Melissa Gilbert

Melissa Gilbert

Born: May 8, 1964
in Los Angeles, California, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress, writer, and producer, primarily in movies and television. Gilbert is best known as a child actress who co-starred as Charles Ingalls's (played by Michael Landon) second daughter, Laura Ingalls Wilder, on the dramatic television series Little House on the Prairie (1974–1984). As an adult, she has a very long list of acting, voicework, writing, producing, and directing credits. Melissa also served two terms as President of the Screen Actors Guild. On June 9, 2009, her autobiography Prairie Tale: A Memoir was released.

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Movies for Melissa Gilbert...

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
Title: Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
Character: Self
Released: December 30, 2020
Type: Movie
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page presents an unvarnished look at the unlikely author whose autobiographical fiction helped shape American ideas of the frontier and self-reliance. A Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65, Laura Ingalls Wilder transformed her frontier childhood into the best-selling “Little House” series. The documentary delves into the legacy of the iconic pioneer as well as the way she transformed her early life into enduring legend, a process that involved a little-known collaboration with her daughter Rose.
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When We Last Spoke
Title: When We Last Spoke
Character: Ruby
Released: October 27, 2020
Type: Movie
Two sisters are abandoned by their Broadway-bound mother and are left with their grandparents and a cast of kooky characters. A coming-of-age story about family, friends, love, and forgiveness.
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Title: Stars in the House
Character: Self - Special Guest
Released: March 16, 2020
Type: TV
In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley have created Stars in the House, a daily live streamed series to support The Actors Fund and its services.
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Hometown Christmas
Title: Hometown Christmas
Character: Mary Russell
Released: December 16, 2018
Type: Movie
Back in Louisiana for Christmas, Noelle Collins has big plans to resurrect the town’s live nativity, a beloved tradition that her late mother used to put on. Things become complicated, however, when Noelle runs into her high school sweetheart, Nick Russell, a rising baseball star also back home due to a recent injury. Still feeling the burn from their senior year break-up, their lives are pushed together even further when they learn their parents share an attraction and want to be more than just friends. When things begin to fall apart with the live nativity, Nick and Noelle reluctantly team up to pull off the show and find themselves growing close, uncovering a hometown love for each other and the joy of Christmas that both never really faded away.
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Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
Title: Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
Released: November 4, 2014
Type: Movie
Celebrate the holidays with two classic "Little House" specials, restored and remastered for superior picture and sound. In "Christmas at Plum Creek," the members of the Ingalls family share a heartwarming first Christmas in their new home, and Laura makes a personal sacrifice that captures the meaning of the holidays. In "A Christmas They Never Forget," the family waits out a snowstorm by remembering favorite Christmases from the past.
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The Christmas Pageant
Title: The Christmas Pageant
Character: Vera Parks
Released: December 11, 2011
Type: Movie
Vera Parks, an overly intense and demanding Broadway director, gets fired from yet another job, leaving her no choice but to take a gig directing a small town Christmas pageant in upstate New York. Stunned at how basic the production is, Vera attempts to back out, but is convinced by some of the locals to give their town a chance. To her surprise, the warmth and charm of the small town grows on Vera and she even enjoys the experience of directing the pageant. When Vera discovers her former fiancé Jack recommended her for the job, she is outraged. But over time Vera appreciates the gesture, as she grows close to both Jack and his young daughter. Will love stay in the wings this time around?
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Safe Harbour
Title: Safe Harbour
Character: Ophelia MacKenzie
Released: October 30, 2007
Type: Movie
Melissa Gilbert stars in this film adaptation of Danielle Steel's bestselling novel, in which a young girl named Pip and her mother meet an artist on the beach in Safe Harbour, where they have retreated in order to recover from the devastating loss of Pip's father and brother.
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Spring Thaw
Title: Spring Thaw
Character: Kate Weston / Anne Weston
Released: January 10, 2007
Type: Movie
Katelyn 'Kate' Weston, a country girl who became a lawyer and joined an L.A. law firm years ago, specializes in defending minors having committed violent crimes who nobody else takes on. She gradually got estranged from her family, but then her older brother Ryan asks her to return to the farm he runs with their dad Thane who has become impossibly absentminded. By the time he is formally diagnosed with serious Alzheimer, she realizes how badly she really knew her family, having ran from her past after the trauma of witnessing her mother's suicide at age seven, and tries to talk it trough with Ryan and dad while he still has lucid moments.
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Thicker Than Water
Title: Thicker Than Water
Character: Natalie Travers
Released: August 5, 2005
Type: Movie
After the death of her father, Natalie Travers discovers he was married to a rodeo star before he married Natalie’s mother. Upset that her father kept part of his life a secret from her and bewildered over how a prominent judge could fall for a cowgirl, she sets out to find Maggie Mae Jarrett. But Natalie meets her daughter Jessie Mae Jarrett who is struggling to keep the wild horses on her land alive and safe.
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Title: Dancing with the Stars
Character: Self - Contestant
Released: June 1, 2005
Type: TV
The competition sees celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted on by viewers. Enjoy sizzling salsas, sambas and spray-tans as they vie for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy.
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Title: Fat Actress
Released: March 7, 2005
Type: TV
Kirstie Alley's semi-autobiographical tale describes her struggles as a former television star with weight loss, getting roles, and finding love.
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Heart of the Storm
Title: Heart of the Storm
Character: Cassie Broadbeck
Released: November 22, 2004
Type: Movie
On the eve of a hurricane threatening New Orleans a dangerous convict escapes from prison with two accomplices. When the high winds and flooding disrupt their escape plan they're forced to take shelter in the remote bayou home of Cassie and her two daughters. Unable to count on estranged husband Wayne the women must use their wits to stay alive.
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Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
Title: Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
Character: Taylor Singer
Released: October 19, 2003
Type: Movie
A Hollywood star (Fawcett), fed up with her husband's cheating, hires a private investigator to tail him. Emotional support is offered by her two friends - a soul singer (Givens) and a famous director's wife (Gilbert)
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Title: Nip/Tuck
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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Title: Presidio Med
Released: September 24, 2002
Type: TV
Presidio Med is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from September 2002, to January 2003. The series centers on a San Francisco hospital. It was created by John Wells and Lydia Woodward, who also created ER.
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Title: American Idol
Character: Self
Released: June 11, 2002
Type: TV
Each year, hopeful singers from all over the country audition to be part of one of the biggest shows in American television history. Who will become the new American Idol?
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NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Title: NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Character: Self
Released: May 5, 2002
Type: Movie
A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.
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Title: Good Day Live
Character: Self
Released: September 17, 2001
Type: TV
Good Day Live was a nationwide talk show seen weekdays on FOX affiliates throughout the US. Each FOX owned and operated station airs a separate Good Day program as part of its newscast. Some FOX stations air up to five hours on weekday mornings, up to three on weekend mornings, (and almost 50% of the programming on these stations contains a locally produced newscast of local news, traffic, national news, weather, sports, business, and public affairs.)
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Sanctuary
Title: Sanctuary
Character: Jo Ellen Hathaway
Released: February 28, 2001
Type: Movie
A famous photographer, Jo Ellen Hathaway, has been being stalked for quite some time. She returns to the island she grew up on in an effort to get away from the stalker and get some well-needed relaxation time. On the island, she meets up with old friends and boyfriends and works on relationships with her family. However, she can't shake the feeling that she's still being watched.
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Lisa Picard Is Famous
Title: Lisa Picard Is Famous
Character: Melissa Gilbert
Released: May 14, 2000
Type: Movie
A documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is on the brink of fame. Instead, he bears witness to Lisa's continued, humorous, struggles as an actress, as well as the conflict that arises when Lisa's best friend Tate hits it big with an off-Broadway one-man show.
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A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
Title: A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
Character: Donielle
Released: February 9, 2000
Type: Movie
When Donielle is just eight years old and attending her best friend's funeral she has a vision that her friend was murdered by his father. No one believes her and she is disowned by her mother. Years later and now a mother herself she drifts from town to town and they finally settle in a town that is in the grips of a serial killer.Only Donielle can "see" who the killer is and after he threatens her daughter she knows she must face him down. Based on actual events.
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Switched at Birth
Title: Switched at Birth
Character: Sarah Barlow
Released: November 24, 1999
Type: Movie
Sarah Barlow and Linda Wells are two mothers who give birth on the same day in the same hospital. Eighteen months later, a DNA test proves the infants were switched at birth by the hospital.
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The Soul Collector
Title: The Soul Collector
Character: Rebecca
Released: October 24, 1999
Type: Movie
Zachariah, makes a few mistakes and it is decided that he is to live as a human being for thirty days. Mordecai is his supervisor. Rebecca's husband died and Zachariah the soul collector, or, the angel of the death helped him to make the transition between heaven and earth. There are some complications with Rebecca's farm and Zachariah helps her out.
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Murder at 75 Birch
Title: Murder at 75 Birch
Character: Gwen Todson
Released: February 9, 1999
Type: Movie
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Title: Providence
Character: Lorna Berlin
Released: January 8, 1999
Type: TV
Providence is an American television drama series.
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Her Own Rules
Title: Her Own Rules
Character: Meredith Sanders
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Melissa Gilbert stars as Marygold/Meredith. A sad and lonely writer returning to her home town in England for the first time since she was about 6 or 7 years old,after being adopted and raised in America. While there she decides to look for her mother's grave,and finds out her memories are not exactly what she thought they were,her mother is alive. She then sets out to find her mother and some answers and finds both. She also falls in love, of course, but has a problem with long term commitments...
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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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Childhood Sweetheart?
Title: Childhood Sweetheart?
Character: Karen Carlson
Released: March 18, 1997
Type: Movie
After seventeen years, a missing girl returns home. But is she a long-lost friend or a cold-blooded killer?
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Seduction in a Small Town
Title: Seduction in a Small Town
Character: Sarah Jenks
Released: February 9, 1997
Type: Movie
A couple's idyllic life is shattered when authorities accuse them of child abuse and take away their three young children. When they desperately search for the source of the rumors about them, their suspicions lead them to a young woman who recently arrived in their small town, but they can't believe that this person they befriended would turn the town against them.
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A Holiday for Love
Title: A Holiday for Love
Character: Emma Murphy
Released: December 10, 1996
Type: Movie
A man is sent to a small town to assess which of the workers in the local factory that supplies the town with jobs should get the boot when the downsizing begins. He gets sidetracked when he falls in love with a local, a cute single mom.
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Title: 7th Heaven
Character: Marie Wagner
Released: August 26, 1996
Type: TV
Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouses that continually come and go in the Camden household.
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Title: E! True Hollywood Story
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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Danielle Steel's Zoya
Title: Danielle Steel's Zoya
Character: Zoya Ossipov
Released: September 17, 1995
Type: Movie
A young Russian countess escapes the 1917 revolution and, despite hardship, makes a new life for herself in America.
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Title: The Outer Limits
Character: Teresa Janovitch
Released: March 26, 1995
Type: TV
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.
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Cries from the Heart
Title: Cries from the Heart
Character: Karen
Released: October 16, 1994
Type: Movie
Michael, a young autistic boy who has trouble with verbalization but a real talent for technology, uses a computer to plead for help after being molested at his school.
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Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story
Title: Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story
Character: Melissa Prentice
Released: October 5, 1994
Type: Movie
Carrie Buck is a young intellectually disabled woman who is persuaded to fight against the courts for custody of her newborn daughter after it's taken from her since Carrie has been declared mentally incompetent to raise her baby by herself.
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Title: Touched by an Angel
Character: Michelle Tanner
Released: September 21, 1994
Type: TV
Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.
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Title: Sweet Justice
Character: Kate Delacroy
Released: September 15, 1994
Type: TV
Sweet Justice is an American legal drama television series starring Cicely Tyson and Melissa Gilbert. The hour-long series ran from September 15, 1994 to April 22, 1995 on NBC. The series was produced by Trotwood Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television.
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The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story
Title: The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story
Character: Mary Bennett
Released: February 8, 1994
Type: Movie
Married couples, unable to conceive, are thrilled to find they are going to become parents, thanks to a larger-than-life "miracle doctor" and his unusual treatments.
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Title: Babylon 5
Character: Anna Sheridan
Released: January 26, 1994
Type: TV
Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its goal is to maintain peace among the various alien races by providing a sanctuary where grievances and negotiations can be worked out among duly appointed ambassadors. A council made up of representatives from the five major space-faring civilizations - the Earth Alliance, Minbari Federation, Centauri Republic, Narn Regime, and Vorlon Empire - work with the League of Non-Aligned Worlds to keep interstellar relations under control. Aside from its diplomatic function, Babylon 5 also serves as a military post for Earth and a port of call for travelers, traders, businessmen, criminals, and Rangers.
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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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House of Secrets
Title: House of Secrets
Character: Marion Ravinel
Released: October 31, 1993
Type: Movie
Marion Ravinel is trapped in an abusive spousal relationship. She forms a plan with her husband's former lover to kill him. However, the outcome turns out to be more than she planned on as she begins to believe that her husband has come back from the dead to get her.
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Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
Title: Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
Character: Shari Karney
Released: September 27, 1993
Type: Movie
A client's claims of incest cause an attorney to remember the traumas she suffered when she was a sexually abused child. Instead of debilitating her, it only motivates the lawyer to fight harder to change California's inadequate child-molestation laws. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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Dying to Remember
Title: Dying to Remember
Character: Lynn Matthews
Released: September 18, 1993
Type: Movie
A woman goes to a psychiatrist because she is plagued by recurring nightmares. The psychiatrist tells her that she was involved in a murder in San Francisco in a past life, and the nightmares are related to that crime. She enlists the help of two San Francisco police officers to help solve the old murder.
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Title: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 13, 1993
Type: TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. The second incarnation of NBC's Late Night franchise, O'Brien's debuted in 1993 after David Letterman, who hosted the first incarnation of Late Night, moved to CBS to host Late Show opposite The Tonight Show. In 2004, as part of a deal to secure a new contract, NBC announced that O'Brien would leave Late Night in 2009 to succeed Jay Leno as the host of The Tonight Show. Jimmy Fallon began hosting his version of Late Night on March 2, 2009.
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With Hostile Intent
Title: With Hostile Intent
Character: Miranda Berkley
Released: May 11, 1993
Type: Movie
After police officer Miranda Berkley dumps her boyfriend, who's also her superior, she and her colleague Kathy Arnold constantly are harassed by their male co-workers. In everyday as well as in dangerous situations they don't get any support. The women see no other way than to lodge a complaint with the internal affairs division under judge Baxter - and make the men even more furious.
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Family of Strangers
Title: Family of Strangers
Character: Julie
Released: February 21, 1993
Type: Movie
Julie must disclose her family's medical history before undergoing major surgery: when she questions her family, she discovers that she was adopted and, later, that her conception was the product of a rape.
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With a Vengeance
Title: With a Vengeance
Character: Gena King
Released: September 22, 1992
Type: Movie
A woman frightened by her nightmares hires a private investigator to look into her past, only to find her fears are becoming reality.
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Title: Batman: The Animated Series
Character: Batgirl (voice)
Released: September 5, 1992
Type: TV
Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".
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Title: Batman: The Animated Series
Character: Barbara Gordon (voice)
Released: September 5, 1992
Type: TV
Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".
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Title: Stand By Your Man
Character: Rochelle Dumphy
Released: April 5, 1992
Type: TV
Stand by Your Man is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from April 5, 1992, until May 17, 1992. The series was created by Nancy Steen and Neil Thompson, who also wrote some of the episodes. It is notable for being Melissa Gilbert's return to series television after the conclusion of Little House on the Prairie nine years earlier, and the first lead sitcom role for Rosie O'Donnell, who was then on the verge of breaking into major fame. The series was created as an American adaptation of the popular British sitcom Birds of a Feather, which was still in production at the time.
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Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love
Title: Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love
Character: Herself - Co-Hostess
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
A tribute to one of Hollywood's most beloved and respected actors.
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The Lookalike
Title: The Lookalike
Character: Gina / Jennifer
Released: December 13, 1990
Type: Movie
A mentally disturbed woman is further tormented after discovering a girl who closely resembles her recently deceased daughter
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Donor
Title: Donor
Character: Dr. Kristine Lipton
Released: December 9, 1990
Type: Movie
Dr. Kristine Lipton finds that something strange is happening in the hospital she works for when a friend is strangled by an elderly patient, who runs away but has an accident and dies. Kristine tries to find out more about this man, but discovers that all the personnel (including the hospital's director), are hiding something.
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Joshua's Heart
Title: Joshua's Heart
Character: Claudia
Released: September 10, 1990
Type: Movie
A woman is torn between her boyfriend's ending their relationship and being separated from his young son with whom she has bonded.
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Forbidden Nights
Title: Forbidden Nights
Character: Judith Shapiro
Released: April 10, 1990
Type: Movie
Judith Shapiro's dream has come true. Due to the process of opening to the west in China she has been invited to stay for two years in Shang Sa, Hunan as a school teacher. As soon as she arrives she has to deal with problems such as only cold water to wash, an unlockable door at her room and so on. All these problems are nothing compared to the difficulties she has in understanding chinese social interacting. When she falls in love with one of her students, things are going to get really weird.
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Without Her Consent
Title: Without Her Consent
Character: Emily Briggs
Released: January 13, 1990
Type: Movie
Fact-based story about the emotional trauma and following legal problems of a young woman who was raped by an acquaintance.
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Chameleons
Title: Chameleons
Released: December 20, 1989
Type: Movie
Shelley, a slightly-crazy heiress, discovers that her eccentric millionaire uncle Jason Carr was rather more eccentric than even she had thought--he was a costumed superhero in his spare time, half of a duo calling itself "Captain Chameleon and the Paraclete of Justice." Now Shelley must find out exactly who murdered her uncle, with the help of her uncle's mysterious and handsome partner in fighting crime.
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Ice House
Title: Ice House
Character: Kay
Released: March 31, 1989
Type: Movie
Pake has left a good paying job working in the oil fields of Texas in order to give the music business a try. Eventually he finds himself alone and with no money in a hotel room in Los Angeles. He sets up a meeting with his old girlfriend Kay. When he meets her, she is with her fiancee. He is a Greek immigrant who desperately needs to marry Kay in order to become a permanent resident in this country. However his plans are in trouble because of Pake trying to convince Kay to go back to Texas with him and get married.
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Killer Instinct
Title: Killer Instinct
Character: Dr. Lisa DaVito
Released: November 22, 1988
Type: Movie
Woody Harrelson stars in the story of psychiatrist Lisa DaVito and her battle to save a tortured man whose past has turned him to violence. One tragic incident seals his fate and shakes Lisa's faith in her profession.
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Title: LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 5, 1988
Type: TV
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.
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Funny
Title: Funny
Character: Self
Released: April 1, 1988
Type: Movie
People are asked to tell their favorite jokes.
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Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
Title: Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
Character: Self
Released: January 11, 1988
Type: Movie
Ken Howard hosts a series of role-playing vignettes (featuring some of Hollywood's top stars) to help parents and children deal with typical family situations involving the use of illegal drugs.
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Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
Title: Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
Character: Marian
Released: January 18, 1987
Type: Movie
A fashion designer marries a lawyer only to discover that his father is an imfamous mafia don.
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Choices
Title: Choices
Character: Terry 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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Sylvester
Title: Sylvester
Character: Charlene "Charlie" Railsberg
Released: March 15, 1985
Type: Movie
Charlie is a 16-year-old orphan struggling to raise her two younger brothers when she endeavors to train a wild horse she names Sylvester and turn him into an Olympic jumping champion.
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Family Secrets
Title: Family Secrets
Character: Sara Calloway
Released: May 13, 1984
Type: Movie
Three generations of women spend an emotional weekend that will change them forever.
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Little House: The Last Farewell
Title: Little House: The Last Farewell
Character: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Released: February 6, 1984
Type: Movie
While Charles and Caroline are visiting Walnut Grove, the townspeople learn that a land development tycoon has acquired title to all the land in Hero Township. They are inspired by Laura to vent their anger at this injustice.
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Little House: Bless All the Dear Children
Title: Little House: Bless All the Dear Children
Character: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Released: December 17, 1983
Type: Movie
During preparation for Christmas baby Rose Wilder is kidnapped by the woman who recently lost her child. Looking for her Laura, Almanzo and Mr Edwards meet lonely orphan boy, who finally stays with that woman.
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Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
Title: Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
Character: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Released: December 12, 1983
Type: Movie
Albert Quinn Ingalls wants to be a doctor. But soon he discovers that he is fatally ill. He decides to spend the rest of his life in Walnut Grove. Meanwhile children from school are preparing for their traditional climbing of the mountain.
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Choices of the Heart
Title: Choices of the Heart
Character: Jean Donovan
Released: December 5, 1983
Type: Movie
Jeannie Donovan, a party-girl searching for that something missing in her life, finds it in El Salvador, hooking up with three nuns and a heartful of ache, love, and horror in the midst of a civil war. This is a true story of the four American churchwomen murdered in the Central American countryside, and the indifference of the American government to their sad and desperate story.
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Title: Faerie Tale Theatre
Character: Gerda
Released: September 11, 1982
Type: TV
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
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Night of 100 Stars
Title: Night of 100 Stars
Character: Self
Released: March 8, 1982
Type: Movie
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers paid up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.
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Hollywood’s Children
Title: Hollywood’s Children
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 24, 1982
Type: Movie
A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell).
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Splendor in the Grass
Title: Splendor in the Grass
Character: Wilma Dean "Deanie" Loomis
Released: October 26, 1981
Type: Movie
Two teenagers, in love in pre-Depression Kansas, cope with parental pressure and the strict sexual mores of the day.
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The Diary of Anne Frank
Title: The Diary of Anne Frank
Character: Anne Frank
Released: November 17, 1980
Type: Movie
The story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II.
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The Little House Years
Title: The Little House Years
Character: Laura Ingalls
Released: November 15, 1979
Type: Movie
Laura Ingalls reminisces about the Ingalls' journeys and struggles during a family Thanksgiving gathering.
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The Miracle Worker
Title: The Miracle Worker
Character: Helen Keller
Released: October 14, 1979
Type: Movie
The true story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, a gripping battle to overcome impossible obstacles and the struggle to communicate. As a young girl, Helen Keller is stricken with scarlet fever. The illness leaves her blind, mute, and deaf. Sealed off from the world, Helen cannot communicate with anyone, nor anyone with her. Often frustrated and desperate, Helen flies into uncontrollable rages and tantrums that terrify her hopeless family. The gifted teacher Annie Sullivan is summoned by the family to help the girl understand the world from which she is isolated, freeing Helen Keller from her internal prison forever. Television remake of the 1962 film which also starred Patty Duke in the role of Helen Keller.
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Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Title: Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Character: Kelly
Released: December 26, 1977
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of coal miners who became trapped underground in a cave-in on Christmas Eve, 1951.
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Title: The Love Boat
Character: Rosemary Simpson
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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Title: Little House on the Prairie
Character: Laura Ingalls
Released: September 11, 1974
Type: TV
Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s.
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Little House on the Prairie
Title: Little House on the Prairie
Character: Laura Ingalls
Released: March 30, 1974
Type: Movie
The story of the Ingalls family who left their house in Wisconsin and moved to the west, wanting to find a new place for home.
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Title: Emergency!
Released: January 22, 1972
Type: TV
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
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The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Title: The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Character: Girl on Santa's Lap (uncredited)
Released: December 19, 1968
Type: Movie
A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.
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The Reluctant Astronaut
Title: The Reluctant Astronaut
Character: Niece
Released: September 5, 1967
Type: Movie
Roy Fleming is a small-town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for the space program, Roy reluctantly heads for Houston, only to find out upon arriving that his job is as a janitor, not an astronaut. Anxious to live up to the expectations of his domineering father, Roy manages to keep up a facade of being an astronaut to his family and friends. When NASA decides to launch a layperson into space to prove the worthiness of a new automated spacecraft, Roy gets the chance to confront his fears.
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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: Gunsmoke
Character: Spratts' Child
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.