Grace Zabriskie

Grace Zabriskie (1941 - )

Film Deaths[]

Galaxy of Terror (Mindwarp: An Infinity of Terror; Planet of Horrors; Quest) (1981) [Captain Trantor]: Burned to death (off-screen) by the manifestation of her deepest fears; her body is shown afterwards when the others discover her.
Child's Play 2 (1990) [Mrs. Grace Poole]: Stabbed three times in the chest by Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif) in her office causing her to fall against the photocopier that makes multiple copies of her face as she dies, while Alex Vincent and Christine Elise look on in horror.
Servants of Twilight (1991) [Grace Spivey]: Ravaged by bats after her rifle fails to go off while trying to kill Jarrett Lennon and then goes off at the sky when she reloads letting in the bats.
FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992; animated) [Magi Lune]: Dies of exhaustion after using all of her magical powers to create a giant tree to protect everyone else.
The Passion of Darkly Noon (Darkly Noon) (1995) [Roxy]: Commits suicide by shooting herself in the mouth with a shotgun.
No Good Deed(2002) (The House on Turk Street) [Mrs. Quarre]: Accidentally shot in the chest by Joss Ackland when Joss' shotgun goes off during a struggle with Stellan Skarsgard.
R.S.V.P (2002) [Mary Franklin]: Beaten to death (along with Jonathan Banks) with a cane by Rick Otto in a hallway; we only see a brief shot of her falling out of frame after the blow.
The Grudge (2004) [Emma Williams]: Drained of life (off-screen) by Takako Fuji's ghost; we see the ghost hovering over her before Sarah Michelle Gellar passes out, and Grace's body is shown afterwards after Sarah comes to.
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009) [Mrs. McCullum]: Stabbed in the chest with a sword (off-screen) by her son (Michael Shannon) in her living room. Her body is shown afterwards lying on the floor as Willem Dafoe and the other police investigate.

Television Deaths[]

Tales from the Crypt: The Secret (1990) [Mrs. Colbert]: Mauled to death along with William Frankfather by Mike Simmrin when he transforms into a werewolf, after she reveals herself as a vampire and is about to attack him.
Murder at My Door (1996 TV) [Grandma]: Dies (off-screen) of old age/natural causes sometime before the movie. She appears in flashbacks when Johnny Galecki thinks about her. (Thanks to Drew)
Charmed: Sense and Sense Ability (2003) [The Crone]: Destroyed when Holly Marie Combs threw a Spell on her in a fit of rage for trying to harm her baby.
Medium: The Other Side of the Tracks (2005) [Connie Buckley]: Dies (off-screen) of unspecified natural causes, 20 years before the episode takes place; she only appears in Patricia Arquette's psychic visions/dreams.
Big Love: When Men and Mountains Meet (2011) [Lois Henrickson]: Euthanized via lethal injection by her husband (Bruce Dern) due to suffering from dementia.
Ray Donovan: Exsuscito (2015) [Mrs. Grace Minassian]: Throat slit by Jon Voight.

Video Game Deaths[]

The Quarry (2022) [Eliza Vorez]: Depending on the player's actions, Grace can either be impaled on a pole after an explosion launches it at her, or killed in a follow-up explosion as she starts looking for her missing son; her death is only shown in a flashback sequence if the player finds a specific item in the game. She appears as a ghost at certain points during the main story, and appears to the player between chapters to act as a spiritual guide.

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Notable Connections[]

Mother of Marion Lane (painter)