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Thirtysomething
''Thirtysomething'' is an American drama television series created by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz for United Artists Television (under MGM/UA Television) and aired on ABC from September 29, 1987, to May 28, 1991."The 'don't trust anyone over thirty' slogan of the Sixties gave way to a show called ''Thirtysomething'' in the Eighties, showing boomers grappling with having children or having left it too late." In It focuses on a group of baby boomers in their thirties who live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and how they handle the lifestyle that dominated American culture during the 1980s given their involvement in the early 1970s counterculture as young adults. It premiered in the United States on September 29, 1987, and lasted four seasons. It was canceled in May 1991 because the ratings had dropped. Zwick and Herskovitz moved on to other projects. The series won 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, out of 41 nominations, and two Golden Globe Awards. On January 8, 2020, ABC conf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Olin
Kenneth Edward Olin (born July 30, 1954) is an American actor, television director, and producer. He is known for his role as Michael Steadman in the ABC drama series ''Thirtysomething'' (1987–1991), for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama nomination in 1990. Olin later began working as television director and producer. His producer credits include ''Alias'' (2001–2006), '' Brothers & Sisters'' (2006–2011), and ''This Is Us'' (2016-2022). Olin is married to actress Patricia Wettig. Career Acting Olin began appearing on television as of late 1970's. His first series regular role was on the short-lived NBC comedy-drama ''Bay City Blues'' in 1983. He later joined the cast of NBC police drama ''Hill Street Blues'' playing Detective Harry Garibaldi from 1984 to 1985, and from 1985 to 1986 co-starred on the CBS prime time soap opera ''Falcon Crest'' as Father Christopher Rossini. Olin also guest-starred on ''Murder, She Wrote'' and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Busfield
Timothy Busfield (born June 12, 1957) is an American actor and director. He has played Elliot Weston on the television series ''thirtysomething''; Mark, the brother-in-law of Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) in ''Field of Dreams''; and Danny Concannon on the television series ''The West Wing''. In 1991 he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for ''thirtysomething''. He is also the founder of the 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization Theatre for Children, Inc. Early life and education Busfield was born June 12, 1957, in Lansing, Michigan, the son of drama professor Roger and Michigan State University Press Director Jean Busfield. He graduated from East Lansing High School in 1975. He received his first professional acting job at 18 in a children's theater adaptation of Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. Busfield studied drama at East Tennessee State University and traveled frequently with the Actors Theater of Louisville, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Mayron
Melanie Joy Mayron is an American actress and director of film and television. Mayron is best known for her role as photographer Melissa Steadman on the ABC drama ''thirtysomething'' for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1989. In 2018, the Santa Fe Film Festival honored Mayron for her outstanding contributions to film and television. Personal life Mayron was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Norma (née Goodman), a real estate agent, and David Mayron, a pharmaceutical chemist. Her family is Jewish; her father is from a Sephardic background (the original surname was "Mizrahi"), while her mother is of Russian Jewish descent.‘Slap’ Happy Actor-director Melanie Mayron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Wettig
Patricia Anne Wettig (born December 4, 1951) is an American actress and playwright. She is best known for her role as Nancy Weston in the television series ''Thirtysomething'' (1987–1991), for which she received a Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards. After her breakthrough role in ''Thirtysomething'', Wettig has appeared in a number of films, including ''Guilty by Suspicion'' (1991), ''City Slickers'' (1991), '' City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold'' (1994), and '' The Langoliers'' (1995). She returned to television playing a leading role in the 1995 short-lived drama ''Courthouse'' and later played Caroline Reynolds in the Fox drama ''Prison Break'' (2005–2007) and Holly Harper in the ABC family drama '' Brothers & Sisters'' (2006–2011). Early life Wettig was born in Milford, Ohio, to Florence (née Morlock) and Clifford Neal Wettig, a high school basketball coach. She has three sisters: Pam, Phyllis, and Peggy. She was raised in Grove City, Pennsyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Harris
Mary Ellen "Mel" Harris is an American actress best known for her role as Hope Murdoch Steadman in the ABC drama series ''Thirtysomething'' (1987–1991), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination in 1990. Early life and education Harris was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the daughter to Mary Michael "Mike", a high-school science teacher, and Warren Harris, football coach at Bethlehem High School and Princeton University. Harris grew up in North Brunswick, New Jersey and graduated from New Brunswick High School in 1974. Career In 1985, shortly before her 1986 acting debut, Harris appeared as a regular contestant on the Dick Clark-hosted syndicated game show ''The $100,000 Pyramid'', credited as Mel Kennedyher third husband's surname. She returned to the game show in 1991, as a celebrity on the John Davidson-hosted show, with a clip of her win in 1985 shown in a flashback. Television Harris made her television debut in 1986, with a small role as a character's girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Kalember
Patricia Kathryn Kalember (born December 30, 1956) is an American actress, best known for her role as Georgiana "Georgie" Reed Whitsig in the NBC drama series, ''Sisters'' (1991–1996). Kalember also had the leading roles in the number of television films, co-starred in the feature films, including ''Fletch Lives'' (1989), ''Jacob's Ladder'' (1990), '' A Far Off Place'' (1993), '' Signs'' (2002), ''The Company Men'' (2010), and '' Limitless'' (2011), and recurring roles in ''thirtysomething'' (1989–1991) and '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2004–2010). Life and career Kalember was born in Schenectady, New York, the daughter of Vivian Daisy (née Wright) and Robert James Kalember. She was raised in Westport, Connecticut, and Louisville, Kentucky. She received her BA in Theater from Indiana University and a MFA from Temple University. Kalember has been married to British actor Daniel Gerroll since 1986. They have three children. She was previously married to Mark Torr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Zwick
Edward M. Zwick (born October 8, 1952) is an American filmmaker and producer of film and television. He has worked primarily in the comedy drama and historical drama, epic historical film genres, including ''About Last Night (1986 film), About Last Night, Glory (1989 film), Glory, Legends of the Fall,'' and ''The Last Samurai.'' He is also the co-creator of the television series ''thirtysomething'' and ''Once and Again''. During his career he has worked with Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, Denzel Washington, Brad Pitt, Daniel Craig, Jennifer Connelly, Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway and Liev Schreiber Zwick's body of work has earned numerous accolades, including an Academy Awards, Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Picture as a producer, and Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series, and Outstanding Dramatic Special. He has additionally been nominated for multiple Golden Globe Awards. Early life and education Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Kramer (writer)
Richard Kramer (born April 21, 1952) is an American film and television writer and producer, playwright and novelist."“Thirtysomething” writer Richard Kramer: “Family isn’t something you make”" , November 30, 2012. His film and television credits include '''', '''', '' |
Stewart Levin
Stewart Levin is an American musician and composer who has composed music for television shows, including ''The Wonder Years'', ''Picket Fences'', ''The Practice'' and ''thirtysomething''. He won an ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for his work on ''The Wonder Years'' and Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ... nominations for his work on ''Picket Fences'' and ''thirtysomething''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Levin, Stewart Living people American television composers Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once And Again
''Once and Again'' is an American family drama television series that aired on ABC from September 21, 1999, to April 15, 2002. It depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick. One of the show's unique aspects was the "interview" sequences filmed in black and white and interspersed throughout each episode, where the characters would reveal their innermost thoughts and memories to the camera. Premise Lily Manning (Sela Ward) is a suburban soccer mom in her forties, who lives in Deerfield, Illinois. Recently separated from her philandering husband Jake (Jeffrey Nordling), Lily is raising her two daughters, insecure, anxiety-ridden 14-year-old Grace (Julia Whelan), and precocious nine-year-old Zoe (Meredith Deane). For support, she turns to her more free-spirited younger sister, Judy (Marin Hinkle), with whom she works at their bookstore called My Sister's Bookstore (renamed Booklovers later in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall Herskovitz
Marshall Schreiber Herskovitz (born February 23, 1952) is an American film director, writer, and producer, and currently the President Emeritus of the Producers Guild of America. Among his productions are ''Traffic'', ''The Last Samurai'', ''Blood Diamond'', and ''I Am Sam''. Herskovitz has directed two feature films, ''Jack the Bear'' and ''Dangerous Beauty''. Herskovitz was a creator and executive producer of the television shows ''thirtysomething'', ''My So-Called Life'', and ''Once and Again'', and also wrote and directed several episodes of all three series. Life and career Herskovitz was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Frieda (née Schreiber) and Alexander Herskovitz. His family is Jewish. He was married to screenwriter Susan Shilliday from 1981 to 1993. They have two daughters. Herskovitz married Landry Major in 2015. Herskovitz has long been "one of the film industry's most active and passionate environmentalists." He serves on the advisory board of The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Lewis Hamilton
Ann Lewis Hamilton is an American television producer and writer. She worked in both capacities on ''Thirtysomething''. She was nominated for two Emmy Awards in 1991 for her work on the show; one for Outstanding Drama Series and one for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for her episode "Second Look". She was awarded a Humanitas Prize for her work on the show that year. She went on to work on ''Party of Five'' and ''One Tree Hill''. She wrote for ''Providence'' and co-wrote episodes of the series with Jennifer M. Johnson. She eventually became a consulting producer for the first season of ''Grey's Anatomy'' and won a WGA Award for best new series for her work on the show. Television credits *'' Saved'' (TV series) (executive consultant - 12 episodes) *''thirtysomething'' *'' The Dead Zone'' *''Providence'' (TV series) (executive producer) *''One Tree Hill'' (TV series) (executive producer) *'' C-16: FBI'' (TV series) (consulting producer) *''Party of Five'' (TV series) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
