Rebecca De Mornay

Rebecca De Mornay

Born: August 29, 1959
in Santa Rosa, California, USA
Rebecca De Mornay  (born August 29, 1959, height 5' 5½" (1,66 m)) is an American film and television actress. Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she played Lana in Risky Business opposite Tom Cruise. Her other notable film roles include Sara in Runaway Train in 1985, Helen McCaffrey in the thriller Backdraft in 1991 and her portrayal of the chillingly twisted nanny Peyton Flanders in the popular 1992 thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.

Movies for Rebecca De Mornay...

Peter Five Eight
Title: Peter Five Eight
Character: Brenda
Released: March 22, 2024
Type: Movie
Sam, a seemingly poised and glamorous real estate agent in a small mountain community, is revealed to be an unhinged and troubled alcoholic with a dark secret, when a charismatic man named Peter shows up in town one day. As she tries to keep her life from unravelling, an older co-worker named Brenda is targeted by Peter for information at the behest of his powerful and shadowy boss, Mr. Lock.
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She Ball
Title: She Ball
Character: Aggie
Released: August 21, 2020
Type: Movie
On a mission to save his Inglewood community center, Avery Watts enlists a talented basketball player, Shelby, to help him win the grand prize in a street ball tournament. Together, Avery and Shelby challenge local politicians, gangs and their own stereotypes to save their community.
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Periphery
Title: Periphery
Character: Vi Warner
Released: March 26, 2018
Type: Movie
A dying woman wishes to see her family through the good times and the bad times she will miss.
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I Am Wrath
Title: I Am Wrath
Character: Vivian Hill
Released: April 14, 2016
Type: Movie
A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.
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Title: Lucifer
Character: Penelope Decker
Released: January 25, 2016
Type: TV
Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals. But the longer he's away from the underworld, the greater the threat that the worst of humanity could escape.
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Title: Lucifer
Character: Penelope
Released: January 25, 2016
Type: TV
Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals. But the longer he's away from the underworld, the greater the threat that the worst of humanity could escape.
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Title: Marvel's Jessica Jones
Character: Dorothy Walker
Released: November 20, 2015
Type: TV
After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.
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Collar
Title: Collar
Character: Ramona Billingsley
Released: January 1, 2015
Type: Movie
While his life begins to crumble, TJ Williams's fast fading future is bartered for political gain by his former best friend and boss, a mayor with her eye on a Senate seat and an ambitious activist reverend.
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Title: And the Oscar Goes To...
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
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Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
Title: Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
Character: Sara (archive footage)
Released: July 22, 2013
Type: Movie
Andrei Konchalovsky reflects on the making of Runaway Train.
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Apartment 1303 3D
Title: Apartment 1303 3D
Character: Maddie Slate
Released: December 6, 2012
Type: Movie
A woman uncovers sinister secrets while investigating the apparent suicide of her sister.
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American Reunion
Title: American Reunion
Character: Finch's Mother
Released: April 4, 2012
Type: Movie
The characters we met a little more than a decade ago return to East Great Falls for their high school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t, and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship.
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American Reunion
Title: American Reunion
Character: Rachel - Finch's Mom
Released: April 4, 2012
Type: Movie
The characters we met a little more than a decade ago return to East Great Falls for their high school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t, and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship.
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Mother's Day
Title: Mother's Day
Character: Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
Released: September 23, 2010
Type: Movie
Crazed members of a sadistic family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new owners.
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Flipped
Title: Flipped
Character: Pasty Loski
Released: August 6, 2010
Type: Movie
When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.
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Title: Celebrity Ghost Stories
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 2009
Type: TV
Compelling, surprising and downright spooky — celebrities share their real-life personal encounters with the paranormal in each one-hour special. From encounters with ghosts and angry spirits to haunted homes, unexplainable spells and magic, these descriptive, first person narratives from our favorite stars delivers a brand new way of experiencing the thrills and chills of the addictive world of the paranormal.
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The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
Title: The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
Character: Self
Released: September 16, 2008
Type: Movie
Set against the landscape of 80s teen culture and the dawn of yuppiedom, this documentary relishes 'Risky Business' for having the brains to break from convention, while celebrating the film's cultural impact.
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American Venus
Title: American Venus
Character: Celia
Released: September 8, 2007
Type: Movie
Jenna Lane is a young woman trying to escape family pressure to become an Olympic athlete and define her own individuality. Her mother is Celia, a deeply disturbed woman with addictions to emotional abuse and handguns. As she attempts to manipulate Jenna and feed her addictions, Celia grows increasingly irrational and ultimately spirals out of control.
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Title: John from Cincinnati
Character: Cissy Yost
Released: June 10, 2007
Type: TV
In Imperial Beach, California, the Yosts—a dysfunctional family of surfers—intersect with two new arrivals to the community: a dim-but-wealthy surfing enthusiast and man spurned by the Yosts years ago.
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Music Within
Title: Music Within
Character: Richard's Mom
Released: January 5, 2007
Type: Movie
After a confrontation with one of his idols dashes his dreams of studying public speaking in college, Richard Pimentel joins the Army and ships off to Vietnam. During his service, Richard loses nearly all of his hearing. Joining a new circle of friends, including a man with cerebral palsy and an alcoholic war veteran, Richard discovers his gift for motivational speaking and becomes an advocate for people with disabilities.
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Wedding Crashers
Title: Wedding Crashers
Character: Mrs. Kroeger
Released: July 13, 2005
Type: Movie
John and his buddy, Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: crashing weddings. Normally, they meet guests who want to toast the romantic day with a random hook-up. But when John meets Claire, he discovers what true love – and heartache – feels like.
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Lords of Dogtown
Title: Lords of Dogtown
Character: Philaine
Released: June 3, 2005
Type: Movie
The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship.
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Raise Your Voice
Title: Raise Your Voice
Character: Nina Fletcher
Released: August 10, 2004
Type: Movie
A coming-of-age story centered around a small-town singer brokenhearted by the death of her brother in a car crash, who had secretly submitted her for a summer session at a performing arts academy in Los Angeles. In the academy, she experiences a whole new way of life in the big city, far from the small town lifestyle she's used to.
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Identity
Title: Identity
Character: Caroline Suzanne
Released: April 25, 2003
Type: Movie
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
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Salem Witch Trials
Title: Salem Witch Trials
Character: Elizabeth Parris
Released: December 24, 2002
Type: Movie
Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that forever stands as one of the darkest chapters in American history. For those accused of witchcraft by their neighbors and friends, there was little chance of clearing their names; the mass paranoia that ravaged through the community took the lives of 19 innocent men and women.
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A Girl Thing
Title: A Girl Thing
Character: Kim McCormack
Released: January 19, 2001
Type: Movie
A Girl Thing is a mini-series that revolves around a New York city street, a coffee house and a shrinks office. Dr. Beth Noonan is the therapist to one star per hour. Hour one deals with a woman not capable of having a relationship. Hour Two is about sisters who hate each other, trying to get along one last time. Hour Three is about adultery.
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Range of Motion
Title: Range of Motion
Character: Lainey Berman
Released: December 4, 2000
Type: Movie
A woman intensely believes her husband will recover from a coma during the holiday season.
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The Right Temptation
Title: The Right Temptation
Character: Derian McCall
Released: August 19, 2000
Type: Movie
A detective falls for the man she's supposed to be investigating; dire complications follow.
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Wicked Ways
Title: Wicked Ways
Character: Ruth Draper
Released: December 21, 1999
Type: Movie
A wife, her two-timing husband and a flirting neighbor are unpredictable competitors in a warped game that turns into a life-or-death affair.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Tessa McKellen
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Night Ride Home
Title: Night Ride Home
Character: Nora Mahler
Released: February 7, 1999
Type: Movie
When a devastating accident tears apart the already frayed marriage of Neal and Nora Mahler, each family member must learn that their own emotions are best dealt with by relying on each other and their bonds as a family.
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Thick as Thieves
Title: Thick as Thieves
Character: Petrone
Released: January 28, 1999
Type: Movie
Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jazz records and caring for his ailing dog, Wally. The other is a local gangster with a taste for the finer life, who decides to eliminate the competition. This ignites a war between the two men and their aides. An angry mob boss and a female police officer try to sort the mess before things get too out of hand.
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The Con
Title: The Con
Character: Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
Released: March 4, 1998
Type: Movie
A lonely gas station attendent in Mississippi falls in love with a con woman who wants to get her hands on an inheritance he doesn't know about.
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Title: The Shining
Character: Wendy Torrance
Released: April 27, 1997
Type: TV
A new caretaker moves with his family into the mysterious Overlook Hotel for the winter.
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Title: The Practice
Character: Hannah Rose
Released: March 4, 1997
Type: TV
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”
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The Winner
Title: The Winner
Character: Louise
Released: September 13, 1996
Type: Movie
A long lucky streak makes a nice guy the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend, and some guys from New Jersey.
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Never Talk to Strangers
Title: Never Talk to Strangers
Character: Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
Released: October 20, 1995
Type: Movie
Sarah Taylor, a police psychologist, meets a mysterious and seductive young man, Tony Ramirez, and falls in love with him. As a cause of this relationship, she changes her personality when she begins to receive anonymous telephone calls.
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Title: The Outer Limits
Character: Woman
Released: March 26, 1995
Type: TV
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.
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Title: ER
Character: Elaine Nichols
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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Getting Out
Title: Getting Out
Character: Arlene Holsclaw
Released: April 25, 1994
Type: Movie
Breaking out of prison with a child in her womb and a dream of a normal existence, Arlene Holsclaw (Rebecca De Mornay) resolves to get a job and lead a good, Christian life. But the ghosts from her past -- including an ex-boyfriend (Rob Knepper) who wants to pimp her out and a sadistic mother (Ellen Burstyn) who plots to take away Arlene's baby -- have other plans. This made-for-TV drama is based on Marsha Norman's off-Broadway play.
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The Three Musketeers
Title: The Three Musketeers
Character: Milady
Released: November 11, 1993
Type: Movie
D'Artagnan travels to Paris hoping to become a musketeer, one of the French king's elite bodyguards, only to discover that the corps has been disbanded by conniving Cardinal Richelieu, who secretly hopes to usurp the throne. Fortunately, Athos, Porthos and Aramis have refused to lay down their weapons and continue to protect their king. D'Artagnan joins with the rogues to expose Richelieu's plot against the crown.
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Guilty as Sin
Title: Guilty as Sin
Character: Jennifer Haines
Released: June 4, 1993
Type: Movie
Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.
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Blind Side
Title: Blind Side
Character: Lynn Kaines
Released: January 30, 1993
Type: Movie
A couple visits Mexico to scout a new location for their furniture manufacturing business and hit a cop with their car on the way back stateside. Realizing that if they report it they could land in a Mexican jail (guilty until proven innocent) they clean up the car and return home. A few days later an insistent man shows up wanting a job and insinuating that he saw something in Mexico that he would not want to report, and the couple must make a decision about how far they will allow themselves to be blackmailed. Written by Ed Sutton
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The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
Title: The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
Character: Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
Released: January 10, 1992
Type: Movie
A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The nail-biting suspense builds quickly in this chilling psychological thriller about deception and bitter revenge.
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Backdraft
Title: Backdraft
Character: Helen McCaffrey
Released: May 24, 1991
Type: Movie
Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.
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Title: An Inconvenient Woman
Character: Flo
Released: May 12, 1991
Type: TV
A rich man's mistress gets in the middle of a high-society murder in Beverly Hills.
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By Dawn's Early Light
Title: By Dawn's Early Light
Character: Moreau
Released: May 19, 1990
Type: Movie
A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.
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Dealers
Title: Dealers
Character: Anna Schuman
Released: November 3, 1989
Type: Movie
The London branch of Whitney Paine, a major American investment bank, is in the midst of a crisis; after the loss of $100 million, one of their leading traders, Tony Eisner commits suicide by putting a slug through his head while seated at his place in the board room. Despite the high stakes, many of the firm's staff are eager to step into Tony's now-vacated shoes and get credit for saving the company. Daniel Pascoe, the leading trader at the firm, is convinced that he's first in line for the assignment, but the firm imports a new trader from America, Anna Schuman. Daniel is enraged and makes a point of trying to dig up as much dirt on Anna as he can, but things are going to take another turn.
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Feds
Title: Feds
Character: Ellis DeWitt
Released: October 28, 1988
Type: Movie
Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. They get a hard course, in which they learn to deal with guns and to recognise crimes. They also get a physical training. It appears that Ellie is a real fighting- machine, in contrast with Janis, the great student. They have to help each other, all the way to graduation.
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And God Created Woman
Title: And God Created Woman
Character: Robin Shea
Released: March 4, 1988
Type: Movie
In this variation on director Vadim's own, more acclaimed Et Dieu Créa La Femme (1956, the same title in French), the vamp Robin Shea marries charming carpenter Billy Moran, only to get out of prison, but soon decides to seduce James Tiernan, who runs for state governor.
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Title: Tanner '88
Character: Self
Released: February 15, 1988
Type: TV
In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media campaign as a cross between a soap opera and TV news. The result was the groundbreaking Tanner ’88, a piercing satire of media-age American politics.
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Beauty and the Beast
Title: Beauty and the Beast
Character: Beauty
Released: April 1, 1987
Type: Movie
To save her father, a girl who always puts others before herself promises to live her life in a lavish castle with a strange beast.
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Title: The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Character: Claire Dupin
Released: December 7, 1986
Type: Movie
A detective comes out of retirement to help his daughter's fiance prove that he did not commit a series of murders.
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Pecos Bill
Title: Pecos Bill
Character: Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Steve Guttenberg portrays Pecos Bill, the "King of the Cowboys," in this rootin' tootin' epic. Raised by coyotes, Bill puts the "wild" in the Wild West settlement of Petunia City. When his rowdy behavior gets him run out of town, he heads for Mexico. There, Bill lassos a cyclone to save the state of Texas from drought. His heroics become campfire legend, proving that selflessness and bravery are never forgotten.
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The Trip to Bountiful
Title: The Trip to Bountiful
Character: Thelma
Released: December 20, 1985
Type: Movie
Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish – just once before she dies – is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home."
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Runaway Train
Title: Runaway Train
Character: Sara
Released: November 15, 1985
Type: Movie
A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.
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Title: Tall Tales & Legends
Character: Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
Released: September 25, 1985
Type: TV
An anthology series that showcases various mythical characters and incidents throughout history.
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The Slugger's Wife
Title: The Slugger's Wife
Character: Debby Palmer
Released: March 29, 1985
Type: Movie
Darryl Palmer is a major league baseball player who meets and pursues an attractive singer. After some setbacks, the two are married and sent on an emotional journey that sees his career take off, while hers doesn't. She can't escape unhappiness when she gives up her dreams to support her husband. With a separation on the horizon, Darryl must choose between his big-league life and his one true love.
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Testament
Title: Testament
Character: Cathy Pitkin
Released: November 4, 1983
Type: Movie
It is just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in California. As people begin coping with the devastating aftermath of the attacks — many suffer radiation poisoning — the Wetherly family tries to survive.
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Risky Business
Title: Risky Business
Character: Lana
Released: August 5, 1983
Type: Movie
Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.
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One from the Heart
Title: One from the Heart
Character: Understudy
Released: February 11, 1982
Type: Movie
Hank and Frannie don't seem to be able to live together anymore. After a five-year relationship, lustful and dreamy Frannie leaves down-to-earth Hank on the anniversary of their relationship. Each one of them meets their dream mate, but as bright as they may seem, they are but a stage of lights and colors. Will true love prevail over a seemingly glamorous passion?
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Title: NOVA
Character: Narrator
Released: March 3, 1974
Type: TV
PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and technology, and highlights the people involved in scientific pursuits.
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The Whisper Network
Title: The Whisper Network
Character: Kate
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Young singer-songwriter Astor Grey struggles to break free of a toxic relationship with a infamous bad-boy rock star who threatens to destroy her after promising her the world.
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Saint Clare
Title: Saint Clare
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The story of Clare Bleecker - a quiet catholic college student with a divine vocation for killing.
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Giving Thanks
Title: Giving Thanks
Character: Aunt Theodora
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Follows two best friends working in retail who dream about living on their own while seeking fame and fortune. They come up with a plan to kidnap the pet iguana of a football star for ransom.