Lisa S. Blount was an American film and television actress and Oscar-winning producer.

Career

Blount was raised in Jacksonville, Arkansas

Jacksonville, Arkansas

Jacksonville is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, and a suburb of Little Rock. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 28,364. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area....

. She started working in show business with her debut in Sam's Song

Sam's Song

Sam's Song is a 1969 drama film starring Robert De Niro. It was directed by John Broderick and John Shade.-External links:* on the Internet Movie Database...

(1969). After graduating from Jacksonville High School and studying theatre at Valdosta State University

Valdosta State University

Valdosta State University, also referred to as VSU, or Valdosta State, is an American public university and is one of the two regional universities in the University System of Georgia. Valdosta State is located on a campus at the heart of the city of Valdosta...

, she landed several small television roles.

She is likely best-remembered for her film role as Lynette Pomeroy in An Officer and a Gentleman

An Officer and a Gentleman

A Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 American drama film that tells the story of a U.S. Navy aviation officer candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him. It was written by Douglas Day Stewart and directed by Taylor Hackford...

. Another memorable role was that of Jim Profit's outrageous stepmother Bobbi Stakowski in the short-lived but critically acclaimed Fox TV series Profit

Profit (TV series)

Profit is an American television series that originally aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company in 1996. The series was created by David Greenwalt and John McNamara, and starred Adrian Pasdar as the titular character, Jim Profit. In February 2008, episodes began airing on Chiller in the USA...

. She starred in Prince of Darkness

Prince of Darkness (film)

Prince of Darkness is a 1987 horror film directed, written, and scored by John Carpenter. The film is the second installment in what Carpenter calls his "Apocalypse Trilogy", which began with The Thing and concludes with In the Mouth of Madness .-Plot:The movie opens with a dying priest clutching...

as the love interest to Jameson Parker

Jameson Parker

Francis Jameson Parker Jr. is an American actor, best known as the co-star of the 1980s television series Simon & Simon.-Biography:Parker studied drama at Beloit College...

, who would play a more important role in the story as it progressed. She appeared in season two (1986) of Moonlighting

Moonlighting (TV series)

Moonlighting is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes...

in the episode, "Sleep Talkin' Guy".

Blount later became a producer

Ginny Mule Pictures

Ginny Mule Pictures is an indie film company that produced The Accountant, which received an Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. The company was created by actors Ray McKinnon, Lisa Blount, and Walton Goggins....

 and, along with her husband Ray McKinnon

Ray McKinnon (actor)

Ray McKinnon is an American actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. He was married to actress and producer Lisa Blount from 1998 until her death on October 25, 2010...

, won the Academy Award for best live action short film

Academy Award for Live Action Short Film

This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate...

 for the 2001

74th Academy Awards

The 74th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2001 and took place March 24, 2002, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. It was the first ceremony to take place...

 film, The Accountant

The Accountant (2001 film)

The Accountant is a 2001 short comedy film directed by Ray McKinnon. It won an Academy Award at the 74th Academy Awards in 2002 for Best Short Subject....

. That film also credits her as wardrobe mistress. Blount produced and acted in the film Chrystal

Chrystal (film)

Chrystal is an American drama film, which was released to audiences in the United States on April 8, 2005. The cast included Billy Bob Thornton, Lisa Blount, Harry Lennix, Walton Goggins, and Grace Zabriskie. Ray McKinnon, in addition to playing the role of "Snake", directed, wrote, and produced...

, starring Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, screenwriter, director and musician. Thornton gained early recognition as a cast member on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire and in several early 1990s films including On Deadly Ground and Tombstone...

.

Death

Blount was found dead in her Little Rock, Arkansas

Little Rock, Arkansas

Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...

, home by her mother on October 27, 2010. The coroner

Coroner

A coroner is a government official who* Investigates human deaths* Determines cause of death* Issues death certificates* Maintains death records* Responds to deaths in mass disasters* Identifies unknown dead* Other functions depending on local laws...

 told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is the newspaper of record in the U.S. state of Arkansas, printed in Little Rock with a northwest edition published in Lowell...

that Blount appeared to have died two days earlier. No foul play

Crime

Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...

 was suspected, according to the Pulaski County Coroner.

Her mother told RadarOnline.com her daughter had suffered from idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is the condition of having an abnormally low platelet count of no known cause . As most incidents of ITP appear to be related to the production of antibodies against platelets, immune thrombocytopenic purpura or immune thrombocytopenia are terms also used to...

 (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", Louise Blount said.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	September 30, 1955 September 30, 1955 September 30, 1955 , originally titled 9/30/55, is a film written and directed by James Bridges.-Plot:Set in an Arkansas college town, the film portrays the reaction of the citizens of the town when they hear that James Dean has died in a car crash. Jimmy J. , a young man who idolizes Dean, is...	Billie Jean Turner
1979	The Swap The Swap The Swap is a 1979 American film directed by Jordan Leondopoulos. The film is edited from the 1969 film Sam's Song also directed by Leondopoulos.The film is also known as Line of Fire .- Cast :...	Vivan Buck	New scenes
1981	Dead & Buried Dead & Buried Dead & Buried is a 1981 horror film directed by Gary Sherman, starring Melody Anderson and James Farentino. With a screenplay written by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, the movie was initially banned as a "Video Nasty" in the UK in the early 80s, but was later acquitted of obscenity charges and...	Girl on the Beach/Lisa
1982	An Officer and a Gentleman An Officer and a Gentleman A Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 American drama film that tells the story of a U.S. Navy aviation officer candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him. It was written by Douglas Day Stewart and directed by Taylor Hackford...	Lynette Pomeroy	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress The Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress originated in 1948. Between 1954 and 1965, multiple winners were announced. The category was discontinued following the 1983 ceremonies.-Winners:*1948: Lois Maxwell*1950: Mercedes McCambridge...
1984	What Waits Below What Waits Below What Waits Below is a British science-fiction adventure film released in 1984. Directed by Don Sharp, produced by the Adams Apple Film Company, the film runs for 88 minutes and starred Robert Powell, Timothy Bottoms, and Lisa Blount...	Leslie Peterson
1985	Radioactive Dreams Radioactive Dreams Radioactive Dreams is a 1985 post-apocalyptic science fiction-comedy film. The film was directed by Albert Pyun, and stars Michael Dudikoff, Don Murray, and Lisa Blount...	Miles Archer
1985	Cut and Run	Fran Hudson
1985	Cease Fire	Paula Murphy
1987	Nightflyers	Audrey
1987	Prince of Darkness Prince of Darkness (film) Prince of Darkness is a 1987 horror film directed, written, and scored by John Carpenter. The film is the second installment in what Carpenter calls his "Apocalypse Trilogy", which began with The Thing and concludes with In the Mouth of Madness .-Plot:The movie opens with a dying priest clutching...	Catherine Danfourth
1988	South of Reno	Anette Clark
1989	Out Cold Out Cold (1989 film) Out Cold is a 1989 'murder comedy', directed by Malcolm Mowbray ,, and stars Teri Garr, Randy Quaid and John Lithgow....	Phyllis
1989	Great Balls of Fire! Great Balls of Fire! (film) Great Balls of Fire! is a 1989 American biographical film directed by Jim McBride and starring Dennis Quaid as Jerry Lee Lewis. Based on a biography by Myra Lewis and Murray M. Silver Jr., the screenplay is written by McBride and Jack Baran...	Lois Brown
1989	Blind Fury Blind Fury Blind Fury is a 1989 samurai/action film directed by Phillip Noyce. It is a loosely based, modernized version of Zatoichi Challenged, the 17th film in the Japanese Zatoichi film series. The film stars Rutger Hauer as Nick Parker, a blind, sword-wielding Vietnam War veteran, who returns to the...	Annie Winchester
1991	Femme Fatale	Jenny Purge
1993	Needful Things Needful Things (film) Needful Things is the 1993 film adaptation of Stephen King's novel of the same name directed by Fraser C. Heston, the son of actor Charlton Heston...	Cora Rusk	Uncredited
1994	Stalked	Janie
1994	Judicial Consent	Theresa Lewis
1996	Box of Moon Light Box of Moon Light Box of Moonlight is a 1996 comedy-drama film starring John Turturro and Sam Rockwell. It was written and directed by Tom DiCillo.-Plot:An engineer, on the way home from work at a construction site, takes a side trip for nostalgia's sake and meets an eccentric character who gives him...	Purlene Dupre
1999	If... Dog... Rabbit...	Sarah Cooper-Toole
2002	A.K.A. Birdseye	Vicky Sharpless
2005	Chrystal Chrystal (film) Chrystal is an American drama film, which was released to audiences in the United States on April 8, 2005. The cast included Billy Bob Thornton, Lisa Blount, Harry Lennix, Walton Goggins, and Grace Zabriskie. Ray McKinnon, in addition to playing the role of "Snake", directed, wrote, and produced...	Chrystal	Best Actress Award - Stockholm Film Festival Stockholm International Film Festival The Stockholm International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Stockholm, Sweden. It was launched in 1990 and has been held every year in the second half of November...
2007	Randy and the Mob Randy and The Mob Randy and The Mob is a 2007 comedy film written, directed and starring Ray McKinnon. It also stars Lisa Blount, Walton Goggins and Bill Nunn, with a cameo by Burt Reynolds....	Charlotte Pearson

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TV series) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is an American musical television series loosely based on the film, which ran on CBS from September 19, 1982 to March 23, 1983.-Synopsis:...	Talley	Episode: "Daniel's Song"
1983	Murder Me, Murder You Murder Me, Murder You Murder Me, Murder You is a made-for-TV movie starring Stacy Keach as Mickey Spillane's iconic hard-boiled private detective, Mike Hammer. The movie marks the first time the fictitious gumshoe would be portrayed on the small-screen since Darren McGavin played the part in the black-and-white version...	Michelle Jameson	Television film
1984	Boone Boone (TV series) Boone is a 13-week dramatic television series which was broadcast on NBC from 1983–1984. It starred, principally, Tom Byrd and Barry Corbin. Byrd played teenager Boone Sawyer, who aspired to a career in rock and roll music, despite the advice of his stern father, Merit Sawyer, played by Corbin, who...	Sonny Watson	Episode: "Hard to Get"
1985	Stormin' Home	Sissy Rigetti	Television film
1986	Moonlighting Moonlighting (TV series) Moonlighting is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes...	Toby	Episode: "Sleep Talkin' Guy"
1986	Annihilator	Cindy	Television film
1986	Deadly Nightmares	Miranda	Episode: "One Last Prayer"
1986	Starman Starman (TV series) Starman is an American science fiction television series, starring Robert Hays and Christopher Daniel Barnes. The series ran on the ABC network from September 19, 1986 to May 2, 1987...	Angela	Episode: "Secrets"
1987	Magnum, P.I. Magnum, P.I. Magnum, P.I. is an American television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from 1980 to 1988 in first-run broadcast on the American CBS television network....	Andrea Nicholson	Episode: "Out of Sync"
1988	CBS Summer Playhouse CBS Summer Playhouse CBS Summer Playhouse is an American anthology series that ran from June 12, 1987 to August 22, 1989 on CBS. It aired unsold television pilots during the summer season.-Overview:...	Pat Yaraslovsky	Episode: "Off Duty"
1988	Unholy Matrimony	Karen Sader	Television film
1990	Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...	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 Picket Fences Picket Fences is a 60-minute American television drama about the residents of the fictional town of Rome, Wisconsin, created and produced by David E. Kelley. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992, to June 26, 1996, on the CBS television network in the United States...	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 Profit (TV series) Profit is an American television series that originally aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company in 1996. The series was created by David Greenwalt and John McNamara, and starred Adrian Pasdar as the titular character, Jim Profit. In February 2008, episodes began airing on Chiller in the USA...	Bobbi Stakowski	Lead role; 8 episodes
1999	Traffic		Television mini-series
2002	Judging Amy Judging Amy Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly...	Jean Collins	Episode: "Every Stranger's Face I See"
2003	Trash	Lisa	Television film

Producer

Year	Title	Notes
2001	The Accountant The Accountant (2001 film) The Accountant is a 2001 short comedy film directed by Ray McKinnon. It won an Academy Award at the 74th Academy Awards in 2002 for Best Short Subject....	Short film Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live Action (shared with Ray McKinnon Ray McKinnon (actor) Ray McKinnon is an American actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. He was married to actress and producer Lisa Blount from 1998 until her death on October 25, 2010... ) Spirit of Slamdance Award (shared wih Ray McKinnon & Walton Goggins Walton Goggins Walton Sanders Goggins, Jr. is an American actor best known for his roles on the FX Networks series The Shield and Justified, portraying Detective Shane Vendrell and Boyd Crowder, respectively. He is also known for his character roles in the films Miracle at St. Anna and Predators... )
2004	Chrystal
2007	Randy and the Mob	Spirit of Slamdance Award (shared with Ray McKinnon & Walton Goggins)

External links

• Lisa Blount at Find A Grave
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