Elizabeth Ruscio

Elizabeth Ruscio

Born: February 9, 1955
in Venice, California, USA

Movies for Elizabeth Ruscio...

The Unicorn
Title: The Unicorn
Character: Aunt Becky
Released: February 1, 2019
Type: Movie
An engaged couple is forced to visit Palm Springs for a weekend to celebrate her parents’ 25th wedding vow renewal and discover the apparent secret to their happy marriage — threesomes. Determined to properly celebrate their own “re-engagement,” they set out on a wild night in search of a threesome of their own but the experience takes an intense turn, exposing deeper relationship problems and threatening their future together.
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Dreamland
Title: Dreamland
Character: Joyce
Released: April 14, 2016
Type: Movie
Part-time pianist Monty Fagan begins a May-December romance that upends his home life.
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Title: Swingtown
Released: June 5, 2008
Type: TV
This period and relationship drama takes viewers back to the 1970s for a look at suburban households testing the murky waters of sexual revolution following swingers throughout open marriages, "key parties" and other swingers extravaganzas.
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Title: Heartland
Released: June 18, 2007
Type: TV
Dr. Nathaniel Grant is a pioneering organ-transplant surgeon who takes risks that other doctors would not in order to save the lives of his patients. He works closely with his ex-wife, Kate Armstrong, an organ-donor coordinator with whom he has a volatile relationship. Grant's arrogance and willingness to perform risky procedures causes him to butt heads with the hospital administration. But his main focus is on his intense relationship with his job and his patients, often at the expense of his family.
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The Clearing
Title: The Clearing
Character: Cindy Mack
Released: July 2, 2004
Type: Movie
When affluent executive Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.
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Title: Miss Match
Released: September 26, 2003
Type: TV
Miss Match is a 2003 American television series created by Jeff Rake and Darren Star and produced by Twentieth Century Fox, Darren Star Productions and Imagine Entertainment. It aired in the U.S. on NBC, Australia on Network Seven, Arena and FOX8, and in the UK on Living, Channel 4 and is currently on E4. The series filmed at least 18 episodes but only 8 aired in the US. The entire series aired in both the UK & Canada. Starring Alicia Silverstone and Ryan O'Neal, the show garnered poor ratings, which could have been due to its inability to compete in the Friday 8pm ET timeslot. It was based on the real-life story of Samantha Daniels.
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Title: Oliver Beene
Released: March 9, 2003
Type: TV
Oliver Beene is an American sitcom. Set in 1962 and 1963, the show chronicled the trials and tribulations of the 11-to-12-year-old Oliver Beene, in first person perspective. Oliver Beene's other main characters are his parents Jerry and Charlotte Beene, his brother Ted Beene, and his two friends Joyce and Michael. The narrator, an older Oliver reflecting on his experience, is voiced by David Cross. Often in episodes, the story is interrupted by flashbacks and flash-forwards.
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Falling Like This
Title: Falling Like This
Character: Sarah Gallagher
Released: September 7, 2001
Type: Movie
Falling Like This showcases compelling performances by two young actors, Brian Vaughan and Megan Wilson. Writer/Director Dani Minnick has crafted a compassionate examination of the ragged edge of suburban life as characterized by Boyd, a charming, vulnerable and inveterate juvenile delinquent whose love nearly derails the life of a middle-class teenage girl. The understated themes of adolescent rebellion, adult responsibility and the redemptive power of love are woven elegantly into this dream-like film.
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Title: Six Feet Under
Character: Madeleine Burns
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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When Billie Beat Bobby
Title: When Billie Beat Bobby
Character: Female Guest
Released: April 16, 2001
Type: Movie
The historic 1973 tennis match between middle-aged champion Bobby Riggs and young feminist Billie Jean King.
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Title: The Division
Released: January 7, 2001
Type: TV
The Division is an American crime drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine and starring Bonnie Bedelia. The series focused on a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on Lifetime on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.
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28 Days
Title: 28 Days
Character: Mom
Released: April 6, 2000
Type: Movie
After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs they have to offer, refusing to admit that she has an alcohol addiction.
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Title: Judging Amy
Character: Tish Whitlock
Released: September 19, 1999
Type: TV
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.
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Letters from a Killer
Title: Letters from a Killer
Character: Judith Sutton
Released: August 21, 1998
Type: Movie
A man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds. After his second court appearance, he is finally freed from prison only to be framed for yet 2 more murders which he did not commit. With the help of his former prison guard, he once again sets out to clear his name
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Title: Ally McBeal
Released: September 8, 1997
Type: TV
Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!
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Title: Men Behaving Badly
Character: Ms. Jenkins
Released: September 18, 1996
Type: TV
Men Behaving Badly is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from 1996 to 1997. It is based on the earlier British sitcom of the same name.
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Title: 7th Heaven
Character: Ms. Riddle
Released: August 26, 1996
Type: TV
Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouses that continually come and go in the Camden household.
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Death Benefit
Title: Death Benefit
Character: LouAnne Wilkens
Released: March 13, 1996
Type: Movie
Steven Keeney is a big corporate lawyer who decides to take on a small-time murder case to discover the true circumstances behind the death of a young girl. Virginia McGinnis is the one suspected of pushing the women off the cliff to collect on a small insurance policy. The further he goes into the case the more he reveals about the background of the suspect. Keeney finds support from others who also want to find out the truth behind the case.
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Frequent Flyer
Title: Frequent Flyer
Character: Pat Kelsey
Released: March 10, 1996
Type: Movie
Drama about airline pilot who is married to two separate women in separate towns and who eventually takes on a third wife. Much to his dismay, the separate worlds he lives in begin to collide, and the truth of his womanizing and bigamy begin to come to light.
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Up Close & Personal
Title: Up Close & Personal
Character: Lulu Delano
Released: March 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Tally Atwater has a dream: to be a prime-time network newscaster. She pursues this dream with nothing but ambition, raw talent and a homemade demo tape. Warren Justice is a brilliant, hard edged, veteran newsman. He sees Tally has talent and becomes her mentor. Tally’s career takes a meteoric rise and she and Warren fall in love. The romance that results is as intense and revealing as television news itself. Yet, each breaking story, every videotaped crisis that brings them together, also threatens to drive them apart...
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Glory Daze
Title: Glory Daze
Character: Jack's Mom
Released: October 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Jack, a soon-to-be graduate, finds he's having a difficult time letting go of the college life -- and decides maybe he doesn't have to. Also questioning whether there's life after college are Jack's roommates: Rob, who fears domestication; comic-strip artist Mickey, who's shy around girls; intellectual party animal Slosh; and perpetual student Dennis.
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Title: The Marshal
Released: January 31, 1995
Type: TV
The Marshal is an American action-drama television series that aired on ABC for two brief seasons in 1995. The show starred Jeff Fahey as the title character, a United States Marshal charged with pursuing fugitives across the nation. In 1995, the episode "Hitwoman" was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Series.
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Title: ER
Character: Sarah Logan
Released: September 19, 1994
Type: TV
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
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A Perfect World
Title: A Perfect World
Character: Paula
Released: November 24, 1993
Type: Movie
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.
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Born Too Soon
Title: Born Too Soon
Character: Dr. Jane Gerstner
Released: April 25, 1993
Type: Movie
American television film about the life of Emily Butterfield, a baby girl who was born prematurely and died 53 days after her birth.
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The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Title: The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Character: Verna Heath
Released: April 10, 1993
Type: Movie
A Texas housewife plots hire a hit man to kill the girl who beat out her daughter for a place on the cheerleading squad.
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Between Love and Hate
Title: Between Love and Hate
Character: Jackie
Released: February 22, 1993
Type: Movie
An older woman seduces a younger man and then breaks up with him. He becomes obsessive and refuses to accept the break up and subsequently turns violent.
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Jezebel's Kiss
Title: Jezebel's Kiss
Character: Margie
Released: November 14, 1990
Type: Movie
Someone runs a woman (Katherine Barrese) off a beach road; she sleeps with a developer (Malcolm McDowell), his son and a sheriff to get even.
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Desperate Hours
Title: Desperate Hours
Character: Judge
Released: October 5, 1990
Type: Movie
An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.
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Title: Against the Law
Released: September 23, 1990
Type: TV
Against the Law is an American dramedy television series that aired on the Fox network from September 23, 1990 to April 5, 1991. Starring Michael O'Keefe and Suzzanne Douglas, the 17 hour-long episodes centered on the brash Boston lawyer, Simon MacHeath, who left his job at a prestigious law firm to start his own defense practice.
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Cast the First Stone
Title: Cast the First Stone
Character: Sandy
Released: November 13, 1989
Type: Movie
After Diane Martin is raped by a hitchhiker and becomes pregnant, she must face the pious faculty at the school where she teaches who condemn her "loose morals" and ostracize her. Based on a true story.
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Hider in the House
Title: Hider in the House
Character: Rita
Released: May 13, 1989
Type: Movie
A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.
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Question of Faith
Title: Question of Faith
Character: Kathy
Released: October 6, 1988
Type: Movie
A woman struck down by terminal cancer shuns conventional medical techniques at her husband's insistence and turns to alternative treatment to combat the disease.
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The Jogger
Title: The Jogger
Character: Pat
Released: January 9, 1988
Type: Movie
A jogger is attacked and chased one morning by a would be killer. The film sets out to show that the greatest horror in life is often that which lies beneath the calm surface of every day normality.
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Title: Wiseguy
Released: September 16, 1987
Type: TV
Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United States. His roots in a traditional Italian city neighborhood form the underlying dramatic base throughout the series, bringing him into conflict with his conservative mother and other family members while acting undercover as syndicate enforcer.
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Burglar
Title: Burglar
Character: Frankie
Released: March 20, 1987
Type: Movie
Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr is a burglar by trade, and she runs a bookstore as well. Her friend Carl Hefler is a dog groomer. After a successful burglary, it's discovered that a dead body was in the house she burgled. As she's the only one who can be placed at the scene of the crime, she has to use her criminal skills to clear her name of the murder AND avoid getting charged with the burglary.
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Heartbreak Ridge
Title: Heartbreak Ridge
Character: Waitress
Released: December 5, 1986
Type: Movie
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Dr. Farr
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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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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Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
Title: Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
Character: Dolly
Released: April 22, 1980
Type: Movie
The dramatized biography of Margaret Sanger, the crusader who founded America's first birth control clinic during World War I and was tried in court under obscenity laws.
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Title: Columbo
Character: Fran
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: TV
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.