Rusty Tullis

Florence "Rusty" Tullis, who was portrayed by Cher in the movie "Mask" as the troubled mother of a boy with a disfigured face, has died. She was 70. Tullis died Saturday at Beverly Hospital in Montebello nearly a month after being seriously injured in a motorcycle accident, her niece, Helen Cunningham, told the San Gabriel Valley Tribune in Tuesday's editions. Tullis was the mother of Roy L. "Rocky" Dennis, who was born with a disease that deformed his face and skull. He died in 1978 at age 16. The 1985 movie "Mask" was based on his life, with Cher portraying Tullis, then known as Rusty Dennis, as his unstable yet loving mother. Much like her movie character, Tullis was an avid motorcyclist who had brushes with the law. In 1999, Tullis pleaded no contest to possessing methamphetamine. Two years later, she was placed on three years probation for drug possession.