Dead Like Me

A clever and unique TV comedy series about an unlikely team of Grim Reapers who try to lead otherwise normal lives. Talia is occasionally seen as the main character when she was a young girl, and Britt as her gloomy sister.

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Starring:  Talia Ranger  (8 years)
Britt McKillip  (11 years)
Actress Score: 
3.0 / 5
(3.0) (Talia)
2.9 / 5
(2.9) (Britt)
Movie Score: 
4.3 / 5
(4.3)
Screen Time:  small (Talia)
small (Britt)
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Georgia Lass (Ellen Muth, seen younger in Dolores Claiborne), an 18-year-old, intelligent but moody slacker, is vaporized by a toilet seat hurtling to Earth from the Mir space station. Her after-death experience is not quite what she expected, however, after she finds herself working as a grim reaper, a job not so different from any other. While this TV series (which tragically ended after only two seasons) is foremostly a comedy, it has a fairly solemn style. Ellen is the central character, and in our opinion just splendid, although out of scope for this site due to her age. An example of her frequent wry and witty narration can be heart in the sample video clip.
Talia, also in the clip, plays younger Georgia. Most episodes have various flashbacks of her life (the one before her death), showing either her young self, or her little sister Reggie (Britt). Talia is quite the adorable little girl, yet already showing the uppity and pouty attitude so prominent in the adult Georgia.
Reggie has become obsessed with the death of her big sister and shows it in various eccentric ways, such as collecting toilet seats and hanging them on tree branches. Particularly notable is her goth period, seen in the screenshots from season 2 episode 11.

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