Mary Lucy Denise "Marilu" Henner is best known for her role as
Elaine O’Connor Nardo on the ABC-TV sitcom Taxi, 1978 to 1983.

Henner began teaching dance classes at her family’s studio
when she was 14.

From episode 12 of the second season, "Elaine’s Secret Admirer"
(1979).

Bette Davis (1908 – 1989)

Gregory Peck (1916 – 2003)

Gale Storm  (1922 – 2009)

Spencer Tracy (1900 – 1967)

The Searchers were the first British Invasion group to appear on the 
show after the Beatles.  

        
            Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013)

(AP) – Roger Ebert, the most famous and popular film reviewer of his time
who became the first journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism and,
on his long-running TV program, wielded the nation’s most influential thumb,
died Thursday at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, his office said. Only
a day earlier, he announced on his blog that he was undergoing radiation
treatment after a recurrence of cancer. Ebert had been a film critic for the
Chicago Sun-Times since 1967.

Jim and Jane Henson in the 1950s 

            Jane Henson (Nebel; June 16, 1934 – April 2, 2013)

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Jim Henson Co. says Henson’s partner in
marriage and Muppets has died.

The company says Jane Henson died Tuesday at her Connecticut
home following a battle with cancer.

She and Jim Henson met in a University of Maryland puppetry class
in the mid-1950s, and they became creative and business partners
in the development of the Muppets.

The Henson’s married in 1959 and had five children: Lisa, Cheryl,
Brian, John and Heather. The pair separated in 1986, and Jim
Henson died in 1990.

In 1992, Jane Henson created and funded The Jim Henson Legacy
to preserve his artistic contributions.

A memorial Mass is planned next week.

Jane and Jim with a member of the Muppet family