The 80s teen film actors who need a comeback thread.
07-08-03, 12:27 AM
#26
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Chicago, only a stone's throw from Chicago (even if you throw like a girl)
Posts: 2,457
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I always thoought Andrew McCarthy was amazing ( I last saw him in Joy Luck Club). I think he has a wonderful presence on screen and can display emotion so well without saying a word.
07-08-03, 05:06 AM
#27
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Hamilton, NJ
Posts: 2,539
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by ArchibaldTuttle
I am probably in the extreme minority here but I like Corey Feldman, I think he could be a great character actor today, he does however look kind of freakish, I feel kind of lame though I don't know who anyone is listed above and I grew up in the 80's, I am sure they're all recognizable for me if I saw them
I am probably in the extreme minority here but I like Corey Feldman, I think he could be a great character actor today, he does however look kind of freakish, I feel kind of lame though I don't know who anyone is listed above and I grew up in the 80's, I am sure they're all recognizable for me if I saw them
K
07-08-03, 02:35 PM
#28
DVD Talk Legend
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: (formerly known as Inglenook Hampendick) Fairbanks, Alaska!
Posts: 17,304
Received 507 Likes
on
351 Posts
I miss Meredith Salenger, of Natty Gann and A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon fame (not to mention Dream a Little Dream 
). True, besides b-movies, and a turn in Lake Placid she's done some TV work, but I still want more more more.
shload of more great pix here
). True, besides b-movies, and a turn in Lake Placid she's done some TV work, but I still want more more more.shload of more great pix here
Last edited by AGuyNamedMike; 07-14-03 at 11:05 AM.
07-08-03, 05:51 PM
#29
DVD Talk Special Edition
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The War Room
Posts: 1,442
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Lots of us miss Maddie Salenger.
She's in that current shampoo commercial where the two guys go to the restaurant bathroom together. She doesn't say anything and you have to look for her, but it's her, trust me.
She's in that current shampoo commercial where the two guys go to the restaurant bathroom together. She doesn't say anything and you have to look for her, but it's her, trust me.
07-08-03, 10:53 PM
#30
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Join Date: May 2001
Location: The Appian Way by way of Birmingham, AL
Posts: 2,171
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Someone waltz out Mia Sara and let's have a look at her these days. I thought she was still cute as all get out in Timecop, which I guess was mid '90's. Unless something drastic has happened in the last few years, she still looks a lot like she did in Ferris Bueller's Day off, unlike say, Ally Sheedy, who looks butch with a capital B anymore.
07-08-03, 10:56 PM
#32
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: A little bit here and a little bit there.
Posts: 2,644
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by JesseCuster
Someone waltz out Mia Sara and let's have a look at her these days. I thought she was still cute as all get out in Timecop, which I guess was mid '90's. Unless something drastic has happened in the last few years, she still looks a lot like she did in Ferris Bueller's Day off, unlike say, Ally Sheedy, who looks butch with a capital B anymore.
Someone waltz out Mia Sara and let's have a look at her these days. I thought she was still cute as all get out in Timecop, which I guess was mid '90's. Unless something drastic has happened in the last few years, she still looks a lot like she did in Ferris Bueller's Day off, unlike say, Ally Sheedy, who looks butch with a capital B anymore.
but she gave a terrific performance a few years back in
"high art". Surprised the hell out of me.
Hope she gets another chance to shine!
I never cared much for mia sara. I liked her in ferris, but I always found her cold and distant.
07-08-03, 10:59 PM
#33
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: A little bit here and a little bit there.
Posts: 2,644
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Thumbs up to amanda peterson, drexl. She was pretty good in can't buy me love. She gave much warmth and some depth to what could have been just another braindead cheerleader in that
film.
meredith salinger I liked. She was pretty. I remember being pretty surpised that she had such ample bosom when watching dream a little dream. I still tend to think of her as the tomboy from the journey of natty gann.
film.
meredith salinger I liked. She was pretty. I remember being pretty surpised that she had such ample bosom when watching dream a little dream. I still tend to think of her as the tomboy from the journey of natty gann.
07-08-03, 11:01 PM
#34
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Join Date: May 2001
Location: The Appian Way by way of Birmingham, AL
Posts: 2,171
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by Sunday Morning
Ally sheedy may not have that girlish quality anymore,
but she gave a terrific performance a few years back in
"high art". Surprised the hell out of me.
Hope she gets another chance to shine!
I never cared much for mia sara. I liked her in ferris, but I always found her cold and distant.
Ally sheedy may not have that girlish quality anymore,
but she gave a terrific performance a few years back in
"high art". Surprised the hell out of me.
Hope she gets another chance to shine!
I never cared much for mia sara. I liked her in ferris, but I always found her cold and distant.
07-09-03, 12:20 AM
#35
DVD Talk Special Edition
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The War Room
Posts: 1,442
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Mia Sara still works fairly steadily, and she's still quite nice looking, IMHO. I've always had a jones for her.
Amanda Peterson...damn right. She was good in Can't Buy. I love her irate tone when Dempsey says he wants to rent her.
"RENT me?!?"
Amanda Peterson...damn right. She was good in Can't Buy. I love her irate tone when Dempsey says he wants to rent her.
"RENT me?!?"
07-14-03, 12:54 AM
#39
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Kerri Green
Edit: I will add a few more for conversation though some don't fit the criteria I think you are looking for. I like a lot of the suggestions (Lucy Deakins, Jill Schoelen, and Deborah Foreman from the less obvious department.. and Mia Sara though implants are a 
).
Ari Myers (Kate & Allie)
Allison Smith (Kate & Allie): Liked her in 'A Reason to Believe', 'At First Sight', and 'Spy Game' also
Jennifer Rubin
Meg Tilly
Helen Slater
Liz and Jean Sagal ('Double Trouble' tv show)
Michelle Meyrink: a definite choice
Kellie Martin
Michelle Johnson: but what a debut
Melora Hardin
Cynthia Gibb (and a couple of the other 'Fame' cast members)
Andrea Elson ('ALF')
Ami Dolenz
Dana Barron
Jon Cryer
Tammy Lauren
Rebecca Schaeffer
Frank Whaley
Lisa Dean Ryan
Trini Alvarado (doesn't need a comeback, just hope she continues)
Kristen Vigard (The Survivors was pretty much it)
Julie McCullough
Robyn Lively
Heather McAdam
Shari Headley
Jennifer Runyon
Edit: I will add a few more for conversation though some don't fit the criteria I think you are looking for. I like a lot of the suggestions (Lucy Deakins, Jill Schoelen, and Deborah Foreman from the less obvious department.. and Mia Sara
though implants are a ).Ari Myers (Kate & Allie)
Allison Smith (Kate & Allie): Liked her in 'A Reason to Believe', 'At First Sight', and 'Spy Game' also
Jennifer Rubin
Meg Tilly
Helen Slater
Liz and Jean Sagal ('Double Trouble' tv show)
Michelle Meyrink: a definite choice
Kellie Martin
Michelle Johnson: but what a debut
Melora Hardin
Cynthia Gibb (and a couple of the other 'Fame' cast members)
Andrea Elson ('ALF')
Ami Dolenz
Dana Barron
Jon Cryer
Tammy Lauren
Rebecca Schaeffer
Frank Whaley
Lisa Dean Ryan
Trini Alvarado (doesn't need a comeback, just hope she continues)
Kristen Vigard (The Survivors was pretty much it)
Julie McCullough
Robyn Lively
Heather McAdam
Shari Headley
Jennifer Runyon
Last edited by abintra; 07-14-03 at 10:37 AM.
07-15-03, 06:28 PM
#41
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: A little bit here and a little bit there.
Posts: 2,644
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
abintra....
sadly kim walker died a couple of years ago from cancer.
I was pretty shocked when I found out not long ago, too.
sadly kim walker died a couple of years ago from cancer.
I was pretty shocked when I found out not long ago, too.
01-11-11, 02:49 PM
#42
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 589
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: The 80s teen film actors who need a comeback thread.
CAN'T BUY ME LOVE's Amanda Peterson:
(1987)
(2010)
Last I heard she was living in her home town of Greeley, CO with her daughter.
(1987)
(2010)
Last I heard she was living in her home town of Greeley, CO with her daughter.
Last edited by Barry Woodward; 01-11-11 at 05:48 PM.
01-11-11, 04:06 PM
#43
DVD Talk Legend
Re: The 80s teen film actors who need a comeback thread.
Crack/meth whore alert!
01-11-11, 05:21 PM
#47
01-11-11, 07:03 PM
#48
DVD Talk Legend
Re: The 80s teen film actors who need a comeback thread.
Okay, more than 7 years later, we have:
Jon Cryer - Two and a Half Men
Fred Savage - TV directing (Always Sunny, Party Down, et al.)
Virginia Madsen - Sideways revitalized her career and led to some starring roles
Anyone else mentioned in this thread with something bigger than occasional guest spots? Somebody should have said Jackie Earle Haley.
Jon Cryer - Two and a Half Men
Fred Savage - TV directing (Always Sunny, Party Down, et al.)
Virginia Madsen - Sideways revitalized her career and led to some starring roles
Anyone else mentioned in this thread with something bigger than occasional guest spots? Somebody should have said Jackie Earle Haley.
01-11-11, 07:23 PM
#49
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: The 80s teen film actors who need a comeback thread.
Isn't Jackie Earle Haley on some new Fox show. I have seen him quite a bit the last couple of years.
01-11-11, 07:28 PM
#50
DVD Talk Legend
