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Piper Laurie
Born: 22nd Jan 1932 Detroit, Michigan, USA - Died 14th Oct 2023
Dept: Acting
Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs; January 22, 1932 – October 14, 2023) was an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films The Hustler (1961), Carrie (1976), and Children of a Lesser God (1986), and received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and a BAFTA Award. She was also known for her performances as Kirsten Arnesen in the original TV production of Days of Wine and Roses, and as Catherine Martell in the television series Twin Peaks.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 124
Film: 87 (70%)
Television: 37 (30%)
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Filmography
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The 5th Annual Science Fiction Film Awards Filmed in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida, USA ... view
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Herself (1 ep.)
2023
This timely exploration of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity examines the life of legendary actor Rock Hudson, from his public "ladies' man" persona to hi ... view
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Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)
2022
A legend of the Hollywood Golden Age, Gregory Peck (1916-2003) had an exemplary career, working under some of the greatest directors: Alfred Hitchcock ... view
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Herself
2018
The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug t ... view
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Grandma Verna Wershe
2018
Rose spends her days fishing near the beautiful lake house she’s called home for 50 years. She’s not getting any younger and her daughter Patti wo ... view
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Rose
2016
A 2016 featuring on the cast of "Carrie", featuring Nancy Allen,Betty Buckley,William Katt,Pieper Laurie,Edie McClurg and P.J. Soles. ... view
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Self
Sep 2016 (first aired)
20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent dis ... view
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Edith (1 ep.)
2012
Several college students embark on a summer of sun and fun, but find that their adventure turns eerily macabre when dark and ancient forces propel the ... view
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Milly Lathrop
Original title: Tony Curtis - le gamin de Bronx
2012
Tony Curtis, the man who influenced Elvis Presley and James Dean. A sex symbol, a matinee idol, a powerful and magnetic actor, Tony Curtis was the ori ... view
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Self
2010
Another Harvest Moon is a tender drama about four elderly Americans coping with life in a nursing home. FRANK, ELLA, ALICE and JUNE gather each mornin ... view
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June
2010
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even m ... view
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Madeleine Forney
2009
In a 1950s-era Missouri town the life of a couple is thrown into chaos when the husband's sister is released from the local asylum and comes to live w ... view
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Marta Shrank
2008
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley. ... view
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Grammie
2007
A select group of key creative forces involved in the making of Twin Peaks reveals their take on the fascinating creation and journey of the wildly po ... view
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Self
2006
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated women begin to intersect. ... view
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Arden's Mother
2004
A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets a ... view
Character:
Charlotte Collins
Sep 2003 (first aired)
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush ... view
Character:
Rose (2005) (1 ep.)
Jun 2003 (first aired)
When her life comes to an abrupt end, George discovers that death is nothing like she thought it would be. Recruited to collect the souls of others as ... view
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Nina Rommey (1 ep.)
2002
A brief overview of The Hustler's making and the players involved. ... view
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Self (archive footage)
2001
"Postcards From The Cast" is a featurette originally released in the 2001 DVD release, Twin Peaks: The First Season. It was later re-released in the B ... view
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Self
2001
A man must cope with the loss of his wife and the obsolescence of his job before finding redemption by becoming a role model to an equally lost 13-yea ... view
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Ruth Anne
2001
In this documentary, director Brian De Palma and the stars from his film "Carrie" (such as Sissy Spacek, Amy Irving, Piper Laurie, William Katt, Nancy ... view
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Self
Jun 2001 (first aired)
The adventures of twelve-year-old Hannah Rayburn, a young middle-class Jewish girl living in 1965 North Carolina, and her upper-class Catholic best fr ... view
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Aunt Sophie (1 ep.)
2001
Documentary that explores Argento's film career. ... view
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Self
2001
It's a cold and stormy night, and in a house in rural Vermont, midwife Sibyl Danforth is, together with the father and an assistant, in the middle of ... view
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Cheryl Visco
2000
An 11 year old boy starts throwing temper tantrums, vomiting on and attacking people, and swearing uncontrollably. Furniture begins to move on its ow ... view
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Aunt Hanna
Sep 1999 (first aired)
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate ... view
Character:
Dorothy Rudd (1 ep.)
1999
Two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution. ... view
Character:
Sarah Brady
1999
A horrible massacre strikes up after an outcast teenage girl is taunted by a group of high school jocks, all of them unaware of her cutthroat telekine ... view
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Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Two dimwit owners of a struggling hauling company are approached about hauling a huge, mysterious box across country at the end of the century. The ca ... view
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Evangelist
1998
When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make the chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicio ... view
Character:
Mrs. Karen Olson
Sep 1998 (first aired)
Widower and professor Porter Waide has his life turned upside down with the arrival of his football player brother, Bobby, who's gotten into so much t ... view
Character:
Jane Waide (1 ep.)
Sep 1998 (first aired)
Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with ... view
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Sharon (1 ep.)
1998
It's your traditional Irish holiday - cousins are having sex, couples are getting divorced, John Michael has brought his boyfriend and Millicent might ... view
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Mary Pat
1997
John Webb is recently widowed and living alone on the farm he and his brother used to share. He rarely sees his daughters, Jacqueline and Grace Ann, a ... view
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Lillie Dawson
1997
A new version of Truman Capote's 1956 tale based on his own bittersweet upbringing in Alabama. The story deals with a seven-year-old who forms a speci ... view
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Jennie
Aug 1997 (first aired)
Chyna Shepherd is a 26-year-old psychology student who survived an extremely troubled past. While spending Thanksgiving at the home of her friend Laur ... view
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Miriam Braynard (2 ep.)
1997
Chyna Shepherd is a twenty-six-year-old psychology student who survived an extremely troubled past. While visiting Laura Templeton's house, a farm in ... view
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Miriam Braynard
1996
Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in ... view
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Dolly Talbo
1996
Hamel portrays director Dickoff who suspends her career in order to help a friend who's been in prison for quite some time in connection with a murder ... view
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Kay Trafero (uncredited)
1996
Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she took heart from the suggestion of a friend, a blind w ... view
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Wanda Kirkman
1995
Unable to move on from the loss of his daughter, Freddy, now a shell of the person he was before, swears to kill the man responsible for her death. ... view
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Helen Booth
1995
Unable to get the police to help, a woman launches her own investigation to save her daughter from a dangerous prostitution ring. ... view
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Judge Edna Burton
Sep 1994 (first aired)
Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives. ... view
Character:
Annie Doyle (1 ep.)
1994
A woman is torn between her love for a gentle man, and her secret passion for his dangerous brother. ... view
Character:
Ellis Snow
Sep 1994 (first aired)
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened e ... view
Character:
Sarah Ross (4 ep.)
Mar 1994 (first aired)
Traps is an American police drama that aired on CBS from March 31, 1994 to April 27, 1994. ... view
Character:
Cora Trapchek (5 ep.)
1993
Frank, a retired Irish seaman, and Walter, a retired Cuban barber, are two lonely old men trapped in the emptiness of their own lives. When they meet ... view
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Georgia
Oct 1993 (first aired)
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders. ... view
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A.D.A. Susan Turner (1 ep.)
Sep 1993 (first aired)
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets sho ... view
Character:
Marianne (voice) (1 ep.)
Mrs. Mulhern (1 ep.)
1993
After filling her life with addictions, Christina is left with a dead-end job, a deadbeat boyfriend and a bad rapport with her mother. The last thing ... view
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Margaret Kinsey
1993
A young Romanian woman and a recovering drug addict launch an unlikely investigation after her parents are murdered by a vicious serial killer known a ... view
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Adriana Petrescu
1992
Warren Odom, a rich Southern gentleman, is left in a state of shock when his wife, Helen, leaves him unexpectedly. With Helen gone, Warren's kindheart ... view
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Vera Delmage
1992
While investigating his own blackmailing, a young politician uncovers his family's deep secrets. ... view
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Constance Fowler
1991
When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's attractiv ... view
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Bea Sullivan
1990
Gus Robinson loves three things: his job, family, and country; but suddenly he's losing all three. When his factory shuts down, Gus faces unemployment ... view
Character:
Martha Robinson
Apr 1990 (first aired)
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to inv ... view
Character:
Katherine Martell (48 ep.)
Tojamura / Catherine Martell (voice) (1 ep.)
Mr. Tojamura (4 ep.)
Catherine Martell (archive footage) (1 ep.)
Tojamura / Catherine Martell (1 ep.)
Catherine Martell (11 ep.)
1989
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the ... view
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Catherine Martell
1989
Bobby Kellar has a crush on Lainie Diamond, girlfriend of school jerk Joel. Coleman is working on an experiment which will help him move into a place ... view
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Gena Ettinger
1989
A Blue Ribbon winner at the American Film Festival, this hard-hitting, dramatic production is about the relationship between a young man with AIDS and ... view
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Martha Cousins
1988
A young couple faces the realities of life with their child who is diagnosed with AIDS. ... view
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Margo
1988
Chuck brought sorrow to his family when he shot his father who is now a semi-invalid. After 15 years of self destruction, he returns home to seek forg ... view
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Frances Warsaw
1988
Emily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed ... view
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Emily Boynton
Sep 1987 (first aired)
Savvy Assistant District Attorney Catherine Chandler is saved by a noble, beast-like man named Vincent, who lives in a secret, utopian community benea ... view
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Mrs. Davis (1 ep.)
1987
A man goes to speak with a gigolo and is promptly beaten for his trouble. Soon afterward, his wife is told that he burned to death in a car wreck and ... view
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Margot Caldwell
1986
Bob returns home for his mother’s funeral knowing that he must fulfill a promise made 30 years earlier—to care for his younger brother DJ, who is ... view
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Annie Gilbert
1986
Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school ... view
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Mrs. Norman
Mar 1986 (first aired)
Thrifty, folksy and cantankerous, Matlock charges a premium for his services but is worth every penny: This renowned attorney, always clothed in his t ... view
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Claire Leigh (1 ep.)
1985
The Charters family falls into despair over their drug-addicted son Gary. They discuss his problems through the "Tough Love" program in searching for ... view
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Darlene Marsh
1985
A teen, who is always in trouble in school and has been sent to reform school, turns her life around when a counselor discovers she is dyslexic. ... view
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Christine Groda
Sep 1985 (first aired)
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or ... view
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Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma") (1 ep.)
Aunt Neva (segment "The Burning Man") (1 ep.)
Sep 1985 (first aired)
In the French Riviera of the 1920s, wealthy expatriate Nicole Warren's mental illness strains her marriage to psychiatrist Dick Diver. A young Americ ... view
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Elsie Speers (1 ep.)
1985
Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and ... view
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Aunt Em
Sep 1984 (first aired)
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases. ... view
Character:
Peggy Shannon (1 ep.)
Mar 1983 (first aired)
Follows the Cleary family over several decades, focusing on the central, tragic romance between Meggie and Father Ralph, who is torn between his vows ... view
Character:
Anne Mueller (3 ep.)
Oct 1982 (first aired)
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 F ... view
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Fran Singleton (3 ep.)
Aug 1982 (first aired)
Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty.
Based on Ar ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1982
Biography of the curvaceous and sharp-witted actress who scandalized Broadway and Hollywood in the 1920s-30s with her frank approach to sex. ... view
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Matilda West
1981
Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle f ... view
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Magda Goebbels
1980
Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling stroke forces him to stay home and try to put his life ... view
Character:
Jo Skagska
Jan 1980 (first aired)
Skag is a short-lived American drama series that aired on NBC and starred Karl Malden. Skag originated as a three-hour television movie that aired on ... view
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Unknown/various (6 ep.)
1979
Handsome but backward gardener Tim Melville has a new woman in his life. She is Mary, his widowed employer, a woman who had given up on love until she ... view
Character:
Mary Horton
1978
The early life and struggles of Judy Garland (portrayed by Andrea McArdle), and of the film star's trials as a youngster in dealing with the movie stu ... view
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Ethel Gumm
1978
Bobby Rose has just returned home after graduating business school. He agrees to start working for his father, a successful carpet manufacturer. Bobby ... view
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Elaine
1977
Based on a true case, this tells the story of two parents in New Jersey whose daughter has lapsed into a coma from which doctors say she will never re ... view
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Julie Quinlan
1977
Strange killings occur at Ruby's drive-in theatre, sixteen years after the murder of her gangster boyfriend. ... view
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Ruby
1976
Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspe ... view
Character:
Margaret White
Dec 1961 (first aired)
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 ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
1961
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary ... view
Character:
Sarah Packard
1959
Immigrant radical Bartolomeo Romagna is falsely condemned and executed for a payroll robbery. Years later, his son Mio sets out to find the truth of t ... view
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Miriamne
1958
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together. ... view
Character:
Kirsten Arnesen Clay
Sep 1958 (first aired)
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the sam ... view
Character:
Mary Highmark (1 ep.)
1957
Four sisters in New Zealand fall for soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII. ... view
Character:
Delia Leslie Friskett
1957
Failing vaudeville performer, Len, is taken under the wing of the German Shepherd wonder dog, Kelly, and a new act is born. Len hopes all his dreams a ... view
Character:
Mina Van Runkle
1957
After World War III a small group of people live in the desert. A young man tries to run away, hoping to find other communities of survivors, but is t ... view
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Oct 1956 (first aired)
Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1955
TV goes Hollywood when Steve Allen visits Universal-International to prepare for his upcoming title role in "The Benny Goodman Story." ... view
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Self
1955
Rowdy young girl crashes high society when wealthy older man falls for her. ... view
Character:
Sarah Hatfield
1955
Capt. Harper's cavalry patrol returns to the fort to find it besieged by Ute Indians. The apparent cause is the recapture of Army traitor Brett Hallid ... view
Character:
Laura Evans
1954
Brett Wade, gambler, gunslinger, and classical pianist, is wounded in a gunfight with the Ferris clan; the doctor finds signs of tuberculosis. En rout ... view
Character:
Rannah Hayes
1954
A young auto racer competes in a Canada-to-Mexico race in a car he designed himself. Director George Sherman's 1954 film stars Tony Curtis, Piper Laur ... view
Character:
Liz Fielding
1954
A policeman tries to protect a young woman against a hit man, when she flees New York after witnessing a mob killing. ... view
Character:
Louise Graham
1953
Basra merchant Harun Al-Rashid avenges his father's murder in this adventure set in ancient Bagdad and inspired from the Arabic fairy tales of One Tho ... view
Character:
Khairuzan
Feb 1953 (first aired)
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponso ... view
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Phoebe Durkin (1 ep.)
Cleopatra (1 ep.)
Jessica Galloway (1 ep.)
1953
Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. His first success makes enemies of the crooked gamb ... view
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Angelique Dureau
1953
When 78 beauties are assembled from the far corners of the globe in order to select the most beautiful girl in the world, the results are bound to be ... view
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Self
1952
In ancient Persia the son of Ali Baba (of forty thieves fame), Kashma Baba is a military cadet by day and a party goer by night. He falls for a girl w ... view
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Kiki / Princess Azura
1952
When a 1920s millionaire tests the fiber of his Vermont family, a young lady and her boyfriend feel the repercussions. ... view
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Millicent Blaisdell
1952
A young GI elopes to Las Vegas with his housekeeper’s daughter, but delays to their wedding night arise from illness, her manipulative mother, and a ... view
Character:
Lee Kingshead
Dec 1951 (first aired)
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christo ... view
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Miriamne (1 ep.)
Annie (1 ep.)
1951
An Arabian prince, kidnapped at birth and raised as a thief, plots to regain his throne from his evil uncle in this colorful costume adventure. ... view
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Tina
1951
In this funny sequel to the popular Francis the Talking Mule, the talkative Mule and his pal Peter get a job working on a horse-breeder's ranch. They ... view
Character:
Frances Travers
Character:
Chris Abbott
Sep 1950 (first aired)
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notab ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
1950
Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to discover the sweet elderly lady is romantically invol ... view
Character:
Cathy Norton
Feb 1950 (first aired)
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no ... view
Character:
Self - Mystery Guest (1 ep.)
Jan 1950 (first aired)
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live sho ... view
Character:
Stacey Spender (1 ep.)
Nov 1948 (first aired)
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, prese ... view
Character:
Ruth Cornelius (1 ep.)
Jun 1948 (first aired)
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Jan 1944 (first aired)
An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Associatio ... view
Character:
Self - Nominee (2 ep.)
Self - Presenter (1 ep.)