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Meet Catherine Mary Stewart at Retro Con 2024!
“Starlite, Starbrite… The place where Alex and Maggie left for the stars!”
We’re celebrating the 40th Anniversary of The Last Starfighter in style… Please welcome Catherine Mary Stewart to our guest list for Retro Con 2024!
Catherine played Maggie Gordon in the 80’s sci-fi classic The Last Starfighter, fellow resident of Starlite Starbrite trailer park, and sensible girlfriend of Alex Rogan. “Mags” shared several heartfelt scenes with Alex, as well as several comical scenes with Alex’s simuloid Beta Unit (also played by Lance Guest). Endearing characters such as Maggie helped elevate what was ostensibly a “copycat” of Star Wars, to a beloved 80’s staple with an identity and personality all its own.
“Here’s Chuck… *pours dust out of shoe*” Catherine also starred as Reggie Belmont in the sci-fi horror comedy Night of the Comet, another cult favorite from 1984! A comet wipes out most life on Earth, leaving two sisters from the Valley to survive against cannibalistic zombies and a sketchy group of scientists. It’s a fun romp, and an unapologetically 80’s time capsule of a movie!
You can also see Catherine in the hit 1989 dark comedy Weekend at Bernie’s, where she played Richard’s office crush Gwen Saunders, who inadvertently gets caught up in the melee. She was also in the trippy movie The Apple (1980), had a longtime role as Kayla Brady on Days of Our Lives, and continues to be active in the entertainment industry today!
Catherine Mary Stewart joins her Last Starfighter co-star Lance Guest at Retro Con 2024, September 7th & 8th in Oaks, PA! She’ll be available for autographs and photo ops all weekend, and she and Lance will be having a Q&A panel together at the show (day and time TBD)!
Follow Catherine Online!
Personal Website: www.catherinemarystewart.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/catherinemarystewart
Instagram: www.instagram.com/catherinemarystewart
Twitter: twitter.com/cmsall
Meet Terry Kiser at Retro Con 2021!
“Bernie may be dead, but he’s still the life of the party!”
Please welcome actor Terry Kiser to Retro Con 2021!
A diverse character actor of over 50 years, Terry is best known for playing rubbed out insurance exec Bernie Lomax in the 80’s screwball comedy classic ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’! Usually an actor’s role ends when their character dies in a movie, but in the case of Bernie, he led a very active deathstyle! If you can watch this movie and not laugh at the antics of Bernie as he’s helplessly dragged across land and sea, you just might be dead on the inside…
Terry would reprise his title role in the 1993 sequel ‘Weekend at Bernie’s II’, this time with 100% more voodoo! Though it didn’t make the splash the original did, it did give birth to the “Bernie Dance” craze, where hundreds of different youtubers filmed their own rendition of the voodoo dance. No, seriously. Look it up.
Though widely known for comedy, Terry also played the sinister role of Dr. Crews in ‘Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood’, where he ended up as the 67th victim of Jason Voorhees. Deceitful and manipulative, “Bad News Crews” is often considered to be the most evil character in the entire franchise, which is saying a lot!
Terry also had the recurring role of nosy reporter Al Craven on Night Court, and played H.G. Wells in two episodes of Lois & Clark. He’s also had appearances on such popular shows of the 70’s & 80’s as Three’s Company, Knight Rider, WKRP In Cincinnati, Diff’rent Strokes, Hill Street Blues, and many more.
Terry Kiser will be at Retro Con both Saturday and Sunday, so come out and meet him! He’ll have the Bernie glasses in tow!
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