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I Never Promised You A Rose Garden (film)
''I Never Promised You a Rose Garden'' is an Academy Award-nominated, 1977 American fantasy drama film based on Joanne Greenberg's 1964 novel of the same name. Plot Pretty and privileged Deborah is, at the age of 16, a borderline schizophrenic who spends most of her waking hours in a bizarre fantasy realm. After a suicide attempt, she lands in a mental institution, where the hostile environment threatens to destabilize her condition even further. It's only through the focused attention of the sympathetic Dr. Fried that Deborah is gradually able to distinguish between dreams and reality again. Cast * Kathleen Quinlan as Deborah Blake * Bibi Andersson as Dr. Fried * Ben Piazza as Jay Blake * Lorraine Gary as Esther Blake * Martine Bartlett as Secret Wife * Margo Ann Berdeshevsky as Drawing Patient * Darlene Craviotto as Carla * Reni Santoni as Hobbs * Susan Tyrrell as Lee * Signe Hasso as Helene * Diane Varsi as Sylvia * Norman Alden as McPherson * Sylvia Sidney as Miss Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Page
Anthony Page (21 September 1935 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India) is a British stage and film director. Biography When Page was 19, he went to Canada on a free passage with the Royal Canadian Air Force and hitchhiked to New York where he studied with Sanford Meisner. In 1964, he took over directing at the Royal Court when George Devine fell ill. He directed ''Inadmissible Evidence'' with Nicol Williamson.By George, he's done it In classic BBC style, director Anthony Page has tackled the lengthy but pleasurable task of directing Middlemarch Sutcliffe, Tom. The Guardian 5 Jan 1994. Filmograpdhy *'' Inadmissible Evidence'' (1968) *''Male of the Species'' (1969) *''Pueblo'' (1973) *'' The Missiles of October'' (1974) *''F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood'' (1975) *'' Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur'' (1976) *'' I Never Promised You a Rose Garden'' (1977) *''Absolution'' (1978) *'' The Lady Vanishes'' (1979) *''F.D.R.: The Last Year'' (1980) *''Bill'' (1981) *''Johnny Belinda'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reni Santoni
Reni may refer to: Places * Reni, Alwar, Alwar district, Rajasthan, India * Reni, Chamoli (also ''Raini''), Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India, devastated by the 2021 Uttarakhand flood * Reni, Churu, Churu district, Rajasthan, India * Reni, Ukraine, a city in Odessa Oblast (southern Ukraine) on the border with Romania, near the confluence of Prut and Danube rivers * Reni Raion Reni Raion ( uk, Ренійський район; ro, Raionul Reni) was a raion (district) in Odessa Oblast in south-western Ukraine, in the historic Budjak region of Bessarabia. Its administrative center was the city of Reni. The raion was aboli ..., Ukraine * Reni (island), in West Papua, Indonesia People * Reni (musician) (born 1964), English musician * Guido Reni (1575–1642), Italian painter * Reni Erkens (1909–1987), German freestyle swimmer * Reni Jusis (born 1974), Polish pop singer, songwriter and producer * Reni Lane (born 1988), American singer-songwriter * Reni Maitua (born 1982), Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Farrow
Maria de Lourdes Villiers "Mia" Farrow ( ; born February 9, 1945) is an American actress. She first gained notice for her role as Allison MacKenzie in the television soap opera '' Peyton Place'' and gained further recognition for her subsequent short-lived marriage to Frank Sinatra. An early film role, as Rosemary in Roman Polanski's '' Rosemary's Baby'' (1968), saw her nominated for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She went on to appear in several films throughout the 1970s, such as '' Follow Me!'' (1972), '' The Great Gatsby'' (1974), and '' Death on the Nile'' (1978). Her younger sister is Prudence Farrow. Farrow was in a relationship with actor-director Woody Allen from 1980 to 1992 and appeared in thirteen of his fourteen films over that period, beginning with '' A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy'' (1982). She received numerous critical accolades for her performances in several Allen films, including Golden Globe Award nominations for '' Broadway Dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liza Minnelli
Liza May Minnelli ( ; born March 12, 1946) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer. Known for her commanding stage presence and powerful alto singing voice, Minnelli is among a rare group of performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy (Grammy Legend Award), Oscar, and Tony ( EGOT). Minnelli is a Knight of the French Legion of Honour. Daughter of actress and singer Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli, Minnelli was born in Los Angeles, spent part of her childhood in Scarsdale, New York, and moved to New York City in 1961 where she began her career as a musical theatre actress, nightclub performer, and traditional pop music artist. She made her professional stage debut in the 1963 Off-Broadway revival of '' Best Foot Forward''Scott Schechter (2004): ''The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook'', pp. 12–13. and received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for starring in '' Flora the Red Menace'' in 1965, which marked the start of her lifelong collaboration with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood ( Zacharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began her career in film as a child and successfully transitioned to young adult roles. Wood started acting at age four and was given a co-starring role at age 8 in ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1947). As a teenager, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ''Rebel Without a Cause'' (1955), followed by a role in John Ford's ''The Searchers'' (1956). Wood starred in the musical films ''West Side Story (1961 film), West Side Story'' (1961) and ''Gypsy (1962 film), Gypsy'' (1962), and received nominations for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in ''Splendor in the Grass'' (1961) and ''Love with the Proper Stranger'' (1963). Her career continued with films such as ''Sex and the Single Girl (film), Sex and the Single Girl'' (1964), ''Inside Daisy Clover'' (1965), and ''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice'' (1969). During the 1970s, Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sensation, vision, hearing, and speaking. Often, babies with cerebral palsy do not roll over, sit, crawl or walk as early as other children of their age. Other symptoms include seizures and problems with thinking or reasoning, which each occur in about one-third of people with CP. While symptoms may get more noticeable over the first few years of life, underlying problems do not worsen over time. Cerebral palsy is caused by abnormal development or damage to the parts of the brain that control movement, balance, and posture. Most often, the problems occur during pregnancy, but they may also occur during childbirth or shortly after birth. Often, the cause is unknown. Risk factors include preterm birth, being a twin, certain infections during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Conaway
Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway (October 5, 1950 – May 27, 2011) was an American actor. He portrayed Kenickie in the film '' Grease'' and had roles in two television series: struggling actor Bobby Wheeler in ''Taxi'' and security officer Zack Allan on ''Babylon 5''. Conaway was featured in the first and second seasons of the reality television series ''Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew''. Early life Conaway was born in Manhattan, New York, and raised in the Astoria, Flushing and Forest Hills neighborhoods of Queens. His father, Charles, was an actor, producer, and publisher. His mother, Helen, an actress who went by the stage name Mary Ann Brooks, taught music at New York City's Brook Conservatory. They divorced when he was three, and Conaway and his two older sisters lived with their mother. He also spent time living with his grandparents in South Carolina, which gave him enough of a Southern accent that when he accompanied his mother to a casting call for director A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Viharo
Robert Viharo (born August 14, 1942) is an American actor. He made an early appearance in 1966 as Harry in ''Dark Shadows''. He is known for his role in '' Valley of the Dolls'' (1967) in the part of a Broadway director. He had the starring role as Zachary Kane in the action film ''Bare Knuckles'' (1977). He also played the part of Col. Ernesto Dorio in the film ''Romero'' (1989). Television From 1966 to 1991, he appeared in numerous television shows. In ''Dark Shadows'' in 1966, he played the part of Harry. In the same year, he was in '' The Fugitive''. In the '' Gunsmoke'' episode "The Sodbusters" (1972), he played the part of the gunslinger Dick Shaw. In ''The High Chaparral'' episode "Alliance" (1969), he played the part of Johhny Ringo. The 1980s saw him in such shows as ''Hardcastle and McCormick'' in the "Black Widow" episode, ''TJ Hooker'' playing the part of John Simone in the "Funny Money" episode, ''Hill Street Blues'' in the "Last Chance Salon" episode, and starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clint Howard
Clinton Engle Howard (born April 20, 1959) is an American actor. He is the second son born to American actors Rance and Jean Howard, and younger brother of actor and director Ron Howard. His 200-plus acting credits include feature films such as '' The Waterboy'' and ''Apollo 13'', as well as television series, such as '' Gentle Ben'', '' The Baileys of Balboa'', '' The Cowboys'', and ''My Name Is Earl''. He has appeared in many films directed by his brother, Ron, and had a small role in the 1967 animated film ''The Jungle Book''. He is lead singer of his own band, The Kempsters, and also makes custom snow globes. Early life Born in Burbank, California, Howard's parents are actors Rance Howard and Jean Speegle and his older brother is actor and filmmaker Ron Howard. Career Television Howard began his career when he was two, appearing in five episodes of ''The Andy Griffith Show'', then starring his older brother Ron. He played Leon, a toddler in a cowboy outfit who wandered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Quaid
Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor known for a wide variety of dramatic and comedic roles. First gaining widespread attention in the late 1970s, some of his notable credits include '' Breaking Away'' (1979), '' The Right Stuff'' (1983), '' The Big Easy'' (1986), '' Innerspace'' (1987), '' Great Balls of Fire!'' (1989), ''Dragonheart'' (1996), '' The Parent Trap'' (1998), ''Frequency'' (2000), '' The Rookie'' (2002), '' In Good Company'' (2004), '' Yours, Mine & Ours'' (2005), and ''Vantage Point'' (2008). His other film credits include ''Any Given Sunday'' (1999), ''Traffic'' (2000), ''The Alamo'' (2004), ''The Day After Tomorrow'' (2004), '' Flight of the Phoenix'' (2004), ''American Dreamz'' (2006), ''Battle for Terra'' (2007), '' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'' (2009), '' Footloose'' (2011), ''Soul Surfer'' (2011), ''Beneath the Darkness'' (2012), '' Playing for Keeps'' (2012), ''Truth'' (2015), ''The Pretenders'' (2018), '' Midway'' (2019), '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow; August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999) was an American stage, screen and film actress whose career spanned over 70 years. She rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in '' Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams'' in 1973. She later gained attention for her role as Juno, a case worker in the afterlife, in Tim Burton's 1988 film ''Beetlejuice'', for which she won a Saturn Award as Best Supporting Actress. Early life Sidney was born Sophia Kosow in the Bronx, New York, the daughter of Rebecca (née Saperstein), a Romanian Jew, and Victor Kosow, a Russian-Jewish immigrant who worked as a clothing salesman. Her parents divorced by 1915, and she was adopted by her stepfather Sigmund Sidney, a dentist. Her mother became a dressmaker and renamed herself Beatrice Sidney. Now using the surname Sidney, Sylvia became an actress at the age of 15 as a way of overcom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Alden
Norman Alden (born Norman Adelberg, September 13, 1924 – July 27, 2012) was an American character actor who performed in television programs and motion pictures. He first appeared on television on ''The 20th Century Fox Hour'' in 1957. He provided the voice of Kay in '' The Sword in the Stone'' (1963), and had a notable role in '' I Never Promised You a Rose Garden''. His acting career began in 1957 and lasted nearly 50 years. He is also known for playing Kranix and Arblus in '' The Transformers: The Movie'' (1986). He retired from acting in 2006. He died on 27 June 2012 at the age of 87. Background Alden was born in Fort Worth, Texas and was the son of Ben Adelberg and Esther Covinsky Adelberg. He served in the United States Army during World War II and returned to Fort Worth to attend Texas Christian University under the GI Bill of Rights. Some of his acting ability was developed while at TCU with participation in the on-campus theater. He had two children. Career Ald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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