CCH Pounder

CCH Pounder

Born: December 25, 1952
in Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]
Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder (born December 25, 1952), known professionally as CCH Pounder, is a Guyanese-American film and television actress. She's known for her TV roles as medical examiner Dr. Loretta Wade on the series NCIS: New Orleans (2014-2021), District Attorney Tyne Patterson on Sons of Anarchy (2013–2014), Irene Frederic on Warehouse 13 (2009–2014), Captain Claudette Wyms on the FX series The Shield (2002–2008), and Dr. Angela Hicks on the medical drama series ER (1994–1997).

She's known for her film roles as Mo'at in Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water, Dorothea in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Sister Abigail in Orphan, Detective Margie Francis in End of Days, Hollis Miller in Face/Off, Victoria Hendrix in Sliver, Dr. Garvey in Benny & Joon, Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest, and Peaches Altamont in Prizzi's Honor.

She is also the voice of Amanda Waller in the animated show Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006), a role that she has reprised in later DC Comics media.

She has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her roles in The X-Files, ER, The Shield, and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

Movies for CCH Pounder...

Avatar 5
Title: Avatar 5
Character: Mo'at
Released: December 18, 2031
Type: Movie
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Avatar 4
Title: Avatar 4
Character: Mo'at
Released: December 20, 2029
Type: Movie
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Avatar 3
Title: Avatar 3
Character: Mo'at
Released: December 19, 2025
Type: Movie
The third entry in the Avatar franchise.
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Title: 3 Body Problem
Character: Secretary General Lilian Joseph
Released: March 21, 2024
Type: TV
Across continents and decades, five brilliant friends make earth-shattering discoveries as the laws of science unravel and an existential threat emerges.
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Rustin
Title: Rustin
Character: Dr. Anna Hedgeman
Released: November 3, 2023
Type: Movie
Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.
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Title: Full Circle
Character: Savitri Mahabir
Released: July 13, 2023
Type: TV
An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City.
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Inside Pandora's Box
Title: Inside Pandora's Box
Character: Self
Released: March 28, 2023
Type: Movie
A series of featurettes on the challenges facing cast and crew as filmmakers devise new technologies to push the limits of cinema
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Avatar: The Way of Water
Title: Avatar: The Way of Water
Character: Mo'at
Released: December 14, 2022
Type: Movie
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Title: Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Character: Senator Williams
Released: May 29, 2019
Type: Movie
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.
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When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy
Title: When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: March 29, 2016
Type: Movie
WHEN I WAS YOUNG I SAID I WOULD BE HAPPY is a feature length documentary about the transformation achieved by 12 orphan genocide survivors in Rwanda after participating in a new form of sustainable humanitarian aid called Project LIGHT. Using a train the trainer model, these young people called Ambassadors, were trained to heal their Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and their hearts as well as teach others to do the same. In only two short years they paid forward their healing to hundreds, from Rwanda to Sandy Hook, Connecticut.
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Title: NCIS: New Orleans
Character: Loretta Wade
Released: September 23, 2014
Type: TV
A drama about the local field office that investigates criminal cases affecting military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence.
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Batman: Assault on Arkham
Title: Batman: Assault on Arkham
Character: Amanda Waller (voice)
Released: August 12, 2014
Type: Movie
Batman works desperately to find a bomb planted by the Joker while Amanda Waller sends her newly-formed Suicide Squad to break into Arkham Asylum and recover vital information stolen by the Riddler.
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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Title: The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Character: Dorothea
Released: August 21, 2013
Type: Movie
In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters — half-angel warriors who protect humanity from evil forces. After her mother disappears, Clary joins forces with a group of Shadowhunters and enters Downworld, an alternate realm filled with demons, vampires, and a host of other creatures. Clary and her companions must find and protect an ancient cup that holds the key to her mother's future.
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Title: Beware the Batman
Character: Mayor Marion Grange (voice)
Released: July 13, 2013
Type: TV
Set during Bruce Wayne's early years as the Batman, following his initial period of battling organized crime. He hones his skills with the assistance of his butler, Alfred Pennyworth. Bruce is introduced to Alfred's goddaughter, Tatsu Yamashiro. Tatsu is a martial arts swordsmaster hired to act as Bruce's bodyguard, but also recruited to act as a superhero partner to Batman.
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Home Again
Title: Home Again
Character: Dulsay Mooreland
Released: September 12, 2012
Type: Movie
Returning to a "home" they hardly know after being deported from their adopted countries for minor criminal offenses, three people from very different backgrounds try to make a new life for themselves, in Jamaica in this gutsy drama from writer-director Sudz Sutherland. (TIFF)
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Title: Perception
Character: FBI Psychiatrist
Released: July 9, 2012
Type: TV
Dr. Daniel Pierce, a neuroscientist and professor, is recruited to help the federal government crack difficult cases. His intimate knowledge of human behavior and masterful understanding of the mind give him an extraordinary ability to read people, but his eccentric view of the world and less-than-stellar social skills can often interfere with his work.
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Title: Revenge
Character: Warden Sharon Stiles
Released: September 21, 2011
Type: TV
When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's going to make them pay.
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My Girlfriend's Back
Title: My Girlfriend's Back
Character: Constance
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
This intelligent romantic comedy chronicles the socio-economic ascent of Derek Scott. Derek has spent his entire life plotting a course for his success. His diligence is about to pay off when he happens upon an unexpected detour. This "road less traveled" intrigues Derek so much so that he considers throwing away his entire well orchestrated life to experience the one thing his plan has yet to provide...love.
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Avatar
Title: Avatar
Character: Mo'at
Released: December 15, 2009
Type: Movie
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Title: Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Character: Amanda Waller (voice)
Released: September 29, 2009
Type: Movie
United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite meteor to frame Superman and declare a $1 billion bounty on the heads of the Man of Steel and his ‘partner in crime’, Batman. Heroes and villains alike launch a relentless pursuit of Superman and Batman, who must unite—and recruit help—to try and stave off the action-packed onslaught, stop the meteor Luthors plot.
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Title: Brothers
Character: Adele Trainor
Released: September 25, 2009
Type: TV
Mike Trainor seemingly has it all—he's a good-looking, wealthy and recently retired NFL player living the high-life in New York City, but he's about to get sidelined. When his mom learns that Mike's business manager took off with all his money, she orchestrates a plan to keep Mike in Houston, save his brother Chill's restaurant and bring the dysfunctional family back together under one roof again.
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Title: Archer
Character: Claudette Kane (voice)
Released: September 17, 2009
Type: TV
Sterling Archer is the world's most daunting spy. He works for ISIS, a spy agency run by his mother. In between dealing with his boss and his co-workers - one of whom is his ex-girlfriend - Archer manages to annoy or seduce everyone that crosses his path. His antics are only excusable because at the end of the day, he still somehow always manages to thwart whatever crises was threatening mankind.
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Orphan
Title: Orphan
Character: Sister Abigail
Released: July 24, 2009
Type: Movie
After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she seems.
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Title: Warehouse 13
Character: Irene Frederic
Released: July 7, 2009
Type: TV
After saving the life of the President, two secret service agents - Myka Bering and Pete Lattimer - find themselves assigned to the top secret Warehouse 13. The Warehouse is a massive, top secret facility that houses dangerous and fantastical objects. Together, Pete and Myka along with fellow agents Claudia, Steve Jinks and Warehouse caretaker Artie, must recover artifacts from around the globe before they can cause catastrophic damage.
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Title: Warehouse 13
Character: Mrs. Frederic
Released: July 7, 2009
Type: TV
After saving the life of the President, two secret service agents - Myka Bering and Pete Lattimer - find themselves assigned to the top secret Warehouse 13. The Warehouse is a massive, top secret facility that houses dangerous and fantastical objects. Together, Pete and Myka along with fellow agents Claudia, Steve Jinks and Warehouse caretaker Artie, must recover artifacts from around the globe before they can cause catastrophic damage.
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Title: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Character: Andrea Curtin
Released: March 15, 2009
Type: TV
The adventures of Mma Ramotswe, a Motswana woman who starts Botswana's first female-owned detective agency.
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Rain
Title: Rain
Character: Ms. Adams
Released: September 6, 2008
Type: Movie
Rain is a spirited fourteen-year old who, after the death of her grandmother, seeks out her estranged mother in the big city of Nassau. Her dreams of a loving reconciliation are quickly shattered when she meets Glory, a scarred, proud, guarded woman bearing no resemblance to the mother she had hoped for.
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Title: Sons of Anarchy
Character: Tyne Patterson
Released: September 3, 2008
Type: TV
An adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle club’s (MC) desire to protect its livelihood while ensuring that their simple, sheltered town of Charming, California remains exactly that, charming. The MC must confront threats from drug dealers, corporate developers, and overzealous law officers. Behind the MC’s familial lifestyle and legally thriving automotive shop is a ruthless and illegal arms business driven by the seduction of money, power, and blood.
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Title: The Wendy Williams Show
Released: July 14, 2008
Type: TV
Radio personality Wendy Williams is the host to her own live syndicated talk show. Wendy injects her television series with the same style that characterizes her radio show, and divides on-air time between probing celebrity interviews and advice-giving to audience members.
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Breaking the Maya Code
Title: Breaking the Maya Code
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: May 5, 2008
Type: Movie
The complex and beautiful hieroglyphic script of the ancient Maya was until recently one of the last great undeciphered writing systems. Based on the best-selling book by Michael Coe, called by the New York Times "one of the great stories of 20th century scientific discovery", Breaking the Maya Code traces the epic quest to unlock the secrets of the script across 200 years, nine countries and three continents.
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Title: Justice League Unlimited
Character: Amanda Waller / Juice (voice)
Released: July 31, 2004
Type: TV
Justice League Unlimited is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the previous Justice League animated series.
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Title: Justice League Unlimited
Character: Amanda Waller (voice)
Released: July 31, 2004
Type: TV
Justice League Unlimited is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the previous Justice League animated series.
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Title: NCIS
Character: Loretta Wade
Released: September 23, 2003
Type: TV
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Title: Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Released: February 10, 2003
Type: Movie
When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors were transcribed and preserved by the Library of Congress. These first-person anecdotes, ranging from the brutal to the bittersweet, have been brought to vivid life in this unique HBO documentary special, featuring the on-camera voices of over a dozen top African-American actors.
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Title: The Shield
Character: Claudette Wyms
Released: March 12, 2002
Type: TV
The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.
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Things Behind the Sun
Title: Things Behind the Sun
Character: Judge
Released: October 12, 2001
Type: Movie
A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer, and both are forced to confront troubling secrets from their pasts.
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Boycott
Title: Boycott
Character: Jo Ann Robinson
Released: February 24, 2001
Type: Movie
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Disappearing Acts
Title: Disappearing Acts
Character: Mrs. Swift
Released: December 9, 2000
Type: Movie
Zora Banks is a school teacher and aspiring singer hoping to become a successful star while taking a break from heartache. Franklin Swift is a down-on-his-luck construction worker and not-quite divorced father of two hoping to start his own business. The two meet and fall in love and during the course of the stormy relationship, they both come to some startling conclusions about love and each other.
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Cora Unashamed
Title: Cora Unashamed
Character: Ma Jenkins
Released: October 24, 2000
Type: Movie
From the short story by Langston Hughes.
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Title: The District
Character: Eilen Carmicheal
Released: October 7, 2000
Type: TV
The District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Police Department.
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Title: Static Shock
Character: Mayor (voice)
Released: September 23, 2000
Type: TV
The adventures of a teenage superhero who fights crime in Dakota City.
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Title: Girlfriends
Released: September 11, 2000
Type: TV
The series revolves around the friendship of four African-American women in different phases of their lives. They explore the many trials and tribulations that most women face today such as relationships, family, friends and other current issues that will interest most women. Whether it’s getting over a divorce, finding a career, or looking for true love, Girlfriends delivers along with comedy and wit.
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Title: Jackie Chan Adventures
Character: Miss Kimber (voice)
Released: September 9, 2000
Type: TV
Jackie Chan teams up in this animé-style adventure with his 11-year-old niece, Jade, traveling the globe to locate a dozen magical talismans before the sinister Dark Hand does. Helping Jackie and Jade is Uncle, a cantankerous but wise antiquities expert. Though officially Jackie works as an archaeologist, in reality he also assists Captain Black, leader of the covert police squad Section 13.
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Title: Strong Medicine
Released: July 23, 2000
Type: TV
The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.
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The Big Day
Title: The Big Day
Character: Pearl
Released: December 3, 1999
Type: Movie
While trying to make amends, Zack sends his soon-to-be-married brother, John fleeing on his wedding day, all while his bride, Sara, is anxiously awaiting him.
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End of Days
Title: End of Days
Character: Detective Margie Francis
Released: November 24, 1999
Type: Movie
On 28 December 1999, the citizens of New York City are getting ready for the turn of the millennium. However, Satan decides to crash the party by coming to the city and searching for his chosen bride — a 20-year-old woman named Christine York. The world will end, and the only hope lies within an atheist named Jericho Cane.
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A Touch of Hope
Title: A Touch of Hope
Character: Lily Keyes
Released: October 10, 1999
Type: Movie
Hands-on healer Dean Kraft struggles for many years to come to terms with his abilities and deal with the skepticism of the medical profession.
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Title: The West Wing
Character: Deborah O'Leary
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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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Carolyn Maddox
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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Title: Detention
Character: Miss Powers (voice)
Released: September 11, 1999
Type: TV
A group of eight troubled 6th grade students from Benedict Arnold Middle School in Oak Forest who continually find themselves in detention. The kids are constantly trying to stay out of detention and out of trouble.
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Title: Rocket Power
Released: August 16, 1999
Type: TV
The daily lives of four friends who enjoy extreme sports, surfing, and getting into some crazy situations.
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Funny Valentines
Title: Funny Valentines
Character: Ethel B.
Released: February 14, 1999
Type: Movie
A woman returns to her home town to sort out her troubled marriage and finds new happiness in the rekindling of a broken friendship with her cousin.
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NetForce
Title: NetForce
Character: Sandra Knight
Released: February 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Set in the year 2005, a division of the FBI, called "NetForce" has been initiated to investigate Internet crime. A Bill Gates-type character finds a loophole in his new web browser which enables him to gain control of the Internet. Net-Force, headed by Kristofferson and Bakula's characters set out to stop him.
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Title: Netforce
Character: Sandra Knight
Released: February 1, 1999
Type: TV
Set in the year 2005, a division of the FBI, called "NetForce" has been initiated to investigate Internet crime. A Bill Gates-type character finds a loophole in his new web browser which enables him to gain control of the Internet. Net-Force, headed by Kristofferson and Bakula's characters set out to stop him.
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Title: Batman Beyond
Character: Anchor Woman (voice)
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: TV
As new villains overrun Gotham City of the future, the aging Bruce Wayne hangs up the cape of the once invincible Batman. But when troubled teenager Terry McGinnis stumbles upon the Dark Knight's secret, a new alliance is forged. And a triumphant new Batman is born.
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Batman Beyond: The Movie
Title: Batman Beyond: The Movie
Character: Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice)
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: Movie
Fuelled by remorse and vengeance, a high schooler named Terry McGinnis becomes the new Batman as he fights crime in the futuristic Neo-Gotham City.
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Little Girl Fly Away
Title: Little Girl Fly Away
Character: Dr. Geddes
Released: October 6, 1998
Type: Movie
Fact-based story about a woman whose life is shattered by a poetry-spouting stalker who manages to evade her police protectors.
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Race
Title: Race
Character: Lucinda Davis
Released: September 17, 1998
Type: Movie
An East L.A working stiff is bullied by his wife to run for a City Council position against a well-organized recognized political figure.
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Final Justice
Title: Final Justice
Character: Danielle Kline
Released: June 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Merle Hammond (Michael McKean), a sleazy attorney, uses corrupt tactics and convinces a jury to acquit his client who is a killer. Gwen (Annette O'Toole), the murdered victim's sister, knows the real truth and plots revenge against the attorney. Out of desperation, she kidnaps the attorney in an attempt to make him confess to his unscrupulous tactics. The cards twist when he escapes and puts her on trial for his kidnapping.
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Black Hollywood
Title: Black Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: December 29, 1997
Type: Movie
Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.
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Title: House of Frankenstein
Character: Dr. Shauna Kendall
Released: November 2, 1997
Type: TV
Detective Coyle is trying to solve several bizarre murders and is having no luck finding a suspect. But when his girlfriend turns into a werewolf and gets kidnapped by a vampire, things start to fall into place...
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Face/Off
Title: Face/Off
Character: Hollis Miller
Released: June 27, 1997
Type: Movie
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
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Things That Go Bump
Title: Things That Go Bump
Character: Harriet Napolean
Released: March 22, 1997
Type: Movie
It's New Orleans on the eve of Mardi Gras celebrations. Three kids call upon the legend of Sleepy Head to seek vengeance on their parents. Officer "Bump" Bumpstead aspires to become a detective and stumbles into one *weird* case.
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Title: The Practice
Character: Helaine Washington
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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Title: Millennium
Character: Cheryl Andrews
Released: October 25, 1996
Type: TV
A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.
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If These Walls Could Talk
Title: If These Walls Could Talk
Character: Jenny Ford
Released: September 11, 1996
Type: Movie
A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a recently widowed nurse struggling to take control of her life in the early 50s, a mother of four balancing raising a family and maintaining a career in the 70s, and a student making a difficult decision with the help of one woman that will change the course of both their lives in the 90s.
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Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Title: Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Character: Oracle (voice)
Released: May 20, 1996
Type: Movie
Legendary secrets are revealed as Aladdin and his friends—Jasmine, Abu, Carpet and, of course, the always entertaining Genie—face all sorts of terrifying threats and make some exciting last-minute escapes pursuing the King Of Thieves and his villainous crew.
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All She Ever Wanted
Title: All She Ever Wanted
Character: Dr. Marilyn Tower
Released: April 14, 1996
Type: Movie
The Stockmans are the perfect couple...young, successful, and deeply in love...but they have one problem: They want children. Since Rachel suffers from severe bi-polar disorder that has to be controlled by lithium, she can't risk getting pregnant. But because of her mental health history, they are bad candidates for adoption. Finally Rachel gives up on the system, and does things her own way...she goes off her drugs and gets pregnant. The ensuing nine months get worse and worse for the young woman, as there are legal battles to end her pregnancy in order to force her back on the drug.
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White Dwarf
Title: White Dwarf
Character: Nurse Shabana
Released: May 23, 1995
Type: Movie
In a distant future New York medical student Driscoll Rampart accomplishes his internship at Rusta, a rural planet that doesn't revolve around its axis and therefore is divided into contrasting halves of eternal day vs. eternal night. One is a Victorian-styled colony, the other a medieval kingdom. Both leave Rampart in a state of constant wonder, as he finds his way among humans and aliens, strange dreams and even stranger reality, a dark keep and a red sea, and more universal matters of war and peace, good and bad, love and hate and sickness and health.
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Jack Reed: One of Our Own
Title: Jack Reed: One of Our Own
Character: Mrs. Harris
Released: April 25, 1995
Type: Movie
Jack Reed investigates a young woman whom he and his wife take into their household when she turns out to be targeted by unknown assassins.
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Title: The Outer Limits
Character: The Stranger
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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Zooman
Title: Zooman
Character: Ash
Released: March 19, 1995
Type: Movie
Shots ring out on a Brooklyn street and suddenly a young girl lies dead on her front steps. The killer's name is Zooman (Khalil Kain), and though dozens of neighbors saw the unintentional shooting, no one is willing to come forward with information. Life goes on, a killer goes free, and one grieving, broken father (Louis Gossett Jr.) is forced to take his cry for justice to the media, hoping to spark a confrontation with his daughter's murderer. Charles Dutton and CCH Pounder costar in this powerful original drama.
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Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Title: Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Character: Irene
Released: January 13, 1995
Type: Movie
Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a demon who wants the key so he can initiate the apocalypse. On the run from wicked mercenaries for almost 90 years, Brayker finally stops in at a boarding house in New Mexico where — with the help of its residents — he plans to face off against the Collector and his band of ghouls, preventing them from ever seizing the key.
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Title: Gargoyles
Released: October 24, 1994
Type: TV
In Scotland, 994 A.D. Goliath and his clan of gargoyles defend a medieval castle. In present day, David Xanatos buys the castle and moves it to New York City. When the castle is attacked the gargoyles are awakened from a 1000 year curse.
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Title: ER
Character: Angela Hicks
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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Title: South Central
Released: April 5, 1994
Type: TV
South Central is an American comedy-drama series that aired on the Fox network from April 5, 1994 to June 7, 1994. It was cancelled following its first season, and the airing of only 10 episodes.
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Title: Birdland
Released: January 5, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: Return to Lonesome Dove
Character: Sara Pickett
Released: November 14, 1993
Type: TV
After returning the body of Gus McCrae to Lonesome Dove, Woodrow Call takes on the challenge of driving a herd of wild mustangs 2500 miles north to the Hat Creek Ranch in Montana. But tragedy, triumph, despair and deceit will greet him before he ever gets there.
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Title: The X-Files
Character: Agent Lucy Kazdin
Released: September 10, 1993
Type: TV
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
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Lifepod
Title: Lifepod
Character: Mayvene
Released: June 28, 1993
Type: Movie
Lifepod cronicles the trip of eight passengers after the ship they were traveling on blew up on Christmas Eve. Immediately people start dying. The passengers begin to investigate why the ship blew up and how it relates to them
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Sliver
Title: Sliver
Character: Victoria Hendrix
Released: May 21, 1993
Type: Movie
A woman moves into an apartment in Manhattan and learns that the previous tenant's life ended mysteriously after they fell from the balcony.
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Benny & Joon
Title: Benny & Joon
Character: Dr. Garvey
Released: April 16, 1993
Type: Movie
A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
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For Their Own Good
Title: For Their Own Good
Character: Naomi Brinker
Released: April 5, 1993
Type: Movie
A factory worker gets an ultimatum from her employer that she agree to be sterilized or be fired.
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RoboCop 3
Title: RoboCop 3
Character: Bertha
Released: January 21, 1993
Type: Movie
The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta City, to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of the area have no intention of abandoning their homes simply for desires of the company. To this end, OCP have decided to force them to leave by employing a ruthless mercenary army to attack and harass them. An underground resistance begins and in this fight, RoboCop must decide where his loyalties lie.
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The Ernest Green Story
Title: The Ernest Green Story
Character: Daisy Bates
Released: January 17, 1993
Type: Movie
Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.
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The Disappearance of Christina
Title: The Disappearance of Christina
Character: Detective Davis
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Joe and Christina's marriage is in trouble when they take a sailing trip with their married best friends. On the trip, Christina vanishes and is presumed dead. Joe is suspected of her murder, but he believes Christina isn't dead at all when strange things begin to happen. Joe isn't sure whom he can trust as he discovers disturbing information about his missing wife.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Title: The Importance of Being Earnest
Character: Miss Prism
Released: May 14, 1992
Type: Movie
An all-black version of Oscar Wilde's play.
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Psycho IV: The Beginning
Title: Psycho IV: The Beginning
Character: Fran Ambrose
Released: November 10, 1990
Type: Movie
When he hears talk radio host Fran Ambrose discussing the topic of matricide, Norman calls in under a false name to tell his story.
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Postcards from the Edge
Title: Postcards from the Edge
Character: Julie Marsden
Released: September 14, 1990
Type: Movie
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother, herself once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for Suzanne who has struggled for years to get out of her mother's shadow, and who still treats her like a child. Despite these and other problems, Suzanne begins to see the funny side of her situation, and also realises that not only do daughters have mothers—mothers do too.
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Common Ground
Title: Common Ground
Character: Rachel Twymon
Released: March 25, 1990
Type: Movie
Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court ordered busing to end desegregation. The story focuses on an African-American mother determined to get her children a quality education and a white lawyer trying to deal with inner city problems.
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Murder in Mississippi
Title: Murder in Mississippi
Character: Fannie Lee Chaney
Released: February 5, 1990
Type: Movie
In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the South to encourage African-American voter registration. Examines the last three weeks in the lives of the slain activists.
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No Place Like Home
Title: No Place Like Home
Character: Prue
Released: December 3, 1989
Type: Movie
A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is suddenly destroyed by fire. Daniel and his family moves in with his brother but that doesn't last for long due to the two families not getting along with each other. The family moves from rundown hotels to homeless shelters as Daniel searches work as a electrician while his wife takes waitress jobs to try to make ends meet.
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Third Degree Burn
Title: Third Degree Burn
Character: Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)
Released: May 28, 1989
Type: Movie
A down-and-out private eye (Treat Williams) gets too close to the wife (Virginia Madsen) of a rich man (Richard Masur) soon found dead.
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Title: Quantum Leap
Character: Mama Harper
Released: March 26, 1989
Type: TV
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
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Question of Faith
Title: Question of Faith
Character: Roberta
Released: October 6, 1988
Type: Movie
A woman struck down by terminal cancer shuns conventional medical techniques at her husband's insistence and turns to alternative treatment to combat the disease.
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Run Till You Fall
Title: Run Till You Fall
Character: Janice
Released: September 9, 1988
Type: Movie
A small-time, down-on-his-luck private eye tries to win back his estranged wife and their young disabled son when he takes on a seemingly easy case that sours.
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Bagdad Cafe
Title: Bagdad Cafe
Character: Brenda
Released: November 12, 1987
Type: Movie
A German woman named Jasmin stumbles upon a dilapidated motel/diner in the middle of nowhere. Her unusual appearance and demeanor are at first suspicious to Brenda, the exasperated owner who has difficulty making ends meet. But when an unlikely magic sparks between the two women, this lonely desert outpost is transformed into a thriving and popular oasis.
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Title: Women in Prison
Character: Dawn Murphy
Released: October 11, 1987
Type: TV
Women in Prison is an American television sitcom created by Katherine Green which aired on Fox from October 11, 1987 to April 2, 1988.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Judge Roseann Robin
Released: September 15, 1986
Type: TV
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
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As Summers Die
Title: As Summers Die
Character: Priscilla
Released: May 18, 1986
Type: Movie
Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to help a black woman whose property is being threatened by the Holts, the first family of the town, after she refuses to sell her valuable land.
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Resting Place
Title: Resting Place
Character: Ada Johnson
Released: April 27, 1986
Type: Movie
A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the body of Lieutenant Dwyte Johnson, a Vietnam war hero. It's Laird's job to help Johnson's parents bury their son. But since the dead hero was black, his parents are turned away by the white racists who maintain the town's "all-white" cemetery.
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Prizzi's Honor
Title: Prizzi's Honor
Character: Peaches Altamont
Released: June 14, 1985
Type: Movie
Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US. When he sees Irene Walker, it's love at first sight. But he soon finds that she, too, is a killer for hire. Charley can overlook his suspicions, but he can't turn off his heart. And the couple must remember that even if they love each other, the Prizzis love only money.
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Title: The Atlanta Child Murders
Character: Venus Taylor
Released: February 10, 1985
Type: TV
The Atlanta Child Murders is a TV miniseries that aired on February 10 and 12, 1985 on CBS. Inspired by true events, the miniseries examines the so-called "Atlanta child murders" of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
Title: Go Tell It on the Mountain
Character: Deborah
Released: January 14, 1985
Type: Movie
This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous and often unloving stepfather.
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Title: WonderWorks
Character: Jane
Released: October 1, 1984
Type: TV
Anthology series aimed at children and families, many of the episodes were based on popular children's and young adult novels.
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Booker
Title: Booker
Character: Jane
Released: October 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Set in the 1860's South, Booker is the impassioned story of the boy who struggled through slavery to found the Tuskegee Institute. Through the eyes of nine-year-old Booker T. Washington, viewers witness the end of the Civil War, the cruelties that endured after slavery was abolished, and the hard work that led Booker to education and true freedom. Booker is a one-hour drama based on the childhood of Booker T. Washington and his quest for education in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War. Booker was shown nationally on PBS by the series, WONDERWORKS and subsequently on the Disney Channel, the BBC, and throughout the world. Booker continues to be broadcast and used in thousands of schools in America and abroad. The film was chosen as among the top 10 best home video release for children by Parenting Magazine and best script for a children's drama by the Writer's Guild of America.
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Title: The Cosby Show
Released: September 20, 1984
Type: TV
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.
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Title: Miami Vice
Released: September 16, 1984
Type: TV
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
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Title: Cagney & Lacey
Released: March 25, 1982
Type: TV
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.
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I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Title: I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Character: Anne
Released: March 5, 1982
Type: Movie
An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.
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Title: Hill Street Blues
Released: January 15, 1981
Type: TV
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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Union City
Title: Union City
Character: Mrs. Lewis
Released: September 26, 1980
Type: Movie
A 1950s accountant with a restless wife grows paranoid after hiding a milk thief's corpse next door.
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All That Jazz
Title: All That Jazz
Character: Nurse Blake
Released: December 16, 1979
Type: Movie
Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.
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Coriolanus
Title: Coriolanus
Character: Valeria
Released: March 31, 1979
Type: Movie
A video recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival 1979 stage production of Coriolanus with an all-black and Hispanic cast. Producer Joseph Papp intended to provide professional opportunities for actors of minority ethnic backgrounds. A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Ada
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior
Title: Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Wielding a paintbrush, Betye Saar steadfastly forges her own path with the mantra "Make Better Art." Her unwavering determination disrupted art conventions, paving the way for experimentation and conceptualism, ultimately sparking the Black women's movement. Now in her 90s, this icon from Watts is documented in this vivid portrait of her remarkable ascent in the art world and how she continues to carve an indelible mark in history.