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{{Short description|American actress (1957–2010)}}
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| name = Lisa Blount
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| birth_date = July 1, 1957
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'''Lisa S. Blount''' (July 1, 1957 – October 25, 2010 <ref> 27 October 2010</ref>) was an American film and television actress and Oscar-winning producer.
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'''Lisa Suzanne Blount''' (July 1, 1957&nbsp;– October 25, 2010)<ref name="nytobit" /> was an American actress and film producer. She was nominated for the ] for her performance in '']'' (1982), and later won an ] for producing ] (2001).


==Early life==
Born in ], ] and raised in ], Blount started working in show business with her debut in '']'' (1969). After graduating from ] in 1975, she landed several small television roles.
Blount was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas,<ref name="nytobit" /> to Margaret Louise Martin and Glen Roscoe Blount, and was raised in ]. She attended ], but dropped out before graduating. She nonetheless studied theatre at the ], and ] in Georgia.{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}}


==Career==
She is most likely remembered for her film role as Lynette Pomeroy, the cynical, insecure best friend to Paula Pokrifki, played by ], in '']''. Another memorable role was that of Jim Profit's outrageous stepmother Bobbi Stakowski in the short-lived but critically-acclaimed Fox TV series '']''.
After several small television roles and in films like '']'' and ''],'' Blount received a ] nomination for ] for her performance as Lynette Pomeroy, in '']'' (1982)''.''<ref name="nytobit">{{cite news |last1=Kadden |first1=Jack |title=Lisa Blount, 53, Played Cynical Friend |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/arts/29blount.html |access-date=May 15, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=October 29, 2010 |page=B 11|via = ]}}</ref>


She starred in '']'' as the love interest to ], who would play a more important role in the story as it progressed. She also appeared during season two (1986) of '']'' in the episode, "Sleep Talkin' Guy", as the beautiful ], Toby, who helped David Addison crack cases. She subsequently appeared in several "]" horror film roles, including '']'' (1984, dir. ]), '']'' (1985, dir. ]), '']'' (1987, dir. and most notably) ]'s 1987 cult classic ''].'' Another role was that of Jim Profit's stepmother Bobbi Stakowski in the television series '']''. She appeared in season two of '']'' in the episode "Sleep Talkin' Guy" (1986).


Blount returned to college in 1986, this time at ] (SFSU), where she completed her degree in Theater Arts and spent the 1986/1987 academic year competing on SFSU's Forensics (Speech and Debate) Team. In the fall of 1987, she was cast as the female lead in the ]'s revival of the musical ].{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}}
Blount later became a ] and, along with her husband ], won the ] for ] for the ] film, '']''. That film also credits her as wardrobe mistress.<ref>''The Accountant'', DVD end credits.</ref> Blount produced and acted in the film '']'', starring ].


Blount later became a producer, and with her husband ], won the Academy Award in 2001 for ] for the film '']''. That film also credits her as wardrobe mistress.<ref>''The Accountant'', DVD end credits.</ref> Blount produced and acted in '']'', which starred ] and was directed by McKinnon
She was found dead in her ] home by her mother on October 27, 2010. The ] told the '']'' that Blount appeared to have died on October 25. No ] is suspected. <ref></ref>

Her last acting role was in the film ''],'' which she also produced and was directed by McKinnon.

==Death==
Blount was found dead in her home in ] by her mother on October 25, 2010.<ref>, ''Los Angeles Times''. October 27, 2010</ref> The coroner told the '']'' that Blount appeared to have died two days earlier. No foul play was suspected, according to the Pulaski County coroner.<ref>, ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette''. October 27, 2010</ref><ref>, ''The News of Today''; accessed September 3, 2015.</ref>

Although the coroner did not release an official cause of death, Blount's mother told RadarOnline.com that her daughter had had ] (ITP), in which low levels of platelets keep blood from clotting and lead to bleeding and bruising. "I think that might have been part of the problem when she passed away because when I found her she had a purple look on her neck that looked like blood on the surface".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/10/exclusive-interview-officer-and-a-gentleman-star-lisa-blount-lived-excruciating|title=EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: An Officer and a Gentleman Star Lisa Blount Lived in Excruciating Pain, Says Mom|date=October 28, 2010 |accessdate=September 3, 2015}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1977
| '']''
| Billie Jean Turner
|
|-
| 1979
| '']''
| Vivan Buck
|
|-
| 1981
| '']''
| Lisa
|
|-
| 1982
| '']''
| Lynette Pomeroy
| Nominated—]
|-
| 1984
| '']''
| Leslie Peterson
|
|-
|rowspan=3|1985
| '']''
| Miles Archer
|
|-
| '']''
| Fran Hudson
|
|-
| '']''
| Paula Murphy
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1987
| '']''
| Audrey
|
|-
| '']''
| Catherine Danforth
|
|-
| 1988
| '']''
| Anette Clark
|
|-
|rowspan=3|1989
| '']''
| Phyllis
|
|-
| '']''
| Lois Brown
|
|-
| '']''
| Annie Winchester
|
|-
| 1991
| '']''
| Jenny Purge
|
|-
| 1993
| '']''
| Cora Rusk
| Uncredited
|-
|rowspan=3|1994
| ''Stalked''
| Janie
|
|-
| '']''
| Janet Myers
| <ref>Roberta Bernstein, "Murder Between Friends", in ''Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews, 1993-1994'', January 11, 1994, </ref>
|-
| '']''
| Theresa Lewis
|
|-
| 1996
| '']''
| Purlene Dupre
|
|-
| 1999
| '']''
| Sarah Cooper-Toole
|
|-
|2001
|'']''
|{{N/A}}
|Short film; executive producer only<br>] <small>(shared with ])</small> <br>Spirit of Slamdance Award <small>(shared with Ray McKinnon & ])</small>
|-
| 2002
| '']''
| Vicky Sharpless
|
|-
| 2005
| '']''
| Chrystal
| Also producer<br>]
|-
| 2007
| '']''
| Charlotte Pearson
|Also producer
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1977
| '']''
| Appears on The Gong Show
| Episode: Same episode with Pee Wee Herman
|-
| 1982
| '']''
| Talley
| Episode: "Daniel's Song"
|-
| 1983
| '']''
| Michelle Jameson
| Television film
|-
| 1984
| ''Boone''
| Sonny Watson
| Episode: "Hard to Get"
|-
| 1985
| '']''
| Sissy Rigetti
| Television film
|-
| 1986
| '']''
| Toby
| Episode: "]"
|-
| 1986
| '']''
| Cindy
| Television film
|-
| 1986
| '']''
| Miranda
| Episode: "One Last Prayer"
|-
| 1986
| '']''
| Angela
| Episode: "Secrets"
|-
| 1987
| '']''
| Andrea Nicholson
| Episode: "]"
|-
| 1988
| '']''
| Pat Yaraslovsky
| Episode: "Off Duty"
|-
| 1988
| ''Unholy Matrimony''
| Karen Sader
| Television film
|-
| 1990
| '']''
| Andrea Bascomb Douglas
| Episode: "]"
|-
| 1991
| '']''
| Mary Ruth Hammersmith
| 7 episodes
|-
| 1992
| ''In Sickness and in Health''
| Carmen
| Television film
|-
| 1992
| '']''
| Melanie Marino
| Episode: "]"
|-
| 1992
| ''An American Story''
| Becky Meadows
| Television film
|-
| 1994
| '']''
| Janet Myers
| Television film
|-
| 1995
| '']''
| Bernice
| Episode: "Them That Has..."
|-
| 1997
| '']''
| Mary Mandrell
| Television film
|-
| 1997
| '']''
| Diana Falls
| Episode: "Sons and Lovers"
|-
| 1996–1997
| '']''
| Bobbi Stakowski
| Lead role; 8 episodes
|-
| 1999
| '']''
|
| Television mini-series
|-
| 2002
| '']''
| Jean Collins
| Episode: "Every Stranger's Face I See"
|-
| 2003
| ''Trash''
| Lisa
| Television film
|}


==References== ==References==
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American actress (1957–2010)

Lisa Blount
BornLisa Suzanne Blount
July 1, 1957
Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedOctober 25, 2010(2010-10-25) (aged 53)
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Actress, producer
Years active1977–2010
Spouses
  • Christopher Tufty
    (m. 1982; div. 1998?)
Ray McKinnon ​(m. 1998)​
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
2001 The Accountant

Lisa Suzanne Blount (July 1, 1957 – October 25, 2010) was an American actress and film producer. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year for her performance in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), and later won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for producing The Accountant (2001).

Early life

Blount was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to Margaret Louise Martin and Glen Roscoe Blount, and was raised in Jacksonville, Arkansas. She attended Jacksonville High School, but dropped out before graduating. She nonetheless studied theatre at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and Valdosta State University in Georgia.

Career

After several small television roles and in films like September 30, 1955 and Dead & Buried, Blount received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year for her performance as Lynette Pomeroy, in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982).

She subsequently appeared in several "scream queen" horror film roles, including What Waits Below (1984, dir. Don Sharp), Cut and Run (1985, dir. Ruggero Deodato), Nightflyers (1987, dir. and most notably) John Carpenter's 1987 cult classic Prince of Darkness. Another role was that of Jim Profit's stepmother Bobbi Stakowski in the television series Profit. She appeared in season two of Moonlighting in the episode "Sleep Talkin' Guy" (1986).

Blount returned to college in 1986, this time at San Francisco State University (SFSU), where she completed her degree in Theater Arts and spent the 1986/1987 academic year competing on SFSU's Forensics (Speech and Debate) Team. In the fall of 1987, she was cast as the female lead in the American Conservatory Theater's revival of the musical Hair.

Blount later became a producer, and with her husband Ray McKinnon, won the Academy Award in 2001 for best live action short film for the film The Accountant. That film also credits her as wardrobe mistress. Blount produced and acted in Chrystal, which starred Billy Bob Thornton and was directed by McKinnon

Her last acting role was in the film Randy and the Mob, which she also produced and was directed by McKinnon.

Death

Blount was found dead in her home in Little Rock, Arkansas by her mother on October 25, 2010. The coroner told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that Blount appeared to have died two days earlier. No foul play was suspected, according to the Pulaski County coroner.

Although the coroner did not release an official cause of death, Blount's mother told RadarOnline.com that her daughter had had idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), in which low levels of platelets keep blood from clotting and lead to bleeding and bruising. "I think that might have been part of the problem when she passed away because when I found her she had a purple look on her neck that looked like blood on the surface".

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1977 September 30, 1955 Billie Jean Turner
1979 The Swap Vivan Buck
1981 Dead & Buried Lisa
1982 An Officer and a Gentleman Lynette Pomeroy Nominated—Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year
1984 What Waits Below Leslie Peterson
1985 Radioactive Dreams Miles Archer
Cut and Run Fran Hudson
Cease Fire Paula Murphy
1987 Nightflyers Audrey
Prince of Darkness Catherine Danforth
1988 South of Reno Anette Clark
1989 Out Cold Phyllis
Great Balls of Fire! Lois Brown
Blind Fury Annie Winchester
1991 Femme Fatale Jenny Purge
1993 Needful Things Cora Rusk Uncredited
1994 Stalked Janie
Murder Between Friends Janet Myers
Judicial Consent Theresa Lewis
1996 Box of Moonlight Purlene Dupre
1999 If... Dog... Rabbit... Sarah Cooper-Toole
2001 The Accountant — Short film; executive producer only
Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live Action (shared with Ray McKinnon)
Spirit of Slamdance Award (shared with Ray McKinnon & Walton Goggins)
2002 A.K.A. Birdseye Vicky Sharpless
2005 Chrystal Chrystal Also producer
Best Actress Award – Stockholm Film Festival
2007 Randy and the Mob Charlotte Pearson Also producer
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1977 The Gong Show Appears on The Gong Show Episode: Same episode with Pee Wee Herman
1982 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Talley Episode: "Daniel's Song"
1983 Murder Me, Murder You Michelle Jameson Television film
1984 Boone Sonny Watson Episode: "Hard to Get"
1985 Stormin' Home Sissy Rigetti Television film
1986 Moonlighting Toby Episode: "Sleep Talkin' Guy"
1986 Annihilator Cindy Television film
1986 Deadly Nightmares Miranda Episode: "One Last Prayer"
1986 Starman Angela Episode: "Secrets"
1987 Magnum, P.I. Andrea Nicholson Episode: "Out of Sync"
1988 CBS Summer Playhouse Pat Yaraslovsky Episode: "Off Duty"
1988 Unholy Matrimony Karen Sader Television film
1990 Murder, She Wrote Andrea Bascomb Douglas Episode: "Always a Thief"
1991 Sons and Daughters Mary Ruth Hammersmith 7 episodes
1992 In Sickness and in Health Carmen Television film
1992 Picket Fences Melanie Marino Episode: "Pilot"
1992 An American Story Becky Meadows Television film
1994 Murder Between Friends Janet Myers Television film
1995 The Client Bernice Episode: "Them That Has..."
1997 Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story Mary Mandrell Television film
1997 Fitz Diana Falls Episode: "Sons and Lovers"
1996–1997 Profit Bobbi Stakowski Lead role; 8 episodes
1999 Traffic Television mini-series
2002 Judging Amy Jean Collins Episode: "Every Stranger's Face I See"
2003 Trash Lisa Television film

References

  1. ^ Kadden, Jack (October 29, 2010). "Lisa Blount, 53, Played Cynical Friend". The New York Times. p. B 11. Retrieved May 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. The Accountant, DVD end credits.
  3. "Actress Lisa Blount, memorable for 'An Officer and a Gentleman', is found dead at 53", Los Angeles Times. October 27, 2010
  4. "Oscar-winning actress Lisa Blount dies at 53", Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. October 27, 2010
  5. "Lisa Blount Found Dead on Wednesday", The News of Today; accessed September 3, 2015.
  6. "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: An Officer and a Gentleman Star Lisa Blount Lived in Excruciating Pain, Says Mom". October 28, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  7. Roberta Bernstein, "Murder Between Friends", in Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews, 1993-1994, January 11, 1994, p. 12

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