Joanna Miles

Joanna Miles

Born: March 6, 1940
in Nice, France
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Joanna Miles (born March 6, 1940) is an American actress.

Miles was born in Nice, France, the daughter of Jeanne Miles, an American painter, and Johannes Schiefer, a French painter art curator. She immigrated to the United States, and was naturalized a citizen, in 1941. She was a graduate of The Putney School, a progressive independent high school in Putney, Vermont in 1958.

Miles won the two Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Laura Wingfield in the 1973 production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie: Best Supporting Actress in Drama (for a Special - Program, a One-Time Appearance in a Series - or a Continuing Role) and Supporting Actress of the Year.

She has also played supporting roles in various television shows and movies, including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, (1990) and Star Trek: The Next Generation. She is known to Star Trek fans as Perrin, Sarek's wife, from the episodes Sarek and Unification. In 2001, she had a secondary role as the wife of a storekeeper in Tom Selleck's Turner Network Television Western film, Crossfire Trail.

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Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer
Title: Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer
Character: Pat Spencer
Released: August 3, 2013
Type: Movie
Young, ace assistant DA, Shelby Cook, works with driven cop, Mike Holland, to catch Daedalus, a serial killer infamous for luring his victims to their deaths through labyrinth traps. Three innocent men have already taken the fall for Daedalus and when Daedalus strikes again, Shelby finds herself defending the latest man accused, a retired and respected judge--who also happens to be her own father.
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Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Title: Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Character: Mrs. Steinberg
Released: March 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Jesse Stone and Captain Healy are shot during an unauthorized stake-out in Boston. Meanwhile, a cryptic letter sent from Paradise leads the mother of a kidnapped child to Stone. Though her son was declared dead, she hopes he will reopen the case.
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Grave Misconduct
Title: Grave Misconduct
Character: Catherine Hallow
Released: November 1, 2008
Type: Movie
A fledgling mystery writer sees an opportunity to advance her career after the death of a novelist/friend but faces dire consequences when a series of vicious murders occur that seem to implicate her.
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Sex and Breakfast
Title: Sex and Breakfast
Character: Dr. Wellbridge
Released: November 29, 2007
Type: Movie
Two young couples using anonymous sex as a catalyst to fix their troubled relationships must rethink what makes a connection work.
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Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
Title: Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
Character: Emily Myers
Released: March 17, 2007
Type: Movie
DNA evidence and camera footage places a corrupt CEO as the prime suspect in the murder of a company whistle-blower, but Jane Doe believes the real killer may be a twin sibling.
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Monte Walsh
Title: Monte Walsh
Character: Sairy Brennan
Released: January 17, 2003
Type: Movie
Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do from a horse." Their lives are divided between months on the range and the occasional trip into town. Monte has a long-term relationship with prostitute Martine Bernard, while Chet has fallen under the spell of the widow who owns the hardware store. Camaraderie and competition with the other cowboys fill their days, until one of the hands, Shorty Austin, loses his job and gets involved in rustling and killing. Then Monte and Chet find that their lives on the range are inexorably redirected.
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Crossfire Trail
Title: Crossfire Trail
Character: Melissa Thompson
Released: January 21, 2001
Type: Movie
Rafe Covington is as good as his word, and he's determined to keep his promise to a dying man that he'll look after the man's widow and Wyoming ranch. But the widow doubts the integrity of drifter Covington. And an unscrupulous land grabber and his gunmen are sizing up the ranch the way a spider eyes a fly.
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Thin Air
Title: Thin Air
Character: Evans
Released: September 12, 2000
Type: Movie
Frank Belson didn't ask too many questions about the past of his new wife Lisa St. Claire, even after she suddenly and mysteriously disappeared one night. He brings in Spenser to help locate her, who begins to piece together her complete life story while submerged in the Latino shadow world of the town of Proctor.
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Title: Family Law
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.
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Title: Judging Amy
Character: Carolyn O'Brien
Released: September 19, 1999
Type: TV
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.
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Small Vices
Title: Small Vices
Character: Evans
Released: July 18, 1999
Type: Movie
Bested on the best-selling novel by author Robert B. Parker, Joe Mantegna is Spenser - Boston's best-known private eye. Called upon to investigate a case of murder, corruption, and betrayal, the super sleuth finds himself marked for death and on the run from a ruthless international assassin.
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Alone
Title: Alone
Character: Jacqueline
Released: December 21, 1997
Type: Movie
John Webb is recently widowed and living alone on the farm he and his brother used to share. He rarely sees his daughters, Jacqueline and Grace Ann, and his only company is Grey, the farm's longtime overseer. John's solitude is interrupted by his nephews, Carl and Gus Jr., who have been approached about drilling for oil on the farm. Tensions rise as John clashes with his opportunistic family.
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Everything to Gain
Title: Everything to Gain
Character: Jessica Jordan
Released: October 13, 1996
Type: Movie
After losing her husband and two daughters in a robbery, Mallory must face up to her bereavement and ensuing depression.
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Judge Dredd
Title: Judge Dredd
Character: Judge Evelyn McGruder
Released: June 30, 1995
Type: Movie
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.
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Above Suspicion
Title: Above Suspicion
Character: Laura
Released: May 21, 1995
Type: Movie
Dempsey Cain is an honored cop, a loving husband and father, and mentor to his handsome younger brother. Then a drug dealer's bullet paralyzes him for life and Dempsey's world is shattered. Suddenly, his wife and brother seem to care less about him than for each other, and a million-dollar insurance.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
Title: Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
Character: Perrin (archive footage)
Released: February 27, 1995
Type: Movie
When the Federation calls for help in locating an ambassador suspected of defecting, Picard is troubled to learn that Spock is the one who has vanished. Seeking information from Spock's ailing father, Sarek, and unlikely help from the Klingons, Picard and his crew find the ambassador pursuing a personal mission on Romulus: a Vulcan/Romulan reunification. But though the Romulans claim to support the same goal, their motives are not what they seem.
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Title: ER
Character: Mrs. Larson
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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Title: Chicago Hope
Released: September 18, 1994
Type: TV
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.
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Natural Selection
Title: Natural Selection
Released: January 10, 1994
Type: Movie
Software programmer Ben Braden has it all: beautiful wife, cute kid, dream house, sports car, great job. Then one day the doorbell rings and he finds himself standing eye to eye with Alex Connelly, every inch his double and hell-bent on getting Ben's material features as well...
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The American Clock
Title: The American Clock
Character: Fanny
Released: January 2, 1993
Type: Movie
Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything in the stock market crash of 1929. Lee, a college-age young man, who now faces no possibility of entering college, decides to go on the road to see what is happening to the rest of the country.
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The Heart of Justice
Title: The Heart of Justice
Character: Mrs. Burgess
Released: October 14, 1992
Type: Movie
David Leader investigates a seemingly senseless murder, and in the course of it is drawn into the labyrinth of a sinisterly unique wealthy family...
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The Habitation of Dragons
Title: The Habitation of Dragons
Character: Evelyn Sparks
Released: September 8, 1992
Type: Movie
Two brothers of totally different natures live in a small town in Texas. Since the death of their father they confront one another all the time for all kind of major and minor problems.
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The Water Engine
Title: The Water Engine
Character: Mrs. Varek
Released: August 24, 1992
Type: Movie
In the 1930s, Charles Lang invents an engine that runs using water for fuel. But when he tries to get it patented, he is first offered a ridiculously low amount. When he refuses, he is suddenly several people are pressuring him to sell. The big oil companies don't want the competition. Now he has to try and keep them from getting his idea, and somehow get it published.
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Title: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Character: Gertrude
Released: February 8, 1991
Type: Movie
Two minor characters from the play "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
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Blackout
Title: Blackout
Character: Eleanor Carpenter
Released: October 29, 1988
Type: Movie
A young girl returns to her hometown in search of her father, gradually her childhood memories returns; a childhood with incest and violence.
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Title: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character: Perrin
Released: September 28, 1987
Type: TV
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
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Right to Die
Title: Right to Die
Character: Catherine
Released: August 12, 1987
Type: Movie
Emily Bauer (Raquel Welch) is a successful psychologist with a happy home life who is suddenly stricken with the dreaded neurological affliction ALS (aka "Lou Gehrig's Disease"). At first, she is determined to fight for her life, but as her conditions deteriorates and she becomes more of a human vegetable, Ms. Welch begs her husband (Michael Gross) to help her die.
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All My Sons
Title: All My Sons
Character: Sue Bayliss
Released: January 19, 1987
Type: Movie
Two families, related by friendship and love, face up to the consequences of greed and avarice in the post-war years. Love and death play equal roles in determining the outcome of events.
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As Is
Title: As Is
Character: Lily
Released: July 27, 1986
Type: Movie
Story of a homosexual man who finds out he has AIDS and how people react. Ex-lovers are brought together when the former is stricken with AIDS. Often humorous and never morose, author William Hoffman doesn't pull his punches with either his portrayal of a gay lifestyle or of the emotional toll the disease takes.
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The Sound of Murder
Title: The Sound of Murder
Character: Ann Norberry
Released: September 18, 1984
Type: Movie
The wife of a cynical children's author and her navy man lover decide to murder him because he won't give her a divorce. Their plan is so diabolically complicated it just might work, but the wife has second thoughts.
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Cross Creek
Title: Cross Creek
Character: Mrs. Turner
Released: September 21, 1983
Type: Movie
In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editors and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.
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Title: Cagney & Lacey
Released: March 25, 1982
Type: TV
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.
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Title: Darkroom
Released: November 27, 1981
Type: TV
Darkroom is an American television thriller series which ABC transmitted from November 27, 1981 to January 15, 1982. It was an anthology horror/thriller series, similar in style to Rod Serling's Night Gallery. Each 60-minute episode featured two or more stories of varying length with a new story and a new cast, but each of the episode wraparound segments was hosted by James Coburn. Among the performers who appeared on the series were Steve Allen, Esther Rolle, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, David Carradine, Billy Crystal, and June Lockhart.
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Title: The Sophisticated Gents
Character: Sandra Dobson
Released: September 29, 1981
Type: TV
The 25-year reunion of members of a black athletic-social club brings together nine of its members for the first time to honor their old coach but is marred by a murder investigation involving one of the gents.
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The Promise of Love
Title: The Promise of Love
Character: Toni Emelio
Released: November 11, 1980
Type: Movie
A teenage bride becomes a war widow when her Marine Corps husband is killed in Vietnam, until into her life comes a civilian recreation director who works at Camp Pendleton.
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The Orphan
Title: The Orphan
Released: November 2, 1979
Type: Movie
A disturbed young man is plagued by horrific headaches that he believes make him commit murders.
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Title: Trapper John, M.D.
Released: September 23, 1979
Type: TV
Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable doctor who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on CBS from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986.
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A Fire in the Sky
Title: A Fire in the Sky
Character: Jennifer Dreiser
Released: November 26, 1978
Type: Movie
Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but without 100% certainty, the governor of Arizona is reticent to cause a panic. Even after a television news reporter discovers the truth and threatens to go live with it, the response is understated enough to doom some residents of Phoenix to certain death.
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Title: Kaz
Released: September 10, 1978
Type: TV
Kaz is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 10, 1978 to April 22, 1979.
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Title: The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Released: September 8, 1978
Type: TV
The Eddie Capra Mysteries is an American mystery television series starring Vincent Baggetta that aired on NBC from September 8, 1978, to January 12, 1979. The series centers on a lawyer who investigates murders and has a knack for solving them.
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Title: The Runaways
Released: April 27, 1978
Type: TV
A psychologist tracked down runaways in what began as a short-run series called `Operation: Runaway,' which aired in the spring of 1978. It was slated for a fall pickup, but was shelved until the following spring, when it had a new title and some new cast members, including Alan Feinstein, who replaced Robert Reed (four years removed from `The Brady Bunch').
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Title: Dallas
Character: Martha Randolph
Released: April 2, 1978
Type: TV
The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked "Who shot J.R.?" A slow-burner to begin with, Dallas hit its stride in the 2nd season, with long storylines and expert character development. Dallas ruled the airwaves in the 1980's.
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Title: The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Character: Beth Constantine
Released: January 23, 1978
Type: TV
A New York commercial artist and his wife and daughter move to a quiet, rustic New England village they visited during their travels, only to find themselves mixed up in ritualistic lifestyle full of foreboding secrets.
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Title: The Incredible Hulk
Character: Dr. Joyce Hill
Released: November 4, 1977
Type: TV
During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he crosses the country, fugitive-style, with a dogged tabloid reporter on his trail.
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Title: Rafferty
Released: September 5, 1977
Type: TV
Rafferty is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from September 5 to November 28, 1977. The series stars Patrick McGoohan as Doctor Sid Rafferty, a former army doctor running his own private practice in Los Angeles and helping out part time at City General Hospital.
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Delta County, USA
Title: Delta County, USA
Character: Kate McCain Nicholas
Released: May 20, 1977
Type: Movie
Delta County is a staid Southern community caught between the old traditions and a rapidly changing way of life. For teenagers Terry Nicholas, his sister McCain, and Joe Ed, the boy from the wrong side of the tracks that she's attracted to, the old traditions have little meaning in their lives. Their elders, struggling to preserve values of an older day, have personal problems that are sometimes overwhelming, such as the one facing John McCain Jr., an alcoholic whose wife Kate is having a hidden and torrid romance that sets her husband off on a vengeance-seeking spree.
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The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Title: The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Character: Abigail Adams
Released: May 20, 1976
Type: Movie
Developed from Anne Grant's book, Our North American Foremothers, this film recreates historical moments and women who fought for equality and freedom over the span of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
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The Ultimate Warrior
Title: The Ultimate Warrior
Character: Melinda
Released: October 2, 1975
Type: Movie
Only a few people still live in New York in 2012. They are organized in gangs with their own turf. One of them is led by Baron, another one by Carrot, and they are constantly at war with each other.
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Title: Barbary Coast
Character: Renata
Released: September 8, 1975
Type: TV
Barbary Coast is an American television series that aired on ABC. The pilot movie first aired on May 4, 1975 and the series itself premiered September 8, 1975; the last episode aired January 9, 1976. Barbary Coast was inspired by a similar 19th-century spy series, The Wild Wild West, and like the earlier program, Barbary Coast mixed the genres of Western and secret agent drama.
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Bug
Title: Bug
Character: Carrie Parmiter
Released: June 6, 1975
Type: Movie
An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town. The studies carried out by scientist James Parmiter, however, reveal an intent with much more far-reaching consequences.
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The Trial of Chaplain Jensen
Title: The Trial of Chaplain Jensen
Character: Kathleen Jensen
Released: February 11, 1975
Type: Movie
Based on a true story, this film tells the story of Chaplain Andrew Jensen, the only U.S. navy chaplain ever court-martialed on charges of adultery.
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Title: Barney Miller
Character: Eleanor Driscoll
Released: January 23, 1975
Type: TV
Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed the majority of the episodes.
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Aloha Means Goodbye
Title: Aloha Means Goodbye
Character: Pamela Crane
Released: October 11, 1974
Type: Movie
A young woman who is battling a rare blood disease must also fight against a greedy doctor who needs a heart-transplant donor, and has her in mind.
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Title: Petrocelli
Released: September 11, 1974
Type: TV
Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 31, 1976. Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a sleepy city in the American Southwest. He and wife Maggie live in a trailer in the country while waiting for their new house to be built, and travel around in a beat-up old pickup truck. For a quiet rural area, Petrocelli seems to have no trouble running into his share of murderers to defend.
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Born Innocent
Title: Born Innocent
Character: Barbara Clark
Released: September 10, 1974
Type: Movie
A constant runaway is given over to the care of the state and finds herself in a remand centre for girls. She is soon caught between the uncaring bureaucracy, the sometimes brutal treatment from her peers and her own abusive family, and only one care worker sees her potential to rise above her tragic circumstances.
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The Glass Menagerie
Title: The Glass Menagerie
Character: Laura Wingfield
Released: December 16, 1973
Type: Movie
An aging Southern belle's preoccupation with her past and her dreams for her children's futures threaten to smother her painfully shy daughter and her aspiring writer son.
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Title: Kojak
Character: Miss Lorelei Mason
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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Title: The Magician
Character: Maggie Jones
Released: October 2, 1973
Type: TV
The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, a playboy philanthropist who used his skills to solve difficult crimes as needed. In the series pilot, the character was instead named Anthony Dorian. The name change was due to a conflict with the name of a real life stage magician.
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Title: Search
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: TV
Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET, from September 1972 to August 1973. It ran for 23 episodes, not including the two-hour pilot film originally titled Probe. When picked up for series production, the title had to be changed because Probe was the name of an existing PBS series. In the UK the series aired on BBC 1 under the title Search Control. The show was created by Leslie Stevens, and produced by Leslie Stevens, Robert Justman, John Strong and Tony Spinner. The high concept was described as "science fiction in today's world" and the episodes featured many high-tech elements which are considered common in current science fiction shows.
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The Way We Live Now
Title: The Way We Live Now
Character: Amelia
Released: May 27, 1970
Type: Movie
A mid-life crisis propels a disaffected advertising executive out of his marriage and into a series of disastrous love affairs with a series of women. He will eventually return to his wife, chastened.
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Title: Medical Center
Released: September 24, 1969
Type: TV
Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.
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Title: Mannix
Released: September 16, 1967
Type: TV
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.
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Title: The Edge of Night
Released: April 2, 1956
Type: TV
The Edge of Night was an American television mystery series/soap opera produced by Procter & Gamble. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that network until November 28, 1975; the series then moved to ABC, where it aired from December 1, 1975, until December 28, 1984. There were 7,420 episodes, with some 1,800 available for syndication.