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Janice Carroll
Janice Carroll, born as Janice Marie Slack, (9 February 1932 - 10 September 1993), was an American actress, who played in nearly sixty films, plays, and television series that include: ''Simon & Simon'', '' The Blue and the Gray'', '' Quincy M.E.'', ''The Rockford Files'', ''Barnaby Jones'', ''Little House on the Prairie'', ''The Waltons'', ''Miracle on 34th Street'', ''Mister Ed'', '' Daddy Long Legs'', ''Shane'', ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'', and many others. Filmography References External links * Janice Carroll— BFI The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery (United Kingdom), National Lot ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Carroll, Janice 1932 births 1993 deaths American television actresses American film actresses Actresses from California 20th-century American actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue And The Gray (miniseries)
''The Blue and the Gray'' is a television miniseries that first aired on CBS in three installments on November 14, November 16, and November 17, 1982. Set during the American Civil War, the series starred John Hammond, Stacy Keach, Lloyd Bridges, and Gregory Peck as President Abraham Lincoln. It was executive produced by Larry White and Lou Reda, in association with Columbia Pictures Television. A novel of the same name by John Leekley was published as a companion to the series in 1982, based on a story by John Leekley and Bruce Catton and the teleplay by Ian McLellan Hunter. The title refers to the colors of the uniforms worn by United States Army and Confederate States Army soldiers respectively. Synopsis The plot revolves around the families of two sisters; Maggie Geyser and Evelyn Hale. The Geysers are farmers who reside near Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Hales own a small newspaper in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Geysers are generally indifferent to the issue of slaver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How To Be Very, Very Popular
''How to Be Very, Very Popular'' is a 1955 comedy film written, produced and directed by Nunnally Johnson. The film starred Betty Grable in her final film role and Sheree North in her first leading role. Johnson later said "I don't much like to think of ''How To Be Very, Very Popular'' because it brought fame and fortune to nobody. It was just a lousy mistake on everybody's part. "Johnson p 359 Plot Stormy Tornado and Curly Flagg are two showgirls from a San Francisco cabaret who witness the murder of one of their fellow performers and can identify the killer. Not wanting to get mixed up in a murder rap, the girls flee the scene and hide out at Bristol College, disguising themselves as boys. However the need for attention makes the girls want to stand out in their stage costumes and then the trouble begins. The ladies hide in the room of Fillmore Wedgewood, who proudly calls himself "the world's oldest student", and is always looking for ways to forestall graduation and facing "t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Deaths
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; In the United States, the ATF besieges a compound belonging to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in a search for illegal weapons, which ends in the building being set alight and killing most inside; Eritrea gains independence; A major snow storm passes over the United States and Canada, leading to over 300 fatalities; Drug lord and narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar is killed by Colombian special forces; Ramzi Yousef and other Islamic terrorists detonate a truck bomb in the subterranean garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in the United States., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Oslo I Accord rect 200 0 400 200 1993 Russian constitutional crisis rect 400 0 600 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Births
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Thoughts (1983 Film)
''Second Thoughts'' is a 1983 American comedy-drama film directed by Lawrence Turman and starring Lucie Arnaz, Craig Wasson, Ken Howard and Anne Schedeen. It was the second feature directed by Turman, who was better known as a producer. Plot Lawyer Amy finds herself courted by two very different men: her client, a roguish street musician named Will, and her old boyfriend John Michael. A curious triangle develops as Amy gets pregnant by Will and both men vie for her affections. Cast * Lucie Arnaz as Amy * Craig Wasson as Will * Ken Howard as John Michael * Anne Schedeen as Janis * Arthur Rosenberg as Dr. Eastman * Peggy McCay as Dr. Carpenter * Tammy Taylor as Sharon * James O'Connell as Chief Staab * Louis Giambalvo as Sergeant Cabrillo * Alex Kubik as Officer Behnke * Charles Lampkin as Judge Richards * Michael Prince as Alfred Venable * Susan Duvall as Trudy * Larry David as Monroe Clark * Joseph Whipp as Jailer * Annette McCarthy as Nurse Production Filming started late 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
''The Incredible Shrinking Woman'' is a 1981 American science-fiction comedy film directed by Joel Schumacher (in his theatrical directing debut), written by Jane Wagner and starring Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, John Glover, and Elizabeth Wilson. This film parodies the 1957 science-fiction film ''The Incredible Shrinking Man'', and credited as based on Richard Matheson's 1956 novel, ''The Shrinking Man''. The original music score was composed by Suzanne Ciani. The film was released in pan-and-scan on VHS by Universal on July 13, 1994. On November 4, 2009, an unmastered low-quality DVD release (manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media) in 16:9 anamorphic widescreen was offered under the Universal ''Vault Series'' banner. It was later released by Shout! Factory as a "Collector's Edition" Blu-ray on November 14, 2017, with an updated transfer, and includes interviews and a deleted scene with Edith Ann, who is also played by Lily Tomlin. Plot Pat Kramer of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcore (1979 Film)
''Hardcore'' is a 1979 American neo-noir crime-drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Ilah Davis and Season Hubley. The story concerns a father (Scott) searching for his daughter (Davis), who has vanished only to appear in a pornographic film. Schrader had previously written the screenplay for Martin Scorsese's ''Taxi Driver'', and both films share a theme of exploring an unseen subculture. Plot Jake Van Dorn is a prosperous local businessman in Grand Rapids, Michigan, who has strong Calvinist convictions. A single parent, Van Dorn is the father of a seemingly quiet, conservative teenage girl, Kristen, who inexplicably disappears when she goes on a church-sponsored trip to Bellflower, California. Andy Mast, a strange private investigator (PI) from Los Angeles, is then hired to find her, eventually turning up an 8mm stag film of Kristen with two young men. After Van Dorn views the film, he suspects that his daughter was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The End (1978 Film)
''The End'' is a 1978 American black comedy, black comedy film directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, written by Jerry Belson, and with music composed by Paul Williams (songwriter), Paul Williams. The film also stars Dom DeLuise along with Sally Field, Strother Martin, David Steinberg, Joanne Woodward, Norman Fell, Myrna Loy, Kristy McNichol, Pat O'Brien (actor), Pat O'Brien, Robby Benson and Carl Reiner. Reynolds later said he "loved" the film. "Nobody wanted to do it. They allowed me to do ''The End'' if I did ''Hooper (film), Hooper'', which made a fortune for Warner Brothers. But ''The End'' eventually made $40 million." Plot Wendell "Sonny" Lawson, an unscrupulous real-estate promoter, learns that he has a fatal blood disease and decides to kill himself rather than enduring a slow, painful death. He takes the time to meet with several friends and family members for the last time, while hiding the fact about his suicide attempt. Sonny ends up in a mental institution, where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV Series)
''Baa Baa Black Sheep'' (renamed ''Black Sheep Squadron'' for the second season) is an American television series that aired on NBC from September 23, 1976, until April 6, 1978. It was part period military drama, part comedy. In the final seven episodes, the character list was revamped, dropping some squadron pilots, adding a 16-year-old pilot and four nurses. Its original premise was based on the experiences of United States Marine Corps aviator Greg Boyington and his World War II "Black Sheep Squadron". The series was created and produced by Stephen J. Cannell. The opening credits read: "In World War II, Marine Corps Major Greg 'Pappy' Boyington commanded a squadron of fighter pilots. They were a collection of misfits and screwballs who became the terrors of the South Pacific. They were known as the Black Sheep." Plot Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is the commanding officer of VMF-214, a Marine squadron of "misfit" fighter pilots based on the Solomon Islands campaign and Bouga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three The Hard Way (film)
''Three the Hard Way'' is a 1974 action blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks Jr., written by Eric Bercovici and Jerrold L. Ludwig and starring Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, and Jim Kelly (martial artist), Jim Kelly. Plot Jimmy Lait (Brown) and his girlfriend, Wendy, come across Jimmy's friend, House, wounded and dying. Lait learns from House that he had escaped from a secret medical experimentation facility. Later in the hospital, a delirious House tells Lait that there is someone who aims to "kill us all" and that they have a way of doing it. However, Lait has to return to the studio to supervise a recording session with a group he is producing, The Impressions. He leaves Wendy in the hospital. While Wendy talks to Jimmy on the phone outside of the room, two men climb through the window, murder House and kidnap Wendy. After finding out about her kidnapping, Jimmy begins a quest to find the whereabouts of his girlfriend, but a group of attackers ambush him. Lait sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How To Seduce A Woman
''How to Seduce a Woman'' is a 1974 American comedy film, directed by Charles Martin. It stars Angus Duncan, Angel Tompkins, and Alexandra Hay, and was released in late January 1974. Plot synopsis Employees of a well-off con man and lady's man Luther Lucas talk about the 5 women he'd most like to bed. To make this happen he'll spare no expense. Cast * Angus Duncan as Luther Lucas * Angel Tompkins as Pamela Balsam * Alexandra Hay as Nell Brinkman * Jo Anne Meredith as Melissa Van Der Meer * Judith McConnell as Ramona * Heidi Bruhl as Doctor Winifred Sisters * Vito Scotti as Bill * Marty Ingels as Jim * Hope Holiday as Mary * Lillian Randolph as Matilda * Janice Carroll as Estelle * Kay Peters as Jane * James Bacon as himself * Jack Bailey as Mr. Toklas * Jackie Brett as Sally * Fran Ryan as Mrs. Toklas * Joe Alfasa as Guido * Dita Cobb as Fanny * Billy Frick as Adolf Hitler * Dave Barry as Ticket Seller Notes In the December 3, 1973 issue of ''Box Office'' it was reported tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The April Fools
''The April Fools'' is a 1969 American romantic comedy film directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring Jack Lemmon and Catherine Deneuve. Plot Wall Street broker Howard Brubaker is married to Phyllis, who does not love him. Catherine is the stunning French wife of an equally uncaring husband, Howard's philandering boss, Ted Gunther. The evening of the day Ted promotes Howard, Howard attends Ted's house party where Ted urges him to pick up an available woman there and proceeds to show him how. Howard reluctantly tries it on Catherine, who instantly accepts. The two leave the party and go out for a little adventure on the town. Ted is oblivious, as he is concentrating on other women at the party. The two find their marriages are loveless as they discover more about each other that night and decide to run away together the next evening. However, Ted does not realize the other man is Howard until Howard and Catherine are about to board the plane to Paris. Cast Production The fem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
