Rosemary Murphy

Rosemary Murphy

Born: January 13, 1925
Died: July 5, 2014
in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Movies for Rosemary Murphy...

The Romantics
Title: The Romantics
Character: Grandmother Hayes
Released: September 10, 2010
Type: Movie
Alliances are tested when seven college pals reunite to watch two of their own say “I do” at a seaside wedding. But the maid of honor and the groom share a passionate history, and the bride isn’t the only one who’s wondering if it’s all in the past.
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After.Life
Title: After.Life
Character: Susan Whitehall
Released: November 7, 2009
Type: Movie
Following a terrible car crash, a woman awakes to find an enigmatic mortician preparing her for burial.
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Synecdoche, New York
Title: Synecdoche, New York
Character: Frances
Released: October 24, 2008
Type: Movie
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
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The Savages
Title: The Savages
Character: Doris Metzger
Released: November 28, 2007
Type: Movie
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
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Dust
Title: Dust
Character: Angela
Released: August 29, 2001
Type: Movie
Two parallel tales of redemption, a century apart. In the New York storyline, Edge hunts for Angela's gold to pay back a debt, and gradually grows closer to her. In the Macedonian story, the brothers end up fighting for opposite sides of a revolution, with the religious Elijah taking up sides with the Ottoman sultan and gunslinger Luke joining "the Teacher" , a Macedonian rebel.
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Title: The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
Character: Bea Einhorn
Released: May 9, 1999
Type: TV
Based on true events, The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer tells the shocking story of Ira Einhorn, a respected American peace activist in 1970s America. He lives with Holly Maddux (Naomi Watts), but when he tries to leave him in 1977, she suddenly disappears under mysterious circumstances. Somewhat later, her lifeless body is found in a suitcase in the flat of Einhorn, who has meanwhile fled the country and in the following years cleverly manages to stay one step ahead of the authorities. However, Holly's father remains determined to bring justice in his daughter's name and after a lengthy manhunt, he finds the 'unicorn killer' in France in 1997.
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The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Title: The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Character: Bea Einhorn
Released: May 9, 1999
Type: Movie
An account of early 1970s social activist Ira Einhorn, who allegedly murdered his girlfriend and then fled the country.
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Message in a Bottle
Title: Message in a Bottle
Character: Helen at the B&B
Released: February 22, 1999
Type: Movie
A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.
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Title: The Visitor
Character: Tour Guide
Released: September 19, 1997
Type: TV
The Visitor is a science fiction television series created by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin which aired on Fox from 1997–1998. It starred John Corbett as Adam McArthur who was abducted by extraterrestrials 50 years earlier and escapes back to Earth to help improve life for humanity.
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Title: Cracker
Released: September 18, 1997
Type: TV
Crime drama based on the UK TV series about Gerry "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a brilliant but troubled criminal psychologist working alongside the Los Angeles police department.
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Title: EZ Streets
Released: October 27, 1996
Type: TV
EZ Streets is an American television drama series created by Paul Haggis. It premiered on CBS on October 27, 1996 with a two hour pilot telefilm. The series stars Ken Olin, Joe Pantoliano, and Jason Gedrick.
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Mighty Aphrodite
Title: Mighty Aphrodite
Character: Adoption Coordinator
Released: September 13, 1995
Type: Movie
When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.
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The Tuskegee Airmen
Title: The Tuskegee Airmen
Character: Eleanor Roosevelt
Released: August 25, 1995
Type: Movie
During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.
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Don't Drink the Water
Title: Don't Drink the Water
Character: Miss Pritchard
Released: December 18, 1994
Type: Movie
Somewhere behind the early 1960s cold-war iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international spying incident when Walter photographs a sunset in a sensitive region. In order to stay out of jail, the Hollanders take refuge in the American Embassy, which is temporarily being run by the absent Ambassador's diplomatically incompetent son, Axel.
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Twenty Bucks
Title: Twenty Bucks
Character: Aunt Dotty
Released: October 21, 1993
Type: Movie
A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people.
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Title: Frasier
Character: Carol Larkin
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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And the Band Played On
Title: And the Band Played On
Character: Blood Bank Executive
Released: September 11, 1993
Type: Movie
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
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Title: Johnny Bago
Released: June 25, 1993
Type: TV
Johnny Bago is a short-lived television series that aired in the summer of 1993. It stars Peter Dobson as ex-con Johnny Tenuti who, after being set up a second time, travels across America in a Winnebago under the name Johnny Bago to escape mobsters, cops and his former wife/parole officer.
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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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Title: Bodies of Evidence
Released: June 18, 1992
Type: TV
Bodies of Evidence is a police drama that aired on CBS from June 1992 to May 1993. It stars Lee Horsley and George Clooney as Los Angeles homicide detectives.
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For the Boys
Title: For the Boys
Character: Luanna Trott
Released: November 22, 1991
Type: Movie
On a USO tour during World War II, entertainer Eddie Sparks needs a partner to round out his act. Soon after hiring performer Dixie Leonard, Eddie decides he wants her out of the show — mostly because she upstages him. Dixie is close to leaving of her own accord, but her uncle, Art Silver, convinces her to stay. As the years and wars go by, Eddie and Dixie experience a tumultuous relationship onstage and off while they continue the act for the troops.
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Title: A Woman Named Jackie
Character: Rose Kennedy
Released: October 13, 1991
Type: TV
This biographical miniseries, based on the best seller by C. David Heymann, starts when Jackie Kennedy was working after college; and spans her life through the Presidency of John F. Kennedy and her marriage to Aristotle Onassis after the assassination of President Kennedy.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Mrs. Catherine Messimer
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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Title: In the Heat of the Night
Released: March 6, 1988
Type: TV
In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name starring Carroll O'Connor as the white police chief William Gillespie, and Howard Rollins as the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995. Its executive producers were Fred Silverman, Juanita Bartlett and Carroll O'Connor. TGG Direct released the first season of the series to DVD on August 28, 2012.
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September
Title: September
Character: Mrs. Mason
Released: December 18, 1987
Type: Movie
After a suicide attempt, Lane has moved into her country house to recuperate. Her best friend, Stephanie, has come to join her for the summer. Lane's mother, Diane, has recently arrived with her husband Lloyd, Lane's stepfather. Lane is close to two neighbors: Peter, and Howard. Howard is in love with Lane, Lane is in love with Peter, and Peter is in love with Stephanie.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Sybil Constable
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Title: George Washington
Character: Mary Ball Washington
Released: April 8, 1984
Type: TV
This 1984 miniseries chronicles the life of George Washington, the 1st President of the United States, from age 11 to age 51. Based on the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
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Title: Kate & Allie
Released: March 19, 1984
Type: TV
Kate & Allie is an American television situation comedy which ran from March 19, 1984, to May 22, 1989. Kate & Allie first aired on CBS as a midseason replacement series and only six episodes were initially commissioned, but the favorable response from critics and viewers alike easily convinced CBS to commit to a full season in the fall of 1984. The series was created by Sherry Coben.
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The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
Title: The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
Character: Gladys
Released: February 9, 1983
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of May Lemke. Her adopted son Leslie was born with cerebral palsy. May teaches him basic survival skills through the years. In his teens, he suddenly manifests an ability to play classical music on the piano.
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The Hand
Title: The Hand
Character: Karen Wagner
Released: April 24, 1981
Type: Movie
Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
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Mr. Griffin and Me
Title: Mr. Griffin and Me
Character: Jane Barlow
Released: January 9, 1981
Type: Movie
Kenneth Griffin, a Hollywood director, hasn't seen his wife in 24 years since he stole paintings from her and went into hiding.
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Title: Magnum, P.I.
Character: Marion Danforth
Released: December 11, 1980
Type: TV
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.
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The Attic
Title: The Attic
Character: Mrs. Perkins
Released: October 1, 1980
Type: Movie
A librarian devotes her life to caring for her wheelchair-bound tyrannical father after being stood up at altar. She fantasizes his death and finds joy only with her pet monkey. When the monkey disappears, a shocking past is revealed.
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Before and After
Title: Before and After
Character: Helen
Released: October 5, 1979
Type: Movie
Patty Duke loses weight and discovers her husband has been cheating on her.
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Julia
Title: Julia
Character: Dorothy Parker
Released: October 1, 1977
Type: Movie
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
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Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Title: Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Character: Sara Delano 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: Quincy, M.E.
Released: October 3, 1976
Type: TV
Quincy, M.E. is an American television series from Universal Studios pert in several of the later episodes.
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Title: Eleanor and Franklin
Character: Sara Delano Roosevelt
Released: January 11, 1976
Type: TV
The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, from early youth to his election as President of the United States, as told from Eleanor's point of view.
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The Lady's Not for Burning
Title: The Lady's Not for Burning
Character: Margaret Devize
Released: November 18, 1974
Type: Movie
A war-weary soldier who wants to die tries to convince a zealous cleric to accuse him of witchcraft and hang him instead of a beautiful condemned woman already accused of witchcraft who wants to live.
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Title: Lucas Tanner
Character: Margaret Blumenthal
Released: September 11, 1974
Type: TV
Lucas Tanner is an NBC television drama that aired during the 1974-75 season. The title character, played by David Hartman, was a former baseball player and sportswriter who becomes an English teacher at the fictional Harry S Truman High School in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Episodes often deal with the resistance of traditional teachers to Tanner's unorthodox teaching style. Regular co-stars included Rosemary Murphy, Kimberly Beck, and ten-year-old Robbie Rist. Unusually, the show was actually filmed in Webster Groves, rather than on a Hollywood backlot. That gave it a somewhat unusual "look" for a prime-time TV series. A 90-minute pilot film of the series aired on NBC the week of May 4, 1974; the pilot also starred Kathleen Quinlan and Joe Garagiola. This series was Hartman's last television series as an actor—in November 1975, he began a long-running stint as co-host of ABC's Good Morning America.
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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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Lucas Tanner
Title: Lucas Tanner
Character: Margaret Blumenthal
Released: May 8, 1974
Type: Movie
A high school teacher's career is threatened because of a student's death when the rumor is spread that his negligence killed the boy. This pilot film led to a short-lived series later the same year.
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A Case of Rape
Title: A Case of Rape
Character: Muriel Dyer
Released: February 20, 1974
Type: Movie
When she was raped, Ellen thought it was the worst thing to ever happen to her. What was worse, was the treatment by the hospital staff, police and the court system, when she reported it, and the man was caught.
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40 Carats
Title: 40 Carats
Character: Mrs. Latham
Released: June 28, 1973
Type: Movie
After an overnight fling with a man nearly 20 years her junior while vacationing in Greece, Ann Stanley returns to New York assuming she'll never see Peter Latham again. Until, that is, he shows up on her doorstep to take her daughter to a party. Despite her yearning for Peter and the encouragement of her friends and family, Ann initially rebuffs him when he pursues her, but slowly she yields to his charm and her own stifled emotions.
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Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Title: Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Character: Hannah
Released: March 31, 1973
Type: Movie
The story of Ace Eli Walford, a 1920s stunt flyer who barnstorms around the country, taking his eleven-year-old son Rodger with him as he goes from town to town. The place is rural Kansas, and the time is midsummer in the early nineteen-twenties, not long after World War I. Eli (Cliff Robertson), a barn storming pilot who has the emotional make-up of an 11-year-old, and Rodger (Eric Shea), his 11-year-old son who possesses the wisdom of the ancients, set off to see the world, which means flying all the way to San Willow. To Eli, San Willow seems to be as fabled as Xanadu and quite as remote. In essence, "Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies" is about the adventures of Rodger and Eli getting from nowhere to nowhere. Eli, a killer with the ladies at first, always leaves them unsatisfied. He seems to have a sex problem. Rodger spends a lot of his time getting his dad out of scrapes. He also drinks, smokes and goes to sleep at night crying for his deceased mom.
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Walking Tall
Title: Walking Tall
Character: Callie Hacker
Released: February 22, 1973
Type: Movie
Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles with county-wide corruption and moonshining thugs.
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You'll Like My Mother
Title: You'll Like My Mother
Character: Mrs. Kinsolving
Released: October 13, 1972
Type: Movie
Francesca, a pregnant Los Angeles widow, journeys to her late husband's Minnesota hometown to finally meet his mother and family. After being met with icy acceptance from her mother-in-law, then getting stranded with her in a blizzard, Francesca begins to discover terrifying secrets about her husband's family.
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Title: The Streets of San Francisco
Released: September 23, 1972
Type: TV
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.
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Title: Banyon
Released: September 15, 1972
Type: TV
The adventures of 1930's Los Angeles private eye Miles Banyon.
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A Fan's Notes
Title: A Fan's Notes
Character: Moms
Released: July 2, 1972
Type: Movie
A writer has a mental breakdown, unable to deal with the society around him.
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Ben
Title: Ben
Character: Beth Garrison
Released: June 23, 1972
Type: Movie
A lonely boy becomes good friends with Ben, a rat. This rat is also the leader of a pack of vicious killer rats, killing lots of people.
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Title: Columbo
Character: Margaret Halperin
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: TV
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
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Title: Cannon
Released: September 14, 1971
Type: TV
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones. Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.
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Title: Medical Center
Released: September 24, 1969
Type: TV
Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.
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Title: CBS Playhouse
Released: December 8, 1966
Type: TV
CBS Playhouse is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1970. Airing twelve plays over the course of its run, the series was nominated for a number of awards and featured many noteworthy actors and playwrights.
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Any Wednesday
Title: Any Wednesday
Character: Dorothy Cleves
Released: October 13, 1966
Type: Movie
Ellen Gordon, a New York executive's mistress falls for the executive's young business associate when the young man is accidentally sent to use the apartment where the executive and his mistress get together every Wednesday. More complications arise when the executive's wife shows up with plans to redecorate the apartment.
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Title: Run for Your Life
Character: Mary Herrick
Released: September 13, 1965
Type: TV
Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short time to live. It ran on NBC from 1965 to 1968. The series was created by Roy Huggins, who had previously explored the "man on the move" concept with The Fugitive.
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Title: Another World
Released: May 4, 1964
Type: TV
Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC for 35 years from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. Set in the fictional town of Bay City, the show in its early years opens with announcer Bill Wolff intoning its epigram, “We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds,” which Phillips said represented the difference between “the world of events we live in, and the world of feelings and dreams that we strive for.” Another World focused less on the conventional drama of domestic life as seen in other soap operas, and more on exotic melodrama between families of different classes and philosophies.
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Title: The Fugitive
Character: Mrs. Turney
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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To Kill a Mockingbird
Title: To Kill a Mockingbird
Character: Maudie Atkinson
Released: December 20, 1962
Type: Movie
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
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Title: The Virginian
Character: Pearl Dodd Krause
Released: September 19, 1962
Type: TV
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.
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Title: Ben Casey
Released: October 2, 1961
Type: TV
Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff was a medical consultant for the show and may have influenced the personality of the title character.
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The Young Doctors
Title: The Young Doctors
Character: Miss Graves
Released: August 23, 1961
Type: Movie
An aging doctor's resentment of his young assistant could lead to tragedy.
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Title: Thriller
Character: Lavinia Sills / Alice Quimby
Released: September 13, 1960
Type: TV
Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of self-contained, macabre weird-horror and morbid, hitchockian crime stories, in some of which he also starred.
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Title: One Step Beyond
Character: Ellie Pelston
Released: January 20, 1959
Type: TV
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.
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Title: Naked City
Character: Lillian (uncredited)
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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That Night!
Title: That Night!
Character: Nurse 'Chorny' Chornis
Released: August 22, 1957
Type: Movie
When a driven business man suffers a series of heart attacks, he and his family must reassess their values.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Oakland Operator
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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Title: Robert Montgomery Presents
Released: January 30, 1950
Type: TV
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.
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Title: Robert Montgomery Presents
Character: Miss Milford
Released: January 30, 1950
Type: TV
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.
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Title: Robert Montgomery Presents
Character: Nurse Chorness
Released: January 30, 1950
Type: TV
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.
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The Last Illusion
Title: The Last Illusion
Character: Mary
Released: April 19, 1949
Type: Movie
Professor Mauthner, after many years of exile (having emigrated in 1933 to the USA), returns to Germany in 1948. He can in fact return to his teaching post, but the rejection and petty intrigues of his reactionary colleagues and students make his work almost unbearable.