Allison Argo

Allison Argo

Born: December 23, 1953
in Richmond, Virginia
Allison Argo (born December 23, 1953) is a film producer, director, writer, editor, and narrator. She is best known for her documentaries that focus on endangered wildlife and conservation. Argo's films have received awards including six National Emmys and the duPont-Columbia Award for journalism.

Movies for Allison Argo...

Parrot Confidential
Title: Parrot Confidential
Character: Narrator
Released: November 13, 2013
Type: Movie
From PBS and NATURE - From the wilds of Costa Rica to the suburbs of our own country, parrot owners, rescuers, breeders, and biologists involved in conservation programs share their stories and the stories of their parrots in this bittersweet and unforgettable film about the difficulties and consequences of keeping and caring for parrots as pets.
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The Secret Life of Cats
Title: The Secret Life of Cats
Character: Herself (Narrator)
Released: June 13, 2013
Type: Movie
From pampered show cats to strays in Miami, NGC explores the human bond with felines and the killer that still lives in these beloved companions.
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Frogs: The Thin Green Line
Title: Frogs: The Thin Green Line
Character: Narrator
Released: April 5, 2009
Type: Movie
An examination of the extinction threat faced by frogs, which have hopped on Earth for some 250 million years and are a crucial cog in the ecosystem. Scientists believe they've pinpointed a cause for the loss of many of the amphibians: the chytrid fungus, which flourishes in high altitudes. Unfortunately, they don't know how to combat it. Included: an isolated forest in Panama that has yet to be touched by the fungus, thus enabling frogs to live and thrive as they have for eons.
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Cheetah Story
Title: Cheetah Story
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
The Serengeti is Africa's largest nature reserve and one of its most notable inhabitants is the cheetah, also called cheetah. A young cheetah tells of his carefree childhood on the Serengeti Plain in Tanzania, thanks to his wonderful mother. She takes care of food on the shelf and with her he and his brothers and sister have nothing to fear. Lesson one: tripping the calf, lesson two: choking and biting to death, lesson three: Catching a calf yourself. Mother cheeta allows her boy to practice on a gazelle calf she has caught for them. One day, the young cheetahs will have to hunt themselves. Without Mommy's help.
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Cathy's Valentine
Title: Cathy's Valentine
Character: Andrea (voice)
Released: February 10, 1989
Type: Movie
As Valentine's Day approaches, Cathy, ever the romantic, becomes passionately consumed with thoughts of hearts, flowers and candle-lit dinners.
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Star Street: The Happy Birthday Movie
Title: Star Street: The Happy Birthday Movie
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Star Street is a Dutch children's cartoon that was popular both in Benelux and in the United Kingdom. The protagonists were pink big-nosed creatures comically fashioned after horoscopes of the western zodiac and was set on a small star-shaped planet in the outer reaches of the universe. The antagonists were green blobbish creatures known appropriately as blobs governed by an even larger pink blob creature, Momo the Glutton. The cartoon's premise was somewhat similar to The Smurfs and The Care Bears.
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Vytor: The Starfire Champion
Title: Vytor: The Starfire Champion
Character: Baboose (voice)
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
In a world where arcane magic and futuristic technology coexist, a brave tribal warrior with a mysterious ring and a brave female warrior from the futuristic city in the sky must battle an evil warlord who holds an orb of tremendous power.
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Cathy's Last Resort
Title: Cathy's Last Resort
Character: Andrea (voice)
Released: November 11, 1988
Type: Movie
Cathy's preparations for an idyllic, romantic vacation with her boyfriend, Irving, go awry.
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Whatever Happened to the Future?
Title: Whatever Happened to the Future?
Character: Ilene
Released: November 6, 1987
Type: Movie
In a series of wistful vignettes, Segalove looks at how her childhood vision of the future holds up (or doesn't) in adulthood. Commissioned by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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Cathy
Title: Cathy
Character: Andrea (voice)
Released: May 15, 1987
Type: Movie
An animated special based on the comic strip Cathy by Cathy Guisewite.
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Cry from the Mountain
Title: Cry from the Mountain
Character: Laurie Matthews
Released: November 1, 1985
Type: Movie
The film centers on an emotional kayaking trip between a father and a son. The father has taken his boy into the deep Alaskan wilderness to tell him that he is divorcing the boy's mother, who is pregnant and waiting for them back home. While on the trip, the father and son get involved in a potentially fatal accident. Fortunately, an enigmatic mountain man appears to save them. Later he helps the troubled twosome find hope and salvation through God. Meanwhile, the wife, also finds a new life through old-time religion and happiness ensues all around.
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Title: Nature
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 10, 1982
Type: TV
Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
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The Return of Frank Cannon
Title: The Return of Frank Cannon
Character: Jessica Bingham
Released: October 31, 1980
Type: Movie
Private detective Frank Cannon comes out of retirement to investigate an old friend and Army Intelligence colleague's death, which has been ruled a suicide, but which smells like murder.
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Casino
Title: Casino
Character: Angie Taylor
Released: August 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Mike Connors is a suave gambler who owns a floating hotel/casino which takes a turn when the passengers are stalked by a saboteur during the casino ship's maiden voyage.
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High Ice
Title: High Ice
Character: Kathy
Released: January 7, 1980
Type: Movie
A grizzled veteran forest ranger finds himself in conflict with a decisive but impatient Army Search and Rescue officer who does not want to share command of an operation to rescue several stranded weekend climbers from a mountain ledge.
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The Gift
Title: The Gift
Character: Kathleen
Released: December 15, 1979
Type: Movie
A sailor on Christmas leave visits his boozing, one-legged father and dreamer mother in 1950s Brooklyn.
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Between the Lines
Title: Between the Lines
Character: Dancer
Released: April 27, 1977
Type: Movie
The staff of the Back Bay Mainline, a Boston underground newspaper that rose to prominence in the 1960s, struggles with the shifting social climate of the '70s amid rumors that the paper is about to be sold to a media giant.