
Birthday:
05-12-1948
(76 years)
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Lindsay Ann Crouse is an American actress. She made her Broadway debut in the 1972 revival of Much Ado About Nothing and appeared in her first film in 1976 in All the President's Men. For her role in the 1984 film Places in the Heart, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her other films include Slap Shot (1977), Between the Lines (1977), The Verdict (1982), Prefontaine (1997), and The Insider (1999). She also had a leading role in the 1987 film House of Games, which was directed by her then-husband David Mamet. In 1996, she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for "Between Mother and Daughter", an episode of CBS Schoolbreak Special. She is also a Grammy Award nominee.
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The Arrival
Act like Ilana Green
event1996 star_border 6
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Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.
Mr. Brooks
Act like Captain Lister
event2007 star_border 6.9
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A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
The Indian in the Cupboard
Act like Jane
event1995 star_border 6.4
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A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.
Slap Shot
Act like Lily Braden
event1977 star_border 6.8
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To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.
The Verdict
Act like Kaitlin Costello
event1982 star_border 7.5
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Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit by serving it to Galvin on a silver platter—all parties are willing to settle out of court. Blundering his way through the preliminaries, Galvin suddenly realizes that the case should actually go to court—to punish the guilty, to get a decent settlement for his clients... and to restore his standing as a lawyer.
Iceman
Act like Dr. Diane Brady
event1984 star_border 6.1
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A team of Arctic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shephard wants to befriend the Iceman and learn about the man's past while Dr. Diane Brady and her surgical team want to discover the secret that will allow man to live in a frozen state.
Desperate Hours
Act like Brenda Chandler
event1990 star_border 5.5
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An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.
The Insider
Act like Sharon Tiller
event1999 star_border 7.4
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A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Prefontaine
Act like Elfriede Prefontaine
event1997 star_border 6.5
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It's the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track," whose spirit captured the heart of the nation! Cocky, charismatic, and tough, "Pre" was a running rebel who defied rules, pushed limits ... and smashed records ...
Chantilly Bridge
Act like Rheza
event2023 star_border 5.3
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Chantilly Bridge reunites a group of lifelong, steadfast friends who are still – in their later years -- chasing their dreams, fighting injustices, and sticking up for their convictions. The women lay bare their lives and deal with important issues that impact all women with humor, humility, humanity, and love. No topic escapes the razor-like wit and insight of these women: equality, sex, menopause, mortality, feminism, parenthood, careers, love, and even “me-too” moments.
The Juror
Act like Tallow
event1996 star_border 5.6
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With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, but, when it becomes clear that the mobsters might want to silence her for good, she sends Oliver abroad and tries to gather evidence of the plot against her, setting up a final showdown.
House of Games
Act like Dr. Margaret Ford
event1987 star_border 6.8
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A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
Places in the Heart
Act like Margaret Lomax
event1984 star_border 7.2
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In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan. Edna is aided by her beautician sister, Margaret; a blind boarder, Mr. Will; and a would-be thief, Moze, who decides to teach Edna how to plant and harvest cotton.
If These Walls Could Talk
Act like Frances White
event1996 star_border 6.6
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A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a recently widowed nurse struggling to take control of her life in the early 50s, a mother of four balancing raising a family and maintaining a career in the 70s, and a student making a difficult decision with the help of one woman that will change the course of both their lives in the 90s.
Communion
Act like Anne Strieber
event1989 star_border 5.4
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A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.
The Halloween Tree
Act like Additional Voices (voice)
event1993 star_border 6.6
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Four children learn the origins of Halloween customs while trying to save the life of their friend.
Daniel
Act like Rochelle Isaacson
event1983 star_border 6.6
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The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his experiences to the memory of his parents and his belief that they were wrongfully convicted.
Kennedy's Children
Act like Rona
event1982
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In 1974, five former activists from the 1960s meet in a bar, but do not relate. Each is lost in his or her own memories of more hopeful, revolutionary days.
Progeny
Act like Dr. Susan Lamarche
event1998 star_border 4.8
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An unsuspecting woman is impregnated by aliens who are experimenting on the human population.
Stranger in My House
Act like Patti Young
event1999 star_border 4.3
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A middle-aged woman takes on a young female tenant to help pay her debts, but gets a lot more than she bargains for when the girl starts to act very strangely indeed . . .
Somewhere Slow
Act like Katherine Franklin
event2013 star_border 4
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When Anna Thompson gets mixed-up in a convenience store robbery, she makes a split-decision to walk out of her life and into the unknown. On her travels, she meets Travis, a teenage drifter on his own journey of self-discovery.
Between the Lines
Act like Abbie
event1977 star_border 5.2
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The staff of the Back Bay Mainline, a Boston underground newspaper that rose to prominence in the 1960s, struggles with the shifting social climate of the '70s amid rumors that the paper is about to be sold to a media giant.
Chantilly Lace
Act like Rheza
event1993 star_border 10
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A group of middle-aged women get together at a secluded house to learn about themselves.
Norma Jean & Marilyn
Act like Natasha Lytess
event1996 star_border 6.2
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This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her sex star pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career. She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but not love.
Almost Salinas
Act like Allie
event2001 star_border 8
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Life takes a strange turn when a group of outsiders come to the small town of Cholame, the famed site of James Dean's fatal car crash. Cholame's only business, a diner owned by Max (John Mahoney), is overrun by this glamorous group while the diner's short order cook (Ian Gomez) and waitress (Virginia Madsen) get caught up into this new, exciting world. Unknown to the rest, a magazine reporter (Linda Emond) arrives in town to uncover a dark secret that Max has kept hidden for over forty years.
The Tenth Level
Act like Karen
event1976 star_border 5.1
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Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the Nazis, were willing to "just follow orders" and do horrible things to others. Professor Stephen Turner leads students to believe that they are applying increasingly painful electric shocks to other subjects when they fail to perform a task correctly, and is alarmed to see how much pain the students can be convinced to inflict "in the name of science."
I Want To Go Home
Act like Louise Sanders
event1985
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Brother and sister go on the run with their divorced mom, not realizing until later that their mom has kidnapped them from their dad.
Cherish
Act like Therapist
event2002 star_border 6.1
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After a martini-induced rampage, a fantasy-prone young woman is placed under house arrest.
Out of Darkness
Act like Kim Donaldson
event1994 star_border 7.5
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Diana Ross dramatizes multiple personality disorder.
Campus Culture Wars: Five Stories About Political Correctness
event1993
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What happens when "political correctness" comes in conflict with freedom of speech? Campus Culture Wars examines five controversial incidents at universities around the country. The stories focus on issues such as sexual harassment, radical feminism, and gay rights.
Parallel Lives
Act like Una Pace
event1994 star_border 5.8
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A college reunion turns into a tangled web of passion, romance and intrigue as old friends and enemies catch up with each other's lives. Includes a long list of stars.
All the President's Men
Act like Kay Eddy
event1976 star_border 7.7
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During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.
Lemon Sky
Act like Ronnie
event1988 star_border 7.7
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An out of high school teen from the midwest moves to San Diego, California in the 1950s to live with his estranged father and new family. Escaping his past may not be as easy as he had hoped...or is it all a dream?
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
Act like Caroline Ingalls
event2002 star_border 5
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Laura, her husband Almanzo and their daughter Rose leave South Dakota and head for Missouri in search of a better, more financially stable life. It's a daunting journey, but they're sustained by their resolve. However, they're faced with an even greater challenge after their arrival: an ailing and bedridden Almanzo is unable to tend their new land. With winter fast on its way, Laura attempts to clear the land herself and plant the acres of apple trees that they hope will ensure their future.
Prince of the City
Act like Carla Ciello
event1981 star_border 7
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New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy within the force to smuggle drugs to street informants.
Summer Solstice
Act like Maggie
event1981 star_border 5.5
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An old man lives out the final years of his half-century marriage by living and remembering.
Paul's Case
Act like First Actress
event1980 star_border 3.3
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Captures the essence of Willa Cather's haunting story of Pittsburgh circa 1900. Lost in a world of fantasy, young working-class Paul dreams of escaping his dreary existence in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh. As fate would have it Paul gets his chance by stealing some money and subsequently running off to glamorous New York City.
Bye Bye Love
Act like Grace Damico
event1995 star_border 5.9
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With varying degrees of success, recently divorced friends Dave, Vic and Donny are trying to move on with their lives. Vic feels vilified by his ex-wife's parents, while Donny has a shaky bond with his teen daughter, Emma. Dave, meanwhile, has an enviable problem -- he has more dates than he can handle. As they confront their post-marital challenges, the men take solace in one another's plights.
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
event1977 star_border 5.1
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The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.
Brave Irene
Act like Narrator
event1989 star_border 3
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Irene summons up all her courage in the face of a fierce snowstorm when her mother falls ill and Irene must deliver a ball gown to the duchess.
Krull
Act like Princess Lyssa (voice) (uncredited)
event1983 star_border 6.1
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A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.
David Mamet on House of Games
Act like Herself
event2007
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A documentary filmed on location and behind the scenes during the making of David Mamet's 1987 film HOUSE OF GAMES
Impostor
Act like Chancellor
event2001 star_border 6.1
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A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Act like Caroline Ingalls
event1999 star_border 6.5
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A version of the "Little House" stories that cover some of the events that take place in the last three books of the series and the book "The First Four Years" Laura is living on the prairie near De Smet, South Dakota and eventually meets the man that she will marry, Almanzo Wilder. Life, however, is not easy on the prairie and after a crop lost to hail, the loss of their baby son, the burning down of their house, and a terrible bout of diphtheria, the Wilders must make some hard choices about how to move on from the tragedies. Written by Anonymous
Force of Evil
Act like Narrator
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This Emmy Award-winning documentary traces the rise of Nazism in general and the career of Adolf Eichmann in particular by documenting the small incremental steps the Nazis took to introduce their ideology of anti-semitism in Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II.
Arliss
(1 ep.)
event1996 star_border 6.5
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A behind-the-scenes look at the glitzy, big-money world of professional sports following the eternally optimistic and endlessly resourceful L.A. sports agent Arliss Michaels whose Achilles' heel is his inability to say “no” to clients and employees.
Law & Order
Act like Charlie Graham (1 ep.)
event1990 star_border 7.4
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In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Act like Dr. Mona Lavelle (1 ep.)
event2000 star_border 7.6
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A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
L.A. Law
Act like Lawyer Sharon Cummings (2 ep.)
event1986 star_border 7.1
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L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994.
Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff.
The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
The Division
(1 ep.)
event2001 star_border 7
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The Division is an American crime drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine and starring Bonnie Bedelia. The series focused on a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on Lifetime on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.
Providence
Act like Lauren MacKenzie (4 ep.)
event1999 star_border 6.5
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Providence is an American television drama series.
Drive
Act like The Boss (1 ep.)
event2007 star_border 6.2
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Drive is an American action drama television series set against the backdrop of an illegal cross-country automobile road race, focusing on the willing and unwilling competitors and, as the plot develops, the unseen puppet masters who sponsor the race. Minear has described the show's thematic tone by saying "a secret, illegal, underground road race can be anything from Cannonball Run to The Game to North by Northwest to Magnolia-on-wheels. Ours is all those things."
Brimstone
(1 ep.)
event1998 star_border 7.5
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Brimstone is a short-lived Fox television series, featuring a dead police detective whose mission is to return to Hell 113 spirits who have escaped to Earth. The series ran for only one partial season.
Since cancellation, Brimstone reruns have aired on Syfy in the United States from the summer of 1999 onward. The reruns have no set schedule, but are usually aired in marathons during the channel's seasonal events like "Creatureland", "Inhumanland" and "the 31 Days of Halloween". Chiller also began airing reruns, on July 28, 2007. It currently airs in sporadic weekday marathons, like Syfy, and has no set airing schedule.
Touched by an Angel
Act like Sen. Kate Cooper (1 ep.)
event1994 star_border 7.2
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Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.
Batman: The Animated Series
Act like Mrs. Grant (voice) (1 ep.)
event1992 star_border 8.5
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Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".
Hill Street Blues
(5 ep.)
event1981 star_border 7.6
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A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
Criminal Minds
Act like Mary Mays (1 ep.)
event2005 star_border 8.3
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An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
The Equalizer
Act like Sarah McGee (1 ep.)
event1985 star_border 7.1
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Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
Millennium
Act like Ardis Cohen (1 ep.)
event1996 star_border 7.6
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A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.
ER
Act like Anna Castiglioni (1 ep.)
event1994 star_border 7.8
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ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
Traps
Act like Laura Parkhurst (5 ep.)
event1994
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Traps is an American police drama that aired on CBS from March 31, 1994 to April 27, 1994.
FlashForward
Act like Mrs. Kirby (2 ep.)
event2009 star_border 7
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When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future 6 months from the present. For some, the future is hopeful, while for others, it is unexpected. For a few, it doesn't seem to exist. Knowing their fate will alter each person's life, destinies will be changed.
The Outer Limits
Act like Gwen Sawyer (1 ep.)
event1995 star_border 7.7
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Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.
ABC Afterschool Special
Act like Louise Sanders (1 ep.)
event1972 star_border 6.4
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Dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were either in animated form or presented as documentaries. Topics included illiteracy, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Act like Maggie Walsh (9 ep.)
event1997 star_border 8.1
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Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.
Columbo
Act like Joan Allenby (1 ep.)
event1971 star_border 8.1
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Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Frasier
Act like Peg (2 ep.)
event1993 star_border 7.7
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After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.
Hack
Act like Beth Kulvicki (4 ep.)
event2002 star_border 7.9
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Hack is a television series that aired on the American CBS television network from 2002 to 2004. The series centers on the fictional life of a former police officer, Polish-American Mike Olshansky, who left the force after being charged with corruption and now works as a taxi driver in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Act like Judge D. Andrews (7 ep.)
event1999 star_border 7.9
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In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Murder, She Wrote
Act like Louise Anderson-Crowe (1 ep.)
event1984 star_border 7.5
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An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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