Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates

Born: June 28, 1948
in Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress and director. She has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards.

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she studied theatre at the Southern Methodist University before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career. She landed minor stage roles before being cast in her first on screen role in Taking Off (1971). Her first Off-Broadway stage performance was in the 1976 production of Vanities. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, she continued to perform on screen and on stage, and garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play in 1983 for her performance in 'night, Mother, and won an Obie Award in 1988 for her performance in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.

Bates' performance as Annie Wilkes in the tense psychological thriller Misery (1990) marked her Hollywood breakthrough, winning her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Further acclaim came for her starring role in Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Waterboy (1998), and supporting roles in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and Titanic (1997). Bates received subsequent Oscar nods in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work in Primary Colors (1998), About Schmidt (2002), and Richard Jewell (2019).

Bates' television work has resulted in 14 Emmy Award nominations, including two for her leading role on the NBC series Harry's Law (2011–12). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearance on the ninth season of Two and a Half Men (2012) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her portrayal of Delphine LaLaurie on the third season of American Horror Story (2013). She also received accolades for her portrayal of Miss Hannigan in the 1999 television adaptation of Annie. Her directing credits include several episodes of the HBO television series Six Feet Under (2001–03) and the television film Ambulance Girl (2005).

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Movies for Kathy Bates...

A Family Affair
Title: A Family Affair
Released: June 28, 2024
Type: Movie
A surprising romance results in major consequences for a young woman, her mother and her movie star boss.
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Summer Camp
Title: Summer Camp
Released: May 31, 2024
Type: Movie
Nora, Ginny and Mary have been best friends since childhood, spending their summers together inseparably at sleepaway camp. As the years have passed, they’ve seen each other less and less, so when the chance to reunite for a summer camp reunion arises, they all take it, some begrudgingly and others, excitedly. Each of their lives might not be where they’d imagined, but one thing is for sure — Nora, Ginny, and Mary need each other, and summer camp reminds them why.
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Titanic: Stories From the Heart
Title: Titanic: Stories From the Heart
Character: Self (archive footage) / Molly Brown
Released: December 5, 2023
Type: Movie
Director James Cameron, producer Jon Landau and star Kate Winslet share memories and favorite moments, and recount the challenges of making the greatest love story of all time. Go back in time with never seen before film clips, photos and behind-the-scenes moments.
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The Miracle Club
Title: The Miracle Club
Character: Eileen Dunne
Released: July 14, 2023
Type: Movie
Three close friends who have never left the outskirts of Dublin (much less Ireland) get the journey of a lifetime — a visit to Lourdes, the picturesque French town and place of miracles.
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Title: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Character: Sylvia Simon
Released: March 29, 2023
Type: Movie
When her family moves from New York City to New Jersey, an 11-year-old girl navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.
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Home
Title: Home
Character: Bernadette
Released: July 29, 2021
Type: Movie
An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.
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Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony
Title: Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 26, 2021
Type: Movie
Hopkins’ career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that he gave throughout his life, allowing us to put him back into the context of each period and will be helpful in understanding his role in the history of cinema, because he was far from following the trends. He never belonged to any film movement; he is a chameleon that has always preferred natural acting, ‘non-acting’ when method acting was the fashion.
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Richard Jewell
Title: Richard Jewell
Character: Bobi Jewell
Released: December 13, 2019
Type: Movie
Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.
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The Highwaymen
Title: The Highwaymen
Character: Ma Ferguson
Released: March 15, 2019
Type: Movie
In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a notorious duo of infamous robbers and cold-blooded killers who nevertheless are worshiped by the public.
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The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Title: The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Character: Barbara Haggermaker
Released: March 13, 2019
Type: Movie
A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.
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On the Basis of Sex
Title: On the Basis of Sex
Character: Dorothy Kenyon
Released: December 25, 2018
Type: Movie
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.
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Krystal
Title: Krystal
Character: Vera
Released: April 13, 2018
Type: Movie
A young man living a sheltered life develops a crush on a stripper and joins her Alcoholics Anonymous group just so he can be in the same room with her.
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Title: Disjointed
Character: Ruth
Released: August 25, 2017
Type: TV
Pot activist Ruth Whitefeather Feldman runs a medical marijuana dispensary while encouraging her loyal patients to chill out and enjoy the high life.
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Title: FEUD
Character: Joan Blondell
Released: March 5, 2017
Type: TV
Anthology series of famous feuds with the first season based on the legendary rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford which began early on their careers, climaxed on the set of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" and evolved into an Oscar vendetta.
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Bad Santa 2
Title: Bad Santa 2
Character: Sunny Soke
Released: November 23, 2016
Type: Movie
Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie Soke teams up with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is chubby and cheery Thurman Merman, a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie's sliver of humanity. Issues arise when the pair are joined by Willie's horror story of a mother, who raises the bar for the gang's ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior.
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Complete Unknown
Title: Complete Unknown
Character: Nina
Released: August 26, 2016
Type: Movie
Tom’s birthday dinner party is turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Alice, an old flame who changed her identity and vanished without a trace 15 years prior.
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Title: Chelsea
Character: Self
Released: May 11, 2016
Type: TV
It's not her first talk show, but it is a first of its kind. Ideas, people and places that fascinate her, all in her unique style.
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The Boss
Title: The Boss
Character: Ida Marquette
Released: April 7, 2016
Type: Movie
A titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.
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The Great Gilly Hopkins
Title: The Great Gilly Hopkins
Character: Maime Trotter
Released: October 5, 2015
Type: Movie
Wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year-old Gilly is well known in the foster system. Totally unmanageable, she has stayed with more families than she can remember and has outwitted them all. After all, how can she settle down when her real mother, the beautiful and glamourous Courtney, might be out there waiting for her? When Gilly is sent to live with the Trotters, the weirdest family yet, she isn’t planning to stick around. But cheerful, affectionate Maime Trotter isn’t giving up on Gilly just yet...
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Title: Lip Sync Battle
Character: Self
Released: April 2, 2015
Type: TV
Each episode features two A-list celebrities like you've never seen them before - syncing their hearts out in hysterically epic performances. Hosted by LL Cool J with colorful commentary by social media maven and supermodel co-host, Chrissy Teigen. The mic is off, the battle is on!
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Boychoir
Title: Boychoir
Character: Headmistress
Released: September 4, 2014
Type: Movie
A troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas town, ends up at a Boy Choir school after the death of his single mother. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a battle of wills with a demanding Choir Master who recognises a unique talent in this young boy as he pushes him to discover his creative heart and soul in music.
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Tammy
Title: Tammy
Character: Lenore
Released: July 2, 2014
Type: Movie
For Tammy, a burger-joint employee, a bad day keeps getting worse. She wrecks her car, loses her job and finds that her husband has been unfaithful. It's time for Tammy to hit the road, but without money or transportation, her options are limited. Her only choice is a road trip with her hard-drinking grandmother, Pearl, who has a car, cash and an itch to see Niagara Falls. It's not the escape Tammy had in mind, but it may be what she needs.
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Title: And the Oscar Goes To...
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
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Cadaver
Title: Cadaver
Character: Beth
Released: November 26, 2012
Type: Movie
A cadaver wakes up to say a last goodbye to his wife, but discovers a truth in death that he didn't know in life.
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Reflections on Titanic
Title: Reflections on Titanic
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 2012
Type: Movie
An enthralling and fast-paced four-part documentary feature that covers the making of one of the last major Hollywood epics; Titanic. Cast and crew speak on setting the sinking of the ship against a classic romance. The feature also examines casting and the young couple headlining the film, DiCaprio's and Winslet's on-set friendship and their differing acting styles, the expansive sets and filming locations, the authenticity of the recreated ship, James Cameron's work and dedication, and budgeting. And many more aspects of the film are overviewed.
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Title: American Horror Story
Character: Ethel Darling
Released: October 5, 2011
Type: TV
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
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Title: American Horror Story
Character: Iris
Released: October 5, 2011
Type: TV
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
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Title: American Horror Story
Character: Agnes Mary Winstead / Thomasin 'The Butcher' White
Released: October 5, 2011
Type: TV
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
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Title: American Horror Story
Character: Delphine LaLaurie
Released: October 5, 2011
Type: TV
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
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Title: American Horror Story
Character: Miriam Mead / Delphine LaLaurie
Released: October 5, 2011
Type: TV
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
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Midnight in Paris
Title: Midnight in Paris
Character: Gertrude Stein
Released: May 11, 2011
Type: Movie
A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.
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You May Not Kiss the Bride
Title: You May Not Kiss the Bride
Character: Bryan's Mother
Released: April 3, 2011
Type: Movie
Bryan, an unassuming pet photographer has action and adventure thrust upon him when he is forced to wed Masha, a Croatian crime lord's daughter, and she is subsequently kidnapped while on their honeymoon in a tropical paradise.
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A Little Bit of Heaven
Title: A Little Bit of Heaven
Character: Beverly Corbett
Released: February 3, 2011
Type: Movie
A guarded woman finds out she's dying of cancer but, when she meets her match, the threat of falling in love is scarier than death.
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Title: Harry's Law
Character: Harriet Harry
Released: January 17, 2011
Type: TV
Harriet, Matthew and Malcolm couldn't be any more different, but when they cross paths, they realize they're all looking for a fresh start. The most unlikely of people are starting a law practice in the most unlikely of places -- a rundown shoe store.
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Title: Mike & Molly
Character: Kay
Released: September 20, 2010
Type: TV
A comedy about a working class Chicago couple who find love at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting.
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Valentine's Day
Title: Valentine's Day
Character: Susan Milton
Released: February 10, 2010
Type: Movie
More than a dozen Angelenos navigate Valentine's Day from early morning until midnight. Three couples awake together, but each relationship will sputter. A grade-school boy wants flowers for his first true love. Two high school seniors plan first-time sex at noon. A TV sports reporter gets the assignment to find romance in LA. A star quarterback contemplates his future. Two strangers meet on a plane. Grandparents, together for years, face a crisis. An 'I Hate Valentine's Day' dinner beckons the lonely and the lied to.
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Title: Alice
Character: Queen of Hearts
Released: December 6, 2009
Type: TV
Alice Hamilton, a fiercely independent twenty-something, watches as her lover Jack Chase is kidnapped and driven into darkness. Desperate to find Jack, Alice puts her trust in a stranger who calls himself White Rabbit and suddenly finds herself on the other side of a looking glass.
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The Blind Side
Title: The Blind Side
Character: Miss Sue
Released: November 20, 2009
Type: Movie
The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
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Chéri
Title: Chéri
Character: Madame Peloux
Released: April 8, 2009
Type: Movie
The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
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Personal Effects
Title: Personal Effects
Character: Gloria
Released: March 5, 2009
Type: Movie
Walter is a rising star in the NCAA wrestling world until his life is ripped apart by the brutal murder of his sister. Returning home to console his mother Gloria he seeks vengeance on the man who is accused of the crime. A chance meeting with a beautiful mature woman gives him solace to the situation. Will this unlikely pairing bloom into a romance and heal a wound the world cannot see or will the loss of his sister push him over the edge?
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Revolutionary Road
Title: Revolutionary Road
Character: Mrs. Givings
Released: December 19, 2008
Type: Movie
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
Title: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Character: Regina Jackson
Released: December 10, 2008
Type: Movie
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.
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Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Title: Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Character: Charlotte Cartwright
Released: September 12, 2008
Type: Movie
Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright and her dear friend Alice Pratt, a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout several decades. Recently, their lives have become mired in turmoil as their adult children’s extramarital affairs, unethical business practices, and a dark secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Charlotte and Alice decide to take a breather from it all by making a cross-country road trip in which they rediscover themselves and possibly find a way to save their families from ruin.
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Title: Stand Up to Cancer
Character: Self
Released: September 5, 2008
Type: TV
A biennial charitable telethon bringing together all the networks and the biggest stars in entertainment, for one night of music, laughter, and inspiration. The aim is to raise significant funds for translational cancer research, raise awareness, and bring about an understanding that everyone is connected to cancer.
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The Golden Compass
Title: The Golden Compass
Character: Hester (voice)
Released: December 4, 2007
Type: Movie
After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.
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P.S. I Love You
Title: P.S. I Love You
Character: Patricia
Released: November 15, 2007
Type: Movie
A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
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Fred Claus
Title: Fred Claus
Character: Mother Claus
Released: November 9, 2007
Type: Movie
Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes overshadows him. When an efficiency expert assesses the workings at the North Pole and threatens to shut Santa down, Fred must help his brother to save Christmas.
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Bee Movie
Title: Bee Movie
Character: Janet Benson (voice)
Released: October 28, 2007
Type: Movie
Barry B. Benson, a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue us.
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Christmas Is Here Again
Title: Christmas Is Here Again
Character: Miss Dowdy (voice)
Released: October 20, 2007
Type: Movie
When the evil Krad steals Santa's toy bag, he crushes the holiday spirit- and over time, the world's children forget all about Christmas. Now, a wide-eyed orphan and her band of friends will embark on the polar adventure of a lifetime, as they try to stop Krad from destroying Christmas once and for all!
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Title: The Big Bang Theory
Character: Mrs. Fowler
Released: September 24, 2007
Type: TV
Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves in next door.
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Charlotte's Web
Title: Charlotte's Web
Character: Bitsy the Cow (voice)
Released: December 7, 2006
Type: Movie
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
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Bonneville
Title: Bonneville
Character: Margene Cunningham
Released: September 11, 2006
Type: Movie
Faced with the decision of a lifetime, Arvilla Holden enlists her two best friends and sets off in a vintage '66 Bonneville convertible to deliver her late husband's ashes to Santa Barbara.
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Relative Strangers
Title: Relative Strangers
Character: Agnes Menure
Released: May 1, 2006
Type: Movie
An uptight professional meets his lower-class biological parents for the first time.
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Failure to Launch
Title: Failure to Launch
Character: Sue
Released: March 10, 2006
Type: Movie
Tripp, an attractive man in his thirties, is still living with his parents Al and Sue. Tripp's best friends Demo and Ace are also still living in their parents' homes and seem proud of it. Al and Sue are not happy, however, and are fascinated when friends whose adult son has recently moved away from home reveal they hired an expert to arrange the matter and couldn't be happier with the result.
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Guilty Hearts
Title: Guilty Hearts
Character: The Judge
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Over the course of this drama's six separate stories, a variety of couples struggle with the infidelity, dishonesty and heartbreak that plagues their varied pasts. In overcoming their challenges, these diverse individuals embrace a brighter future.
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Rumor Has It...
Title: Rumor Has It...
Character: Aunt Mitsy (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 2005
Type: Movie
Sarah Huttinger's return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club lifestyle of her family isn't for her – and that maybe the Huttinger family isn't even hers – as she uncovers secrets that suggest the Huttingers are neither sedate nor proper.
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Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
Title: Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
Character: Herself
Released: October 25, 2005
Type: Movie
A eulogy for the groundbreaking HBO series.
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Ambulance Girl
Title: Ambulance Girl
Character: Jane Stern
Released: September 12, 2005
Type: Movie
The story revolves around former food writer, Jane Stern, and how she conquered clinical depression after becoming a paramedic.
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Warm Springs
Title: Warm Springs
Character: Helena Mahoney
Released: April 30, 2005
Type: Movie
Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.
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Title: The Office
Character: Jo Bennett
Released: March 24, 2005
Type: TV
The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
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Title: American Dad!
Character: D.O. Rothy (voice)
Released: February 6, 2005
Type: TV
The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."
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Hansel and Gretel
Title: Hansel and Gretel
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
The classic story of a woodcutter's two lost children, who find a house in the forest made of sweets and candy that belongs to a hungry witch.
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Title: The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Character: The Marquesa
Released: December 22, 2004
Type: Movie
The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel, first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. It tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope-fiber suspension bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. A friar who has witnessed the tragic accident then goes about inquiring into the lives of the victims, seeking some sort of cosmic answer to the question of why each had to die.
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Title: The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 12, 2004
Type: Movie
Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.
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Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
Title: Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
Character: Siren / Sea Hag (voice)
Released: September 24, 2004
Type: Movie
Popeye, Olive and Bluto head out to find Popeye's long lost Pappy.
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Little Black Book
Title: Little Black Book
Character: Kippie Kann
Released: August 6, 2004
Type: Movie
Determined to learn about her boyfriend's past relationships, Stacy -- who works for a talk show -- becomes a bona fide snoop. With her colleague, Barb, Stacy gets the names of Derek's ex-lovers and interviews them, supposedly for an upcoming show. But what she learns only adds to her confusion, and her plans begin to unravel when she befriends one of the women.
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Around the World in 80 Days
Title: Around the World in 80 Days
Character: Queen Victoria
Released: June 16, 2004
Type: Movie
A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.
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Title: Two and a Half Men
Character: Charlie Harper
Released: September 22, 2003
Type: TV
A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.
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Declaration of Independence
Title: Declaration of Independence
Character: Self
Released: June 10, 2003
Type: Movie
Famous actors and actresses read the declaration of independence of the USA.
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Misery Loves Company
Title: Misery Loves Company
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
A documentary presenting the behind the scenes of Rob Reiner's classic "Misery", with Reiner himself, Kathy Bates, James Caan, Frances Sternhagen, writer William Goldman, Barry Sonnenfeld (the film's cinematographer) presenting their views on the film years later of its release and the impact "Misery" had in their professional lives.
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Love Liza
Title: Love Liza
Character: Mary Ann Bankhead
Released: December 30, 2002
Type: Movie
Following the unexplained suicide of his wife Liza, website designer Wilson Joel turns to huffing gasoline fumes and remote control gaming while avoiding an inevitable conflict with his mother-in-law.
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About Schmidt
Title: About Schmidt
Character: Roberta Hertzel
Released: December 12, 2002
Type: Movie
A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
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Unconditional Love
Title: Unconditional Love
Character: Grace Beasley
Released: August 23, 2002
Type: Movie
After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the lover of the dead pop star, and convinces him to come back to Chicago with her to figure out who killed the singer.
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Dragonfly
Title: Dragonfly
Character: Mrs. Belmont
Released: February 22, 2002
Type: Movie
A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patient's near death experiences.
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My Sister's Keeper
Title: My Sister's Keeper
Character: Christine Chapman
Released: January 27, 2002
Type: Movie
Two sisters take a journey of discovery and reconciliation based on the memoirs of Margaret Moorman. Christine has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and must rely on others for support even though she longs for and independent and ordinary life. When her mother dies, her sister Judy becomes responsible for her care. The two are left to face the struggles of finding common ground.
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Rat Race
Title: Rat Race
Character: The Squirrel Lady (uncredited)
Released: August 17, 2001
Type: Movie
In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for $2 million jammed into a locker hundreds of miles away. The tycoon and his wealthy friends monitor each racer's every move to keep track of their favorites. The only rule in this race is that there are no rules.
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American Outlaws
Title: American Outlaws
Character: Ma James
Released: August 17, 2001
Type: Movie
When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what is rightfully theirs. They will become the object of the biggest manhunt in the history of the Old West and, as their fame grows, so will the legend of their leader, a young outlaw by the name of Jesse James.
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Title: Six Feet Under
Character: Bettina
Released: June 3, 2001
Type: TV
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.
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Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
Title: Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
Character: Frances Marion (voice)
Released: August 3, 2000
Type: Movie
From 1915-1939, Frances Marion was one of the most powerful talents in the movie industry. In one of the most liberating eras for women in film, she wrote more than 200 movies and was the world's highest paid screenwriter - man or woman. Kathy Bates gives voice to Marion's words from her letters, diaries, and memoirs. Includes commentary by silent film historian Kevin Brownlow, critic Leonard Maltin, and Marion's celebrated biographer Cari Beauchamp. Current women filmmakers reflect on the legacy left to them by Marion and the pioneering women of early Hollywood.
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Bruno
Title: Bruno
Character: Mother Superior
Released: April 16, 2000
Type: Movie
The story of a unique young boy genius, Bruno, whose expression of his own individuality leads his family and community along an emotional journey.
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Annie
Title: Annie
Character: Miss Agatha Hannigan
Released: November 7, 1999
Type: Movie
Things seem pretty bad for a young girl living a "hard-knock life" in an orphanage. Fed up with the dastardly Miss Hannigan, Annie escapes the run-down orphanage determined to find her mom and dad. It's an adventure that takes her from the cold, mean streets of New York to the warm, comforting arms of bighearted billionaire Oliver Warbucks - with plenty of mischief and music in between.
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Baby Steps
Title: Baby Steps
Character: Mrs. Mellon
Released: June 26, 1999
Type: Movie
Baby Steps depicts the encounter of a single gay school teacher with a midwestern adoption agent.
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A Civil Action
Title: A Civil Action
Character: Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1998
Type: Movie
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.
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The Waterboy
Title: The Waterboy
Character: Mama Boucher
Released: November 6, 1998
Type: Movie
Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
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The Effects of Magic
Title: The Effects of Magic
Released: September 28, 1998
Type: Movie
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Primary Colors
Title: Primary Colors
Character: Libby Holden
Released: March 20, 1998
Type: Movie
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.
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Swept from the Sea
Title: Swept from the Sea
Character: Miss Swaffer
Released: January 23, 1998
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and romance between Yanko and Amy follows.
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Titanic
Title: Titanic
Character: Molly Brown
Released: November 18, 1997
Type: Movie
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Title: King of the Hill
Character: Patrol Officer Jane Cooper (voice)
Released: January 12, 1997
Type: TV
Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident substitute Spanish teacher wife Peggy, wannabe comedian son Bobby, and naive niece Luanne. Hank has conservative views about God, family, and country, but his values and ethics are often challenged by the situations he, his family, and his beer-drinking neighbors/buddies find themselves in.
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The War at Home
Title: The War at Home
Character: Maurine Collier
Released: November 20, 1996
Type: Movie
Jeremy Collier is a Vietnam veteran who has returned home and is struggling to cope with the war experiences that haunt him. He is also at odds with his family, who cannot begin to understand what he has been through. Jeremy's battles with his family finally spiral out of control on Thanksgiving Day, when a bitter secret is revealed
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Title: The Daily Show
Character: Self
Released: July 22, 1996
Type: TV
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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Diabolique
Title: Diabolique
Character: Det. Shirley Vogel
Released: March 22, 1996
Type: Movie
The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed scheme to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. The psychological strain starts to weigh on the two women when a retired police investigator begins looking into the man's disappearance on a whim.
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The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Title: The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Character: Self
Released: March 17, 1996
Type: Movie
A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons.
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The Late Shift
Title: The Late Shift
Character: Helen Kushnick
Released: February 24, 1996
Type: Movie
David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
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Title: 3rd Rock from the Sun
Character: Charlotte Everly
Released: January 9, 1996
Type: TV
3rd Rock from the Sun is an American sitcom that aired from 1996 to 2001 on NBC. The show is about four extraterrestrials who are on an expedition to Earth, which they consider to be a very insignificant planet. The extraterrestrials pose as a human family in order to observe the behavior of human beings.
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The West Side Waltz
Title: The West Side Waltz
Character: Mr. Goo
Released: November 23, 1995
Type: Movie
Margaret keeps her neighbours at a distance and avoids contact except with Cara. She enjoys her company just for making music since Cara plays the violin accompanying Margaret at the piano. Because of her arthritis she accepts the housemaid Robin who wants to become an actress. With this naive pretty girl her life gets suddently really exciting and she makes a lot of new friends.
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Angus
Title: Angus
Character: Meg Bethune
Released: September 15, 1995
Type: Movie
Angus is a large, pathetic 14-year-old whose thoughts are most often filled with the image of only one girl, Melissa Lefevre. Angus is shy and thinks that he has no chance of ever 'getting' her. Being especially uncool, he is incredibly surprised (along with the rest of the school) that he is chosen to dance with her at the Winter Ball. The only one not surprised is the cool kid who set him up to fail, but Angus' best friend is going to help him win the heart of Melissa by developing a new look for him
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Dolores Claiborne
Title: Dolores Claiborne
Character: Dolores Claiborne
Released: March 24, 1995
Type: Movie
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
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Curse of the Starving Class
Title: Curse of the Starving Class
Character: Ella Tate
Released: September 13, 1994
Type: Movie
Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Drama about a dirt-poor 1950's-era farm family. Dad's a foul talking drunk and Mom is desperately trying to save what's left of their family life.
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Title: Inside the Actors Studio
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 1994
Type: TV
James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.
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North
Title: North
Character: Alaskan Mom
Released: July 22, 1994
Type: Movie
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus North starts off on a journey around the world to find parents that really care about him.
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Title: The Stand
Character: Rae Flowers
Released: May 8, 1994
Type: TV
After a deadly plague kills most of the world’s population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a maleficent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.
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Tupperware!
Title: Tupperware!
Character: Narrator
Released: February 9, 1994
Type: Movie
The remarkable story of Earl Silas Tupper, an ambitious but reclusive small-town inventor, and Brownie Wise, the self-taught sales-woman who built him an empire out of bowls that burped. Brownie was an intuitive marketing genius who trained a small army of Tupperware Ladies to put on Tupperware parties in living rooms across America in the 1950s. She rewarded her sales force with minks and modern appliances at extravagant annual jubilees which the company filmed. her saleswomen earned thousands, even millions, selling Tupperware. And the experience changed their lives.
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A Home of Our Own
Title: A Home of Our Own
Character: Frances Lacey
Released: November 5, 1993
Type: Movie
In 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. They leave L.A. and head for the countryside, all the while facing numerous difficulties and obstacles during their journey.
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Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Title: Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Character: Lunar Mom
Released: January 30, 1993
Type: Movie
Life in space. Beam-ins. Intergalactic war. What about getting a driver's license or doing the laundry? This one-hour special features dozens of space professionals---from astronauts and life systems engineers to space suit designers, interior decorators and the "Lunar Lettuce Man." A moving story concerning Jaime Escalante and one of his students (Raymond Cruz) is interwoven with imaginative vignettes that explore the humor and drama of day-to-day life away from Earth. A documentary AND fantasy. Shot on video and on film. Guest stars include Kathy Bates, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Pat Morita, Esai Morales, and Billy Bob Thornton.
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Used People
Title: Used People
Character: Bibby Berman
Released: December 16, 1992
Type: Movie
At her husband's funeral, Pearl, Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. For 23 years he, now a widower, has secretly loved Pearl...
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Hostages
Title: Hostages
Character: Peggy Say
Released: September 23, 1992
Type: Movie
True account of the six men held hostage by religious extremists in Beirut during the Reagan-Bush era.
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Prelude to a Kiss
Title: Prelude to a Kiss
Character: Leah Blier
Released: July 10, 1992
Type: Movie
A couple fall in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook. As they struggle to come to terms with their relationship, something supernatural happens that tests it.
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Title: Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Character: Narrator (Voice)
Released: April 21, 1992
Type: TV
Actress Shelley Duvall presents charming animated versions of some of the most beloved children's stories in this superb Emmy-nominated collection featuring 26 tales narrated by famous actors and musicians. The stories by Mercer Mayer, Virginia Lee Burton, Marilyn Sadler and others are voiced by Bette Midler, James Earl Jones, Morgan Freeman, Candice Bergen, Ringo Starr, Michael J. Fox, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Billy Crystal, Kathy Bates and many more.
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Fried Green Tomatoes
Title: Fried Green Tomatoes
Character: Evelyn Couch
Released: December 27, 1991
Type: Movie
Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.
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At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Title: At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Character: Hazel Quarrier
Released: December 6, 1991
Type: Movie
Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, before the natives murdered them all. They are sent by the pompous Leslie Huben, who runs the missionary effort in the area but who seems more concerned about competing with his Catholic 'rivals' than in the Indians themselves. Hazel is terrified of the Indians while Martin is fascinated. Soon American pilot Lewis Moon joins the Indian tribe but is attracted by Leslie's young wife, Andy. Can the interaction of these characters and cultures, and the advancing bulldozers of civilization, avoid disaster?
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Shadows and Fog
Title: Shadows and Fog
Character: Prostitute
Released: December 5, 1991
Type: Movie
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
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The Road to Mecca
Title: The Road to Mecca
Character: Elsa Barlow
Released: March 10, 1991
Type: Movie
An eldery lady, living in (litterally) the middle if nowhere, and fed up with small minded apartheid ideology starts escaping into her own world of sculpting in her own back yard and along with her (coloured) assistant Malgas, creates a world of wonder in the desert. A true story by playwrite Athol Fugard with great performances all round.
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Misery
Title: Misery
Character: Annie Wilkes
Released: November 30, 1990
Type: Movie
After stalking and saving the life of her favorite fiction author in a car accident, his manic obsessor holds him captive in her remote Colorado home then forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
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White Palace
Title: White Palace
Character: Rosemary
Released: October 19, 1990
Type: Movie
Max Baron is a Jewish advertising executive in his 20s who's still getting over the death of his wife. Nora Baker is a 40-something diner waitress who enjoys the wilder side of life. Mismatched or not, their attraction is instant and smoldering. With time, however, their class and age differences become an obstacle in their relationship, especially since Max can't keep Nora a secret from his Jewish friends and upper-crust associates forever.
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Dick Tracy
Title: Dick Tracy
Character: Mrs. Green
Released: April 5, 1990
Type: Movie
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
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Men Don't Leave
Title: Men Don't Leave
Character: Lisa Coleman
Released: February 2, 1990
Type: Movie
A widowed mother and her two sons move to Baltimore and struggle to adjust to urban life, encountering numerous eccentric characters along the way.
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No Place Like Home
Title: No Place Like Home
Character: Bonnie Cooper
Released: December 3, 1989
Type: Movie
A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is suddenly destroyed by fire. Daniel and his family moves in with his brother but that doesn't last for long due to the two families not getting along with each other. The family moves from rundown hotels to homeless shelters as Daniel searches work as a electrician while his wife takes waitress jobs to try to make ends meet.
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High Stakes
Title: High Stakes
Character: Jill
Released: October 6, 1989
Type: Movie
A New York hooker tries to keep her daughter out of the clutches of the mobsters she works for.
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Roe vs. Wade
Title: Roe vs. Wade
Character: Jessie
Released: May 15, 1989
Type: Movie
Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.
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Signs of Life
Title: Signs of Life
Character: Mary Beth Alder
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
The closing of a small shipbuilder in New England places stresses on the people involved.
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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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Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Title: Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Character: Mrs. Canby
Released: July 8, 1988
Type: Movie
Arthur loses his fortune for staying with Linda, right as the two were preparing to adopt a child. As their marriage suffers, Arthur plans for a way to get his money back, but first he must sober up and get a real job.
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Title: China Beach
Released: April 26, 1988
Type: TV
Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach filled with wounded soldiers and one very lovely but damaged Army Nurse Colleen McMurphy. Many heroes, dead and alive, try to make sense of life and death in between bourbon, bullets and battles.
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My Best Friend Is a Vampire
Title: My Best Friend Is a Vampire
Character: Helen Blake
Released: October 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Shortly after high school student Jeremy Capello goes on a hot date, he finds he can't stand garlic or see his reflection in mirrors.
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Summer Heat
Title: Summer Heat
Character: Ruth
Released: May 29, 1987
Type: Movie
The young wife of a tobacco farmer falls in love with their handsome hired hand.
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Title: Murder Ordained
Character: Bobbi Birk
Released: May 3, 1987
Type: TV
Murder Ordained is a television miniseries which originally aired for CBS in 1987, starring Keith Carradine, JoBeth Williams, and Kathy Bates. The telefilm was directed and co-written by Mike Robe. Based on actual events that occurred in Emporia, Kansas in 1983, the film tells the story of trooper John Rule whose investigation into a fatal traffic accident involving a local minister's wife turns into a case of murder when it becomes apparent that the accident was no accident at all. Much of the principal photography and filming occurred on location in Kansas and some of the dialogue comes directly from court transcripts. The film was subsequently released on VHS and DVD. The cast also includes Terry Kinney, M. Emmet Walsh, John Goodman and Johnny Galecki. The miniseries was nominated for an Emmy Award.
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Murder Ordained
Title: Murder Ordained
Character: Bobbi Birk
Released: May 3, 1987
Type: Movie
This is the story of a minister who's feeling unhappy in his marriage who then has an affair with a church employee, who is also married, and who also has affairs, and whose husband is unwilling to divorce her. One day the minister's wife is found dead, in what appears to be an auto accident, but the highway patrolman who investigated the accident doesn't think that it's an accident but doesn't have enough evidence to justify an investigation. Later, when the woman's husband is killed an investigation begins.
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The Morning After
Title: The Morning After
Character: Woman on Mateo Street
Released: December 25, 1986
Type: Movie
Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex cannot totally rely on friends or her estranged husband, Joaquin, for assistance. Only a single ally, loner ex-policeman Turner Kendall, can help her escape her predicament and find the true killer.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Charlotte Haley
Released: September 15, 1986
Type: TV
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
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Johnny Bull
Title: Johnny Bull
Character: Katherine Kovacs
Released: May 19, 1986
Type: Movie
An English girl comes to America to join her American husband in a Pennsylvania coal town in the late 1950's. She faces the ire of her new mother-in-law, a former Hungarian with different ideas about the life and culture that her son should have.
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Two of a Kind
Title: Two of a Kind
Character: Furniture Man's Wife
Released: December 13, 1983
Type: Movie
God has had just about enough of the human's attitude so he will destroy the planet very soon. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank teller, both with very amateur criminal minds, to save the world.
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Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Title: Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Character: Stella Mae
Released: November 12, 1982
Type: Movie
On the 20th anniversary of his death, the members of a James Dean fanclub gather at a five-and-dime for a reunion.
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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: Cagney & Lacey
Released: March 25, 1982
Type: TV
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.
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Straight Time
Title: Straight Time
Character: Selma Darin
Released: March 18, 1978
Type: Movie
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
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Title: The Love Boat
Character: Sally Allison
Released: September 24, 1977
Type: TV
Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.
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Taking Off
Title: Taking Off
Character: Audition Singer
Released: March 28, 1971
Type: Movie
Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lynn Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Self
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.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Christine Chapman
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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Thelma
Title: Thelma
Character: Thelma
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Follows John Kennedy Toole's mother, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Confederacy of Dunces. Toole died by suicide before finding a home for his masterpiece, and his mother Thelma, made it her life's mission.
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Title: Matlock
Character: Madeline Matlock
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
After achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock rejoins the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within. Inspired by the classic television series of the same name.
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The Smack
Title: The Smack
Character: Babs
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Rowan Petty, a down-on-his-luck con man who gets an opportunity to make a real score. He teams up with Jade, a woman looking to escape her life just like him, and the pair make their way to L.A., where they get caught up in a dangerous scheme involving a multimillion-dollar score.