Blair Brown

Blair Brown

Born: April 23, 1946
in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Blair Brown is an American stage, film and television actress. She was the leading actress in feature films such as "Altered States", "Continental Divide" and "Strapless", and she played the title character in the television comedy-drama "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd", as well as supporting characters Nina Sharp "Fringe" and Judy King "Orange Is the New Black".

Movies for Blair Brown...

Title: Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Character: Director Sue Joyce
Released: August 30, 2018
Type: TV
When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies.
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My Art
Title: My Art
Character: Mickey
Released: September 5, 2016
Type: Movie
A 65-year-old single artist living in New York City has a good life: a stable teaching job, successful friends, and a loyal, aging dog named Bing. As her dream of a respectable place in the art world becomes more elusive, her frustration with her lack of recognition feels alarmingly urgent.
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Title: Limitless
Character: Marie Finch
Released: September 22, 2015
Type: TV
Brian Finch's life takes an extraordinary turn when he uses NZT-48, a neuroenhancing drug whose mystery and chaos lead him to working for the FBI and a senator who is not what he seems.
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Title: Forever
Character: Fawn Mahoney Ames
Released: September 22, 2014
Type: TV
Doctor Henry Morgan, New York City’s star medical examiner, has a secret. He doesn't just study the dead to solve criminal cases, he does it to solve the mystery that has eluded him for 200 years—the answer to his own inexplicable immortality. This long life has given Henry remarkable observation skills which impresses his new partner, Detective Jo Martinez. Each week, a new case and their budding friendship will reveal layers of Henry’s long and colorful past. Only his best friend and confidant, Abe knows Henry’s secret.
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Title: Orange Is the New Black
Character: Judy King
Released: July 11, 2013
Type: TV
A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.
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Title: Elementary
Character: Kate Durning
Released: September 27, 2012
Type: TV
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.
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Title: Political Animals
Character: Mrs. Berg
Released: July 15, 2012
Type: TV
Former first lady and current Secretary of State Elaine Barrish Hammond try to keep her family together while simultaneously dealing with crises of the State Department and fending off the hungry DC journalist who is bent on destroying her career.
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Title: Person of Interest
Character: Emma Blake
Released: September 22, 2011
Type: TV
John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars. 
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Title: Falling Skies
Released: June 19, 2011
Type: TV
Falling Skies opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few survivors have banded together outside major cities to begin the difficult task of fighting back. Each day is a test of survival as citizen soldiers work to protect the people in their care while also engaging in an insurgency campaign against the occupying alien force.
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The Speed of Thought
Title: The Speed of Thought
Character: Bridger
Released: April 29, 2011
Type: Movie
Joshua Lazarus (Nick Stahl) is a telepath who has been raised in a NSA foster home. Lazarus helps the government by using his abilities. He is told by the agency that the telepathy is a side effect of Widmann's Disease, and that he will become insane in time and eventually die from the illness. However, Lazarus meets a woman with similar powers (Mía Maestro) who does not have any sign of the disease, launching Lazarus to confront the lies he has been told
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The Buddha
Title: The Buddha
Character: Narrator
Released: April 17, 2010
Type: Movie
This documentary for PBS by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere, tells the story of the Buddha’s life, a journey especially relevant to our own bewildering times of violent change and spiritual confusion. It features the work of some of the world’s greatest artists and sculptors, who across two millennia, have depicted the Buddha’s life in art rich in beauty and complexity. Hear insights into the ancient narrative by contemporary Buddhists, including Pulitzer Prize winning poet W.S. Merwin and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Join the conversation and learn more about meditation, the history of Buddhism, and how to incorporate the Buddha’s teachings on compassion and mindfulness into daily life.
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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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Title: Fringe
Character: Nina Sharp
Released: September 9, 2008
Type: TV
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.
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Dark Matter
Title: Dark Matter
Character: Hildy
Released: April 24, 2008
Type: Movie
Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a cosmology group working to create a model of the origins of the universe. He is obsessed with the study of dark matter and a theory that conflicts with the group's model. When he begins to make breakthroughs of his own, he encounters obstructions.
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Title: The Jewish Americans
Character: Herself
Released: January 9, 2008
Type: TV
The Jewish Americans was a three-part miniseries that originally aired on PBS during the month of January 2008. It was written and directed by David Grubin. The series focused on the traditions and styles of American Jews, as well as their contribution to American culture and subsequent impact on American society at large. The series was narrated by Liev Schreiber, and featured many well-known American Jews, including Louis D. Brandeis, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Henry Morgenthau, Hank Greenberg, Betty Friedan, Molly Goldberg, Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar, and Tony Kushner.
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Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
Title: Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
Character: Margaret Bayard Smith (voice)
Released: June 1, 2007
Type: Movie
A fascinating account of the presidency of Andrew Jackson, who was both one of America's great presidents and a borderline tyrant. The seventh president shook up the glossy world of Washington, DC with his "common-man" methods and ideals, but also oversaw one of the most controversial events in American history: the forced removal of Indian tribes, including the Cherokees, from their homes.
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Sister Aimee
Title: Sister Aimee
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: April 2, 2007
Type: Movie
At the peak of her immense popularity in the 1920s, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson was drawing larger crowds to her revivals than those of P.T. Barnum or Harry Houdini. This chapter of "American Experience" paints a vivid portrait of the controversial and charismatic religious figure. Credited with mainstreaming religion in American culture, Sister Aimee created one of the country's first Christian radio stations, among other accomplishments.
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First Born
Title: First Born
Character: Laura's Mother
Released: March 20, 2007
Type: Movie
Laura's expecting. Her husband, Steven's a loving guy but has little time for her. Her mom lives thousands of miles away. Forced to give up on her dreams, she's always been a bit edgy. A C-section drives her over the edge, making her see things in a different light. A creepy babysitter doesn't make things any better. She begins seeing things, trusts no one, as she goes into self-destruct mode.
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Test Tube Babies
Title: Test Tube Babies
Character: Narrator
Released: October 23, 2006
Type: Movie
The world's first successful in-vitro fertilization takes place in Great Britain resulting in a live birth on July 25,1978.
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Griffin & Phoenix
Title: Griffin & Phoenix
Character: Eve
Released: September 12, 2006
Type: Movie
A terminally ill man falls in love with a woman who has a secret that threatens their time spent together.
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The Sentinel
Title: The Sentinel
Character: National Security Advisor
Released: April 19, 2006
Type: Movie
A secret service agent is framed as the mole in an assassination attempt on the president. He must clear his name and foil another assassination attempt while on the run from a relentless FBI agent.
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The Massie Affair
Title: The Massie Affair
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: April 18, 2005
Type: Movie
In the waning days of summer 1931, Honolulu's tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy wife made a drastic allegation of rape against five nonwhite islanders. What unfolded in the following days and weeks was a racially-charged murder case that would make headlines across the nation, enrage Hawai'i's native population, and galvanize the island's law enforcers and the nation's social elite.
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Loverboy
Title: Loverboy
Character: Jeanette Rawley
Released: January 24, 2005
Type: Movie
A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much.
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Dogville Confessions
Title: Dogville Confessions
Character: Herself
Released: June 27, 2004
Type: Movie
This film depicts the intense drama that takes place during the making of Dogville. Lars von Trier and Nicole Kidman work through this creative process under very extreme conditions.
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RFK
Title: RFK
Character: Narrator
Released: May 1, 2004
Type: Movie
David Grubin's probing and perceptive biography reassesses the remarkable and tragic life of Bobby Kennedy, whose early life was spent in the shadow of his elder brother John. After JFK's assassination, he discovered his own identity in the forefront of American politics before his career was also tragically curtailed by an assassin's bullet.
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Emma Goldman: An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman
Title: Emma Goldman: An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman
Character: Narrator
Released: April 12, 2004
Type: Movie
The remarkable life of the immigrant christened "the most dangerous woman in America" is explored in this documentary focusing on noted birth-control advocate and anti-military conscription activist Emma Goldman. A noted Russian-born woman who became the leader of the anarchist movement upon immigrating into the United States, Goldman subsequently earned such nicknames as "Red Emma" and "Queen of the Anarchists" for her outspoken vocal attacks on the government and her staunch opposition to World War I
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Dark Shadows
Title: Dark Shadows
Character: Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
The pilot of a remake of the 60s gothic soap opera for The WB that was never picked up
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Dogville
Title: Dogville
Character: Mrs. Henson
Released: May 21, 2003
Type: Movie
A mysterious woman named Grace hides in a small mountain town from criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth their effort, so Grace works hard under the employ of various townspeople to win their favor. Tensions flare, however, and Grace's status as a helpless outsider provokes vicious contempt and abuse from the citizens of Dogville.
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Young Dr. Freud
Title: Young Dr. Freud
Character: Narrator
Released: November 27, 2002
Type: Movie
This documentary retraces the life of the famous Austrian psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud, from his birth to the publication of his landmark book on dream interpretation. Dr. Freud revolutionary theories spawned the psychoanalytic school of psychology.
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Title: Benjamin Franklin
Character: Jane Mecom
Released: November 19, 2002
Type: TV
An epic yarn spanning most of the 18th century, the series follows Franklin's career from humble beginnings in Boston to international superstardom: first as a scientist and revolutionary, and then as a founding father and America's first diplomat to France.
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Title: CSI: Miami
Character: Margie Winters
Released: September 23, 2002
Type: TV
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.
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Woodrow Wilson
Title: Woodrow Wilson
Character: voice
Released: January 6, 2002
Type: Movie
A gifted orator, Woodrow Wilson was supremely confident before crowds, yet uneasy in small groups. An intellectual with inflexible moral principles, he led America into World War I, threatening all that he cherished. This film recalls the transformation of a history professor into one of America's greatest presidents, brought down by his stubborn search for peace and an incapacitating stroke.
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Title: Smallville
Character: Rachel Dunleavy
Released: October 16, 2001
Type: TV
The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.
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Follow the Stars Home
Title: Follow the Stars Home
Character: Hannah Parker
Released: May 6, 2001
Type: Movie
Two brothers - one virtuous, one feckless - are in love with the same woman. She falls for Brother Wrong, carrying a torch for him even after he deserts her. But Brother Right remains steadfast and available. What's unusual here is why the bad brother pulls his disappearing act. Mark walks out on wife Dianne after learning that the baby they're expecting has severe genetic abnormalities. Dianne is nonetheless determined to bear her child, with support from her mother and Mark's brother David, a pediatrician whose love for Dianne is unspoken but obvious. How do they cope with the challenges of raising this little girl named Julia?
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Hamlet
Title: Hamlet
Character: Gertrude
Released: December 10, 2000
Type: Movie
To be or not to be, etc.
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In His Life: The John Lennon Story
Title: In His Life: The John Lennon Story
Character: Mimi Smith
Released: December 3, 2000
Type: Movie
A film about the early life of the rock musician and his burgeoning career as a member of the Beatles.
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Space Cowboys
Title: Space Cowboys
Character: Dr. Anne Caruthers
Released: August 4, 2000
Type: Movie
Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of trained chimps. They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia's mysterious ‘Ikon’ communications satellite's orbit begins to degrade and threatens to crash to Earth.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Defense Attorney Lynne Riff
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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The Astronaut's Wife
Title: The Astronaut's Wife
Character: Shelly McLaren
Released: August 27, 1999
Type: Movie
When astronaut Spencer Armacost returns to Earth after a mission that nearly cost him his life, he decides to take a desk job in order to see his beautiful wife, Jillian, more often. Gradually, Jillian notices that Spencer's personality seems to have changed, but her concerns fade when she discovers that she's pregnant. As Jillian grows closer to becoming a mother, her suspicions about Spencer return. Why does it seem as if he's a different person?
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Convictions
Title: Convictions
Character: Zalinda Dorcheus
Released: November 10, 1997
Type: Movie
It has been nine years since Bancroft's character shot Brown's son. She goes to the prison to vent her rage at him over what he did, and discovers he's not the monster she thought he was.
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Title: Feds
Released: March 5, 1997
Type: TV
Feds was a short-lived television series
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A Season in Purgatory
Title: A Season in Purgatory
Character: Grace Bradley
Released: May 5, 1996
Type: Movie
True story about a kid from rich family with political ties who covers up a suspicious death of a young woman. This comes back to haunt him later.
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The Ultimate Lie
Title: The Ultimate Lie
Character: Joan 'Joanie' McGrath
Released: March 18, 1996
Type: Movie
A spoiled young rich girl rebels against her parents by becoming a call girl. However, one night she arrives at a hotel for a "rendezvous" with a client and discovers to her horror that he is none other than her father.
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Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
Title: Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
Character: Narrator
Released: May 10, 1995
Type: Movie
Real stories of five women of the Old West....
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Moment of Truth: To Walk Again
Title: Moment of Truth: To Walk Again
Character: Carol Keating
Released: February 16, 1994
Type: Movie
A marine is paralyzed after being shot during a training exercise, leaving his parents to fight to get him proper medical care.
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The Day My Parents Ran Away
Title: The Day My Parents Ran Away
Character: Judy Miller
Released: December 13, 1993
Type: Movie
An irresponsible teen examines his life after his fed-up parents leave him to fend for himself.
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Title: Frasier
Character: Jill (voice)
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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Rio Shannon
Title: Rio Shannon
Character: Elizabeth Cleary
Released: August 14, 1993
Type: Movie
A widow and her family face new challenges when they relocate to a run-down guest ranch in New Mexico.
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Majority Rule
Title: Majority Rule
Character: Gen. Katherine Taylor
Released: October 27, 1992
Type: Movie
A war heroine returns to the US to run for president and ends up facing enemies worse than those in the battle: corruption and the dangerous game of power.
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Passed Away
Title: Passed Away
Character: Amy Scanlan
Released: April 24, 1992
Type: Movie
Thrown for a loop by the unexpected news that Dad has suddenly gone to his reward, the grieving eccentric Scanian clan are drawn together in a test of familial endurance that soon has them at each other's throats.
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Those Secrets
Title: Those Secrets
Character: Nellie Banesh
Released: March 16, 1992
Type: Movie
A wife and mother drifts back to her life as a call girl.
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The Good Policeman
Title: The Good Policeman
Character: Rebecca Karp
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Isaac Seidel is a highly unconventional New York police-commissioner. He is well-abled in dealing with trouble at the headquarter, the maffia and situations in the streets. His loyalty to his profession and the city he so loves make him do the utmost to solve the problems, even if it means he has to bend the rules.
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Extreme Close-Up
Title: Extreme Close-Up
Character: Margaret Toll
Released: October 22, 1990
Type: Movie
Innovative drama mixing film and video, with a teenager obsessed with watching his late mother, killed in an auto accident, on tapes he recorded of their daily lives. The mother is seen in extreme close-up only on tape.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Defense Attorney Virginia Masters
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Strapless
Title: Strapless
Character: Dr. Lillian Hempel
Released: May 14, 1989
Type: Movie
An expatriate American doctor in London allows herself to lighten up when her freewheeling younger sister and a mysterious man enter her life. Her inhibitions released, the beautiful doctor learns that freedom has its own price.
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Title: American Experience
Character: Ellen Wilson (voice)
Released: October 4, 1988
Type: TV
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
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Title: American Experience
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 4, 1988
Type: TV
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
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Stealing Home
Title: Stealing Home
Character: Ginny Wyatt
Released: August 26, 1988
Type: Movie
Billy Wyatt (Harmon), a former high school and minor-league baseball baseball player receives a telephone call from his mother revealing that his former child-sitter, and later in his teens, his first love, Katie Chandler (Foster), has died. Wyatt returns home to deal with this tragedy reminescing over his childhood growing up with his father, Katie and best friend Alan Appleby.
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Title: The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Character: Molly Dodd
Released: May 21, 1987
Type: TV
Molly Dodd — a mid-30s, divorced woman living in New York — faces the comedy and drama of a widely changing career, difficulties of apartment living, love life and its consequences, and more.
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Hands of a Stranger
Title: Hands of a Stranger
Character: Diane Benton
Released: May 10, 1987
Type: Movie
A New York cop becomes obsessed with finding his wife's rapist.
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Title: Space
Character: Penny Hardesty Pope
Released: April 14, 1985
Type: TV
Space is a television mini-series. It is based on a novel of the same name by James A. Michener published in 1982.
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The Bad Seed
Title: The Bad Seed
Character: Christine Penmark
Released: February 7, 1985
Type: Movie
Rachel is a 9-year-old girl who is perfection itself - unless she's crossed or challenged. Several disturbing recent incidents have led Rachel's mother Christine to suspect that her child is a latent murderess. Upon discovering that she herself is the daughter of a convicted killer, Christine becomes convinced that sweet little Rachel is a "bad seed" - an inherent killer who feels no remorse because she doesn't know any better.
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A Flash of Green
Title: A Flash of Green
Character: Kat Hubble
Released: April 21, 1984
Type: Movie
A reporter at a local Florida newspaper is torn between his friendship with a corrupt real estate developer and his love for an activist opposing the developer's latest project.
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Title: Kennedy
Character: Jacqueline Kennedy
Released: November 20, 1983
Type: TV
Kennedy is a five-hour miniseries written by Reg Gadney and directed by Jim Goddard. The miniseries was produced by Central Independent Television and originally aired in the United States starting on 20 November 1983 around the time of the 20th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination. The TV miniseries was a biography of the 1961-1963 presidency of John F. Kennedy. The mini-series stars Martin Sheen as President John F. Kennedy, John Shea as Robert F. Kennedy, Blair Brown as Jacqueline Kennedy, E.G. Marshall as Joseph P. Kennedy, Vincent Gardenia as J. Edgar Hoover and Kelsey Grammer as Stephen Smith amongst many others. The series was broadcast on NBC, and was also sold to 50 Countries, with 27 of them broadcasting the series simultaneous. The series was nominated for 3 Golden Globes and 4 BAFTA, and won Baftas for Best Drama Series and Best Make Up.
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The Skin of Our Teeth
Title: The Skin of Our Teeth
Character: Sabina
Released: January 18, 1983
Type: Movie
Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," the story of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, their children Henry and Gladys, and their maid Sabina. They are simultaneously a typical American family living in a present-day New Jersey suburb and are also Adam, Eve, Lilith, Cain and a daughter who survive the Ice Age (although their pet dinosaurs do not), the Flood (as in the book of Genesis in the Bible) and War (as in WWII).
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Title: American Playhouse
Released: January 12, 1982
Type: TV
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
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Continental Divide
Title: Continental Divide
Character: Nell Porter
Released: September 18, 1981
Type: Movie
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
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Altered States
Title: Altered States
Character: Emily Jessup
Released: December 25, 1980
Type: Movie
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, time, and perhaps reality itself are states of mind.
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One Trick Pony
Title: One Trick Pony
Character: Marion
Released: October 3, 1980
Type: Movie
An aging rock star trying to put together a new album in the face of an indifferent record label and a talentless producer. At the same time, he's struggling to save his failing marriage.
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The Child Stealer
Title: The Child Stealer
Character: Jan Rodman
Released: March 9, 1979
Type: Movie
A young mother battles to get her children back after her ex-husband kidnaps them and the law won't help her in her efforts.
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And I Alone Survived
Title: And I Alone Survived
Character: Lauren Elder
Released: November 27, 1978
Type: Movie
Based on a true story, this tells the story of a young woman who is the only survivor of a plane crash in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and her struggle to get to safety despite her injuries, below-freezing temperatures and rough, and at times impassable, terrain.
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Title: Wheels
Character: Barbara Lipton
Released: May 7, 1978
Type: TV
Based on the 1971 novel by Arthur Hailey, Wheels is about the automobile industry and the day-to-day pressures involved in its operation. The plot lines follow many of the topical issues of the day, including race relations, corporate politics, and business ethics. The auto company of the novel is a little-disguised Ford Motor Company and some of the characters are recognizable to company insiders.
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The Choirboys
Title: The Choirboys
Character: Kimberly Lyles
Released: December 23, 1977
Type: Movie
A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.
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The Quinns
Title: The Quinns
Character: Millicent Priestley
Released: July 1, 1977
Type: Movie
A drama about three generations of Irish-American firefighters in the New York City Fire Department, and their careers, romances, and growing pains. This pilot film was not picked up to series.
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The 3,000 Mile Chase
Title: The 3,000 Mile Chase
Character: Rachel Kane
Released: June 16, 1977
Type: Movie
Secret courier Matt Considine accepts the mission to escort chief witness Dvorak and his wife from San Francisco to a trial in New York. They have to cover 3,000 dangerous miles, because the drug mob wants to kill them at any price.
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Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging
Title: Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging
Character: Charity
Released: June 9, 1977
Type: Movie
A California rancher hires a private detective to deliver the rancher's long-lost daughter to him. However, several people, including the rancher's new wife, his foreman and a crooked sheriff, don't want the girl--who would inherit the rancher's large spread if he died--to make it to the ranch alive.
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Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Title: Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Character: Anna Roosevelt
Released: March 13, 1977
Type: Movie
The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.
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Title: Captains and the Kings
Character: Elizabeth Healey Hennessey
Released: September 30, 1976
Type: TV
Rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant in late 1800s based on the novel by Taylor Caldwell.
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Title: Family
Character: Flora Jessup
Released: March 9, 1976
Type: TV
The lives of the middle-class Lawrence family in Pasadena, California.
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The School for Scandal
Title: The School for Scandal
Character: Lady Teazle
Released: April 2, 1975
Type: Movie
London society matron Lady Sneerwell loves to gossip and spends her free time engaged in manipulation. When she selfishly derails the romance of Charles Surface, her scheming unexpectedly creates a ripple effect among her well-to-do acquaintances.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Kate Flanders / Dep. DA Kate Doyle
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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The Paper Chase
Title: The Paper Chase
Character: Miss Farranti
Released: October 16, 1973
Type: Movie
A first-year law student struggles with balancing his coursework and his relationship with the daughter of a stern professor.
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Title: Purple Playhouse
Character: Mina
Released: February 25, 1973
Type: TV
Purple Playhouse is a Canadian dramatic television series which aired on CBC Television in 1973.
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Dracula
Title: Dracula
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
This 1973 Canadian TV movie adaptation of DRACULA played on CBC's Purple Playhouse program. Norman Welsh plays the vampire count that resembles Stoker's original vision for the character.
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Brutalités amoureuses
Title: Brutalités amoureuses
Released: November 8, 1972
Type: Movie
Distraught, Catherine wanders the Canadian countryside and takes refuge in an isolated villa. She talks to David, the owner, about her past: drugs, psychiatric hospital, murder of a nurse. Her friends show up and throw a party, which gets out of hand.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Lady Taezle
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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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.