The Writer's Life 5/14 - Superwomen

RIP Canadian-born actress Margot Kidder, 69, who will always be remembered as the big screen's first Lois Lane in the four films of the Christopher Reeve Superman series. She did a lot more than that, including voice-overs for animated series. Equally at home on the big or small screen, she has 135 titles beneath her name at IMDb. From 1968 forward she had at least one credit in almost every year, despite struggling with mental health issues. Here's a still from the memorable scene that will live on:

I've been doing a lot of scanning at youtube lately, searching for funny bits involving wrestling legends Classie Freddie Blassie and Captain Lou Albano. Neither of those two titans is in the clip I found yesterday. It involves Mary Lillian Ellison, who came to be known by a catchier name. She is the most famous female wrestler of all-time. She wrote an autobio with Larry Platt titled, in the typically modest fashion of that bizarre profession, The Fabulous Moolah: First Goddess of the Squared Circle. She made her debut in 1949, and reigned on and off as the lady's champ from 1956 through her retirement in 2004. She even wrestled at the age of 80. She passed away in 2007 at 84. In 1984 she lost the belt to Wendi Richter, who was backed by Cyndi Lauper. As so often happens in pro wrestling, the loss inspired a sneak attack. Here's the clip, which is a microcosm of the wacky, madcap shenanigans I enjoy most about the sport of kings. It runs less than three minutes and co-stars Mean Gene Okerlund as the middle man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCeDpXQ74D0

Today's session of the floating book shop was very quiet. My thanks to the gentleman who purchased Dale Carnegie's Effective Speaking for his female companion, and to the woman who donated four romance novels.

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