Watch: Tim Curry Dead: Celebrities and Costars Pay TributeDammit, Janet, not Tim Curry.As if we needed another reminder that time is fleeting, the English actor died Aug. 25 at the age of 80, leaving behind a slew of fascinating work in his wake. But Curry will forever be associated with originating the role of stockings-rocking Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show on the London stage—which led to his subsequent film debut in 1975’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show.And he’s basically been on the big screen nonstop ever since, with the movie perennially playing in theaters somewhere all the time, thanks to the infectious songs by Richard O’Brien—from Curry’s statement-making “Sweet Transvestite” to the immortal “Time Warp”—and the why-wait-for-Halloween invitation to show up in costume.Never mind that the movie, as Curry put it in his 2025 memoir Vagabond, “bombed rather spectacularly” upon its release.”It’s meant a lot to people,” Susan Sarandon, who played the comely Janet Weiss, told Entertainment Tonight in 2025 as the film’s 50th anniversary approached. “You can’t fathom when you’re doing it.”readTim Curry, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Clue Actor, Dead at 80And lovers of The Rocky Horror Picture Show usually have “a good story,” she added. “‘Don’t dream… Read More
