Viveca Lindfors

Viveca Lindfors

Born: December 29, 1920
Died: October 25, 1995
in Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden
Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors was a Swedish stage and screen actress, writer and director. She was brought to Hollywood in 1946 by Warner Brothers in the hope that she would become a new Greta Garbo or Ingrid Bergman. Viveca Lindfors appeared in almost 150 feature films and television productions.

Movies for Viveca Lindfors...

Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Title: Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Character: Self
Released: July 8, 1997
Type: Movie
Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "world's worst director," Henry Jaglom obsessively confuses and abuses the line between life and art. Featuring scores of interviews (including Orson Welles, Dennis Hopper, Milos Forman and Peter Bogdanovich) and rare behind-the-scenes footage, this hilarious documentary explores the fascinating question of Who Is Henry Jaglom?
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Last Summer in the Hamptons
Title: Last Summer in the Hamptons
Character: Helena Mora
Released: November 22, 1995
Type: Movie
Helena Mora, the head of an eccentric theatrical family, has decided to sell her large estate in the Hamptons because of her recent money troubles. Before she completes the sale, she wants to have one last gathering of family and friends, with dramatic performances. Bringing everyone together, though, creates rivalries and tension, especially for Oona, a temperamental but successful movie actress who seeks the approval of her creative peers.
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Run For Cover
Title: Run For Cover
Character: Senator Anderson
Released: May 12, 1995
Type: Movie
Former KGB plot a terrorist attack on New York City.
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Stargate
Title: Stargate
Character: Catherine
Released: October 28, 1994
Type: Movie
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
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Backstreet Justice
Title: Backstreet Justice
Character: Mrs. Robovit
Released: September 21, 1994
Type: Movie
A P.I. is burdened by her late father's reputation as a corrupt cop.
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Zelda
Title: Zelda
Released: November 6, 1993
Type: Movie
Famous 1920s modernist writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his eccentric Flapper socialite wife Zelda Sayre's relationship began quite passionately, but he slowly fell into alcoholism and she was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia.
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Minns ni?
Title: Minns ni?
Released: October 24, 1993
Type: Movie
A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.
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Geoffrey Beene 30
Title: Geoffrey Beene 30
Released: April 5, 1993
Type: Movie
A profile of fashion designer Geoffrey Beene, on his 30 years in the industry.
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Exiled in America
Title: Exiled in America
Character: Dr. Helena Lindenhaim
Released: November 4, 1992
Type: Movie
A Central American revolutionary is captured and tortured by government forces. He escapes and flees to the US, hiding out in a rural area where he is sheltered by a Christian sanctuary movement. His wife gets a job at a local diner run by one of the town's shadier women, and soon a CIA assassination team shows up, looking for him.
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Zandalee
Title: Zandalee
Character: Tatta
Released: May 9, 1991
Type: Movie
Bored with her marriage to burnt out poet turned corporate executive Thierry, Zandalee falls prey to an old friend of her husband, the manipulative and egotistical Johnny and becomes enmeshed in a sensual, passionate and destructive affair.
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The Linguini Incident
Title: The Linguini Incident
Character: Miracle
Released: May 1, 1991
Type: Movie
A waitress, a barman and an underwear designer try to rob a New York restaurant where two of them work.
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Child of Darkness, Child of Light
Title: Child of Darkness, Child of Light
Character: Ida Walsh
Released: May 1, 1991
Type: Movie
A Catholic priest is sent to investigate reports of two virgin conceptions. One is about to give birth to the child of God and the other is the child of the Devil and he must decide which one is good and which one is evil before Satan's followers can stop him.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Helga Holtz
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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The Exorcist III
Title: The Exorcist III
Character: Nurse X
Released: August 17, 1990
Type: Movie
On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieutenant Kinderman's world is once again shattered when a boy is found decapitated and savagely crucified.
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Misplaced
Title: Misplaced
Character: Zofia
Released: September 14, 1989
Type: Movie
The story of a strong-minded Polish mother, Halina Nowak who desperately wants her talented son, Jacek to have a life in the free world.
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Going Undercover
Title: Going Undercover
Character: Mrs. Bellinger
Released: June 17, 1988
Type: Movie
Forever bungling private investigator Henry Brilliant (Chris Lemmon) has been hired by Maxine de la Hunt (Jean Simmons) to protect her step-daughter Marigold (Lea Thompson) during her trip to Denmark. A real caring parent should have hired an army of P.I.s to protect Marigold from Mr. Brilliant. His name, he's not.
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Title: China Beach
Released: April 26, 1988
Type: TV
Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach filled with wounded soldiers and one very lovely but damaged Army Nurse Colleen McMurphy. Many heroes, dead and alive, try to make sense of life and death in between bourbon, bullets and battles.
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The Ann Jillian Story
Title: The Ann Jillian Story
Character: Ann's Mother
Released: January 4, 1988
Type: Movie
Ann Jillian finds out she has cancer and the movie shows how she deals with that (the hospital treatments and impact on her life).
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Rachel River
Title: Rachel River
Character: Harriet White
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
A divorced mother pursues her career as a radio personality in rural Minnesota.
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Freckled Max and the Spooks
Title: Freckled Max and the Spooks
Character: Baronka
Released: October 17, 1987
Type: Movie
A parody of Frankensteinian stories. It is a story of a little boy, an orphan who arrives at the Castle of Count Frankenstein - a world inhabited by mysterious and sometimes a bit ridiculous scary creatures. Although each one of them is different, they all share one thing: they feel lonely and they are desperate for a little love and affection.
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Unfinished Business
Title: Unfinished Business
Character: Helena
Released: September 18, 1987
Type: Movie
Helena, a stage actress is confronted by Ferenc, a Hungarian who left her 15 years before to return to Europe, where he now runs a state-subsidized theater. Though he has brought along his current mistress, he wants to come back to Helena.
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Title: Frankenstein's Aunt
Character: Teta
Released: February 1, 1987
Type: TV
Frankenstein's Aunt is the protagonist of three novels - two by Allan Rune Pettersson and a seven-episode TV miniseries based on the first one. The story is a humorous homage to the Universal Horror Frankenstein films.
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Title: The Wizard
Released: September 9, 1986
Type: TV
The Wizard is a live-action, family friendly, action/adventure series created by Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, and Paul B. Radin. The series included lessons in diversity, friendship, imagination, respect, and never giving up.
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Secret Weapons
Title: Secret Weapons
Character: Aunt Rosa Koslov
Released: March 3, 1985
Type: Movie
Soviet High School girls are sent to the U.S. where they are taught to become secret agents and use sex to find information.
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The Sure Thing
Title: The Sure Thing
Character: Professor Taub
Released: March 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.
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The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
Title: The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
Character: Dr. Rice
Released: October 31, 1984
Type: Movie
A teenager must cope with a disease that causes himself to age at an astronomical rate.
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Silent Madness
Title: Silent Madness
Character: Mrs. Collins
Released: October 26, 1984
Type: Movie
A psychiatrist poses as an ex-sorority sister to stop a slasher freed by a computer error.
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Passions
Title: Passions
Character: Lila
Released: October 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A man with a wife and daughter also has a son with another woman. When he dies this little secret is revealed to the wife. She then sets out to make her and her son suffer by trying to throw them out of the house he bought for them but now it legally belongs to his wife. And at the same time, wanting to ensure her son's future, she sues his estate for her son's education fund. While they are butting heads, they both discover that they were both deceived by him.
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A Doctor's Story
Title: A Doctor's Story
Character: Mrs. Kristina Karlberg
Released: April 23, 1984
Type: Movie
A physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.
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Title: Reading Rainbow
Character: Herself - Narrator (voice)
Released: June 6, 1983
Type: TV
Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.
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Creepshow
Title: Creepshow
Character: Aunt Bedelia (segment "Father's Day")
Released: November 10, 1982
Type: Movie
Five tales in the style of classic '50s horror comics, involving a murdered man emerging from the grave, a meteor's ooze that makes everything grow, a snack for a crated creature, a scheming husband, and a malevolent millionaire with an insect phobia.
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Title: Hotel
Released: August 21, 1982
Type: TV
Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco. Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of The Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff.
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Inside the Third Reich
Title: Inside the Third Reich
Character: Gypsy woman
Released: May 9, 1982
Type: Movie
A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon Speer's own monograph of the same title.
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Divorce Wars: A Love Story
Title: Divorce Wars: A Love Story
Character: Barbara Harper
Released: March 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Successful divorce lawyer Jack Sturgess discovers that his own marriage is falling apart and must juggle his domestic conflicts with his clients' problems.
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For Ladies Only
Title: For Ladies Only
Character: Rachel Loring
Released: November 9, 1981
Type: Movie
An aspiring young actor moonlights as a male stripper while looking for work in the theatre.
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The Best Little Girl in the World
Title: The Best Little Girl in the World
Character: Madame Seurat
Released: May 11, 1981
Type: Movie
Casey Powell is a teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nervosa, a mental and physical illness of deliberately starving herself or self-inducing vomiting, because of her inability to cope with family stress and because of social pressures.
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The Hand
Title: The Hand
Character: Doctress
Released: April 24, 1981
Type: Movie
Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
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Title: Dynasty
Released: January 12, 1981
Type: TV
The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled; Steven, openly gay; and Amanda, hidden from him by his ex-wife, the conniving Alexis. Most of the show features the conflict between 2 large corporations, Blake's Denver Carrington and Alexis' ColbyCo.
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Marilyn: The Untold Story
Title: Marilyn: The Untold Story
Character: Natasha Lytess
Released: November 10, 1980
Type: Movie
The story of the life and times of the legendary Hollywood blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe, from her meteoric rise to stardom to her marriages and untimely death.
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Mom, the Wolfman and Me
Title: Mom, the Wolfman and Me
Character: Grandma Bergman
Released: October 20, 1980
Type: Movie
Concerned that her feminist mom Deborah is going to stay single, Jenny Bergman plays matchmaker. She arranges a date between mom and unemployed Theo Marker, Irish Wolfhound owner, doing everything to get keep them together.
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Playing for Time
Title: Playing for Time
Character: Frau Schmidt
Released: September 30, 1980
Type: Movie
When a Jewish songstress is plucked from the stage and sent to Auschwitz, she and other musicians find themselves assigned to a terrible task—using their talents to soothe fellow prisoners who are sentenced to die in the gas chambers.
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Natural Enemies
Title: Natural Enemies
Character: Psychiatrist
Released: November 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Paul Steward, editor of a scientific journal, is a failed husband, a failed father, he considers his entire life a failure. His decision is made, there's only one escape: to kill his family and himself.
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Natural Enemies
Title: Natural Enemies
Character: Dr. Baker
Released: November 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Paul Steward, editor of a scientific journal, is a failed husband, a failed father, he considers his entire life a failure. His decision is made, there's only one escape: to kill his family and himself.
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Voices
Title: Voices
Character: Mrs. Lemon
Released: March 14, 1979
Type: Movie
An up-and-coming nightclub singer falls in love with a shy young deaf teacher who aspires to be a dancer.
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A Wedding
Title: A Wedding
Character: Ingrid Hellstrom
Released: August 29, 1978
Type: Movie
Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as the Corelli Italian connection is suspect, security guards watch the gifts rather over-zealously, and Dino's grandma expires in bed just as the reception starts. Could be quite an occasion.
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Girlfriends
Title: Girlfriends
Character: Beatrice
Released: August 11, 1978
Type: Movie
A photographer and her best friend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to get married and leave, she feels hurt and has to learn how to deal with living alone.
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A Question of Guilt
Title: A Question of Guilt
Character: Dr. Rosen
Released: February 21, 1978
Type: Movie
A swinging divorcée is prejudged by a police detective and accused of killing her child.
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Tabu
Title: Tabu
Character: Sirkka Lind
Released: January 28, 1977
Type: Movie
Solidarity with the border people. Equal rights for the sexual deviants. Kristoffer Lohman is a young solicitor who collects stories and knowledge of different perversions. This has affected and changed his own sexual life. Sara, a young well-behaved and adorned woman, becomes interested in Kristoffer's activity.
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Welcome to L.A.
Title: Welcome to L.A.
Character: Susan Moore
Released: November 12, 1976
Type: Movie
The lives of a group of Hollywood neurotics intersect over the Christmas holidays. Foremost among them, a songwriter visits Los Angeles to work on a singer's album. The gig, unbeknownst to him, is being bankrolled by his estranged father, a dairy magnate, who hopes to reunite with his son. When the songwriter meets an eccentric housewife who fancies herself a modern-day Garbo, his world of illusions comes crashing down.
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The Tenth Level
Title: The Tenth Level
Character: Mrs. Schnagel
Released: August 26, 1976
Type: Movie
Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the Nazis, were willing to "just follow orders" and do horrible things to others. Professor Stephen Turner leads students to believe that they are applying increasingly painful electric shocks to other subjects when they fail to perform a task correctly, and is alarmed to see how much pain the students can be convinced to inflict "in the name of science."
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Bell from Hell
Title: Bell from Hell
Character: Marta
Released: July 19, 1974
Type: Movie
When John is released from a psychiatric center where he has been hospitalized for a long time, he decides to move into the house of his dead mother, whose inheritance is in dispute.
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The Way We Were
Title: The Way We Were
Character: Paula Reisner
Released: October 17, 1973
Type: Movie
Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.
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A House Without Boundaries
Title: A House Without Boundaries
Character: Señorita Elvira
Released: April 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Daniel is a member of The Organization. He is sent on an assignment to Bilbao to determine what has become of a lad his age, a former member. He takes over the boy's room in an odd rooming house. When he is given the photo of the boy's girlfriend, he is so taken with it that he puts off his quest. The Organization requires him to continue, however, so he tracks her down to a remote fishing village.
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Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Title: Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Character: Paula Galba
Released: December 16, 1970
Type: Movie
Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the modeling world of New York, her stressfull workdays, her affair with Mark, an advertising executive, her friendship with photographer Aaron, and her downward spiral into ruin.
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Cauldron of Blood
Title: Cauldron of Blood
Character: Tania Badulescu
Released: February 16, 1970
Type: Movie
A blind sculptor works on his magnum opus unaware that the skeletons he has been using for armatures are the remains of the victims of his evil wife and that he is the next target.
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Coming Apart
Title: Coming Apart
Character: Monica
Released: October 26, 1969
Type: Movie
A psychiatrist secretly films his female patients as an experiment; he pushes both him and his customers in ways that induce his own mental breakdown.
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The Diary of Anne Frank
Title: The Diary of Anne Frank
Character: Petronella Van Daan
Released: November 26, 1967
Type: Movie
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
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Oscuros sueños de agosto
Title: Oscuros sueños de agosto
Character: Isabel
Released: July 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Isabel returns to Spain, after several years of absence, to be cured of a neurosis. His daughter Ana, whom he has not seen in all this time, decides to spend the holidays with her, taking advantage of the fact that her boyfriend has gone to study in Germany. During her stay in the sanatorium, Ana meets Mario, an attractive young man somewhat unbalanced, who tries to seduce her. Although at first she does not show any interest, little by little she becomes attracted to him.
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Title: The F.B.I.
Character: Eva Bolen
Released: September 19, 1965
Type: TV
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.
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Brainstorm
Title: Brainstorm
Character: Dr. Elizabeth Larstadt
Released: May 5, 1965
Type: Movie
Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.
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Sylvia
Title: Sylvia
Character: Irma Olanski
Released: February 10, 1965
Type: Movie
Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do Frederick Summers (Peter Lawford), hires an investigator named Alan Maklin (George Maharis) to do some digging, and what he finds out about her life prior to becoming a writer is quite shocking. Will the newfound knowledge ruin the marriage? Gordon Douglas (Young at Heart) directs this drama, which is based on E.V. Cunningham's book.
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Fanfare for a Death Scene
Title: Fanfare for a Death Scene
Character: Ala Sarah
Released: September 1, 1964
Type: Movie
An American secret agent, on the trail of a vanished scientist, must recover the scientist's revolutionary secret formula before the enemy catches up with his quarry first.
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An Affair of the Skin
Title: An Affair of the Skin
Character: Victoria
Released: November 20, 1963
Type: Movie
A neurotic woman, her unhappy husband and three other New Yorkers share a complicated relationship.
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The Damned
Title: The Damned
Character: Freya Neilson
Released: November 16, 1962
Type: Movie
An American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on children.
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No Exit
Title: No Exit
Character: Inez
Released: June 1, 1962
Type: Movie
The Valet (Manuel Rosón) enters a hotel room with Joseph Garcin (Morgan Sterne) in tow. The windowless room has a single entrance and no mirrors. Two women, Inès Serrano (Viveca Lindfors) and Estelle Rigault (Rita Gam), are then led in; afterwards, the Valet leaves and locks the door. Realising that they are in hell, the trio expects to be tortured; however, no torturer is forthcoming. While waiting, they strike up a conversation and discuss each other's sins, desires, and unpleasant memories. Adaptation of the play by Jean-Paul Sartre.
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Five Fingers : The Temple of the Swinging Doll
Title: Five Fingers : The Temple of the Swinging Doll
Character: Madame Zapote
Released: December 1, 1961
Type: Movie
An edited version of an episode of the television series, Five Fingers released in theaters.
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King of Kings
Title: King of Kings
Character: Claudia
Released: October 11, 1961
Type: Movie
Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.
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Title: Ben Casey
Released: October 2, 1961
Type: TV
Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff was a medical consultant for the show and may have influenced the personality of the title character.
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Weddings and Babies
Title: Weddings and Babies
Character: Bea
Released: October 5, 1960
Type: Movie
A photographer struggles to make enough money to marry his fiancee, who is starting to believe he's delaying their marriage deliberately.
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The Story of Ruth
Title: The Story of Ruth
Character: Eleilat
Released: June 17, 1960
Type: Movie
Ruth is an unusual character in the Bible. First she's a female protagonist, one of a select few there. Secondly her story gets its own book in the Old Testament, a short item of only four chapters. Lastly she's the first non-Hebrew protagonist in the Bible since Abraham sired the Hebrew people. It's a simple story in the Old Testament. Ruth is one of two Moabite women who marry the sons of Elimelech and Naomi. When Elimelech and sons Mahlon and Chillion die, leaving Naomi a widow with two widowed daughters-in-law, Naomi decides to return to Israel. One daughter-in-law, Orpah, bids her goodbye. Daughter-in-law Ruth however says she will not desert her. She's going to give up the life and culture of Moab and her people will be Naomi's people in the most famous line from the Book of Ruth.
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Title: Johnny Midnight
Character: Simone
Released: January 3, 1960
Type: TV
Johnny Midnight is an American crime drama that aired for one season in syndicated from January to December 1960. The series stars Edmond O'Brien as the title character.
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Title: Play of the Week
Character: Belia Odry
Released: October 12, 1959
Type: TV
This syndicated anthology series staged a different play every week covering all genres, dramas, comedies, musicals, fantasies, mysteries, et al, utilizing some of the best talent appearing on Broadway.
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Title: Adventures in Paradise
Character: Sister Catherine
Released: October 5, 1959
Type: TV
Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III, which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. USA Network aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988. The plots deal with the romantic and detective stories of Korean War veteran Troy. The supporting cast, varying from season to season, features George Tobias, Guy Stockwell, and Linda Lawson.
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Title: Bonanza
Character: Angela Bergstrom
Released: September 12, 1959
Type: TV
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
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Title: Rawhide
Released: January 9, 1959
Type: TV
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
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Tempest
Title: Tempest
Character: Catherine II
Released: December 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station at a remote outpost. During a blinding snowstorm he comes upon a stranger who was caught in the storm and is near death from freezing. He rescues the man and eventually brings him back to health. When the man is well enough to travel, the two part company and the man vows to repay the officer for saving his life. Soon after he arrives at his new post, a revolt by the local Cossacks breaks out and the fort is besieged by the rebels. The young officer is astonished to find out that the leader of the rebellious Cossacks is none other than the stranger whose life he had saved during the storm.
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Title: Naked City
Character: Lulu Kronen
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
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I Accuse!
Title: I Accuse!
Character: Lucie Dreyfus
Released: March 5, 1958
Type: Movie
Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism. Sent to prison, he becomes a cause célèbre for the novelist Émile Zola, who dubs it the "Dreyfus Affair." Eventually, Dreyfus is pardoned when the military cover-up is made public, and he returns to France. But his name is forever tarnished by the accusations of treason.
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Title: DuPont Show of the Month
Character: Camilla, la Perichole
Released: September 29, 1957
Type: TV
DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a weekly half-hour anthology drama series hosted by June Allyson, The DuPont Show with June Allyson. During the Golden Age of Television, DuPont Show of the Month was one of numerous anthology series telecast between 1949 and 1962. Superficially, it resembled Playhouse 90 and other anthologies, but DuPont Show of the Month focused less on contemporary dramas and more on adaptations of literary classics, including Oliver Twist, The Prince and the Pauper, Billy Budd, The Prisoner of Zenda, A Tale of Two Cities and The Count of Monte Cristo.
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The Last Tycoon
Title: The Last Tycoon
Character: Kathleen Moore
Released: March 14, 1957
Type: Movie
Based off the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same title, a movie producer is slowly working himself to death.
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The Halliday Brand
Title: The Halliday Brand
Character: Aleta Burris
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Sheriff Halliday doesn't approve of his children dating or marrying half-breeds and his blind hate threatens to alienate his whole family.
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Moonfleet
Title: Moonfleet
Character: Mrs. Minton
Released: June 24, 1955
Type: Movie
Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. Fox is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates.
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Run for Cover
Title: Run for Cover
Character: Helga Swenson
Released: April 29, 1955
Type: Movie
An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.
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Title: Climax!
Character: Soledad Barojo
Released: October 7, 1954
Type: TV
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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Title: Climax!
Character: Lisa Muller
Released: October 7, 1954
Type: TV
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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Title: Climax!
Character: Solange Tanbeau
Released: October 7, 1954
Type: TV
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
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Title: Letter to Loretta
Character: Louise Reynard
Released: September 20, 1953
Type: TV
Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.
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No Time for Flowers
Title: No Time for Flowers
Character: Anna Svoboda
Released: December 25, 1952
Type: Movie
A young girl's loyalty to the Communist Party is tested in Prague when she falls in love with an attache who has just arrived from the United States.
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The Raiders
Title: The Raiders
Character: Elena de Ortega
Released: November 20, 1952
Type: Movie
A rancher who has staked a claim during the California gold rush goes after the gang of murderous claim-jumpers who have stolen his claim and murdered his wife.
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Journey Into Light
Title: Journey Into Light
Character: Christine Thorssen
Released: September 28, 1951
Type: Movie
John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a larger congregation. He is mortified when his wife drunkenly interrupts a sermon, then despondent after her suicide. Burrows travels to Los Angeles for a fresh start, but takes to the bottle himself and ends up arrested for public intoxication. A skid-row con man, Gandy, finds him a bed at a flop house, while a street preacher, Doc Thorssen, and daughter Christine take him to a local mission. Christine is blind. She falls in love with Burrows, enjoying his discussions of the spirit and the soul but knowing little of his past. One day she is struck by a streetcar and knocked unconscious, causing Burrows to once again question his faith. He ultimately accepts the Lord's will and is offered a better place to live and preach. Burrows decides he is better suited to the mission, with Christine by his side.
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Four in a Jeep
Title: Four in a Jeep
Character: Franziska Idinger
Released: March 30, 1951
Type: Movie
Soviet, British, French and American allies patrol post-war Vienna.
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The Flying Missile
Title: The Flying Missile
Character: Karin Hansen
Released: December 24, 1950
Type: Movie
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
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Dark City
Title: Dark City
Character: Victoria Winant
Released: October 17, 1950
Type: Movie
Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Julie
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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This Side of the Law
Title: This Side of the Law
Character: Evelyn Taylor
Released: June 17, 1950
Type: Movie
A man - trapped in a cistern - reflects on the dark events that lead to his lonely entrapment.
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No Sad Songs for Me
Title: No Sad Songs for Me
Character: Chris Radna
Released: April 27, 1950
Type: Movie
Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She manages to keep the news from her husband, Brad and daughter, Polly. She tries to make every moment of her life count, but her effort is weakened by the discovery that Brad is interested in his assistant, Chris Radner. But when she learns that Brad does indeed love her and not Chris, and that Chris is leaving town, she realizes what she must do to ensure the future happiness of Brad and Polly. She persuades Chris to stay, makes a genuine friend of her and watches Polly grow towards Chris.
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Backfire
Title: Backfire
Character: Lysa Randolph
Released: January 26, 1950
Type: Movie
When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Benson, who has fallen for Corey.
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The Wind Is My Lover
Title: The Wind Is My Lover
Character: Singoalla
Released: December 13, 1949
Type: Movie
Set in medieval times about the cursed Moonshield family. The young knight Erland Moonshield fall in love with a gypsy enchantress, Singoalla, he meet in the forest.
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Night Unto Night
Title: Night Unto Night
Character: Ann Gracy
Released: June 10, 1949
Type: Movie
A bleak mansion sits ominously on a cliff above the sea somewhere on Florida's east coast. In its shadows, two people meet: a scientist haunted by incurable illness and a beautiful woman haunted by the voice of her dead husband. Ronald Reagan and Hollywood-debuting Viveca Lindfors star in an eerie drama steeped in religious faith and supernatural fear, in the destructive power of sexual jealousy and the redemptive power of love. In one of his earliest directorial efforts, Don Siegel (Dirty Harry, The Shootist) displays his command of pacing and camerawork, building the action to a climactic hurricane that parallels the tumultuous emotions of characters precariously balanced between now and the hereafter.
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Title: Suspense
Released: January 6, 1949
Type: TV
Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to 1954. It was adapted from the radio program of the same name which ran from 1942 to 1962. Like many early television programs, the show was broadcast live from New York City. It was sponsored by the Auto-Lite corporation, and each episode was introduced by host Rex Marshall, who promoted Auto-Lite spark plugs, car batteries, headlights, and other car parts. Some of the early scripts were adapted from Suspense radio scripts, while others were original for television. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed. Many notable actors appeared on the program, including Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Franchot Tone, Robert Emhardt, Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges, and many more. The program was a live television series, but most episodes were recorded on kinescope. However, only about 90 of the 260 episodes survive today.
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Adventures of Don Juan
Title: Adventures of Don Juan
Character: Rainha Margarida
Released: December 24, 1948
Type: Movie
Spanish Lothario Don Juan, the legendary lover and adventurer returns to Spain following a scandal and comes to the aid of his queen, who is under threat from sinister forces.
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Title: Studio One
Character: Lisa
Released: November 7, 1948
Type: TV
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
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To the Victor
Title: To the Victor
Character: Christine Lund Lestrac
Released: October 26, 1948
Type: Movie
An American serviceman remains in France after WWII and becomes a black marketeer.
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Title: The Philco Television Playhouse
Character: Widow
Released: October 3, 1948
Type: TV
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Interlude
Title: Interlude
Character: Vellamo Toivonen
Released: February 11, 1946
Type: Movie
The Swedish doctor of literature Vilhelm Canitz arrive to Lugano in Italy for a few weeks stay at a medical clinic. Canitz considers himself to be quite healthy and the stay as an extended vacation. He meets a number of patients at the clinic suffering of terminal illnesses, including Vellamo Toivonen (Lindfors). The patients deal with the fact that they will not leave the clinic alive in different ways; with self-destruction, denial or imprudence. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
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The Serious Game
Title: The Serious Game
Character: Lydia Stille
Released: November 26, 1945
Type: Movie
Arvid share the love with a young woman named Lydia, but as is customary at the turn of the century, is not love enough for a fairy tale to come true. While Arvid struggling to create the basis for their existence, Lydia's thirst for the good life leads her to marrying an older wealthy man.
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Svarta rosor
Title: Svarta rosor
Released: August 27, 1945
Type: Movie
A young woman is predestined to marry her fathers companion. During the summer she falls in love with an artist. The intended husband detects the love affair and confronts the couple.
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Maria på Kvarngården
Title: Maria på Kvarngården
Character: Maria Holgersson
Released: January 15, 1945
Type: Movie
Maria is a waitress at a local restaurant when an older man propose to her. She is a bit skeptical but agrees to marry him and become the mistress of his estate Kvarngården. Maria had a son which she was forced to give away for adoption when he was born because she could not take care of him. She has keep contact with the child and posed as a kind aunt. She has not told her new husband about her son and when the years go by and no children of their own comes along the resentment and bitterness grows. When the adoptive mother of Maria's son dies she and the adoptive father agrees that the best thing for the boy is to come and stay with Maria at Kvarngården. She also hope that it will make her husband come out of his bitterness to have a young boy around. The result is unfortunately quite the opposite.
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Jag är eld och luft
Title: Jag är eld och luft
Character: Jenny Ahrman
Released: September 7, 1944
Type: Movie
Vicar Ahrman's young daughter Jenny has left the home to start a new life with her beloved Stefan. But Jenny's dreams for the future is shattered when Stefan doesn't turn up to their meeting. Heartbroken, she returns home.
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Nebbie sul mare
Title: Nebbie sul mare
Character: Maria Rosai
Released: May 10, 1944
Type: Movie
A woman struggles to make a living after her husband is mistakenly presumed dead.
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Appassionata
Title: Appassionata
Character: Maria
Released: February 2, 1944
Type: Movie
A classic melodrama about the famous pianist Thomas Dahlhoff.
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The Brothers' Woman
Title: The Brothers' Woman
Character: Emma
Released: November 22, 1943
Type: Movie
City girl Emma marries the farmer Nicklas but gets involved in a love triangle with his brother Ragnar.
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The Sin of Anna Lans
Title: The Sin of Anna Lans
Character: Anna Lans
Released: August 20, 1943
Type: Movie
At a meeting at the Salvation Army a female soldier tells the story of her life.
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Morgondagens melodi
Title: Morgondagens melodi
Released: March 23, 1942
Type: Movie
The schoolgirl Maj-Lis comes from a wealthy family and is unhappy with her life. Emmy, her friend at school, tells Maj-Lis about her lousy job at the Vidi department store. Maj-Lis then decides to apply for a job at Vidi to learn more.
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Yellow Ward
Title: Yellow Ward
Character: Nurse Doris
Released: January 10, 1942
Type: Movie
A chief physician at a women's clinic is against abortion. He strongly influence the patients not to abort. But there are doctors who think differently.
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If I Could Marry the Minister
Title: If I Could Marry the Minister
Character: Eva Örn
Released: December 13, 1941
Type: Movie
Eva Örn is a newly graduated teacher, who becomes a school teacher in rural Vikarlunda. She is a beautiful young woman with firm opinions and she does not live up to the locals' picture of the ideal female teacher. She has an affair with the pastor, Ingvar Hagson, but they have to keep their love a secret.
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I paradis ...
Title: I paradis ...
Character: Angelica Jansson
Released: October 13, 1941
Type: Movie
The Stockholm publisher Adam, a wealthy gentleman with a favorable appearance, has completely undeservedly gained a reputation for being a great Don Juan. Women of all ages are drawn to him and give him their invitations. To be at peace, Adam escapes on his sailboat out into the archipelago and settles down on a small islet. But the ladies follow him and in their footsteps follow jealous fiancés and angry courting cavaliers.
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Snurriga familjen
Title: Snurriga familjen
Character: Cleaning woman
Released: August 18, 1940
Type: Movie
Manager Blom and his family stop at a mountain hotel. Once there, all family members are insolent and even cruel to both guests and staff. When the hotel manager tries to get rid of the family Manager Blom buys the hotel. But all of the staff resigns while a telegram to the family Blom tells them they are ruined! To raise money the family begins to work on and operate the hotel.