All us aspiring grifters, and Theater Queens, could not help but love Sante Kimes! She was the grifter we all wanted to study with; if she had established a School Of Grifting, you can bet there would be some enrollment. Now, I am not saying I approve of the murdering she did, but you have to admit, Sante knew how to grift, and she did it with style!!!!!!!!!!
Which is why the 2001 TV movie "Like Mother, Like Son--The Strange Story Of Sante and Kenny Kimes"will never be forgotten. Especially with Mary Tyler Moore, in one of her evil roles, playing Sante, though my favorite is where she plays the baby black marketeer. And she got top support her from Gabriel Olds as Son Kenny and Jean Stapleton, who almost stole the whole thing, as murder victim Irene Silverman. Hey, for a deluxe apartment on East 65th Street, Sante couldn't be blamed for superb taste. She also liked Victorian evening wear. Bet she read her Jane Austen and sipped tea, nights!!!!!!!!!!!!
This past Monday evening, Sante left us. She died in her prison cell, the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, in Westchester County. She was 79, and will remembered by those of us who adore camp and aspire to be grfiters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Speaking of camp, now it can come to Broadway! Once the dust has settled, I am predicting the return of Patti Lu Pone and Michael Ceveris in "Sante! The Musical!" I am telling you Patti and Michael will be just perfect. But who could play Irene Silverman? Blythe Danner? Estelle Parsons??????
It remains to be seen. Today, grifters everywhere take their hats off today, in recognition of a truly nefarious mastermind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You will always be with us, Sante! You are too much, darling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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