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Sweet Justice
''Sweet Justice'' is an American legal drama television series created by John Romano and starring Cicely Tyson and Melissa Gilbert. The hour-long series ran from September 15, 1994, to August 12, 1995, on NBC. The series was produced by Trotwood Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television. Premise Attorney Kate Delacroy (Melissa Gilbert) returns to New Orleans from Wall Street for her sister's engagement party and decides to stay. Instead of joining the prestigious law firm headed by her arch conservative father, James-Lee (Ronny Cox), she joins forces with old civil rights warrior Carrie Grace Battle (Cicely Tyson) in Battle-Ross & Associates, the better to take on cases of women's rights, minority rights, and everyone else's rights. Cast and characters *Melissa Gilbert as Kate Delacroy, a novice Wall Street attorney *Greg Germann as Andy Del Sarto, a passionate upstate attorney *Cicely Tyson as Carrie Grace Battle, a feminist, civil rights lawyer and senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legal Drama
A legal drama is a genre of film and television that generally focuses on narratives regarding legal practice and the justice system. The American Film Institute (AFI) defines "courtroom drama" as a genre of film in which a system of justice plays a critical role in the film's narrative. Legal dramas have also followed the lives of the fictional Lawyer, attorneys, defendants, plaintiffs, or other persons related to the practice of law present in television show or film. Legal drama is distinct from Police procedural, police crime drama or detective fiction, which typically focus on police officers or detectives investigating and solving crimes. The focal point of legal dramas, more often, are events occurring within a courtroom, but may include any phases of legal procedure, such as jury deliberations or work done at law firms. Some legal dramas Film à clef, fictionalize real cases that have been litigated, such as the play-turned-movie, Inherit the Wind (play), ''Inherit the Wind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcia Strassman
Marcia Ann Strassman (April 28, 1948 – October 24, 2014) was an American actress and singer. She played Nurse Margie Cutler on ''M*A*S*H'', Julie Kotter on ''Welcome Back, Kotter'', and Diane Szalinski in the film ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' (1989). Life and career Strassman was born in New York City and raised in Passaic, New Jersey. Among her earliest acting credits was an appearance in an episode of ''The Patty Duke Show''. In 1963, at age 15, she succeeded Liza Minnelli in the role of Ethel Hofflinger in the Off-Broadway musical '' Best Foot Forward''. In 1967, she became a recording artist for Uni Records. Her debut single, "The Flower Children", was a top-40 hit in many West Coast U.S. markets, hitting #4 in San Diego and #2 in San Francisco; the track also hit #3 in Vancouver, British Columbia (both at CKLG 730 AM and CFUN 1410 AM in July 1967). However, the single failed to break out nationally in either country; the record stalled at #105 in the United States, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Root
Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the television sitcom ''NewsRadio'', as Milton Waddams in the film ''Office Space'' (1999), and provided the voices of Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on the animated series ''King of the Hill'' (1997–2010). His other roles have included Capt. K'Vada in the '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' two-part episode " Unification" (1991), several roles in Coen Brothers films including Mr. Lund in ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' (2000), Gordon Pibb in ''DodgeBall'' (2004), Hawthorne Abendsen in seasons 2–4 of the series ''The Man in the High Castle'', Jim Hudson in ''Get Out'' (2017), and supporting roles in a variety of HBO series, including '' Boardwalk Empire'', ''True Blood'', ''Perry Mason'', and '' Succession''. He currently stars as Monroe Fuches / The Raven on the HBO dark comedy series ''Barry'' (2018–present), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Randolph (actor)
Emanuel Hirsch Cohen (June 1, 1915 – February 24, 2004), better known by the stage name John Randolph, was an American film, television and stage actor. Early life Randolph was born Emanuel Hirsch Cohen in New York City on June 1, 1915, the son of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Romania. His mother, Dorothy (married and maiden names, née Shorr), was an insurance agent, and his father, Louis Cohen, was a hat manufacturer. In the 1930s, he spent his summers at the Pine Brook Country Club in Nichols, Connecticut which was the summer home of the Group Theatre (New York), Group Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in 1938 in ''Coriolanus (play), Coriolanus''. Randolph joined the United States Army Air Forces in World War II. He had a small role in the 1948 film ''The Naked City''. He and wife Sarah Cunningham (actress), Sarah Cunningham were blacklisted from working in Hollywood films and in New York film and television and radio after 1948. In 1955 they were both called before the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Midkiff
Dale Alan Midkiff (born July 1, 1959) is an American actor, best known for playing Louis Creed in the horror film ''Pet Sematary'' (1989) and Captain Darien Lambert in the TV series ''Time Trax''. Career Midkiff acted in off-Broadway plays like Mark Medoff's ''The Wager''. His first movie role was in Roger Corman's '' Streetwalkin''' playing a pimp named Duke. Dale's acting was called "grittily impressive" in what some consider a B-movie classic. He has said in interviews that while his family never quite understood his interest in acting, they never discouraged him: "I love them for allowing a kid to believe in his dreams." His first major break came when he landed the role of the young Jock Ewing in '' Dallas: The Early Years''. That was followed by what many consider his biggest role to date, Elvis Presley, in the four-hour miniseries, ''Elvis and Me'', and by ''Dream Street'', a short-lived "blue collar" series set in New Jersey. Midkiff's roles have run the gamut from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Walsh
Sydney Walsh (born in Manhattan, New York) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Maureen "Mo" DeMott, a police officer who tries to "save" her gay patrol partner (Joseph Gian) by making passes at him, in the television series ''Hooperman''. Walsh appeared in the controversial television film ''An Early Frost'', about a young gay lawyer dying of AIDS. It was broadcast on NBC on November 11, 1985, and starred Aidan Quinn, Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara and Sylvia Sidney. She has also made guest appearances on numerous television series including ''The Twilight Zone'', ''T. J. Hooker'', ''Hunter'', '' Who's the Boss?'', ''Equal Justice'', ''The Young Riders'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'', ''Teamo Supremo'', '' Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction'' and ''The Practice''. In 1990, she appeared in the short-lived ABC police drama '' Sunset Beat''. She was also a series regular on the sitcom ''Daddy Dearest'' and appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CCH Pounder
Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder (born December 25, 1952) is a Guyanese-American actress. She has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her roles in ''The X-Files'', '' ER'', ''The Shield'', and ''The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency''. Pounder portrayed Dr. Angela Hicks in the medical drama series '' ER'' (1994–1997), Captain Claudette Wyms in the FX police drama series ''The Shield'' (2002–2008), Irene Frederic in '' Warehouse 13'' (2009–2014), and District Attorney Tyne Patterson in '' Sons of Anarchy'' (2013–2014). From 2014 until the show's conclusion in 2021, she portrayed medical examiner Dr. Loretta Wade on the police drama series '' NCIS: New Orleans''. Pounder was also the voice of Amanda Waller in the animated show ''Justice League Unlimited'' (2004–2006), a role that she has reprised in later DC Comics media. In film, she appeared in '' All That Jazz'' (1979), '' Go Tell It on the Mountain '' (1984), ''Prizzi's Honor'' (1985), ''Bagdad Cafe'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Nogulich
Natalia Nogulich is an American film- and television actress and author. Nogulich was born Natalija Nogulich in Chicago, Illinois, of Serbian descent. Her best-known appearances have been on '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' as Vice Admiral/Fleet Admiral Alynna Nechayev. She portrayed Josephine Hoffa in the film '' Hoffa'' and provided the voice for Mon Mothma for the radio adaptation of ''Return of the Jedi''. Selected filmography * '' Stony Island'' (1978) as Mr. Moss' Honey * ''Lou Grant'' (1980, TV Series) as Pat * '' Four Friends'' (1981) as Vera * ''Vamping'' (1984) as Julie * ''Designing Women'' (1986, TV Series) as Professor Primrose 'Primmie' Horton * ''Simon & Simon'' (1987, TV Series) as Sonia * ''Dynasty'' (1987, TV Series) as April * '' Sister, Sister'' (1987) as Fran Steuben * ''Cagney & Lacey'' (1987, TV Series) as Louise Poe * '' The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission'' (1988, TV Movie) as Yelena Petrovic * '' Things Chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prostitution
Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in Sex work, sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penetrative sex, oral sex, etc.) with the customer. The requirement of physical contact Prostitution#Medical situation, also creates the risk of transferring diseases. Prostitution is sometimes described as sexual services, commercial sex or, colloquially, hooking. It is sometimes referred to euphemistically as "the world's oldest profession" in the English-speaking world. A person who works in this field is called a prostitute, or more inclusively, a sex worker. Prostitution occurs in a variety of forms, and prostitution law, its legal status varies from Prostitution by country, country to country (sometimes from region to region within a given country), ranging from being an enforced or unenforced crime, to unregulated, to a regulated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Ross
Marion Ross (born Marian Ellen Ross; October 25, 1928) is a American former actress. Her best-known role is that of Marion Cunningham on the ABC television sitcom ''Happy Days'', on which she starred from 1974 to 1984 and for which she received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Before her success on ''Happy Days'', Ross appeared in a variety of film roles, appearing in ''The Glenn Miller Story'' (1954), ''Sabrina'' (1954), '' Lust for Life'' (1956), ''Teacher's Pet'' (1958), ''Some Came Running'' (1958), ''Operation Petticoat'' (1959), and ''Honky'' (1971), as well as several minor television roles, one of which was on television's ''The Lone Ranger'' (1954). She was also twice nominated successively in 1992 and 1993 for the Primetime Emmy Award for her performance on the CBS television comedy-drama ''Brooklyn Bridge'' and later netted another Emmy nomination (her fifth and last) in 1999 for a two-episode appearance on the popular CBS drama ''Touched by an Angel''. Ross also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen York
Kathleen York is an American actress, screenwriter, and Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter recording artist. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for " In the Deep" from the 2004 film ''Crash.'' Life and career Actress Acting since her teens, York is most known for her work recurring as Andrea Wyatt in NBC's ''The West Wing'', the Dominick Dunne miniseries ''A Season in Purgatory'', and received critical acclaim for her starring role as Naomi Judd in the NBC miniseries, ''Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge''. Her film credits include '' Nightcrawler'', ''Crash'', ''Cries of Silence'', ''The Big Day'', ''I Love You to Death'', '' Flashback'', and ''Cold Feet''. Series regular roles include '' In the Dark'', ''Vengeance Unlimited'', '' Aaron's Way'' and ''The Client List'' and recurring roles in ''How To Get Away With Murder'', ''Jane The Virgin'', '' Outcast'', '' Murder One'', ''The O.C'' and ''Desperate Housewives''. Guest star appearances include ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathryn Morris
Kathryn Morris is an American actress, best known for her lead role as Detective Lilly Rush in the CBS series ''Cold Case''. Career Morris's first role was a minor one in the 1991 tele-movie ''Long Road Home''. Several other small parts followed, including a bit part as a psychiatric patient in the Oscar-winning ''As Good as It Gets''. Her breakthrough role came as Lt. Annalisa "Stinger" Lindstrom in the television series '' Pensacola: Wings of Gold'' in 1997 for two seasons. Morris continued to work in films (notably ones directed by Rod Lurie) and had a brief stint on the ''Xena'' series in 1999 as Najara. After seeing her in the film '' The Contender'' (which DreamWorks distributed), Steven Spielberg cast her in two successive films. Her scenes as a rock star in '' A.I.: Artificial Intelligence'', which required Morris to take intensive singing and guitar lessons were cut from the film by the director, which was particularly agonizing for her. In '' Minority Report'', she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
