Wednesday, February 26, 2025

SWEET ADIEU, MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG

You were as pretty as a picture--no, far prettier than any picture could hope to be, with an astonishing aura that made one stop dead in one's tracks. 

Your career was quaint yet prolific, with a start in The Adventures of Pete and Pete, followed by a hardy queue that included All My Children, Mercy, Six Feet Under, Gossip Girl, Space Cases, Meego, Black Christmas 2006, The Scribbler, 17 Again, Can't Be Heaven, Killing Kennedy, Dragonlance: Dragons of the Autumn Twilight, DC Showcase: Jonah Hex, Ice Princess, Euro Trip, Love Bites, GuidanceTake Me Home Tonight, WeedsCop Out, Sexy Evil Genius, Against the Current, A Father's Choice, Criminal MindsThe Dive from Clausen's PierMysterious Skin, Inspector Gadget, Truth and Scare (as host) and as the titular Harriet the Spy

However, your highest claim to fame came from 62 episodes of the ultra-popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer, playing our heroine's younger sister, Dawn.  

You possessed a hypnotic charm, an atypical radiance, an innate quality that always drew viewers in, no matter the medium. You departed way too soon, dear Michelle, but what you left will endure, embedded in our hearts, never ending in our memories. 

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