there's a little slidey-door in my brain...
I was puttering about with the mache last night, while watching the latest Poirot episode on Mystery!, when a new character's appearance onscreen caught me up short.
"Oh, it's her!" I said to Fred...and then stopped and wondered who the heck she was.
I see actors all the time whose faces -- or sometimes voices -- I immediately recognize, but whose identities flutter just beyond the edge of my memory for minutes at a time (sometimes until I go look up the cast list on IMDB). But always, I have clear in my memory another image of the face or voice from a previous role, and the real trick is just to identify the production to which that role belonged.
This was weirdly different -- a momentary flash of, "it's her!", rather than the face conjuring up an alternate image. It was a subconscious, specific recognition, that then vanished utterly, and I was left looking at the actor in complete bewilderment.
So, I looked up the cast list. And about dropped my teeth.
It was Eyepatch Lady.
(Clearly, she slid open the window in my brain and looked at me, when I wasn't paying attention.)
Here're her credits at IMDB.
Oddly enough, the Poirot episode also featured a Doctor Who alum from 2008's episode "Midnight", as well as one from 2007's "Voyage of the Damned" (him, I knew instantly, of course -- and would have, from the voice alone ;-)).
Made for good mental gymnastics, last night's telly...
"Oh, it's her!" I said to Fred...and then stopped and wondered who the heck she was.
I see actors all the time whose faces -- or sometimes voices -- I immediately recognize, but whose identities flutter just beyond the edge of my memory for minutes at a time (sometimes until I go look up the cast list on IMDB). But always, I have clear in my memory another image of the face or voice from a previous role, and the real trick is just to identify the production to which that role belonged.
This was weirdly different -- a momentary flash of, "it's her!", rather than the face conjuring up an alternate image. It was a subconscious, specific recognition, that then vanished utterly, and I was left looking at the actor in complete bewilderment.
So, I looked up the cast list. And about dropped my teeth.
It was Eyepatch Lady.
(Clearly, she slid open the window in my brain and looked at me, when I wasn't paying attention.)
Here're her credits at IMDB.
Oddly enough, the Poirot episode also featured a Doctor Who alum from 2008's episode "Midnight", as well as one from 2007's "Voyage of the Damned" (him, I knew instantly, of course -- and would have, from the voice alone ;-)).
Made for good mental gymnastics, last night's telly...