Actress Dana Wynter, 79, best known as the love interest of Kevin McCarthy before turning into a "pod" in the classic sci-fi movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers, of congestive heart failure:
Although Ms. Wynter appeared with some of the most powerful leading men in Hollywood, she was most often asked about “Body Snatchers.” In 2001, she put to rest a widely reported rumor that director Siegel had broken into her house during filming and put a large pod under her bed to frighten her._____
She said the mischievous Siegel left the pod on her doorstep one night on the way to visit a girlfriend who lived nearby. Ms. Wynter encountered it — “I nearly broke my neck!” — while leaving her cottage early the next morning.
Songwriter and actress Dolores Fuller, probably best known as the girlfriend of cult director Edward D. Wood, Jr., died Monday. She was 88 years old and had died after a long illness.
In addition to her songwriting career, which she wrote songs for the likes of Elvis Presley and Nat King Cole, she founded a record company, Dee Dee Records:
"Ed always said he'd make me a star," Fuller told the Kansas City Star in 1994. "I just didn't realize it would take 42 years."
At the time, Fuller was caught up in the flurry of publicity surrounding the release of director Tim Burton's biopic "Ed Wood," starring Johnny Depp as the eccentric D-movie director and Sarah Jessica Parker as Fuller.
"Not in my wildest nightmares did I ever think I'd see the day when Eddie's movies would be popular," said Fuller, who was in Kansas City to appear at an Ed Wood Film Festival.
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