Fran Bennett

Fran Bennett

Born: August 14, 1937
Died: September 12, 2021
in Malvern, Arkansas, USA

Movies for Fran Bennett...

The Manor
Title: The Manor
Character: Ruth
Released: October 8, 2021
Type: Movie
After suffering a stroke, Judith moves into a historic nursing home, where she begins to suspect something supernatural is preying on the residents. With no one willing to believe her, Judith must either escape the confines of the manor, or fall victim to the evil that dwells within it.
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Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's
Title: Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Character: Mother Jefferson
Released: May 22, 2019
Type: Movie
Celebrities re-create an original episode each from "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
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Jessabelle
Title: Jessabelle
Character: Mrs. Davis
Released: November 7, 2014
Type: Movie
A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.
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Title: The Fosters
Character: Iris
Released: June 3, 2013
Type: TV
Stef Foster, a dedicated police officer, and her partner Lena Adams, a school vice principal, have built a close-knit, loving family with Stef's biological son from a previous marriage, Brandon, and their adopted twins, Mariana and Jesus. Their lives are disrupted in unexpected ways when Lena meets Callie, a hardened teen with an abusive past who has spent her life in and out of foster homes. Lena and Stef welcome Callie and her brother, Jude, into their home thinking it's just for a few weeks, until a more permanent placement can be found. But life has something else in store for the Fosters.
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Title: Scandal
Character: Louis
Released: April 5, 2012
Type: TV
Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for their clients, but it becomes apparent that these "gladiators in suits," who specialize in fixing the lives of other people, have trouble fixing those closest at hand -- their own.
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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Title: Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 2010
Type: Movie
For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.
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Title: Community
Character: Nana
Released: September 17, 2009
Type: TV
Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.
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Grave Misconduct
Title: Grave Misconduct
Character: Mrs. Crutch
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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Title: The Book of Daniel
Character: Lorraine
Released: January 6, 2006
Type: TV
Rev. Daniel Webster, an unconventional Episcopalian priest who not only believes in Jesus, but actually sees him and discusses life with him, is challenged on many levels as he struggles to be a good husband, father and minister, while navigating an often rocky relationship with the church hierarchy.
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Title: Numb3rs
Released: January 23, 2005
Type: TV
Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles from a very different perspective.
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Title: Boston Legal
Character: Judge Diane Avent
Released: October 3, 2004
Type: TV
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.
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Title: Boomtown
Character: Beatrice Rahming
Released: September 29, 2002
Type: TV
Each episode of this series, set in contemporary Los Angeles, examines one crime from many different viewpoints - uniformed cops, detectives, witnesses, the media, the fire department and rescue squad, even the criminals themselves.
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Title: Crossing Jordan
Character: Judge
Released: September 24, 2001
Type: TV
Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
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The Sky is Falling
Title: The Sky is Falling
Character: Mrs. Quinn
Released: June 7, 2001
Type: Movie
A young woman, struggling to become a novelist, has her life go into a tailspin. Her first novel is rejected, her non-committal boy friend decides to take a powder, her best friend moves to Mexico for an acting job, and her mother announces that her long presumed dead father is actually a hippie photographer who has come to town to meet her. Sinking into a depression at being a total failure at 28, she starts fantasizing about suicide. In her depths of despair she meets various eccentric characters including a chain-smoking Santa Claus and an obnoxious literary agent. But her belief in herself is only restored when she meets a patient in a hospital where she does volunteer work.
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The Next Best Thing
Title: The Next Best Thing
Character: Judge Tracey Bennett
Released: March 3, 2000
Type: Movie
A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with her and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.
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8MM
Title: 8MM
Character: Nun
Released: February 26, 1999
Type: Movie
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.
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Title: Providence
Character: Chairwoman
Released: January 8, 1999
Type: TV
Providence is an American television drama series.
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Title: Sunset Beach
Released: January 6, 1997
Type: TV
Sunset Beach is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from January 6, 1997 to December 31, 1999. The show follows the loves and lives of the people living in the Orange County coastal area named Sunset Beach, on the coast of California. Although there is a town in California called Sunset Beach, the show's beach scenes were shot on nearby Seal Beach. The show was co-produced by NBC and Spelling Television. Sunset Beach won two Daytime Emmy Awards and was nominated another eleven times. The show also received twenty-two nominations for various other awards.
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Title: Early Edition
Released: September 28, 1996
Type: TV
Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the future. What will he do with tomorrow's news?
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Foxfire
Title: Foxfire
Character: Judge Holifield
Released: August 23, 1996
Type: Movie
The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Character: Judge Donna Andrews
Released: November 9, 1994
Type: Movie
The alleged suicide of a gubernatorial candidate triggers a series of mysterious deaths leading to the governor's mansion, and "Wild" Bill McKenzie, a friend of Perry Mason, is on the case.
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New Nightmare
Title: New Nightmare
Character: Dr. Christine Heffner
Released: October 13, 1994
Type: Movie
Cast and crew from earlier A Nightmare on Elm Street installments are terrorized by Freddy Krueger and his razor-fingered glove as he crosses over into the real world.
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Once in a Lifetime
Title: Once in a Lifetime
Character: Dr. Liz Wells
Released: October 2, 1994
Type: Movie
After losing her husband and baby daughter to a fire, Daphne Fields raises her deaf son while beginning a writing career. Hollywood loves her scripts, but her heart remains with her son Andrew, under the care of Headmaster Matthew Dane at an eastern boarding school. Daphne finally seems to have rediscovered love in her leading man. But an accident leaves her hospitalized, contemplating her life, fate and her best chance for love.
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Title: ER
Character: Michelle
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: ER
Character: Phyllis
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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Majority Rule
Title: Majority Rule
Character: Jane
Released: October 27, 1992
Type: Movie
A war heroine returns to the US to run for president and ends up facing enemies worse than those in the battle: corruption and the dangerous game of power.
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Title: Melrose Place
Character: Dr. Miller
Released: July 8, 1992
Type: TV
Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, California.
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Breaking the Silence
Title: Breaking the Silence
Character: Judge Virginia Richards
Released: January 14, 1992
Type: Movie
Drama about an attorney who defends a teenage boy accused of murdering his abusive father and must come to grips with his shameful secrets about his own mother.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
Title: Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
Character: Shanthi (archive footage)
Released: September 23, 1991
Type: Movie
Loyalties are divided when civil war splits the Klingon Empire. When Worf sees a chance to regain his wrongfully lost family honor, he must choose between his duty as a Starfleet officer and his heritage as a Klingon warrior. Meanwhile, Picard struggles to keep the Federation from being dragged into the fray. But a shocking new adversary from the past threatens to destroy both the Federation and the Klingon Empire.
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The Doctor
Title: The Doctor
Character: Admissions Secretary
Released: July 24, 1991
Type: Movie
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions.
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The Knife and Gun Club
Title: The Knife and Gun Club
Character: Nurse Mary Falk
Released: July 30, 1990
Type: Movie
Failed drama series pilot about events at a trauma center run by two doctors struggling to keep the Emergency Room open.
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Title: Mancuso, F.B.I.
Released: October 13, 1989
Type: TV
Mancuso, F.B.I. is a crime drama which was aired by NBC as part of its 1989-90 schedule. Mancuso, F.B.I. stars veteran actor Robert Loggia as Nick Mancuso, a hardened veteran of the Bureau now assigned to Washington, D.C., where he was largely regarded by his superiors and bureaucratic types as a maverick with little regard for agency rules and procedures. This charge was largely true; Mancuso's true motivation was, as a press release for the show near the time of its premiere described it, "a passionate love affair with the United States Constitution" and an overwhelming desire to see genuine justice rather than the mere appearance of it.
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Title: Nasty Boys
Released: September 21, 1989
Type: TV
The Nasty Boys is a television action drama series based on the real life Narcotics Officers of the North Las Vegas Police Department.
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Title: Quantum Leap
Character: Marie Billings
Released: March 26, 1989
Type: TV
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
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Title: Quantum Leap
Character: Ada Simpson
Released: March 26, 1989
Type: TV
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
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Title: Nightingales
Character: Head Nurse Lenore Ritt
Released: January 21, 1989
Type: TV
Nightingales is an American medical drama television series follows the stories of Christine Broderick, a supervisor of student nurses and her five nursing students: Sam, Bridget, Yolanda, Becky, and Allyson. Other hospital personnel include Christine's love interest, Dr. Paul Petrillo; the head nurse, Lenore Ritt; and the chief of staff, Dr. Garrett Braden.
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Roots: The Gift
Title: Roots: The Gift
Character: May
Released: December 11, 1988
Type: Movie
On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of runaway slaves as they attempt to reach freedom in the North.
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Nightingales
Title: Nightingales
Character: Nurse Ritt
Released: June 27, 1988
Type: Movie
"Nightingales" are eight student nurses living off campus in Southern California in this stylish Aaron Spelling production that ultimately was developed into a short-lived series which aired on NBC at the beginning of 1989. Subsequently edited down to 90 minutes, the film later served as the premiere episode for the series, which was reworked to add Suzanne Pleshette and Barry Newman as stars.
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Title: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character: Fleet Admiral Shanthi
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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Title: Jake and the Fatman
Released: September 26, 1987
Type: TV
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.
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Title: Tour of Duty
Released: September 24, 1987
Type: TV
The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
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Title: A Year in the Life
Character: Mrs. Caldwell
Released: September 16, 1987
Type: TV
Following the success of the three-part miniseries of the same name, the drama series follows the daily lives of Seattle's Gardner family. Joe Gardner is the owner of a successful plastics business and the father of four adult children. The Gardner family includes twice-divorced daughter Anne, who returns home with her two teenaged children; daughter Lindley and husband Jim, parents of a newborn baby daughter; black sheep son Jack; and conservative youngest son Sam, newly married to free-spirited Kay.
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The Morning After
Title: The Morning After
Character: Airline Clerk
Released: December 25, 1986
Type: Movie
Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex cannot totally rely on friends or her estranged husband, Joaquin, for assistance. Only a single ally, loner ex-policeman Turner Kendall, can help her escape her predicament and find the true killer.
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Title: ALF
Character: Mrs. Watson
Released: September 22, 1986
Type: TV
A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Judge Hillary Miller Johnson
Released: September 15, 1986
Type: TV
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
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Between Two Women
Title: Between Two Women
Character: Night Nurse
Released: March 10, 1986
Type: Movie
When shy school teacher Val and Harry, the son of an aged opera singer, get married, Val quickly discovers that Harry's mother, Barbara, is not very happy with their union. In fact, Barbara tries to separate the couple. But, when Barbara suffers a debilitating stroke, Val's compassion and empathy mend the rift between two women, giving Barbara the will to survive. But will Barbara learn to love her daughter-in-law?
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Title: Matlock
Character: Betty Harding
Released: March 3, 1986
Type: TV
Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount Television originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC; and from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry Mason, with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial, from the jury.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Released: September 27, 1985
Type: TV
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.
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Title: Highway to Heaven
Character: Flora
Released: September 19, 1984
Type: TV
A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Title: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Released: August 19, 1984
Type: Movie
An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
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Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Title: Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Character: Miss Deal
Released: May 14, 1984
Type: Movie
This is a splendid little sleeper of a movie. Ernie Kovacs was one of the giants of early television. I think he would be pleased with the way Jeff Goldbloom captures his wonky personality. Melody Anderson also distills that of Edie Adams. There is a very basic heart tugging story about the search for Kovacs' two abducted daughters. But at the same time the film is funny --- Cloris Leachman is a hoot as Kovacs impossible mom --- and has many of the offbeat and innovative qualities of the old Kovacs show itself.
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Romantic Comedy
Title: Romantic Comedy
Character: Doctor #1
Released: October 7, 1983
Type: Movie
Jason is in need of a collaborator to give him inspiration. Phoebe is a small-town English teacher with an urge to write. On the day Jason is being married, Jason and Phoebe meet and form a partnership.
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Title: St. Elsewhere
Released: October 26, 1982
Type: TV
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.
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Title: Remington Steele
Character: Coroner
Released: October 1, 1982
Type: TV
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.
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Title: Matt Houston
Released: September 26, 1982
Type: TV
Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.
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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: Falcon Crest
Released: December 4, 1981
Type: TV
Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest following the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley northeast of San Francisco.
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Title: Simon & Simon
Released: November 24, 1981
Type: TV
Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981 to January 21, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two brothers who run a private detective agency together.
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The Violation of Sarah McDavid
Title: The Violation of Sarah McDavid
Character: Ms. Merriam
Released: May 19, 1981
Type: Movie
Sarah McDavid, an idealistic young teacher, takes a job in a rough high school where she is eventually attacked and raped in her classroom after school hours and decides to buck the school system in an attempt to make schools safer for students and teachers alike, against the advice of the school's principal, Dr. Keys, who tries to gloss over the hazardous conditions and the incident itself to avoid bad publicity and decreased enrollment.
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Title: Knots Landing
Released: December 27, 1979
Type: TV
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.
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Friendships, Secrets and Lies
Title: Friendships, Secrets and Lies
Character: Clarissa
Released: December 3, 1979
Type: Movie
Six former sorority sisters are suspected of murder when a baby's skeleton is found in the ruins of the sorority house.
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Title: Diff'rent Strokes
Released: November 3, 1978
Type: TV
The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.
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Title: ABC Afterschool Special
Character: Nurse Etting
Released: October 4, 1972
Type: TV
Dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were either in animated form or presented as documentaries. Topics included illiteracy, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy.