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In A Child's Name
''In a Child's Name'' is a four-hour mini-series televised on CBS in 1991. Baby Andrew's mother was murdered by his father and a custody battle ensues between the father's parents and the mother's sister played by Valerie Bertinelli. Plot Ken Taylor (Michael Ontkean) lives in New Jersey and is a dentist in Staten Island, NY. He marries Teresa Silvano. On their honeymoon, Teresa is mysteriously beaten within an inch of her life. At the hospital, she tells her sister Angela that she cannot remember what happened and that Ken did not beat her. Ken's partners kick him out of his dental office partnership for stealing money from the vault(Ken might have an addiction to cocaine). Teresa gives birth to their boy named Andrew. Ken murders Teresa and puts her body in the trunk of his car. He drives Andrew and the dead body to Indiana to give physical custody of Andrew to his parents. On the way back to New Jersey, Ken abandons the body in Pennsylvania. He calls Teresa's sister Angela C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Bertinelli
Valerie Anne Bertinelli (born April 23, 1960) is an American actress. She first achieved recognition as a child actress, portraying Barbara Cooper Royer on the sitcom ''One Day at a Time (1975 TV series), One Day at a Time'' (1975–1984) for which she won two Golden Globe Awards for Golden Globe Awards, Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film. She subsequently earned adult stardom as Gloria on the religious drama series ''Touched by an Angel'' (2001–2003) and Melanie Moretti on the sitcom ''Hot in Cleveland'' (2010–2015), the latter of which gained her a Screen Actors Guild Awards, Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2012, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Bertinelli has hosted several programs for Food Network, such as the cooking shows ''Valerie's Home Cooking'' (2015–present) and ''Kids Baking Championship'' (2015–present), winning two Daytime Emmy Awards for the former out of six nominations. In December 2021, Bert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Karlen
John Karlen (born John Adam Karlewicz; May 28, 1933 – January 22, 2020) was an American character actor who played multiple roles on the ABC serial ''Dark Shadows'' on and off from 1967 to 1971. In 1971, Karlen starred as the male lead in ''Daughters of Darkness''. He played Harvey Lacey, husband of Mary Beth Lacey (played by Tyne Daly), on the CBS crime series ''Cagney & Lacey'' (1982–88). Karlen reprised the role of "Willie Loomis" for a series of ''Dark Shadows'' audio dramas produced by Big Finish Productions. Life and career Karlen was born May 28, 1933, in Brooklyn, the son of Helen Agnes (née Balondowicz) and Adam Marion Karlewicz. He was of Polish descent. He enrolled in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts on a scholarship. His first acting experiences were on early television productions such as ''From These Roots'' and ''Kraft Television Theatre''. His stage career began in 1959 in ''Sweet Bird of Youth''. He accumulated roles on both stage and television before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In New Jersey
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Films
The year 1991 in film involved some significant events. Important films released this year included '' The Silence of the Lambs'', ''Beauty and the Beast'', ''Thelma & Louise'', ''JFK'' and '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day''. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1991 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events *February 14 – '' The Silence of the Lambs'' is released and becomes only the third film after ''It Happened One Night'' (1934) and '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975) to win the top five categories at the Academy Awards: Best Picture; Best Director ( Jonathan Demme); Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins); Best Actress (Jodie Foster); and Best Adapted Screenplay (Ted Tally). It is also the first, and to date only, Best Picture winner widely considered to be a horror film. * July 3 – '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic. *August 7 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Television Films
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Philippines, making it the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century; MTS Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa, but the crew notoriously abandons the vessel before the passengers are rescued; Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Soviet flag is lowered from the Kremlin for the last time and replaced with the flag of the Russian Federation; The United States and soon-to-be dissolved Soviet Union sign the START I Treaty; A tropical cyclone strikes Bangladesh, killing nearly 140,000 people; Lauda Air Flight 004 crashes after one of its thrust reversers activates during the flight; A United States-led coalition initiates Operation Desert Storm to remove Iraq and Saddam Hussein from Kuwait, 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1991 So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cromwell
James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American actor and activist. Some of his best-known films include ''Babe'' (1995), '' Star Trek: First Contact'' (1996), ''L.A. Confidential'' (1997), '' The Green Mile'' (1999), ''The Queen'' (2006), ''Secretariat'' (2010), '' The Artist'' (2011), and '' Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'' (2018). Cromwell is also well known for his performances in television including HBO’s acclaimed ''Angels in America'' (2003), '' Six Feet Under'' (2003–2005), '' American Horror Story: Asylum'' (2012–2013), '' Succession'' (2018–present), and '' Counterpart'' (2018–2019). Cromwell has been nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Babe'' (1995). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for his role in '' American Horror Story: Asylum'' (2012) and a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor for his role in ''Still Mine'' (2013). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma Martinez (actress)
Alma Martinez (born 18 March 1953) is a Mexican-American actress, stage director, and professor of theatre. She is best known for her roles in film and television shows including the Peabody Award winning drama series ''The Bridge'' with Demián Bichir and Diane Kruger and ''Corridos: Tales of Passion & Revolution'' with Linda Ronstadt as well as performances on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatre, Mexican and European stages. Early career In 1979, Martinez joined the Center Theatre Group production of Luis Valdez’s '' Zoot Suit''. Her film debut was in Valdez's 1981 adaptation, the American classic '' Zoot Suit'', launching a career that led to her induction into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2013. She has since been the lead actress in many of Valdez's projects in a collaboration that has spanned over 30 years. Australian director Fred Schepisi cast her in his American film debut, ''Barbarosa'' with Willie Nelson and Gary Busey. This was followed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Mason (actor, Born 1949)
Tom Mason is an American actor. He began his television career in 1977, portraying Rex Stout's fictional detective Archie Goodwin in the ABC-TV movie ''Nero Wolfe''. His subsequent TV credits include the series ''Grandpa Goes to Washington'', ''Freebie and the Bean'' (1980), ''George Washington'' (1984), ''Our Family Honor'' (1985–1986), ''Jack and Mike'' (1986–1987), ''Party of Five'' (1994–2000), ''The Bedford Diaries'' (2006) and ''The Black Donnellys'' (2007). Mason's episodic credits include ''Law & Order'', ''The Practice'', '' 100 Centre Street'' and ''The Sopranos''. Mason's film credits include ''Apocalypse Now'' (1979), ''The Aliens Are Coming'' (1980), ''Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' (1983), ''Crimes of the Heart'' (1986), ''Men Don't Leave'' (1990), ''F/X2'' (1991), '' Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted'' (1992), ''The Amy Fisher Story'' (1993), ''Final Appeal'' (1993), '' Greedy'' (1994), '' Flashfire'' (1994), ''The Puppet Masters'' (1994), '' Brooklyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Dollar
Caroline Dollar (born December 28, 1983) is an American actress. Life and career Dollar was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. She attended Needham B. Broughton High School in Raleigh, North Carolina. Like her older sister, actress Aubrey Dollar, she appeared as a child actress in a small number of television miniseries, such as '' Day-O'' and Stephen King's '' Golden Years'', while a child, but did not take any roles as an adult until a brief appearance in a 2005 episode of ''One Tree Hill'', " A Multitude of Casualties". She also appeared in the film ''Remember the Daze'' (2007), her last screen acting role to date. Awards and nominations In 1993 she was nominated for a Young Artist Award at the Young Artist Awards for Best Young Actress Under Ten in a Television Movie for '' A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story'' (1992). Filmography * 1991 '' Golden Years'' (2 episodes) as Little Girl * 1991 '' In a Child's Name'' (TV Mini-Series) as Astrid * 1992 '' Day-O'' (TV Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Kava
Caroline Kava (born September 25, 1949) is an American actress and playwright of the 1986 Off-Broadway play, ''The Early Girl''. She portrayed a prostitute in the 1980 film '' Heaven's Gate''. In '' Year of the Dragon'' (1985), she portrayed the wife of Mickey Rourke's character. In ''Little Nikita'' (1988), she portrayed the mother of the title character played by River Phoenix. She also played the mother of Ron Kovic, portrayed by Tom Cruise, in ''Born on the Fourth of July'' (1989). She has also appeared in television films such as '' Act of Vengeance'' (1986) and ''Guilty Until Proven Innocent'' (1991). Kava also appeared with Alan Arkin in ''Four Days in September'' (1997). In 2009, Kava adapted Henrik Ibsen's ''Hedda Gabler'' for the Mauckingbird Theatre Company in Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Ryan
Mitchell Ryan (January 11, 1934 – March 4, 2022) was an American film, television, and stage actor, who in his six decades of television is known for playing Burke Devlin in the 1960s gothic soap opera ''Dark Shadows'', and later for his co-starring role as Thomas Gibson's father Edward Montgomery on ''Dharma & Greg''. He also played the villainous General Peter McAllister in the 1987 buddy cop action film ''Lethal Weapon.'' Early life Ryan was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. His father was a salesman and his mother was a writer. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War. Career A life member of the Actors Studio, Ryan's Broadway theatre credits include ''Wait Until Dark'', ''Medea'', and '' The Price''. His off-Broadway credits include ''Antony and Cleopatra'' (1963) and ''The Price'' (1979). Ryan was an original cast member on the cult TV soap opera ''Dark Shadows'', playing Burke Devlin until he was fired from the show i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Guastaferro
Vincent Guastaferro (born April 6, 1950) is an American film, stage and television actor. He is known for playing the recurring role of Sgt. Vincent Agostini in the American police procedural television series '' NYPD Blue''. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he was the son of Regina Blake and Arcangelo Guastaferro. Guastaferro was also the brother of Thomas and sister of Elizabeth Ann Guastaferro. He attended at the University of Toledo, where he earned the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Guastaferro then attended at The Theatre School at DePaul University, where he earned the Master of Fine Arts degree. He began his career in 1979, first appearing on the stage production of ''Sexual Perversity in Chicago'', where he served as the replacement of actor, comedian and musician Jim Belushi. In his stage career, Guastaferro made numerous appearances to playwright, filmmaker and author David Mamet's stage plays. In 1980, he made his film and television debut, first appearing in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
