
Birthday:
01-04-1937
(88 years)
Birthplace:
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Biography
Dyan Cannon (born Samille Diane Friesen; January 4, 1937) is an American actress. Her accolades include a Saturn Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Academy Award nominations, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Kangaroo Jack
Act like Anna Carbone
event2003 star_border 5.3
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Two childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the mob and are forced to deliver $50,000 to Australia, but things go all wrong when the money is lost to a wild kangaroo.
Shamus
Act like Alexis Montaigne
event1973 star_border 6.4
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New York private eye Shamus McCoy likes girls, drink and gambling, but by the look of his flat business can't be too hot. So an offer of $10,000 to finds some diamonds stolen in a daring raid with a flame-thrower is too good to miss. His investigations soon get pretty complicated and rather too dangerous. At least along the way he does get to meet Alexis.
That Darn Cat
Act like Mrs. Flint
event1997 star_border 5
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While making his nightly rounds in the neighborhood, Patti's pet cat D.C. finds himself the carrier of a call for help from a kidnap victim. Patti enlists skeptical law enforcement help to find the victim before it's too late.
Allie & Me
Act like Christine Brown (uncredited)
event1997 star_border 3
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Beverly Hills wife Michelle catches her husband in bed with her best friend Allie, who works at Michelle's favorite beauty salon. Shortly thereafter, Michelle and Allie embark on a life of crime, robbing the homes of the salon's wealthy patrons.
Honeysuckle Rose
Act like Viv
event1980 star_border 5.6
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Buck Bonham is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving, the daughter of one of his longtime musical sidekick.
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Act like Simone Legree
event1978 star_border 6.4
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Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world—and Charles Dreyfus—believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's car after being shot off the road. Naturally, Clouseau knows differently and, taking advantage of not being alive, sets out to discover why an attempt was made on his life.
The Anderson Tapes
Act like Ingrid
event1971 star_border 6.1
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Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.
Heaven Can Wait
Act like Julia Farnsworth
event1978 star_border 6.6
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Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.
The Last of Sheila
Act like Christine
event1973 star_border 7
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A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game — but the game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Act like Alice Henderson
event1969 star_border 6.2
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After returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante couples counselors, offering unsolicited advice to their best friends, Ted and Alice Henderson. Not wanting to be rude, the Hendersons play along, but some latent sexual tension among the four soon comes bubbling to the surface, and long-buried desires don't stay buried for long.
The Burglars
Act like Lena
event1971 star_border 7
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In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship by which they planned their escape; a police chief pursues Azad while he waits for the next ship to set off.
The Pickle
Act like Ellen Stone
event1993 star_border 4.8
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Harry Stone always dreamed of making "The Great American Movie." Instead he made The Pickle - a teenage sci-fi flick about a flying cucumber. Harry just wanted to get out of debt; now everyone he's ever known, loved and neglected is standing in line for tickets.
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
Act like Annette Bennett
event1997 star_border 5
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Mafia hitman Tommy Spinelli is flying to San Diego with a bag that holds eight severed heads, which he's bringing to his superiors to prove that some troublesome rival mobsters are permanently out of the picture. When his bag gets accidentally switched at the airport, Tommy must track down his duffel bag and the 8 heads it contains.
Author! Author!
Act like Alica Detroit
event1982 star_border 5.9
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A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, and 5 children 4 of which belong to her.
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Act like Dixie
event1960 star_border 5.9
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Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewelry thieves. After a spell in jail, the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from thieves himself and sets about getting close to gangster boss Arnold Rothstein to move in on his booze, girls, gambling, and drugs operations.
Deathtrap
Act like Myra Bruhl
event1982 star_border 6.7
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A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
Caddyshack II
Act like Elizabeth Pearce
event1988 star_border 4.1
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When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he retaliates by buying the club and turning it into a tacky amusement park.
Out to Sea
Act like Liz LaBreche
event1997 star_border 5.7
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Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and the luscious Liz and lovely Vivian, our heroes have lots of mis-adventures before they finally return to port.
This Rebel Breed
Act like Wiggles
event1960 star_border 6
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To combat the problem of drug-dealing juvenile delinquents operating in racial gangs, two recent police academy graduates are sent to a local high school, posing as students. [Initially released in theaters in 1960 as "This Rebel Breed", it was re-released as "The Black Rebels" five years later, re-edited with the addition of a handful of dialogue-free scenes of youths making out in a bedroom, with partial female nudity.]
The Sender
Act like Gina Fairfax
event1998 star_border 4.8
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A psychic father and daughter band together with an "angel" in an attempt to save Earth from an extraterrestrial Armageddon. This suspenseful thriller ties together strange occurrences from 1965 in the Bermuda Triangle (where an American fighter pilot supposedly encountered a spaceship) and government hush-up conspiracies.
Christmas in Connecticut
Act like Elizabeth Blane
event1992 star_border 4.7
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Elizabeth is the star of a successful cooking show and author of several cookbooks. But when her manager, Alexander sees forest ranger Jefferson, who lost his cabin in a fire, comment on TV about wishing he could get a home-cooked Christmas dinner, he arranges for a special live show on Christmas, for Elizabeth to cook him Christmas Dinner. Only Elizabeth can't cook, and trying to keep Jefferson and the viewing public from finding out on a live show may be a little difficult.
Boynton Beach Club
Act like Lois
event2005 star_border 5.3
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Residents of an adult community in Florida turn to one another for support and companionship after the deaths of their spouses. Lois has a rejuvenating affair with a younger man while acting as best friend to recently widowed Marilyn. Jack buddies up with Harry for a crash course in solo survival skills and deals with single gal Sandy's romantic overtures.
Coast to Coast
Act like Madie Levrington
event1980 star_border 4.3
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Madie is a neurotic, wealthy woman who escapes from a New York state mental hospital where her unwholesome husband had her committed to avoid the trial of a expensive divorce. Madie hitches a ride back to California with a certain Charles Callahan, a debt-ridden truck driver. Madie and Charles eventually fall in love while evading an assortment of bad guys including a pair of thugs hired by Madie's husband to prevent her from returning to California, and a repo man sent to reclaim Charles' truck
My Mother the Spy
Act like Gloria Shaeffer
event2000 star_border 6
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Disappointed that her mother has always disappeared at important times in her life, Alison Shaeffer, a successful book editor, decides to track down her mother on a remote island in an effort to patch things up. But family secrets unravel when Allison discovers that her mother is a CIA agent after she accidentally stumbles into one of her mom's covert operations.
Beverly Hills Family Robinson
Act like Marsha Robinson
event1997 star_border 4
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Marsha Robinson, host of a TV cooking show, takes her family on a working vacation to a South Seas Island, but their yacht is hijacked by pirates, and then shipwrecked, and the Robinsons must survive Marsha's complaints while they build a treehouse, meet a handsome carpenter, bond together as a family and fight off the pirates
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Act like Self (archive footage)
event1988 star_border 6
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Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
Arthur the King
Act like Katherine
event1985 star_border 3.6
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Classic tale of King Arthur and how his wife is kidnapped by his evil sister. Lancelot is sent out to try and retrieve the lost queen and unfortunately falls in love with her. Forbidden love, revenge, family rivalry, and magic are all prominent themes.
Such Good Friends
Act like Julie
event1971 star_border 4.9
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Julie Messinger, a repressed woman, grapples with her hidden passions when a routine hospital visit for her husband, Richard, spirals into chaos. As secrets unravel, her quest for authenticity clashes with societal expectations.
After the Sunset
Act like Dyan Cannon (uncredited)
event2004 star_border 6.2
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An FBI agent is suspicious of two master thieves, quietly enjoying their retirement near what may - or may not - be the biggest score of their careers.
Doctors' Wives
Act like Lorrie
event1971 star_border 5
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The wives of several high-powered doctors feel neglected due to their husbands' focus on their careers, so they embark on a regimen of sex, drugs and booze.
The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...
Act like Jess Wilding
event1996 star_border 7
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Jim Rockford, is framed for the murder of another rival detective with whom Jim was seen having an argument.
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
Act like self
event2002
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DA-DUN DA-DUN DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUUUUN Henry Mancini’s iconic score, Peter Sellers’ bumbling Inspector Clouseau, and those unforgettable animated opening sequences - delve into the history of the Pink Panther films, the pink diamond hunting comedy-mystery franchise that was a smash hit, made a megastar of Peter Sellers and spawned an empire. Paul Joyce’s typically thorough and entertaining documentary focuses on star Peter Sellers’ creation of a comedy icon and his relationship with director Blake Edwards. Hosted by Burt Kwouk, who played Clousea’s manservant and martial arts sparring partner Cato, and featuring interviews with Mark Kermode, Herbert Lom (Chief Inspector Dreyfus), Graham Stark (Pepi) and more, THE CURIOUS CASE OF INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU is a must-see... if you can catch it!
Diamond Girl
Act like Abby Montana
event1998 star_border 4.7
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Denny Montana never looks at Claire. She has been working for him for four years and fallen in love at a distance. When Denny's brother Regan returns to oversee the sale of the family vineyard, Claire and Reganen makes pact. To make Denny jealous and lure him away from his girlfriend's bad influence. But what Claire and Regan did not take into account was how difficult it can be to control their own emotions.
The Love Machine
Act like Judith Austin
event1971 star_border 4.2
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An ambitious TV newscaster has an affair with the wife of a network executive to get a promotion.
Jenny's War
Act like Jenny Baines
event1985 star_border 6
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This fact-based story follows a woman who launches a rescue of her Royal Air Force pilot son, who was shot down over Germany in 1941. Getting no help from the underground, she sets up her own rescue mission.
Jane
Act like Self
event1962 star_border 6.5
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Documentary focusing on 25 year-old actress Jane Fonda as she and her director Andreas Voutsinas prepare a stage play called The Fun Couple for Broadway.
Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special
event1976
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Bob Hope and friends celebrate Christmas with skits and interviews.
Jailbirds
Act like Rosie LaCroix
event1991 star_border 10
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Personalities clash when a city executive and a small town seamstress are thrown into jail for crimes they didn't commit and then escape, handcuffed together.
The End of Innocence
Act like Stephanie
event1990 star_border 2
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Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitted to a rehab center by her parents. Eventually here is where she finds her answers.
Night of 100 Stars II
Act like Self
event1985 star_border 8
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This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Lady of the House
Act like Sally Stanford
event1978
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A dramatization of the life of Sally Stanford, who operated a bordello in the northern California town of Sausalito, and eventually went on to be elected mayor of the town.
A Kiss at Midnight
Act like Kay Flowers
event2008 star_border 6.4
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They say the cobbler's children go barefoot, but must the matchmaker's children go motherless? After their widower father moves to a new town and sets up a computerized matchmaking business, two girls set out to find a stepmother. They create a dating application in the company computer for him. Then they cull through all new women applicants to hand pick the perfect woman for him and force the computer to match them. They don't know the woman they picked is the proprietor of the old-fashioned matchmaking service in town who is planning to prove the computer matching is incompetent.
Kiss of a Stranger
Act like Leslie
event1999 star_border 4.3
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Nova, a rising TV personality, after declaring that all handsome men in L.A. are gay, falls for a hunky stranger who is totally smitten with her - so she thinks. Her sexy stranger disappears without a trace. Her grief over unexplained deaths in her social circle is only made worse when we find that she is carrying the stranger's baby. The plot thickens and the anxiety is great as Nova struggles to find out who this stranger is and why he is stalking her.
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Act like Annie Hackett
event1988 star_border 6.8
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This film combines live action/original animation and library animation. Mickey steals a magic hat from a Sorcerer and is put under a spell by the angry magi so that no one will recognize him until he finds his own magic within. While Mickey is on his quest, network news teams around the country desperately try to find the famous, beloved mouse who has mysteriously disappeared. On his quest, Mickey goes into the "Cheers" bar, meets up with the characters from "Family Ties", and winds up on Disneyland's Main Street the night before his Birthday celebration is to take place. It is there that he finds he has all the magic inside him that he will ever need. The spell is broken and the Birthday bash commences as the whole World celebrates the beloved Mickey Mouse.
Virginia Hill
Act like Virginia Hill
event1974 star_border 8
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The story of Virginia Hill, a former prostitute who was the girlfriend of '40s killer and gangster Bugsy Siegel.
Rock 'N Roll Mum
Act like Annie Hackett
event1988 star_border 4.5
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Dyan Cannon portrays Annie Hackett, an aspiring singer and suburban mother of two, who rocks and rolls her way through her household chores. When one of her songs is bought by a hip record executive for his label's biggest star, Darcy X, Annie is unexpectedly drafted into doing the demo record. To everyone's surprise, Annie's demo version becomes a hit, and Annie finds herself being groomed into a sexy Madonna-like idol! But the fun and fantasy of Annie's hot new image hit a sour not when she is told that her identity, her past - and her children - must remain a secret!
The Velvet Alley
Act like Gloria
event1959
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Ernie Pandish has tried to be a writer for years and has never made much money out of it. But now he seems likely to hit the big-time.
Child Under A Leaf
Act like Domino
event1974 star_border 3.8
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A restless woman seems unable to leave her husband or her lover.
Having It All
Act like Thera Baylin
event1982 star_border 5
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Thera Baylin is a fashion designer with a husband in New York and another one in California.
She's Having a Baby
Act like Dyan Cannon (uncredited)
event1988 star_border 5.9
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Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.
Based on an Untrue Story
Act like Varda Gray
event1993 star_border 4.2
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Perfume creator Satin Chau is about to reveal her new designer scent, 'Puppy,' when she is cruelly struck down by a rare condition called anosmia, which robs her of her sense of smell and could even kill her. With time fast running out, she begins a frantic search for the only people who can provide the tissue-donations she desperately needs: her long-lost sisters, Corduroy and Velour.
And the Oscar Goes To...
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2014 star_border 7
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The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Mickey's 50
Act like Self
event1978
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"Mickey's 50" is a 90-minute special that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on November 19, 1978. The special was made to commemorate the 50th birthday of Mickey Mouse and highlights many moments in his career.
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Act like Self
event2020 star_border 6.4
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Explore the personal and professional triumphs and challenges of actor Natalie Wood, which have often been overshadowed by her premature death.
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2001
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This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began with NBC radio in 1937) celebrating 25 years of Bob Hope Specials and the many celebrities that appeared on them The clips begin with his very first special, for Frigidaire, on April 9, 1950 and putting his way through the years to 1975
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2001
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This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began with NBC radio in 1937) celebrating 25 years of Bob Hope Specials and the many celebrities that appeared on them The clips begin with his very first special, for Frigidaire, on April 9, 1950 and putting his way through the years to 1975
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Act like Josie Joplin
event1995 star_border 7.5
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Attorney Bill McKenzie takes the case when his niece is framed for the murder of a popular and demanding sitcom star.
Hope's Legacy
Act like Linda Locke
event2021 star_border 6.5
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Sometimes hope is all you need, but sometimes it can be hard to find. Faced with the death of her beloved grandmother, Lizzie, focused on the farm, her horses and eventing, must learn to stand on her own two feet. With Legacy by her side, can she do it?
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Act like Self
event1994
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A documentary about actor Michael Caine. Narrated by Caine himself, it includes interviews of his family, friends and colleagues and clips from some of his films.
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Act like (archive footage)
event1975
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A two hour celebration of Bob Hope's 25 years of television shows that features highlights starting with his first special that aired in 1950. Between the clips, Hope reminisces with guests Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.
77 Sunset Strip
Act like Sheila (1 ep.)
event1958 star_border 6.7
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Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.
Burke's Law
Act like Francesca Szabo (1 ep.)
event1963 star_border 6
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Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.
Ally McBeal
Act like Jennifer 'Whipper' Cone (17 ep.)
event1997 star_border 6.6
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Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!
Beverly Hills, 90210
Act like Dyan Cannon (uncredited) (1 ep.)
event1990 star_border 7.4
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Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West Beverly Hills High School and, subsequently, the fictitious California University after graduation.
The Practice
Act like Judge Jennifer 'Whipper' Cone (1 ep.)
event1997 star_border 7.7
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A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”
Gunsmoke
Act like Ivy (1 ep.)
event1955 star_border 6.6
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Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
Diagnosis: Murder
Act like Bonnie Valin (2 ep.)
event1993 star_border 7.1
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Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
Hawaiian Eye
Act like Julie Brent (1 ep.)
event1959 star_border 5.2
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Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they work both hotel security and are hired by others to look into various matters. They're helped by their trusty right-hand man Kazuo Kim who runs a taxi company and is always eager to help them.
The Muppet Show
Act like Self - Special Guest Star (1 ep.)
event1976 star_border 8
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Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.
Highway Patrol
Act like Jean Deesing (1 ep.)
event1955 star_border 5.8
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Highway Patrol was a syndicated, fictional police action series produced from 1955 to 1959, concerning the activities of the highway patrol and their leader, Dan Matthews (who held no rank). Although filmed in and around the Los Angeles area, the state setting for the stories was never identified, and city and street names were fictionalized.
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Act like Guest Performer (1 ep.)
event1967 star_border 6.5
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An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.
The Aquanauts
Act like Diana Hogarth (1 ep.)
event1960 star_border 5.5
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The Aquanauts is an American adventure/drama series that aired on CBS in the 1960-1961 season. The series stars Keith Larsen, Jeremy Slate and Ron Ely.
Lock-Up
Act like Eileen Winfield (1 ep.)
event1959 star_border 6.2
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Lock-Up is an American legal drama series that premiered in syndication in September 1959 and concluded in June 1961. The half-hour episodes had little time for character development or subplots and presented a compact story without embellishment.
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Act like Nicole McCready (1 ep.)
event1958 star_border 6.9
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Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–61. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–59 western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Four Star Television in association with CBS Television.
The series launched McQueen into becoming the first television star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen.
Ben Casey
Act like Donna Whitney (1 ep.)
event1961 star_border 5.6
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Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff was a medical consultant for the show and may have influenced the personality of the title character.
Bat Masterson
Act like Mary Lowery (1 ep.)
event1958 star_border 6.1
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Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black-and-white shows ran on NBC from 1958 to 1961. The series was produced by Ziv Television Productions, the company responsible for such hit series as Sea Hunt and Highway Patrol.
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Act like Annie (1 ep.)
event1956 star_border 5.5
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.
Stoney Burke
Act like Flatbush (1 ep.)
event1962 star_border 5.7
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Stoney Burke is an American western television series broadcast on ABC from October 1, 1962 until May 20, 1963. Six years before the premiere of his CBS crime drama, Hawaii Five-0, Jack Lord starred in the title role.
Johnny Ringo
Act like Rhoda (1 ep.)
event1959 star_border 5.7
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Johnny Ringo is an American Western television series starring Don Durant that aired on CBS from October 1, 1959, until June 30, 1960. It is loosely based on the life of the notorious gunfighter and outlaw Johnny Ringo, also known as John Peters Ringo or John B. Ringgold, who tangled with Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Buckskin Franklin Leslie.
Full Circle
Act like Lisa Crowder (182 ep.)
event1960
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Full Circle is a short-lived American soap opera that aired on CBS from June 27, 1960 to March 10, 1961. The half-hour series starred Dyan Cannon and Jean Byron, and was the first American soap opera to be broadcast live from Hollywood.
Three Sisters
Act like Honey Bernstein-Flynn (35 ep.)
event2001 star_border 6
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Three Sisters is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC for two seasons from January 9, 2001, to February 5, 2002.
Saturday Night Live
Act like Self - Host (1 ep.)
event1975 star_border 6.9
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A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Act like Self (4 ep.)
event1962 star_border 7.4
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
The Bob Hope Show
Act like Self (5 ep.)
event1950 star_border 7
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The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1955). Also known as, "The Chevy Show with Bob Hope." When the first special debuted in October of 1950 it was the most expensive television program made up to that point - costing an astronomical $1,500 a minute to produce. Bob Hope had his own television show and radio show at the same time. For the next three seasons, The Bob Hope Show was broadcast once a month on Tuesday nights, giving Milton Berle a week off. Bob ended his radio show in April, 1956. Bob Hope also had another show by a similar name, "The Bob Hope Show (All Star Revue)". In addition, he performed in "Specials" for many years. It is the longest running variety program in television's history with a record of 45 years of televised entertainment.
Arliss
Act like Dyan Cannon (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.
Master of the Game
Act like Katherine 'Kate' Blackwell (9 ep.)
event1984 star_border 5.9
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Elderly Kate Blackwell looks back at her family's life beginning with her Scottish father Jamie McGregor's journey to South Africa to make his fortune in diamonds. The family history is littered with revenge, lust, betrayal, manipulation, and murder.
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2009 star_border 7.3
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Compelling, surprising and downright spooky — celebrities share their real-life personal encounters with the paranormal in each one-hour special. From encounters with ghosts and angry spirits to haunted homes, unexplainable spells and magic, these descriptive, first person narratives from our favorite stars delivers a brand new way of experiencing the thrills and chills of the addictive world of the paranormal.
The Carol Burnett Show
Act like Self - Guest / Various Characters (1 ep.)
event1967 star_border 7.6
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The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33. The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002 and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."
The Magic Hour
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1998 star_border 5
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The Magic Hour is an American talk show hosted by basketball player Earvin "Magic" Johnson. The series aired in syndication from June to September 1998.
Tombstone Territory
Act like Tracy Travers (1 ep.)
event1957 star_border 6
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Tombstone Territory is an American Western series starring Pat Conway and Richard Eastham. The series' first two seasons aired on ABC from 1957 to 1959. The third and final season aired in syndication from 1959 until 1960.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1954 star_border 7.6
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Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
The Mike Douglas Show
Act like Self - Co-Hostess (1 ep.)
event1961 star_border 5.1
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The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
The Naked Truth
Act like Mitzi Wilde (1 ep.)
event1995 star_border 6.4
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The Naked Truth is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from 1995 to 1996, and on NBC from 1996 to 1998. The series stars Téa Leoni and co-starred Holland Taylor. The show took place at the office of a tabloid news publication.
Jenny's War
Act like Jenny Baines (4 ep.)
event1985 star_border 5.5
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Jenny's War is a 1985 war television serial set during World War II, made by HTV in association with Columbia Pictures. It is directed by and written by Steve Gethers. The screenplay is based on the novel with the same name of Jack Stoneley. In the UK it was shown as four 50 minute episodes on the ITV network, while in the United States it was syndicated under the Operation Prime Time banner by MCA TV.
The serial stars Dyan Cannon, Nigel Hawthorne, Robert Hardy Christopher Cazenove and Hugh Grant, and is about a mother, Jenny Baines, who searches for her son Peter, who was shot down over Germany, and who she believes is still alive.
Golden Globe Awards
Act like Self - Hostess (1 ep.)
event1944 star_border 6.8
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An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
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