Cynthia Gibb

Cynthia Gibb

Born: December 14, 1963
in Bennington, Vermont, USA
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Cynthia Gibb (born December 14, 1963 in Bennington, Vermont, U.S.) is an American actress and former model who has starred in film and on television.

Gibb grew up in Westport, Connecticut and got her big break at the age of 14 when she was discovered by the Eileen Ford Agency in New York City. She was on the cover of Vogue and Young Miss. Fate then intervened, as director Woody Allen saw her in one of those magazines and gave her her first film role in his 1980 movie Stardust Memories. In the 1986 war film, Salvador, directed by Oliver Stone and starring James Woods, she portrayed an American nun in El Salvador who was raped and murdered.

Gibb's best known TV role was on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow as Susan "Suzi" Martin Wyatt Carter from 1981-1983. She was also a regular for three seasons on the original Fame TV show and appeared in the first three Diagnosis: Murder movies in 1992 as Dr. Amanda Bentley.

In the TV adaptation of Gypsy she starred as the adult Rose Louise/Gypsy Rose Lee, opposite Bette Midler as Mama Rose. She later starred in the 1995 short lived TV series Deadly Games. She has also played in many TV movies, including the role of Karen Carpenter in The Karen Carpenter Story (1989).

She has three children

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Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection
Title: Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection
Character: Self
Released: February 10, 2023
Type: Movie
Following Karen Carpenter's meteoric climb to stardom in the 1970s and the little-known anorexia nervosa diagnosis that resulted in her untimely death.
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Christmas on the Menu
Title: Christmas on the Menu
Character: Shannon Byrde
Released: December 18, 2020
Type: Movie
Josie Jennings a celebrated, romantic, 35-year old chef in the city heads home to spend the holidays at the quaint, magical bed and breakfast where she grew up, and where her mother Shannon has just opened a new restaurant. Famous food critic Tanner Rhodes, who has given Josie harsh reviews in the past, comes to town to review the new restaurant and Josie’s Christmas Cuisine. As the holidays unfold, Josie and Tanner get to know each other better, and a romance soon begins to blossom but will Tanner find a way to right his wrongs, write a rave review for the bistro’s delicious cuisine, and win Josie’s heart by Christmas Eve?
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Ivy & Mistletoe
Title: Ivy & Mistletoe
Character: Mary Anderson
Released: November 1, 2020
Type: Movie
A young woman is determined to get home for Christmas, but gets stranded in a small town during a snow storm. Little does she know that she is exactly where she is supposed to be.
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Sharing Christmas
Title: Sharing Christmas
Character: Helen
Released: December 10, 2017
Type: Movie
A real estate developer is given the opportunity of his career to transform an old shopping complex into a prime location. Unfortunately, there is one tenant who is holding out—the Christmas shop owner he met by happenstance just days ago.
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Stalker's Prey
Title: Stalker's Prey
Character: Sandy Wilcox
Released: February 9, 2017
Type: Movie
Laura's life is turned upside down when she is attacked by a shark while celebrating her 18th birthday. She's rescued by Bruce, a handsome young man just returned home from college. As she recovers, he becomes a local hero for his bravery. As the dust settles, Bruce seems smitten with his damsel in distress, but Laura is not ready to move past the boyfriend she lost in the attack.
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Broadcasting Christmas
Title: Broadcasting Christmas
Character: Patrice Montgomery
Released: November 23, 2016
Type: Movie
When the opportunity to co-host a talk show with the fabulous talk show diva Veronika presents itself two weeks before Christmas, Emily thinks this is her big break. To her surprise, she discovers she has stiff competition with Charlie, the local TV anchor who is her near equal on another station. With such interest and support for both reporters, a contest is created: for the two weeks leading up to Christmas, who can cover the best and most meaningful Christmas stories on the local news?
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Caged No More
Title: Caged No More
Character: Lottie
Released: January 15, 2016
Type: Movie
Aggie, A 67 year-old Black Cajun, has just stepped into her worst nightmare. Her two granddaughters have disappeared, and the only clue she possesses is a forgotten laptop. Aware she only has a short window of time, she feels helpless to save them as her money and influence are scarce. Desperate to get her girls back, Aggie risks everything to cross paths with Richard and Lottie DuMonde, two of the wealthiest and most connected people in New Orleans. Certainly, once they hear her story, they will help. But what Aggie doesn't foresee is the dark world she's about to step into, or the dangers accompanying the rescue needed to bring her girls home.
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Christmas Land
Title: Christmas Land
Character: Elaine Richardson
Released: December 20, 2015
Type: Movie
Jules has just inherited a quaint magical Christmas-themed village and Christmas tree farm bequeathed her by her grandmother. She plans to sell it and use the profits to buy her dream home in New York City. But the longer Jules stays on the farm and the more she learns how important Christmas Land has been to so many families, the more Jules starts to question her motives to sell.
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Before I Sleep
Title: Before I Sleep
Character: Caroline
Released: October 19, 2013
Type: Movie
Eugene Devlin, a once famous, now reclusive poet, searches through his past, looking for redemption and peace.
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The Cheating Pact
Title: The Cheating Pact
Character: Brenda Marshall
Released: September 28, 2013
Type: Movie
Three high school students that are under pressure from their parents to get into good colleges convince a shy but very smart girl to take the College Entrance Test for them.
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My Dog's Christmas Miracle
Title: My Dog's Christmas Miracle
Character: Madeline
Released: December 1, 2011
Type: Movie
University professor Madeline Walters isn’t doing too well in the dating game. Good men are hard to find, so she’s happy spending time with her Maltese puppy Cinnamon, and her precocious teenage daughter Chloe.
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A Nanny for Christmas
Title: A Nanny for Christmas
Character: Samantha Ryland
Released: November 23, 2010
Type: Movie
Ally (Emmanuelle Vaugier) is a smart young career woman who needs a new job. Samantha (Cynthia Gibb) is a busy Beverly Hills advertising executive/mom whose too-well-mannered kids need some fun in their lives. And Danny Donner (Dean Cain) is the tough-guy owner of a chocolate company who wants a major ad campaign immediately. Could it all somehow lead to the Christmas that changes everyone's lives forever? Richard Ruccolo, Sierra McCormick, Jared Gilmore and Sarah Thompson co-star in this surprising comedy about little white lies, big holiday wishes, and a woman who may just find love in the most unexpected places by becoming A NANNY FOR CHRISTMAS.
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Accused at 17
Title: Accused at 17
Character: Jacqui Madler
Released: December 5, 2009
Type: Movie
A teenager is accused of murdering a classmate and claims that she was framed by her best friend. Her mother must try to find the truth.
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Beautiful Loser
Title: Beautiful Loser
Character: Bonnie (adult)
Released: September 16, 2009
Type: Movie
His parents named him Reginald Regineld. His friends call him "Ditto." At the age of eleven he decided he wasn't going to do anything with his life. And that was going pretty well until senior year when he saw Tracy. This wasn't so much love at first sight as much as it was "completely-head-over-heels-gonna-get-her-at-any-price-even-if-I-make-a-complete-fool-of-myself" love at first sight. And it would burn for decades. Whether she loved him or not.
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Fall of Hyperion
Title: Fall of Hyperion
Character: Jenni Hansen
Released: August 8, 2008
Type: Movie
A NASA scientist discovers that a group meteorites is heading towards Earth. Along the way, they will collide with the space station Hyperion, whose 12 astronauts are trapped and inside which there is a thermonuclear heart.
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An Accidental Christmas
Title: An Accidental Christmas
Character: Vicky
Released: December 9, 2007
Type: Movie
Separated after 15 years of marriage, Vicki and Jason are set up by their two teenage children to spend a Christmas vacation together on the beach. But their family vacation is further complicated when Vicki's boss and Jason's gorgeous assistant show up. As Jason spends more time with Vicki, it becomes clear that this marriage is far from over, and he decides to propose to her all over again. It will take a lot of luck, plenty of love and a little dose of magic to bring this family back together again.
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Christie's Revenge
Title: Christie's Revenge
Character: Miranda Colton
Released: June 24, 2007
Type: Movie
After years of plotting, Christie vows to get revenge on her uncle, whom she blames for her father's demise.
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A Family Lost
Title: A Family Lost
Character: Valerie Williamson
Released: March 11, 2007
Type: Movie
Valerie, a single mom and her 13-year old diabetic daughter Claire board a small plane in Kodiak Falls, with the intention of meeting the mother's new fiance Jordan. But when the plane crashes, the only survivors are the mother, daughter, and a suspicious passenger, leaving Valerie and Claire in harm's way.
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Demons from Her Past
Title: Demons from Her Past
Character: Marilyn Baxter
Released: January 22, 2007
Type: Movie
A woman returns to her hometown searching for retribution after serving time for a crime she didn’t commit.
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Title: Criminal Minds
Character: Kathy Gray
Released: September 22, 2005
Type: TV
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
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A Crime of Passion
Title: A Crime of Passion
Character: Frederica Dumay
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
A young heiress has her life turned upside down after her business partner's wife is killed and foul play is suspected.
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Mary Christmas
Title: Mary Christmas
Character: Mary Malone
Released: November 29, 2002
Type: Movie
Californian widower Joel Wallace, a successful businessman, is a great catch in a grand mansion, but absorbed by his work. His daughter Felice writes to a TV Christmas special, hoping for a 'new mammy'.
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Title: Without a Trace
Character: Tracie Duncan
Released: September 26, 2002
Type: TV
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
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Full Frontal
Title: Full Frontal
Character: Pregnant Woman
Released: August 2, 2002
Type: Movie
A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend's birthday party.
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The Wandering Soul Murders
Title: The Wandering Soul Murders
Character: Jill Dempsey
Released: January 9, 2001
Type: Movie
Haunted by the murder of her politician husband 6 years ago, former police detective Joanne Kilbourn (Wendy Crewson) keeps looking for clues, with the help of her old partner (Victor Garber). When a prime suspect is caught, it looks as if the killer may finally be brought to justice … but in a shocking turn of events, the suspect is gunned down as he's brought to the police station. Is there more to her husband's death than Joanne realized?
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Title: The Division
Released: January 7, 2001
Type: TV
The Division is an American crime drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine and starring Bonnie Bedelia. The series focused on a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on Lifetime on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Karen Campbell
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: Judging Amy
Character: Irene Kraft
Released: September 19, 1999
Type: TV
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.
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Earthquake in New York
Title: Earthquake in New York
Character: Laura Rykker
Released: October 11, 1998
Type: Movie
A cop is after a nasty serial killer. Cop's wife and kids are somewhere in the city too. Then a disastrous earthquake hits the city.
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High Stakes
Title: High Stakes
Character: Annie Fitzgerald
Released: July 7, 1997
Type: Movie
A former news reporter marries and tries to adjust to the life of a house wife and mother. However, her need for an adrenaline high is overpowering and she becomes a gambling addict.
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Love-Struck
Title: Love-Struck
Character: Emily Vale
Released: May 31, 1997
Type: Movie
Two years after her last failed relationship, Emily Vale has stopped believing in love. This brings her to the attention of Venus who sends her son Cupid down to Earth to pierce her with an arrow in the hope of changing her mind. Unfortunately, the handsome but hapless Cupid misses and the arrow strikes his own heart making him fall hopelessly in love with Emily. Thus he is granted temporary leave from paradise in order to pursue her. However, not only does he have a limited time on Earth, but also Emily's last boyfriend, the handsome but sleazy Ted has just shown up intent on winning her back. Which one will Emily choose? And is she ready to open her heart and accept love into her life once more?
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Volcano: Fire on the Mountain
Title: Volcano: Fire on the Mountain
Character: Kelly Adams
Released: February 23, 1997
Type: Movie
Angel Falls is a mountain ski resort where a nearby volcano is about to erupt. Volcanic scientist Peter Slater must convince his boss and the local population of the danger and begin the town evacuation before it’s too late.
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Holiday Affair
Title: Holiday Affair
Character: Jodie Ennis
Released: December 15, 1996
Type: Movie
"Meeting cute" while Jodie's son Timmy enthuses over a model train set, Jodie and the raffish but likeable Steve immediately hit it off, but she is already engaged to conservative lawyer Paul Davis. The days between Christmas and New Year's Eve, Jodie finds herself in the unenviable position of choosing between two men whom she adores equally--a job not made easier by the well-meaning interference of son Timmy.
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Title: Superman: The Animated Series
Character: Trish Mills (voice)
Released: September 6, 1996
Type: TV
Superman, an incredibly powerful alien from the planet Krypton, defends Metropolis from supercriminals. Superman hides his identity behind the glasses of Clark Kent; a mild-mannered reporter for the newspaper the Daily Planet. At the Daily Planet Superman works with fellow reporter Lois Lane and photographer Jimmy Olsen.
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Title: 7th Heaven
Character: Betsy
Released: August 26, 1996
Type: TV
Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouses that continually come and go in the Camden household.
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Title: Deadly Games
Character: Lauren Ashborne
Released: September 5, 1995
Type: TV
Deadly Games is an American comedy action sci fi show that appeared on UPN as part of its 1995 season. The basic plot of the show is about video game characters that come to life, re-enacting their deadly plans for wanton destruction and world domination in the real world. The series was produced by Viacom Productions.
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Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story
Title: Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story
Character: Alexandra O'Hara
Released: October 25, 1994
Type: Movie
An unwitting woman marries a psychopathic serial killer.
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Title: Madman of the People
Character: Meg Buckner
Released: September 22, 1994
Type: TV
Madman of the People is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1994 to 1995. It was scheduled in the Thursday 9:30 timeslot, part of Must See TV. Madman of the People was produced by Kreiscluesco Industries/Spelling Television.
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Sin and Redemption
Title: Sin and Redemption
Character: Billie Simms
Released: March 18, 1994
Type: Movie
Taking a short-cut home from work, high-schooler Billie Simms is raped. Not only does the incident cause an unwanted pregnancy that damages her college expectations, but it also outrages her smugly religious father who pressures her to give up the baby.
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Gypsy
Title: Gypsy
Character: Louise / Gypsy Lee Rose
Released: December 12, 1993
Type: Movie
Ambitious stage mother Rose wants desperately for her daughter, June, to become the vaudeville star she never was. With the help of savvy but kind-hearted agent Herbie, Rose realizes her aspirations for June, but when her star rebelliously elopes, June's shy sister, Louise, reluctantly steps into the spotlight, transforming herself into the legendary burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee.
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The Woman Who Loved Elvis
Title: The Woman Who Loved Elvis
Character: Emily Shaw
Released: April 18, 1993
Type: Movie
It's 1982, and Midwestern housewife Joyce Jackson is obsessed with Elvis Presley; she's even used the King of Rock and Roll's inspiration to turn her house into a wacky shrine. Convinced Presley's still alive, Joyce concocts a plan to find and meet him, and enlists her on-again, off-again husband to help.
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Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife
Title: Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife
Character: Dr. Amanda Bentley
Released: February 13, 1993
Type: Movie
Dr Sloan suspects that his flame of long ago, famous heart surgeon Dr Rachel Walters, has murdered US Senator Cabot on the occasion of a guest operation at the community hospital. After a long investigation, Sloan and fellow detectives Dr Bentley and Dr Parker discover her motive: Years ago, Cabot had caused a hit-and-run accident that put her daughter into coma. But how did Dr Walters manage to pass the deadly bacteria on to the senator in front of TV cameras?
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Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street
Title: Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street
Character: Dr. Amanda Bentley
Released: May 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Dr Mark Sloan cannot believe that his former student Dr Drummond, an ambitious cosmetic surgeon, has committed suicide. Assisted by his team of hobby detectives, pathologist Amanda Bentley and junior doctor Jack Parker, Sloan tries to investigate the case. He finds out that Drummond and his senior partner, Dr Stern, had used plastic surgery to create a double of rich banker and benefactor Gantry, who is expected to make a major donation to the community hospital. Does Gantry also plan to have his double assassinated in order to vanish with the money himself?
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Drive Like Lightning
Title: Drive Like Lightning
Character: Ginger McDaniel
Released: January 8, 1992
Type: Movie
In this road drama, a depressed ex-daredevil is hired to drive an experimental stunt car across the country to L. A. He is accompanied by a country-singer
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Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
Title: Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
Character: Amanda Bentley
Released: January 5, 1992
Type: Movie
Convinced that his long-time patient Nick Osborn didn't murder his boss, Mark Sloan starts investigating the case himself, supported by a junior doctor and a young female pathologist.
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Death Warrant
Title: Death Warrant
Character: Amanda Beckett
Released: September 14, 1990
Type: Movie
The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. When in jail, Louis, using his outstandings martial arts skills, is able to save his life and make himself respected in that violent world. At least, helped by two another prisoners, he succeded in finding the truth about the dreadful crimes. In a violent and corrupt prison, decorated cop Louis Burke must infiltrate the jail to find answers to a number of inside murders. What he finds is a struggle of life and death tied in to his own past.
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When We Were Young
Title: When We Were Young
Character: Ellen Reese
Released: July 17, 1989
Type: Movie
Prospective series pilot about eight 1959 high school graduates in a Northern California town preparing to go off into the world.
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Title: Tales from the Crypt
Character: Lorelei Phelps
Released: June 10, 1989
Type: TV
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
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The Karen Carpenter Story
Title: The Karen Carpenter Story
Character: Karen Carpenter
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Story of the meteoric rise and sudden fall of Karen Carpenter, who became a famous singer before battling anorexia and bulimia. This made-for-TV movie is the authorized version of the life of Karen Carpenter and was made with the approval of Richard Carpenter and the Carpenter family.
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Short Circuit 2
Title: Short Circuit 2
Character: Sandy Banatoni
Released: July 6, 1988
Type: Movie
Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.
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Jack's Back
Title: Jack's Back
Character: Christina "Chris" Moscari
Released: May 6, 1988
Type: Movie
A young doctor is suspected when a series of Jack the Ripper copycat killings is committed. However, when the doctor himself is murdered, his identical twin brother claims to have seen visions of the true killer.
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Malone
Title: Malone
Character: Jo Barlow
Released: May 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Erstwhile C.I.A. assassin Richard Malone hopes for a tranquil retirement in the placid Pacific Northwest, but what he gets is a rumble with a right-wing extremist plotting a secret revolution. Adapted from the novel "Shotgun," by William Wingate.
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Modern Girls
Title: Modern Girls
Character: CeCe
Released: November 7, 1986
Type: Movie
Margo, Kelly, and CeCe have three things in common: they're roommates, they're gorgeous, and they're hooked on the glamour and excitement of L.A.'s rock and roll night life. When they get mixed up with a rock star, an arrogant ex-boyfriend, a pseudo-sadist, and the nicest nerd in The City Of Angels, it's a full night to say the least!
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Salvador
Title: Salvador
Character: Cathy Moore
Released: April 23, 1986
Type: Movie
In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.
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Youngblood
Title: Youngblood
Character: Jessie Chadwick
Released: January 31, 1986
Type: Movie
A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. His on-ice activities are complicated by his relationship with the coach's daughter.
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Title: Fame
Character: Holly Laird
Released: January 7, 1982
Type: TV
An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although fictional, it was based heavily on the actual Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York. Most interior scenes were filmed in Hollywood, California, and in all seasons but the third, several exterior scenes were shot on location in New York City. The popularity of the series, particularly in the UK, led to several hit records and live concert tours by the cast. Despite its success, very few of the actors maintained high-profile careers after the series was cancelled. A number of the cast members were seen again briefly in Bring Back...Fame, a reunion special made for British television in 2008.
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Stardust Memories
Title: Stardust Memories
Character: Young Girl Fan
Released: September 26, 1980
Type: Movie
While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
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Title: Search for Tomorrow
Released: September 3, 1951
Type: TV
Search for Tomorrow is an American soap opera that premiered on September 3, 1951, on CBS. The show was moved from CBS to NBC on March 29, 1982. It continued on NBC until the final episode aired on December 26, 1986, a run of thirty-five years. At the time of its final broadcast, it was the longest-running non-news program on television. This record would later be broken by Hallmark Hall of Fame, which premiered on Christmas Eve 1951 and still airs occasionally. The show was created by Roy Winsor and was first written by Agnes Nixon for thirteen weeks and, later, by Irving Vendig.