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The actress asked a relative to check on Robert Witt, 87, and Diane Witt, 75, at their Worcester, Massachusetts home as she had not heard from them for “several days”.In a statement, Witt, 46, said: “I reached out to a cousin who lives close to my parents to check on them.

Actress Alicia Witt's parents have both been found dead in their home.The Dune star confirmed their passing in a statement as she revealed she had sent a relative to check on her parents, Robert Witt, 87, and Diane Witt, 75, after growing increasingly concerned when she hadn't heard from them in several days. "I reached out to a cousin who lives close to my parents to check on them," the 46 year old said, according to Yahoo! Alicia added: "Sadly, the outcome was unimaginable.

Guy Lodge Film CriticBack in 1995, in the midst of cinema’s brief fixation with Jane Austen, director Roger Michell made the definitive film of “Persuasion”: as literate and elegant as it was underestimated upon release. That same year, Amy Heckerling set the bar for modernized Austen adaptations with her lithely funny and era-defining “Emma” riff “Clueless.” A quarter-century later, the straightforwardly titled “Modern Persuasion” falls some way short of either benchmark.

Alicia Witt, who stars in Samuel Goldwyn’s Jane Austen feature adaptation Modern Persuasion, has joined the feature film Alice for Steel Springs Pictures and first-time helmer Krystin Ver Linden. Witt will appear opposite Keke Palmer, Jonny Lee Miller, Common and Gaius Charles in writer-director Ver Linden’s period slave thriller.

Dave McNary Film ReporterMyriad Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the Alicia Witt romantic comedy “Modern Persuasion,” which will premiere at the Cannes Virtual Market.The film, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1817 novel “Persuasion,” is directed by Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki from a script by Lisecki and Barbara Radecki.

By Geoff Boucher