. Neat!<br /><br />A, I was happy to see this documentary because she's generally quite unsung, but it's very obvious that she was capable of playing a WIDE variety of roles very effectively and with strong conviction.<br /><br />Dov, no, he wasn't! God love the '70s...<br /><br />Gingerguy, OMG! Forgot about the "Lost in Space" woman. And I was thinking to myself, WOW... she got to wear that searing red dress and Liz didn't veto it? Liz's get-ups vary in effectiveness in that movie. 'Course the slip is most famous of all. Thanks. <br /><br />F. Nomen, glad you knew who Manard was. I really didn't (and I had JUST watched a movie two nights before in which he played a biker...!! Shanks, 1974!) That's neat about the guest roles on "Flash." I did a post here once about some of the interesting casting on "Supergirl," but in time I grew weary of the show itself. <br /><br />Forever1267, I was told late this past spring that Ms. Meriwether is now in an assisted living facility. Time marches on and right acrosst us sometimes. But she did age very well! She was such a LADY and very bright and friendly to talk to as I did on a couple of occasions. Oliver worked with a staggering number of actors. The nature of the biz limited how many other women she worked with, but there were still quite a few. LOL about the hay! ;-)<br /><br />hsc, I'm fine with the link. I'm not prudish or anything like that, but I just decided at the outset to keep the site generally safe for work (although I have often tossed out some rear ends along the way... perhaps not something you'd want to have on-screen when your boss wanders over! LOL At least it's not "porn" or more graphic nudity.) I noticed that her first movie was the "Green-Eyed Blonde," too, and how b&w allowed them to slide by on that. I meant to see if there were any color lobby photos that tinted her eyes green, but neglected to. Thank you!Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-25209259395489603082022-09-20T13:59:59.301-04:002022-09-20T13:59:59.301-04:00Out of the shots of the older actors, I only recog...Out of the shots of the older actors, I only recognized Lee Meriwether, Peter Mark Richman, Rosey Grier, and Charles Siebert, while Kathy Nolan, Celeste Yarnell, Monte Markham, and Gary Conway were in the "I know that face, but can't place them" category. And the rest totally threw me, even though I was familiar with some of them.<br /><br />Biff Manard should've been one I'd recognize, in that he was still wearing the cowboy hat and 'stache from his PLAYGIRL centerfold, which is where I knew him from. Similarly, I should've recognized Gary Conway, since he was still wearing the same shaggy '70s haircut from his PLAYGIRL spread!<br /><br />It's funny-- when Conway did PLAYGIRL, they were still in the period when what they wanted in the centerfold was a recognizable "name" to bare almost all, but by the time Biff Manard appeared, they had shifted to a full-frontal centerfold with less of a focus on "name" value (though some, like Peter Lupus, Jim Brown, and Don Stroud, fulfilled both).<br /><br /><br />If it's okay to post the link here, a good resource for PLAYGIRL nudes is this website, which now seems to be defunct (no updates in over ten years) but still accessible:<br /><br />https://www.blackdogue.net/<br /><br />Clicking the "ENTER" age verification box takes you to a page of PLAYGIRL scans arranged in handy alphabetical order by models' first names. Not every one is in there, but he's got most of them up to a cutoff date where he apparently decided (or was warned) it was infringement to post. (I think the now-long-defunct magazine had changed hands at that point.)<br /><br /><br />A real pleasure to see this profile on the always-fascinating Susan Oliver, who was a great beauty that popped up a lot on TV when I was a kid, and I always enjoyed seeing her. (And, of course, her appearance in the STAR TREK pilot, which became legendary in fanboy circles.) <br /><br />Even though the color photos you post reveal that those mesmerizing eyes were actually a beautiful "crystalline-blue" (love that description!), one of her early roles was the title character in THE GREEN-EYED BLONDE (1957)-- which, although I've never seen it (AFAIK), my parents *must've* seen, because they never failed to say that title whenever Oliver popped up on screen! (And checking IMDb reveals that the film was in B/W, so she pulled it off without colored contacts.)<br /><br /><br />As usual, thanks for a great post! Love to all, and be safe and well, everyone! hschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07788554330108647969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-67414177894446127212022-09-20T13:48:23.307-04:002022-09-20T13:48:23.307-04:00I was able to guess Rosey Grier, but couldn't ...I was able to guess Rosey Grier, but couldn't name Charles Siebert and Peter Mark Richman. <br /><br />Lee Meriwether is aging very well!<br /><br />Susan Oliver must be one of those "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" actors who worked with absolutely everyone back in the day. <br /><br />That hay is looking VERY inviting! Forever1267https://www.blogger.com/profile/17823856461319486720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-57044296819055456702022-09-20T12:56:03.192-04:002022-09-20T12:56:03.192-04:00Biff Manard as Officer “Murph” Murphy on the 1990 ...Biff Manard as Officer “Murph” Murphy on the 1990 Flashseries. One of a pair of quasi-comic relief bumbling cops who spent a fair amount of time trying to figure out who Flash was, at one point each deciding it was the other! Who knew he was packing?<br /><br />Back before the Arrow shows were officially a multiverse and Flash ‘90 became canon, a number of actors from the original made cameos as characters with the same names as the original. Fans had a bit of fun spotting the living Easter eggs and speculating on what it all meant. Murph’s old partner showed up as the corrupt mayor of Central City but Murphy didn’t. The new Flash debuted in 2014 and Manard passed away in 2017.F. Nomenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940368899231119483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-70576575383416645382022-09-20T09:18:19.625-04:002022-09-20T09:18:19.625-04:00This was very interesting. I am glad she got a do...This was very interesting. I am glad she got a documentary. I would have thought it was about the Green Girl on Lost in Space. I totally remember her from "Butterfield 8" that scene is really uncomfortable and she makes quite an impression in red. Bonus was all the hot hunks at the end, hurray!Gingerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989371210392669145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-29187064898246006812022-09-20T07:59:32.607-04:002022-09-20T07:59:32.607-04:00Biff Manard was NOT afraid to let it all hang out ...Biff Manard was NOT afraid to let it all hang out in his Playgirl Spread!<br />Dovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09494682974138557727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-32617028734136924352022-09-20T00:13:25.914-04:002022-09-20T00:13:25.914-04:00I have always loved Susan Oliver. Great post, Po...I have always loved Susan Oliver. Great post, Poseidon.<br /><br /><br />Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994860402022617403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-38668555835363285842022-09-19T19:47:06.823-04:002022-09-19T19:47:06.823-04:00Somewhere, buried with all the other shit I have i...Somewhere, buried with all the other shit I have is Oliver's obituary that I clipped out of the Toledo <i>Blade</i> all those years ago.normadesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325110017442011627noreply@blogger.com