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In the News (Tue 9 Feb 10)

  
  USATODAY.com - Entertainer Arquette dies at 65   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lewis Arquette, who had a recurring role as J.D. Pickett on The Waltons and was a member of the third generation of Hollywood's acting Arquette family, has died at 65.
Lewis Arquette was also the father of actors Rosanna, Richmond, Patricia, Alexis and David Arquette.
Arquette's grandparents were the vaudeville team Arquette and Clark, also known as the Funny Hebrew and the Singing Soubrette.
www.usatoday.com /life/2001-02-13-arquette-obit.htm   (223 words)

  
 Patricia Arquette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Patricia Arquette (born on April 8, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American film actress of French and Jewish descent.
She is the daughter of the late actor Lewis Arquette, and granddaughter of the late comic Cliff Arquette.
She is the sister-in-law of Courteney Cox Arquette, who is married to her brother David.
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 Patricia Arquette Picture Galleries
Actress Patricia Arquette is the granddaughter of Cliff Arquette, the daughter of character actor Lewis Arquette, and the sister of leading lady Rosanna Arquette and actors David Arquette and Alexis Arquette.
In 1993 alone, she was seen as the hero's cousin/inamorata in Ethan Frome, the strung-out "heroine" of the stylishly violent road movie True Romance, and the hero's lesbian sister in Inside Monkey Zetterland.
Arquette closed out 1994 on a fine note with her sympathetic portrayal of Kathy O'Hara, the second wife of Hollywood's "world's worst director," in Tim Burton's Ed Wood.
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 Lewis Arquette - SX-70 Polaroid Caricatures by Michael Dare   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
I wanted to be Lewis Arquette and felt honored for every second I got to spend with him, which was a lot.
He would have workshops on weekends during which the rule of the house was "Sit in the front row, you're in: anywhere else and you're audience." Lewis was one of the first, inviting me with him, getting me to sit the front row and participate.
Lewis told me the one thing he wanted to do was play himself.
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 Blockbuster Online - Person Detail Information Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Actress Patricia Arquette is the granddaughter of Cliff Arquette, the daughter of character actor Lewis Arquette, and the sister of actors Rosanna Arquette, David Arquette and Alexis Arquette.
Arquette closed out 1994 on a fine note with her sympathetic portrayal of Kathy O'Hara, the second wife of Hollywood's "world's worst director," in Tim Burton's Ed Wood.
Boorman's scenes of action and violence are well-staged, but Arquette is not big enough to carry the film and her plight seems inconsequential next to that of the Burmese as the military begins its ruthless crackdown.
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 David Arquette - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The youngest of five, David Arquette was born in Virginia and is part of the illustrious Arquette family whose work has spread over many generations.
His role proved to be so popular that in the original script his character was meant to die, but due to test audiences response to Dewey the script was changed and he returned for both Scream 2 (1997) and Scream 3 (2000).
Brother of Richmond Arquette, Alexis Arquette, Patricia Arquette and Rosanna Arquette.
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 Rosanna Arquette at Hollywood.com
Arquette was living with her family in an artists' commune in Front Royal, VA, when, at age 15, she decided to hitchhike cross-country to San Francisco with three friends.
Arquette worked regularly in TV for a period, appearing in after school specials, PBS dramas, and several notable telefilms, notably "The Executioner's Song" (NBC, 1982), for which she received enthusiastic notices as the wild girlfriend of convicted killer Gary Gilmore (Tommy Lee Jones).
One explanation for Arquette's fall from prominence in the late 80s and early 90s was her decision to live and work in Europe for six years during what could have been her Hollywood prime.
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 My Best Friend - Lewis Arquette
I wanted to be Lewis Arquette and felt honored for every second I got to spend with him, which was a lot.
It was mind boggling to watch, but behind it all was the frustration that Lewis was equally if not more talented than his offspring but his career was going nowhere.
Lewis told me the one thing he wanted to do was play himself.
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 Lewis Arquette, latest patriarch of famed acting clan, dies at 65   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Arquette died Saturday of congestive heart failure at the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center.
He was the son of the late Cliff "Charley Weaver" Arquette, a staple on Jack Parr's "Tonight Show" and "Hollywood Squares." Lewis Arquette was also the father of actors Rosanna, Richmond, Patricia, Alexis and David Arquette.
Arquette was the grandson of the vaudeville team Arquette and Clark, also known as the Funny Hebrew and the Singing Soubrette.
www.insidevcnewhomes.com /news/obituaries/364105.shtml   (296 words)

  
 Lewis Arquette, actor, 65   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Monday February 12 8:47 PM ET Actor Lewis Arquette Dead at 65 HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Actor and comedian Lewis Arquette, father of actors Rosanna, Richmond, Patricia, Alexis and David, died of congestive heart failure Saturday at the UCLA Medical Center.
Lewis, the son of comic Cliff (Charley Weaver) Arquette, was born in Chicago and began his theatrical career on Broadway before returning to Chicago as a regular at the famed Second City.
In addition to his five children, Arquette is survived by a brother and sister as well as two grandchildren.
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 Rosanna Arquette Picture Galleries
Born in Manhattan on August 10, 1959, Arquette moved about frequently with her family while she was growing up.
After an audience with a casting director, Arquette began appearing on television, and she made her feature film debut in More American Graffiti in 1979.
Though she has subsequently been typecast as kooky but sexy women, early in her career, Arquette demonstrated considerable dramatic ability in The Executioner's Song (1982), the television biopic about convicted killer Gary Gilmore which was later released theatrically.
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 Alexis Arquette Bio - Alexis Arquette Biography - Alexis Arquette Stories
His father is Lewis Arquette and his grandfather is Cliff Arquette.
Alexis is the grandson of vaudevillians, and son of veteran character actor Lewis Arquette, and poet Mardi Arquette.
Arquette posed as the Hindu god Krishna for a controversial cover for Genre Magazine (a gay men's publication).
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 AskMen.com - Patricia Arquette
Patricia Arquette is one of those beautiful and talented Hollywood actresses who never really became a household name, and as a result, never suffered from media overexposure.
The youngest daughter in a family of three generations of performers, Patricia Arquette began her professional career as a teenager, appearing in made-for-TV movies and low-budget films.
Patricia Arquette was born April 8, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois.
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 Blockbuster Online - Person Detail Information Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
After an audience with a casting director, Arquette began appearing on television, and she made her feature-film debut in More American Graffiti in 1979.
Though she has subsequently been typecast as kooky but sexy women, early in her career, Arquette demonstrated considerable dramatic ability in The Executioner's Song (1982), the television biopic about convicted killer Gary Gilmore which was later released theatrically.
Thouse who did actually see the David Spade comedy Joe Dirt (2001) were offered a brief but memorable comedic performance by Arquette, in addition to her four other roles that year alone the actress turned in a heartfelt performance as a woman struggling with her compulsive sexuality in Diary of a Sex Addict.
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 Alexis Arquette - Overview - MSN Movies
The grandson of vaudevillians, son of veteran character actor "Lewis Arquette" and poet Mardi Arquette, and brother of Rosanna, Patricia, David, and Richmond Arquette, he was born in L.A. in 1969.
Like his siblings, Arquette broke into film at a young age, making his screen debut with a minor role in "Down and out in Beverly Hills" in 1986.
Arquette went on to portray characters ranging from a gay university student in "Threesome" (1994) to an unfortunate gunman summarily dispatched by "John Travolta" and "Samuel L. Jackson" in...
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 Obituary: Lewis Arquette Independent, The (London) - Find Articles
Born in Chicago in 1935, Lewis was the son of the entertainer Cliff Arquette.
Brought up in California, Lewis graduated from Hollywood High School then went to New York to study at Lee Strasberg's Actors' Studio, where Marilyn Monroe was one of his classmates.
Lewis Arquette, actor and entertainer: born Chicago 14 December 1935; married (three sons, two daughters); died Los Angeles 10 February 2001.
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 MobyGames - Lewis Arquette
Lewis Arquette was credited on a game as early as 1996 and as recently as 2001.
Lewis Arquette has been credited with the roles Sound and Video.
Lewis Arquette has been credited on games developed by the following companies: LucasArts, Evolutionary Publishing, Inc., 3Vision Games and Vortex Media Arts.
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 Arquette family to receive film award - Boston.com
The Arquette family -- which includes actors Clifford, Lewis, Rosanna, Richmond, Patricia, Alexis and David -- will be honored with the American Film Institute's sixth Platinum Circle Award, said Carole Mitchell, president of AFI Associates, a fundraising branch of the organization.
Family members Courteney Cox Arquette and Thomas Jane will also be recognized as part of the award for creative contributions to film and television.
The award, along with posthumous tributes to Clifford and Lewis Arquette, will be presented during a May 10 luncheon at the Regent Beverly Wilshire hotel.
www.boston.com /ae/celebrity/articles/2006/03/28/arquette_family_to_receive_film_award?mode=PF   (187 words)

  
 SCREAM 2 - Lewis Arquette as Chief Hartley
LEWIS ARQUETTE joins his son David in SCREAM 2 as Louis Hartley, a small-town Chief of Police, who is suddenly alarmed when a serial killer attacks his once peaceful town.
A veteran of films, Arquette has appeared in "Nobody's Fool," "Big Business," with Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin, "Tango and Cash," starring Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell, "The Wild Side," "Waiting for Guffman," and "Life During Wartime," with David.
Arquette trained with David at the Second City Theatre, and leads one of the biggest acting dynasties in Hollywood.
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 Rosanna Arquette , Celebrity profile, bio, biography
Family: Daughter of Lewis Arquette, Granddaughter of Cliff Arquette, Sister of Richmond Arquette, Alexis Arquette, David Arquette and Patricia Arquette, Mother of 'Zoe Sidel', sister-in-law of Courteney Cox.
Acknowledged as an actress of rare depth and scope, Arquette's first break came as a young teen in the movie of the week Harvest Home, directed by Leo Penn and starring Bette Davis, who took Arquette under her wing.
Arquette's considerable acting talents have been showcased in such films as John Sayles' Baby It's You, Father and Sons, The Linguine Incident and Flight of the Intruder.
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Arquette's DuBois - a strong-willed mother-of-three who gets support from her wry aerospace-engineer husband, Joe (Jake Weber) in dealing with her not-always-welcome gift - is more self-doubting than the real woman.
The pilot, Arquette says, was most closely based on reality, but writers have deliberately taken artistic license for the sake of the drama, and to avoid capitalizing on specific victims' stories.
Arquette, 36 - part of the acting clan that includes grandfather Cliff Arquette, father Lewis Arquette, and siblings Rosanna, David, Richmond and Alexis - says that after she and fiancé Thomas Jane ("61*") had daughter Harlow in February 2003, she took a little break from acting.
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 Celebrity Guru Celebrity Pictures Celebrity Information Celebrity Photos - Patricia Arquette   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
David Arquette (actor; born on September 8, 1971), Alexis Arquette (actor; born in 1969), Richmond Arquette (actor; born in 1963)
Lewis Arquette (actor; born on December 14, 1935; divorced in 1990; died on February 10, 2001)
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 Patricia Arquette, Thomas Jane exchange vows in Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Arquette, who won an Emmy award for her performance in Medium, married Nicholas Cage in 1996.
She has famous siblings in actor David Arquette, who is married to actress Courtney Cox, actress Rosanna Arquette and brother Alexis Arquette.
The daughter of actor Lewis Arquette, she won an Emmy in 2005 for her portrayal of psychic Allison DuBois on Medium.
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 Arquettes: Anyone With Last Name Arquette Gets Award - Defamer
The Arquettes are sort of our generation's answer to the Barrymores--had Lionel risen to prominence for marrying a more successful sitcom actress and John decided to have his sex change documented on national television--and they are being recognized for their collective contribution to TV, movies, and annoying AT&T campaigns with the AFI's Platinum Circle Award.
The Arquette family which includes actors Clifford, Lewis, Rosanna, Richmond, Patricia, Alexis and David will be honored with the American Film Institute's sixth Platinum Circle Award, said Carole Mitchell, president of AFI Associates, a fundraising branch of the organization.
A ceremony highlight undoubtedly will be Alexis' heartfelt tribute to dad Lewis, who was always at the ready with a few supportive words of advice for his talented kids.
www.defamer.com /hollywood/arquettes/anyone-with-last-name-arquette-gets-award-163601.php   (431 words)

  
 ( A ) > Arquette, Lewis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Where explorers Lewis and Clark go, Hunt (Farley) and Edwards (Perry) follow, hoping to overtake the famed expeditioners and be the more fiery trailblazers.
In a land dotted with bears, native tribes, pioneer outposts and wandering conquistadors having a bad hair day, is there not also room for two more adventurers eager to make a name for the...
Gordy (David Arquette of the Scream movies) and Sean (Scott Caan of Varsity Blues) are rabid fans of professional wrestling--in particular, white trash champion Jimmy King (Oliver Platt, Funny Bones, Flatliners).
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 ABC.com: What About Brian
Rosanna Arquette was born in New York City into a show business family, the first child of five in the third generation of the Arquette acting clan.
Her father, character actor Lewis Arquette, was well known as J. Pickett on The Waltons.
And her siblings, Patricia Arquette, David Arquette, Alexis Arquette and Richmond Arquette, all followed her into the family tradition as accomplished working actors.
abc.go.com /primetime/whataboutbrian/bios/rosanna_arquette.html   (360 words)

  
 Showtime - Movies - Eight Million Ways to Die - Rosanna Arquette - Full Biography
Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, Randy Brooks and Andy Garcia costar in the penultimate film of legendary director Hal Ashby ("Shampoo," "Harold and Maude").
Rosanna Arquette has acted extensively in film and television, and has come to be acknowledged as an actress of rare depth and scope.
Arquette was nominated for an Emmy for her work in the controversial The Executioner's Song (TV).
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 Lewis Arquette Credits and Biography
Born in Chicago on December 14, 1934, character actor Lewis Arquette was the son of Cliff Arquette, a comic actor who worked under the name Charley Weaver.
A graduate of Hollywood High School, Arquette trained at the Actors Studio in New York and was a member of the famed Second City Improv troupe in Chicago.
Lewis Arquette was the father of actors Rosanna, Patricia, Alexis, Richmond, and David Arquette.
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 Patricia Arquette Biography - Biography.com
The daughter of actor Lewis Arquette, Patricia grew up on a commune near Arlington, Virginia, alongside siblings Rosanna, Richmond, Alexis and David.
Arquette won critical favor if not popular acclaim for her film apearances throughout the 1990s, including 1993’s True Romance, 1995’s Beyond Rangoon and 1996’s Flirting with Disaster.
Arquette was married to actor Nicolas Cage from 1995 to 2001.
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