Our Sister Lisa Banes Dies

What a sickening loss. I’m sorry for her wife and other people who loved her.

Her wife should get a scooter

Crossing the street is how I was hit by a car. Drivers do not give a fuck.

Never heard of her. Honestly. Sounds like an old timey actress and I refuse to watch any black and white movies so maybe that's why I don't know who she is?.

I hope they catch the criminal coward who committed this crime. Fleeing the scene of an accident/crime that you are involved in is one of the worst offences around I believe.

Very sad. I loved her work so. I actually wrote a script years ago with her in mind.

I hope the vile piece of shit who murdered her gets what's coming to him, either by law or by karma.

PS - She always looked FABULOUS. Always. She was always the most interesting thing in whatever she was in, and the bitch LOOKED flawless, too!

I never knew she was a lesbian. I was surprised to find out how young she really was in Cocktail after they made her seem so much older..

PS "our sister"

I love you, OP. Have tears in my eyes. xoxo

Link lazy fat whore OP.

There is a link at R6, even fatter whore R9

She was hilarious as the bitchy, lusty Mayor Anita Massengil on Son Of The Beach, with her wildly gay son Cody.

Rest In Peace.

[quote]she was struck by either a scooter or a motorcycle in the Upper West Side of Manhattan near Lincoln Center as she was crossing Amsterdam Avenue on the way to visit her alma mater, the Juilliard School

Bet it was one of those Julliard students rushing to class.

Very sad, I had hoped she would recover. She was always one of my favorite character actresses, and of course co-starred in DL fave "Mother May I Sleep With Danger?"

She was married to a woman? (surprise)

She had a Diana Muldaur look/sensibility about her. This is really very tragic.

New Yorkers, you in danger!

People on scooters are a fucking menace. A couple of times I've almost been hit by one too. People go too fast, aren't paying attention, and don't obey stop signs or other rules of the road for moving vehicles. I wish they'd outlaw those things.

I had no idea she was a lesbian until the news of the hit and run broke.

She was never a household name but she reminded me of actresses like Hariret Sansom Harris - fantastic persona on stage, often best used in comedy or bitchy roles, especially farce and/or playing upscale characters.

Plus this happened at night.

They don't show the episodes of the show on the net free anymore :(; just found an episode in my German.

I don't like speaking ill of the dead, but she wasn't aging very well for being 65

Who says?

Are you 5 years old, R4? Go back to Tik-Tok.

Former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton says the problem will get worse. The City Council and our government continues to encourage the use of bikes. There is no ability to enforce them. District Attorneys don’t want to prosecute, the laws don’t work with you. Trying to stop them as police pursue, could lead to running into someone and injuring themselves. Compounding the problem is that deliverers are largely from an immigrant population. The city government does not want to do anything that deters their ability to make a living. Bratton was nearly clipped coming out of a diner by a biker going 25 mph. He also warned that CitiBikes will soon be electrified.

Amd NOBODY wants to issue licenses and license plates because *whiny voice* that wouldn’t be fair to certain populations.

These scooters are like locusts.....I also see alot of "urban" kids riding them so they are clearly easy to "borrow"

R25, just say it, " Black kids in New York steal." No need to be subtle on DL

Loved her in "Six Feet Under"as the ex-sitcom star/knitting studio friend of Ruth.

NYC is a shithole these days.

She had a very “if Holland Taylor isn’t available get Lisa Banes” vibe.

[quote]I had no idea she was a lesbian until the news of the hit and run broke.

When I read the impact knocked the cane from her hand, I knew.

Very sad

Reminds me a bit of Richard Bright, another long-time character actor (most notably Al Neri in The Godfather Trilogy: he took care of Fredo in the boat). Bright was killed in 2006 by a bus on Columbus Avenue, near his apartment. His wife was another great character actor: Rutanya Alda, aka Carol Ann in “Mommie Dearest.”

I ride a scooter like a little old lady. Slow, in the slow half of the bike lane, in the right direction, following all the rules, wearing a helmet, etc. But I do see people being complete assholes on them.

I’m sorry for Ms. Banes and I know this is DL, but there’s no reason to be cunty about her death. As far as I know, she didn’t do anything objectionable to anyone.

i worked with Lisa the summer before she began Julliard / she would have been 23. Nicest person imaginable. I don't think her resume even begins to reflect her immense talent and kindness. Total class act, even at 23!!

When they say scooter, do they mean the kind like a vespa or do they mean the ones that are essentially electric motorized razor scooters.

I know several people who've been hit and serious injured by the latter in NYC.

Those idiots riding them don't follow any rules and ride as if they're pushing using human power.

R33 Thank you, that is lovely to know.

So far everyone has nothing but lovely things to say about her.

[quote]When they say scooter, do they mean the kind like a vespa or do they mean the ones that are essentially electric motorized razor scooters.

I've seen several vespa-type and they don't even stop at red lights. They get in the bike lane or ride between cars and do whatever they feel like.

Such a sad story and tremendous loss. Thanks for sharing R33.

The scooters in my city have the right of way----as if I bought a CAR so I can follow these scooter lunatics going 8 miles an hour---all because my city wants to call itself "exercise friendly"...

Any comment from our sister Tammi?

[quote]His wife was another great character actor: Rutanya Alda, aka Carol Ann in “Mommie Dearest.”

Was? Obviously, you aren't one of her faaaaaaaaans.

There is a bike lane across from my apartment, scooters and ebikes go flying while kids and people on citibikes are trying to use the lanes. In the park, cyclists ride at top speed on the crowded park road. It is frightening trying to cross. So much for DuhBlasio's Vision Zero initiative.

R42 They separated before he died so that may have been part of the "was."

Or, y'know, he WAS alive and is now not

r22 I think that guy was making fun of the poster who wanted old movie recommendations but refused to watch black & white movies or musicals.

Christ, when did they rename St. Luke’s Hospital to Mount Sinai Morningside? That hospital goes back to the 19th century for Christ sake!

"When I read the impact knocked the cane from her hand, I knew."

Bwaaaaah! That's hysterical! You should be a writer for SNL, because you're just as funny.

Those fucking electric or other motor powered scooters are everywhere, and a damn menace.

Sadly things are only going to get worse in this fucking woke city as more are coming.

NYPD doesn't enforce scooter or bike laws for foot powered much less motorized.

I feel so sad for her wife.

[quote]Christ, when did they rename St. Luke’s Hospital to Mount Sinai Morningside? That hospital goes back to the 19th century for Christ sake!

Religious names are triggering! They are *literal* rape.

Legislators are at least giving lip service to changing the law.

I live near a nyc beach and the boardwalk is littered with electric operated motorcycle -mopeds type vehicles using a damn bike lane going like 30 plus mph! These innocent "scooters" are practically conventional motorcycles without the gasoline. There needs to be a ban on those types of "e-vehicles" from being an unlicensed -uninsured. Especially should be banned from bike lanes and boardwalks.

[quote]Bwaaaaah! That's hysterical! You should be a writer for SNL, because you're just as funny.

Uh oh. Poked a lesbian bear.

R44

Roosevelt, opened in 1871 is now Mount Sinai West. Name change in 2015 against objections of the Roosevelt family. The only hospital Mount Sinai bought that kept its name is Beth Israel

On June 16 Senator. Brad Hoylman and Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal held a press conference at the corner of West 64th Street & Amsterdam Avenue calling for the passage of legislation (S.7212/A.8128) that would increase the penalties for conducting a hit-and-run with an electric scooter consistent with the Felony law against leaving the scene of an automobile collision without reporting.

The conference follows the death of actress Lisa Banes, who died this week after an electric scooter rider hit her at this corner and fled the scene.

They should be able to easily track the person that hit her by triangulating the phone signals inside their pocket at the time of collision. To winnow down suspects, they could pull all the phone data location of every phone within proximity ten minutes before and after, with a bit of sleuthing.

Right now it’s considered an invasion of privacy but totally doable.

R53 That explains why they haven't caught the fucking cunt yet.

If it was a Scooter (as in Vespa or something similar) they would have had a number plate and they could have picked them up through footage of the traffic.

I fucking hate those electric things. All over the footpaths, roads and bike paths. They are the worst of the worst.

Who IS Beth Israel, anyway?

Why isn't she Elizabeth Israel?

This is like a 70s gay movie: one had to die.

Confusion among prosecutors almost led to the release of the man charged in the New York hit-and-run death of actress Lisa Banes, who appeared in the films Gone Girl and Cocktail, as well as Broadway and television.

A prosecutor mistakenly told the judge at a hearing that suspect Brian Boyd had to be released without bail. He would have been on supervised release had the motion gone through.

Manhattan Criminal Court Judge James Clynes was later advised of the mistaken advice, and set bail at $30,000 for Boyd. He was arrested Thursday for the June 4 collision that resulted in Banes’s death.

I did not even realize a suspect had been arrested.

After running over Ms. Banes, suspect Brian Boyd went straight to a Harlem bike shop to get wheels on his scooter repaired.

As per Mr. Boyd senior (father of accused) says his son is a "good boy".

R60 He sounds like a complete piece of shit.

Good, they caught him.

From the article it sounds like he's going to claim she illegally crossed the street so not his fault.

*Update*

^^ more poor reporting. What are the other charges including manslaughter?

Can you not read?

"On Monday, Brian Boyd, 26, pleaded not guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court to an indictment charging him with reckless manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, failure to exercise due care and failure to yield."