Diane Ladd

Diane Ladd

Born: November 29, 1932
in Meridian, Mississippi, USA
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Diane Ladd (born November 29, 1935) is an American actress, film director, producer and published author. She has appeared in over 120 roles, on television, and in miniseries and feature films, including Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Wild at Heart (1990), Rambling Rose (1991), Ghosts of Mississippi, Primary Colors, 28 Days (2000), and American Cowslip (2008). Twice divorced and currently married, Ladd is the mother of actress Laura Dern by ex-husband actor Bruce Dern.

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Isle of Hope
Title: Isle of Hope
Character: Carmen
Released: December 9, 2022
Type: Movie
A university professor tries to reconcile with her mother after the woman suffers a life-threatening stroke.
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Gigi & Nate
Title: Gigi & Nate
Character: Mama Blanche
Released: September 2, 2022
Type: Movie
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.
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Charlie's Christmas Wish
Title: Charlie's Christmas Wish
Character: Nana
Released: November 2, 2020
Type: Movie
Coming home from his last deployment, Sgt. Major John Frost arrives a month early and he’s happy to be home for Christmas. He finds his wife, Jill and son Jimmy too busy to give him the welcome he anticipated and in his absence, they have adopted a dog - a little dog named Charlie. John finds solace with the fellow vets at the Moose Lodge until Charlie finds Hank, a retired Vietnam vet, homeless and having suffered a heart attack. John finds his purpose as he rallies friends, family and community to build a new house for the vets and give them a warm Christmas Eve and a new start on civilian life.
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The Last Full Measure
Title: The Last Full Measure
Character: Alice Pitsenbarger
Released: January 23, 2020
Type: Movie
The incredible true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic who personally saved over sixty men. Thirty-two years later, Pentagon staffer Scott Huffman investigates a Congressional Medal of Honor request for Pitsenbarger and uncovers a high-level conspiracy behind the decades-long denial of the medal, prompting Huffman to put his own career on the line to seek justice for the fallen airman.
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Christmas Lost and Found
Title: Christmas Lost and Found
Character: Grandma Frances
Released: December 7, 2018
Type: Movie
After years of missing family gatherings, New York City event planner Whitney Kennison (Tiya Sircar) is off to Chicago to spend Christmas with Grandma Frances (Diane Ladd). Excited that her granddaughter is finally home for the holidays, Frances decides to bestow Whitney with the precious Kennison family Christmas ornaments. But when Whitney mistakenly throws out the box of ornaments, Grandma Frances must stealthily devise a fun Christmas scavenger hunt to remind Whitney what the holiday is all about. It’s a race against time as Whitney reclaims the family ornaments, finds romance and learns the lesson Grandma Frances imparts.
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Olympia
Title: Olympia
Character: Herself
Released: November 11, 2018
Type: Movie
Follow Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis behind the scenes in this affectionate profile of a stalwart New Yorker and beloved stage and screen treasure.
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Title: Young Sheldon
Character: Hortense
Released: September 25, 2017
Type: TV
The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
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Title: Chesapeake Shores
Character: Nell O'Brien
Released: August 14, 2016
Type: TV
A divorced mom deals with an old romance and complicated family issues when she returns to her hometown with her twin daughters.
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I Dream Too Much
Title: I Dream Too Much
Character: Vera
Released: June 21, 2016
Type: Movie
Dora Welles is an imaginative college grad ready to experience all the excitement of life. Instead she finds herself in snowy upstate New York caring for her reclusive great aunt (who has lived a much more exciting life than anyone realizes).
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AmeriGeddon
Title: AmeriGeddon
Character: Betty
Released: May 13, 2016
Type: Movie
A dire warning of a wake up call of what might be our future when a globalist terrorist organization aligned with the United Nations disables the United States power grid and institutes Martial Law. It will take a dedicated family of patriots armed with strong survival skills and the remains of the Second Amendment to save America and reclaim its freedom.
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Sophie and the Rising Sun
Title: Sophie and the Rising Sun
Character: Ruth Jeffers
Released: January 27, 2016
Type: Movie
In a small Southern town in the autumn of 1941, Sophie’s lonely life is transformed when an Asian man arrives under mysterious circumstances. Their love affair becomes the lightning rod for long-buried conflicts that erupt in bigotry and violence with the outbreak of World War ll.
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Joy
Title: Joy
Character: Mimi
Released: December 24, 2015
Type: Movie
A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Title: And the Oscar Goes To...
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
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Title: Ray Donovan
Character: Motel Lady
Released: June 30, 2013
Type: TV
Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the Donovan family to its core.
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Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets
Title: Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets
Character: Barnsey
Released: November 2, 2012
Type: Movie
When four friends set out to bury a dead bird, they dig up a grave that's already occupied and unearth a frightening secret about the scary old lady next door.
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Title: Enlightened
Character: Helen Jellicoe
Released: October 10, 2011
Type: TV
After a very public breakdown and a subsequent philosophical awakening in rehabilitation, Amy tries to get her life back together.
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Title: Celebrity Ghost Stories
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 2009
Type: TV
Compelling, surprising and downright spooky — celebrities share their real-life personal encounters with the paranormal in each one-hour special. From encounters with ghosts and angry spirits to haunted homes, unexplainable spells and magic, these descriptive, first person narratives from our favorite stars delivers a brand new way of experiencing the thrills and chills of the addictive world of the paranormal.
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American Cowslip
Title: American Cowslip
Character: Roe
Released: July 24, 2009
Type: Movie
In Blythe, California, a small town in the remote California desert, Ethan Inglebrink is an eccentric, agoraphobic heroin addict who is obsessed with his garden. This dark comedy follows the last days of Ethan's life as he struggles to find purpose at a time when it might be too late to even matter.
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Jake's Corner
Title: Jake's Corner
Character: Fran
Released: September 5, 2008
Type: Movie
The fictional story of an ex-football star, Johnny Dunn, who moves far from the spotlight after a family tragedy to a small, desert town he owns called Jake's Corner. This dramatic comedy is a cross between Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and "Northern Exposure" (1990). Set in the real town of Jake's Corner, Arizona, it is a rest stop for travelers making their way through the Arizona desert, but for the people who live there, it's a rest stop for life. Johnny and the eclectic ensemble that live and work in the town occupy trailers behind the Corner Store and Jake's Corner Bar. Through the years, this cast of misfits has become closer than most families - they are kin. The dynamic of the town is changed forever when Johnny's young nephew comes to live with him.
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Mayerthorpe
Title: Mayerthorpe
Character: Roszko's mother
Released: February 10, 2008
Type: Movie
A semi-fictional story about the shooting of four Canadian RCMP officers during a drug raid in Mayerthorpe, Alberta.
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Lynch 2
Title: Lynch 2
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 2007
Type: Movie
Follow up of the Lynch documentary on the making of Inland Empire. Released as an extra on the Inland Empire DVD.
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Nora Roberts’ Montana Sky
Title: Nora Roberts’ Montana Sky
Character: Bess
Released: February 5, 2007
Type: Movie
The wealthy stock dealer bequeaths his Montana farm to the three daughters provided they would live there together at least for a year.
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Inland Empire
Title: Inland Empire
Character: Marilyn Levens
Released: December 6, 2006
Type: Movie
An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
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When I Find the Ocean
Title: When I Find the Ocean
Character: Edna
Released: March 4, 2006
Type: Movie
A little girl leaves home with her pet dog and rabbit to escape abuse and find the ocean in the hopes of feeling closer to her father who has passed away.
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Come Early Morning
Title: Come Early Morning
Character: Nana
Released: January 10, 2006
Type: Movie
A thirty-something southern woman searches for love, despite the burdens she carries with her.
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The World's Fastest Indian
Title: The World's Fastest Indian
Character: Ada
Released: October 12, 2005
Type: Movie
The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle—a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
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Title: Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
Character: Sally Druse
Released: March 3, 2004
Type: TV
Kingdom is a hospital whose bizarre population includes a brilliant surgeon who lives in the basement, a nearly blind security guard and a nurse who regularly faints at the sight of blood. But when patients and staff hear the voice of a girl crying through the halls and a patient destined for life as a paraplegic miraculously recovers, they are dismissive of any suggestion of mysticism or unseen powers... at their own peril.
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Kingdom Hospital
Title: Kingdom Hospital
Character: Sally Druse
Released: March 3, 2004
Type: Movie
Stephen King's take on the masterpiece series by Lars von Trier. The story takes place in a hospital in Lewiston, Maine, built on the site of a Civil War-era mill fire in which many children died.
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Gracie's Choice
Title: Gracie's Choice
Character: Louela Lawson
Released: January 12, 2004
Type: Movie
For as long as she can remember, 16 year-old Gracie has been raising her four siblings, each of whom has a different, absent father and their mother is on the fast track to self-destruction. When these children's lives are about to be pulled apart, Gracie will have to do the impossible and make the ultimate sacrifices to keep her family together.
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Title: Cold Case
Character: Zelda Amatuzzi (2005)
Released: September 28, 2003
Type: TV
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.
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Charlie's War
Title: Charlie's War
Character: Jobie
Released: May 2, 2003
Type: Movie
Charlie's War is the story of Charlotte Lewis, a woman who is experiencing serious emotional and mental turmoil brought about by nightmares of increasing intensity. In the dreams, she is a young girl, and she runs from unknown terrors. Trying to understand her troubling dreams, Charlotte revisits part of her childhood, which comes back to her in a series of impressionistic memories. Charlie, her sister, Jobie, and her mother move in with her grandmother. It is 1944, and World War II rages in Europe and the Far East. Though Grandma's farm seems to be a peaceful refuge, there is an undercurrent of fear and brooding menace in their surroundings.
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A Long Way Home
Title: A Long Way Home
Character: Mother
Released: January 10, 2003
Type: Movie
Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.
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Living with the Dead
Title: Living with the Dead
Character: Regina Van Praagh
Released: April 28, 2002
Type: Movie
A man begins to have disturbing visions of dead people, among whom are his mother and victims of a local serial killer. All telling their story of how they died, and how their murderer is still out there. The detective investigating the murders looks to him for help in solving the case.
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Redemption of the Ghost
Title: Redemption of the Ghost
Released: February 24, 2002
Type: Movie
When convicted embezzler Witt Hampton (Gene Bicknell) escapes from prison, a lonely barn serves as the perfect hideout -- until a pair of tykes stumbles on him. Telling the tots he's a ghost, Witt strikes up a friendship with the pair. Soon, inspired by their innocence, he decides to take responsibility for his crimes. Too bad the local sheriff isn't quick to forgive in this family drama co-starring, Diane Ladd, Rachel Hunter and John Savage.
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Daddy and Them
Title: Daddy and Them
Character: Jewel
Released: October 26, 2001
Type: Movie
Ruby and her husband Claude are a working-class couple who live in suburban Arkansas. As crazy as they are for each other, their relationship is far from harmonious. (The lack of money doesn't help matters, either.) In fact, their whole family is fraught with unresolved conflicts. Then Claude's uncle is arrested on a felony charge, and everyone rallies round. Ruby's mother Jewel and flirtatious sister Rose (Claude's ex-girlfriend) even fly in from Tennessee; but, far from being a source of support, Jewel seems only to want to break up Ruby and Claude.
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Rain
Title: Rain
Character: Audrey Turnquick
Released: August 24, 2001
Type: Movie
A tragedy that tells the story of murder, sex and redemption against the backdrop of a dead-end town.
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Title: Christy: Choices of the Heart
Released: May 13, 2001
Type: TV
The typhoid epidemic that comes to Cutter's Gap.
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Can't Be Heaven
Title: Can't Be Heaven
Character: Nona Gina
Released: December 5, 2000
Type: Movie
Everyone eventually meets the love of their lives. Sometimes, like Danny and Julia, that person comes along when you are 13 years old. Other times, like Hubbie and his sweetheart, star-crossed love makes getting together a life-long adventure. This heartwarming story will make you feel like falling in love all over again.
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The Law of Enclosures
Title: The Law of Enclosures
Character: Bea
Released: September 15, 2000
Type: Movie
Story of the same couple, first in their teenage years and then in their twilight years, paradoxically set in the same time during the backdrop of the Gulf War in the Middle East.
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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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Sharing the Secret
Title: Sharing the Secret
Character: Nina's Mother
Released: May 10, 2000
Type: Movie
A teenage girl, who feels she must always seem happy for her parents and friends, secretly binges and purges.
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28 Days
Title: 28 Days
Character: Bobbie Jean
Released: April 6, 2000
Type: Movie
After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs they have to offer, refusing to admit that she has an alcohol addiction.
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More Than Puppy Love
Title: More Than Puppy Love
Character: Aunt Edna
Released: February 25, 2000
Type: Movie
This is the story of a girl, her dog, and a man who needs to regain his self-reliance. Curtis Peterson, a strong, vital man in his late twenties, and his wife Marie want to start a family. Tragedy strikes when Curtis is paralyzed in a construction accident. Meanwhile, another family welcomes an addition to its household. Teenager Steve Barnett adopts an 8 week old puppy to train as part of a church project. The Barnett family is to house-train Banner for a year. Then the dog would be returned to the Kansas Specialty Dog Service, where it will be trained to assist the disabled and visually impaired. Steve's sister, 8 year old Emily, ends up taking care of Banner, and falls in love with the dog. Her happiness is offset by the tragic circumstances affecting Curtis and Marie. When Marie takes a job as a waitress to support the family, Curtis is left to sit at home alone, wallowing in self pity.
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The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman
Title: The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman
Character: Self
Released: February 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Documentary on Roger Corman
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The Staircase
Title: The Staircase
Character: Sister Margaret
Released: April 12, 1998
Type: Movie
A mysterious carpenter appears just as a church is in need of repair.
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Primary Colors
Title: Primary Colors
Character: Mamma Stanton
Released: March 20, 1998
Type: Movie
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.
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James Dean: Race with Destiny
Title: James Dean: Race with Destiny
Character: Mama Pierangeli
Released: October 2, 1997
Type: Movie
Casper Van Dien of Starship Troopers stars as James Dean, whose remarkable talent and rebel attitude took Hollywood by storm. But as Dean's star begins to rise, his passionate affair with Italian ingenue Pier Angeli (Carrie Mitchum of The Bold and the Beautiful) angers her disapproving mother (Academy Award nominee Diane Ladd) and studio chief Jack Warner (Mike Connors). How did a broken heart, reckless behavior and his relationships with Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo and director George Stevens (the legendary Robert Mitchum in his final screen role) lead to Dean's ultimate race with destiny? Connie Stevens, Joseph Campanella and Casey Kasem co-star in this revealing biopic that goes behind the myth to tell the true story of the superstar who lived fast, died young and left a legacy that changed movies forever.
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The Westing Game
Title: The Westing Game
Character: Berthe Erica Crow
Released: September 14, 1997
Type: Movie
A girl is angry about having to move to the city, but gets involved in a mystery when a rich neighbor is found dead. His will suggests that one of the people in her apartment house is his killer and doles out clues to find the culprit - as well as win $20 million.
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Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
Title: Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
Character: Aunt Shelly
Released: February 2, 1997
Type: Movie
The family of cops is back, this time dealing with the murder of a priest tied in with the Russian Mafia, who proceed to try to draw the family off the case.
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Ghosts of Mississippi
Title: Ghosts of Mississippi
Character: Grandma Caroline Moore
Released: December 20, 1996
Type: Movie
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
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Citizen Ruth
Title: Citizen Ruth
Character: Ruth's Mother (uncredited)
Released: November 21, 1996
Type: Movie
"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ridiculous people that rapidly dissolves into a media circus.
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Title: Cold Lazarus
Character: Martina Masdon
Released: May 26, 1996
Type: TV
The year is 2368 and a group of scientists are on the brink of a major breakthrough as they begin to tap into the memory of a man who died in the 1990s.
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The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Title: The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Character: Irma Coulter
Released: May 19, 1996
Type: Movie
A mini-series dramatization of the controversial 1992 attack by federal agents on the Idaho home of Randy Weaver, a white seperatist. The ten-day siege, begun over a minor gun charge, resulted in the deaths of Weaver's son, wife and dog, and a U.S. Marshall. The incident caused major public outcry against the FBI and U.S. Marshals.
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Raging Angels
Title: Raging Angels
Character: Sister Kate
Released: November 10, 1995
Type: Movie
Two musicians are unknowingly drawn into a supernatural scheme.
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Mother
Title: Mother
Character: Olivia Hendrix
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Weisser is a young college bound man whose future is threatened when his mother interferes with his love life and a pending scholarship. He also discovers that his mother's best friend wishes to get closer to him, even if it means murder.
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Mrs. Munck
Title: Mrs. Munck
Character: Mrs. Munck
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
A wronged woman takes revenge on her wheelchair bound father-in-law.
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Title: ER
Character: Mrs. Pooler
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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Hush Little Baby
Title: Hush Little Baby
Released: January 6, 1994
Type: Movie
Eddie's baby girl, Susan, was taken from her arms when she was put into a mental hospital for attempted murder on her baby daughter! Thirty five years down the track Eddie is released and tracks her daughter down. She enters her daughters household and destroys her relationship with her adoptive parents. She is eventually found to be evil, in Susan's eyes and must face a harsh reality...
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Father Hood
Title: Father Hood
Character: Rita
Released: August 27, 1993
Type: Movie
Deadbeat dad kidnaps his kids from the bus to an abusive foster home and they go on a run. The cops are after them, they bicker constantly and his idea of a way out is grim, yet this dangerous ride might just turn them into a family.
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Carnosaur
Title: Carnosaur
Character: Dr. Jane Tiptree
Released: May 21, 1993
Type: Movie
After being driven to extinction, great bloodthirsty dinosaurs come back to life with the assistance of a demented genetic scientist. She plans to replace the human race with a super-race of dinosaurs who will not pollute the planet.
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The Cemetery Club
Title: The Cemetery Club
Character: Lucille Rubin
Released: February 3, 1993
Type: Movie
The story of three Pittsburgh widows who meet every year to visit their husband's graves and talk about perspectives in their lives.
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Title: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: TV
Dr. Michaela Quinn journeys to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's death in 1868.
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Spies, Inc.
Title: Spies, Inc.
Character: Alice
Released: September 11, 1992
Type: Movie
Spies from different nationalities stationed in a small Asian island work out a plot to create an international incident taking profit from it. Defrauding CIA through fake reports and running a front company using operating funds, they control the island and use the skills acquired in the service of their countries to pursue their personal dreams of wealth and happiness.
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Title: Vicki!
Character: Self
Released: August 31, 1992
Type: TV
Singer-actress Vicki Lawrence hosted this talk and entertainment show.
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Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
Title: Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
Character: Lucille
Released: May 21, 1992
Type: Movie
Eli is a burglar who is caught in the act by Twinkle, an heiress who coerces him into a sexual relationship. Their violent break-up makes him a fugitive in search of a new identity. He lands in a trashy trailer park where he touches the lives of several dysfunctional residents.
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Forever
Title: Forever
Character: Mabel Normand
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A hot-shot music video director moves into a haunted house, where he's seduced and possessed by two alluring and sexy women. One, a beautiful ghost, the other his lustful agent. Torn between the here-and-now and the supernatural... will he find true love or forever be alone?
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Title: Pebble Mill
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 1991
Type: TV
Pebble Mill was a re-launched version of the 1970s daily chat show Pebble Mill (also known as Pebble Mill At One for a while) which aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The series premiered on October 14, 1991. The show was a mixture of celebrity guests and music. Alan Titchmarsh was a presenter on the show throughout it's complete run. Other presenters included Judi Spiers, Gloria Hunniford and Ross King.
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Rambling Rose
Title: Rambling Rose
Character: Mrs. Hillyer
Released: September 10, 1991
Type: Movie
Rose is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as a 1930s housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution. Her appearence and personality is such that all men fall for her, and she knows it. She can't help herself from getting into trouble with men.
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Title: Sisters
Released: May 11, 1991
Type: TV
Sisters is an Emmy Award-winning television drama. It follows the lives and loves of four close, but very different, sisters of the Reed family living in Winnetka, Illinois.
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Shadow of a Doubt
Title: Shadow of a Doubt
Character: Emma Spencer Newton
Released: April 27, 1991
Type: Movie
Charlie is a young woman who is thrilled that her favorite Uncle Charlie is coming home for good. But she soon discovers that her namesake, a "Wall Street financier," has a deep, dark secret. And knowledge of that secret by anyone can prove to be deadly.
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A Kiss Before Dying
Title: A Kiss Before Dying
Character: Mrs. Corliss
Released: April 26, 1991
Type: Movie
Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson to gain the approval of her wealthy father. When Dorothy tells Jonathan that she is pregnant and that her father will deny her inheritance if he finds out, Jonathan murders her, but he stages her death as a suicide. As Jonathan works his way onto Mr. Carlsson's payroll, Dorothy's twin sister, Ellen, investigates the apparent suicide.
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The Lookalike
Title: The Lookalike
Character: Mary Helen Needam
Released: December 13, 1990
Type: Movie
A mentally disturbed woman is further tormented after discovering a girl who closely resembles her recently deceased daughter
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Wild at Heart
Title: Wild at Heart
Character: Marietta Fortune
Released: August 17, 1990
Type: Movie
After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula's mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru, an old buddy who's also out to get Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor lands in jail yet again, the young lovers appear further than ever from the shared life they covet.
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Rock Hudson
Title: Rock Hudson
Character: Kay
Released: January 8, 1990
Type: Movie
Biography of actor Rock Hudson focuses on his struggle with his homosexuality. Based on the book by his ex-wife, Phyllis Gates, and on the court records from the civil suit brought by his former lover, Marc Christian.
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Title: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Character: Nora
Released: November 30, 1989
Type: Movie
It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
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Title: Father Dowling Mysteries
Released: January 20, 1989
Type: TV
Father Dowling Mysteries is an American television mystery series that aired from January 20, 1989 to May 2, 1991. Prior to the series, a TV movie aired on November 30, 1987. For its first season, the show was on NBC; it moved to ABC for its last two seasons. It is based on the adventures of the title character created by Ralph McInerny, in a series of mystery novels. The series was produced by The Fred Siverman Company and Dean Hargrove Productions in association with Viacom Productions.
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Plain Clothes
Title: Plain Clothes
Character: Jane Melway
Released: April 15, 1988
Type: Movie
To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings, and quirky teachers and staff to find the real murderer.
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Bluegrass
Title: Bluegrass
Character: Verna Howland
Released: February 28, 1988
Type: Movie
A woman tries to be successful in the male-dominated horse racing business. Intrigue, greed, power games and love trying to put stones in her way.
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Black Widow
Title: Black Widow
Character: Etta
Released: February 6, 1987
Type: Movie
Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Celeste Bauman
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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Crime of Innocence
Title: Crime of Innocence
Character: Rose Hayward
Released: October 27, 1985
Type: Movie
Two teenage girls are locked up for a minor offence by a harsh judge who thinks a night in jail will do them good. It's a traumatizing experience that includes an assault. Afterwards, one of the girls and her family seek justice against an unfair legal system.
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I Married a Centerfold
Title: I Married a Centerfold
Character: Jeanette Bryan
Released: September 21, 1984
Type: Movie
Tenacious young engineer flips over the centerfold model he spots on television and embarks on a romantic adventure on a bet with his buddies.
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Little Red Riding Hood
Title: Little Red Riding Hood
Character: Mother
Released: November 10, 1983
Type: Movie
A sheltered but adventurous young woman finds trouble when she encounters a wolf.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
Title: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Character: Mrs. Nightshade
Released: April 29, 1983
Type: Movie
In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?
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Grace Kelly
Title: Grace Kelly
Character: Margaret Kelly
Released: February 21, 1983
Type: Movie
The fairy tale story of the actress who became a princess is told in this biography that traces her rise from Philadelphia socialite to Hollywood movie star.
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Title: Faerie Tale Theatre
Character: Mother
Released: September 11, 1982
Type: TV
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
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Desperate Lives
Title: Desperate Lives
Character: Carol Cameron
Released: March 3, 1982
Type: Movie
A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.
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All Night Long
Title: All Night Long
Character: Helen Dupler
Released: March 6, 1981
Type: Movie
Executive George Dupler loses his temper and is demoted to the night manager at a 24 hour drugstore. After he suggests to his teenage son Freddie that he stop having an affair with suburban housewife Cheryl Gibbons, who is a distant cousin, Cheryl tries to seduce George. At home, in front of his mother, Freddie accuses his dad of stealing his girl, because he found Cheryl serving George a meal in the middle of the night, while her husband Bobby was on duty at the fire station. George then separates from his wife Helen, quits his job, moves into a warehouse, and asks Cheryl to move in with him.
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Title: Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Character: Lynette Jones
Released: April 15, 1980
Type: TV
The story of the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones and the 1978 mass suicide at Jonestown.
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Willa
Title: Willa
Character: Mae
Released: March 17, 1979
Type: Movie
A truck-stop waitress, determined to make a better life for her young children after being abandoned by her husband, leaves hash-slinging behind her to embark on a new career as a trucker in the rig her late father used to drive.
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Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
Title: Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
Character: Carlotta
Released: February 24, 1978
Type: Movie
The adventures of two good old boys from Texas, no-account buddies who are finally forced to face reality for themselves and for their girlfriends.
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Title: Black Beauty
Character: Amelia Gordon
Released: January 31, 1978
Type: TV
Born free in the American West, Black Beauty is a horse rounded up and brought to Birtwick Stables, where she meets spirited teenager Jo Green. The two forge a bond that carries Beauty through the different chapters, challenges and adventures.
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Title: The Love Boat
Character: Ruby Gibson
Released: September 24, 1977
Type: TV
Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.
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The November Plan
Title: The November Plan
Character: Laura Taylor
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
A hard-nosed private detective investigates a suspected overthrow of the U.S. government. Loosely based on The Business Plot of 1933.
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Title: Battle of the Network Stars
Released: November 13, 1976
Type: TV
Battle of the Network Stars was a series of competitions where television stars from ABC, CBS, and NBC would compete in various sporting events. A total of nineteen of these competitions were held, all of which were aired by ABC. In 2013, the show appeared in TV Guide's list of the 60 greatest game shows ever.
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Title: Alice
Character: Belle Dupree
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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Embryo
Title: Embryo
Character: Martha Douglas
Released: May 21, 1976
Type: Movie
A scientist doing experiments on a human fetus discovers a method to accelerate the fetus into a mature adult in just a few days.
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Addie and the King of Hearts
Title: Addie and the King of Hearts
Character: Irene Davis
Released: February 25, 1976
Type: Movie
Addie becomes jealous when her widowed father starts to woo a beautician.
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Title: City of Angels
Released: February 3, 1976
Type: TV
City of Angels is a 1976 television series created by Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins, who had previously worked together on The Rockford Files. American mystery novelist Max Allan Collins has called City of Angels "the best private eye series ever."
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Title: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Character: Flo
Released: December 9, 1974
Type: Movie
After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead, where Alice takes a job as waitress in a small diner.
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Chinatown
Title: Chinatown
Character: Ida Sessions
Released: June 20, 1974
Type: Movie
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
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Title: Movin' On
Released: May 8, 1974
Type: TV
Movin' On is an American drama series that ran for two seasons, between 1974 and 1976. It originally appeared on the NBC television network. The pilot episode for the series was known as In Tandem.
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White Lightning
Title: White Lightning
Character: Maggie
Released: August 6, 1973
Type: Movie
An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
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The Devil's Daughter
Title: The Devil's Daughter
Character: Alice Shaw
Released: January 9, 1973
Type: Movie
A young girl whose mother had sold her soul to Satan when she was born is told by Satan that she must marry a fellow demon.
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The Steagle
Title: The Steagle
Character: Mrs. Roberta Forbes
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: Movie
In the midst of the Cuban missile crisis, a mild-mannered professor decides to live out all of his daydreams, travelling across the country and adopting a different persona in each city.
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Macho Callahan
Title: Macho Callahan
Character: Girl
Released: February 28, 1971
Type: Movie
A man tricked into enlisting in the Confederate army is later thrown into a hellish stockade on desertion charges. He eventually breaks out of the prison camp, reunites with his old partner and sets out to kill the man who was responsible for his being in the camp in the first place. However, after accidentally killing a Confederate officer, he finds himself pursued by a gang of vicious bounty hunters intent on collecting the reward put up by the dead officer's widow.
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Rebel Rousers
Title: Rebel Rousers
Character: Karen
Released: April 1, 1970
Type: Movie
In a small, US costal town with many Spanish speakers, a motorcycle gang arrives on holiday. Also in town to try to reconnect with his pregnant girlfriend, Karen, is businessman Paul Collier. Paul and a leader of the cyclists, J.J., knew each other years before, so when the gang comes upon the couple and, led by the menacing Bunny, beats up Paul and begins a sexual assault of Karen, J.J. tries to intervene: he suggests they hold cycle-riding contests, with the winner claiming Karen (he promises, sotto voce, to set her free if he wins). After the contests commence, Paul crawls away to look for help. He meets with a shrug from a cowardly sheriff's deputy; where can he turn?
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The Reivers
Title: The Reivers
Character: Phoebe
Released: December 25, 1969
Type: Movie
In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.
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Title: Then Came Bronson
Released: September 17, 1969
Type: TV
Then Came Bronson is an American adventure/drama television series starring Michael Parks that aired on NBC from 1969 to 1970, and was produced by MGM Television. The series, created by Denne Bart Petitclerc, began with a movie pilot on Monday, March 24, 1969. The series was approved for one year and began its first run on September 17, 1969. The pilot was also released in Europe as a feature film.
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Title: Ironside
Character: Peggy Barnard
Released: March 28, 1967
Type: TV
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.
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Title: Shane
Character: Amy Sloate
Released: September 10, 1966
Type: TV
Shane works for the Starett family, a young widow, her son, and her aging father-in-law, protecting them against the anti-sodbuster rancher Ryker and other perils plaguing the Old West.
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The Wild Angels
Title: The Wild Angels
Character: Gaysh
Released: July 20, 1966
Type: Movie
A motorcycle gang arrives in a small town in search of a motorcycle that has been stolen by a rival gang; but, pursued by the police, one of its members is injured, an event that will cause an orgy of violence and destruction.
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Title: The Big Valley
Character: Muriel Akely
Released: September 15, 1965
Type: TV
The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.
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Title: Daniel Boone
Character: Ronda Cameron
Released: September 24, 1964
Type: TV
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.
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Title: Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character: Cissy
Released: October 4, 1963
Type: TV
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967. The show was hosted by Bob Hope, but it had a variety of formats, including musical, dramatic, and comedy.
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Title: The Great Adventure
Character: Annie Thompson
Released: September 27, 1963
Type: TV
The Great Adventure is a historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963-1964 television season. The series, narrated each week by Van Heflin, and featuring theme music by Richard Rodgers, presented a weekly one-hour dramatization of the lives of famous Americans and important historical events in American History.
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Title: Mr. Novak
Character: Mrs. Otis
Released: September 24, 1963
Type: TV
Mr. Novak is an American dramatic series starring James Franciscus in the title role, which aired on NBC for two seasons, from 1963 to 1965.
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Title: The Fugitive
Character: Stella
Released: September 17, 1963
Type: TV
Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man". At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably dogged by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard.
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40 Pounds of Trouble
Title: 40 Pounds of Trouble
Character: Honeymoon Bride
Released: December 31, 1962
Type: Movie
Hilarity ensues when a casino manager spends a day at Disneyland with a cute but troublesome little girl.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Murder, Inc.
Title: Murder, Inc.
Character: Showgirl
Released: June 28, 1960
Type: Movie
Chronicles the rise and fall of the organised crime syndicate known as Murder, Incorporated, focusing on powerful boss Lepke and violent hit man Reles.
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Title: The Detectives
Released: October 16, 1959
Type: TV
The Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons, and on NBC during its third and final season. The series, starring motion picture star Robert Taylor, was produced by Four Star Television.
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Title: 77 Sunset Strip
Released: October 10, 1958
Type: TV
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.
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Title: Naked City
Character: Kathie Mills
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
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Title: Naked City
Character: Yankee Cretias
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
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Title: Decoy
Character: Selma Richmond
Released: October 14, 1957
Type: TV
New York City policewoman Casey Jones' assignment to fight crime often entails her going undercover in some of the seediest and most dangerous parts of the city. Decoy is a groundbreaking American crime drama television series created for syndication and initially broadcast from October 14, 1957, to July 7, 1958, with thirty-nine 30-minute black-and-white episodes. It was the first American police series with a female protagonist. Many Decoy episodes are in the public domain.
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Title: The Walter Winchell File
Released: October 2, 1957
Type: TV
The Walter Winchell File is the title of a television crime drama series that initially aired from 1957 to 1958, dramatizing cases from the New York City Police Department that were covered in the New York Daily Mirror. The series featured columnist and announcer Walter Winchell, John Larch, George Cisar, Robert Anderson, Robert Brubaker, Dolores Donlon, and Gene Barry, a year before he was cast in the lead of NBC's Bat Masterson. Thirty-nine episodes were produced; the first twenty-six aired on ABC during the 1957-1958 season, and the final thirteen were seen in syndication in 1959. Among the guest stars was the child actor Dennis Holmes, who played 7-year-old Allie Marisch in the 1957 episode "Thou Shalt Not Kill."
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Miss Frances
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Elena
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Lulu
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Bonnie Mae Haley
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Emma Newton
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.