How did I not know that Patricia Quinn, who played Magenta (a domestic) in The Rocky Horror Picture Show was also Livilla in I, Claudius (a miniseries of which I am inordinately fond) and also had a memorable (which is, perhaps, to say memorably naked) role in Monty Python’s the Meaning of Life?
I came to this information in a sort of round-about way.
I was watching this week’s episode of Pushing Daisies — a show which, if it’s never quite again reached the peaks of its first episode, has at least continued to be a lot of quirky and silly fun.
A lot of that fun comes from impeccable casting. It’s tough to dislike for long a show that allows for Kristin Chenoweth or Ellen Green to occasionally break out into song. Most people will probably remember Green best as Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors, and it was after hearing her sing a little of “Morning Has Broken” in this week’s episode that I thought, “Hey, I’d like to hear a little of her singing from Little Shop.” Particularly, I was interested in hearing “Suddenly Seymour.” No real reason; I just remember it being a really good song from the movie.
Anyway, I wandered over to YouTube and played a few clips. And then, because I was in a musical mood, I started playing clips from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. And then, because that’s how these things work, one thing led to another and I was looking cast members up in the IMDB.
I’m seriously surprised I never noticed it was the same actress before.