Kim McGuire, a New Orleans native whose film career wasn’t long, but was certainly memorable, has died. She was admitted to a Florida hospital on Tuesday with pneumonia; she did not respond to treatment, and died yesterday of cardiac arrest. Her husband, TV graphic and sound designer Gene Piotrowsky, broke the news on Twitter, saying, “Today is a very sad day. Kim “hatchet face” McGuire my best friend, and the love of my life [passed] away this afternoon. I love you so much.” She was 60.
As Piotrowsky mentioned in his tweet, McGuire was most famous for her role in John Waters’ Cry-Baby, where she dramatically exaggerated her features with makeup to play Mona “Hatchet-Face” Malnorowski, a tough-as-nails girl gang member who The New York Times described as “a hideously contorted floozy” in its review of the film. The character of Hatchet-Face became a breakout hit, and McGuire began...
As Piotrowsky mentioned in his tweet, McGuire was most famous for her role in John Waters’ Cry-Baby, where she dramatically exaggerated her features with makeup to play Mona “Hatchet-Face” Malnorowski, a tough-as-nails girl gang member who The New York Times described as “a hideously contorted floozy” in its review of the film. The character of Hatchet-Face became a breakout hit, and McGuire began...
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