Cynda Williams
Cindy Ann "Cynda" Williams (born May 17, 1966) is an American actress. Early life and education Williams was born Cindy Ann Williams in Chicago, Illinois to Charles, a police officer and Beverly, a medical lab technician. She was raised in the Pullman neighborhood on the city's south side. She spent parts of her early childhood in Indiana, where she sang in her grandfather's church. Williams attended Bennett Elementary School before she moved with her mother to Muncie, Indiana, as a teenager. While in Indiana, Williams attended Northside High School; graduating in 1984. After high school, Williams attended Ball State University, studying theater and was crowned Ms. Ball State in 1987. She graduated in 1989. Career In 1989, Williams changed her first name to "Cynda" to avoid conflicts with ''Laverne & Shirley'' actress Cindy Williams, who was also listed by the same name with the Screen Actors Guild. Williams has acted in films on both television and in the cinema. Her firs ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook and DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfoot ( D) , leader_title1 = City Clerk , leader_name1 = Anna Valencia ( D) , unit_pref = Imperial , area_footnotes = , area_tot ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Condition Red (film)
''Condition Red'' is a 1995 Finnish-American thriller film directed by Mika Kaurismäki. The premise is that a correctional officer falls in love with a female inmate who convinces him to help her escape. It was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * James Russo as Dan Cappelli * Cynda Williams as Gidell Ryan * Paul Calderon as Angel Delgado * Victor Argo Victor Argo (November 5, 1934 – April 7, 2004) was an American actor of Puerto Rican descent who usually played the part of a tough bad guy in his movies. He had a career span of forty years. He is best known for '' Mean Streets'' (1973), ... as Victor Klein * Jonathan Shaw as Tattooed Inmate * Verrone Romeoletti as Malone * Cedric Turner as Inmate * Matthew Styles as Effeminate Inmate * Richard Boes as Boyce * Andre Degas as Bishop * John Ashton as Deputy Warden * Ana Ortiz as C Block Inmate * Amanda Foster as Blondie References External links * 1995 films 1995 drama films ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Our House (TV Film)
''Our House'' is a 2006 television movie made for Hallmark Channel that premiered in May 2006. It stars Doris Roberts as a lonely socialite who takes a group of homeless people into her home. Judy Reyes also stars as a homeless woman. The television film was directed by Mark Griffiths. Plot After the recent death of her husband and extreme loneliness because her son and especially her daughter have little time to visit her, Ruth (Doris Roberts), an elderly socialite takes an overdose of pills in an attempt to commit suicide. She is saved by Billy ( Judy Reyes), a homeless woman. Although Billy is initially resistant to Ruth's attempts to befriend her, she eventually relents and accepts a place to stay in the lonely old socialite's mansion. To the dismay of Ruth's family and neighbors, several other homeless people also move in with them. Ruth works with them to better their lives and helps them find jobs and purpose in life. Eventually, her daughter finds out and tries to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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When Do We Eat? (2005 Film)
''When Do We Eat?'' is a 2005 American comedy film directed by Salvador Litvak and starring Michael Lerner, Lesley Ann Warren, Jack Klugman, Shiri Appleby, Mili Avital, Ben Feldman, and Adam Lamberg. Synopsis ''When Do We Eat?'' is the story of a dysfunctional Jewish family's Passover Seder. This is the family's first Seder in three years and the tension is high. Before the Seder, Zeke ( Ben Feldman) slips his father Ira ( Michael Lerner) a pill that he believes to be a combination of ecstasy and LSD. As the night continues, the family releases secrets that cause fights but bring them closer in the end. Cast * Ben Feldman as Zeke Stuckman, Ira and Peggy's autistic youngest son and a high school student who enjoys recreational drugs. * Michael Lerner as Ira Stuckman, the family patriarch who manufactures and distributes Christmas ornaments for a living. **Arman Manyan as Ira as Young Boy **Caleb Armstrong as Ira as a Toddler **Joshua Weinstein as Ira as Young Man * Shiri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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With Or Without You (2003 Film)
''With or Without You'' is a 2003 comedy drama film directed by G. Stubbs and starring Cynda Williams, Victor Williams, Mushond Lee, and Wendy Raquel Robinson. The film was produced by Anita M. Cal and Lisa Diane Washington in Los Angeles, CA. Plot Robert's ( Lee) life has been going just the way he wanted it to, from both a professional and personal standpoint. That is until his girlfriend Cheri ( Williams) tells him she's expecting. While she feels they should get married, Robert still isn't quite sure if he's ready to take such a major step in his life. He tries to get advice from his friends, who all (besides not being married or in any sort of exclusive relationships of their own) basically tell him to stand firm in his decision if he doesn't feel he's ready. Cheri also has a group of friends however, and they are just as much in support of her opinion that the two should be looking to settle down as Robert's friends are of his. When they all get together to celebrate the bab ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Courage To Love
''The Courage to Love'' is a 2000 television history film starring Vanessa L. Williams, who was also the producer. The premiere was held 24 January 2000 on Lifetime. The film also stars Vanessa's children: Jillian Hervey, Melanie Hervey, Devin Hervey, and her brother Chris Williams. Filming began in August 1999 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and was scheduled to last two months. Plot Henriette Delille, a free woman of color, was born in 1813 into one of New Orleans' most prominent families. Her family assumed she would follow her mother and sister's path and become a mistress for a wealthy white man. However, Henriette had different plans for her life. Cast * Vanessa Williams as Mother Henriette Delille * Gil Bellows as Dr. Gerard Gautier * Karen Williams as Julie Gadin * Lisa Bronwyn Moore as Marie Alicot * David La Haye as Father Rousselon * Cynda Williams as Cecelia Delille * Diahann Carroll as Pouponne * Stacy Keach as Jean Baptiste * Kevin Jubinville Kevin Jubinville ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vivian Dandridge
Vivian Alferetta Dandridge (April 22, 1921 – October 26, 1991) was an American singer, actress and dancer. Dandridge is best known for being the older sister of actress and singer Dorothy Dandridge and the daughter of actress Ruby Dandridge. Dandridge was a member of the Dandridge Sisters musical group, along with Etta Jones and Dorothy Dandridge from 1934 until the group disbanded in 1940. Dandridge went on to appear in minor roles on films and television from 1940 through the early 1960s. She never really achieved the same notable success as her younger sister, and Vivian Dandridge disappeared from the public eye by 1970. Dandridge died after suffering a stroke on October 26, 1991 at age 70. Early life and career Dandridge was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Cyril Dandridge, and the former Ruby Jean Butler, an aspiring entertainer. Dandridge's parents separated shortly before the birth of her sister Dorothy. Initially, Ruby Dandridge put her two girls to work performing acrobat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
''Introducing Dorothy Dandridge'' is a 1999 American biographical drama television film directed by Martha Coolidge from a screenplay by Shonda Rhimes and Scott Abbott, based on the biography ''Dorothy Dandridge'' by Earl Mills. Filmed over a span of a few weeks in early 1998, the film stars Halle Berry as actress and singer Dorothy Dandridge and premiered on HBO on August 21, 1999. The teleplay is drawn exclusively from the biography of Dorothy Dandridge by Earl Mills. The original music score was composed by Elmer Bernstein, who had known Dandridge and Otto Preminger. Cast * Halle Berry as Dorothy Dandridge ** Wendi Williams provides the singing voice for Dorothy Dandridge * Brent Spiner as Earl Mills * Klaus Maria Brandauer as Otto Preminger * Obba Babatundé as Harold Nicholas * Loretta Devine as Ruby Dandridge * Cynda Williams as Vivian Dandridge * LaTanya Richardson as Auntie * Tamara Taylor as Geri Branton-Nicholas * William Atherton as Darryl Zanuck * D. B. Sweeney as Jack ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Relax
Relax may refer to: Aviation * Roland Z-120 Relax, a German ultralight aircraft design for the 120 kg class Music Albums * ''Relax'' (Blank & Jones album), 2003 * ''Relax'' (Das Racist album), 2011 Songs * "Relax" (song), a 1983 song by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, covered, sampled and remixed by many artists * "Relax", a song by Das Racist, title track from ''Relax'' * "Relax", a song by Deetah from ''Deadly Cha Cha'' * "Relax", a song by Labi Siffre from ''The Singer and the Song'' * "Relax", a song by Peaches from ''I Feel Cream'' * "Relax", a song by Superorganism from ''Superorganism'' * "Relax", a song by The Who from ''The Who Sell Out'' * "Relax, Take It Easy", a 2006 song by Mika Film * ''Relax'' (film), a Telugu film * '' Relax...It's Just Sex'', a 1998 film Computing * Regular Language description for XML, a specification for describing XML-based languages See also *Leisure Leisure has often been defined as a quality of experience or as free time. Free ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Caught Up (film)
''Caught Up'' is a 1998 American crime-drama film written and directed by Darin Scott. It Was Filmed in 1997. The film stars Bokeem Woodbine and Cynda Williams. Plot Daryl Allen (Bokeem Woodbine) is an ex-con who has been serving time for drug charges. Now he plans to get his life straight, open up a nightclub and be a part of his son Jerome's life. His friend Trip offers to give him the $10,000 for his club. Daryl drives Trip to the bank, unaware he's taking part in a robbery, which makes him furious. During a police chase they get into a car accident. Trip is killed and Daryl is sent back to prison. During that period, his girlfriend Trish (Cynda Williams) gets married and moves away with their son. Released after five years, Daryl meets Jake, his parole officer (Tony Todd) and is informed that if he gets into trouble again, he will serve 25 years to life in prison. Daryl meets a psychic named Vanessa Dietrich (also Cynda Williams) who looks exactly like his ex-girlfriend. The ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Wedding (miniseries)
''The Wedding'' is a 1998 television film directed by Charles Burnett. Based on the 1995 novel by Dorothy West and written for television by West and Lisa Jones, it stars Halle Berry, Eric Thal, and Lynn Whitfield, and was produced by Oprah Winfrey's production company, Harpo Productions. The story touches on the subjects of marriage, race, prejudice, class, and family in 1950s Martha's Vineyard. The film aired on ABC on February 22 and February 23, 1998. Plot Shelby Cole (Halle Berry) returns to Martha's Vineyard and the Cole family home, in a section of town known as 'The Oval', to wed her white fiancé, jazz pianist and composer Meade Howell (Eric Thal). While her black high-society parents initially accept the pair, even arranging the wedding to be held at the mansion, they have growing misgivings as to the pair's ability to withstand the racial prejudice of the time, only made stronger after Meade admits that his own middle-class parents will not be attending the wedding b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tales Of Erotica
''Tales of Erotica'' (also known as ''Erotic Tales'') is a 1996 compilation of four erotic short films directed by Ken Russell, Susan Seidelman, Melvin Van Peebles and Bob Rafelson Robert Jay Rafelson (February 21, 1933 – July 23, 2022) was an American film director, writer, and producer. He is regarded as one of the key figures in the founding of the New Hollywood movement of the 1970s. Among his best-known films as a ... Shorts featured External links * 1996 films German anthology films Compilation films 1996 drama films 1996 short films 1990s erotic films 1990s erotic drama films Films directed by Bob Rafelson Films directed by Melvin Van Peebles Films directed by Susan Seidelman Films directed by Ken Russell Trimark Pictures films 1990s English-language films German erotic drama films American anthology films American erotic drama films 1990s American films 1990s German films {{erotic-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |