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Judith Roberts (actress)
Judith Anna Roberts (born December 1, 1934) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Mary Shaw in James Wan's horror film ''Dead Silence'' (2007), and as Taslitz, one of "The Golden Girls", in the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Orange Is the New Black''. Acting career Her first film role was 1977 in ''Eraserhead''. In the following years she appeared in a few other small roles in films and TV series, including ''Law & Order'' and ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent''. Her most notable role was Mary Shaw in James Wan's horror film ''Dead Silence'' in 2007. That same year, Roberts collaborated with Wan again in his film ''Death Sentence'', playing Judge Shaw. In 2013, Roberts appeared in Justin Timberlake's music video for "Mirrors". In 2014, she had the recurring role in the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Orange Is the New Black''. Along with the cast, Roberts received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. In 2015, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pernell Roberts
Pernell Elven Roberts Jr. (May 18, 1928 – January 24, 2010) was an American stage, film, and television actor, activist, and singer. In addition to guest-starring in over 60 television series, he was best known for his roles as Ben Cartwright's eldest son Adam Cartwright on the Western television series ''Bonanza'' (1959–1965), and as chief surgeon Dr. John McIntyre, the title character on ''Trapper John, M.D.'' (1979–1986). Roberts was also known for his lifelong activism, which included participation in the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 and pressuring NBC to refrain from hiring white people to portray minority characters. Early life Roberts was born in 1928 in Waycross, Georgia, the only child of Pernell Elven Roberts Sr., a Dr Pepper salesman, and Minnie (Betty) Myrtle Morgan Roberts. During his high-school years, Pernell played the horn, acted in school and church plays, and sang in local USO shows. He attended, but did not graduate from, Georgia Tech. Enli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Swinging Barmaids
''The Swinging Barmaids'' is a 1975 American exploitation film about a serial killer who targets cocktail waitresses. The film was directed by Gus Trikonis, and stars Bruce Watson, Laura Hippe, William Smith (actor), William Smith, and Dyanne Thorne. Plot After murdering a cocktail waitress at the Swing-A-Ling Club, a psychotic killer disguises himself and gains employment at the same club where he continues his killing spree. Three of the club's barmaids and a police lieutenant attempt to stop him. Cast *Bruce Watson as Tom *Laura Hippe as Jenny *Katie Saylor as Susie *Renie Radich as Marie *William Smith (actor), William Smith as Lt. Harry White *Dyanne Thorne as Boo-Boo *Zitto Kazann as Zitto *Jim Travis as Dave *Ray Galvin as Jack *John Alderman as Andrews *Milt Kogan as Dan *Judith Roberts (actress), Judith Roberts as Sally Cult status Quentin Tarantino screened the film at his festival in 2007. A critic at the screening wrote: This flick is kind of bizarre. It’s a serial k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Ledes
Richard Ledes is an American filmmaker and writer based in New York City, best known for his 2012 feature film drama ''Fred Won't Move Out'' about Alzheimer's disease starring Elliott Gould and Fred Melamed. Background He studied Ancient Greek, English literature and Theatre at Amherst College, graduating magna cum laude in 1979. He formed a theater group to perform plays in Ancient Greek and created a play from the last book of ''Iliad'' that was performed in the original Greek by Ledes at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. He moved to Paris where he wrote and directed plays such as "Midtown Stabber" and "The Gift of Walking", a seven-minute play accompanied by Prokofiev's "Seventh Sonata" and performed at Atelier Mahdavi on Rue de la Roquette. He also turned his then-apartment at 242 Rue Saint Martin into a theater where the play "Shade" was performed. Shade included a 16 mm sequence of bowling pins that was shot by the French documentary filmmaker Richard Hamon. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Aspern Papers
''The Aspern Papers'' is a novella by American writer Henry James, originally published in ''The Atlantic, The Atlantic Monthly'' in 1888, with its first book publication later in the same year. One of James's best-known and most acclaimed longer tales, ''The Aspern Papers'' is based on the letters Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote to Mary Shelley's stepsister, Claire Clairmont, who saved them until she died. Set in Venice, ''The Aspern Papers'' demonstrates James's ability to generate suspense while never neglecting the development of his fictional character, characters. Plot summary A nameless narrator goes to Venice to find Juliana Bordereau, an old lover of Jeffrey Aspern, a famous and now dead American poet. The narrator presents himself to the old woman as a prospective lodger and is prepared to court her niece Miss Tita (renamed ''Miss Tina'' in later editions), a plain, somewhat naive spinster, in hopes of getting a look at some of Aspern's letters and other papers kept by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Amsterdam (2008 TV Series)
''New Amsterdam'' is an American television drama which aired for eight episodes in 2008 on Fox. The series starred Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as "John Amsterdam" (real name Johann van der Zee), an immortal Dutch man born in 1607, who has lived in New York City on and off since he was 14 years old, and who is a homicide detective in the present day. The series was nominated for an Emmy for Main Title Design. Premise and plot John Amsterdam (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is an NYPD homicide detective who is 400 years old, but has the appearance of a 35-year-old. He was a Dutch soldier in Manhattan in the year 1642, when he stepped in front of a sword to save the life of a Native American girl during the massacre of her tribe. The girl in turn rescued Amsterdam by weaving a spell that conferred immortality upon him. It was also prophesied that he would not age until he finds his one true love, and only then will he become whole and ready for mortality. Flashbacks in different episodes of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choke (2008 Film)
''Choke'' is a 2008 American black comedy film written and directed by Clark Gregg. The film stars Sam Rockwell and Anjelica Huston. Production took place in New Jersey in 2007. It premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was purchased by Fox Searchlight Pictures for distribution. The film was released on September 26, 2008 and the DVD was released on February 17, 2009. Choke is based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. It tells the story of a man who works in a colonial theme park, attends sexual addiction recovery meetings, and intentionally chokes on food in upscale restaurants so his "rescuers" would give him money out of sympathy and thus cover his mother's Alzheimer's disease hospital bills. Plot Victor Mancini is a sex addict who works as a reenactor of life in Colonial America. He works with his best friend, Denny, who is also a reformed sex addict. To support his hospitalized mother, Ida, Victor cons others by intentionally choking at restaur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nanny Diaries (film)
''The Nanny Diaries'' is a 2007 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, based on the 2002 novel of the same name by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, and Laura Linney, the film tells the story of a college graduate who goes to work as a nanny for a wealthy family in New York City. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the child in her charge. ''The Nanny Diaries'' was released in the United States on August 24, 2007 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and The Weinstein Company. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $47 million against a $20 million budget. Plot Twenty-one-year-old Annie Braddock (Scarlett Johansson) has just graduated from Montclair State University. She has no idea what or who she wants to be. One day, while sitting in the park, Annie sees a young boy (Nicholas Art) about to be hit by a vehicle. Annie saves him and meets th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Food Fast Women
''Fast Food Fast Women'' is a 2000 American romantic-comedy/vehicular-action film written and directed by Amos Kollek and financed by French and Italian production companies. The tag line for the film was "There are 18 million people in New York City, but only one like Bella." It was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Anna Thomson as Bella * Jamie Harris as Bruno * Louise Lasser as Emily * Robert Modica as Paul * Lonette McKee as Sherry-Lynn * Victor Argo as Seymour * Angelica Torn as Vitka * Austin Pendleton as George * Sandrine Holt as Giselle * Valerie Geffner as Wanda * Mark Margolis as Graham * Judith Roberts as Bella's Mother * Lynn Cohen Lynn Harriette Cohen (née Kay; August 10, 1933 – February 14, 2020) was an American actress known for her roles in film, television and theater. She was especially known for her role as Magda in the HBO series ''Sex and the City'', which she ... as Jesse * Salem Ludwig as Leo * Irma St. Paule as Mary-Beth Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Below Zero
3 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 3, three, or III may also refer to: * AD 3, the third year of the AD era * 3 BC, the third year before the AD era * March, the third month Books * ''Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 novel by Maksim Gorky * ''Three'', a 1946 novel by William Sansom * ''Three'', a 1970 novel by Sylvia Ashton-Warner * ''Three'' (novel), a 2003 suspense novel by Ted Dekker * ''Three'' (comics), a graphic novel by Kieron Gillen. * ''3'', a 2004 novel by Julie Hilden * ''Three'', a collection of three plays by Lillian Hellman * ''Three By Flannery O'Connor'', collection Flannery O'Connor bibliography Brands * 3 (telecommunications), a global telecommunications brand ** 3Arena, indoor amphitheatre in Ireland operating with the "3" brand ** 3 Hong Kong, telecommunications company operating in Hong Kong ** Three Australia, Australian telecommunications company ** Three Ireland, Irish telecommunications company ** Three UK, British tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother's Boys
''Mother's Boys'' is a 1993 American psychological thriller film starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer and Vanessa Redgrave. Plot Jude Madigan (Curtis) suddenly and inexplicably leaves her husband, Robert (Gallagher), and three sons. Three years later, when Robert finally files for divorce, Jude returns and tries to reclaim her former life. Robert refuses and insists on the divorce. Jude does not accept Robert's decision. She tries, unsuccessfully, to seduce him and harasses Robert's new girlfriend, Callie (Whalley). Eventually, Jude manipulates and convinces her eldest son, Kes (Luke Edwards), that Callie is the only person standing in the way of their reunited family. Influenced by Jude, Kes details a plan to his two brothers, Michael and Ben (Colin Ward and Joey Zimmerman), to scare off Callie, convincing them that it is just a game. As the boys debate the plan, Jude's estranged mother, Lydia (Redgrave), overhears and confronts Kes and threatens to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac (film)
''Mac'' is a 1992 American drama film co-written and directed by John Turturro, in his directorial debut. It stars Turturro alongside Michael Badalucco, Katherine Borowitz, Carl Capotorto, Nicholas Turturro and Ellen Barkin. It won the Caméra d'Or award at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Synopsis Niccolo (Mac) Vitelli is the oldest of three brothers and becomes the de facto head of their family after their father dies. Their father was in construction and the brothers follow in his footsteps. At first, they work for Polowski, who cuts corners and does not do an adequate job, as well as being verbally abusive to his employees with no pride in his work. This causes them to start their own company - Vitelli Brothers Construction, which will be the opposite of Polowski. Mac starts becoming a tyrannical workaholic with obsessive concern about the quality of their work with worrying attention to detail. His intensity and driven ambition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remington Steele
''Remington Steele'' is an American television series co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from October 10, 1982, to February 17, 1987. The series blended the genres of romantic comedy, drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ..., detective procedural and (towards the end of the series) international political intrigue and espionage. ''Remington Steele's'' premise is that Laura Holt, a licensed private investigator (Stephanie Zimbalist) opened a detective agency under her own name but found potential clients refused to hire a woman, no matter how qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
