Ronee Blakley

Ronee Blakley

Born: August 24, 1945
in Nampa, Idaho, USA
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Ronee Blakley (born August 24, 1945) is an American entertainer. Though an accomplished singer, songwriter, composer, producer and director, she is perhaps best known as an actress. Her most famous role was as the fictional country superstar Barbara Jean in Robert Altman's 1975 film Nashville, for which she won a National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for an Academy Award. She also had a notable role in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).

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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Title: Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Character: The Ingenue
Released: June 11, 2019
Type: Movie
Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year.
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We Blew It
Title: We Blew It
Character: Self
Released: November 8, 2017
Type: Movie
How did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960's and 1970's? What do the people who lived in that golden age think about it today? Did they really blow it? Shot in Cinemascope - from New Jersey to California - this melancholic and elegiac road-movie draws upon the portrait of a confused, complex and incandescent America one year after the start of the electoral campaign. That golden age has become its last romantic border and an inconsolable America is about to pull on a trigger called Trump.
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The Making of 'Nashville'
Title: The Making of 'Nashville'
Character: Self
Released: December 3, 2013
Type: Movie
Retrospective documentary on the making of Robert Altman's Nashville (1975).
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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Title: Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Character: Self (archive footage)
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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Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
Title: Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
The saga behind this modern horror classic. Featuring Wes Craven, Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss and many more.
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Murder by Numbers
Title: Murder by Numbers
Character: Faith
Released: September 30, 1990
Type: Movie
Hired by the deceased's ex-wife, a private eye checks out the death of a gay man who had AIDS.
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Someone to Love
Title: Someone to Love
Character: Attendee
Released: September 11, 1987
Type: Movie
A Hollywood film director assembles a group of friends and strangers for a social gathering on Valentines Day in a deserted movie theater where he interviews each one on their opinions on love and loneliness.
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A Return to Salem's Lot
Title: A Return to Salem's Lot
Character: Sally
Released: September 11, 1987
Type: Movie
Joe Weber is an anthropologist who takes his son on a trip to the New England town of Salem's Lot unaware that it is populated by vampires. When the inhabitants reveal their secret, they ask Joe to write a bible for them.
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Student Confidential
Title: Student Confidential
Character: Jenny Selden
Released: June 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Four high school students are led into the world of adult vices by their guidance counselor, a shadowy, suicidal millionaire.
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The False Prophet
Title: The False Prophet
Character: Cassie Pines
Released: August 4, 1985
Type: Movie
A young woman depends on an astrology machine to help her make all her decisions.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
Title: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Character: Marge Thompson
Released: October 31, 1984
Type: Movie
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
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Title: Tales from the Darkside
Character: Cassie Pines
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.
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Title: Hotel
Released: August 21, 1982
Type: TV
Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco. Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of The Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff.
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The Oklahoma City Dolls
Title: The Oklahoma City Dolls
Character: Valene Burns
Released: January 23, 1981
Type: Movie
Susan Blakey plays Sally Jo Purkey, a factory worker who leads a rebellion among her co-workers for equal rights by forming a company football team for women and hires a down-on-his-luck coach (Eddie Albert) to make them winners.
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Lightning Over Water
Title: Lightning Over Water
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Director 'Nicholas Ray' is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer. Wim Wenders is working on his own film Hammett (1983) in Hollywood, but flies to New York to help Ray realize his final wish. Ray's original intent is to make a fiction film about a dying painter who sails to China to find a cure for his disease. He and Wenders discuss this idea, but it is obviously unrealistic given Ray's state of health.
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The Baltimore Bullet
Title: The Baltimore Bullet
Character: Valene Burns
Released: April 1, 1980
Type: Movie
A tale of two hustlers trying to set up a big game.
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Title: Beyond Westworld
Character: Ruth Avery
Released: March 5, 1980
Type: TV
Beyond Westworld was a short-lived 1980 television series that carried on the stories of the two feature films, Westworld and Futureworld. It featured Jim McMullan as Security Chief John Moore of the Delos Corporation. The story revolved around John Moore having to stop the evil scientist, Quaid, as he planned to use the robots in Delos to try to take over the world. Despite being nominated for two Emmys, only five episodes were produced, and only three of them were aired before cancellation.
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Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Title: Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Character: Betsy
Released: April 13, 1979
Type: Movie
An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.
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She Came To The Valley
Title: She Came To The Valley
Character: Willy Westall
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Based on the book by Cleo Dawson, this film follows the struggle of a female settler as she becomes involved in a political conflict during the Spanish-American War.
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Desperate Women
Title: Desperate Women
Character: Selena Watson
Released: October 25, 1978
Type: Movie
A laconic ex-hired gun in the Old West teams up with three scrappy female prisoners abandoned in the desert, two orphaned children, an army deserter, and a group of cantankerous animals, all of whom try to outsmart and outshoot a ratty gang of desperadoes trying to retrieve their boss' girlfriend and the saddle-tramp's secret cargo.
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Title: Vega$
Released: September 20, 1978
Type: TV
Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is believed to be the first television series produced entirely in Las Vegas. The show stars Robert Urich as private detective Dan Tanna, who drove around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike.
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The Driver
Title: The Driver
Character: The Connection
Released: June 8, 1978
Type: Movie
The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He promises pardons to a gang if they help to convict him in a set-up robbery. The Driver seeks help from The Player to mislead the detective.
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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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Renaldo and Clara
Title: Renaldo and Clara
Character: Mrs. Dylan
Released: January 25, 1978
Type: Movie
Filmed in the autumn of 1975 prior to and during Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour – featuring appearances and performances by Ronee Blakley, T-Bone Burnett, Jack Elliott, Allen Ginsberg, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Hawkins, Roger McGuinn, Joni Mitchell, Mick Ronson, Arlen Roth, Sam Shepard, and Harry Dean Stanton – the film incorporates three distinct film genres: concert footage, documentary interviews, and dramatic fictional vignettes reflective of Dylan's song lyrics and life.
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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Title: The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Character: Carrie DeWitt
Released: December 1, 1977
Type: Movie
The files that escaped the shredder have become an incredible motion picture. From the Kennedys to Martin Luther King. From cab drivers to Congressmen. From housewives to hostesses. He had something on 58 million people. It was all in his files. Now you can see how he used it.
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Title: The Love Boat
Character: Sally Carter
Released: September 24, 1977
Type: TV
Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.
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Three Dangerous Ladies
Title: Three Dangerous Ladies
Character: Simone Maglore
Released: June 5, 1977
Type: Movie
Three unrelated horror shorts from 1975 UK horror anthology series "Classics Dark and Dangerous" edited together into one horror film anthology with three segments. Each story features a woman who willingly or unwillingly spreads evil.
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Mannikin
Title: Mannikin
Character: Simone Maglore
Released: February 24, 1977
Type: Movie
A singer is possessed by a demonic spirit. From the book by Robert Bloch (Psycho).
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TVTV Looks at the Oscars
Title: TVTV Looks at the Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 30, 1976
Type: Movie
Made in 1976, TVTV's close-up look at Hollywood's annual awards ritual mixes irreverent documentary with deadpan comedy. TVTV's cameras go behind the scenes to follow major Hollywood figures (including Steven Spielberg, Michael Douglas, Lee Grant, Jack Nicholson, and many others), capturing them in candid moments—inside their limousines, dressing for the ceremony, backstage at the awards.
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Nashville
Title: Nashville
Character: Barbara Jean
Released: June 11, 1975
Type: Movie
The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Title: ABC Afterschool Special
Character: Gina Sherman
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.
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Wilbur and the Baby Factory
Title: Wilbur and the Baby Factory
Released: August 1, 1970
Type: Movie
As an alternative to being drafted, a young man is given the job of fathering 2000 children for a future perfect race.
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Of One Blood
Title: Of One Blood
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Music plays a great part in the movie, with a soundtrack of original music by Ronee Blakely in her first film as a director, which she also co-stars in with her daughter.