Janet MacLachlan

Janet MacLachlan

Born: August 27, 1933
Died: October 11, 2010
in New York City, New York, USA

Movies for Janet MacLachlan...

A Private Affair
Title: A Private Affair
Character: Cynthia
Released: August 26, 2000
Type: Movie
A woman who has confronted the sour side of success finds love and discovers herself in this made-for-TV drama. Nikka (Vanessa Bell Calloway) is a writer who enjoys unexpected success with her first novel, but her brush with fame and fortune has a serious downside when she's threatened with legal action by the Internal Revenue Service for non-payment of taxes. Turning to her family and friends for help, Nikka's new life begins to fall apart, but she begins to develop a greater sense of herself in the process, and she decides to take a trip to Africa in hopes of coming to terms with her heritage.
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The Thirteenth Floor
Title: The Thirteenth Floor
Character: Ellen
Released: April 16, 1999
Type: Movie
Los Angeles. A wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his in the most unexpected place.
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My Last Love
Title: My Last Love
Character: Dr. Francis
Released: January 25, 1999
Type: Movie
Love and life can never be planned. That's the message of the heartwarming love story of Susan Morton, a single mother facing a terminal illness who finds unexpected romance and a larger life lesson at a most difficult time. Susan moves to California with her daughter after being diagnosed with cancer. Enter young lover Michael Blake, who teaches Susan that all of life is a precious gift.
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Pinocchio's Revenge
Title: Pinocchio's Revenge
Character: Judge Allen
Released: October 7, 1996
Type: Movie
Defense attorney Jennifer Garrick acquires a Pinocchio puppet from a condemned serial killer. Her pre-teen daughter, Zoe, mistakes the puppet as a birthday present and grows attached to her new friend. Suddenly, accidents begin to happen to those who cross Zoe. Zoe claims it's her Pinocchio doll but her therapist thinks otherwise. Pinocchio promises he'll behave if Zoe will cut his strings...
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In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
Title: In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
Character: Nedda Losey
Released: December 9, 1994
Type: Movie
All eyes are on Sparta after an internationally renowned actress arrives unexpectedly in the rural Mississippi town—and with a killer secret.
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Criminal Passion
Title: Criminal Passion
Character: Tracy's Lawyer
Released: September 21, 1994
Type: Movie
Homicide detective Melanie Hudson begins a torrid affair with a senator's son who is a suspect in a series of grisly murders.
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Title: ER
Character: Mother Lawrence
Released: September 19, 1994
Type: TV
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
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There Goes My Baby
Title: There Goes My Baby
Character: Lottie
Released: September 2, 1994
Type: Movie
It's the summer of 1965, and the members of the graduating class of upscale Westwood High are eager to reinvent themselves. Valedictorian Mary Beth wants to attend a liberal university. Surfer bum Stick plans to enlist to fight in Vietnam. Calvin lives in the poor Watts section of Los Angeles, which is slowly erupting in violence. As the summer nights grow long, they'll all be forced to make decisions that will affect the rest of their lives.
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Heart and Souls
Title: Heart and Souls
Character: Agnes Miller
Released: August 13, 1993
Type: Movie
A fateful night in 1959, four people die when the bus they are riding crashes. They continue as ghosts; their souls become eternally entwined to the life of a child born at the moment of their deaths as his guardians. Baby Thomas grows up to be a businessman who has memories of his playmates, but assumes they are products of his youthful imagination. When the ghosts realize they need Thomas' help to move on to the afterlife, they decide to make an appearance once more.
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Tracks of Glory
Title: Tracks of Glory
Character: Mrs. Morris
Released: July 5, 1992
Type: Movie
Racial barriers are broken in circa-1900 Australia by Major Taylor, who becomes a world-champion bicycle racer.
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Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Title: Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Character: Mrs. Barrett
Released: March 26, 1992
Type: Movie
An AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and its prevention.
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Title: Home Improvement
Character: Dean Cummings
Released: September 17, 1991
Type: TV
The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.
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Killer Instinct
Title: Killer Instinct
Character: Nurse Stoddard
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: Murphy Brown
Character: Dr. Paula Hayes
Released: November 14, 1988
Type: TV
Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic residential treatment center. Over 40 and single, she is sharp tongued and hard as nails. In her profession, she is considered one of the boys, having shattered many glass ceilings encountered during her career. Dominating the FYI news magazine, she is portrayed as one of America's hardest-hitting (though not the warmest or more sympathetic) media personalities.
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For Keeps
Title: For Keeps
Character: Miss Giles
Released: January 15, 1988
Type: Movie
Young high school couple Darcy Elliot and Stan Bobrucz are one year from graduation, with promising futures ahead of them. But their paths take a drastic turn when Darcy becomes pregnant. Unwilling to go through an abortion or an adoption — despite their parents' pleas — Darcy and Stan decide to sacrifice their college experiences and degrees in order to keep and raise the baby. After a quick marriage, the two realize it won't be as easy as they thought.
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The Boy Who Could Fly
Title: The Boy Who Could Fly
Character: Mrs. D'Gregario
Released: August 15, 1986
Type: Movie
Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, but Milly finds a friend in Eric, her autistic next door neighbor. Eric has a fascination with flight, and as the story progresses, he exerts an enthralling force of change on all those around him.
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Murphy's Law
Title: Murphy's Law
Character: Dr. Lovell
Released: April 18, 1986
Type: Movie
A tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.
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Toughlove
Title: Toughlove
Character: Bess Dawson
Released: October 13, 1985
Type: Movie
The Charters family falls into despair over their drug-addicted son Gary. They discuss his problems through the "Toughlove" program in searching for answers.
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Title: The Golden Girls
Character: Sandra
Released: September 14, 1985
Type: TV
Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.
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Title: Moonlighting
Character: Angela Bridges
Released: March 3, 1985
Type: TV
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.
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Tightrope
Title: Tightrope
Character: Dr. Yarlofsky
Released: August 17, 1984
Type: Movie
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.
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For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Title: For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Character: Mildred
Released: March 22, 1983
Type: Movie
This film is the true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson, Mississippi to direct the regional headquarters of the NAACP. Fighting segregation and racist politics, Evers becomes a leader in the black community.
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Thursday's Child
Title: Thursday's Child
Character: Nurse Judy
Released: February 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Sam Alden is the 17-year-old high school star player in baseball who seems to have it all. However, his family notices that he is often bothered with fits of coughing. Worried, his parents decide to take him to the hospital, where they are shocked to find out that he has a life-threatening heart disease. Sam has trouble dealing with his illness, but he pretends to still be a joyful teenager to not have his parents worrying even more than they already do. His health is deteriorating, though, and it is eventually revealed that he needs a heart transplant if he wants to survive. This is the beginning of a long journey, which is mentally and physically exhausting. Sam has countless operations, and tests. The search for a donor seems endless to him. Even before the final operation, Sam is forced to deal with several setbacks in his life.
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Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain
Title: Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Oscar nominated animated short film from 1983. A blind boy visualizes what he hears and experiences on a regular basis.
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The Kid From Nowhere
Title: The Kid From Nowhere
Character: Linda Killian
Released: January 4, 1982
Type: Movie
A single mother is overprotective of her mentally challenged son, which has made him angry and difficult, while she denies herself a social life. Things change for the better when the boy gains self-esteem training for the Special Olympics, and his mother learns to let go.
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The Other Victim
Title: The Other Victim
Character: Sgt. Debbins
Released: November 4, 1981
Type: Movie
After his wife is raped, a man struggles to find ways to express the anger and helplessness which the crime has instilled in him.
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Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
Title: Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
Character: Alva Solazarno
Released: October 19, 1981
Type: Movie
Updated version of the Jacqueline Susann best selling 1960's novel shows the lives of three very different women who come to New York City to achieve fame and fortune in show business and get all messed up in the process.
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Title: The Sophisticated Gents
Character: Diane Walker
Released: September 29, 1981
Type: TV
The 25-year reunion of members of a black athletic-social club brings together nine of its members for the first time to honor their old coach but is marred by a murder investigation involving one of the gents.
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She's in the Army Now
Title: She's in the Army Now
Character: Sgt. Reed
Released: May 20, 1981
Type: Movie
Akin to Private Benjamin, this comedy deals with the tough life of female army recruits going through basic training. Through their training they come to realize that there is more to being tough than having muscles.
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Title: Friends
Character: Jane Summerfield
Released: March 25, 1979
Type: TV
Friends is a short-lived kids-oriented drama that aired in the spring of 1979. The series, which was produced by Aaron Spelling and aired on ABC, starred Charlie Aiken, Jill Whelan, and Jarrod Johnson as three Southern Californian 11-year-olds. Karen Morrow also appeared. Only five one-hour episodes were produced before the series was cancelled.
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Title: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Character: Mary Logan
Released: June 2, 1978
Type: Movie
1978 movie starring Morgan Freeman. This movie is the shortened version that was released from the original 3 part mini series back in 1978.
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Dark Victory
Title: Dark Victory
Character: Eileen
Released: February 5, 1976
Type: Movie
A TV producer with a terminal illness is given the strength to keep going by her love for her doctor.
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Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style
Title: Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style
Released: January 25, 1976
Type: Movie
The story of how jazz great Louis Armstrong got his start playing in Chicago clubs, how he was framed on a drug charge, and his travels throughout Europe, where he first gained worldwide fame.
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Title: Wonder Woman
Character: Sakri
Released: November 7, 1975
Type: TV
With the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Athena, the speed of Mercury and the beauty of Aphrodite, she’s Wonder Woman. Beautiful Amazon princess Wonder Woman travels to 1940s America disguised as Diana Prince, assistant to handsome but trouble-prone Major Steve Trevor. Using her golden belt, which imbues her with astonishing strength, her bullet-deflecting bracelets, a golden lasso that dispels dishonesty and an invisible supersonic plane, Wonder Woman combats evil.
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Title: Barney Miller
Character: Miss Jackson
Released: January 23, 1975
Type: TV
Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed the majority of the episodes.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Fashion Designer Adrienne Clarke
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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Title: The Six Million Dollar Man
Character: Mrs. Cook
Released: January 18, 1974
Type: TV
Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cybernetics, Rudy Wells. Steve uses the superior strength and speed provided by his bionic arm and legs, and the enhanced vision provided by his artificial eye, to fight enemy agents, aliens, mad scientists, and a wide variety of other villains.
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Maurie
Title: Maurie
Character: Dorothy
Released: August 1, 1973
Type: Movie
When an African-American basketball star suffers sudden paralysis, his white friend and teammate assists in his rehabilitation.
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Title: Love Thy Neighbor
Character: Jackie Bruce
Released: June 15, 1973
Type: TV
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Trouble Comes to Town
Title: Trouble Comes to Town
Character: Naomi Speare
Released: January 11, 1973
Type: Movie
A Southern sheriff brings into his home a black juvenile delinquent, who is the son of the man who saved his life during the Korean War.
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Sounder
Title: Sounder
Character: Camille Johnson
Released: September 24, 1972
Type: Movie
The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
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Title: Ghost Story
Character: Mrs. Dillon
Released: September 15, 1972
Type: TV
Ghost Story is an American television anthology series that aired for one season on NBC from 1972 to 1973. Executive-produced by William Castle, it initially featured supernatural entities such as ghosts, vampires, and witches. By mid-season, low ratings led to a shift -- for the most part -- away from paranormal themes and a title change to Circle of Fear.
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The Man
Title: The Man
Character: Wanda
Released: July 19, 1972
Type: Movie
When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office. The events from that day to the next election when he must decide if he will actually run challenge his skills as a politician and leader.
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Cutter
Title: Cutter
Character: Diane Hayden
Released: January 26, 1972
Type: Movie
Private eye searches for a missing football quarterback in Chicago.
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Title: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Character: Sherry Wilson
Released: September 19, 1970
Type: TV
30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda. Mary unexpectedly lands a job as associate producer at the TV station WJM, where she works alongside her bristly boss, Lou; the comical newswriter, Murray; and the newscast's often-incompetent anchor, Ted.
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Darker Than Amber
Title: Darker Than Amber
Character: Noreen
Released: August 14, 1970
Type: Movie
Professional beach bum and 'knight errant' Travis McGee goes up against psychotic body-builder Terry Bartell. McGee pulls out all the stops when he joins a Caribbean cruise to bring the killer to justice.
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Halls of Anger
Title: Halls of Anger
Character: Lorraine Nash
Released: April 29, 1970
Type: Movie
An all-black inner city school has to become an integrated school. Few dozen white kids are transfered there, but the black students are aggressively opposed to this. The school then approaches a tough black teacher for help.
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Tick... Tick... Tick...
Title: Tick... Tick... Tick...
Character: Mary Price
Released: January 9, 1970
Type: Movie
Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.
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Change of Mind
Title: Change of Mind
Character: Elizabeth Dickson
Released: October 8, 1969
Type: Movie
A white man's brain is transplanted into a black man's skull.
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Uptight
Title: Uptight
Character: Jeannie
Released: December 28, 1968
Type: Movie
Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
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Title: The Name of the Game
Character: Nicole
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: TV
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.
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Title: The Invaders
Character: Celia Baxter
Released: January 10, 1967
Type: TV
The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them, for him it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found. It began with a closed deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy. Now, David Vincent knows that the Invaders are here, that they have taken human form. Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun.
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Title: Star Trek
Character: Charlene Masters
Released: September 8, 1966
Type: TV
Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen led by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before.
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Title: The Fugitive
Character: Nurse
Released: September 17, 1963
Type: TV
Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man". At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably dogged by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard.
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Title: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character: The Secretary
Released: September 20, 1962
Type: TV
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
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Title: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character: Gayle
Released: September 20, 1962
Type: TV
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.