Carole Cook of The Amazing Mr. Limpet, Sixteen Candles and Broadway Fame Dies at 98

It is in his film appearances that I know his work the most. She had a small but memorable role as one of Molly Ringwald's grandmothers in "Sixteen Candles," and absolutely destroys every time she's on screen. Her delivery of "Fred, She's Got Her Boobies" will always make me laugh no matter what mood I'm in while watching this movie. You'll also remember that this scene ends with a handful, much to Ringwald's dismay, and it's a credit to Cook's playful performance that the scene turns out to be funny and not incredibly scary. Okay, a little scary, but funnily scary.

80s kids will remember her in “Grandview, USA”, and 80s adults would have seen her in “American Gigolo”. Or maybe some 80s kids also watched Richard Gere as a sex worker. It was a wild and unregulated time to be a kid, so who knows? Cook also appeared as the wife of Don Knotts in “The Incredible Mr. Limpet,” which was a seminal movie for me growing up.

The thing about Carole Cook is that she always brought everything to her roles, letting her own natural spunk and sass shine through, traits that would still grab her attention even as recently as 2018 when she had a bit of trouble suggesting to TMZ that it wouldn't be such a bad thing if President Donald Trump was assassinated. "Where is John Wilkes Booth when you need him?" she joked.

It was a joke that was taken extremely seriously by the right, to the point that she even received a visit from the secret services to make sure that this 94-year-old woman was not a real threat to President.

Cook's life and career has taken her through many different eras of show business and she has excelled in it all. They don't make them like her anymore and she will be missed.