Eileen Brennan

Eileen Brennan

Born: September 3, 1932
Died: July 28, 2013
in Los Angeles, California, USA
Eileen Brennan (September 3, 1932 – July 28, 2013) was an American actress who was known for her versatile performances in film, television, and theater. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Captain Doreen Lewis in the 1980 comedy film Private Benjamin. She also won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Mrs. Hughes in the television series Newhart.

Brennan was born in Los Angeles, California, and began her acting career in the theater. She made her Broadway debut in 1963 in the musical Little Mary Sunshine. She went on to appear in several other Broadway musicals, including Hello, Dolly! and Annie.

Brennan made her film debut in the 1967 satire Divorce American Style. She followed this with supporting roles in the films The Last Picture Show (1971), The Cheap Detective (1978), and The First Wives Club (1996). She also starred in the films Clue (1985) and Sister Act (1992).

In addition to her film and theater work, Brennan also had a successful television career. She appeared in numerous television shows, including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Cheers, and Will & Grace.

She died on July 28, 2013, at the age of 80, from complications of multiple myeloma. Multiple myeloma is a type of cancer that affects plasma cells, a type of white blood cell that helps the body fight infection.

Brennan was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2001. She underwent treatment, including chemotherapy and radiation therapy. She continued to work and act throughout her treatment, and she even appeared in the 2011 film The Big Year.

In 2013, Brennan's health began to decline. She died on July 28, 2013, at her home in Los Angeles. She was survived by her husband, David John Lampson, and her daughter, Emily.

Movies for Eileen Brennan...

Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
Title: Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: November 3, 2022
Type: Movie
Clue (1985) has become a cult classic film and is loved by multiple generations. Yet there has never been a documentary created to tell the behind the scenes stories...until now.
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Naked Run
Title: Naked Run
Character: Gram Malone
Released: May 5, 2011
Type: Movie
Eve Malone runs against a crooked Congressman...but does it in the nude! Starring Academy Award nominees Charles Durning, Eileen Brennan, and Richard Tyson.
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The Amateurs
Title: The Amateurs
Character: Mrs. Cherkiss
Released: April 28, 2006
Type: Movie
Sex sells in America and these guys know it. The Amateurs follows a small town band of loveable losers who hit upon an idea that can make their dreams and fantasies come true. Thinking they've found the road to riches and fame they decide to make the world's most innocent adult film. Everyman's fantasy turns into a hilarious misadventure when they find they're in way over their heads.
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The Art of 'The Sting'
Title: The Art of 'The Sting'
Character: Self
Released: September 6, 2005
Type: Movie
An inside look into how a great original screenplay was turned into a classic film that still has an important legacy in film culture. Newman, Redford, writer David S. Ward and other cast members discuss the importance and the making of George Roy Hill's striking hit The Sting (1973) and their experiences while shooting the picture.
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Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Title: Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Character: Carol Fields
Released: March 11, 2005
Type: Movie
After her triumph at the Miss United States pageant, FBI agent Gracie Hart becomes an overnight sensation -- and the new "face of the FBI". But it's time to spring into action again when the pageant's winner, Cheryl, and emcee, Stan, are abducted.
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The Hollow
Title: The Hollow
Character: Joan Van Etten
Released: August 25, 2004
Type: Movie
The presence of Ichabod Crane's descendant in Sleepy Hollow conjures the Headless Horseman, and slaughter ensues.
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Dumb Luck
Title: Dumb Luck
Character: Minnie Hitchcock
Released: June 4, 2003
Type: Movie
A man accidentally gets mixed up in a conspiracy on some important numbers.
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Comic Book Villains
Title: Comic Book Villains
Character: Mrs. Cresswell
Released: September 3, 2002
Type: Movie
When word hits the street that a nearby elderly gentleman has a cache of old, rare, and very valuable mint condition comic books, rival comic book shop owners Raymond McGillicuddy (Donal Logue) and Norman Link (Michael Rapaport) both set out to be the first to buy them. But when the old man declines to sell, the former friends turn into enemies, and a friendly rivalry becomes tainted with greed and turns to murder.
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Jeepers Creepers
Title: Jeepers Creepers
Character: The Cat Lady
Released: July 1, 2001
Type: Movie
On a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck, and later spot him shoving what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe.
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Title: Lizzie McGuire
Character: Marge
Released: January 12, 2001
Type: TV
Lizzie McGuire is all about the ordinary and not-so-ordinary adventures of a junior high student and her two best friends as they try to deal with the ups and downs of school, popularity, boys, parents, a bratty little brother--just life in general. And if Lizzie leaves anything unsaid, you can bet that her cartoon alter ego will say it for her!
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Title: The Fearing Mind
Character: Irene's mother
Released: October 21, 2000
Type: TV
Bill Fearing, a famous writer of suspense thrillers, gets his ideas from things that happen in his family. When he gets an idea, the viewers enter his mind and see the gruesome events unfold.
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The Last Great Ride
Title: The Last Great Ride
Character: Pamela 'Mimi' Applegate
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
A kid, his new friend who's a girl, his grandmother and their old neighbor who used to work as a driver for a gangster, search for the treasure supposedly hidden nearby by the gangster long time ago, to help the neighbor keep his house.
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Title: Will & Grace
Character: Zandra
Released: September 21, 1998
Type: TV
Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dating, sex, relationships and their careers, butting heads at times but ultimately supporting one another while exchanging plenty of witty banter along the way.
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Pants on Fire
Title: Pants on Fire
Character: Mom
Released: April 18, 1998
Type: Movie
Two teachers - Julie and Barry are having an affair. When Barry confesses about his lover to his wife Dierdre, he also forces Julie to tell all about their affair to her husband Max. As a result, Barry is thrown out of his house and Max convinces Julie to stay for a while and try to work something out.
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Toothless
Title: Toothless
Character: Joe #1
Released: October 5, 1997
Type: Movie
A female dentist is cast into limbo after her death in an accident and is given the assignment to act as the Tooth Fairy as her action to be admitted into heaven.
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Title: The Wonderful World of Disney
Character: Joe #1
Released: September 28, 1997
Type: TV
Walt Disney Productions (later The Walt Disney Company) has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC in 1954. The show was broadcast weekly on one of the Big Three television networks until 1990, a 36-year span with only a two-year hiatus in 1984-85. The series was broadcast on Sunday for 25 of those years. From 1991 until 1997, the series aired infrequently. The program resumed a regular schedule in 1997 on the ABC fall schedule, coinciding with Disney's recent purchase of the network. From 1997 until 2008, the program aired regularly on ABC. Subsequently, ABC continued the series as an occasional special presentation.
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Changing Habits
Title: Changing Habits
Character: Mother Superior
Released: May 20, 1997
Type: Movie
An aspiring artist runs from men as a result of an early life problem that has left her relationship with her father strained. She decides to move into a convent where troubled women receive cheap lodging in exchange for work. She finds a dirty area in the basement where she paints a mural that deals with all of her psychological problems. While some find it gaudy, others such as the mother superior realizes its potential to save the convent which is to be closed. During all this the artist starts a relationship with a man who owns an art supply shop where she shop-lifts her supplies. Written by John Sacksteder
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Boys Life 2
Title: Boys Life 2
Character: Mrs. Randozza
Released: March 7, 1997
Type: Movie
Compilation of four short films, "Must Be the Music", "Nunzio's Second Cousin", "Alkali, Iowa", and "The Dadshuttle", of gay interest.
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If These Walls Could Talk
Title: If These Walls Could Talk
Character: Tessie
Released: September 11, 1996
Type: Movie
A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a recently widowed nurse struggling to take control of her life in the early 50s, a mother of four balancing raising a family and maintaining a career in the 70s, and a student making a difficult decision with the help of one woman that will change the course of both their lives in the 90s.
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Title: 7th Heaven
Character: Mrs. Bink
Released: August 26, 1996
Type: TV
Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouses that continually come and go in the Camden household.
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Reckless
Title: Reckless
Character: Sister Margaret
Released: November 17, 1995
Type: Movie
On Christmas Eve, a relentlessly cheerful woman escapes from the killers hired by her husband, and embarks on a series of strange encounters.
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Trail of Tears
Title: Trail of Tears
Character: Clara
Released: October 9, 1995
Type: Movie
Two single mothers, polar opposites in personality, join forces to track down their children that have been kidnapped by their ex-husbands.
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Freaky Friday
Title: Freaky Friday
Character: Principal Handel
Released: May 6, 1995
Type: Movie
Fun-loving Annabelle Andrews and her uptight mother, Ellen, have a hard time getting along with each other. One Friday the 13th, they both wear magical necklaces that make them switch bodies for the day.
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The Lies Boys Tell
Title: The Lies Boys Tell
Character: Sada
Released: December 18, 1994
Type: Movie
Ed Reece, an old travelling salesman, decides to end his days in the place in which he was born. Therefore he convinces his elder son to acompany him on his last long voyage of farewell.
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In Search of Dr. Seuss
Title: In Search of Dr. Seuss
Character: The Who-Villain
Released: November 6, 1994
Type: Movie
A nosy reporter wants to find out all she can about Dr. Seuss, aka Ted Geisel, and gets told the real facts by several of his characters, with large snippets of his stories and songs interspersed.
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Nunzio's Second Cousin
Title: Nunzio's Second Cousin
Character: Mrs. Randazzo
Released: October 1, 1994
Type: Movie
As Sgt. Randozza, a beefy, gay Chicago cop, leaves a bar with his lover, a gang of high-school punks decide to do some "fag-bashing". Tony's gun cools them off, and after giving them a brutal verbal dressing down, he forces the leader of the gang, Jimmy, to come to his house the next night for dinner. Jimmy soon gets a harsh lesson in sexual tolerance.
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Title: ER
Character: Betty
Released: September 19, 1994
Type: TV
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
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My Name Is Kate
Title: My Name Is Kate
Character: Barbara Mannix
Released: January 24, 1994
Type: Movie
Kate (Donna Mills) is an alcoholic--and, as is often the case, she is in full denial regarding her illness. Only when she is threatened with mass desertion by her husband, children and best friend does the sullen Kate agree to seek out treatment.
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Precious Victims
Title: Precious Victims
Character: Minnie
Released: September 27, 1993
Type: Movie
Paula and Robert Sims are desperate: their 12 days old baby has been kidnapped! Since there's no trace of the kidnappers, they address the public for help. Shortly after their daughter is found dead. When the same happens three years later to their second daughter, Sheriff Yocom becomes suspicious.
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Title: Walker, Texas Ranger
Character: Joelle
Released: April 21, 1993
Type: TV
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.
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Recycle Rex
Title: Recycle Rex
Character: Rose (voice)
Released: March 12, 1993
Type: Movie
A group of '90s-looking anthropomorphic dinosaur kids must come up with a way to get rid of their trash without just throwing it away or their favorite playfield will be turned into a landfill. One of them, Recycle Rex, has an idea.
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Title: Mad About You
Character: Inspector #10
Released: September 23, 1992
Type: TV
Young, urban newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman try to sustain their marital bliss while sidestepping the hurdles of love in the '90s.
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Title: Jack's Place
Released: May 26, 1992
Type: TV
Jack Evans is a retired jazz musician who runs a restaurant where romances tend to start.
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I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
Title: I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
Character: Frieda
Released: April 24, 1992
Type: Movie
Bernie Fishbine is overweight. He stops at the neighborhood store to buy some chocolate kisses every day. This is where he meets Theresa Garabaldi. Then they take the same bus route every evening. Theresa invites Bernie to see her play piano at her father's restaurant. It is here that she gets him to join a gym. Theresa is in college and gets the idea to write about Bernie's weight problem for her thesis. She does this without telling Bernie. Meanwhile, Bernie is falling in love with Theresa, and vice versa.
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Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
Title: Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
Character: Vicky Martin
Released: March 15, 1992
Type: Movie
True story about a rape victim who took a stand that rape is never the victim's fault and inspired many other victims who felt shame about what had happened to them to speak out.
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Title: Home Improvement
Character: Wanda
Released: September 17, 1991
Type: TV
The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.
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Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
Title: Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
Character: Self
Released: September 6, 1991
Type: Movie
A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and the nervous breakdown he nearly had while shooting THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.
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Deadly Intentions... Again?
Title: Deadly Intentions... Again?
Character: Charlotte
Released: February 11, 1991
Type: Movie
A doctor was sent to prison for the attempted murder of his first wife. When he is released, he starts to plan the death of his second wife whom he married before he was incarcerated.
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White Palace
Title: White Palace
Character: Judy
Released: October 19, 1990
Type: Movie
Max Baron is a Jewish advertising executive in his 20s who's still getting over the death of his wife. Nora Baker is a 40-something diner waitress who enjoys the wilder side of life. Mismatched or not, their attraction is instant and smoldering. With time, however, their class and age differences become an obstacle in their relationship, especially since Max can't keep Nora a secret from his Jewish friends and upper-crust associates forever.
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Texasville
Title: Texasville
Character: Genevieve Morgan
Released: September 28, 1990
Type: Movie
Summer, 1984: 30 years after Duane captained the high school football team and Jacy was homecoming queen, this Texas town near Wichita Falls prepares for its centennial. Oil prices are down, banks are failing, and Duane's $12 million in debt. His wife Karla drinks too much, his children are always in trouble, and he tom-cats around with the wives of friends. Jacy's back in town, after a mildly successful acting career, life in Italy, and the death of her son. Folks assume Duane and Jacy will resume their high school romance. And Sonny is "tired in his mind," causing worries for his safety. Can these friends find equilibrium in middle age?
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Title: American Dreamer
Released: September 20, 1990
Type: TV
American Dreamer is a situation comedy which aired in the U.S. on NBC as part of its 1990-91 lineup. American Dreamer stars Robert Urich as fictional character Tom Nash, formerly a high-powered network correspondent who was forced to reassess his priorities following the death of his wife. He decided to give up his career in order to spend more time with his children. To do this, he moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he supported his family by contributing a column about "real people" to a Chicago newspaper. His editor, Joe Baines, felt Tom was completely wasting his talents and drove out from Chicago weekly to attempt to convince Tom to return the world of "hard news". Other characters included Tom's zany secretary, Lillian Abernathy, and a friendly waitress at Tom's favorite local diner, Holly Baker. This program was extremely low-key. Tom sometimes "broke the fourth wall" to address the viewers directly about his thoughts regarding the situations he encountered. This philosophizing gained only a small audience and the program was cancelled at midseason, although selected episodes were rerun the following summer.
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Title: Gravedale High
Released: September 8, 1990
Type: TV
Gravedale High is an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera for NBC Productions. The series premiered in the fall of 1990 on NBC and lasted thirteen episodes. The show was developed as an animated vehicle for Moranis, who had star appearances in the Ghostbusters movies and the popular film series, Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, and would later appear in the 1994 live-action film adaptation of another Hanna-Barbera series, The Flintstones.
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Stella
Title: Stella
Character: Mrs. Wilkerson
Released: February 2, 1990
Type: Movie
Barmaid Stella Claire and blueblood Stephen Dallas have very little in common -- except they've fallen in love. When their relationship fails, Stella decides to raise the child they had, Jenny, alone. But Jenny and Stella are far from the perfect mother-daughter pair.
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It Had to Be You
Title: It Had to Be You
Character: Judith
Released: October 27, 1989
Type: Movie
A has-been actress lures a TV commercial director to her apartment to seduce him.
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Title: Tales from the Crypt
Character: Ruth Sanderson
Released: June 10, 1989
Type: TV
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
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Going to the Chapel
Title: Going to the Chapel
Character: Maude
Released: October 9, 1988
Type: Movie
As a couple (Valentine and Greene) prepare to get married all sorts of uninvited and unexpected guests arrive and secrets are revealed.
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The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Title: The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Character: Miss Bannister
Released: July 6, 1988
Type: Movie
After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood children to be haunted. Soon, two children, Tommy and his sister Anika, venture into the house only to meet up with Pippi. The three soon become friends and get into various adventures together, including cleaning the floor with scrubbing shoes, dodging the "splunks", going down a waterfall in barrels, and helping Pippi with the problem of having to go to an orphanage. Older children will probably get the most out of this movie.
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Sticky Fingers
Title: Sticky Fingers
Character: Stella
Released: May 6, 1988
Type: Movie
Two dippy roommates, struggling musicians Lolly and Hattie, are asked by a drug-dealing friend-of-a-friend, Diane, to baby-sit a bag containing nearly a million dollars while she scoots out of town in order to avoid trouble. Once the money is in their possession, however, temptation proves too much for them.
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Rented Lips
Title: Rented Lips
Character: Hotel Desk Clerk
Released: October 28, 1987
Type: Movie
A documentary filmmaker, who has spent the last 15 years making films like "Aluminum: Our Shiny Friend," is finally given the chance to make the documentary on Indian farming he has always wanted to. The catch? He must simultaneously direct a porn film. But as he tries to make the porn film, which he turns into a musical called "Halloween in the Barracks," he must deal with a temperamental actor, a fundamentalist preacher, and other obstacles.
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Title: thirtysomething
Released: September 29, 1987
Type: TV
Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford Falls Company, and aired on ABC. It premiered in the U.S. on September 29, 1987. It lasted four seasons, with the last of its 85 episodes airing on May 28, 1991. The title of the show was designed as thirtysomething by Kathie Broyles, who combined the words of the original title, Thirty Something. In 1997, "The Go Between" and "Samurai Ad Man" were ranked #22 on TV Guide′s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2002, Thirtysomething was ranked #19 on TV Guide′s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 TV Guide ranked it #10 in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time.
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Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
Title: Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
Character: Sylvia
Released: January 18, 1987
Type: Movie
A fashion designer marries a lawyer only to discover that his father is an imfamous mafia don.
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The Fartiste
Title: The Fartiste
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A fake documentary about the rise and fall of the (real life) “flatulist” performer Le Pétomane, who narrates his story from Purgatory.
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Babes in Toyland
Title: Babes in Toyland
Character: Mrs. Piper / Widow Hubbard
Released: December 19, 1986
Type: Movie
11-year-old Lisa has no time for toys; she's too busy taking care of her siblings and cooking for her mother. During the Christmas Eve blizzard, Lisa travels to Toyland in Wizard of Oz-like fashion and arrives just in time for a wedding. Young Mary Contrary is about to marry mean, old Barnaby Barnacle, despite the fact that she loves Jack Be Nimble. Lisa tries to stop this terrible wedding and, together with her new friends, discovers that Barnaby wants to take over Toyland. Lisa, Mary, Jack, and Georgie Porgie ask the Toymaster for help, but he can't help them as long as Lisa doesn't truly believe in toys.
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The History of White People in America: Volume II
Title: The History of White People in America: Volume II
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
In this daring follow-up to The History of White People in America, comedian Martin Mull takes us on an in-depth look at such topics as White Religion, White Stress, White Politics, and White Crime.
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Clue
Title: Clue
Character: Mrs. Peacock
Released: December 13, 1985
Type: Movie
Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.
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The History of White People in America
Title: The History of White People in America
Released: June 4, 1985
Type: Movie
In this parody of documentaries, host Martin Mull discusses the contributions that white people have made to the USA, visits the Institute of White Studies, and follows a typical white family as they go about their everyday lives.
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Title: The Ray Bradbury Theater
Character: Mrs. Annabelle Shrike
Released: May 21, 1985
Type: TV
A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
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The Fourth Wise Man
Title: The Fourth Wise Man
Character: Judith
Released: March 30, 1985
Type: Movie
Artaban is a young Magus (Wise Man) who desires to follow the star to the birthplace of the coming King, against the counsel of his friends and family. Carrying three precious jewels to give to the baby Messiah, Artaban and his reluctant servant Orontes set off to join the caravan of the three other wise men. They miss the caravan, but Artaban continues the search for his King, always one step behind. Artaban spends much of his remaining wealth and all of his energy helping the poor and unfortunate people he meets, until at the end of his life he finally finds Jesus--at His trial! Has Artaban wasted his life in a foolish quest? Will he ever get the chance to present his gifts to the King?
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Title: Off the Rack
Character: Kate Halloran
Released: March 15, 1985
Type: TV
Off The Rack is an American comedy television series set in the Los Angeles garment industry that aired on ABC between 1984 and 1985. The series stars Ed Asner and Eileen Brennan and was originally directed by Noam Pitlik. Its taping location was the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. It was canceled after six regular episodes and 1 half-hour pilot, which aired as a special on December 7, 1984. Off the Rack premiered as a regular series in the middle of the 1984-1985 television season as a mid-season replacement on ABC on the same day as Mr. Belvedere. Writer Lissa Levin and director Noam Pitlik would go on to work for that series, following Off the Rack's cancellation.
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Answers
Title: Answers
Character: Amanda Jackson (Segment "Twinkle, Twinkle")
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Three of Ernest Thompson's short plays are presented, each involving a surprise visitor. In the first, "A Good Time," a vacationing California Highway Patrolman visits a young woman in New York who had told him if he ever came to New York, she'd show him a good time. In the second, "The Constituent," a United States Senator drops in on a constituent who has been sending him scathing and profane letters for decades. Lastly, in "Twinkle, Twinkle," a restless housewife who has been writing fan letters to a television soap opera star, receives a surprise visit by him on her husband's bowling night.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Marian Simpson
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Loretta Lee
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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The Funny Farm
Title: The Funny Farm
Character: Gail Corbin
Released: February 18, 1983
Type: Movie
The laughs are nonstop as a gang of ambitious young comics strives to make it in the exciting world of stand-up comedy at the famous comedy club in L.A., The Funny Farm. These budding comedy stars are as crazy offstage as they are on: Miguel, America s funniest illegal alien ; Miles, who can t decide if he s a black comic or a comic who happens to be black; Bruce, whose manic act borders on insanity; and Peter, the intense political satirist. The Funny Farm is a hilarious and insightful look into those who live the lives of comedians.
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Title: Newhart
Released: October 2, 1982
Type: TV
Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually becomes a local TV celebrity as host of "Vermont Today." George Utley is the handyman at the inn and Leslie Vanderkellen is the maid, with ambitions of being an Olympic Ski champion; she is later replaced by her cousin Stephanie, an heiress who hates her job. Her boyfriend is Dick's yuppie TV producer, Michael Harris. There are many other quirky characters in this fictional little town, including Dick's neighbors Larry, Darryl, and Darryl...three brothers who buy the Minuteman Cafe from Kirk Devane. Besides sharing a name, Darryl and Darryl never speak.
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Lily for President?
Title: Lily for President?
Character: Maggie
Released: May 20, 1982
Type: Movie
Comedian Lily Tomlin stars in this comical farce which deals with her experiences running for the office of President of the United States.
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Working
Title: Working
Character: Millworker
Released: April 13, 1982
Type: Movie
This musical adaptation of the Studs Terkel book examines the average worker's viewpoint--showing that he or she is anything but average. Based on a series of interviews with real working people--construction workers, waitresses, firemen, secretaries, and cleaning women, Working is both an exploration of the individuals' occupations and a lament for lost hopes and dreams.
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Pandemonium
Title: Pandemonium
Character: Candy's Mom
Released: April 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A former high school student who always wanted to be a cheerleader decides to reopen the cheerleading program at her former high school after years of closure for being targeted by a serial killer.
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Incident at Crestridge
Title: Incident at Crestridge
Character: Sara Davis
Released: December 29, 1981
Type: Movie
A woman campaigns for and wins election as sheriff in a crusade against the ineptitude and outright corruption of the local law enforcement in a small town in the West.
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Title: Private Benjamin
Character: Doreen Lewis
Released: April 6, 1981
Type: TV
Private Benjamin is an American sitcom based on the movie of the same name. The show aired on CBS from April 6, 1981, to January 10, 1983. Eileen Brennan, who reprised her role from the film, won an Emmy and Golden Globe Award for her work on the series.
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When the Circus Came to Town
Title: When the Circus Came to Town
Character: Jessy
Released: January 20, 1981
Type: Movie
When the Circus Came to Town chronicles the life of Mary Flynn (Montgomery), a woman nearing middle age living in a small town. When the circus comes through town, she realizes nothing will ever change unless she does something different, so she leaves her boring sheltered life to run away and join the circus. While adapting to her new life, she finds herself challenged, and in the end, happy with her new life.
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Title: Magnum, P.I.
Released: December 11, 1980
Type: TV
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.
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Private Benjamin
Title: Private Benjamin
Character: Capt. Doreen Lewis
Released: October 6, 1980
Type: Movie
A sheltered young high society woman joins the US Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.
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My Old Man
Title: My Old Man
Character: Marie
Released: December 7, 1979
Type: Movie
An unlucky horse trainer, Frank Butler, wins big at the track and buys his 16-year old daughter a horse to salvage their relationship. When Frank is hurt prior to the opening race, Jo must go it alone.
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When She Was Bad...
Title: When She Was Bad...
Character: Mary Jensen
Released: November 25, 1979
Type: Movie
Stressed by a recent move and being a stay-at-home mom, Teeny takes out her bottled-up rage on her daughter Robbie. Only the help of her friends, family and counselors can stop her from harming Robbie and herself.
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Title: A New Kind of Family
Released: September 16, 1979
Type: TV
A New Kind of Family is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 1979 to January 1980. The series stars Eileen Brennan, Rob Lowe, and Telma Hopkins.
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Title: 13 Queens Blvd.
Character: Felicia Winters
Released: March 20, 1979
Type: TV
13 Queens Boulevard is an American sitcom that aired from March 20 until July 24, 1979.
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Title: Taxi
Character: Mrs. McKenzie
Released: September 12, 1978
Type: TV
Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.
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The Cheap Detective
Title: The Cheap Detective
Character: Betty DeBoop
Released: June 23, 1978
Type: Movie
A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wife.
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The Great Smokey Roadblock
Title: The Great Smokey Roadblock
Character: Penelope
Released: June 21, 1978
Type: Movie
An old trucker steals his truck for one last cross-country run, with a madam and her crew on board.
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FM
Title: FM
Character: Mother
Released: April 20, 1978
Type: Movie
When a liberal music station's owners decide to introduce army recruitment ads, despite the protests of its manager, the rebellious DJs are determined to fight back, no matter the cost.
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Title: Black Beauty
Character: Annie Gray
Released: January 31, 1978
Type: TV
Born free in the American West, Black Beauty is a horse rounded up and brought to Birtwick Stables, where she meets spirited teenager Jo Green. The two forge a bond that carries Beauty through the different chapters, challenges and adventures.
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Title: All That Glitters
Released: April 18, 1977
Type: TV
All That Glitters is an American situation comedy television series by producer Norman Lear. It consisted of 65 episodes and aired between April 18 and July 15, 1977 in broadcast syndication. The show, a spoof of the soap opera format, depicted the trials and tribulations of a group of executives at the Globatron corporation. The twist of the series was that it was set within a world of complete role-reversal: Women were the "stronger sex," the executives and breadwinners, while the "weaker sex" – the men – were the secretaries or stay-at-home househusbands. Men were often treated as sex objects. The series features Eileen Brennan, Greg Evigan, Lois Nettleton, Gary Sandy, Tim Thomerson and Jessica Walter. Comic actor and cartoon voice artist Chuck McCann was also a regular. Linda Gray played transgender fashion model Linda Murkland, the first transgender series regular on American television. Before and after its premiere, All That Glitters was negatively received and the series lasted just 13 weeks.
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The Death of Richie
Title: The Death of Richie
Character: Carol Werner
Released: January 10, 1977
Type: Movie
A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.
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Murder by Death
Title: Murder by Death
Character: Tess Skeffington
Released: June 23, 1976
Type: Movie
Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.
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Hustle
Title: Hustle
Character: Paula Hollinger
Released: December 25, 1975
Type: Movie
The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines is in charge of the investigation. Gaines learns that the girl, a stripper and prostitute, committed suicide, but he ignores the connection between her and a powerful mob lawyer, Leo Sellers. Hollinger's father, however, is not satisfied with Gaines's results, and attempts to investigate the case on his own.
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The Night That Panicked America
Title: The Night That Panicked America
Character: Ann Muldoon
Released: October 31, 1975
Type: Movie
A dramatization of the Oct. 30, 1938 mass panic that Orson Welles' radio play, "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provoked.
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Title: Doctors' Hospital
Released: September 10, 1975
Type: TV
Doctors' Hospital is an American medical drama that ran on NBC during the 1975–1976 season.
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Knuckle
Title: Knuckle
Character: Delafield's Mistress
Released: June 4, 1975
Type: Movie
Curley Delafield, a young arms merchant, is determined to discover the secret behind the disappearance of his sister Sarah.
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At Long Last Love
Title: At Long Last Love
Character: Elizabeth
Released: March 1, 1975
Type: Movie
Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at the race track while playboy Michael O. Pritchard nearly runs into stage star Kitty O'Kelly with his car. Backstage at Kitty's show, it turns out she and Brooke are old friends who attended public school together. The foursome do the town, accompanied by Brooke's companion Elizabeth, who throws herself at Michael's butler and chauffeur Rodney James.
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My Father's House
Title: My Father's House
Character: Mrs. Lindholm Sr.
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
Recovering from a heart attack, a workaholic editor recalls the simple days of his youth. Robertson adds an emotional center to this messy, flashback-filled 'heavy' dramatic piece. Plenty of co-star talent.
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Title: Dinah!
Character: Self
Released: October 21, 1974
Type: TV
Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured one guest and was more of a home oriented show about cooking, crafts and occasionally music. This format lasted until May of 1974. When the show came back in October of 1974 the format had changed drastically to a variety talk show which was called Dinah. and went on until 1981. This show was also known as "Dinah and Friends" during the summer of 1976.
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Nourish the Beast
Title: Nourish the Beast
Character: Baba Goya
Released: June 5, 1974
Type: Movie
Baba Goya is a loudmouth mother who goes through husbands and orphans like the Turkish coffee she makes in a dirty old soup pan. In Queens she presides over a household comprised of a childish orphan who happens to be a cop, an elderly gentleman who explodes every time somebody calls him grandpa, a dying husband and an errant daughter who cries all night. The husband, Baba's fifth, is already submitting an ad for her sixth. The cop catches a Japanese stealing cameras and chains him to a radiator, the daughter guiltily confesses she voted for Nixon and runs off, and the husband-who may not die after all-insists they must wait out Watergate for a Democrat.
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Daisy Miller
Title: Daisy Miller
Character: Mrs. Walker
Released: May 22, 1974
Type: Movie
Despite mixed emotions, Frederick Winterbourne tries to figure out the bright and bubbly Daisy Miller, only to be helped and hindered by false judgments from their fellow friends.
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Come Die With Me
Title: Come Die With Me
Released: May 14, 1974
Type: Movie
A man kills his older brother when he is refused a loan and then is held in bondage by the housekeeper who knows of the murder.
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The Sting
Title: The Sting
Character: Billie
Released: December 25, 1973
Type: Movie
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
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The Blue Knight
Title: The Blue Knight
Character: Glenda
Released: November 11, 1973
Type: Movie
Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the criminal element on his beat.
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Title: Kojak
Character: Julie Loring
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: TV
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Scarecrow
Title: Scarecrow
Character: Darlene
Released: April 11, 1973
Type: Movie
Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.
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Title: Barnaby Jones
Character: Anita Willson
Released: January 28, 1973
Type: TV
Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April 3, 1980, beginning as a midseason replacement. William Conrad guest starred as Frank Cannon of Cannon on the first episode of Barnaby Jones, "Requiem for a Son" and the two series had a two-part crossover episode in 1975, "The Deadly Conspiracy".
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Playmates
Title: Playmates
Character: Amy
Released: October 3, 1972
Type: Movie
Two divorced men meet and become friends, but unbeknownst to each other, start dating each other's ex-wives.
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The Last Picture Show
Title: The Last Picture Show
Character: Genevieve
Released: October 3, 1971
Type: Movie
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.
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Title: McMillan and Wife
Character: Nora Dane
Released: September 29, 1971
Type: TV
McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in the title roles, the series premiered in 90-minute episodes as part of the wheel series NBC Mystery Movie, in rotation with Columbo and McCloud. Initially airing on Wednesday night, the original line-up was shifted to Sundays in the second season, where it aired for the rest of its run. This was the first element to be created specially for the Mystery Movie strand.
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Title: All in the Family
Character: Angelique McCarthy
Released: January 12, 1971
Type: TV
Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
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Title: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 1967
Type: TV
An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.
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Divorce American Style
Title: Divorce American Style
Character: Eunice Tase
Released: June 21, 1967
Type: Movie
After 17 years of marriage in American suburbia, Richard and Barbara Harmon step into the new world of divorce.
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The Star Wagon
Title: The Star Wagon
Character: Hallie
Released: October 20, 1966
Type: Movie
The Star Wagon is a play in black and white starring Dustin Hoffman.
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Title: The Merv Griffin Show
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.