Judith Light

Judith Light

Born: February 9, 1949
in Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Judith Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American actress. Her television roles include One Life to Live, Who's the Boss?, Ugly Betty and Law & Order Special Victims Unit.

Movies for Judith Light...

Out of My Mind
Title: Out of My Mind
Character: Mrs. V.
Released: January 19, 2024
Type: Movie
Melody Brooks is navigating sixth grade as a nonverbal wheelchair user who has cerebral palsy. With the help of some assistive technology and her devoted, exuberant allies, Melody shows that what she has to say is more important than how she says it.
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The Young Wife
Title: The Young Wife
Released: March 12, 2023
Type: Movie
A young woman grapples with the meaning of love and commitment over the course of her “non-wedding” day.
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Down Low
Title: Down Low
Character: Sandy
Released: March 11, 2023
Type: Movie
A repressed gay man develops an unlikely friendship with a young masseur who teaches him to embrace life.
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Title: Poker Face
Character: Irene Smothers
Released: January 26, 2023
Type: TV
This mystery-of-the-week series follows Charlie Cale, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.
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The Menu
Title: The Menu
Character: Anne
Released: November 17, 2022
Type: Movie
A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
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The Same Storm
Title: The Same Storm
Character: Shirlee Salt
Released: October 14, 2022
Type: Movie
Snapshots of the tumults of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Title: Shining Vale
Character: Joan
Released: March 6, 2022
Type: TV
A dysfunctional family moves from the city to a small town into a house in which terrible atrocities have taken place. But no one seems to notice except for Patricia “Pat” Phelps, who’s convinced she’s either depressed or possessed – turns out, the symptoms are exactly the same.
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tick, tick... BOOM!
Title: tick, tick... BOOM!
Character: Rosa Stevens
Released: November 11, 2021
Type: Movie
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
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Title: American Horror Stories
Character: Virginia Mellon
Released: July 15, 2021
Type: TV
An anthology series of stand alone episodes delving into horror myths, legends and lore.
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Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
Title: Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
Character: Self
Released: May 20, 2020
Type: Movie
Backed by a full band and a ready wit, actor Ben Platt opens up a very personal songbook onstage -- numbers from his debut LP, "Sing to Me Instead."
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Title: Stars in the House
Character: Self - Special Guest
Released: March 16, 2020
Type: TV
In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley have created Stars in the House, a daily live streamed series to support The Actors Fund and its services.
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Transparent: Musicale Finale
Title: Transparent: Musicale Finale
Character: Shelly Pfefferman
Released: September 27, 2019
Type: Movie
When the Pfeffermans face a life-changing loss, they begin a journey hilarious and melancholy, brazen and bold. As they face this new transition, they confront grief and come together to celebrate connection, joy, and transformation.
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Title: The Politician
Character: Dede Standish
Released: September 27, 2019
Type: TV
Payton has known since childhood that he's going to be president. First he'll have to navigate the most treacherous political landscape: high school.
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Before You Know It
Title: Before You Know It
Character: Sherrell Ghearhardt
Released: August 30, 2019
Type: Movie
A pair of sisters find out that the mother they thought was dead is alive and starring on a soap opera.
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Ms. White Light
Title: Ms. White Light
Character: Val
Released: March 11, 2019
Type: Movie
Lex Cordova is a young woman who counsels terminally ill clients that have trouble letting go. While proving uniquely talented in her ability to connect with the dying, Lex is at a total loss when it comes to dealing with everyone else. When Valerie, a sharp-tongued free spirit who simply has no time for her own mortality, refuses to play by Lex's rules, Lex is forced to question her own decisions, and must decide if the business of dying is truly worth it... even at the cost of living her life.
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Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story
Title: Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story
Character: Matron Grady
Released: January 6, 2019
Type: Movie
An investigative reporter Nellie Bly, who’s on a mission to expose the deplorable conditions and mistreatment of patients at the notorious Women’s Lunatic Asylum, and feigns mental illness in order to be institutionalized to report from the inside. The movie is an account of actual events surrounding Nellie’s stay beginning after she has undergone treatment, leaving her with no recollection of how she came to the asylum or her real identity.
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Hot Air
Title: Hot Air
Character: Judith Montefiore-Salters
Released: April 10, 2018
Type: Movie
A right-wing talk show host's life takes a sudden turn when his 16-year-old niece comes crashing into his life.
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Title: Manhunt
Character: Bobi Jewell
Released: August 1, 2017
Type: TV
Inspired by actual events, this true crime anthology series takes a deep dive into the dark, twisted minds of terrorists and follows the brave souls who hunt them down.
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Title: The Good Fight
Character: Deirdre Quinn
Released: February 19, 2017
Type: TV
Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart's savings. Forced out of her law firm, now called "Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert, Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum & Associates", they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.
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You'll Have the Sky: The Life and Work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Title: You'll Have the Sky: The Life and Work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Character: Narrator
Released: September 1, 2016
Type: Movie
A film portrayal of a pioneering aviator and best-selling author whose extraordinary public life had a deep impact on her inner world.
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Title: American Crime Story
Character: Marilyn Miglin
Released: February 2, 2016
Type: TV
An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.
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Title: American Crime Story
Character: Susan Carpenter-McMillan
Released: February 2, 2016
Type: TV
An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.
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Digging for Fire
Title: Digging for Fire
Character: Grandma
Released: August 21, 2015
Type: Movie
Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood Hills is complicated by Tim's discovery of a bone and a rusty old gun in the yard. Tim is excited by the idea of a mystery, but Lee doesn't want him to dig any further, preferring that he focus on the family taxes, which he promised to do weeks ago. This disagreement sends them on separate and unexpected adventures over the course of a weekend, as Tim and his friends seek clues to the mystery while Lee searches for answers to the bigger questions of marriage and parenthood.
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Title: Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Character: Mrs. Wright (voice)
Released: December 5, 2014
Type: TV
Penn Zero is not your average kid - every day he's zapped into another dimension with his friends to save the world.
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We'll Never Have Paris
Title: We'll Never Have Paris
Character: Jean
Released: October 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Quinn, a neurotic man, is diagnosed with a harmless eye condition and soon after his life spirals out of control. He second-guesses his plans to propose to his longtime girlfriend, Devon, after his beautiful coworker, Kelsey, confesses that she has a crush on him. After a conversation with his best friend, Jameson, he clumsily tries to explain his doubts to Devon, but his possible proposal turns into a break-up. When Devon flees to Paris, he follows her in a last-ditch effort to win back "the one."
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Title: Transparent
Character: Shelly Pfefferman
Released: September 26, 2014
Type: TV
An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.
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Last Weekend
Title: Last Weekend
Character: Veronika Goss
Released: August 29, 2014
Type: Movie
When an affluent matriarch gathers her dysfunctional family for a holiday at their Northern California lake house, her carefully constructed weekend begins to come apart at the seams, leading her to question her own role in the family.
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Title: Trailblazer Honors
Character: Speaker
Released: June 27, 2014
Type: TV
One-hour annual event that celebrates leaders at the forefront of LGBTQ equality.
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Scrooge & Marley
Title: Scrooge & Marley
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 1, 2012
Type: Movie
A modern day, queer variation on Charles Dickens' classic story of the holidays, "A Christmas Carol." On Christmas Eve, Ben Scrooge, the man who hates the holidays, is given the chance to begin again when he is visited by three spirits - the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Recounted from a gay sensibility with heart, comedy and music.
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Title: The Exes
Character: Marjorie
Released: November 30, 2011
Type: TV
A sitcom about three divorced men sharing an apartment across the hall from their female divorce attorney, who is also their landlord.
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Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Title: Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Character: Herself
Released: September 9, 2011
Type: Movie
Heart of Broadway goes inside Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for an in-depth look at the organization and its key players. Since 1988, they have raised more than $195 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses.
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Save Me
Title: Save Me
Character: Gayle
Released: October 15, 2009
Type: Movie
A sex and drug addicted young man who is forced into a Christian-run ministry in an attempt to cure him of his "gay affliction", where instead he is faced with the truth in his heart and spirit.
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Title: Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character: Self - Guest
Released: July 16, 2009
Type: TV
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.
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Title: Ugly Betty
Character: Claire Meade
Released: September 28, 2006
Type: TV
Betty Suarez is smart, tough and tenacious, but also sensitive and loving. She hopes these skills will help her to get a job within the Meade Publishing Corporation. The fact that she isn’t traditionally attractive initially keeps her from getting hired by fashion bible, Mode. The magazine, however, is in flux, with power-hungry executives vying for dominance. Hoping to control the situation, the publisher gives his inexperienced son, Daniel, the position of Editor-in-Chief. He hires Betty as Daniel’s assistant after catching him in a compromising position with his secretary on his first day on the job. After a tough start, in which Daniel tries to force Betty into quitting by treating her terribly, he realizes her worth and the two pair up to be an effective team.
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Ira & Abby
Title: Ira & Abby
Character: Arlene Black
Released: June 23, 2006
Type: Movie
A neurotic, young psychology student, with low self-esteem, has a chance encounter with a free-spirited, extremely gregarious woman who works at the Paris Health Club in New York City, and who suggests that they immediately get married to see how it will work out. Both of the student's parents are analysts, and they provide the happy couple with a gift certificate for a year of marriage counseling as a wedding present.
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Title: The Tony Danza Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 13, 2004
Type: TV
The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was distributed by Buena Vista Television.
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Title: The Stones
Character: Barbara Stone
Released: March 17, 2004
Type: TV
The Stones is a sitcom television series that starred Robert Klein, Judith Light, Lindsay Sloane and Jay Baruchel as the Stone family that are divorced but still live under the same house. The show premiered on CBS on March 17, 2004 and was canceled after 3 episodes due to low ratings. It was supposed to begin in 2003 but was delayed. It was produced by David Kohan, Max Mutchnick and Jenji Kohan.
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Joseph: King of Dreams
Title: Joseph: King of Dreams
Character: Zuleika (voice)
Released: November 7, 2000
Type: Movie
In this animated retelling of the story from the Bible's Book of Genesis, Joseph's gift of dream interpretation and his brilliantly colored coat inspires jealousy in his brothers.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Elizabeth Donnelly
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Title: Family Guy
Character: Judith Light (voice)
Released: January 31, 1999
Type: TV
Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.
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Title: The Simple Life
Character: Sara Campbell
Released: June 3, 1998
Type: TV
The Simple Life is an American sitcom television series that aired from June 3 until July 8, 1998.
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Carriers
Title: Carriers
Character: Maj. Carmen Travis
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A military woman and a worried mother travel overseas and to New Mexico to investigate a deadly virus.
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Title: Cow and Chicken
Released: September 16, 1997
Type: TV
Follows the surreal adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often antagonized by "The Red Guy", who poses as various characters to scam them.
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Too Close To Home
Title: Too Close To Home
Character: Diana Donahue
Released: April 29, 1997
Type: Movie
A mother is so consumed with a possessive love for her son that she may have committed murder in order to keep him by her side. When the son's new wife is found murdered, the mother is arrested for the crime. In denial about his mother's guilt, the son, a successful lawyer, agrees to defend her. Based on a true story.
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Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
Title: Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Narrated by Linda Hunt, this documentary examines the life of the late author and gay rights activist Paul Monette. Born in 1945 to a well-off Massachusetts family, Monette grows up unable to accept his homosexuality, for years hiding it from his loved ones while struggling to develop as a writer. In 1978, Monette publishes his first novel, which allows him to come out to his parents. After losing one lover to AIDS in 1986, he becomes a ferocious advocate for awareness of the disease.
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A Step Toward Tomorrow
Title: A Step Toward Tomorrow
Character: Anna Lerner
Released: November 10, 1996
Type: Movie
A divorcee moves her family cross-country to take her paralyzed son to a pioneer neurosurgeon.
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Murder at My Door
Title: Murder at My Door
Character: Irene McNair
Released: October 8, 1996
Type: Movie
In a quiet neighborhood, a suburban family is shocked when their son is the prime suspect in the brutal murder of a neighbor's daughter.
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Title: Spin City
Character: Christine
Released: September 17, 1996
Type: TV
Workaholic Mike Flaherty is the Deputy Mayor of New York City, serving as Mayor Randall Winston's key strategist and much-needed handler. Mike runs the city with the help of his oddball staff: an anxious and insecure press secretary; a sexist, boorish chief of staff; an impeccably groomed gay activist running minority affairs; a sharp and efficient, man-crazy accountant; and an idealistic young speechwriter. Like Mike, they are all professionally capable but personally challenged.
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Title: The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 10, 1996
Type: TV
The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell. It aired for six seasons from 1996 to 2002. Topics often discussed on the show include Broadway, children, extended families and charitable works, people and organizations. The show was based out of Studio 8G at NBC's Rockefeller Center studios in New York City, NY, USA and was produced and syndicated by KidRo Productions, Telepictures Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
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A Husband, a Wife and a Lover
Title: A Husband, a Wife and a Lover
Character: Lisa McKeever
Released: March 16, 1996
Type: Movie
When her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them.
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Lady Killer
Title: Lady Killer
Character: Janice Mitchell
Released: April 5, 1995
Type: Movie
Married woman has brief affair with younger man who turns violent when she breaks it off.
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Against Their Will: Women in Prison
Title: Against Their Will: Women in Prison
Character: Alice Needham
Released: October 29, 1994
Type: Movie
Behind prison walls, corruption, sex and power make criminals out of the guards and heroes out of the guarded. For more than a decade, the lawless guards inside a maximum security women's prison have reigned with impunity - rape, sex for money and illegal favors have become the norm until one woman decides to battle the system. Leading a group of inmates on a risky life-or-death struggle for justice, a ten year silence is finally broken, exposing the twisted truth to the world and enabling the prisoners the freedom to live without fear.
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Title: Duckman
Released: March 5, 1994
Type: TV
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man is an American animated sitcom that aired from 1994–1997, created by Everett Peck and developed by Peck. The sitcom is based on characters created by Peck in his Dark Horse comic. Klasky Csupo animated the series and produced it along with Reno & Osborn Productions for Paramount Network Television.
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Betrayal of Trust
Title: Betrayal of Trust
Character: Barbara Noël
Released: January 3, 1994
Type: Movie
A woman has been to a psychiatrist for years for drug and alcohol addiction, and whose treatment includes being injected with a drug that knocks her out. One day, she was coming around when she notices that the doctor is molesting her. She then tries to get some justice by suing him, and reporting him to the licensing bureau, and the American psychiatric association. And also seeing another psychiatrist to try and figure out what's wrong with her.
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Title: Intimate Portrait
Character: Self
Released: November 14, 1993
Type: TV
Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject. Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.
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Title: Phenom
Character: Dianne Doolan
Released: September 14, 1993
Type: TV
A teenage tennis prodigy tries to balance a social life with her ambition for stardom, under constant pressure from her driven coach, but with lots of support from her mom.
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Men Don't Tell
Title: Men Don't Tell
Character: Laura MacAffrey
Released: March 14, 1993
Type: Movie
This movie shows another side to spousal abuse that not too many people thought is possible--the husband being abused and the wife the abuser.
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Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story
Title: Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story
Character: Marie Hilley
Released: November 10, 1991
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of an Alabama woman who was convicted of killing her first husband and attempting to poison her daughter. Out on bail, she flees in order to start a new life with two new identities.
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In Defense of a Married Man
Title: In Defense of a Married Man
Character: Laura Simmons
Released: October 14, 1990
Type: Movie
When a defense lawyer's adulterous husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the woman he was cheating with, his wife chooses to defend him. Can she overcome his betrayal while searching for the truth?
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My Boyfriend's Back
Title: My Boyfriend's Back
Character: Vickie Vine
Released: September 24, 1989
Type: Movie
A female singing group from the '60s reunites for a TV special.
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The Ryan White Story
Title: The Ryan White Story
Character: Jeanne White
Released: January 16, 1989
Type: Movie
The story of Ryan White, a 13-year-old haemophiliac who contracted AIDS from factor VIII, which was used to control this disorder.
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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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Stamp of a Killer
Title: Stamp of a Killer
Character: Cathy Proctor
Released: November 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A pregnant mother and her young son become the target of a killer.
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Title: Who's the Boss?
Character: Angela Bower
Released: September 20, 1984
Type: TV
A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a housekeeper and a father figure to her young son. Tony 's laid-back personality contrasts with Angela's type-A behavior.
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Intimate Agony
Title: Intimate Agony
Character: Marsha
Released: March 21, 1983
Type: Movie
Anthony Geary (General Hospital) stars as a compassionate doctor who must treat an STD outbreak at an upscale vacation resort. Judith Light (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) co-stars as an afflicted resident whose heart is broken by this personal tragedy. A despicable real estate tycoon played by Robert Vaughn (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) is determined to keep the scandal from the press, thus protecting his investment.
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Title: St. Elsewhere
Released: October 26, 1982
Type: TV
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.
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Title: Remington Steele
Character: Clarissa Custer
Released: October 1, 1982
Type: TV
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.
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Title: Family Ties
Character: Stacey Hughes
Released: September 22, 1982
Type: TV
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
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Title: Kojak
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: TV
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Title: One Life to Live
Character: Karen Wolek
Released: July 15, 1968
Type: TV
One Life to Live is an American soap opera broadcast on television for more than 43 years on the ABC network, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes via The Online Network since April 29, 2013. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature ethnically and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social issues. One Life to Live was expanded from 30 minutes to 45 minutes on July 26, 1976, and then to an hour on January 16, 1978.
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Title: Tony Awards
Character: Self - Nominee
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: TV
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.
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Title: Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
Character: Helen Villigan (voice)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Lovable loser Kite Man and his new squeeze Golden Glider moonlight as criminals to support their foolish purchase of Noonan’s, Gotham’s seediest dive bar, where everybody knows your name, but not necessarily your secret identity!
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Title: Before
Character: Lynn
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
After tragically losing his wife, a child psychiatrist encounters a troubled young boy who seems to have a haunting connection to the man’s past.