What happens after a TV career dies

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Tamburrelli
was looking at this small time actress from Seinfeld to see where I'd seen her, and she basically just has no credits for 20 years
what happens when this happens? like maybe in this case she became a mother or whatever but obviously it's not just women. And it's not like she became a writer or producer instead because there are just no literally no credits
What do you think is happening in cases like this? Surely it's not a case of being forced to switch career?

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  1. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    My brother in law was in a couple shows and movies but hasn't been in anything for almost 10 years. Now he's just a barista or something and gets recognized every now and then

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      so despite no lack of effort he just couldn't get any more work? brutal

      • 3 months ago
        Anonymous

        I think it just wasn't for him. Sad how someone would kill for the opportunity he had

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      A-List, B-List, or what?

      • 3 months ago
        Anonymous

        Voice acted as a kid then a couple live action roles in his late teens. Nothing big but some would recognize him

        • 3 months ago
          Anonymous

          Disney/Nick star or something? You don't have to answer but I bet it's the case

          • 3 months ago
            Anonymous

            No not that big. Just WB and a little HBO I think

  2. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    No idea. I ask similar questions a lot and I'm a NEET.
    I'm beginning to understand the incredulity and/or contempt most people have when you say you don't work. But that's hardly related to the topic. Still, no idea what those people do.

  3. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    did you even read the fricking page that you posted?

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      she has one production credit per year for the screen actors guild tv special and that stopped for her in 2006

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      did you, frickhead?

  4. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    go to a fan con. you might be surprised who is there selling photos and autographs
    like sports, this industry produces lots of disposable careers

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      >like sports, this industry produces lots of disposable careers
      come to think of it, i always thought sportsmen just became coaches and stuff, but I guess it's largely the same question

      • 3 months ago
        Anonymous

        I went to university with an ex-footballer. He had a plumbing company (which I assume he set up with his football money)

  5. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    I sucked and fricked the American Pickers but they never made me famous like they promised

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      Dane is that you again? You shouldn't have done Spiderman

  6. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    I knew a guy (tangentially) that was in Big Brother and then did quite a bit of tv show hosting/appearances. It dried up after a few years and he went back to his old job in an insurance company

  7. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    I have this same TV model, I regret buying it, should've got a TCL or Samsung

  8. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    Morrissey has a poignant song about this:

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      video unavailable

      • 3 months ago
        Anonymous

        It's showing up normally here. The song's name is "Little Man, What Now" and seems to be based on Morrissey's reminiscences. It's very concisely told and vivid

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      god he's so good

  9. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    Many do theater or musicals. If they are not big roles in productions like cats it will ge unnoticed!

  10. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    I wonder similar things, i see commercials, loke what happens to those actors? There are people in their 50s in those, did they chase acting all their lofe and this was the peak, some cereal commercial or a commercial for a cleaning product? Makes me wonder what they do in their day to day.

  11. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    It depends on how much they made. If they made enough they can invest a good portion of the money and live off the dividends for the rest of their lives. If they didn't they could use what they made to start new careers. I've heard of actors becoming real estate agents, yoga instructors, tax professionals and becoming things like nurses and dental assistants

    When momentary fame ends the bills still need to be paid. They become like everyone else or live off what they made

    • 3 months ago
      Anonymous

      such a small percentage of them get that rich though. the median actor is like the other anon said: just doing cereal commercials in their fifties. Is it just a side gig and they have other stable income?

      • 3 months ago
        Anonymous

        Most likely. They either have a stable job and just came in for a few hours to shoot and they're back to their normal life. Just look at what a lot of actors now do after their career. They start selling their own brands of booze. Life goes on and you do what you do

  12. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    I'm pretty sure one of the Ghost Hunters guys has legit the only Wikipedia page that has his bio say "X is an American [tradesman/normal person job]"

  13. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    Steve Blackman the WWF wrestler became a bail bondsman

  14. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    i think about this all the time

    not everyone makes it, southern CA is just littered with people who a small role or two, lifetime careers under the line, etc

  15. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    A lot of actors come from rich families, so they never really needed to worry about having a career in the same way ordinary people do.

  16. 3 months ago
    Anonymous

    My favorite Mediterranean restaurant is ran by a guy that used to play dead bodies, criminals, and vaguely terrorist characters on shows like CSI and NCIS.

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