Lisa Blount

Lisa Suzanne Blount (July 1, 1957 – October 25, 2010) Blount 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).

Blount 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. Robert Collector) 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, Blount 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.

Blount's 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 27, 2010. The coroner told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that Blount appeared to have died two days earlier, on October 25. 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 Peterson1985 Radioactive Dreams Miles Archer Cut and Run Fran Hudson Cease Fire Paula Murphy1987 Nightflyers Audrey Prince of Darkness Catherine Danforth 1988 South of Reno Anette Clark1989 Out Cold Phyllis Great Balls of Fire! Lois Brown Blind Fury Annie Winchester 1991 Femme Fatale Jenny Purge 1993 Needful Things Cora Rusk Uncredited1994 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 onlyAcademy 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 producerBest Actress Award – Stockholm Film Festival 2007 Randy and the Mob Charlotte PearsonAlso 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