Jean Smart

Jean Smart

Born: September 13, 1951
in Seattle, Washington, USA
Jean Smart is an Emmy-Award Winning American stage, film and television actress, best known for her starring roles in Hacks and Designing Women. After beginning her career in regional theater in the Pacific Northwest, she appeared on Broadway in 1981 as Marlene Dietrich in the biographical play Piaf. Smart was later cast in a leading role as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the CBS sitcom Designing Women, in which she starred from 1986 to 1991.

Smart was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the 2000 Broadway revival of The Man Who Came to Dinner, and she received two Primetime Emmy Awards for her role as Lana Gardner on the NBC sitcom Frasier. She won a third Emmy Award for her starring role as Regina Newley on the ABC sitcom Samantha Who? In the past decade she's appeared in TV projects such as FX's Fargo and Legion, both created by Noah Hawley, as well as in the HBO's Watchmen, Mare of Easttown, and Hacks. The latter three earned her Primetime Emmy Award nominations, with Hacks winning her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

Smart's film credits include The Brady Bunch Movie, Sweet Home Alabama, Garden State, I Heart Huckabees, Youth in Revolt, The Accountant, and A Simple Favor. She also received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for 1999's Guinevere.

Movies for Jean Smart...

A Panoramic Canvas Called 'Babylon'
Title: A Panoramic Canvas Called 'Babylon'
Character: Self
Released: March 21, 2023
Type: Movie
Behind the scenes on the making of "Babylon."
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Wildflower
Title: Wildflower
Character: Peg
Released: March 17, 2023
Type: Movie
The story of Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with an intellectually disabled parent and an extended family who can't quite agree on the best way to help.
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Babylon
Title: Babylon
Character: Elinor St. John
Released: December 22, 2022
Type: Movie
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.
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Title: Hacks
Character: Deborah Vance
Released: May 13, 2021
Type: TV
Explore a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old.
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Title: Mare of Easttown
Character: Helen Fahey
Released: April 18, 2021
Type: TV
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
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Senior Moment
Title: Senior Moment
Character: Caroline Summers
Released: March 26, 2021
Type: Movie
After drag racing his vintage convertible around Palm Springs, a retired NASA test pilot loses his license. Forced to take public transportation, he meets Caroline and learns to navigate love and life again.
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Superintelligence
Title: Superintelligence
Character: President Monahan
Released: December 11, 2020
Type: Movie
When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to Carol to prove that people are worth saving.
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Title: Watchmen
Character: Laurie Blake
Released: October 20, 2019
Type: TV
Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.
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Title: The Kelly Clarkson Show
Released: September 9, 2019
Type: TV
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.
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A Shoe Addict's Christmas
Title: A Shoe Addict's Christmas
Character: Charlie
Released: November 25, 2018
Type: Movie
As Christmas approaches, a department store worker whose life lacks fulfillment meets her guardian angel, who offers her a chance to change her circumstances by magically transporting her to Christmases past whenever she tries on a new pair of shoes.
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Title: Dirty John
Character: Arlane Hart
Released: November 25, 2018
Type: TV
Anthology series in which each season is based on a true crime story featuring an epic tale of love gone wrong.
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Brampton's Own
Title: Brampton's Own
Character: Judy
Released: October 19, 2018
Type: Movie
A struggling minor league baseball player retires and woefully returns to his small hometown, carefully dodging old wounds until confronted with the one that hurts the most - the girl that got away.
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Life Itself
Title: Life Itself
Character: Linda Dempsey
Released: September 21, 2018
Type: Movie
As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.
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The Messenger
Title: The Messenger
Character: The Woman
Released: September 8, 2018
Type: Movie
A man known as The Messenger is employed delivering envelopes that hold life-altering information for their recipients.
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A Simple Favor
Title: A Simple Favor
Character: Margaret McLanden
Released: August 29, 2018
Type: Movie
Stephanie, a dedicated mother and popular vlogger, befriends Emily, a mysterious upper-class woman whose son Nicky attends the same school as Miles, Stephanie's son. When Emily asks her to pick Nicky up from school and then disappears, Stephanie undertakes an investigation that will dive deep into Emily's cloudy past.
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Title: Big Mouth
Released: September 29, 2017
Type: TV
Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty in this edgy comedy from real-life pals Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg.
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Title: Big Mouth
Character: Depression Kitty (voice)
Released: September 29, 2017
Type: TV
Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty in this edgy comedy from real-life pals Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg.
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Awaken the Shadowman
Title: Awaken the Shadowman
Character: Evette
Released: July 21, 2017
Type: Movie
After the mysterious disappearance of their mother, estranged brothers reunite and discover an unknown supernatural force.
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Title: Legion
Character: Melanie Bird
Released: February 8, 2017
Type: TV
David Haller, AKA Legion, is a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real.
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The Accountant
Title: The Accountant
Character: Rita Blackburn
Released: October 13, 2016
Type: Movie
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
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Title: Bad Internet
Character: President Powers
Released: May 25, 2016
Type: TV
A satirical anthology series about the terrifying potential futures of internet technology and culture. Not at all similar to any other shows about technological overreaching.
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Getting Ed Laid
Title: Getting Ed Laid
Character: The Hooker
Released: April 2, 2016
Type: Movie
An 85-year-old professor staying in a hotel suite in Tokyo hires a hooker for one last hoorah. Afraid taking Viagra will kill him, he's waiting for a callback from a cardiologist when a quirky hooker shows up who is only around 20 years younger than him. Funny happens as these two lonely people discover - no matter what your age, life can surprise you.
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Title: Angie Tribeca
Character: Carnie
Released: January 17, 2016
Type: TV
Lone-wolf detective Angie Tribeca and a squad of committed LAPD detectives investigate the most serious cases, from the murder of a ventriloquist to a rash of baker suicides.
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Title: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character: Self
Released: September 8, 2015
Type: TV
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, and Jon Stewart are executive producers. Barry Julien and Denise Rehrig serve as co-executive producers.must watch
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Title: The Late Late Show with James Corden
Character: Self - Guest
Released: March 23, 2015
Type: TV
Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night talk show that interviews celebrities and has its own bits. And of course, it's all hosted by James Corden.
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Missing
Title: Missing
Released: November 11, 2014
Type: Movie
A man and his 92 year old grandmother kidnap, torture and kill women.
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Miss Meadows
Title: Miss Meadows
Character: Mother Meadows
Released: September 12, 2014
Type: Movie
Miss Meadows is a school teacher with impeccable manners and grace. However, underneath the candy-sweet exterior hides a ruthless gun-toting vigilante who takes it upon herself to right the wrongs in the world by whatever means necessary. For Miss Meadows, bad behavior is simply unforgivable.
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Title: Fargo
Character: Floyd Gerhardt
Released: April 15, 2014
Type: TV
A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
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Title: Sirens
Character: Nora Farrell
Released: March 6, 2014
Type: TV
A comedy that follows three Chicago EMTs who despite their narcissistic and self-destructive personalities are uniquely qualified to save lives.
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Title: Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character: Self
Released: February 25, 2014
Type: TV
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".
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Warren
Title: Warren
Character: Jack Cavanee
Released: February 1, 2014
Type: Movie
After giving up on making it in the Chicago improv scene, a young comedian fatefully reconnects with the former love of his life one fall night while working at a coffee shop in his hometown. Afraid of growing old and alone like his divorced father, Warren must choose between winning her back or finding the courage to go after his dreams a second time.
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When Calls the Heart
Title: When Calls the Heart
Character: Frances Tunnecliffe
Released: October 5, 2013
Type: Movie
Elizabeth Thatcher, a cultured young teacher in 1910, fears leaving her comfortable world in the city. But when she accepts a teaching position in a frontier town, she finds new purpose and love with a handsome Royal Canadian Mountie.
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Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Title: Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Character: Claire
Released: April 20, 2013
Type: Movie
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
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Waking
Title: Waking
Character: Dr. Hinton
Released: April 19, 2013
Type: Movie
Ben is about to turn 30 and on his way to what everyone else tells him is a great life. He’s been with his girlfriend Amy for 6 years and is about to propose, and looks to be in line to take over her father’s practice. But a chance meeting with a mysterious and beautiful woman named Nadia changes everything, as Ben and Nadia begin to connect when they fall asleep, going on journeys through their memories together. As they begin to realize they’ve been meeting in their dreams since they were children, Ben must choose between the perfect life on paper, or the girl of his dreams.
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Hope Springs
Title: Hope Springs
Character: Eileen, Kay's Friend
Released: August 7, 2012
Type: Movie
After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.
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William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
Title: William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
Character: HRH Camilla
Released: April 30, 2012
Type: Movie
The film is based on the story of William of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton. Shown in the same life of William of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton met at the University of Saint Andrews, besides the romance that they maintained, the break of it and commitment.
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Title: Veep
Character: Imogene Walsh
Released: April 22, 2012
Type: TV
A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.
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Title: Harry's Law
Character: Roseanna Remmick
Released: January 17, 2011
Type: TV
Harriet, Matthew and Malcolm couldn't be any more different, but when they cross paths, they realize they're all looking for a fresh start. The most unlikely of people are starting a law practice in the most unlikely of places -- a rundown shoe store.
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Life As We Know It
Title: Life As We Know It
Character: Helen Berenson
Released: October 2, 2010
Type: Movie
After a disastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have in common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly and Messer must set their differences aside. Juggling careers and social calendars, they'll have to find common ground while living under the same roof.
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Title: $#*! My Dad Says
Character: Rosemary Pernworth
Released: September 23, 2010
Type: TV
Ed Goodson, a forthright and opinionated dad, relishes expressing his unsolicited and often wildly politically incorrect observations to anyone within earshot. Nobody is immune from Ed's rants, including his sons, Henry, a struggling writer-turned-unpaid blogger; and Vince, the meek half of his husband/wife real estate duo with domineering Kathleen. When Henry finds he can no longer afford to pay rent to his pretty roommate -- and secret admirer -- Sam, Ed reveals a soft spot and invites Henry to move in with him. Henry agrees, knowing that the verbal assault will not abate and now there will be no escape.
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Title: Hawaii Five-0
Character: Governor Pat Jameson
Released: September 20, 2010
Type: TV
Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua.
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Title: Hot in Cleveland
Character: Bess
Released: June 16, 2010
Type: TV
Three fabulous, eccentric, LA best friends of a certain age have their lives changed forever when their plane unexpectedly lands in Cleveland and they soon rediscover themselves in this new "promised land."
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Barry Munday
Title: Barry Munday
Character: Carol Munday
Released: March 13, 2010
Type: Movie
Barry Munday, a libido-driven wage slave who spends all his time either ogling, fantasizing about or trying to pick up women, wakes up in hospital after a freak attack only to find that his testicles have been removed.
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Title: Who Do You Think You Are?
Character: Self
Released: March 5, 2010
Type: TV
From roots in the Deep South to the slums of New Jersey, "Who Do You Think You Are?" follows the journeys of some of the most well-known names in American popular culture. Watch as celebrities discover unknown details about themselves and their families while researching their ancestry with the help of historians and genealogical experts.
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Youth in Revolt
Title: Youth in Revolt
Character: Estelle Twisp
Released: September 11, 2009
Type: Movie
As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to a trailer park. When a pretty neighbor named Sheeni plays records by French crooners, it's love at first sight for frustrated and inexperienced Nick. Learning that she is dating someone, Nick launches a hilarious quest to find his way into Sheeni's heart -- and bed.
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Hero Wanted
Title: Hero Wanted
Character: Melanie McQueen
Released: March 28, 2008
Type: Movie
Liam Case is a garbage man whose life hasn't quite turned out the way he expected it would. In order to impress the girl of his dreams, Liam plans an elaborate heist that will culminate with him jumping in to save the day at the last minute. When the day of the heist arrives, however, the plan takes an unexpected turn and Liam winds up in the hospital.
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Title: Samantha Who?
Character: Regina Newly
Released: October 15, 2007
Type: TV
Samantha Newly has been a bad, bad girl. But thanks to an 8-day coma, she can't remember a thing. Fortunately her best friend Andrea is by her side with a cocktail and the 4-1-1 on every dirty deed. But the more Sam pieces together her past, the less she likes her old self. Maybe this is a chance to start over and do it all again.
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Lucky You
Title: Lucky You
Character: Michelle Carson
Released: May 1, 2007
Type: Movie
A professional poker player whose astounding luck at the table fails to translate into his lonesome love life attempts to win the World Series of Poker while simultaneously earning the affections of a beautiful Las Vegas singer.
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Title: Psych
Character: Gillian Tucker
Released: July 7, 2006
Type: TV
Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.
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Kim Possible: So the Drama
Title: Kim Possible: So the Drama
Character: Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
Released: April 8, 2005
Type: Movie
Dr. Drakken has an evil new plot for world domination, but his ultimate success depends upon finding out KP's weakness which may involve a new hottie at Middleton High School named Eric, who suddenly sparks feelings in Ron about Kim that resemble much more than friendship. To make matters worse, Bueno Nacho, Ron's favorite fast food chain has turned sour on him by bombarding him with little Devils
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A Very Married Christmas
Title: A Very Married Christmas
Character: Ellen Griffin
Released: December 5, 2004
Type: Movie
Lighthearted Christmas TV Movie about a man whose quiet, boring life begins to unravel when he finds out that his wife is having an affair and wants a divorce. Only after he meets a volunteer Santa, is he able to experience what a true Christmas miracle can be.
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Title: Center of the Universe
Character: Kate Barnett
Released: October 27, 2004
Type: TV
Center of the Universe is a television series on CBS, which ran from October 27, 2004, until January 19, 2005. The sitcom was canceled after just 10 episodes aired. It was set in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. John Goodman starred as John Barnett, a good-natured and successful operator of a security company. The series involved the dependency of his entire family on John for everything -- money, jobs, housing, and personal guidance in every decision. Tagline: "The world doesn't revolve around John...but his family does." A total of 15 episodes were produced.
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I ♥ Huckabees
Title: I ♥ Huckabees
Character: Mrs. Hooten
Released: September 10, 2004
Type: Movie
A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.
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Garden State
Title: Garden State
Character: Carol
Released: July 28, 2004
Type: Movie
Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from various maladies - opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional attachments, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life.
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Balto III: Wings of Change
Title: Balto III: Wings of Change
Character: Stella (voice)
Released: April 14, 2004
Type: Movie
Balto and the other sled dogs are feeling dejected because the mail that used to be delivered by dogsled is now being delivered by airplanes. But when a mail plane crashes in the mountains, the dogs come to the rescue.
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Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time
Title: Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time
Character: Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
Released: November 28, 2003
Type: Movie
Kim and Ron start out a new school year, only to find out that Ron's family is moving to Norway. This puts a strain on their partnership, just as Dr. Drakken, Monkey Fist, and Duff Killigan team up to find and use an ancient time travel device to rule the world. Attacking Kim in the past, present, and future, can these villians succeed? Or will an unforeseen force be more destructive?
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Title: Arrested Development
Character: Mimi
Released: November 2, 2003
Type: TV
The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.
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Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong
Title: Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong
Character: Candice DeLong
Released: October 6, 2003
Type: Movie
Candice DeLong is Clarice Starling in "Silence of the Lambs," Samantha Waters on "Profiler" and Nicole Scott on "MISSING" all rolled into one tough female FBI agent. Lifetime's spine-tingling Original Movie is inspired by DeLong's harrowing real-life experiences in the field. DeLong (Jean Smart) is on the verge of retiring from the FBI so that she can spend more time with her son, when a serial rapist and murderer attacks one of her best friends. As a single working mom, she feels torn between her child's needs and avenging her girlfriend. Things get more complicated when she has to work the case with her married lover (played by A Martinez). This top cop's decisions will put her life in serious danger. Hold on, it's going to be a suspenseful ride!
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Audrey's Rain
Title: Audrey's Rain
Character: Audrey Walker
Released: May 11, 2003
Type: Movie
Audrey Walker has given up her hopes and dreams, until an ex-love returns to town and helps her realize a second chance at life.
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Bringing Down the House
Title: Bringing Down the House
Character: Kate Sanderson
Released: March 7, 2003
Type: Movie
Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he starts chatting with a fellow lawyer. The two agree to meet in the flesh, but the woman he meets — an escaped African-American convict named Charlene — is not what he expected. Peter is freaked out, but Charlene tries to convinces him to take her case and prove her innocence. Along the way, she wreaks havoc on his middle-class life as he gets a lesson in learning to lighten up.
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Title: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Released: January 26, 2003
Type: TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
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Sweet Home Alabama
Title: Sweet Home Alabama
Character: Stella Kay Perry
Released: September 26, 2002
Type: Movie
New York fashion designer, Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many secrets—including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past.
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Title: In-Laws
Character: Marlene Pellet
Released: September 24, 2002
Type: TV
In-Laws is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from September 2002 until January 2003. Newlyweds Matt and Alex move in with her parents, Victor and Marlene, to save money so Matt can attend cooking school, thus beginning a fight to the death between son and father-in-law over the affections of Daddy's little girl.
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Title: Kim Possible
Character: Dr. Ann Possible / Tutor Woman (voice)
Released: June 7, 2002
Type: TV
If there's danger or trouble, Kim Possible is there on the double to save the world from villains... and still make it home in time for cheerleading practice! Luckily, Kim has her sidekick Ron Stoppable and his pet naked mole-rat Rufus by her side.
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Title: Kim Possible
Character: Dr. Ann Possible (voice)
Released: June 7, 2002
Type: TV
If there's danger or trouble, Kim Possible is there on the double to save the world from villains... and still make it home in time for cheerleading practice! Luckily, Kim has her sidekick Ron Stoppable and his pet naked mole-rat Rufus by her side.
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Title: 24
Character: Martha Logan
Released: November 6, 2001
Type: TV
Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.
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Title: The Oblongs
Character: Pickles Oblong (voice)
Released: April 1, 2001
Type: TV
The misadventures of a goofy family deformed by toxic waste.
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
Title: The Man Who Came to Dinner
Character: Lorraine Sheldon
Released: October 7, 2000
Type: Movie
Broadcast of a live performance of the Roundabout Theater Company's 2000 New York revival of the classic Kaufman-Hart comedy, about a famous (and famously acid-tongued) theater critic who is forced to stay in a Midwestern couple's home and the havoc that ensues.
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Title: The District
Character: Detective Sherry Regan
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: Richie's Mom (voice)
Released: September 23, 2000
Type: TV
The adventures of a teenage superhero who fights crime in Dakota City.
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The Kid
Title: The Kid
Character: Deirdre Lefever
Released: July 7, 2000
Type: Movie
Powerful businessman Russ Duritz is self-absorbed and immersed in his work. But by the magic of the moon, he meets Rusty, a chubby, charming 8-year-old version of himself who can't believe he could turn out so badly – with no life and no dog. With Rusty's help, Russ is able to reconcile the person he used to dream of being with the man he's actually become.
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Snow Day
Title: Snow Day
Character: Laura Brandston
Released: February 11, 2000
Type: Movie
When an entire town in upstate New York is closed down by an unexpected snowfall, a "snow day" begins when a group of elementary school kids, led by Natalie Brandston, try to ensure that the schools stay closed by stopping a mechanical snowplow driver by trying to hijack his plow truck. Meanwhile, Natalie's big brother Hal is using this day to try to win the affections of Claire Bonner, the most popular girl in his high school, while Hal and Natalie's father Tom, a TV meteorologist, faces off against a rival meteorologist for weather coverage of the day's events.
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Forever Fabulous
Title: Forever Fabulous
Character: Loreli Daly
Released: October 7, 1999
Type: Movie
Jean Smart stars in the beauty queen road trip about a mother and daughter pageant pros going back home to Texas for a shot at redemption.
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Guinevere
Title: Guinevere
Character: Deborah Sloane
Released: September 12, 1999
Type: Movie
A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.
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Change of Heart
Title: Change of Heart
Character: Elaine Marshall
Released: July 19, 1998
Type: Movie
Beneath Jim Marshall's veneer as the all-American father and husband, lies a long suppressed desire that is about to ruin his idyllic family. When Elaine Marshall catches her husband and his lover in a hotel room, her anger quickly turns to shock as she discovers that Jim's paramour is a young man. What ensues is painful soul-searching for Jim, Elaine, and their family.
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The Odd Couple II
Title: The Odd Couple II
Character: Holly
Released: April 9, 1998
Type: Movie
Brucey, the son of Oscar, calls his father to invite him to his wedding to Felix's daughter next Sunday in California. Oscar and Felix meet again at Los Angeles International Airport and rent a car in order to go to San Malina for the wedding.
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Title: Style & Substance
Character: Chelsea Stevens
Released: January 5, 1998
Type: TV
Style & Substance was a television situation comedy that premiered on CBS July 22, 1998. The show starred Jean Smart as Chelsea Stevens, a Martha Stewart-like star of a how-to home show, and Nancy McKeon as her producer, Jane Sokol, a small-town girl new to New York City. Chelsea Stevens was an expert cook, decorator, and party planner who knew much more about thread-count than she did relationships. She was well-meaning at times, but her narcissism usually got in the way of actually understanding anyone else's problems.
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Title: The View
Character: Self - Guest
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Title: Hey Arnold!
Character: Phoebe's Mother (voice)
Released: October 7, 1996
Type: TV
The daily life of Arnold--a fourth-grader with a wild imagination, street smarts and a head shaped like a football.
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Undue Influence
Title: Undue Influence
Character: Dana Colby
Released: September 15, 1996
Type: Movie
When a senator's new wife is murdered, the prime suspect is his ex-wife, Laurel. Laurel's brother-in-law, lawyer Paul Madriani, still reeling from the death of his wife, takes on the case.
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Edie & Pen
Title: Edie & Pen
Character: Wendy the Waitress
Released: May 10, 1996
Type: Movie
In this comedy, two women head for Reno to get simultaneous quicky divorces and end up becoming friends. Edie was married years ago, but her husband abandoned her two weeks after the wedding. Pen spent nine years married to an ice-cold businessman who neglected her.
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Title: High Society
Character: Ellie Walker
Released: October 30, 1995
Type: TV
High Society is the title of an American television sitcom that aired Monday nights on CBS in 1995 and early 1996. The series revolves around two New York City women who act in an outrageous, campy, and decadent manner. The theme song was the Lady is a Tramp sung by Chaka Khan. Its premise was similar to the campy British comedy series Absolutely Fabulous.
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A Stranger in Town
Title: A Stranger in Town
Character: Rose
Released: March 29, 1995
Type: Movie
In this made-for-TV movie, Kay's (Jean Smart) small-town life allows her to manage the challenges of caring for her sick baby. But when a mysterious stranger (Gregory Hines) invades her home and reveals that he knows all too many things about Kay's past, she must work fast to preserve her peace -- even if it means taking matters and the law into her own hands.
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The Brady Bunch Movie
Title: The Brady Bunch Movie
Character: Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer
Released: February 16, 1995
Type: Movie
The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
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Title: Scarlett
Character: Sally Brewton
Released: November 13, 1994
Type: TV
Scarlett O’Hara’s flight from the scrutiny of Atlanta society takes her on a journey to Savannah and Charleston, to England, and to Ireland, where she discovers her family's roots.
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The Yearling
Title: The Yearling
Character: Ory Baxter
Released: April 24, 1994
Type: Movie
In 1870s Florida, a rural family struggles to survive. A lonely twelve-year-old son, Jody (Wil Horneff), the lone surviving child, against his mother's better judgment eventually persuades his parents to allow him a pet fawn, which Jody grows to love deeply. Tragic conflict arises when the fawn begins eating the family's food crops.
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The Yarn Princess
Title: The Yarn Princess
Character: Margaret Thomas
Released: March 27, 1994
Type: Movie
Margaret, who has certain mental disabilities, struggles when her husband, Jake, is diagnosed with schizophrenia and the authorities wish to take her children away from her. She has to prove in a court of law that she is capable of taking care of her family.
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Title: Frasier
Character: Lorna Lynley
Released: September 16, 1993
Type: TV
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.
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Title: Frasier
Character: Lana Gardner
Released: September 16, 1993
Type: TV
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.
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Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Title: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Character: Kate
Released: February 3, 1993
Type: Movie
Before the Seavers leave for a family vacation to San Francisco, they drop off their pets -- Chance, an adventurous American bulldog; Shadow, a wise golden retriever; and Sassy, a cautious cat -- at a friend's ranch. But when the animals start to worry that they've been left for good, the three embark together on a treacherous and thrilling journey to find their way back home through the California wilderness.
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Title: Batman: The Animated Series
Character: Helen Ventrix (voice)
Released: September 5, 1992
Type: TV
Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".
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Mistress
Title: Mistress
Character: Patricia Riley
Released: July 24, 1992
Type: Movie
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.
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Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story
Title: Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story
Character: Aileen Wuornos
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
This film is based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos a prostitute-turned-serial killer who preyed mostly on truck drivers.
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Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
Title: Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
Character: Cathy
Released: October 29, 1991
Type: Movie
This women in prison drama tells us a story about the mother of three children, who was falsely accused for a crime she did not commit (drug dealing), arrested and locked up behind bars.
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A Seduction in Travis County
Title: A Seduction in Travis County
Character: Karen
Released: May 19, 1991
Type: Movie
An acquitted killer (Lesley Ann Warren) lusts after her lawyer (Peter Coyote), who is a married man.
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Title: LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 5, 1988
Type: TV
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.
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Project X
Title: Project X
Character: Dr. Criswell
Released: April 17, 1987
Type: Movie
A young inductee into the military is given the task of looking after some chimpanzees used in the mysterious 'Project X'. Getting to know the chimps fairly well, he begins to suspect there is more to the secret project than he is being told.
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A Fight for Jenny
Title: A Fight for Jenny
Character: Valerie Thomas
Released: October 6, 1986
Type: Movie
When Kelsey remarries, her struggle to get custody of her daughter from her first marriage is complicated by her current husband being black.
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Title: Designing Women
Character: Charlene Frazier Stillfield
Released: September 29, 1986
Type: TV
Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia is the owner and is very outspoken and strong-willed. Mary Jo is a divorced single-parent whom is just as strong-willed as Julia, but isn't as self-confident. Charlene is the naive and trusting farm girl from Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Suzanne is the self-centered ex-beauty queen whom has a number of wealthy ex-husbands.
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Fire with Fire
Title: Fire with Fire
Character: Sister Maria
Released: May 9, 1986
Type: Movie
A young woman from a Catholic school and a young man from a nearby prison camp fall in love and run away together to escape the law, the church and their parents.
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Title: Lime Street
Released: September 21, 1985
Type: TV
Lime Street is an American action/drama series that aired on the ABC television network during the 1985 television season. The series was created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, who also served as executive producer alongside husband Harry Thomason and series star Robert Wagner. Robert Wagner is half of a crackerjack team of insurance investigators. A colorful British bachelor (John Standing) is the other half, and he resides in a castle outside London. This Lloyd's of London-type duo travel all over the world to crack some of the toughest insurance cases ever devised by a scriptwriter. Lew Ayres is Wagner's dapper Virginia countrygentleman father and the grandfather to Bob's motherless children.
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Protocol
Title: Protocol
Character: Ella
Released: December 21, 1984
Type: Movie
A Washington waitress saves the Emir of Ohtar's life, launching her diplomatic career and a scandal.
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Single Bars, Single Women
Title: Single Bars, Single Women
Character: Virge
Released: October 14, 1984
Type: Movie
Men and women gather at local singles bars in search of lasting love or casual action.
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Piaf
Title: Piaf
Character: Marlene
Released: June 10, 1984
Type: Movie
Piaf is a play by Pam Gems that focuses on the life and career of French chanteuse Édith Piaf. This recording presents the Tony Award-winning stage play with its original Broadway cast.
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Flashpoint
Title: Flashpoint
Character: Doris
Released: April 19, 1984
Type: Movie
Two Texas border guards find a jeep buried in the desert, with a skeleton, a scoped rifle, and a box with $800,000 in cash. Before they decide whether to keep the money or report it, they privately investigate the clues and unravel a decades old mystery.
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Title: Reggie
Character: Joan Reynolds
Released: August 2, 1983
Type: TV
Reggie is the story of Reggie Potter, a 47-year-old executive of Fun Time Ice Cream Desserts headquartered in Little Neck, Long Island, who confronts middle age through Walter Mitty-like fantasies. It is an American sitcom television series that aired on ABC from August 2 until September 1, 1983. Based on the British sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.
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Title: Goodnight, Beantown
Released: April 3, 1983
Type: TV
Matt Cassidy and Jennifer Barnes are reluctantly paired to anchor the news at a fictional TV station in Boston, Massachusetts, due to the sudden ratings drop.
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Title: Remington Steele
Character: Gloria Blyer
Released: October 1, 1982
Type: TV
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.
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Title: Teachers Only
Character: Shari Kirkland
Released: April 14, 1982
Type: TV
Teachers Only is an NBC television sitcom centered around the faculty of a high school; in the first season the school was Millard Fillmore High in Los Angeles, but in the second it is Woodrow Wilson High in New York with a changed cast. In both seasons Norman Fell played Principal Ben Cooper, but Lynn Redgrave's character, Diana Swanson, who had been an English teacher in the first season, became a guidance counselor in the second season. Redgrave and Fell were already established names when this show aired, but two of the supporting stars in the second season, Jean Smart would go on, three years later, to play her best known role, that of interior design studio receptionist Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the long running show, Designing Women. Also, Jean's co-star Teresa Ganzel became well known for her many game show appearances in the 1980s as well as her appearance in the comedic miniseries, Fresno. This show ran for only two seasons, in 1982 and 1983.
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Hoodlums
Title: Hoodlums
Character: Carol
Released: September 16, 1980
Type: Movie
Loretta is a singer and escort in a mob-owned NYC nightclub and illegal casino. The favorite working girl of manager George, Loretta is unhappy with her current occupation and looking for a way out. George, meanwhile, is losing his stranglehold on the business. Complications arise when Loretta finds herself falling for a man she meets in her off-hours.
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Before and After
Title: Before and After
Character: Woman Bather
Released: October 5, 1979
Type: Movie
Patty Duke loses weight and discovers her husband has been cheating on her.
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Title: The Facts of Life
Released: August 24, 1979
Type: TV
The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it the longest running sitcom of the 1980s. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' premise focuses on Edna Garrett as she becomes a housemother at the fictional Eastland School, an all-female boarding school in Peekskill, New York.
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Title: Alice
Released: August 31, 1976
Type: TV
Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.
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Miss Macy
Title: Miss Macy
Character: Miss Macy
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The true story of a young girl who is plucked from her unhappy home life and set on a path for success by an eccentric woman who sees something special in her
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42.6 Years
Title: 42.6 Years
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The story centers on a young man who, in order to save his life, undergoes an experimental procedure in which he’s cryogenically frozen. When he wakes up 42.6 years later, physically unchanged thanks to being frozen, he finds himself alone in a future with no one to turn to but his ex-girlfriend, who is now much older than him.