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The Women's Room (film)
''The Women's Room'' is a 1980 American made-for-television drama film directed by Glenn Jordan and starring Lee Remick, Ted Danson, Colleen Dewhurst and Tovah Feldshuh. In spite of Esther Shapiro's (ABC's vice president for miniseries) struggle with the (predominantly male) network to release the film despite its feminist content, "''The Women's Room'' finally aired, and it received a huge 45 share (the highest rated movie on TV that week), prompted a raft of positive mail, and won an Emmy". The film is an adaptation of the novel '' The Women's Room'' by Marilyn French. Premise A married mother of two leaves her philandering husband and enrolls in graduate school. Cast * Lee Remick as Mira Adams * Colleen Dewhurst as Val * Patty Duke as Lily * Kathryn Harrold as Bliss * Tovah Feldshuh as Iso * Tyne Daly as Adele * Lisa Pelikan as Kyla * Heidi Vaughn as Samantha * Mare Winningham as Chris * Ted Danson as Norman * Gregory Harrison as Ben Volper * Jenny O'Hara as Mrs. Martinell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Women's Room
''The Women's Room'' is the debut novel by American feminist author Marilyn French, published in 1977. It launched French as a major participant in the feminist movement and, while French states it is not autobiographical, the book reflects many autobiographical elements."Marilyn French dies at 79; author of feminist classic 'The Women's Room by Elaine Woo, ''Los Angeles Times'' May 5, 2009 For example, French, like the main character, Mira, was married and divorced, and then attended Harvard where she obtained a Ph.D. in English Literature. Despite the connection of ''The Women's Room'' to the feminist movement, French stated in a 1977 interview with ''The New York Times'': "''The Women's Room'' is not about the women's movement ... but about women's lives today." ''The Women's Room'' has been described as one of the most influential novels of the modern feminist movement. Its instant popularity brought criticism from some well-known feminists that it was too pessimistic about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blade (Toledo)
''The Blade'', also known as the ''Toledo Blade'', is a newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, published daily online and printed Thursday and Sunday by Block Communications. The newspaper was first published on December 19, 1835. Overview The first issue of what was then the ''Toledo Blade'' was printed on December 19, 1835. It has been published daily since 1848 and is the oldest continuously run business in Toledo. David Ross Locke gained national fame for the paper during the Civil War era by writing under the pen name Petroleum V. Nasby. Under this name, he wrote satires ranging on topics from slavery, to the Civil War, to temperance. President Abraham Lincoln was fond of the Nasby satires and sometimes quoted them. In 1867 Locke bought the ''Toledo Blade''. The paper dropped "Toledo" from its masthead in 1960. In 2004 ''The Blade'' won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting with a series of stories entitled "Buried Secrets, Brutal Truths". The story brought to light the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Washington Post
''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area and has a national audience. As of 2023, the ''Post'' had 130,000 print subscribers and 2.5 million digital subscribers, both of which were the List of newspapers in the United States, third-largest among U.S. newspapers after ''The New York Times'' and ''The Wall Street Journal''. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. In 1933, financier Eugene Meyer (financier), Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy and revived its health and reputation; this work was continued by his successors Katharine Graham, Katharine and Phil Graham, Meyer's daughter and son-in-law, respectively, who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Shales
Thomas William Shales (November 3, 1944 – January 13, 2024) was an American writer and television critic. He was a television critic for ''The Washington Post'' from 1977 to 2010, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1988. Shales also wrote a column for the television news trade publication ''NewsPro'', published by Crain Communications. Early life and career Thomas William Shales was born in Elgin, Illinois, on November 3, 1944, to Clyde Shales (who had once been Elgin's mayor) and Hulda Shales, and graduated from Elgin High School in 1962. He attended Elgin Community College before transferring to American University in Washington, D.C., where he earned a degree in journalism and was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, ''The Eagle'', for the 1966–1967 academic year, as well as the paper's movie critic. Shales's first professional job was with radio station WRMN/ WRMN-FM in Elgin at the age of 18. He served as the station's disc jockey, loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Corley
Alford Corley is an American actor, singer, and producer. Corley is best known as the first actor to play Steven Carrington in the 1980s soap opera ''Dynasty (1981 TV series), Dynasty'' and for his 1984 hit single "Square Rooms". Career In the late 1970s, he worked as a doorman at Studio 54 to pay for his studies at the Actors Studio. He would later appear in a VH1 ''Behind the Music'' special on Studio 54 to recount his experiences. Al Corley was the first actor to play Steven Carrington on the 1980s soap opera ''Dynasty (1981 TV series), Dynasty''. After that, Al Corley acted in fourteen movies, then produced five. Al Corley left ''Dynasty'' at the end of the second season in 1982 after complaining publicly in ''Interview (magazine), Interview'' that "Steven doesn't have any fun... He doesn't laugh; he has no humor". He also lamented Steven's "ever-shifting sexual preferences", and stated that he wanted "to do other things". The character was recast in 1983 with Jack Coleman ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Pennock
Christopher Cadwalader Pennock (June 7, 1943 – February 12, 2021) was an American actor, writer and illustrator. Pennock began acting on stage after graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He had been active for over 40 years starring on Broadway and off-Broadway, in repertory and experimental theater, and in many films and television shows. He was perhaps best known for his run on the television show ''Dark Shadows'' in the early 1970s, playing multiple roles in various timelines. He also appeared in 1971 film spinoff '' Night of Dark Shadows.'' He appeared in over 50 guest-starring roles on television from ''Melrose Place'' to ''General Hospital'', as well as numerous films, among them James Ivory's '' Savages'' (1972) and Graeme Clifford's ''Frances'' (1982) (starring Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard). He was a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. Pennock wrote and illustrated a continuing comic-book series about his experiences on the set of ''Dark Shadows'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny O'Hara
Jenny O'Hara (born February 24, 1942) is an American film, television, and stage actress. She is best known for Dixie in ''My Sister Sam'' (1986–1988), Janet Heffernan in ''The King of Queens'' (2001–2007), and Nita in ''Big Love'' (2006–2009). Early life O'Hara was born in Sonora, California. Her father, John B. O'Hara, was a salesman, and her mother, Edith (Hopkins) O'Hara, was a journalist and drama teacher, who founded and continued to run the 13th Street Repertory Company in New York City for many years before her death at age 103 in 2020. Jenny, her singer/actress younger sister Jill O'Hara, and her singer/guitarist brother Jack O'Hara, grew up amid their mother's pursuit of a theatrical career. John and Edith O'Hara eventually divorced. Jenny O'Hara debuted on stage at age 5 at the Bushkill Playhouse in the Poconos. Career In 1964 O'Hara appeared on Broadway theatre, Broadway in the dramatic play ''Dylan''. In 1969 she appeared in the musical ''The Fig Leaves Are F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Harrison
Gregory Neale Harrison (born May 31, 1950) is an American actor. He is known primarily for his roles as Dr. George Alonzo "Gonzo" Gates, the young surgeon assistant of Dr. Trapper John McIntyre (played by Pernell Roberts) on the CBS series '' Trapper John, M.D.'' (1979–86), and as ruthless business tycoon Michael Sharpe in the CBS series '' Falcon Crest'' (1989–1990). Since 2015, Harrison has played Joe O'Toole, father of Oliver, in the Hallmark Channel expansion films of '' Signed, Sealed and Delivered''. From 2020 to 2024, he assumed the role of Gregory Chase on ''General Hospital''. Early life Harrison was born in Avalon, California, on May 31, 1950. He was the middle child of Ed Harrison, a ship's captain and poet, and Donna Lee Nagely, an aspiring dancer; they eventually divorced. Harrison has an older sister, Kathleen (born 1948), and a younger brother, Christopher (born 1961). He served for two years in the United States Army during the Vietnam War era as a me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mare Winningham
Mary Megan Winningham, known professionally as Mare Winningham ( ; born May 16, 1959), is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is the recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Tony Awards. An eight-time Emmy Award nominee, she won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for ''Amber Waves'' in 1980 and ''George Wallace'' in 1998. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1995 film ''Georgia''. Winningham's other film and TV roles include '' The Thorn Birds'' (1983), '' St. Elmo's Fire'' (1985), '' Miracle Mile'' (1988), '' Turner & Hooch'' (1989), '' The War'' (1994), ''Dandelion'' (2004), ''Swing Vote'' (2008), ''Brothers'' (2009), '' Mildred Pierce'' (2011), '' Hatfields & McCoys'' (2012), and appeared in ''American Horror Story'' for four seasons: ''Coven'' (2013), ''Freak Show'' (2014), ''Hotel'' (2015–16), and ''Cult'' (2017). She was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidi Vaughn
''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published between 1880 and 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as ''Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning'' () and ''Heidi: How She Used What She Learned'' (). It is a novel about the events in the life of a 5-year-old girl in her paternal grandfather's care in the Swiss Alps. It was written as a book "for children and those who love children" (as quoted from its subtitle). ''Heidi'' is one of the best-selling books ever written and is among the best-known works of Swiss literature. Plot In the town of Domleschg lived two brothers. The older wasted the family fortune on drinking and gambling, while the younger ran away to serve in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies's Army in Naples. Years later the younger brother returns with a son, Tobias. After Tobias serves an apprenticeship to Mels, father and son move to Dörfli ('small village' in Swiss German) in the municipality of Maienfeld. The vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Pelikan
Lisa Pelikan (born July 12, 1954) is an American stage, film, and television actress. Born in Berkeley, California, Pelikan studied drama at the Juilliard School on a full scholarship. She subsequently made her Broadway theatre, Broadway debut in a 1977 production of ''Romeo and Juliet''. The same year, she appeared as the younger version of Vanessa Redgrave's title character in the film ''Julia (1977 film), Julia''. She subsequently starred in the horror film ''Jennifer (1978 film), Jennifer'' (1978). Her other film credits include ''Ghoulies'' (1985) and ''Return to the Blue Lagoon'' (1991). Life and career Early life Pelikan was born July 12, 1954 in Berkeley, California, the daughter of Helen L., a psychologist, and Robert G. Pelikan, an international economist who served as the minister-counselor from the United States at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris. She is of Czechs, Czech descent. At age six, Pelikan was diagnosed with a bone tumor i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyne Daly
Ellen Tyne Daly (; born February 21, 1946) is an American actress whose six-decade career included many leading roles in movies and theater. She has won six Emmy Awards for her television work, a Tony Award, and is a 2011 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee. Daly began her career on stage in summer stock in New York, and made her Broadway debut in the play ''That Summer – That Fall'' in 1967. She is best known for her television role as Detective Mary Beth Lacey in the CBS police drama '' Cagney & Lacey'' (1982–88), for which she won four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She also won Emmy Awards for her roles as Alice Henderson in the period drama series '' Christy'' (1994–95), and Maxine Gray in the legal drama series '' Judging Amy'' (1999–2005). She starred in the Broadway revival of '' Gypsy'' (1989), earning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Her other Tony-nominated roles were in '' Rabbit Hole'' (2006) and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
