Another unfortunate loss !!

65-year-old Lisa Banes passed away on the 14th of June after being injured in a hit-and-run accident in New York City. According to the police statements, she was struck by a scooter on Monday, June 4 while crossing the street. As reported, she was rushed to the hospital with a traumatic brain injury, immediately. After 10 days, she left the world forever in the Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital.

Lisa Banes is an appreciable American actress who began her acting career in the 1980s. She has appeared on stage on Broadway several times in her life with Rumours, High Society, and also Present Laughter. She was not an actress stuck in the same frame. She played various roles in her acting career on stage, television, and in movies. Lisa has made an immense contribution to television in her career life with the roles of Royal Pains, Master of Sex, and Nashville. There is no doubt that they are still memorable characters for her fans.

Among her films Cocktail (1988), Freedom Writers(2007), Gone Girl (2004), and A Cure for Wellness (2016) impressed the hearts of the audience so much. She is still known as the Gone Girl, especially because of her fair role in the film. There she played Amy's mother, Mary Beth. It wasn't really a big part, but she was able to enrich the entire film with curiosity.




With respect for her great talent for acting, she received the Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress for the film, Isn't it Romantic and Theatre World Award for the film Look Back in Anger.

Her manager, David Williams said that she was very dedicated and generous not only in her job but also in her family. According to him, on that day she crossed Amsterdam Avenue to visit the Juilliard School, her alma mater. 

Lisa lived with her spouse, Kathryn Kranhold who works as a contributing reporter for the Centre for Public Integrity. It is clear from her tweets that Catherine is deeply shocked by Lisa's death.

My Lisa. Our .. our huge loss

 

 

 

Not only Kathryn but many people are shocked about her death. 


This is how her fellow friends express her deep grief towards her death...

Seth MacFarlane:

I am deeply saddened at the news of Lisa Banes’ passing. We had the good fortune to work with her on The Orville this past year. Her stage presence, magnetism, skill, and talent were matched only by her unwavering kindness and graciousness toward all of us. A tremendous loss…  


Paul Rudnick: 

RIP Lisa Banes, a superb actress and much beloved, especially by the theater community. I only knew Lisa a bit, but I treasured her performances and her elegant, generous style… 


Dana Delany:

Terribly sad news about Lisa Banes. She was a consummate actor who commanded the stage. We worked together on China Beach & I wish there had been more. My heart goes out to her wife and family.


Kevin Conroy:

This is how I will always remember Lisa Banes. We shared a cottage in San Diego, 1982, SD Old Globe Shakespeare Festival. Our first dinner in our little house as we struggled to cook dinner! With Lisa everything was an adventure.

 

 

The following tweet shows that the talent in Lisa is unmeasurable.

Lisa Banes was so vivacious, so indelible, in the LCT production of Arcadia that I've thought about her performance for decades. I'm so sorry to read of her death.

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How many more will mourn for her?