Who are some actors/actresses from the past who were once popular or did a few big movies who have now just seemingly vanished?

Shawn Cassidy teen heartthrob of the late 70s now nowhere to be found.

Terri Garr

Terri Garr


Teri Garr has advanced MS.

Teri Garr has advanced MS.

I forgot she had that disease.

Shawn Cassidy teen heartthrob of the late 70s now nowhere to be found.

Shaun has been writing and producing for TV since the 90's. Created one of the best TV shows of the 90's American Gothic. Most recent is producing Emerald City.

Gwenyth Paltrow, Alicia Silverstone, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Eddie Murphy, Forrest Whittaker, Chris O'Donnell, Val Kilmer

i always wonted to know what happened to higgens on magnum pi!! you never seen him in any thing!! i watched one day at time he was on that show!! is he still living? you never saw him in any thing after Magnum PI!!

No, I believe John Hillerman (who played Jonathan Higgins on Magnum P.I.) is dead.

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Jimmy Smits. He was on L.A. Law and then NYPD Blue (Must've had a thing for shows with initials LOL) and then in demand in movies for a while. And he was in Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith as Bail Organa who was Princess Leia's adoptive father. But I haven't heard about him being in any movies or seen him on TV anywhere in quite a while.

Ed.

Jimmy Smits. He was on L.A. Law and then NYPD Blue (Must've had a thing for shows with initials LOL) and then in demand in movies for a while. And he was in Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith as Bail Organa who was Princess Leia's adoptive father. But I haven't heard about him being in any movies or seen him on TV anywhere in quite a while.

Ed.

He appeared on FX's "Sons of Anarchy" from 2012-14 and was recently on Fox's short-lived "24: Legacy".

He also reprised Bail Organa in Rogue One.

Gwenyth Paltrow, Alicia Silverstone, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Eddie Murphy, Forrest Whittaker, Chris O'Donnell, Val KilmerForrest Whitaker was the star of 2011 spin-off Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, but that was cancelled after one season. Molly Ringwald was recently in the Secret Life of the American Teenager, which lasted 5 seasons and 121 episodes on ABCFamily.

Forrest Whitaker was the star of 2011 spin-off Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, but that was cancelled after one season.

He was in the Roots tv-remake and Rogue One more recently.



Molly Ringwald was recently in the Secret Life of the American Teenager, which lasted 5 seasons and 121 episodes on ABCFamily.

She's currently on The CW's "Riverdale".

Gwenyth Paltrow, Alicia Silverstone, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Eddie Murphy, Forrest Whittaker, Chris O'Donnell, Val Kilmer

Chris is on NCIS: LA.

Chris is on NCIS: LA.

Yeah...I don't watch much TV these days, obviously. :lol:

He appeared on FX's "Sons of Anarchy" from 2012-14 and was recently on Fox's short-lived "24: Legacy".

He also reprised Bail Organa in Rogue One.

I never watched those shows so I had no idea.

Ed.

OK so I found out John Hillerman is still alive but he retired from acting 18 years ago.

Ed.

How about Bo Derek ?


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OK so I found out John Hillerman is still alive but he retired from acting 18 years ago.

Ed.

Good to hear he's still with us, I thought he had passed too.

Yeah...I don't watch much TV these days, obviously. :lol:

Haha I only knew it because he and another of the actor's was on the news talking about something in the show.

How about Bo Derek ?


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Well, she was in Sharknado 3:lol:

Well, she was in Sharknado 3:lol:


I think Bo has pretty much retired from acting, for the most part. My feeling, from the documentaries and interviews I've seen, is that she was never that crazy about it anyway, and would have preferred to just raise horses and hang out on the ranch, but John and she needed money so she did it to get the bills paid.

Seems like a nice lady; I wish her the best.

Gwenyth Paltrow, Alicia Silverstone, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Eddie Murphy, Forrest Whittaker, Chris O'Donnell, Val Kilmer


Have no fear. Gwenyth Paltrow is as annoying as ever.

Gwenyth Paltrow, Alicia Silverstone, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Eddie Murphy, Forrest Whittaker, Chris O'Donnell, Val Kilmer


Chris O'Donnell has been the star of CBS's mega-hit "NCIS: Los Angeles" for almost decade now.

Alicia Silverstone is actually in the middle of a mini-comeback, she's worked steadily over the last few years (mostly in indie films and voice-over work on cartoons) and was in "Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" which opened in theaters in May. She also has a TV series coming up next year on what is now Spike TV.

Gwenyth hasn't vanished, she simply chooses to work sporadically. Her most recent film role was as a character named Pepper Potts in "Spiderman: Homecoming" in theaters now.

Soliel Moon Frye (Punky Brewster) has basically vanished from acting. Her last major role (in a non-voice over role) was in "Sabrina The Teenage Witch" from 2000-2003.


Ami Foster from Punky Brewster has also vanished from acting.

Shelley Long has also seemingly vanished, with the exception of sporadic appearances on Modern Family.

Have no fear. Gwenyth Paltrow is as annoying as ever.

What do people like Madonna and Ashley Judd do anymore besides going around and making unhinged fools of themselves? I swear, you listen to Judd for a few minutes and you think she's a few steps from going over the edge.

Gwyneth Paltrow is now famous, or should I say infamous, for her lifestyle blog GOOP.

We haven't heard from Sharon Stone for a while.

Marta "Martika" Marrero (Kids Incorporated)
Yaphet Kotto (Homicide: Life on the Street)

Barbi Benton after 1979 she appeared in a few B movies and disappeared