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Ellen (season 5)
The fifth and final season of ''Ellen (TV series), Ellen'', an American television series, began September 24, 1997 and ended on July 22, 1998. It aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The DVD region code#Region codes and countries, region 1 DVD was released on November 28, 2006. Although Disc 2 of the Region 1 DVD release has "The Funeral" before "Womyn Fest", the content of the next two episodes suggests that "Womyn Fest" goes before "The Funeral". Cast Main cast * Ellen DeGeneres as Ellen Morgan Only Ellen appeared in all 22 episodes. Though listed as regulars, other cast members were seen on a less frequent basis: * Joely Fisher as Paige Clark (17 episodes) * David Anthony Higgins as Joe Farrell (9 episodes) * Clea Lewis as Audrey Penney (10 episodes) * Jeremy Piven as Spence Kovak (11 episodes) Episodes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ellen 1997 American television seasons 1998 American television seasons Ellen (TV series) seasons 1997 LGBTQ-related television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast Television broadcaster, television and radio Radio network, network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company. ABC is headquartered on Riverside Drive in Burbank, California, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Team Disney – Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network maintains secondary offices at 77 66th Street (Manhattan), West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, which houses its broadcast center and the headquarters of its news division, ABC News (United States), ABC News. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. The youngest of the "Big Three (American television), Big Three" American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Espenson
Jane Espenson (born July 14, 1964) is an American television writer and producer. Espenson has worked on both situation comedies and serial dramas. She had a five-year stint as a writer and producer on ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and shared a Hugo Award with Drew Goddard for her writing on the episode " Conversations with Dead People". After her work on ''Buffy'', she wrote and produced episodes of '' The O.C.'' and ''Gilmore Girls'' among other series. From 2006 to 2010, she worked on ''Battlestar Galactica'' and several projects related to it. Between 2009 and 2010, she served on '' Caprica'', as co-executive and executive producer and co-showrunner. In 2010, she wrote an episode of HBO's ''Game of Thrones'', eventually earning a Writers' Guild Award for her involvement with the show. In 2011 she joined the writing staff for the fourth season of the British television program '' Torchwood'', which aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom and Starz in the United States duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Steenburgen
Mary Nell Steenburgen (; born February 8, 1953) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and songwriter. After studying at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse in the 1970s, she made her professional acting debut in the Western comedy film '' Goin' South'' (1978). Steenburgen went on to earn critical acclaim for her role in '' Time After Time'' (1979) and Jonathan Demme's comedy-drama film ''Melvin and Howard'' (1980), for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Steenburgen received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Miloš Forman's drama film ''Ragtime'' (1981). Her other films include ''A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy'' (1982), '' Cross Creek'' (1983), '' Back to the Future Part III'' (1990), ''What's Eating Gilbert Grape'' (1993), ''Philadelphia'' (1993), ''Nixon'' (1995), '' The Brave One'' (2007), '' Last Vegas'' (2013), '' A Walk in the Woods'' (2015), '' Book Club'' (2018), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Danson
Edward Bridge Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor. He achieved stardom playing the lead character Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1982–1993), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He was further Emmy-nominated for the FX legal drama ''Damages'' (2007–2010) and the NBC comedy '' The Good Place'' (2016–2020). He was the recipient of the 2025 Carol Burnett Award. Danson made his film debut in 1978 in the crime drama '' The Onion Field''. His breakout film role was in the comedies ''Three Men and a Baby'' (1987) and ''Three Men and a Little Lady'' (1990). He also acted in '' Body Heat'' (1981), '' Creepshow'' (1982), '' Dad'' (1989) and ''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998). Danson's other leading roles on television include the CBS sitcom '' Becker'' (1998–2004) and the CBS dramas '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2011–2015) and '' CSI: Cyber'' (2015–2016). In 2015, he starred in the second season of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress. She rose to international fame for her role as Rachel Green on the television sitcom ''Friends'' from 1994 to 2004, which earned her Primetime Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award, Screen Actors Guild awards. Aniston has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses, as of 2023. The daughter of actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow, she began working as an actress at an early age with an uncredited role in the 1988 film ''Mac and Me''. Her first major film role came in the 1993 horror comedy ''Leprechaun (film), Leprechaun''. She has since starred in a string of successful comedy films such as ''Office Space'' (1999), ''Bruce Almighty'' (2003), ''The Break-Up'' (2006), ''Marley & Me (film), Marley & Me'' (2008), ''Just Go with It'' (2011), ''Horrible Bosses'' (2011), ''We're the Millers'' (2013), ''Dumplin' (film), Dumplin''' (2018), and ''Murder Mystery (film), Murder Mystery'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Donahue
Phillip John Donahue (December 21, 1935 – August 18, 2024) was an American media personality, writer, film producer, and the creator and host of '' The Phil Donahue Show''. The television program, later known simply as ''Donahue'', was the first popular talk show to feature a format that included audience participation. The show had a 29-year run on national television that began in Dayton, Ohio, in 1967 and ended in New York City in 1996. Donahue's shows often focused on issues that divide liberals and conservatives in the United States, such as abortion, consumer protection, civil rights, and war issues. His most frequent guest was Ralph Nader, for whom Donahue campaigned in 2000. Donahue also briefly hosted a talk show on MSNBC from July 2002 to February 2003. Donahue was one of the most influential talk show hosts and was often referred to as the "king of daytime talk". Oprah Winfrey has said, "If it weren't for Phil Donahue, there would never have been an '' Oprah Show' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woody Harrelson
Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor. He first became known for his role as bartender Woody Boyd on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1985–1993), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series from five nominations. Harrelson received three Academy Award nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor, Best Actor for ''The People vs. Larry Flynt'' (1996), and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor for ''The Messenger (2009 film), The Messenger'' (2009) and ''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' (2017). Other notable films include ''White Men Can't Jump'' (1992), ''Natural Born Killers'' (1994), ''The Thin Red Line (1998 film), The Thin Red Line'' (1998), ''No Country for Old Men'' (2007), ''Seven Pounds'' (2008), ''Zombieland'' (2009), ''Seven Psychopaths'' (2012), ''Now You See Me (film), Now You See Me'' (2013), ''The Edge of Seventeen'' (2016), ''War for the Planet of the Apes'' (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Hunt
Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. Hunt rose to fame portraying newlywed Jamie Buchman in the sitcom '' Mad About You'' (1992–1999), which earned her three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress and four Primetime Emmy Awards for Lead Actress. Hunt won the Academy Award for Best Actress for starring as a single mother in the romantic comedy film '' As Good as It Gets'' (1997), and established a film career by starring in ''Twister'' (1996), '' Cast Away'' (2000), '' What Women Want'' (2000), and ''Pay It Forward'' (2000). Hunt made her directorial film debut with '' Then She Found Me'' (2007). For her portrayal of Cheryl Cohen-Greene in '' The Sessions'' (2012), she gained a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable films include '' Bobby'' (2006), '' Soul Surfer'' (2011), and '' The Miracle Season'' (2018), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cindy Crawford
Cynthia Ann Crawford (born February 20, 1966) is an American model. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was among the most popular supermodels and a ubiquitous presence on magazine covers and runways, as well as fashion campaigns. She subsequently expanded into acting and business ventures. Early life Crawford was born in DeKalb, Illinois, on February 20, 1966, the daughter of Daniel Kenneth Crawford and Jennifer Sue Crawford-Moluf (née Walker). She has two sisters, Chris and Danielle, and a brother, Jeffery, who died of childhood leukemia at age 3. On social media, she stated that her family had been in the United States for generations and that her ancestry was mostly German, English and French. She is a descendant of English Puritan settler Thomas Trowbridge, who helped establish the Congregational Church in New Haven. She was raised in the Congregationalist faith and found it "incredible" that religious values "trickled down" to her family. According to official census reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Doyle
Tim Doyle is an American television producer and television writer. His credits include ''Dinosaurs'', ''Roseanne'', ''Grace Under Fire'', ''Ellen'', ''Sports Night'', '' Still Standing'', ''The Big Bang Theory'', '' Better Off Ted'', '' Rules of Engagement'', '' Last Man Standing'', and creator of '' The Kids Are Alright''. Doyle grew up in Glendale, California. He is married to Ellen Svaco Doyle. They have one child together. Doyle created '' The Kids Are Alright'', an American sitcom television series that premiered on October 16, 2018, on ABC. The series is semi-autobiographical, following a Catholic family with eight sons in the Los Angeles area during the early 1970s. Although lasting only one season this series earned strong critical reviews, a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 2019 Best Comedy Episode nomination from the Writers Guild of America for its pilot script by Doyle. All 23 episodes are currently streaming on Hulu. He is an alumnus of Bellarmine-Jefferson High Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Heche
Anne Celeste Heche ( ; May 25, 1969August 11, 2022) was an American actress, known for her roles across a variety of genres in film, television, and theater. She was the recipient of Daytime Emmy, National Board of Review, and GLAAD Media Awards, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and a Primetime Emmy. Heche began her professional acting career on the NBC soap opera ''Another World (TV series), Another World'' (1987–1991), earning a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series, Daytime Emmy Award for her portrayal of twins Vicky Hudson and Marley Love. She made her film debut in 1993 with a small role in ''The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993 film), The Adventures of Huck Finn''. Heche's profile rose in 1997 with appearances in ''Donnie Brasco (film), Donnie Brasco'', ''Volcano (1997 film), Volcano'', ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'', and ''Wag the Dog''. In 1998, she had starring roles in the romantic adventure ''Six Days, Seven Nights'' and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kit Pongetti
Kit Pongetti is an American actress, musician, writer and director, known for several acting roles, including playing Lady, the wife of the Janitor, in the show '' Scrubs'' and also for her role as Marta Trundel in ''iCarly''. Early life Pongetti was born in Kingsville, Texas and soon thereafter moved to Clear Lake, a suburb of Houston, Texas. Her father was a chemical engineer and her mother taught mathematics at Arizona State University. Pongetti graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993 and moved to Los Angeles in 1994. Career Pongetti performed in the band Those Who Dig. She began work in Los Angeles as an assistant to writers on the TV Series ''Roseanne'' in 1995. Thereafter, she began doing improvisational comedy at The Groundlings Theater, IO West and UCB. She has also performed music that was used in the TV series ''Gilmore Girls'' (" My Little Corner of the World", episode "Pilot") and ''My Boys'' (episode "Dinner Party"), as well as helping to write a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
