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09-17-1933
(91 years)
Birthplace:
Olyphant, Pennsylvania, USA
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Allen in Movieland
Act like Self
event1955 star_border 5
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TV goes Hollywood when Steve Allen visits Universal-International to prepare for his upcoming title role in "The Benny Goodman Story."
To Trap a Spy
Act like Elaine May Bender Donaldson
event1964 star_border 5.6
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The men from U.N.C.L.E. are off to Africa to stop the assassination of a president.
Hollywood or Bust
Act like Terry Roberts
event1956 star_border 6.1
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The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Steve Wiley is a deceiver who cheats Malcolm Smith when he wins a car, claiming that he won it too. Trying to steal the car, Steve tells Malcolm that he lives in Hollywood, next to Anita Ekberg's. When Malcom hears that, they both set out for Hollywood and the adventure begins...
There's Always Tomorrow
Act like Ann
event1956 star_border 7.1
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When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.
Send Me No Flowers
Act like Marge (uncredited)
event1964 star_border 6.7
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At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. Wanting to take care of his wife Judy, he doesn't tell her and tries to find her a new husband. When he finally does tell her, she quickly finds out he's not dying at all (while he doesn't) and she believes it's just a lame excuse to hide an affair, so she decides to leave him.
Money from Home
Act like Autumn Claypool
event1953 star_border 5.8
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Herman owes a lot of gambling debts. To pay them off, he promises the mob he'll fix a horse, so that it does not run. He intends to trick his animal-loving cousin Virgil, an apprentice veterinarian, into helping him. Of course, he doesn't tell Virgil what he is really up to. Mistaken identities are assumed, while along the way, Virgil meets a female vet and Herman falls for the owner of the horse.
Key Witness
Act like Ann Morrow
event1960 star_border 6.9
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An average Los Angeles citizen witnesses a gang murder when he stops to use a telephone. When he presents himself to the LAPD as the only person willing to identify the culprits, he opens himself up to a campaign of intimidation from the gang involved.
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
Act like Self
event1982
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Hollywood is still the home of the American Dream - the place where fame and fortune can be achieved overnight. Or so the story goes. For some it does come true. In this status conscious town Barry Norman looks at the attitudes towards success and failure among the famous and not quite so famous.
Forever Female
Act like Clara Mootz
event1953 star_border 6.7
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An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
Act like Marietta Marlowe
event1978
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Former police captain and his assistant investigate extortion and murder at a dating service.
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2006 star_border 6
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A documentary about Jerry Lewis directed by Eckhart Schmidt.
Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years
Act like Self
event2008 star_border 10
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This piece follows Audrey Hepburn's life from her childhood through her acting career. It explores her background in ballet, her Broadway debut, and her films for Paramount including Roman Holiday, Sabrina, War and Peace, Funny Face, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and Paris When it Sizzles.
The Force of Evil
Act like Maggie Carrington
event1977 star_border 6
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A murderer on parole victimizes a family against whom he holds a grudge.
International Airport
Act like Beverly Gerber
event1985 star_border 5
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Manager of a large metropolitan airport tries to deal with the stress of his job, and the various characters that work for him.
Return to Fantasy Island
Act like Lucy Faber
event1978 star_border 3.2
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A second feature-length pilot film for the wish-fulfillment series sees six lucky people having their dreams fulfilled on the luxury resort island. Career woman Margo Dean's assistant, Lowell Benson, hopes to romance her; Brian and Lucy Faber want to see the daughter they gave up for adoption; Janet Fleming, who lost her memory on her honeymoon, wants to relive it to cure her amnesia.
Mont Reve
Act like Mrs. Cottington
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The film tells the story of Marco della Riva, an Italian student at the elite Swiss boarding school, Mont Reve, who is not your ordinary guy. A fierce athlete and secretly a writer, he is quite the trouble maker and of course a ladies’ man. With his on campus nemeses, the drug-dealing Spanish gang, vowing to cause him and his friends, a fiercely loyal group of Italians, trouble, life at the Mont Reve Boarding School is a constant game with one goal: to reach the finish without being caught. But when Marco's eyes set upon Divina V. Rawling, a British classmate and dancer with a perfect record and lineage extraordinaire, his charm is tested. Will she risk his reputation and give him a chance?
A Family Upside Down
Act like Carol Long
event1978 star_border 7
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An elderly married couple find that as their physical and mental health deteriorates, they find themselves dependent more and more upon their grown children.
The Square Jungle
Act like Julie Walsh
event1955 star_border 6
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Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing.
The Millionaire
Act like Maggie Haines
event1978
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Three people's lives are drastically changed when they are suddenly given one million dollars each by an eccentric billionaire in this pilot to a prospective new series which the producers hoped would equal the success of the original one that ran from 1955 to 1960.
Cop on the Beat
Act like Georgia Cameron
event1975 star_border 4.1
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An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from "Police Story") for the 1975-76 series. The veteran cop concept also was the basis for "The Blue Knight" series at the same time — and that, too, was based on a Joseph Wambaugh creation. Also known as "The Return of Joe Forrester."
Walk the Proud Land
Act like Mary Dennison
event1956 star_border 6.1
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Indian Agent sent to try new approach to peace with Apaches based on respect for automomy rather than submission to Army. Wins over reservation chiefs and the Indian widow (Bancroft) given to him as housekeeper. Through use of diplomacy and demonstrations of faith in Apache leaders, reservation is put on the road to automomy. Conflicts arise between Apache widow and Eastern wife but latter has a lot to learn.
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Act like Self (archive footage)
event1990
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Abandoned by his father, he was a reform school kid with nothing going for him and a giant chip on his shoulder. He joined the Marines but never stayed far from trouble. Then he discovered acting — and the woman who would be with him for most of his meteoric career. He was Steve McQueen, one of Hollywood's highest paid stars — and one of its most difficult, most rebellious and, when he wished, most charming.
Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
Act like Gloria Leland
event1980 star_border 1
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14 year police veteran, Evelyn Carter looks to make it to retirement while experiencing the highs and lows of police work in a male-dominated metropolitan police department.
The Scarface Mob
Act like Betty Anderson
event1959 star_border 7.1
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Story of how a group of incorruptible federal lawmen helped put 1920s' Chicago gangster Al Capone in prison.
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
Act like Molly Graham
event1968
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Conman Barney continually sells his dog, who then runs back to his owner.
Red Garters
Act like Susana Martinez De La Cruz
event1954 star_border 5
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A spirited cast kicks up its heels in a lively musical spoof of cowboy films crammed with spur-jangling tunes by Jay Livingstone and Ray Evans and decked out with colorfully stylized, Oscar.-nominated sets. Rosemary Clooney heads up the high-kicking, red-gartered girls of the Red Dog Saloon. They can-can. but she won't-won't unless Jason (Jack Carson) asks her to get hitched. Guy Mitchell and Gene Barry are gun-totin' polecats who think they've got a feud to settle. And Frank Faylen and Buddy Ebsen are among the folks who hope the gunslingers get itchy fingered - so they can hold a town barbecue during the funeral!
Return of the Big Cat
Act like Sophina McClaren (as Patricia Crowley)
event1974
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A boy, Leroy McClaren, trains a wild dog to hunt the cougar that has been threatening the family.
Menace on the Mountain
Act like Leah McIver
event1970 star_border 4
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A period piece about the McIver family trying to protect there home from Civil War deserters. Actor Jodie Foster, then approximately 8, plays Suellen McIver. Actor Mitch Vogel, Jamie, is their protector.
The Biscuit Eater
Act like Mary Lee McNeil
event1972 star_border 6.2
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Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all odds, to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Tennessee farmer and dog trainer Harve McNeil (Earl Holliman) tells his son Lonnie that his dog, Moreover, is a good-for-nothing "biscuit eater."
The Wheeler Dealers
Act like Eloise Cott
event1963 star_border 6.2
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Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. He meets stock analyst Molly Thatcher, who tries to ignore the lavish attention he spends on her but, in the end, she falls for his charm.
61*
Act like Pat Maris
event2001 star_border 7
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In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally loved, while the other, Maris, was universally hated. Both men started off with a bang, and both were nearing Babe Ruth's 60 home run record. Which man would reach it?
The Sky Trap
event1979
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A young man in Arizona, in trying to save his mother’s business, takes off in a sailplane and finds a secret landing strip. He finds that it is being used by drug smugglers, and he works to catch them.
Falcon Crest
Act like Dr. Lillian Heller (2 ep.)
event1981 star_border 5.5
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Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced.
The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest following the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley northeast of San Francisco.
Murder, She Wrote
Act like Trudy Howard (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.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Act like Elaine May Donaldson (1 ep.)
event1964 star_border 7.2
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Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the auspices of the U.N.
Their immediate superior is Mr. Waverly.
Together they operate out of a secret base beneath the streets of New York City, and accesses through several cover business such as Del Floria's Tailor Shop and the Masque Club.
This secret intelligence service is called U.N.C.L.E.
United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.
77 Sunset Strip
(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.
Cheyenne
(1 ep.)
event1955 star_border 5.8
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Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawman, and always a larger-than-life hero.
CHEYENNE is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Brothers original series produced by William T. Orr.
Cain's Hundred
Act like Holly Baker (1 ep.)
event1961 star_border 4.7
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A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top criminals to justice.
Beverly Hills, 90210
(3 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 Love Boat
Act like Noreen Badger (1 ep.)
event1977 star_border 6.3
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Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.
Hawaii Five-O
Act like Dr. Elizabeth Fielding (1 ep.)
event1968 star_border 7.1
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Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
Charmed
Act like Mrs. Johnson (1 ep.)
event1998 star_border 8.2
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Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.
Roseanne
(1 ep.)
event1988 star_border 6.8
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A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
Alias Smith and Jones
(1 ep.)
event1971 star_border 6.9
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Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to 1973. It stars Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah "Kid" Curry, a pair of cousin outlaws trying to reform. The governor offers them a conditional amnesty, as he wants to keep the pact under wraps for political reasons. The condition is that they will still be wanted— until the governor can claim they have reformed and warrant clemency.
Charlie's Angels
Act like Ellen Miles (1 ep.)
event1976 star_border 6.7
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Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle! Receiving their orders via speaker phone from their never seen boss, Charlie, the Angels employ their incomparable sleuthing and combat skills, as well as their lethal feminine charm, to crack even the most seemingly insurmountable of cases.
Love Boat: The Next Wave
Act like Lily Stubing (1 ep.)
event1998 star_border 5
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In this updated version of the classic "The Love Boat" series, recently divorced former U.S. Navy captain Jim Kennedy III takes the helm of a Caribbean cruise ship - along with its crew mates - on adventuresome voyages that sometimes lead to romance. The series aired on UPN from 1998 to 1999.
Happy Days
(1 ep.)
event1974 star_border 7.7
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In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.
Hotel
(1 ep.)
event1982 star_border 6.8
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Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty.
Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco. Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of The Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff.
Frasier
Act like Marion Lawlor (1 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.
Tales of Wells Fargo
Act like Lydia (as Patricia Crowley) (1 ep.)
event1957 star_border 6.3
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Jim Hardie helps Wells Fargo agents battle the bad guys.
General Electric Theater
Act like Hester Hicks (1 ep.)
event1953 star_border 6
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General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
Melrose Place
Act like Sharon Ross (1 ep.)
event1992 star_border 5.9
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Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, California.
The Twilight Zone
Act like Jackie Benson (1 ep.)
event1959 star_border 8.4
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A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Rawhide
Act like Sara May Green (1 ep.)
event1959 star_border 7.2
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The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
The Name of the Game
(1 ep.)
event1968 star_border 6.8
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The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.
Police Story
(4 ep.)
event1973 star_border 6.9
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Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step forward in the realistic depiction of police work and violence on network TV. Although it was an anthology, there were certain things that all episodes had in common; for instance, the main character in each episode was a police officer. The setting was always Los Angeles and the characters always worked for some branch of the LAPD. Notwithstanding the anthology format, there were recurring characters. Scott Brady appeared in more than a dozen episodes as "Vinnie," a former cop who, upon retirement, had opened a bar catering to police officers, and who acted as a sort of Greek chorus during the run of the series, commenting on the characters and plots.
The Fugitive
Act like Emily Norton (1 ep.)
event1963 star_border 7.2
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Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man". At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably dogged by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard.
Family Law
Act like Beverly Dunbar (1 ep.)
event1999 star_border 8.2
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Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.
Lux Video Theatre
Act like Val (1 ep.)
event1950 star_border 6
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Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
West Point
(1 ep.)
event1956 star_border 5
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The West Point Story is a dramatic anthology television series shown in the United States by Columbia Broadcasting System during the 1956-57 season and by ABC during the 1957-58 season.
The West Point Story, produced with the full cooperation of the United States Department of Defense and the United States Military Academy, was said to be based on actual files documenting many of the real-life dramatic occurrences at West Point over the years. Names and dates were altered in order to protect the privacy of the real people portrayed, however. The program was at first hosted by a fictional cadet, Charles C. Thompson, but this device was discontinued prior to the end of 1956.
During its second season on ABC, The West Point Story was in competition with NBC's The Californians, set in San Francisco during the gold rush of the 1850s, and with The $64,000 Question quiz series on CBS. The West Point Story was replaced on the summer schedule in 1958 by Jack Wyatt's Confession, which continued to air during the first half of the 1958-1959 season in the 10 p.m. Tuesday evening time slot.
At the time that The West Point Story was broadcast, four other military dramas aired either through syndication or on the major networks: Harbor Command, Navy Log, The Silent Service, and Men of Annapolis.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Act like June Baker (1 ep.)
event1951 star_border 7
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
Your Show of Shows
(1 ep.)
event1950 star_border 5.5
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Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United States on NBC, from February 25, 1950, until June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
Other featured performers were Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Bill Hayes, Judy Johnson, The Hamilton Trio and the soprano Marguerite Piazza. José Ferrer made several guest appearances on the series. The series was telecast from the now-demolished International Theatre at 5 Columbus Circle and the Century Theater, now demolished, in New York.
During 2002, Your Show of Shows was ranked #30 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
Climax!
Act like Sue Martin (1 ep.)
event1954 star_border 3
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Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
Bronco
(1 ep.)
event1958 star_border 4.8
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Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Theodore Roosevelt, Belle Starr, Cole Younger, and John Wesley Hardin.
Judd for the Defense
(1 ep.)
event1967 star_border 7.5
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High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases throughout the U.S.
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Act like Helen Martin (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.
Mr. Novak
Act like Ariel Wilder (1 ep.)
event1963 star_border 6.5
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Mr. Novak is an American dramatic series starring James Franciscus in the title role, which aired on NBC for two seasons, from 1963 to 1965.
Riverboat
Act like Joan Marchand (1 ep.)
event1959 star_border 6.2
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Riverboat is a 44-episode western television series starring Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds broadcast on the NBC television network from September 13, 1959 until January 2, 1961. It was produced by Revue Studios.
Suspense
(1 ep.)
event1949 star_border 4.7
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An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed.
Blacke's Magic
(1 ep.)
event1986 star_border 5.5
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Blacke's Magic is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from January to May 1986. The series stars Hal Linden as magician Alexander Blacke who, with some help from his con-man father Leonard, solves mysteries that get in the way of his performances. The series aired for a total of thirteen episodes and featured crimes that tested logic against seemingly magical crimes. The stories were not so much whodunits as "how-he-do-its," for Alex Blacke often had to turn detective to solve the mysteries.
The Lieutenant
(1 ep.)
event1963 star_border 6
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The Lieutenant is an American television series, the first created by Gene Roddenberry. It aired on NBC on Saturday evenings in the 1963–1964 television schedule. It was produced by Arena Productions, one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's most successful in-house production companies of the 1960s. Situated at Camp Pendleton, the West Coast base of the U.S. Marine Corps, The Lieutenant focuses on the men of the Corps in peace time with a Cold War backdrop. The title character is Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice, a rifle platoon leader and one of the training instructors at Camp Pendleton. An hour-long drama, The Lieutenant explores the lives of enlisted Marines and general officers alike.
The series was released on DVD in two half-season sets by the Warner Archive Collection on August 14, 2012.
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Act like Maggie Carrington (1 ep.)
event1977 star_border 6
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Anthology series presenting stories of suspense, mystery and science-fiction, usually with some sort of twist ending.
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Act like Joan Nash (58 ep.)
event1965 star_border 6.6
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Please Don't Eat the Daisies is an American sitcom
Aloha Paradise
(1 ep.)
event1981 star_border 5
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Aloha Paradise is an American comedy series that aired on ABC on Wednesday night from February 25, 1981 to April 22, 1981. Aloha Paradise follows Sydney Chase, general manager of the Kona village resort in Hawaii where people meet and fall in love under the swaying palm trees and omnipresent sun. There's an assortment of assistants to direct traffic and play cupid— Sydney's bumbling file clerk Curtis, her perky social director Fran, he-guy lifeguard Richard and economy-sized bartender Evelyn.
Aloha Paradise was executive produced by Douglas S. Cramer and Aaron Spelling, the same team that produced The Love Boat which the series bore a resemblance to.
Vacation Playhouse
Act like Elizabeth Williams (1 ep.)
event1963
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The concept of the series was the showing of unaired and unsold television pilots that did not make the television lineup for CBS. The show was successful during its first few seasons due to the fact that the show's concept, airing unsold and unaired television pilots, was a popular concept in the 1960s. But during its last two seasons on the air, the series did find some trouble due to the fact that the series were running out of pilots to air and, in their 4th season, they began airing repeats from the three seasons prior. During its 1966 summer run, the series aired eights new pilots and two repeats and during its last year airing five new pilots and four repeats.
Dr. Kildare
Act like Janet Parker (1 ep.)
event1961 star_border 5.3
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The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Act like Sylvia (1 ep.)
event1959 star_border 6.3
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The DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from September 21, 1959 to April 3, 1961 with rebroadcasts continuing until June 12, 1961. The series was hosted by actress June Allyson.
The Roaring 20's
(1 ep.)
event1960
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The adventures of a newspaper reporter covering the world of cops and gangsters in 1920s Chicago.
Letter to Loretta
Act like Verna Ellsworth (1 ep.)
event1953 star_border 6.2
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Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes.
Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.
Joe Forrester
Act like Georgia Cameron (22 ep.)
event1975 star_border 7
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Joe Forrester is an American Crime/Drama TV series, starring Lloyd Bridges.
Michael Shayne
(1 ep.)
event1960 star_border 5
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Michael Shayne is an American detective television series starring Richard Denning that aired on NBC from September 30, 1960 to May 19, 1961.
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
(1 ep.)
event1978 star_border 5
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The Eddie Capra Mysteries is an American mystery television series starring Vincent Baggetta that aired on NBC from September 8, 1978, to January 12, 1979. The series centers on a lawyer who investigates murders and has a knack for solving them.
Maverick
Act like Lydia Lynley (3 ep.)
event1957 star_border 6.8
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The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.
87th Precinct
Act like Josie Thompson (1 ep.)
event1961 star_border 7.5
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87th Precinct is an American crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, and Ron Harper, which aired on NBC on Monday evenings during the 1961–1962 television season.
Matt Helm
Act like Lila Faro (1 ep.)
event1975 star_border 7.4
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Matt Helm is an American mystery television series which aired on the ABC Network during the 1975-1976 season. The title character was played by Anthony Franciosa.
Hong Kong
Act like Kareb Bryant (1 ep.)
event1960
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Hong Kong is a 26-episode adventure/drama series which aired on ABC television during the 1960–1961 season and helped to catapult Australian actor Rod Taylor into a major film star, primarily in the 1960s, beginning with his role in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. The series was a production of 20th Century Fox Television, and the final credit of each episode stated: "Filmed by Twentieth Century Fox Television Inc. at its Hollywood studios and in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong".
Generations
Act like Rebecca Whitmore (35 ep.)
event1989 star_border 5.3
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Generations is an American soap opera that aired on NBC from March 27, 1989, to January 25, 1991. The show was groundbreaking in that it was the first soap opera to feature from its inception an African-American family.
Arrest and Trial
Act like Ellen Tobin (1 ep.)
event1963 star_border 7
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Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m. Eastern.
The Rockford Files
Act like Valerie Pointer (1 ep.)
event1974 star_border 7.5
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Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
Friends
Act like Mrs. Burgin (1 ep.)
event1994 star_border 8.4
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Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.
Hollywood Squares
Act like Self - Panelist (1 ep.)
event1998 star_border 6.5
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On September 14, 1998, a Hollywood Squares revival debuted with Tom Bergeron as its host. In addition to her production duties, Whoopi Goldberg served as the permanent center square, with series head writer Bruce Vilanch, Gilbert Gottfried, Martin Mull, and Caroline Rhea as regular panelists and Brad Garrett, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jeffrey Tambor, George Wallace, Kathy Griffin and various others as semi-regular panelists. Shadoe Stevens returned to announce, although he was not given a square on the panel as he had been when John Davidson was host.
Columbo
Act like Lenore Kennicutt (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.
The Untouchables
Act like Betty Anderson (1 ep.)
event1959 star_border 7.9
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Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Act like Patricia Kettrick (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 Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Act like Helen Johnson (1 ep.)
event1969 star_border 4
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The Bold Ones: The New Doctors is an American medical drama that lasted for four seasons on NBC, from 1969 to 1973.
Finder of Lost Loves
Act like Maggie Singer (1 ep.)
event1984 star_border 5.7
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The Finder of Lost Loves TV show was a 60 minute drama series on ABC about a private investigator who specialized in finding lost loves from the past for his heartbroken clients.
Dynasty
Act like Emily Fallmont (8 ep.)
event1981 star_border 6.5
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The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled; Steven, openly gay; and Amanda, hidden from him by his ex-wife, the conniving Alexis. Most of the show features the conflict between 2 large corporations, Blake's Denver Carrington and Alexis' ColbyCo.
Police Woman
Act like Marlene Simpson (1 ep.)
event1974 star_border 6.2
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Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute.
Matt Houston
Act like Audrey (1 ep.)
event1982 star_border 6.2
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Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.
Bonanza
Act like Julia Grant (as Patricia Crowley) (1 ep.)
event1959 star_border 7.5
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The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Act like Carol Sinclair (1 ep.)
event1963 star_border 5.5
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967. The show was hosted by Bob Hope, but it had a variety of formats, including musical, dramatic, and comedy.
The Closer
Act like Beverly Langner (1 ep.)
event2005 star_border 7.9
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Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the wrong way, but her reputation as one of the world's best interrogator eventually wins over even her toughest critics.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Act like Enid Bentley (1 ep.)
event1962 star_border 7.8
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A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
Pacific Blue
Act like Catherine Callaway (1 ep.)
event1996 star_border 5.4
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Pacific Blue is an American crime drama series about a team of police officers with the Santa Monica Police Department who patrolled its beaches on bicycles. The show ran for five seasons on the USA Network, from March 2, 1996 to April 9, 2000, with a total of one hundred and one episodes. Often compared as "Baywatch on bikes," the series enjoyed a popular run among the Network's viewers, and was popular in France, Israel, Sweden, Bulgaria, Norway, Spain, Russia, Austria, Germany, Italy, South America, Canada, Denmark, Poland, and other foreign markets.
The Streets of San Francisco
Act like Carol Mossman (1 ep.)
event1972 star_border 7
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Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.
Love, American Style
Act like Laurie (1 ep.)
event1969 star_border 6
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An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.
Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
(1 ep.)
event1966
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Dean Martin at his best, each episodes is a combination of extracted performances compiled by the Dean Martin Show's director, Greg Garrison for a multi-DVD set. The performances from the 60s and 70s feature comedians and famous actors such as Jimmy Stewart, Don Rickles ,Tony Bennett, Marty Feldman; Jonathan Winters; Andy Griffith, Bill Cosby; Woody Allen; Frank Sinatra, Orson Wells, Zero Mostel. Flip Wilson, Gene Kelly, Peter Falk, Paul Lynde; Jack Benny; Mills Brothers; Phil Silvers, Fess Parker; Eddie Albert; Gladys Knight & Pips, and Jimmy Durante.
The Detectives
Act like Norma (1 ep.)
event1959 star_border 5.6
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The Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons, and on NBC during its third and final season. The series, starring motion picture star Robert Taylor, was produced by Four Star Television.
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Act like Sue Rohmer (1 ep.)
event1971 star_border 6.3
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Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law is an American legal drama, jointly created by David Victor and former law professor Jerry McNeely, that starred actor Arthur Hill. The series was broadcast on ABC from 1971 to 1974. A two-hour pilot movie had aired as a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week entry prior to the series run.
The Ford Theatre Hour
(1 ep.)
event1948
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An anthology series based in New York City which attracted a high caliber group of actors, often Broadway stars. Stories were both drama and comedies, some original but others adaptions of films and plays.
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