Jacqueline Bisset

Jacqueline Bisset

Born: September 13, 1944
in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK
Jacqueline Bisset (born 13 September 1944) is an English actress. She has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award. She is known for her roles in the films Bullitt (1968), Airport (1970), The Deep (1977), Class (1983), and the TV series Nip/Tuck in 2006. She has also appeared in several French productions and was nominated for a César Award for La cérémonie (1995). She was awarded the Légion d'Honneur in 2010.

Movies for Jacqueline Bisset...

Title: Beau geste
Character: Self
Released: January 22, 2023
Type: TV
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Loren & Rose
Title: Loren & Rose
Character: Rose
Released: March 1, 2022
Type: Movie
The appetizer is an introduction, the dessert is a farewell in this story of an indelible bond forged between a promising young filmmaker and an iconic actress.
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Birds of Paradise
Title: Birds of Paradise
Character: Madame Brunelle
Released: September 23, 2021
Type: Movie
Two dancers at an elite ballet academy in Paris must compete for a contract to join the highly coveted Opéra National de Paris as they confront their competitive nature, sexual awakenings and how far they would go to win.
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The Lodger
Title: The Lodger
Character: Elizabeth Dardelin
Released: August 4, 2021
Type: Movie
Julie just started university in Bordeaux. She moves into the house of Elizabeth, an old widow who lends her a room in exchange for her help with daily chores. There’s one condition: acting as if Victor, Elizabeth’s dead husband, was still alive. But soon, Julie starts feeling his presence… and an inescapable and dangerous love triangle begins.
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Madeleine Collins
Title: Madeleine Collins
Character: Patty
Released: July 21, 2021
Type: Movie
Judith leads a double life between Switzerland and France. On the one hand Abdel, with whom she is raising a little girl, on the other Melvil with whom she has two older boys. Little by little, this fragile balance, made up of lies, secrets and back and forth, cracks dangerously. Trapped, Judith chooses to head forward, at the risk of losing everything.
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Blood Brothers
Title: Blood Brothers
Character: Mrs. Roland
Released: March 8, 2021
Type: Movie
Two brothers’ relationship strains when the younger one receives news of a strange inheritance complicating their competition for a mysterious young woman who arrives on their island. The entire family reaches a breaking point brought about by startling revelations about their mother’s fidelity, love, friendship and betrayal.
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Very Valentine
Title: Very Valentine
Character: Teodora Angelini
Released: June 8, 2019
Type: Movie
Owners of the Angelini Shoe Company, one of the last family-owned businesses in Greenwich Village, fight to save the company during financial hardships.
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Asher
Title: Asher
Character: Dora
Released: December 7, 2018
Type: Movie
Asher is a former Mossad agent turned gun for hire, living an austere life in an ever-changing Brooklyn. Approaching the end of his career, he breaks the oath he took as a young man when he meets Sophie on a hit gone wrong. In order to have love in his life before it's too late, he must kill the man he was, for a chance at becoming the man he wants to be.
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Head Full of Honey
Title: Head Full of Honey
Character: Vivian
Released: November 30, 2018
Type: Movie
A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him.
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Here and Now
Title: Here and Now
Character: Jeanne
Released: November 9, 2018
Type: Movie
On the eve of a major performance, singer Vivienne receives life-altering news that causes her to reevaluate her priorities. Crisscrossing the busy streets of New York City, she tries to balance her upcoming tour, family, and friends. Through interaction with her overbearing mother, Jeanne, her long-time manager, Ben, and her ex-husband, Nick, Vivienne strives to make peace with the decisions and sacrifices she's made along the way.
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Magic Lantern
Title: Magic Lantern
Character: Mary
Released: September 7, 2018
Type: Movie
At a theater readying for digital conversion, 22-year-old projectionist Mitch inserts himself into the tragic love story that unspools on the screen. He sets out to find the missing woman in a dreamscape Los Angeles, in a film about love, obsession and movies.
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Backstabbing for Beginners
Title: Backstabbing for Beginners
Character: Christina Dupre
Released: January 18, 2018
Type: Movie
An idealistic young employee at the U.N. investigates the grizzly murder of his predecessor – and uncovers a vast global conspiracy that may involve his own boss.
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9/11
Title: 9/11
Character: Diane
Released: September 7, 2017
Type: Movie
Five random strangers find themselves trapped in an elevator in the World Trade Center's North Tower on 9/11. They work together, never giving up hope, to try to escape before the unthinkable happens.
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Double Lover
Title: Double Lover
Character: Mme Schenker / Chloé's Mother
Released: May 26, 2017
Type: Movie
Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.
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The Last Film Festival
Title: The Last Film Festival
Character: Movie Star
Released: September 16, 2016
Type: Movie
Dennis Hopper plays Nick Twain, a Hollywood Producer whose latest film is rejected by every film festival in the world except one- in Ohio. Nick will do anything to get his film distributed, including manipulating his dysfunctional cast into attending the festival. Hollywood egos and small town politics inevitably collide.
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Miss You Already
Title: Miss You Already
Character: Miranda
Released: September 12, 2015
Type: Movie
The friendship between two life-long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.
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Peter and John
Title: Peter and John
Character: Julia Roland
Released: June 1, 2015
Type: Movie
A town doctor’s jealousy over his younger brother’s mysterious inheritance is compounded when they both fall for the same woman.
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Welcome to New York
Title: Welcome to New York
Character: Simone
Released: August 7, 2014
Type: Movie
George Devereaux, a prominent French politician, lives a life of debauchery, until he is arrested in New York for sexually assaulting a hotel maid.
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Title: Dancing on the Edge
Character: Lady Cremone
Released: February 4, 2013
Type: TV
An explosive 1930s drama following a jazz band in London at a time of huge change.
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Mulberry Child
Title: Mulberry Child
Character: Narrator
Released: September 7, 2012
Type: Movie
During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, millions had their lives destroyed...their reputations ruined. Mulberry Child is the story of the persecution and survival of Jian Ping's family during this difficult period. After growing up in Socialist China, Jian must learn to assimilate to a Capitalist world when she migrates to the United States. In pursuit of the American dream, Jian develops an emotional disconnect between her and her privileged American-born daughter, Lisa. Will a trip to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a journey into the past forge a healthier relationship between mother and daughter? The film teaches us the human capacity for courage and endurance, and shows how the events of the past will affect our future.
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2 Jacks
Title: 2 Jacks
Character: Diana - 2010
Released: August 23, 2012
Type: Movie
Jack Hussar is a legendary Hollywood director, whose persona commands respect and adoration from his fans. Can his son, Jack Jr. maintain his legacy?
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Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Title: Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Character: (images d'archives)
Released: October 25, 2011
Type: Movie
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An Old Fashioned Christmas
Title: An Old Fashioned Christmas
Character: Isabella
Released: December 11, 2010
Type: Movie
Isabella takes her granddaughter to Ireland to stay with a famous family friend for the holidays, only to discover that the best Christmases are simply spent with each other.
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The Eastmans
Title: The Eastmans
Character: Emma Eastman
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Within a family of doctors, the parents and the adult children find themselves successful professionally but dysfunctional personally. When the patriarch ends up on the brink of death, however, they rally to bring him back from the edge. Then they wield their collective power to extract some changes from him.
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An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
Title: An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
Character: Isabella Caldwell
Released: November 22, 2008
Type: Movie
Recently widowed Mary Bassett and her three children have hit difficult times on their farm. Suddenly, Mary’s wealthy and estranged mother Isabella comes to visit upon receiving a devious letter from the eldest daughter. Mary resents her mother’s attempts to help them out of their financial difficulties. In the end, more than money will be needed to heal deep wounds and rampant scarlet fever.
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The Making of Casino Royale, 1967
Title: The Making of Casino Royale, 1967
Character: Self - 'Miss Goodthighs'
Released: October 11, 2008
Type: Movie
Interviews and overview of the making of the original 1967 James Bond film.
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Death in Love
Title: Death in Love
Character: Mother
Released: July 17, 2008
Type: Movie
Death in Love is a psychosexual-thriller about a love affair between a Jewish woman and a doctor overseeing human experimentation at a Nazi German concentration camp, and the impact this has on her sons' lives in the 1990s.
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Nick Nolte: No Exit
Title: Nick Nolte: No Exit
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: Movie
A frank and unconventional view of the life and work of actor Nick Nolte.
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Carolina Moon
Title: Carolina Moon
Character: Margaret Lavelle
Released: August 1, 2007
Type: Movie
A woman who has psychic visions returns to her hometown to exorcise her demons. Once there she finds both danger and love.
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Save the Last Dance 2
Title: Save the Last Dance 2
Character: Monique Delacroix
Released: October 10, 2006
Type: Movie
Sara joins Julliard in New York to fulfill her and her mother's dream of becoming the Prima ballerina of the school. She befriends her roommates, Zoe and Miles, who teach hip-hop classes. She has ballet classes with the rigid and famous Monique Delacroix that she idolizes - Monique requires full commitment, discipline and hard work from her students. When Miles, who is a composer, invites Sara to help him compose the music for the dance choreography Sara's passion for hip-hop is sparked and she also falls in love with Miles. When she is assigned to perform Giselle in an important event, she feels divided between the technique of the ballet and the creative work offered by Miles.
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Cezanne in Provence
Title: Cezanne in Provence
Character: Narrator
Released: July 31, 2006
Type: Movie
Explore the life and art of post-impressionist painter Paul Cézanne in this PBS documentary shot on location in Provence, France, and at Washington, D.C.'s National Gallery of Art. Art critics and historians examine the influence of the French landscape on Cézanne's work. Visit some of the sites depicted in his works, such as Montagne Sainte-Victoire and Atelier des Lauves, and marvel at his masterful use of light, color and perspective. Narrated by Jacqueline Bisset.
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Summer Solstice
Title: Summer Solstice
Character: Alexia
Released: December 25, 2005
Type: Movie
Summer Solstice is a collection of love stories about, and for, people of all different ages and generations. Each character's tale connects, weaving in and out of the others, mirroring and countering them so that, as the long hot summer draws to its close, each is forced to examine their lives and decide to whom their loyalties lie or else risk loosing everything they hold so dear.
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The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha
Title: The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha
Character: Headmistress
Released: November 25, 2005
Type: Movie
A group of young girls are brought up in a college within dark forests and gloomy lakes. Young Hidalla and her friends Irene, Vera, Blanka, Melusine and Rain are brought up in an isolated world: the girls don't know anything about live outside the college's high walls. At the age of 16, some of them start asking questions about their origins, their parents and the true purposes of the Headmistresses strict rules. When two of them disappear mysteriously, the initial fairytale atmosphere grows more and more eerie...
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Domino
Title: Domino
Character: Sophie Wynn
Released: October 14, 2005
Type: Movie
The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.
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Title: Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love
Character: Alexia White
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: TV
It's true that a hotel can hardly look more impressive and be more beautifully situated than Rhives Castle, but all beginnings are difficult. The young manager Carrie, who wants to lead the house to new splendor, has to realize this as well. That's why she worries a lot when she realizes that she is pregnant. What will her financier and life partner Sam say about this? As a newspaper publisher, he has his hands full trying to dissuade bestselling author Alexia White from suing for defamation: one of his employees accused her of plagiarism. The writer has it in her hands to financially destroy him and Carrie. Carrie's jealousy and the pressure from his bank don't make Sam's negotiations with the woman whose honor has been violated any easier.
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Fascination
Title: Fascination
Character: Maureen Doherty
Released: October 13, 2004
Type: Movie
Young Scott Doherty (Adam Garcia) gets suspicious when his mother (Jacqueline Bisset) plans to wed Oliver Vance (Stuart Wilson) soon after her husband's untimely death. Scott investigates with Oliver's pretty daughter, Kelly (Alice Evans), who shared Scott's doubts about the upcoming nuptials. Along the way, he falls in love with Kelly, but a fatal explosion turns Scott's life upside down - and the evidence points to him as the murderer. Has he been framed?
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Making
Title: Making "Murder on the Orient-Express"
Character: Self
Released: September 7, 2004
Type: Movie
This featurette takes a closer look at the production history of Murder on the Orient Express. Included in it are clips from archival interviews with dierctor Sidney Lumet, producer Richard Goodwin, and cast and crew members.
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Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Title: Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Character: Self
Released: May 16, 2004
Type: Movie
A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based channel's eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power of cable television.
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The Survivors Club
Title: The Survivors Club
Character: Carol Rosen
Released: March 7, 2004
Type: Movie
After being raped by a serial killer, Jillian Hayes, Carol Rosen and Meg Pesaturo found "The Survivors Club", and they use the press to force the police and justice to arrest the rapist. Eddie Como is arrested, based on DNA evidences, and while going to court for trial, he is murdered by a sniper and the three women switch position from victims to suspects. Detective Roan Griffin, who is traumatized by the brutal murder of his beloved wife by the manipulative killer David Price, joins the investigation with detective Fitz Fitzpatrick trying to solve the case.
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Latter Days
Title: Latter Days
Character: Lila Montagne
Released: January 30, 2004
Type: Movie
Christian, a hunky, 20-something, West Hollywood party boy gets more than he bargains for when he tries to seduce 19-year-old Elder Aaron Davis, a sexually confused Mormon missionary who moves into his apartment complex.
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Swing
Title: Swing
Character: Christine / Mrs. Deluca
Released: October 9, 2003
Type: Movie
Anthony is caught between dreams of being a musician and pleasing his father and fiance. Encouraged by his great uncle, Anthony finds inspiration from a mysterious older woman in an other worldly night club, who teaches him to find happiness through swing dancing.
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Title: Nip/Tuck
Character: James LeBeau
Released: July 22, 2003
Type: TV
Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy experience full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems.
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America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story
Title: America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story
Character: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Released: January 12, 2003
Type: Movie
A look inside the life of John F. Kennedy Jr.
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Day for Night: A Conversation with Jacqueline Bisset
Title: Day for Night: A Conversation with Jacqueline Bisset
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
An interview with actress Jacqueline Bisset about Francois Truffaut’s 1973 film “Day for Night.”
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Dancing at the Harvest Moon
Title: Dancing at the Harvest Moon
Character: Maggie Webber
Released: October 20, 2002
Type: Movie
A betrayed wife, whose husband leaves her after 25 years, returns to the lake where she first fell in love and begins an affair with the son of her first love.
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The Sleepy Time Gal
Title: The Sleepy Time Gal
Character: Frances
Released: January 24, 2001
Type: Movie
A young woman learns of her adoption and eventually quits her law firm job and goes on a journey to find her birth mother.
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Title: In the Beginning
Character: Sarah
Released: November 12, 2000
Type: TV
In the Beginning is a 2-part biblical television miniseries directed by Kevin Connor. It stars Martin Landau and Jacqueline Bisset and it premiered on NBC on November 12, 2000.
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People Who Love Each Other
Title: People Who Love Each Other
Character: Angie
Released: July 5, 2000
Type: Movie
Jean-Francois and Angie have known each other for 25 years and have been lovers on and off for most of that time. After two marriages (one ending in divorce, the other with her husband's death) and two children, the free-spirited Angie has returned to Jean-Francois, only to announce after a year of living together that she's leaving him to open a antique business in the United States. Jean-Francois regrets Angie's decision, but also knows her well enough to know there's little he can do to change her mind. Five years later, Jean-Francois has become friends with Angie's daughter Winnie, who now lives in Paris and has fallen in love with Laurent, a carefree artist who lives in a studio given to him by his father. However, after sleeping with Laurent, Winnie is convinced he can't be trusted and keeps him at a distance. Over the next few years, Laurent keeps running into Winnie, and Angie periodically arrives at Jean-Francois' doorstep only to leave again shortly after.
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Sex & Mrs. X
Title: Sex & Mrs. X
Character: Madame Simone
Released: April 10, 2000
Type: Movie
Joanna is a woman secure in the knowledge of who she is: a perfect wife, a successful magazine journalist and a woman who's just celebrated her 10th wedding anniversary with her husband, Dale. But when Dale suddenly leaves her for another woman, Joanna's world collapses. Her self-esteem shattered, Joanna questions her attractiveness as a woman and her value as a human being. How did this happen to her? Follow Joanna as she escapes to Paris and learns the many secrets of seduction under the tutelage of Madame Simone. Slowly, empowered by her newfound knowledge and self-confidence, Joanna comes to understand her true self-worth.
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Britannic
Title: Britannic
Character: Lady Lewis
Released: January 10, 2000
Type: Movie
It was the sister ship of the infamous Titanic... and its final destiny was the same. Experience the true untold story of Britannic, a tumultuous, epic voyage of human passion, courage and betrayal aboard an ill-fated ocean liner bound for a shattering demise. With the world at war, an undercover British agent (Amanda Ryan), embarks the Britannic in search of a German spy believed to be on board to sabotage the ship. Posing as a governess, the undercover agent finds herself falling in love with the ship's chaplain (Edward Atterton). In a stunning discovery, the lovers suddenly find themselves enemies of war. And when a massive explosion deals a deathblow to the ship, their battle becomes one for their own survival. With a dynamic, international cast and a story line that hosts a chilling tale of espionage, politics and romance, Britannic brings one of history's most devastating events to riveting, new life.
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New Year's Day
Title: New Year's Day
Character: Geraldine
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Two 17-year-old boys mark the new year by doing twelve dangerous but exciting tasks set for them by their friends.
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Jesus
Title: Jesus
Character: Mary
Released: December 5, 1999
Type: Movie
Jesus, a carpenter living a simple life, discovers his destiny as the biblical Messiah.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Juliet Barclay
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Title: Joan of Arc
Character: Isabelle D'Arc
Released: May 16, 1999
Type: TV
Joan of Arc is born in 1412 in the village of Domrémy in the war zone of Northern France. During her youth she often witnesses the horrors of war, but her spirit is kept high by the legend of the Maiden of Lorraine. This says that a young maiden one day will unite the divided country and lead the people to freedom.
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Witch Hunt
Title: Witch Hunt
Character: Barbara Thomas
Released: May 2, 1999
Type: Movie
An infant girl named Hannah is abducted by her grandmother Barbara Thomas. Hannah's father David Overton, convinced that Barbara is the head of a coven of witches, inaugurates a desperate nationwide search for his missing daughter. However, David may have a sinister agenda of his own, as indicated by the fact that his wife recently died under mysterious circumstances.
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Title: The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Character: Self
Released: March 30, 1999
Type: TV
Craig Kilborn hosted this zany talk show, which followed David Letterman's show, from 1999 until 2004. Kilborn left The Daily Show in 1999 to be this show's host after Tom Synder retired. The segment "5 Questions" was carried over from when he was on The Daily Show. Kilborn was frequently beaten in the ratings by his NBC timeslot rival, Conan O'Brien. Kilborn left The Late Late Show to pursue new opportunities.
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Let the Devil Wear Black
Title: Let the Devil Wear Black
Character: Helen Lyne
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
A man comes face-to-face with personal treachery after suspecting that his father may have been murdered.
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'Bullitt': Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality
Title: 'Bullitt': Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 1998
Type: Movie
A behind the scenes look at the making of the movie Bullitt with a strong focus on the attention to details taken. It features some of the preparations made before shooting began, but is mostly focused on the onsite filming locations which brings a strong amount of reality to the film as the title suggests.
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Anthony Quinn - A Lust for Life
Title: Anthony Quinn - A Lust for Life
Character: Self
Released: July 1, 1998
Type: Movie
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Dangerous Beauty
Title: Dangerous Beauty
Character: Paola Franco
Released: February 20, 1998
Type: Movie
Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, cannot marry her because she is penniless and of questionable family. So Veronica's mother, Paola, teaches her to become a courtesan, one of the exotic companions favored by the richest and most powerful Venetian men. Veronica courageously uses her charms to change destiny -- and to give herself a chance at true love.
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End of Summer
Title: End of Summer
Character: Christine Van Buren
Released: September 16, 1997
Type: Movie
An unmarried aristocrat (Jacqueline Bisset) resists the advances of the adventurous man (Peter Weller) whom she actually desires, causing him to turn his attentions to her new ward (Amy Locane) and a young maid (Karen Dwyer).
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Title: Ally McBeal
Character: Frances Shaw
Released: September 8, 1997
Type: TV
Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Once You Meet a Stranger
Title: Once You Meet a Stranger
Character: Sheila Gaines
Released: September 25, 1996
Type: Movie
This television remake of Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" (1951) follows the same story, but has changed the genders of the lead characters from male to female. Sheila Gaines is a former child star whose first husband is unwilling to give her a divorce. A chance meeting with Margo Anthony on a train leads to a conversation where the mentally unstable Margo, who hates her mother, suggests that they swap murders, so as to solve their problems. Although she thinks nothing of the conversation, Sheila's life takes a surprising turn when her husband is murdered by Margo. Now Margo wants Sheila to do her part of "the deal." With the police on her tail and Margo constantly in her face, Sheila must find a way out of this tangled web.
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Title: E! True Hollywood Story
Character: Self
Released: August 21, 1996
Type: TV
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.
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Rosamunde Pilcher: September
Title: Rosamunde Pilcher: September
Character: Pandora
Released: April 7, 1996
Type: Movie
Verena Steynton is holding a party for her daughter. All the aristocratic families of Strathcroy in the Scottish Highlands are attending, with all their guilty secrets...
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Title: September
Character: Pandora
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: TV
Scottish aristocrats' secrets and relationships are threatened by the return of a woman who left under suspicious circumstances 20 years earlier.
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La Ceremonie
Title: La Ceremonie
Character: Catherine Lelièvre
Released: August 30, 1995
Type: Movie
Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.
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Leave of Absence
Title: Leave of Absence
Character: Nell
Released: May 11, 1994
Type: Movie
A man asks his wife for a 'leave of absence' in order to care for his mistress who is dying of cancer.
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La Classe américaine
Title: La Classe américaine
Character: The Helicopter Woman (archive footage)
Released: December 31, 1993
Type: Movie
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
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Title: Intimate Portrait
Character: Self
Released: November 14, 1993
Type: TV
Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject. Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.
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The Groundhogs
Title: The Groundhogs
Character: Frédérique
Released: November 10, 1993
Type: Movie
A story of a family with numerous members drowned in their sentimental problems.
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CrimeBroker
Title: CrimeBroker
Character: Holly McPhee
Released: July 1, 1993
Type: Movie
High court judge Holly McPhee devises blueprints for criminal operations and offers them for sale to the crime world. Her scrupulous operation falls apart when she takes part in a multi-million dollar bank robbery and becomes an accessory to murder.
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East & West: Paradises Lost
Title: East & West: Paradises Lost
Character: Self
Released: February 17, 1993
Type: Movie
In this quasi-semi-documentary, a Russian angel leads viewers in a quest to discover what, if anything, remains of the great, utopian "American Dream" now that the so-called "Worker's Paradise" dream of Russia has passed completely into oblivion. Along the way, real celebrities and working members the film community in Hollywood are interviewed, and a number of "types" are impersonated by actors. Some of the celebrities interviewed include Jacqueline Bisset, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and screenwriter Jonathan Lawton (the Pretty Woman script writer).
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Rossini ! Rossini !
Title: Rossini ! Rossini !
Character: Isabella Colbran
Released: September 12, 1991
Type: Movie
An funny, witty and bright biopic by the master of italian comedy Mario Monicelli about the famed italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, here portrayed in a wonderful way by famed actor and later director Sergio Castellitto.
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The Maid
Title: The Maid
Character: Nicole Chantrelle
Released: August 2, 1991
Type: Movie
A man goes off to Paris to start his new job at a bank. When he falls in love with a beautiful woman, he decides to work as her maid -- until he discovers she not only is his boss, but his colleague at the bank.
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Wild Orchid
Title: Wild Orchid
Character: Claudia Dennis
Released: December 22, 1989
Type: Movie
A woman lawyer becomes mesmerized by a self-made millionaire during an encounter in Rio setting off a series of erotic encounters.
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Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Title: Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Character: Clare
Released: June 3, 1989
Type: Movie
A wealthy Beverly Hills resident who has just become a widow, Clare Lipkin temporarily takes on her friend Lisabeth as a house guest. As the two women deal with their upper-class woes, Clare's driver, Frank, and Lisabeth's servant, Juan, make a wager to see who can be the first to seduce the other's boss.
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The House of Jade
Title: The House of Jade
Character: Jane Lambert
Released: November 1, 1988
Type: Movie
During a ceremony in an orthodox church in Paris, a 40-year-old writer and journalist is seduced by a young man, whom with she will live an extraordinary story of love and passion that will drive them to madness.
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Title: Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
Character: Josephine de Beauharnais
Released: November 10, 1987
Type: TV
Napoleon Bonaparte woos Josephine and makes her his empress.
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High Season
Title: High Season
Character: Katherine Shaw
Released: September 1, 1987
Type: Movie
On the isle of Rhodes, Katherine, an expatriate English photographer, lives with her daughter. A young local wants to encourage tourism, so he commissions a sculpture of the Unknown Tourist for the town square; the sculptor he brings to Rhodes is Kate's ex-husband. Also there to see Kate is Sharp, an aging antiquarian and her dear friend. He has something important to tell her. As Kate, her ex, and Sharp sort out things that go back years, two English tourists bumble about, one thinking he's fallen in love with Kate, his wife thinking she's found her own lover. A rare vase, a spy, old friendships, the statue's unveiling, and off-hand English sorting-out play into the resolution.
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Title: Nulle part ailleurs
Character: Self
Released: August 31, 1987
Type: TV
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Choices
Title: Choices
Character: Marisa Granger
Released: February 17, 1986
Type: Movie
A 19 year old girl suddenly finds herself pregnant. Not wanting to face motherhood or dealing with the consequences of a child, she contemplates an abortion without the knowledge of her boyfriend. However, her father, a retired 62 year old judge discovers her situation and is strongly opposed to abortion in principle. However, he soon finds he has to re-examine his own beliefs as his younger 38 year old second wife suddenly announces she is also pregnant. The two, when first married, agreed that there would be no additional children. This accidental pregnancy is unacceptable to the older man who cannot see him being involved in a young child's life. In the end, all three must make choices.
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Vivement Truffaut
Title: Vivement Truffaut
Character: Self / Julie (archive footage)
Released: July 12, 1985
Type: Movie
A tribute to the late, great French director Francois Truffaut, this documentary was undoubtedly named after his last movie, Vivement Dimanche!, released in 1983. Included in this overview of Truffaut's contribution to filmmaking are clips from 14 of his movies arranged according to the themes he favored. These include childhood, literature, the cinema itself, romance, marriage, and death.
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Forbidden
Title: Forbidden
Character: Nina von Halder
Released: March 24, 1985
Type: Movie
In Berlin in the early 1940s, romance is forbidden between the young countess who is studying veterinary medicine and a young man she meets at the home of a former professor. But they fall in love. She gets involved in helping Jews escape from the Nazis. All get out of Berlin except the young man. There is a room in her apartment where he can't be seen through the windows and a chest converted into a sofa where she and her brothers played hide-and-seek as children. This real life hide-and-seek game has high stakes. The movie is said to be based on a true story.
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Night of 100 Stars II
Title: Night of 100 Stars II
Character: Self
Released: March 10, 1985
Type: Movie
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
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Anna Karenina
Title: Anna Karenina
Character: Anna Karenina
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Tragic Anna leaves her cold husband for dashing Count Vronsky in 19th-century Russia.
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Notes from Under the Volcano
Title: Notes from Under the Volcano
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 1984
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of John Huston's "Under the Volcano" (1984).
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Observations Under the Volcano
Title: Observations Under the Volcano
Character: Self
Released: July 3, 1984
Type: Movie
Documentary on the making of the movie Under the Volcano.
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Under the Volcano
Title: Under the Volcano
Character: Yvonne Firmin
Released: June 12, 1984
Type: Movie
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.
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Class
Title: Class
Character: Ellen
Released: July 22, 1983
Type: Movie
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the cocktail lounges of nearby Chicago, where he meets and beds the alluring Ellen, who unfortunately turns out to be Skip's mother. The division between the friends is further deepened when a cheating scandal engulfs the school.
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Famous T & A
Title: Famous T & A
Character: Jennifer Wood (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A collection of nude and/or topless scenes from various films featuring actresses who were either famous at the time or who became famous later on.
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Rich and Famous
Title: Rich and Famous
Character: Liz Hamilton
Released: September 23, 1981
Type: Movie
Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.
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Inchon
Title: Inchon
Character: Barbara Hallsworth
Released: May 4, 1981
Type: Movie
Gen. Douglas MacArthur leads a Korean War campaign, and the war tests a married couple's relationship.
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Title: Wetten, dass..?
Character: Self
Released: February 14, 1981
Type: TV
A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.
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When Time Ran Out...
Title: When Time Ran Out...
Character: Kay Kirby
Released: March 28, 1980
Type: Movie
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.
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Electric Blue 004
Title: Electric Blue 004
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Britain's top-selling adult video cassette continues its unchallenged supremacy! This entry features numerous centerfolds, male-to-female sensation Amanda Lear, a tour of Nevada's Mustang Ranch, three beauties having fun in a pool, nude wives, nude celebrities (Jacqueline Bissett and Jayne Mansfield) and power boat thrills and spills.
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Together?
Title: Together?
Character: Louise
Released: December 14, 1979
Type: Movie
Louise has left her husband, launched a career as a dress designer, and together with her son moved in with Giovanni, a lawyer. Despite the emancipated exterior, she still encounters the same problems — a son who demands her attention, a dominating lover, and jealousy.
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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Title: Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Character: Natasha O'Brien
Released: September 13, 1978
Type: Movie
Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each chef is killed in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest Chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.
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The Greek Tycoon
Title: The Greek Tycoon
Character: Liz Cassidy
Released: May 12, 1978
Type: Movie
A lusty Greek shipping magnate courts the widow of an assassinated U.S. president.
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The Deep
Title: The Deep
Character: Gail Berke
Released: June 17, 1977
Type: Movie
A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters.
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St. Ives
Title: St. Ives
Character: Janet Whistler
Released: February 24, 1976
Type: Movie
A dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.
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The Sunday Woman
Title: The Sunday Woman
Character: Anna Carla Dosio
Released: December 23, 1975
Type: Movie
Police commissioner Santamaria is investigating the murder of the ambiguous architect Mr. Garrone. The investigations soon drive him into the Torino's high society. Santamaria suspect Anna Carla and at the same time falls in love for her. Lello is the lover of Massimo, Anna Carla’s gay friend. He is following another direction in order to find out the truth, and his results are confusing the Policeman. But another murder happens...
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End of the Game
Title: End of the Game
Character: Anna Crawley
Released: September 21, 1975
Type: Movie
Hans Baerlach is a Swiss police detective who has dedicated much of his career to pursuing powerful and allegedly murderous businessman Richard Gastmann. Though Baerlach's partner meets his demise while investigating Gastmann, his replacement, Walter Tschanz, is undaunted. Meanwhile, the lovely Anna Crawley becomes involved in the case, which proceeds to take many twists and turns.
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The Spiral Staircase
Title: The Spiral Staircase
Character: Helen
Released: January 31, 1975
Type: Movie
A mute young woman is stalked by a serial killer at her uncle's mansion.
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Title: Midi Première
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 1975
Type: TV
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.
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Murder on the Orient Express
Title: Murder on the Orient Express
Character: Countess Andrenyi
Released: November 22, 1974
Type: Movie
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
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The Magnificent One
Title: The Magnificent One
Character: Christine / Tatiana
Released: November 23, 1973
Type: Movie
A writer of pulp fiction imagines himself as the dashing hero and his English neighbor as his love interest.
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Day for Night
Title: Day for Night
Character: Julie Baker
Released: May 24, 1973
Type: Movie
A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
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The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Title: The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Character: Laura Keaton
Released: March 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves, an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who becomes his accomplice.
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Title: The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Character: Rose Bean
Released: December 18, 1972
Type: Movie
Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice upon strangers passing by.
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Stand Up and Be Counted
Title: Stand Up and Be Counted
Character: Sheila Hammond
Released: May 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see that her sister and also her mother agree very much with the feministic arguments.
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Believe in Me
Title: Believe in Me
Character: Pamela
Released: December 8, 1971
Type: Movie
Remy is a medical student who has a flair for making his patients comfortable. His genuine concern for the patients in his charge marks him as a hot prospect in his internship program. Pamela works at a children's book publishing company. The two meet via Pamela's brother, who is also Remy's good friend. They fall in love and get an apartment in the East Village of New York. Soon after, the couple begins to indulge in speed and barbiturates. They become heavily addicted. Remy is thrown out of medical school and Pamela quits her job. Remy soon finds himself in debt with the local dealer, Stutter, who introduces his customer to heroin as a revenge for his late bill. Pamela faces the prospect of getting sober at her brother's clinic, but must leave behind a destitute Remy in order to do it.
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Secrets
Title: Secrets
Character: Jennifer Wood
Released: September 21, 1971
Type: Movie
A woman's unfulfilling marriage leads her into a passionate affair with a wealthy extramarital lover.
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The Mephisto Waltz
Title: The Mephisto Waltz
Character: Paula Clarkson
Released: April 9, 1971
Type: Movie
A frustrated pianist himself, music journalist Myles Clarkson is thrilled to interview virtuoso Duncan Ely. Duncan, however, is terminally ill and not much interested in Myles until noticing that Myles' hands are ideally suited for piano. Suddenly, he can't get enough of his new friend, and Myles' wife, Paula, becomes suspicious of Duncan's intentions. Her suspicions grow when Duncan dies and Myles mysteriously becomes a virtuoso overnight.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Self
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Airport
Title: Airport
Character: Gwen Meighen
Released: May 29, 1970
Type: Movie
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
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The Grasshopper
Title: The Grasshopper
Character: Christine Adams
Released: May 27, 1970
Type: Movie
A British Columbia teenager dreams of show business but winds up as a call girl in Las Vegas.
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Secret World
Title: Secret World
Character: Wendy Sinclair
Released: July 9, 1969
Type: Movie
Wendy is the British guest of a French couple and the daughter of the man who saved the host's life during World War II. Living with the couple is their 20-year-old son and a 12-year-old nephew whose parents were killed in an automobile accident. The father and son both try to seduce the attractive guest. The young boy retreats into his own world and dreams of being taken back to Britain by Wendy in this romantic drama. The mother spends her time bleaching her hair and is seemingly uninterested in anything that goes on with her family at the beachfront villa. Meanwhile, Wendy and the younger boy develop a fondness for each other, while his aunt and uncle fail to understand his needs.
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The First Time
Title: The First Time
Character: Anna
Released: June 11, 1969
Type: Movie
With the coming of summer, three high school buddies--Kenny Leeds, Mike Decker, and Tommy Kingsley--anticipate their initiation into the pleasures of manhood. But Kenny is separated from his friends and sent to stay with his grandparents in Buffalo while his father, a widowed salesman, leaves on a business trip with his secretary-fiancée. Bored and alone in a strange city, Kenny writes his two friends letters about his adventures at "Rosie's," a fictitious brothel across the Canadian border in Niagara Falls. His lie quickly backfires.
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Bullitt
Title: Bullitt
Character: Cathy
Released: October 17, 1968
Type: Movie
Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.
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The Sweet Ride
Title: The Sweet Ride
Character: Vickie Cartwright
Released: June 12, 1968
Type: Movie
AA tennis bum (Tony Franciosa) and his Malibu Beach buddies hang out with a TV actress (Jacqueline Bisset) headed for trouble.
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The Detective
Title: The Detective
Character: Norma MacIver
Released: May 28, 1968
Type: Movie
Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man.
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The Cape Town Affair
Title: The Cape Town Affair
Character: Candy
Released: September 19, 1967
Type: Movie
South African secret agents attempt to save confidential microfilm before it falls into the hands of Communists. A color remake of the Sam Fuller film, Pickup on South Street.
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Two for the Road
Title: Two for the Road
Character: Jackie
Released: April 27, 1967
Type: Movie
On the way to a party, a British couple dissatisfied with their marriage recall the gradual dissolution of their relationship.
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Casino Royale
Title: Casino Royale
Character: Giovanna Goodthighs
Released: April 13, 1967
Type: Movie
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.
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Arrivederci, Baby!
Title: Arrivederci, Baby!
Character: Dancer
Released: December 28, 1966
Type: Movie
Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!
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Cul-de-sac
Title: Cul-de-sac
Character: Jacqueline
Released: June 17, 1966
Type: Movie
A wounded criminal and his dying partner take refuge at an old beachfront fortress. The owner of the fortress and his young wife, initially unwilling hosts, quickly experience their relationship with the criminal shift in a humorous and bizarre fashion.
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The Knack... and How to Get It
Title: The Knack... and How to Get It
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Released: May 1, 1965
Type: Movie
A nebbish schoolteacher begs his smooth (and misogynistic) pal to teach him 'the knack' – how to score with women. Serendipitously, the men meet up with a new girl in town, as well as a friendly lunatic who can’t help but paint things white.
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Title: Dim Dam Dom
Character: Self
Released: March 7, 1965
Type: TV
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Segal
Title: Segal
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A documentary focusing on the life and career of actor George Segal.
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Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
Title: Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The documentary explores the enigma of actress and artist Mary Woronov and chronicles her colorful career trajectory as a ground breaking female performer starting from her work with Andy Warhol to Roger Corman, that sealed her reputation as a "Cult Queen".