Karen Black

Karen Black

Born: July 1, 1939
Died: August 8, 2013
in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in various studio and independent films in the 1970s, frequently portraying eccentric and offbeat characters, and established herself as a figure of New Hollywood. Her career spanned over 50 years and includes nearly 200 credits in both independent and mainstream films. Black received numerous accolades throughout her career, including two Golden Globe Awards, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

A native of suburban Chicago, Black studied theater at Northwestern University before dropping out and relocating to New York City. She performed on Broadway in 1965 before making her major film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's You're a Big Boy Now (1966). Black relocated to California and was cast as an acid-tripping prostitute in Dennis Hopper's road film Easy Rider (1969). That led to a lead in the drama Five Easy Pieces (1970), in which she played a hopeless beautician, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. Black made her first major commercial picture with the disaster film Airport 1975 (1974), and her subsequent appearance as Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby (1974) won her a second Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.

Black starred as a glamorous country singer in Robert Altman's ensemble musical drama Nashville (1975), also writing and performing two songs for the soundtrack, which won a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack. Her portrayal of an aspiring actress in John Schlesinger's drama The Day of the Locust (also 1975) earned her a third Golden Globe nomination, this time for Best Actress. She subsequently took on four roles in Dan Curtis' anthology horror film Trilogy of Terror (1975), followed by Curtis's supernatural horror feature, Burnt Offerings (1976). The same year, she starred as a con artist in Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot.

In 1982, Black starred as a trans woman in the Robert Altman-directed Broadway debut of Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, a role she also reprised in Altman's subsequent film adaptation. She next starred in the comedy Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983), followed by Tobe Hooper's remake of Invaders from Mars (1986). For much of the late 1980s and 1990s, Black starred in a variety of arthouse, independent, and horror films, as well as writing her own screenplays. She had a leading role as a villainous mother in Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses (2003), which cemented her status as a cult horror icon. She continued to star in low-profile films throughout the early 2000s, as well as working as a playwright before her death from ampullary cancer in 2013.

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Movies for Karen Black...

Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts
Title: Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts
Released: October 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Drawing from a deep, red well of evil toy terror comes DEADLY DOLLS: DEEPEST CUTS, the second installment in FULL MOON'S BUNKER OF BLOOD, a gory new "Greatest Hits" film series featuring some of Full Moon's strangest and sickest sequences framed by an all new, all outrageous narrative! Once more, we follow the mind-bending adventures of a nameless drifter with an impossibly high pain tolerance.
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Bottomless Pit
Title: Bottomless Pit
Character: Karen Black
Released: October 21, 2015
Type: Movie
Iconic 70’s film star Karen Black passed away in August 2013. In February of that year, Karyn Rachtman introduced Ms. Black to Zach Hill. The two immediately hit it off. Zach had written a part for Karen for a film he was developing and gave her the pages for her scenes. Though she didn’t know how the scenes would fit into the final film, she readily agreed to read her character’s dialog on camera for Zach.
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Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Title: Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 25, 2015
Type: Movie
GOING CLEAR intimately profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.
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Wild in Blue
Title: Wild in Blue
Character: Justine
Released: May 5, 2014
Type: Movie
A story about a madman with a movie camera. He's a narcissist, nihilist, sexual sadist and killer of innocent women. His name is Charlie and WILD IN BLUE is his world: a place of evil, violence and perversion where only his camera tells the truth. He set out to make an honest film for you - no lies whatsoever - and after the madness and all the hate, you will love him.
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She Loves Me Not
Title: She Loves Me Not
Character: Karla
Released: June 9, 2013
Type: Movie
A reclusive novelist struggles to find romance and meaning in his life despite disastrous and comedic circumstances.
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Ooga Booga
Title: Ooga Booga
Character: Mrs. Allardyce
Released: March 12, 2013
Type: Movie
Revenge is served on a spear when dirty cops brutally murder Devin, an innocent African-American med student. Devin's soul is magically transferred into the body of an action figure named Ooga Booga. Armed only with his tribal weapon and the help of his old girlfriend, Donna, Ooga Booga takes to the streets and trailer parks to find the men who stole his bright future away from him. The bodies begin to pile up as Ooga Booga slices and dices his way through crooked cops, meth heads and demented city officials in order to clear his name.
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Dark Blood
Title: Dark Blood
Character: Motel Woman
Released: September 27, 2012
Type: Movie
Filmed in 1993 but never completed due to River Phoenix's death, Dark Blood tells the story of Boy, a young widower living on a nuclear testing site in the desert. Boy is waiting for the end of the world and carves Katchina dolls that supposedly contain magical powers. Boy's solitude is interrupted when a Hollywood jet-set couple who are travelling across the desert become stranded after their car breaks down. The couple are rescued by Boy, who then holds them prisoner because of his desire for the woman and his ambition to create a better world with her.
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Maria My Love
Title: Maria My Love
Character: Maria
Released: April 17, 2012
Type: Movie
.Ana (Judy Marte) is a young woman trying to reimagine her life after her mother’s death during the course of one California spring. Filled with resentment over her father’s mistakes, Ana feels disconnected from herself and everyone around her. Swept up by new romance (Brian Rieger) and a warm reunion with her half-sister (Lauren Fales), Ana is so taken by the newfound support and love in her life that she sets out to find someone—anyone other than herself—to help. She finds a volunteer project in Maria (Karen Black), a reclusive hoarder who has alienated her own family with her compulsive behavior. As the two become unlikely friends and confidantes, Ana finds herself in an emotionally complex relationship that reveals some uncomfortable truths about herself.
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OowieWanna
Title: OowieWanna
Character: The Donna
Released: February 18, 2012
Type: Movie
While doing laundry, a misfit 7-year-old girl tumbles into an alluring other-world, where she must decide the fate of her birthmark.
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Mommy's Little Monster
Title: Mommy's Little Monster
Character: Mrs. Melnick
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
.A mentally disturbed man is prematurely released from an asylum and struggles to live a normal life by suppressing his dark, abusive past. Meanwhile, the people around him are consumed by their own darkness, but lack any self control.
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Hawk Warrior of the Wheelzone
Title: Hawk Warrior of the Wheelzone
Character: Tarot
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Feature film directed by Donald G. Jackson
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Letters from the Big Man
Title: Letters from the Big Man
Character: Sean's Colleague
Released: November 11, 2011
Type: Movie
Sarah Smith, an artist and government hydrologist, sets out on a post-fire stream survey in a remote part of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness of southwestern Oregon. In the course of her journey through this ancient and ecologically diverse land, she unwittingly finds herself interacting with a sasquatch man, and a mutual curiosity ensues. As their friendship deepens, Sarah must take bold steps to protect his privacy, as well as her own.
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Some Guy Who Kills People
Title: Some Guy Who Kills People
Character: Ruth Boyd
Released: April 14, 2011
Type: Movie
A former mental patient's repressed anger reaches the boiling point, leading him to embark on a mission of revenge against the thugs who once subjected him to severe physical and mental trauma.
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BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
Title: BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
Character: Self
Released: November 23, 2010
Type: Movie
This 2009 documentary features directors Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Henry Jaglom, actor-director Jack Nicholson, and actresses Karen Black and Ellen Burstyn, among others, reminiscing about the making of the groundbreaking films of BBS Productions.
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Henry Jaglom Finds 'A Safe Place'
Title: Henry Jaglom Finds 'A Safe Place'
Character: Self
Released: November 23, 2010
Type: Movie
Henry Jaglom discusses the influence of such filmmakers as Fellini and Cassavetes on his work, and the theatrical nature of "A Safe Place."
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Nothing Special
Title: Nothing Special
Character: May
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
A young and successful insurance underwriter must allow her mentally unstable mother to move in with her after the institution in which the mother had been living is deemed unfit for occupancy. The mother then begins to dislike how close her daughter is with her boss.
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Double Duty
Title: Double Duty
Character: Annabelle
Released: December 8, 2009
Type: Movie
Funny, action-packed coming of age story portrays *Lesseos *as an ex-marine trying to adjust to civilian life and discover her feminine side, with help from best friend Sophia. Many obstacles are thrown in her path, resulting in edge-of-your-seat action scenes. Her love interest, Craig is sweet and soft-spoken but is intrigued with M.J.'s tough side, creating a hilarious dynamic duo that keeps us laughing as well as touches our hearts.
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Stuck!
Title: Stuck!
Released: November 15, 2009
Type: Movie
Beautiful young Daisy feels stuck working as a shopgirl by day and caring for her ailing mother by night. A suicide gone wrong leaves Daisy wrongly imprisoned, while the neighbor whose testimony put her away struggles with guilt. A tongue-in-cheek homage to 1950s women-in-prison films.
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Repo Chick
Title: Repo Chick
Character: Aunt De La Chasse
Released: September 9, 2009
Type: Movie
As a repo chick, wealthy bad-girl Pixxi and her entourage get mixed up in a devious kidnapping plot that threatens to wipe out the city of Los Angeles. Sequel to Alex Cox's 1984 cult film 'Repo Man.'
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Irene in Time
Title: Irene in Time
Character: Sheila Shivvers
Released: June 19, 2009
Type: Movie
A film about the complex relationships between fathers and daughters, and the potential lifelong consequences of those relationships.
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Wamego: Ultimatum
Title: Wamego: Ultimatum
Character: Self
Released: February 17, 2009
Type: Movie
Third entry in the documentary series about true independent filmmaking from Steve Balderson, based out of Wamego, KS.
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No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Title: No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Character: Self
Released: January 11, 2009
Type: Movie
The artistry, triumph and lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond. With film school equipment, they shoot the Soviet crackdown of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. As refugees they struggle in Hollywood, finally breaking into the mainstream with their pivotal contribution to the "American New Wave."
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A Single Woman
Title: A Single Woman
Character: Storyteller
Released: September 21, 2008
Type: Movie
A Single Woman is a distinct, lively portrait of Jeannette Rankin (the first American woman elected to Congress; also a suffragist, peace activist and reformer) that takes us from her childhood in 1880's Montana, to her last television interview in 1972. Deliciously political, occasionally chilling, ironic and idiosyncratic, A Single Woman illuminates the role of the individual in the American legislative process with a whimsical amalgamation of storytelling, high-powered discourse and communion. The program is a filmed version of the successful stage play.
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Watercolors
Title: Watercolors
Character: Mrs. Martin
Released: June 7, 2008
Type: Movie
Carter, a troubled teen stays with a friend of his dads and starts flirting with her son Danny. After the weekend school returns, however Carter a school jock tells Danny he does not want to be seen with him at school. Their relationship grows outside school hours though & soon enough Danny falls in love with Carter & after Danny is attacked romance ensures, but can it last.
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Contamination
Title: Contamination
Character: Mavis
Released: May 1, 2008
Type: Movie
A Russian billionaire is brutally killed on the outskirts of Moscow. Vasily, a simple school teacher becomes an unwilling witness to this murder during his routine morning bike ride. The police, unable to find the criminals, begin to suspect Vasily and he quickly becomes the prime suspect. At the advice of his daughter, who also happens to be his attorney, Vasily allows himself to be placed in a psychiatric ward to avoid being incarcerated for the false accusation. It is believed that a fictitious diagnosis will help her father's case, but Irina doesn't realize that she has handed her father into the hands of a psychiatrist, Dr. Korzunov, who is conducting inhumane experiments that no medical professional would ever accept.
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Hollywood Dreams
Title: Hollywood Dreams
Character: Luna
Released: May 25, 2007
Type: Movie
The tale of a young girl fresh off the bus from Iowa, who falls in love with a sexy and promising young actor, though their relationship threatens to complicate her own obsessive goal of becoming a famous actress. The film perfectly captures the delightful and desperate lives of those chasing dreams in Hollywood: One day they are shuffling down a boardwalk with too many suitcases, and the next they are lounging in contemporary hillside homes with a view of the city. Though neither state is permanent the more desirable one fuels the dream. The story's extraordinary execution portrays Hollywood as the fantastic and insane place that it is. Written by Lane Kneedler, American Film Institute Magazine
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One Long Night
Title: One Long Night
Character: Barbara
Released: March 25, 2007
Type: Movie
Richard Macedo, is a young Mexican-American businessman from Orange County whose life is changed over the course of one night through a series of off beat encounters with the denizens of Mexico City.
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Ghost Writer
Title: Ghost Writer
Character: Renee
Released: March 9, 2007
Type: Movie
John Vandermark (Cumming) has taken in a struggling writer, Sebastian St. Germain (Boreanaz), who overstays his welcome. When John discovers that Sebastian has simply been using him, he turns the tables on his young tenant in an effort to make him work off his rent debt. When Sebastian dies accidentally in the process, John tries to make it up to him by helping him get his book published posthumously. When the book is published, John can't help but take credit for the work of genius... and Sebastian comes back to haunt him.
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Title: Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Character: Jennifer
Released: February 11, 2007
Type: TV
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! is an American sketch comedy television series, created by and starring Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, which premiered February 11, 2007 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim comedy block and ran until May 2010. The program features surrealistic and often satirical humor, public-access television–style musical acts, bizarre faux-commercials, and editing and special effects chosen to make the show appear camp. The program featured a wide range of actors, spanning from stars such as Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Will Forte and Zach Galifianakis, to alternative comedians like Neil Hamburger, to television actors like Alan Thicke, celebrity look-alikes and impressionists. The creators of the show have described it as "the nightmare version of television."
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Read You Like a Book
Title: Read You Like a Book
Character: Kate
Released: October 1, 2006
Type: Movie
A magical book transforms all who come into contact with it. Meet Dante, a bookstore manager with a crippling secret; Gina, a customer, who knows everything but love; Zoe, and among others, Dante's former lover who's life is falling apart.
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Wanderlust
Title: Wanderlust
Character: Herself
Released: July 12, 2006
Type: Movie
A look at the mystique of road movies, combining interviews, film clips, music, photography, literature and a narrative storyline featuring Paul Rudd and Tom McCarthy.
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Whitepaddy
Title: Whitepaddy
Character: Mrs. Leider
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
During changing times a White family find themsleves falling in-love with their Black next door neighbors.
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America Brown
Title: America Brown
Character: Marianne Brown
Released: October 28, 2005
Type: Movie
A coming-of-age drama that centers on a young quarterback from West Texas, a priest in New York, and the two women in their lives.
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Firecracker
Title: Firecracker
Character: Sandra / Eleanor
Released: October 11, 2005
Type: Movie
A tale of murder in small-town Kansas. When Jimmy is lured away from his abusive family by a traveling sideshow carnival, he encounters Sandra, one of the main attractions. The happiness they find together causes them to confront the darkness in their lives
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Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
Title: Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
Character: Agrippina
Released: June 15, 2005
Type: Movie
This is a short film based on the 1979 film of the same name. The film is stylized with the actors wearing modernized robes and Roman jewelry and females playing male characters and vice-versa.
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Dr. Rage
Title: Dr. Rage
Character: Molly
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
After enrolling in an experimental study on Rage Impulse Disorder at the Straun Foundation, Michael Dare discovers that the research is not what it seems. After learning that the Foundation's head, Dr. Timothy Straun has his own agenda for them, Dare and head resident Dr. Susan Verger team up to stop him. Straun's shocking family secret and twisted plan are then revealed in a stunning finale.
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WAMEGO: Making Movies Anywhere
Title: WAMEGO: Making Movies Anywhere
Character: Self
Released: June 18, 2004
Type: Movie
From the majestic prairie fires of Kansas, through the neon glow of a carnival, to a year-in-the-life journey on making a dream come true, this documentary follows The Balderson Family on their pursuit to prove anyone can make motion pictures anywhere. This movie reveals independent cinema as it really is, on the set and off - a family of artists, celebrities and icons taking part of the process.
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Paris
Title: Paris
Character: Chantelle
Released: June 6, 2003
Type: Movie
Paris follows rookie detective Jason Bartok on his disturbing journey through the shadowy underworld of Los Angeles and Las Vegas, illuminated only by a sweet but short-lived romance with a strikingly beautiful, enigmatic woman. As the tale unfolds, Jason accidentally shoots his corrupt partner, Leon, grabbing stolen money from the crime scene at the older policeman's urging. The guilt-ridden young man quickly takes to the road to track down Leon's lover, Linda/Shen Li, an illegal Chinese immigrant, to deliver the bag of cash to her. Jason's search takes in seedy motels and rough bars, an L.A. massage parlor and a Nevada ranch, until finally in a dingy Vegas dive, he discovers the irresistible Linda, a sparkling jewel ensnared by the sex trade. Stalked by thugs, the money's "rightful owners", Jason and Linda are thrust together to make their escape through the haunting landscape that is the California desert.
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Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
Title: Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
Character: Mrs. Buttleman
Released: May 8, 2003
Type: Movie
Harold Buttleman, small town tuxedo salesman, thinks he's the next great daredevil stuntman. He's not.
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House of 1000 Corpses
Title: House of 1000 Corpses
Character: Mother Firefly
Released: April 11, 2003
Type: Movie
Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Title: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: March 9, 2003
Type: Movie
A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.
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Curse of the Forty-Niner
Title: Curse of the Forty-Niner
Character: Aunt Nelly
Released: October 1, 2002
Type: Movie
A group of friends discover gold deep inside an old mine. But by taking the gold and think they've hit it big, they awaken a long dead miner who's Hell Bent on protecting his treasure.
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Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 1
Title: Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 1
Character: ("Los Vampirios Moronious" short)
Released: February 19, 2002
Type: Movie
Tromadance is the first film festival wholeheartedly devoted to filmmakers and fans. Unlike other film festivals, Tromadance does not charge filmmakers to submit their films. Entrance to all screenings is free and open to the public. Also, there are no VIP reservations or preferential treatment regarding films, panels or parties of any kind given. This DVD contains the best short films from the first few Tromadance festivals, including David Schmoeller's "Please Kill Mr. Kinski," Carey Burtt's "The Psychotic Odyssey of Richard Chase," Lee Demarbre's "Harry Knuckles and the Treasure of the Aztec Mummy," Steve Herold's "H.R. Pukenshette," Barry Norman's "Deadbeats" and others.
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Teknolust
Title: Teknolust
Character: Dirty Dick
Released: January 10, 2002
Type: Movie
Anxious to use artificial life to improve the world, Rosetta Stone, a bio-geneticist creates a Recipe for Cyborgs and uses her own DNA in order to breed three Self Replicating Automatons, part human, part computer named Ruby, Olive and Marine.
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A Light in the Darkness
Title: A Light in the Darkness
Character: Mrs. Melnick
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Joseph just broke up with his girlfriend and is not taking it very well. He thinks she is plotting against him with their mutual psychiatrist.
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Gypsy 83
Title: Gypsy 83
Character: Bambi LeBleau
Released: October 18, 2001
Type: Movie
Two young misfits head for New York City to celebrate their idol and muse, Stevie Nicks, at The Night of 1,000 Stevies. Along the road, in order for them to escape their painful pasts, they must discover their strengths and learn self-acceptance.
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Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Vera Morgan
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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The Donor
Title: The Donor
Character: Mrs. Springle
Released: April 13, 2001
Type: Movie
A man falls in love with the surrogate who is carrying his child.
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Plotting 'Family Plot'
Title: Plotting 'Family Plot'
Character: Self
Released: March 6, 2001
Type: Movie
Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's "Family Plot".
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Soulkeeper
Title: Soulkeeper
Character: Martha la Magnifica
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Two thieves (Rodney Rowland, Kevin Patrick Walls) compete with a madman in their search for an ancient relic which can create an army of evil souls.
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The Independent
Title: The Independent
Character: Karen Black
Released: November 10, 2000
Type: Movie
A notorious B-movie director tries for a comeback by seeking out the film rights to the life story of a serial killer who wants his biography film to be a musical.
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Red Dirt
Title: Red Dirt
Character: Aunt Summer
Released: March 17, 2000
Type: Movie
At only twenty, Griffith is struggling with the responsibilities of caring for his unwell aunt, grieving the loss of their family's matriarch, and his own dreams of leaving Pine Apple. With the arrival of a stranger, Griffith's carefully constructed walls of shame and silence begin to come down and his life takes an unexpected turn.
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Fallen Arches
Title: Fallen Arches
Character: Lucy Romano
Released: January 15, 2000
Type: Movie
Transplanted from New York, Duke and his brother Frankie Romano live in a rundown LA apartment with their alcoholic mother (Karen Black).
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Oliver Twisted
Title: Oliver Twisted
Character: Mrs. Mary Happ
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
A secret turns one family's pleasant life into a blood bath.
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Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
Title: Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
Character: Self
Released: October 7, 1999
Type: Movie
Documentary about the making and history of the film "Easy Rider."
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The Underground Comedy Movie
Title: The Underground Comedy Movie
Character: Mother
Released: May 14, 1999
Type: Movie
A series of comedic short films guaranteed to offend.
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Mascara
Title: Mascara
Character: Aunt Eloise
Released: May 7, 1999
Type: Movie
Mascara is the story of three very different women who rediscover the value of their friendship at a time when their lives are in turmoil. Panic sets in as they approach their thirtieth birthdays and nothing is going according to plan.
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Conceiving Ada
Title: Conceiving Ada
Character: Lady Byron / Mother Coer
Released: February 19, 1999
Type: Movie
Emmy Coer, a computer genius, devises a method of communicating with the past by tapping into undying information waves. She manages to reach the world of Ada Lovelace, founder of the idea of a computer language and proponent of the possibilities of the "difference engine." Ada's ideas were stifled and unfulfilled because of the reality of life as a woman in the nineteenth century. Emmy has a plan to defeat death and the past using her own DNA as a communicative agent to the past, bringing Ada to the present. But what are the possible ramifications?
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Paradise Cove
Title: Paradise Cove
Character: Ma
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
A 1999 film directed by Robert Clapsadle.
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Charades
Title: Charades
Character: Jude
Released: December 17, 1998
Type: Movie
Barry is a down-and-out-guy who takes a job at the shipping department of Technoworks, a high-tech Yuppie company. He gets invited to the house of his boss Quinn, for a weekend afternoon barbecue with some of his boss's friends. The party gets weird, Barry plays a demented version of charades while standing on the picnic table, and the next door neighbor starts screaming racial slurs over the fence. When Jude, the widow of the ex-owner of Technoworks arrives, the plot thickens. Clues to past crimes are revealed, and the real reason for the party is discovered. But not before Barry beats the hell out of a tow-truck driver, screws the boss's wife and wreaks havok with the neighbor. And as the title suggests, before the day is over, we will discover who is the Felon, or perhaps the people at party are all, one way or another, Felons.
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Bury the Evidence
Title: Bury the Evidence
Character: The Mother
Released: December 12, 1998
Type: Movie
Thriller starring Karen Black.
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Angel Blue
Title: Angel Blue
Character: Social Worker
Released: November 15, 1998
Type: Movie
Dennis (Sam Bottoms) is a handsome, successful and well-liked civic leader who lives in his hometown with his lovely wife (Lisa Eichhorn) and their new baby. When Enrique Vasquez (Marco Rodriguez) and his striking teen daughter Angela (Yeniffer Behrens) move in next door, Dennis is only too happy to lend a hand. But when he and Angela begin an affair, Dennis's perfect life is threatened in this provocative drama.
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I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Title: I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Character: Whip Lady
Released: September 13, 1998
Type: Movie
A mental patient escapes from the looney bin in drag, robs a bank, and goes on the lam!
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Invisible Dad
Title: Invisible Dad
Character: Courtney Whitmer
Released: March 24, 1998
Type: Movie
Doug Baily's father is weird, but a strange machine in the garage now makes him invisible too. It's a roller coaster ride of fun and hijinks as Doug tries to turn his invisible dad back to normal again.
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Light Speed
Title: Light Speed
Character: High Priestess
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A space freighter that has gone adrift suddenly catapults into an alternate universe.
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Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Title: Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does marketing and the hype surrounding the stars play?
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Malaika
Title: Malaika
Character: Jessica Martin
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
An African elephant wanders into the lives of four wide-eyed children and all pandemonium breaks loose.
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Men
Title: Men
Character: Alex
Released: October 23, 1997
Type: Movie
A single young woman moves to Los Angeles, gets a job as a chef and has casual affairs.
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Title: The Hunger
Character: Miss Gati / Landlady
Released: July 20, 1997
Type: TV
The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the Canadian pay-TV channel The Movie Network. Though it shares a title with the feature film The Hunger the series has no direct plot or character connection to the film, and was created by Jeff Fazio. Originally shown on the Sci Fi Channel in the UK, The Movie Network in Canada and Showtime in the US, the series was broadcast from 1997 to 2000, and is internally organized into two seasons. Each episode was based around an independent story introduced by the host; Terence Stamp hosted each episode for the first season, and was replaced in the second season by David Bowie. Stories tended to focus on themes of self-destructive desire and obsession, with a strong component of soft-core erotica; popular tropes for the stories included cannibalism, vampires, sex, and poison.
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Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Title: Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Character: Self
Released: July 8, 1997
Type: Movie
Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "world's worst director," Henry Jaglom obsessively confuses and abuses the line between life and art. Featuring scores of interviews (including Orson Welles, Dennis Hopper, Milos Forman and Peter Bogdanovich) and rare behind-the-scenes footage, this hilarious documentary explores the fascinating question of Who Is Henry Jaglom?
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Stir
Title: Stir
Character: Dr. Gabrielle Kessler
Released: July 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A woman searches for clues that led to the murder of her scientist husband whom was experimenting with a possible AIDS vaccine.
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New York Crossing
Title: New York Crossing
Character: Mrs. Tender
Released: December 12, 1996
Type: Movie
A family reunion is disrupted by possibly the real Santa Claus collapsing in Penn Station - minor miracles ensue across the city of New York.
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Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
Title: Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
Character: June Rhodes
Released: October 8, 1996
Type: Movie
A bright young medical student must solve the frightening mystery that plagues the children of a small Midwestern town.
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Dogtown
Title: Dogtown
Character: Rose Van Horn
Released: October 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Philip Van Horn, who left his small town a long time ago to become a Hollywood actor and hasn't had any success at that, returns to the town for a visit. There he is uniformally met like some kind of celebrity and movie star. He uses it to impress his (and everybody's) school love Dorothy, her life now a grey boring experience.
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Title: E! True Hollywood Story
Released: August 21, 1996
Type: TV
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.
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Crimetime
Title: Crimetime
Character: Millicent
Released: August 1, 1996
Type: Movie
The star of a TV crime reenactment show becomes caught up in the mind of the killer he is playing.
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Cries of Silence
Title: Cries of Silence
Character: Rose Walsh
Released: May 1, 1996
Type: Movie
In the wake of Hurricane Camille, the infamous '60's storm that crippled the Gulf Coast, a mysterious teenage girl washes up to shore, and the secrets of Mississippi's Sister Island crawl to the surface. Dorrie (Kathleen York), a young doctor living with her mother (Karen Black), assumes custody of the unknown girl (Erin Buchanan) and names her Camille. Terrified and unable to speak, Camille spends her days hiding underneath the dining room table. But when Dorrie unearths a series of curious circumstances surrounding Camille's past, a shocking mystery comes unraveled.
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The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley
Title: The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley
Character: Evelyn
Released: March 1, 1995
Type: Movie
A plastic surgeon and his nurse administer an aesthetic clinic that attracts several young women. But the two kill their clients and sell them to the world's richest man, who has sexual perversions.
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Plan 10 from Outer Space
Title: Plan 10 from Outer Space
Character: Nehor
Released: February 23, 1995
Type: Movie
A woman accidentally discovers the Plaque of Kolob which leads her to discover an insidous alien plot for world domination documented by a disreputable early Mormon prophet. 'Plan 10 from Outer Space' is an eccentric comedy involving a bizarre relationship between Mormons, bees and extra terrestrials, hot on an obviously miniscule budget with a largely unknown cast, save for b-movie queen Karen Black.
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Dinosaur Valley Girls
Title: Dinosaur Valley Girls
Character: Ro-Kell
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Haunted by recurring dreams of Hea-Thor, a gorgeous cavegirl,and a menacing Allosaurus, action-movie star Tony Markham soon finds himself transported, by means of a magic Icon, back through time to Dinosaur Valley. Now trapped in world of dangerous dinosaurs, grunting cavemen and a tribe of exotic, love-starved cavegirls, Tony must put his modern-days skills to extreme tests in order to survive prehistoric perils, win the cavegirl of his dreams and (maybe) return to his own time?
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Starstruck
Title: Starstruck
Character: Bertha
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
A psychotic serial killer turns his "hobby" into movie productions, that show his victims' fates.
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The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black: Teather Penumbra
Title: The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black: Teather Penumbra
Released: October 10, 1994
Type: Movie
Kembra Pfahler and The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black perform live at CBGB's on Friday the 13th. Introduction by Hollywood Goddess Karen Black.
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Too Bad About Jack
Title: Too Bad About Jack
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
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Title: Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Prostrate probing interviews! Live action murder! Naked people! Tired death-rockers! And more! Much more!!
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Bound and Gagged: A Love Story
Title: Bound and Gagged: A Love Story
Character: Carla
Released: October 22, 1993
Type: Movie
Leslie's husband Steve is a brute and she wants out, at least she thinks she does. Her lover Elizabeth agrees that Steve needs to go away, so they plot his murder. Meanwhile their friend Cliff can't seem to get used to the idea that his wife has left him, and he tries to kill himself. The murder doesn't go as planned, the suicide doesn't go as planned, and Elizabeth, Leslie, and Cliff find themselves on the run from a very angry Steve. Trouble is, Leslie isn't so sure she wants to leave, so Elizabeth is compelled to compel her to accompany them.
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Title: Tales of the City
Character: Self
Released: September 28, 1993
Type: TV
Mary Ann Singleton, a naïve young secretary from the mid-west, tumbles head first into the colorful world of San Francisco, where carefree chaos revolves around the funky old apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane.
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Title: Moon Over Miami
Released: September 15, 1993
Type: TV
Moon Over Miami is a short-lived American comedy series that aired on ABC.
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Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
Title: Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
Character: Tarot
Released: June 25, 1993
Type: Movie
In a post-apocalyptic world where rollerblading is the chief means of travel, the evil Pharoah sends his minions outside the Wheel Zone to abduct a psychic. The psychic has been trained in the way of the samurai, but has shunned her training to become a Passive. Once abducted, her brother joins forces with others to try and rescue her, but they face many challenges from the Dark Side.
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The Trust
Title: The Trust
Character: Maria Vandermeer
Released: April 23, 1993
Type: Movie
In this true life murder mystery, we know early on "whodunnit" (the butler, actually), but the surprising charm in the story stems from the fact that the lawyer is honest and morally upright. The story of William Marsh Rice and his legacy, Rice University, where much of the film was shot.
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Return of the Roller Blade Seven
Title: Return of the Roller Blade Seven
Character: Tarot
Released: April 15, 1993
Type: Movie
This film follows the further adventures of the lone samurai Hawk, as he continues his battle to defeat the evil Pharaoh, Saint Offender and the Black Knight. Guided by his Psychic, Hawk ultimate defeats his adversaries and brings order to the universe.
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Auntie Lee's Meat Pies
Title: Auntie Lee's Meat Pies
Character: Auntie Lee
Released: October 21, 1992
Type: Movie
A devil-worshiping woman sends out her four beautiful nieces to lure men back to her place so they can be killed, ground up and sold as meat pies.
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The Double 0 Kid
Title: The Double 0 Kid
Character: Mrs. Elliot
Released: September 7, 1992
Type: Movie
Lance, a teenager, dreams to be a secret agent when he is suddenly in the middle of an hacker intrigue which aims at an international environmental congress. Lance gets in possession of a computer access card one of which the hackers are in urgent need of for their operation. Lance begins to play with the hackers, seeing his dream come true.
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Judgement
Title: Judgement
Character: Tiffany Powers
Released: August 5, 1992
Type: Movie
A juvenile court judge goes out of her way to try to aid a young man whom she believes has innocently gotten involved with a gang.
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Tuesday Never Comes
Title: Tuesday Never Comes
Character: Michelle
Released: May 17, 1992
Type: Movie
An Irish mercenary will stop at nothing to get the money owed to him for a job from an Italian-American drug lord.
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Rubin & Ed
Title: Rubin & Ed
Character: Rula
Released: May 15, 1992
Type: Movie
Reclusive Rubin Farr teams up with vocal but unsuccessful multi-level salesman Ed Tuttle on a quest to bury Rubin's dead cat in the "perfect spot." Their trip takes them across Utah's desert where they have run-ins with Ed's ex-wife Rula and an elusive Andy Warhol critic.
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The Player
Title: The Player
Character: Karen Black
Released: April 3, 1992
Type: Movie
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
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Dead Girls Don't Tango
Title: Dead Girls Don't Tango
Character: Insp. Wilson
Released: March 6, 1992
Type: Movie
Police inspector must stop a serial killer who dances tango with his victims before strangling them.
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Final Judgement
Title: Final Judgement
Character: Mrs. Sorrel
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A priest is suspected in the brutal murder of a young stripper. To prove his innocence, he descends into the world of strip clubs and pornography, hoping to catch the killer. The priest is hampered by the police and taunted by the killer. A friend of the stripper tries to help him before another life is claimed
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Quiet Fire
Title: Quiet Fire
Character: Kim Martino
Released: October 31, 1991
Type: Movie
Loner Jessie Palmer must piece together information from a growing body count, including the murder of his best friend, in order to bring down a corrupt U.S. Senate candidate.
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Children of the Night
Title: Children of the Night
Character: Karen Thompson
Released: September 6, 1991
Type: Movie
In the quiet little town of Allburg, friends Lucy and Cindy are on the verge of going away to college when they partake in a cleansing ritual by swimming in an abandoned church crypt. After Lucy accidentally drops her crucifix in the water, it drifts down and awakens the ancient vampire Czakyr, who becomes thirsty for Lucy's virgin blood.
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The Roller Blade Seven
Title: The Roller Blade Seven
Character: Tarot
Released: September 6, 1991
Type: Movie
In a futuristic society, a sword-wielding roller skater fights evil ninjas, punk roller skaters and is sent on an important rescue mission.
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Caged Fear
Title: Caged Fear
Character: Blanche
Released: May 17, 1991
Type: Movie
After a jewelry theft Tommy Lane can hardly free. His girlfriend Kristen has less luck and is arrested. She's sentenced to jail in an ill-reputed female prison in Oklahoma. Tommy doesn't let her down; he manages to get into the prison - on the other side of the bars - to force the ruthless director to let her go.
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The Killers Edge
Title: The Killers Edge
Character: Barrett
Released: April 12, 1991
Type: Movie
A Los Angeles police officer and a female FBI agent team-up to foil a counterfeiting gang in operation. The counterfeiter in question turns out to be an army veteran friend who saved the male cop during their time together in Vietnam.
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Ralph S. Mouse
Title: Ralph S. Mouse
Character: Miss Kuchenbacker
Released: February 16, 1991
Type: Movie
Ralph the mouse lives at the Mountain View Inn and loves his motorcycle. When the inn becomes overriden with mice and Ralph's friend Matt the bellboy must leave, Ralph asks his other friend Ryan to take him to school as part of a plan to help Matt.
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Mirror Mirror
Title: Mirror Mirror
Character: Susan Gordon
Released: October 19, 1990
Type: Movie
Shy teenager Megan moves to a new town with her widowed mother and quickly becomes the most unpopular girl in high school. But when she starts to communicate with a mysterious mirror, her tormentors begin to meet with a horrifying series of 'accidents'. Is the mirror a reflection of Megan's own inner demons... or has she unwittingly opened the doorway of the damned?
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Club Fed
Title: Club Fed
Character: Sally Rich
Released: August 9, 1990
Type: Movie
A powerful gangster is murdered. However, All of his holdings were in his girlfriend's name. So she is charged and sent to a minimum-security prison, where all of the prisoners are filthy rich. There she meets and falls in love with an undercover FBI agent.
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Haunting Fear
Title: Haunting Fear
Character: Dr. Julia Harcourt
Released: August 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A woman is plagued by dreams of being buried alive while her adulterous husband, steeped in gambling debts, hatches a scheme to drive her mad and murder her to acquire her fortune.
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Night Angel
Title: Night Angel
Character: Rita
Released: June 2, 1990
Type: Movie
A legendary she-demon, in the updated guise of a beautiful model, infiltrates the offices of a successful fashion magazine with the aim of corrupting the world via mass media.
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The Children
Title: The Children
Character: Sybil Lullmer
Released: May 18, 1990
Type: Movie
Rose Sellars is a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a widower. However, his children believe that their father is too old to start a new relationship.
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Zapped Again!
Title: Zapped Again!
Character: Homeroom Teacher
Released: April 14, 1990
Type: Movie
A new kid moves into school, making enemies with the affluent societies and joining the beleaguered Science Club. But when an old potion is discovered to confer telekinetic power he gets the chance to get his own back, as well as having a bit of fun on the side.
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Twisted Justice
Title: Twisted Justice
Character: Mrs. Granger
Released: March 20, 1990
Type: Movie
In the Los Angeles of the future, police are forbidden to carry weapons and must use stun guns instead. A maverick detective ignores those restrictions in his pursuit of "The Bullseye Murderer," a psychotic rapist who takes a new drug called "Umbra" that gives him superhuman strength and intelligence.
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Evil Spirits
Title: Evil Spirits
Character: Ella Purdy
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A dark comedy thriller that manages to skillfully blend humor and mystery into one incredible film from its thrilling beginning to the shocking climax! The superb all-star cast is a unique collection of characters who find themselves with one very special thing in common -- they are all boarders of Mrs. Ella Purdy (Karen Black) and totally dependent upon her gracious nature. The suspense mounts as, one-by-one, they fall sacrifice to ominous secrets enshrined within the walls of her foreboding house! Murder and mayhem prevail throughout the tense but often humorous situations as each victim draws nearer to his or her fate.
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Overexposed
Title: Overexposed
Character: Mrs. Trowbridge
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
When co-workers of a beautiful soap star start disappearing and others wind up dead with no clues or evidence left behind, she is caught between fact and fiction; left as the real and final victim.
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Fatal Encounter
Title: Fatal Encounter
Character: Joan Caldwell
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A woman finds out that her biological father, a professional race car driver, was murdered twenty years ago and the murderer or murderers are still on the loose.
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Homer and Eddie
Title: Homer and Eddie
Character: Belle
Released: August 17, 1989
Type: Movie
A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.
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Out of the Dark
Title: Out of the Dark
Character: Ruth Wilson
Released: June 2, 1988
Type: Movie
A deranged killer wearing a clown mask begins preying on a group of young women working at a phone-sex company.
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Dixie Lanes
Title: Dixie Lanes
Character: Zelma Putnam
Released: May 3, 1988
Type: Movie
Small town America, 1945. The boys are coming home, as is Clarence Laidlaw who served overseas in lieu of serving time in prison. Chaos and confusion greet Clarence upon his return - his pre-war moonshine activities and absence have embittered his teenage son, split apart his family, and alienated the small town. Moreover, his conniving sister-in-law conspires with the crooked sheriff to prevent a family reconciliation. In attempting to stabilize his family, and in seeking to punish the conspirator who brought him before the law, Clarence almost destroys both the town and his family. But sanity, love and music conquer all, and family and town are reunited.
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The Invisible Kid
Title: The Invisible Kid
Character: Mom
Released: March 30, 1988
Type: Movie
A nerdy teenage scientist discovers a formula for invisibility, and uses it to take revenge on all those who have wronged him--and also to spy on the girls' shower room.
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The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
Title: The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
Character: Martha Gelhorn
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Larger-than-life American author Ernest Hemingway is the subject of this biopic that chronicles the famous writer's life from childhood to his suicide at age 61. Haunted by various inner demons -- including his father's suicide -- Hemingway serves in World War I, marries four times, and finds creative support from Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein and other expatriates living in 1920s Paris.
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Hostage
Title: Hostage
Character: Laura Lawrence
Released: October 1, 1987
Type: Movie
The leader of a South African Nation is imprisoned. His followers, led by Zabo, hijack a plane with the intent to use the passengers as hostages to trade for his release. They select a plane carrying a religious leader to use as their main hostage. They soon learn that they have an added bonus of the daughter and grandson of Colonel Shaw, a bigwig in the country. The grandson all the while has to cope with the dual problems of being hijacked and held hostage while needing a kidney transplant. The hijackers have everything in their favor, except that the colonel's daughter is the sweetheart of Major Sam Striker. Striker puts together a band of mercenaries and sets about freeing the hostages.
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It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
Title: It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
Character: Ellen Jarvis
Released: May 27, 1987
Type: Movie
The mutant babies have been placed by court order on a deserted island. Appalled by the cynicism and exploitation of the children by the legal system and the media, the man responsible for them leads an expedition to the island to free them.
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The Little Mermaid
Title: The Little Mermaid
Character: Sea Witch
Released: April 6, 1987
Type: Movie
A mermaid princess is willing to sacrifice anything for love.
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Invaders from Mars
Title: Invaders from Mars
Character: Linda Magnusson
Released: June 6, 1986
Type: Movie
In this remake of the classic 50s SF tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his least-liked schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines.
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Savage Dawn
Title: Savage Dawn
Character: Rachel
Released: May 22, 1986
Type: Movie
A vicious biker gang takes over a small town in Arizona. A Vietnam War vet passing through town and a few locals with nothing to lose go to war with the gang's ruthless leader.
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Flight of the Spruce Goose
Title: Flight of the Spruce Goose
Character: Gloria
Released: January 17, 1986
Type: Movie
Drama starring Karen Black, Betsy Blair and Dennis Christopher
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Cut and Run
Title: Cut and Run
Character: Karin
Released: August 8, 1985
Type: Movie
A reporter and her cameraman connect a surviving Jonestown leader and a TV exec's missing son to a drug war where jungle installations are being massacred by an army of natives and a skilled white assassin.
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Martin's Day
Title: Martin's Day
Character: Karen
Released: February 22, 1985
Type: Movie
Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert grabs a 12-year-old as hostage. He proves to be named Martin, too a quiet "good little boy" always obeying the rules, whom life has given only dismal loneliness and frustration in return. Soon he begins to admire "Stech" for his cheeky pranks against society and his desperate mission to make dreams come true. In a climactic moment, he chooses to stay with the man even though he could run away. Via hijacks and hijinx, they flee to the idyllic peace of the older Martin's childhood home, a cabin on a lake. But the police are close behind, impatient and trigger-happy.
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Eternal Evil
Title: Eternal Evil
Character: Janus
Released: January 4, 1985
Type: Movie
A dissatisfied Montreal director of TV commercials is taught to astrally project himself by a mysterious woman. But soon he finds that he does it against his will when he sleeps, and while he does it, he commits savage acts against those in his life.
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Bad Manners
Title: Bad Manners
Character: Gladys Fitzpatrick
Released: November 11, 1984
Type: Movie
Four teens on the run from an orphanage spring a fellow orphan recently adopted by a rich family, then trash the whole house.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Dr. Sylvia Dunn
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: E/R
Released: September 16, 1984
Type: TV
E/R is an American television sitcom that aired in 1984 and 1985. Developed from the long running play of the same name created and produced by the Organic Theater Company under the direction of Stuart Gordon and conceived by Dr. Ronald Berman, the series was produced by Norman Lear and Embassy Television and lasted a single season. Shuko Akune and Bruce A. Young reprised their roles from the original Organic Theater Company production of the play. Steven Spielberg and Michael Crichton borrowed heavily from this show in the creation of their television drama similarly entitled ER.George Clooney, a regular on this show, would later appeared in the NBC's drama.
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Title: Miami Vice
Released: September 16, 1984
Type: TV
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
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Title: The Hitchhiker
Character: Kay Mason
Released: November 1, 1983
Type: TV
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
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Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
Title: Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
Character: Zee
Released: September 10, 1983
Type: Movie
Zee is walking up and down Manhattan streets, talking to herself and to the husband who has just left her. At a sidewalk café she runs into Eli, and a very unlikely, funny and touching relationship develops between two lost souls in the big city.
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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: Joanne
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: Faerie Tale Theatre
Character: Sea Witch
Released: September 11, 1982
Type: TV
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
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Title: Faerie Tale Theatre
Character: Guest Interviewee
Released: September 11, 1982
Type: TV
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
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The Last Horror Film
Title: The Last Horror Film
Character: Karen Black (uncredited)
Released: August 12, 1982
Type: Movie
A New York taxi driver stalks a beautiful actress attending the Cannes Film Festival, which coincides with a series of violent killings of the lady's friends.
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Miss Right
Title: Miss Right
Character: Amy
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
After falling for Juliette, the woman of his dreams, a womanizing journalist in Rome must dump his numerous female lovers one by one.
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The Grass Is Singing
Title: The Grass Is Singing
Character: Mary Turner
Released: August 30, 1981
Type: Movie
In Southern Rhodesia in the 1940s, city-dweller Mary marries farmer Dick Turner and is plucked from the comforts of her cosmopolitan life and forced to live on his unsuccessful farm. Mary slowly goes insane and has a sexual affair with her black servant, Moses. When the affair is discovered, Mary asks Moses to leave the farm, but he returns and murders her.
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Separate Ways
Title: Separate Ways
Character: Valentine Colby
Released: May 1, 1981
Type: Movie
A wife unhappy in her marriage begins an affair with an art student, unaware that her husband, a race driver, is also having an affair.
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Chanel Solitaire
Title: Chanel Solitaire
Character: Emilienne d'Alençon
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
The life and loves of Coco Chanel who rose from the bottom with no family or financial support and became one of the most legendary creative icons.
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Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
Title: Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
Character: Investigator Evelyn Carter
Released: April 28, 1980
Type: Movie
14 year police veteran, Evelyn Carter looks to make it to retirement while experiencing the highs and lows of police work in a male-dominated metropolitan police department.
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Where the Ladies Go
Title: Where the Ladies Go
Character: Helen
Released: March 14, 1980
Type: Movie
A small-town bar, open only from 9AM to 3PM and owned by Buck (Earl Holliman), is the setting where bored housewives and wandering husbands go to find some adventure in their miserable lives.
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Power
Title: Power
Character: Rose Vanda-Buchanan
Released: January 14, 1980
Type: Movie
Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker) from a Chicago dock worker to an influential labor leader who, like Hoffa, finds himself behind bars in a federal prison, and not long after, taken for a ride by shady men never to be seen again.
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Killer Fish
Title: Killer Fish
Character: Kate
Released: December 7, 1979
Type: Movie
Jewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.
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The Last Word
Title: The Last Word
Character: Paula Herbert
Released: October 10, 1979
Type: Movie
When politicians try to force out a renter in a corrupt real-estate deal, the man decides to take matters into his own hands. He takes a police officer hostage, hoping to expose the scam and save his home.
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Mr. Horn
Title: Mr. Horn
Character: Ernestina Crawford
Released: February 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Western saga based on the legend of frontier folk hero Tom Horn, including his role in the trackdown of Geronimo in the 1880s with his mentor and pal, Al Sieber, the fabled Indian scout, his later days as a Pinkerton detective, and the way he was used by both sides in turn-of-the-century cattle wars, leading to his tragic death.
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The Squeeze
Title: The Squeeze
Character: Clarisse Saunders
Released: October 25, 1978
Type: Movie
A retired safe cracker is recruited by a young conman to return to the "business" for a million dollar heist.
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In Praise of Older Women
Title: In Praise of Older Women
Character: Maya
Released: September 22, 1978
Type: Movie
Andras Vayda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II. Disappointed by girls of his age, he meets Maya, a married women in her thirties, who tutors him in the lessons of love and romance. Maya is only the first of many mature women that Andras will meet through his teenage and young adult life.
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Because He's My Friend
Title: Because He's My Friend
Character: Anne
Released: June 11, 1978
Type: Movie
An American military man moves his family to Australia to undergo training in submarine warfare, providing new challenges for his wife and their developmentally disabled son.
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Capricorn One
Title: Capricorn One
Character: Judy Drinkwater
Released: December 10, 1977
Type: Movie
In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.
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The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
Title: The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
Character: Miriam Oliver / Sandy
Released: February 28, 1977
Type: Movie
A houswife, tired of her everyday routine, makes changes in her hair, her wardrobe and her makeup, and begins to take on the personality of a woman who had died five years earlier.
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Burnt Offerings
Title: Burnt Offerings
Character: Marian Rolf
Released: October 18, 1976
Type: Movie
A couple and their 12-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer. Things start acting strange almost immediately. It seems that every time someone gets hurt on the grounds, the beat-up house seems to repair itself.
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Family Plot
Title: Family Plot
Character: Fran
Released: April 9, 1976
Type: Movie
Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
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Crime and Passion
Title: Crime and Passion
Character: Susan Winters
Released: February 6, 1976
Type: Movie
Financier persuades his mistress to marry a rich industrialist for his money, then discovers that he and the new wife are to be murdered by her new husband.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Host
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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Nashville
Title: Nashville
Character: Connie White
Released: June 11, 1975
Type: Movie
The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.
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The Day of the Locust
Title: The Day of the Locust
Character: Faye Greener
Released: May 7, 1975
Type: Movie
Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.
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Trilogy of Terror
Title: Trilogy of Terror
Character: Julie / Millicent Larimore / Therese Larimore / Amelia
Released: March 4, 1975
Type: Movie
A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college professor is aggressively pursued by one of her students; a prudish brunette determines that her free-spirited blonde sister is evil; and a woman's night turns upside down after she purchases an ancient Zuni fetish doll.
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Airport 1975
Title: Airport 1975
Character: Nancy Pryor
Released: October 18, 1974
Type: Movie
When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend Alan Murdock, a retired test pilot, tries to talk her through piloting and landing the 747 aircraft. Worse yet, the anxious passengers — among which are a noisy nun and a cranky man — are aggravating the already tense atmosphere.
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Law and Disorder
Title: Law and Disorder
Character: Gloria
Released: October 9, 1974
Type: Movie
In crime ridden New York of the seventies two cops has had enough. They decide to take justice into their own hands. Things turn exciting and humorous. No hoodlum goes safe.
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The Great Gatsby
Title: The Great Gatsby
Character: Myrtle Wilson
Released: March 27, 1974
Type: Movie
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
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Rhinoceros
Title: Rhinoceros
Character: Daisy
Released: January 21, 1974
Type: Movie
A boozing young man in love with his co-worker finds that everyone around him, even his pompous and condescending best friend, is changing into a rhinoceros.
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The Outfit
Title: The Outfit
Character: Bett Harrow
Released: October 19, 1973
Type: Movie
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
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The Pyx
Title: The Pyx
Character: Elizabeth Lucy
Released: September 8, 1973
Type: Movie
A detective investigating the death of a heroin-addicted prostitute uncovers evidence pointing to the existence of a murderous devil cult.
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Little Laura and Big John
Title: Little Laura and Big John
Character: Laura
Released: May 3, 1973
Type: Movie
Based on a true story, this action-packed, hard-hitting depiction of the infamous Ashley gang - who terrorized the southeast in the 1920's - also illustrates a desperate love between two people destined for destruction.
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Title: Police Story
Released: March 20, 1973
Type: TV
Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step forward in the realistic depiction of police work and violence on network TV. Although it was an anthology, there were certain things that all episodes had in common; for instance, the main character in each episode was a police officer. The setting was always Los Angeles and the characters always worked for some branch of the LAPD. Notwithstanding the anthology format, there were recurring characters. Scott Brady appeared in more than a dozen episodes as "Vinnie," a former cop who, upon retirement, had opened a bar catering to police officers, and who acted as a sort of Greek chorus during the run of the series, commenting on the characters and plots.
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Title: Ghost Story
Character: Barbara Sanders
Released: September 15, 1972
Type: TV
Ghost Story is an American television anthology series that aired for one season on NBC from 1972 to 1973. Executive-produced by William Castle, it initially featured supernatural entities such as ghosts, vampires, and witches. By mid-season, low ratings led to a shift -- for the most part -- away from paranormal themes and a title change to Circle of Fear.
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Portnoy's Complaint
Title: Portnoy's Complaint
Character: Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey
Released: June 19, 1972
Type: Movie
During a session with his psychoanalyst, Alexander Portnoy rants about everything that is bothering him. His complaints include his childhood and his family with an emphasis on his mother, his sexual fantasies and the problems that he has with women, and his obsessive feelings about his Judaism.
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Cisco Pike
Title: Cisco Pike
Character: Sue
Released: January 14, 1972
Type: Movie
A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.
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Born to Win
Title: Born to Win
Character: Parm
Released: December 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A smart-mouthed junkie and a former hairdresser spends his days looking for just "one more fix".
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A Gunfight
Title: A Gunfight
Character: Jenny Simms
Released: August 25, 1971
Type: Movie
Will Tenneray and Abe Cross are two aging, famous gunfighters, both in need of money. Tenneray comes up with the idea to stage a duel to the death in a bullfight arena, with the ticket proceeds going to the winner.
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Drive, He Said
Title: Drive, He Said
Character: Olive
Released: June 13, 1971
Type: Movie
Hector is a star basketball player for the College basketball team he plays for, the Leopards. His girlfriend, Olive, doesn't know whether to stay with him or leave him. And his friend, Gabriel, who may have dropped out from school and become a protestor, wants desperately not to get drafted for Vietnam.
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Five Easy Pieces
Title: Five Easy Pieces
Character: Rayette Dipesto
Released: September 12, 1970
Type: Movie
A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.
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Easy Rider
Title: Easy Rider
Character: Karen
Released: June 26, 1969
Type: Movie
Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.
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Hard Contract
Title: Hard Contract
Character: Ellen
Released: April 30, 1969
Type: Movie
A cold hearted American hit man goes to Europe for "one last score". His encounter with a beautiful young woman casts self doubt on his lifeblood, and influences him to resist carrying out the contract.
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Title: Adam-12
Character: Susan Decker
Released: September 21, 1968
Type: TV
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.
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Title: The Name of the Game
Character: Monica Garrison
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: TV
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.
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Title: Mannix
Released: September 16, 1967
Type: TV
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.
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Title: The Carol Burnett Show
Character: Self - Guest / Various Characters
Released: September 11, 1967
Type: TV
The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33. The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002 and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."
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Title: Judd for the Defense
Released: September 8, 1967
Type: TV
High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases throughout the U.S.
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Title: The Invaders
Character: Claudia Stone
Released: January 10, 1967
Type: TV
The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them, for him it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found. It began with a closed deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy. Now, David Vincent knows that the Invaders are here, that they have taken human form. Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun.
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You're a Big Boy Now
Title: You're a Big Boy Now
Character: Amy Partlett
Released: September 9, 1966
Type: Movie
Post-teen virgin moves to New York City, falls for a cold-hearted beauty, then finds true love with a loyal lass.
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Title: The F.B.I.
Character: Lorraine Chapman
Released: September 19, 1965
Type: TV
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.
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Title: The Big Valley
Character: Carla
Released: September 15, 1965
Type: TV
The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.
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Title: Run for Your Life
Character: Jennifer Palmer
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: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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The Prime Time
Title: The Prime Time
Character: Betty
Released: April 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A bored young girl looking for excitement gets involved with nude modeling, drugs and a rock band.