Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones

Born: November 21, 1956
in Paris, Tennessee, USA
Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is an American actress. Having started her career in theatre as a founding member of the American Repertory Theatre in 1980, she then transitioned into film and television. Celebrated for her dynamic roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for an Olivier Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Jones made her Broadway debut in the 1987 play Stepping Out. She went on to receive two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play for The Heiress in 1995 and Doubt in 2005. Her other Tony-nominated roles were in Our Country's Good in 1991, A Moon for the Misbegotten in 2000, and The Glass Menagerie in 2014. Her most recent Broadway performance was in The Lifespan of a Fact in 2018.

She is also known for her work on television with breakthrough roles as Barbara Layton in The West Wing and President Allison Taylor in 24 the latter of which won her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2009. She received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Transparent in 2015 and earned two Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her roles in the Hulu drama series The Handmaid's Tale in 2019 and the HBO drama series Succession in 2020.

Her film appearances include The Horse Whisperer (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), Signs (2002), The Village (2004), Amelia (2009), The Beaver (2011), A Rainy Day in New York (2019), and The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021).

Movies for Cherry Jones...

Title: Extrapolations
Character: President Elizabeth Burdick
Released: March 16, 2023
Type: TV
Eight interconnected stories told over 33 years explore how our planet’s changing climate will affect family, work, faith—and survival.
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Title: Poker Face
Character: Laura
Released: January 26, 2023
Type: TV
This mystery-of-the-week series follows Charlie Cale, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.
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Title: Velma
Character: Victoria (voice)
Released: January 12, 2023
Type: TV
Jinkies! This raucous reimagining of the Scooby-Doo franchise unravels the mysterious origins of Mystery, Inc. – as seen through the eyes of the gang’s beloved bespectacled detective Velma.
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Title: Five Days at Memorial
Character: Susan Mulderick
Released: August 11, 2022
Type: TV
Based on actual events from Hurricane Katrina. When the floodwaters rose, power failed, and heat soared, exhausted caregivers at a New Orleans hospital were forced to make profound, heart-wrenching decisions.
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The Sky Is Everywhere
Title: The Sky Is Everywhere
Character: Fiona
Released: February 11, 2022
Type: Movie
Lennie is a teen musical prodigy grieving the death of her sister when she finds herself caught between a new guy at school and her sister's devastated boyfriend. Through her vivid imagination and conflicted heart, Lennie navigates first love and first loss.
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Becoming Helen Keller
Title: Becoming Helen Keller
Character: Helen Keller (voice)
Released: October 19, 2021
Type: Movie
The life and legacy of Helen Keller, including how she used her celebrity to advocate for human rights and social justice for women, the poor and people with disabilities.
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Title: The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Character: Rachel Grover
Released: September 17, 2021
Type: Movie
From the 1960's to the 1980's, evangelist Jim Baker and his ambitious wife, Tammy Faye, rose from humble beginnings to to build an empire based on big-time evangelical Christianity--only for the couple to fall from grace because of some all-too-human sins.
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Title: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 2021
Type: Movie
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who lived through it, creating a first-hand archive of personal backstage stories and memories. The new documentary is the long-awaited sequel to late filmmaker Rick McKay’s award-winning 2003 film Broadway: The Golden Age, continuing the saga into the '60s and '70s and spotlighting beloved classic Broadway shows including Once Upon a Mattress, Bye Bye Birdie, Barefoot in the Park, Pippin, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Chicago, and 42nd Street. Featuring a galaxy of stars including Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Glenn Close, André De Shields, Jane Fonda, Robert Goulet, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, and many more, the film also includes rare archival photos and never-before-seen footage both onstage and off.
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Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Title: Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Character: Nancy
Released: December 1, 2020
Type: Movie
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is a celebration of the lives lost to AIDS told in free-verse monologues with a blues, jazz and rock score.
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Title: Defending Jacob
Character: Joanna Klein
Released: April 24, 2020
Type: TV
A family's lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate.
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Motherless Brooklyn
Title: Motherless Brooklyn
Character: Gabby Horowitz
Released: October 31, 2019
Type: Movie
New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.
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Transparent: Musicale Finale
Title: Transparent: Musicale Finale
Character: Leslie Mackinaw
Released: September 27, 2019
Type: Movie
When the Pfeffermans face a life-changing loss, they begin a journey hilarious and melancholy, brazen and bold. As they face this new transition, they confront grief and come together to celebrate connection, joy, and transformation.
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Our Friend
Title: Our Friend
Character: Faith Pruett
Released: September 4, 2019
Type: Movie
After learning that his terminally ill wife has six months to live, a man welcomes the support of his best friend who moves into their home to help out.
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A Rainy Day in New York
Title: A Rainy Day in New York
Character: Mrs. Welles
Released: July 26, 2019
Type: Movie
Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend, but once they arrive they're met with bad weather and a series of adventures.
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Wine Country
Title: Wine Country
Character: Lady Sunshine
Released: May 8, 2019
Type: Movie
A group of friends head to the land of oaky Chardonnays and big, bold Cabernet Sauvignons for one member of the squad’s 50th birthday party.
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Title: Chimerica
Character: Mel Kincaid
Released: April 17, 2019
Type: TV
Photojournalist Lee Berger, famous for capturing the image of Tank Man in Tiananmen Square in 1989, sets out on a dangerous journey to find him.
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Boy Erased
Title: Boy Erased
Character: Dr. Muldoon
Released: September 24, 2018
Type: Movie
Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith.
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Title: Succession
Character: Nan Pierce
Released: June 3, 2018
Type: TV
Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.
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Broadway: The Next Generation
Title: Broadway: The Next Generation
Released: November 16, 2017
Type: Movie
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.
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The Party
Title: The Party
Character: Martha
Released: July 27, 2017
Type: Movie
Various individuals think they’re coming together for a party in a private home, but a series of revelations results in a huge crisis that throws their belief systems – and their values – into total disarray.
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Title: The Handmaid's Tale
Character: Holly Maddox
Released: April 26, 2017
Type: TV
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel.
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Title: 11.22.63
Character: Marquerite Oswald
Released: February 15, 2016
Type: TV
An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.
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I Saw the Light
Title: I Saw the Light
Character: Lillie Williams
Released: February 5, 2016
Type: Movie
Singer and songwriter Hank Williams rises to fame in the 1940s, but alcohol abuse and infidelity take a toll on his career and marriage to fellow musician Audrey Mae Williams.
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Knight of Cups
Title: Knight of Cups
Character: Ruth
Released: September 10, 2015
Type: Movie
Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in the decadent Hollywood excess that defines his existence. Women provide a distraction to his daily pain, and every encounter brings him closer to finding his place in the world.
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Title: American Crime
Character: Laurie Ann Hesby
Released: March 5, 2015
Type: TV
An anthology drama focusing on all aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system dealing with crimes committed in America.
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Title: Transparent
Character: Leslie Mackinaw
Released: September 26, 2014
Type: TV
An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.
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Days and Nights
Title: Days and Nights
Character: Mary
Released: September 26, 2014
Type: Movie
Reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family confronts the volatile and fragile nature of love. A modern retelling of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull", set in rural New England.
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Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Title: Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Released: June 15, 2014
Type: Movie
Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain is an icon of American theater. Since first walking on stage in 1954, Holbrook has performed his one-man show Mark Twain Tonight! for millions on and off Broadway, in all fifty states, in twenty countries, before five U.S. presidents and behind the Iron Curtain. Countless actors and Twain scholars have been influenced by Holbrook's work and his Tony and Emmy Award-winning masterpiece.
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Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Title: Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Character: Herself
Released: April 9, 2013
Type: Movie
Broadway legend Elaine Stritch remains in the spotlight at eighty-seven years old. Join the uncompromising Tony and Emmy Award-winner both on and off stage in this revealing documentary. With interviews from Tina Fey, Nathan Lane, Hal Prince and others, ELAINE STRITCH: SHOOT ME blends rare archival footage and intimate cinema vérité to reach beyond Stritch’s brassy exterior, revealing a multi-dimensional portrait of a complex woman and an inspiring artist.
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Title: Awake
Character: Dr. Judith Evans
Released: March 1, 2012
Type: TV
Michael lives in two separate realities after a car accident. In one reality, his wife Hannah survives the accident; in the other reality, his son Rex survives. Michael does not know which reality is "real", and uses the wristbands to differentiate the two. He sees two therapists: Dr. Jonathan Lee in the "red reality" and Dr. Judith Evans in the "green reality". At work, Michael's erratic behavior triggers clashes with his team; they do not know about Michael's uncanny ability to solve crimes using details from both realities.
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New Year's Eve
Title: New Year's Eve
Character: Mrs Rose Ahern
Released: December 8, 2011
Type: Movie
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.
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Title: Black Mirror
Character: Susan Taylor
Released: December 4, 2011
Type: TV
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.
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The Beaver
Title: The Beaver
Character: Vice President
Released: May 5, 2011
Type: Movie
Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter pushes for his parents to get a divorce.
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Title: Portlandia
Character: Bridge Manager / New Mayor
Released: January 21, 2011
Type: TV
Satirical sketch comedy set and filmed in Portland, Oregon that explores the eccentric misfits who embody the foibles of modern culture.
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Mother and Child
Title: Mother and Child
Character: Sister Joanne
Released: November 7, 2009
Type: Movie
The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopted child and is now a successful lawyer, but her personal life lacks warmth. Lucy and her husband have failed to conceive and now hope to adopt a baby to make their family complete.
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Amelia
Title: Amelia
Character: Eleanor Roosevelt
Released: October 22, 2009
Type: Movie
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
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24: Redemption
Title: 24: Redemption
Character: President Elect Allison Taylor
Released: November 23, 2008
Type: Movie
Former federal agent Jack Bauer confronts African dictator Benjamin Juma, whose forces have been ordered to capture the children Bauer oversees for malicious military training.
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Swimmers
Title: Swimmers
Character: Julia Tyler
Released: January 22, 2005
Type: Movie
After an accident in a small Maryland fishing town, 11-year-old Emma begins to question the nature of the adults around her.
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Deconstructing 'The Village'
Title: Deconstructing 'The Village'
Character: Self
Released: January 11, 2005
Type: Movie
In this making-of documentary, we see movie snippets, shots from the set, and interviews. We get notes from the crew and cast. We learn about the movie's genesis and development, the choice of time period and setting, finding a location and creating the sets, the flick's visual design and cinematography, working with the actors and bonding on the set, the costumes, problems with the weather, shooting in the woods, casting, the actors' "boot camp", editing and storyboards, audio design, the score, and the movie's creatures.
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Ocean's Twelve
Title: Ocean's Twelve
Character: Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
Released: December 9, 2004
Type: Movie
Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.
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Title: Clubhouse
Released: September 26, 2004
Type: TV
For the first time, Pete Young takes a risk - perhaps the only risk of his young life - when he applies for and lands his dream job as a batboy for the New York Empires. The problem is that his single mother, Lynne has no idea what he's up to. Until now, he's been the golden boy while his rebellious older sister, Betsy, has always been in the doghouse. Pete attends a strict Catholic high school where he hangs out with his best friend, Mike, who hopes to cash in on his friend's new position in life. On the job, Pete becomes a member of a new family that includes Conrad Dean, the team's captain and star third baseman and one of the boy's all-time idols, who takes on the role of an older brother. Also in the clubhouse are Pete's boss, Lou Russo, a gruff but fair equipment manager who becomes a much-needed father figure; Carlos Tavares, a rookie who believes that Pete is his good luck charm, and Jose Marquez, the Empires' territorial head batboy. Pete is over the moon at being part of his favorite team but he must still balance life at home and life in the big leagues as he faces the moral dilemmas and curve balls that are thrown his way.
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The Village
Title: The Village
Character: Mrs. Clack
Released: July 30, 2004
Type: Movie
When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.
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Making 'Signs'
Title: Making 'Signs'
Character: Self - 'Officer Paski'
Released: January 7, 2003
Type: Movie
Nearly every possible aspect of fimmaking used to produce the motion picture Signs (2002) is closely examined here. This serves as a good companion to the film, normally where a commentary track would. Though it does feature a portion of promotional value, it is still very informative and interesting to watch director M. Night Shyamalan at work.
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Signs
Title: Signs
Character: Officer Paski
Released: August 2, 2002
Type: Movie
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Title: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Character: Buggy Abbott
Released: June 7, 2002
Type: Movie
A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother.
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Miss America
Title: Miss America
Character: Narrator
Released: January 27, 2002
Type: Movie
Tracking the country’s oldest beauty contest—from its inception in 1921 as a local seaside pageant to its heyday as one of the country’s most popular events—Miss America paints a vivid picture of an institution that has come to reveal much about a changing nation. The pageant is about commercialism and sexual politics, about big business and small towns. But beyond the symbolism lies a human story—at once moving, inspiring, infuriating, funny, and poignant. Combining rare archival footage, with a host of intimate interviews with distinguished commentators including Gloria Steinem, Margaret Cho, Isaac Mizrahi, former contestants and behind–the–scenes footage and photographs, the film reveals why some women took part in the fledgling event and why others briefly rejected it - how the pageant became a battle ground and a barometer for the changing position of women in society.
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Title: 24
Character: Allison Taylor
Released: November 6, 2001
Type: TV
Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.
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Title: 24
Character: President Allison Taylor
Released: November 6, 2001
Type: TV
Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.
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What Makes a Family
Title: What Makes a Family
Character: Sandy Cataldi
Released: January 22, 2001
Type: Movie
Janine and Sandy are a lesbian couple who decide to have a baby, but after a few years Sandy dies. This tragedy is exploited by Sandy's parents to snatch the girl from Janine's care. But then, and despite having the laws against her, Janine decides to fight in order to regain custody of her daughter.
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Cora Unashamed
Title: Cora Unashamed
Character: Lizbeth Studevant
Released: October 24, 2000
Type: Movie
From the short story by Langston Hughes.
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The Perfect Storm
Title: The Perfect Storm
Character: Edie Bailey
Released: June 29, 2000
Type: Movie
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.
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Erin Brockovich
Title: Erin Brockovich
Character: Pamela Duncan
Released: March 17, 2000
Type: Movie
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.
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The Lady in Question
Title: The Lady in Question
Character: Mimi Barnes
Released: December 12, 1999
Type: Movie
In 1938, Jewish-rights activist Emma Sachs is targeted by the Nazis. When she dies, foul play is suspected. But was it the Nazis, or was it someone else? Det. Tony Rossini investigates, along with Larry "Cash" Carter, a theatre director connected to Mrs. Sachs and her family.
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Cradle Will Rock
Title: Cradle Will Rock
Character: Hallie Flanagan
Released: December 10, 1999
Type: Movie
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
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Title: The West Wing
Character: Barbara Layton
Released: September 22, 1999
Type: TV
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
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Murder in a Small Town
Title: Murder in a Small Town
Character: Mimi
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: Movie
A widowed theatre director moves to a small Connecticut town where he gets involved in solving the murder of a millionaire, who was the most despised man in town.
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Out of the Past
Title: Out of the Past
Character: Annie Adams Fields (voice)
Released: July 31, 1998
Type: Movie
In 1995, Kelli Peterson started a gay and straight club at her Salt Lake City high school. The story of her ensuing battle with school authorities in interspersed with looks back at the diary of Michael Wigglesworth, a 17th-century Puritan cleric, at the 30-year love affair of Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie Adams Fields, at Henry Gerber's attempt after World War I to establish a gay-rights organization, at Bayard Rustin's role in the civil rights movement, and at Barbara Gittings' taking on of the American Psychiatric Association's position that homosexuality is illness. One person comments, "To create a place for ourselves in the present, we have to find ourselves in the past."
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The Horse Whisperer
Title: The Horse Whisperer
Character: Liz Hammond
Released: February 1, 1998
Type: Movie
The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.
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Julian Po
Title: Julian Po
Character: Lucy
Released: September 5, 1997
Type: Movie
Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out in frustration, that he is there to kill himself.
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Title: Frasier
Character: Janet (voice)
Released: September 16, 1993
Type: TV
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.
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Housesitter
Title: Housesitter
Character: Patty
Released: June 12, 1992
Type: Movie
After building his dream house, architect Newton Davis proposes marriage to his girlfriend, only to be summarily rejected. He seeks solace in a one-night stand with a waitress, never imagining that a woman he slept with once would end up posing as his wife. Gwen's ruse is so effective that by the time Newton learns of his "marriage," the entire town feels like they know him.
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Title: American Experience
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 4, 1988
Type: TV
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
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The Big Town
Title: The Big Town
Character: Ginger McDonald
Released: September 25, 1987
Type: Movie
It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who leaves for the big city to work as a professional gambler. While there, he breaks the bank at a private craps game at the Gem Club, owned by George Cole, and falls in love with two women, one of them Cole's wife.
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Light of Day
Title: Light of Day
Character: Cindy Montgomery
Released: February 6, 1987
Type: Movie
Cleveland siblings rise with a rock band while coping with personal problems.