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Bonnie Bartlett
Bonnie Bartlett (born June 20, 1929) is an American actress. Her career spans seven decades, with her first major role being on a 1950s daytime drama, ''Love of Life''. Bartlett is known for her role as Grace Snider Edwards on the Michael Landon television series '' Little House on the Prairie'' and as Ellen Craig on the medical drama series ''St. Elsewhere''. She and her husband, actor William Daniels, who played her fictional husband Dr. Mark Craig, each won Emmy Awards on the same night in 1986, becoming the first married couple to accomplish the feat since Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in 1965. Early life Bartlett was born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, the daughter of Carrie Archer and Elwin Earl Bartlett, and was raised in Moline, Illinois. Her father had been an actor in stock productions across the country, but he gave up acting because her mother wanted to settle in Wisconsin. In 1947, she graduated from Moline High School. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Daniels
William David Daniels (born March 31, 1927) is an American actor, who is best known for his television roles, notably as Mark Craig in the drama series '' St. Elsewhere'', for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards; the voice of KITT in the television series ''Knight Rider''; and as George Feeny in the sitcom ''Boy Meets World'', which earned him four People's Choice Award nominations. He reprised his ''Knight Rider'' role in the sequel TV movie '' Knight Rider 2000'' and his ''Boy Meets World'' role in the sequel series ''Girl Meets World''. Daniels' film roles include Mr. Braddock (Benjamin Braddock's father) in ''The Graduate'', Howard Maxwell-Manchester in '' Two for the Road'', John Adams in the musical film ''1776'', and Carter Nash in ''Captain Nice''. He was president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1999 to 2001 and led the union's efforts during the 2000 commercial actors strike. Daniels is also noted for having portrayed in film or on television the three most pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor French
Victor Edwin French (December 4, 1934 – June 15, 1989) was an American actor and director. He is remembered for roles on the television programs ''Gunsmoke'', ''Little House on the Prairie'', ''Highway to Heaven'', and '' Carter Country''. Early career French was born in Santa Barbara, California, to an Armenian mother, Nellie Louise Cowles, and Ted French, an actor and stuntman who appeared in Westerns in the 1940s. French later appeared with his father in one episode of ''Gunsmoke'', "Prime of Life", and another episode, "The Wishbone", where he was credited as "Victor Frence", both in 1966. Ted French died in 1978. French appeared in the war film '' The Quick and The Dead'' (1963), which was produced by the theatre arts department of Los Angeles Valley College in Van Nuys, which Victor French attended. Also in 1963, he appeared as one of the "Spencer brothers" in the movie that was a forerunner of the television series ''The Waltons'' titled '' Spencer's Mountain'' st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiseguy (TV Series)
Wise guy or Wiseguy may refer to: Film and TV * ''Wiseguy'' (TV series), a US television series * '' The Wise Guy'', a 1926 silent crime drama film directed by Frank Lloyd * ''The Wise Guys'', a 1965 French comedy film directed by Robert Enrico * ''Wise Guys'' (1961 film), directed by Claude Chabrol * ''Wise Guys'' (1986 film), directed by Brian de Palma * '' Wise Guys'', upcoming film directed by Barry Levinson Music * Wise Guys (band), a German a cappella group * The Wiseguys, a British electronica hip hop band * "Wise Guy", a 1998 song by Joe Pesci, from the album '' Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just for You'' * ''Wise Guys'' (album), a 1998 album by Ghetto Commission * ''Tropical Gangsters ''Tropical Gangsters'' is the third album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts, released on May 10, 1982. Originally conceived as a solo album by band leader August Darnell and titled ''Wise Guy'', his label ZE Records pressured him to change it to a K ...'', a 1982 album by Kid Creole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boy Meets World
''Boy Meets World'' is an American coming-of-age sitcom created by Michael Jacobs and April Kelly that aired on ABC for seven seasons between September1993 and May2000. The series centers on Cory Matthews (Ben Savage) and his friends and family, as he progresses from childhood to adulthood. Episodes chronicle the everyday events of Cory's home and school life; his teacher and neighbor George Feeny (William Daniels) delivers life lessons as Cory learns to cope with social and personal issues of adolescence. Cory has strong relationships with his older brother Eric (Will Friedle), younger sister Morgan (Lily Nicksay), and parents, Amy (Betsy Randle) and Alan (William Russ). Cory's friendship with Shawn Hunter (Rider Strong) and romantic interest in Topanga Lawrence ( Danielle Fishel) serve as central focuses of episodes. Overarching themes include a focus on family and friendships as well as discovering one's identity. Further characters were introduced in later seasons; Jonathan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, California, on Riverside Drive, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network's secondary offices, and headquarters of its news division, are in New York City, at its broadcast center at 77 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. It is the fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world and the youngest of the American Big Three television networks. The network is sometimes referred to as the Alphabet Network, as its initialism also represents the first three letters of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with their own set of rules and award categories. The two events that receive the most media coverage are the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards, which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming, respectively. Other notable U.S. national Emmy events include the Children's & Family Emmy Awards for children's and family-oriented television programming, the Sports Emmy Awards for sports programming, News & Documentary Emmy Awards for news and documentary shows, and the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for technological and engineering achievements. Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twins (1988 Film)
''Twins'' (rendered in its title sequence logo as ''TWiiNS'') is a 1988 American buddy film, buddy comedy film produced and directed by Ivan Reitman. The film is about unlikely fraternal twin brothers (Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito) who were separated at birth. The core of the film is the contrast between the Know-how, streetwise Vincent (DeVito) and the intelligent but naive Julius (Schwarzenegger). The film was a commercial success, grossing $216 million worldwide. Instead of taking their usual salaries for the film, Schwarzenegger, DeVito and Reitman agreed with the studio to take 40% of the film's box office returns; this resulted in them receiving the biggest paychecks of their film careers. Plot Julius and Vincent Benedict are twin brothers, the result of a secret experiment carried out at a genetics laboratory to combine the DNA of six fathers to produce the perfect child. To the surprise of the scientists, the embryo split and the twins were born. The mother, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Devito
Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He gained prominence for his portrayal of the taxi dispatcher Louie De Palma in the television series ''Taxi'' (1978–1983), which won him a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award. He plays Frank Reynolds on the FX and FXX sitcom ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' (2006–present). He is known for his film roles in ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975), ''Terms of Endearment'' (1983), '' Romancing the Stone'' (1984), ''Throw Momma from the Train'' (1987), '' Twins'' (1988), ''The War of the Roses'' (1989), '' Batman Returns'' (1992), ''Jack the Bear'' (1993), '' Junior'' (1994), '' Get Shorty'' (1995), ''Matilda'' (1996), ''L.A. Confidential'' (1997), '' The Big Kahuna'' (1999), '' Big Fish'' (2003), '' Deck the Halls'' (2006), '' When in Rome'' (2010), '' Wiener-Dog'' (2016) and '' Jumanji: The Next Level'' (2019). He is also known for his voice roles in such films as ''H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian and American actor, film producer, businessman, retired professional bodybuilder and politician who served as the 38th governor of California between 2003 and 2011. ''Time'' magazine named Schwarzenegger one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2004 and 2007. Schwarzenegger began lifting weights at the age of 15 and went on to win the Mr. Universe title at age 20 and subsequently won the Mr. Olympia title seven times. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time, and has written many books and articles about bodybuilding. The Arnold Sports Festival, considered the second-most important bodybuilding event after Mr. Olympia, is named after him. He appeared in the bodybuilding documentary '' Pumping Iron'' (1977). Schwarzenegger retired from bodybuilding and gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action star, with his breakthrough in the sword and sorcery epic ''Conan the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book II
A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical arrangement is '' codex'' (plural, ''codices''). In the history of hand-held physical supports for extended written compositions or records, the codex replaces its predecessor, the scroll. A single sheet in a codex is a leaf and each side of a leaf is a page. As an intellectual object, a book is prototypically a composition of such great length that it takes a considerable investment of time to compose and still considered as an investment of time to read. In a restricted sense, a book is a self-sufficient section or part of a longer composition, a usage reflecting that, in antiquity, long works had to be written on several scrolls and each scroll had to be identified by the book it contained. Each part of Aristotle's ''Physics'' is called a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V (1983 Miniseries)
''V'' (or ''V: The Original Miniseries'') is a two-part American science-fiction television miniseries, written and directed by Kenneth Johnson. First shown in 1983, it initiated the science-fiction franchise concerning aliens known as the "Visitors" trying to gain control of Earth, and of the ways the populace reacts. Plot summary A race of aliens arrives on Earth in a fleet of 50 huge, saucer-shaped motherships, which hover over major cities across the world. They reveal themselves on the roof of the United Nations building in New York City, appearing human, but requiring special glasses to protect their eyes and having a distinctive resonance to their voices. Referred to as the Visitors, they reach out in friendship, ostensibly seeking the help of humans to obtain chemicals and minerals needed to aid their ailing world, which is revealed to be a planet orbiting the star Sirius. In return, the Visitors promise to share their advanced technology with humanity. The government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Waltons
''The Waltons'' is an American historical drama television series about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II. It was created by Earl Hamner Jr., based on his 1961 book '' Spencer's Mountain'' and the 1963 film of the same name. The series aired from 1972 to 1981. The television film ''The Homecoming: A Christmas Story'' was broadcast on December 19, 1971. Based on its success, the CBS television network ordered the first season of episodes (to be based on the same characters) and that became the television series ''The Waltons''. Beginning in September 1972, the series aired on CBS for nine seasons in total. After the series was canceled in 1981, three television film sequels aired in 1982 on NBC, with three more in the 1990s on CBS. ''The Waltons'' was produced by Lorimar Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution in syndication. The show's end sequence featured the family saying goodnight to one anoth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
