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Celeste Holm dies at 95

Sad news: Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm (Anna Rossini from Falcon Crest's seasons 4 & 5) died at her home in New York on Sunday at the age of 95, her great-niece, Amy Phillips, confirmed.

Holm had been hospitalized about two weeks ago with dehydration. She asked her husband on Friday to bring her home and spent her final days with her husband, Frank Basile, and other relatives and close friends by her side, said Amy Phillips, who answered the phone at Holm's apartment on Sunday.

Holm died around 3:30 a.m. at her longtime apartment on Central Park West, located in the same building where Robert De Niro lives and where a fire broke out last month, Phillips said.
"I think she wanted to be here, in her home, among her things, with people who loved her," she said.

 Holm won an Oscar for best supporting actress in Elia Kazan’s 1947 movie about anti-Semitism Gentleman’s Agreement which starred Gregory Peck. She later was also nominated in the category for All About Eve and Come To The Stable.

Holm was born and raised in New York City and began acting in school plays. She studied acting in college and eventually embraced it as a career. Her first major Broadway role came in a 1940 revival of The Time of Your Life, co-starring fellow newcomer Gene Kelly. Holmes then starred in Rodgers & Hammersteien’s Broadway blockbuster Oklahoma! before her movie career took off in the late 1940s. Other movies included The Tender Trap with Frank Sinatra, High Society with Bing Crosby and The Snake Pit with Oliva de Havilland. In TV, she was nominated for Emmys for Insight and Backstairs at the White House. Holm also appeared in several TV shows during the 1970s and ’80s including Fantasy Island, Falcon Crest and Archie Bunker’s Place. She also appeared in Third Watch, Touched By An Angel and Promised Land. Holm was married five times.

On her 87th birthday she wed opera singer Frank Basile who now survives her. She is also survived by two sons and three grandchildren.

Celeste Holm with Cesar Romero and Anne Archer in "Falcon Crest" (1985)

Celeste Holm at Broadway Show

On April 14, 2011 Celeste Holm was spotted at the Creative Coalition and Friends Celebration of Broadway Show 'Born Yesterday' at the Nat Sherman Flagship Store in New York City.

Celeste Holm at 'Road to Qatar' Opening Night

Celeste Holm (becoming 94 in April) was one of the guests at the Off-Broadway opening night of 'The Road to Qatar'

Celeste Holm as Special Guest at Arlene Dahl Gala

Yesterday, Celeste Holm (93) was a special guest at the Broadway Salutes, Arts Horizons Annual Gala where Lorenzo Lamas' mother Arlene Dahl was honored (see our news dated 2010-09-22).

Celeste Holm as Special Guest at Arlene Dahl Gala

Arts Horizons will honor stage and screen star Arlene Dahl (Lorenzo Lamas' mother) and composer and music icon Paul Simon at Broadway Salutes, a gala to be held at The Edison Ballroom, on Monday, October 25, beginning at 6:30pm. The honorees are being recognized for their contributions to the Arts and dedication to humanitarian causes.

Simon will give a special performance. There will also be a performance by Trapper Felides, along with Broadway stars, to be announced. Academy Award winning actress Celeste Holm (Falcon Crest's Anna Rossini from Season 4 & 5) will be among the special guests at the gala, which will be hosted by Marc Summers.

Arts Horizons provides innovative arts-in-education programs to underserved public schools in the tri-state region.

For more information, visit www.artshorizons.org.

Celeste Holm at Broadway Opening Night

Last month, Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm (Anna Rossini from FC's seasons 4 & 5) attended the Broadway Opening Night of "All about me" at Henry Miller's Theatre on March 18, 2010 in New York City.

Turning 93 on April 29, she still looks great. And she's still working. She has a role in the upcoming movie "My Guaranteed Student Loan" as Grandma GG with Derek North.

Here are some pictures from the opening Night and one from "My Guaranteed Student Loan". She looks like she's still having a lot of fun.




with Derek North in "My Guaranteed Student Loan"

Celeste Holm at Annual Theatre World Awards

Last month, Celeste Holm (92) attended the 65th Annual Theatre World Awards held at the MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in New York City. The Theatre World Award celebrated the oldest Award given for Broadway and Off-Broadway Debuts on June 2, 2009.