
Birthday:
02-17-1935
(90 years)
Birthplace:
Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
Christina Pickles (born February 17, 1935) is an English actress, best known for role of Nurse Helen Rosenthal in the hospital drama St. Elsewhere, for which she was nominated for four Emmys.
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Legends of the Fall
Act like Isabel Ludlow
event1994 star_border 7.4
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In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loyalty, tested by war, and torn apart by love, as told over the course of several decades in this epic saga.
The Wedding Singer
Act like Angie Sullivan
event1998 star_border 6.8
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Robbie, a local rock star turned wedding singer, is dumped on the day of his wedding. Meanwhile, waitress Julia finally sets a wedding date with her fiancée Glenn. When Julia and Robbie meet and hit it off, they find that things are more complicated than anybody thought.
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love
Act like Tippy
event1994 star_border 4.6
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Lewis and his nerdy friends attend Booger's wedding to the daughter of a rich politician, but nerd-haters in the family do everything possible to prevent the wedding going ahead. Meanwhile, Lewis awaits with eagerness the birth of his unborn foetal child...
Sol Goode
Act like Sol's Mom
event2003 star_border 4.4
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Sol Goode, a charismatic L.A. twenty-something, has always relied on charm, good looks, and fast talk to glide through life. But his luck may have run out; faced with eviction from his hipster apartment, totaling his car, and the threat of having to find a real job, Sol realizes that maybe the life he's been leading is no longer making him happy.
Masters of the Universe
Act like Sorceress
event1987 star_border 5.7
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The world of Eternia in the aftermath of Skeletor's war on Castle Grayskull, which he has won after seizing Grayskull and the surrounding city using a cosmic key developed by the locksmith Gwildor. The Sorceress is now Skeletor's prisoner and he begins to drain her life-force as he waits for the moon of Eternia to align with the Great Eye of the Universe that will bestow god-like power upon him.
George of the Jungle 2
Act like Beatrice Stanhope
event2003 star_border 4.4
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George and Ursula now have a son, George Junior, so Ursula's mother arrives to try and take them back to "civilization".
Seizure
Act like Nicole Blackstone
event1974 star_border 5.1
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A disturbed author's house party becomes a scene of carnage when three of his homicidal creations appear.
Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story
Act like Self
event2021 star_border 9.3
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DARK SHADOWS & BEYOND – THE JONATHAN FRID STORY reveals the real man beneath the vampire’s cloak, exploring Frid’s personal and professional struggles, artistic triumphs and rise to fame. Among the family, friends and co-workers who offer fresh insights are actresses Marion Ross (Arsenic & Old Lace) and Christina Pickles (Seizure), American Shakespeare Festival associate Anthony Zerbe and Dark Shadows colleagues David Selby, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Lara Parker, Nancy Barrett, Marie Wallace and James Storm. The documentary also includes rare performance footage and previously unseen interviews and archival materials from Frid’s private collection.
Flower Girl
Act like Evangeline Walker
event2009 star_border 5.9
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Dr. Evan Cooper is the ideal match on paper and according to her grandmother, Rose Durham and friends, including an equally pushy wedding planner, for florist Laurel Haverford, who fears to be the last of her generation to get married. Yet she keeps dragging her heels after meeting cocky Stephen Banks, who is all wrong on paper but makes her heart leap by pre chemistry.
The Family Holiday
Act like Mrs. Pendergast
event2007 star_border 5.9
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A selfish con-man must show that he can be a family man to inherit his uncle's estate. As he tries to set up his scam family, he realizes that he really wants to have a one.
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
Act like Mother Rearden
event2011 star_border 5.4
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A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her. Based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand.
Live at the Foxes Den
Act like Mrs. Ducksworth
event2013 star_border 3.9
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A corporate attorney quits his job at a high profile law firm to become the singer at a an old cocktail lounge called the Foxes Den, becoming deeply involved in the lives of its staff and regulars.
Grace of My Heart
Act like Mrs. Buxton
event1996 star_border 6.3
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Philadelphia teenager Edna Buxton wins a talent contest during the early rock 'n' roll era, changes her name to Denise Waverly and moves to New York City to make it big. Though she flops as a recording artist, fast-talking record producer Joel Millner recognizes her songwriting talent and teams her with struggling songsmith Howard Caszatt.
Angels Don't Sleep Here
Act like Angela Porter
event2002 star_border 2.2
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A man is accused of murder and manipulated into a web of deceit as his thought-to-be dead twin brother plots revenge on those who tried to kill him.
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
Act like Charlotte
event1989
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The story of the hijacking of the Itallian liner Achille Lauro by four militants of the Palestine Liberation Front, in 1985, who demanded the release of several Palestinians incarcerated in Israeli prisoners. On their hands, lies the fate of several passengers, many Americans included and among them, Jewish American businessman Leon Klinghoffer.
Valerie Flake
Act like Meg Darnell
event1999 star_border 1
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A boozing, recently widowed young woman gives every one she comes into contact with a hard time. She moves back home with her in-laws, where she is pursued by a nice young grocer. However, his mother recognizes her as a heartbreaker and warns him away, creating a battle with her...
Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife
Act like Marilyn Cabot
event1993 star_border 5.6
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Dr Sloan suspects that his flame of long ago, famous heart surgeon Dr Rachel Walters, has murdered US Senator Cabot on the occasion of a guest operation at the community hospital. After a long investigation, Sloan and fellow detectives Dr Bentley and Dr Parker discover her motive: Years ago, Cabot had caused a hit-and-run accident that put her daughter into coma. But how did Dr Walters manage to pass the deadly bacteria on to the senator in front of TV cameras?
Rush It
Act like Eve
event1978 star_border 2
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A female bicycle messenger is looking for love in New York City and becomes involved with two very different men.
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
Act like Mim Sanburne
event1998 star_border 7.7
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A small-town cat-and-dog detective duo investigate a new neighbor who they believe may have committed a murder, but the snag is, locals are attempting to pair him off with their owner.
Nightmare in the Daylight
Act like Sarah Jenner
event1992 star_border 5.3
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A married Wisconsin teacher fears a Los Angeles lawyer who has mistaken her for his long-lost wife.
Monday After the Miracle
Act like Kate Keller
event1998
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Movie based on the true story of Helen Keller, now an adult, and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. Their close relationship is threatened when John Macy, a caring young professor at the college Helen attends, comes between them. John and Annie fall in love and marry and the two women must choose what is more important — the love between a man and woman or the bond between the two of them.
Finding Hannah
Act like Hannah 1
event2023
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On December 13th 1942, 3000 Jewish men, women and children deported from France were gassed on arrival in Auschwitz. Among them reportedly was a 14 year old girl, Hannah Cohen. She had left behind in Paris a young boyfriend who would spend a lifetime trying to find out what happened to her.
Friends: The Reunion
Act like Self
event2021 star_border 7.9
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The cast of Friends reunites for a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of the hit series, an unforgettable evening filled with iconic memories, uncontrollable laughter, happy tears, and special guests.
Romeo + Juliet
Act like Caroline Montague
event1996 star_border 6.8
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In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island
Act like Elsie (voice)
event1997 star_border 6.2
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Littlefoot and his friends the gang in their next when a swarm of leaf gobblers had destroyed their homes and this forces them to find a new home but yet find an mysterious island.
St. Elsewhere
Act like Helen Rosenthal (137 ep.)
event1982 star_border 5.5
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St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.
Lou Grant
(1 ep.)
event1977 star_border 7.3
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The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.
Murder, She Wrote
Act like Susan McGregor (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.
Family Ties
Act like Mrs. Ruth Hobart (2 ep.)
event1982 star_border 7.3
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Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
In the Heat of the Night
(1 ep.)
event1988 star_border 7.5
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In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name starring Carroll O'Connor as the white police chief William Gillespie, and Howard Rollins as the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995. Its executive producers were Fred Silverman, Juanita Bartlett and Carroll O'Connor. TGG Direct released the first season of the series to DVD on August 28, 2012.
How I Met Your Mother
Act like Rita (2 ep.)
event2005 star_border 8.1
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A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.
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.
Friends
Act like Judy Geller (17 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.
Touched by an Angel
Act like Stephanie Hancock (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.
The Nanny
Act like Nurse (1 ep.)
event1993 star_border 8.1
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Fran, fresh out of her job as a bridal consultant in her boyfriend’s shop, first appears on the doorstep of Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield peddling cosmetics, and quickly stumbled upon the opportunity to become The Nanny for his three children. But soon Fran, with her offbeat nurturing and no-nonsense honesty, touches Maxwell as well as the kids.
The Wild Thornberrys
Act like Mali (voice) (2 ep.)
event1998 star_border 6.8
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Travel the world with the Thornberrys and come face-to-face with blue sheep in Nepal, emus in Australia, marmots in Pakistan, flash floods in Siberia, Egyptian burial chambers, a runaway hot air balloon, a rock slide on the Karakoram Highway and more!
Cybill
(1 ep.)
event1995 star_border 5.8
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Cybill is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired on CBS from January 2, 1995, to July 13, 1998. Starring, Cybill Shepherd, the show revolves around the life of Cybill Sheridan, a twice-divorced single mother of two and struggling actress in her 40s, who has never gotten her big show business break.
E! True Hollywood Story
(1 ep.)
event1996 star_border 8.1
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E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.
Diagnosis: Murder
Act like Bea Michaels (1 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.
Mancuso, F.B.I.
(1 ep.)
event1989 star_border 6
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Mancuso, F.B.I. is a crime drama which was aired by NBC as part of its 1989-90 schedule.
Mancuso, F.B.I. stars veteran actor Robert Loggia as Nick Mancuso, a hardened veteran of the Bureau now assigned to Washington, D.C., where he was largely regarded by his superiors and bureaucratic types as a maverick with little regard for agency rules and procedures. This charge was largely true; Mancuso's true motivation was, as a press release for the show near the time of its premiere described it, "a passionate love affair with the United States Constitution" and an overwhelming desire to see genuine justice rather than the mere appearance of it.
Get Real
Act like Elizabeth Parker (22 ep.)
event1999 star_border 7.3
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Get Real was a short-lived comedy-drama on the FOX Network centering on the fictional Green family of Los Angeles. It ran from September 1999 to April 2000. It starred Eric Christian Olsen and Anne Hathaway in very early roles, as the older siblings to central character of the series, youngest child, Kenny.
Party of Five
(1 ep.)
event1994 star_border 7
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Five brothers and sisters are determined to stay together following the tragic loss of their parents.
Sisters
(1 ep.)
event1991 star_border 7.3
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The Reed sisters of Winnetka, Illinois, are a close-knit group. Alex, Georgie, Teddy, and Frankie navigate the waters of life's triumphs and tragedies with the help of their mom, Bea. And no matter what befalls them, they know they can count on their sisters to help pull them through. (Sisters is an Emmy Award-winning television drama.)
Another World
(1547 ep.)
event1964 star_border 5.4
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Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC for 35 years from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. Set in the fictional town of Bay City, the show in its early years opens with announcer Bill Wolff intoning its epigram, “We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds,” which Phillips said represented the difference between “the world of events we live in, and the world of feelings and dreams that we strive for.” Another World focused less on the conventional drama of domestic life as seen in other soap operas, and more on exotic melodrama between families of different classes and philosophies.
The White Shadow
Act like Teacher (1 ep.)
event1978 star_border 7
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The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27 1978, to March 16 1981.
Veronica Clare
(9 ep.)
event1991 star_border 6
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Veronica Clare is an American film noir-style crime drama that aired from July 23 until September 17, 1991.
The Andros Targets
Act like Mrs. Fuller (1 ep.)
event1977 star_border 5
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James Sutorious star as Mike Andros, a newspaper investigative reporter who seeks out corruption and injustice in this this action-drama series.
Family Guy
Act like Newport Heiress (voice) (1 ep.)
event1999 star_border 7.4
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Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.
Friends with Benefits
Act like Hazel (1 ep.)
event2011 star_border 6.5
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Revolving around a group of twentysomething singles as they navigate the difficult, sometimes rewarding, often confusing world of dating. Loyal and devoted to one another, these friends are never too busy to help a member of the group who might be in need. In fact, their companionship often extends into a more intimate setting - the bedroom.
Great News
Act like Gram (2 ep.)
event2017 star_border 6.6
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A New Jersey mom puts her relationship with her daughter to the test when she lands an internship at the same TV station where her daughter works.
Animal Practice
Act like Sabrina French (1 ep.)
event2012 star_border 5.3
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Dr. George Coleman is a top veterinarian with an impressive list of famous animal patients at the Crane Animal Hospital—a bustling New York City veterinary practice where it often seems as if the patients are running the place. Much to his chagrin, George recently learned that his ex-girlfriend, Dorothy Crane, has inherited the family business and is now George's boss.
As Told by Ginger
Act like Art Teacher (voice) (1 ep.)
event2000 star_border 6.5
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As Told by Ginger focuses on middle schooler Ginger Foutley who, with her friends, tries to become more than a social geek.
Break a Hip
Act like Biz (16 ep.)
event2015
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When 80-something Biz Brantly, a cranky forgotten actress, hires 20-something Wincy, a clueless naive actor who's just hit town, to help her run errands, an unlikely friendship develops which leads to hilarious adventures in Hollywood.
Childrens Hospital
Act like Glenn's Mom (1 ep.)
event2008 star_border 7.2
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A hospital isn't a place for lazy people. It's a place for smart people who take care of people who aren't smart enough to keep themselves healthy. So begins Children's Hospital, a parody series that follows the lives, loves and laughs of a hospital staff.
Father of the Pride
Act like Barbara Walters (voice) (1 ep.)
event2004 star_border 5.1
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Father of the Pride is an American animated television series that began broadcasting on NBC on August 31, 2004 and was part of a short-lived trend of CGI series in prime-time network TV.
The show, which was produced by Jeffrey Katzenberg and his company DreamWorks Animation, revolves around a family of white lions, the patriarch of which stars in a Siegfried & Roy show in Las Vegas. Despite heavy promotion, the show was unsuccessful and was canceled after one season. Transmission and production were also delayed by the real-life on-stage injury of Roy Horn.
L.A. Dragnet
(1 ep.)
event2003 star_border 6.7
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Within L.A. incredibly diverse landscape, two dedicated cops are relentless when it comes to solving crime. Detective Joe Friday is a seasoned veteran who has seen it all. Through his voiceovers, viewers will gain insight into the crime investigation process, as well as hear the honest thoughts of a 21st century cop. Although a veteran of the beat, Friday still has the same passion and energy as his young partner, Frank Smith, who has recently been promoted to the robbery/homicide division from vice.
Love & War
Act like Mrs. Tynan (1 ep.)
event1992 star_border 6.2
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A woman running a bar in New York City while trying to maintain a romance with an egotistical opinion columnist.
Dollface
Act like Sylvia (1 ep.)
event2019 star_border 7.1
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After being dumped by her longtime boyfriend, a young woman must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women, and rekindle the female friendships she left behind.
JAG
Act like Trish Burnett (3 ep.)
event1995 star_border 7.3
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Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.
9JKL
Act like Lenore (1 ep.)
event2017 star_border 6.4
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A time in Mark Feuerstein's adult life when he lived in apartment 9K in the building he grew up in, sandwiched between his parents' apartment, 9J; and his brother, sister-in-law and their baby's apartment, 9L and his attempts to set boundaries with his intrusive but well-meaning family.
Medium
Act like Mrs. Walker (1 ep.)
event2005 star_border 7.4
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Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.
Growing Up Fisher
Act like Dr. La Croix (1 ep.)
event2014 star_border 6.5
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It's not every family that's brought closer together by divorce, but then again, the Fishers are anything but typical.
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