It wasn’t immediately clear how they identified him as the suspect, or whether his scooter was recovered. American actor Lisa Banes is in a critical medical state after getting hit by a two-wheeler on Friday evening. She had intended to first stop by her alma mater, the Juilliard School, her wife Kathryn Kranhold said at the time.īanes was nabbed at his Amsterdam Houses apartment. She died 10 days later at Mount Sinai Morningside hospital.īanes, who also starred in “Cocktail” and numerous Broadway productions, was on her way to meet friends for dinner when she was struck. The suspect, heading north on Amsterdam Ave., had blown through a red light and slammed into Banes with such force that the actress was knocked out of the crosswalk, police said.
LISA BANES DRIVER
NEW YORK – Police have arrested the scooter driver wanted in the hit-and-run death of “Gone Girl” actress Lisa Banes, officials said Friday.īrian Boyd, 26, was busted Thursday at his Upper West Side home - just steps from where the June 4 collision happened - and charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, as well as with failure to yield to a pedestrian.īanes, 65, was struck by a scooter as she crossed the street at Amsterdam Ave. My heart goes out to her wife and family.Rocco Parascandola / New York Daily News (TNS) We worked together on China Beach & I wish there had been more. She was a consummate actor who commanded the stage. Wrote Dana Delany, “Terribly sad news about Lisa Banes. “I only knew Lisa a bit, but I treasured her performances and her elegant, generous style…” “RIP Lisa Banes, a superb actress and much beloved, especially by the theater community,” tweeted Paul Rudnick. Her stage presence, magnetism, skill and talent were matched only by her unwavering kindness and graciousness toward all of us. “We had the good fortune to work with her on The Orville this past year. “I am deeply saddened at the news of Lisa Banes’ passing,” wrote Seth MacFarlane. Additional survivor information was not immediately available.īanes’ colleagues reacted on Twitter to news of her death. She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for best featured actress in a play in 1984’s Off Broadway production of Isn’t It Romantic, and in 1982 won an Obie Award for her role in My Sister in This House. In Gone Girl, she played the mother of the missing woman (portrayed by Rosamund Pike).īanes, born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, appeared on Broadway in Present Laughter (2010), Accent on Youth (2009), High Society (1998), Arcadia (1995) and Rumors (1988). She also appeared in One Life to Live and China Beach, among others. The actress had appeared in such films as Cocktail (as Tom Cruise’s older love interest) and the western Young Guns, and had roles in television on the shows Nashville, The Orville, Masters of Sex, and Royal Pains. “We appreciate the love, support and prayers from all of you across the country. “I am brokenhearted to share that Lisa, my beautiful wife and my love, passed away last night,” Kranhold said in a statement today. The vehicle blew through a red light before the accident, and the driver fled the scene and is being sought by police.īanes, who suffered traumatic brain injury, was in the crosswalk and had the right of way, police said. Banes, a Los Angeles resident visiting New York for a role in the Manhattan Theater Club’s streaming production of The Niceties, was on her way to meet her wife, journalist Kathryn Kranhold, for a dinner party near Lincoln Center earlier this month when she was struck in the crosswalk by a red and black scooter or cycle, according to police.
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