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Sybil (1976 Film)
'' Sybil'' is a 1976 two-part American television film, made-for-television film starring Sally Field and Joanne Woodward. It is based on the Sybil (Schreiber book), book of the same name, and was broadcast on NBC on November 14–15, 1976. Plot After suffering a small breakdown in front of her students (and then being forced to hear a neighbor play Frédéric Chopin, Chopin's Étude Op. 25, No. 11 (Chopin), Étude in A Minor, "Winter Wind", incessantly), Sybil Dorsett is given a neurological examination by Cornelia B. Wilbur, Dr. Cornelia Wilbur, a psychiatrist. She admits to having blackouts and fears that they are getting worse. Dr. Wilbur theorizes that the incidents are a kind of hysteria, all related to a deeper problem. She asks Sybil to return at a later date for more therapy. Sybil says she will have to ask her father. Sybil's father, Willard Dorsett, and her stepmother, Freida, are in New York on a visit. Sybil meets them at a cafeteria for lunch. She explains to he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Film
A mystery film is a film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur Detective, sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction. Mystery films include, but are not limited to, films in the genre of detective fiction. While cinema featured characters such as Sherlock Holmes in the early 1900s, several other Sherlock Holmes likes characters appeared such as Boston Blackie and Lone Wolf (character), The Lone Wolf. Several series of mystery films started in the 1930s with major studios featuring detectives like Nick and Nora Charles, Perry Mason, Nancy Drew and Charlie Chan. While original mystery film series were based on novels, by the 1940s many were sourced from comics and radio series. Towards the 1940s these series were predominantly produced as b-movies, with nearly no mystery series being developed by the 1950s. Around the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étude Op
An étude (; ) or study is an instrumental musical composition, designed to provide practice material for perfecting a particular musical skill. The tradition of writing études emerged in the early 19th century with the rapidly growing popularity of the piano. Of the vast number of études from that era some are still used as teaching material (particularly pieces by Carl Czerny and Muzio Clementi), and a few, by major composers such as Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and Claude Debussy, achieved a place in today's concert repertory. Études written in the 20th century include those related to traditional ones (György Ligeti) and those that require wholly unorthodox technique (John Cage). 19th century Piano Studies, lessons, and other didactic instrumental pieces composed before the 19th century are extremely varied, without any established genres. Domenico Scarlatti's ''30 Essercizi per gravicembalo'' ("30 Exercises for harpsichord", 1738) do not differ in scope from his o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Oberdiear
Karen Lynne Oberdiear (often credited professionally with surname misspelled as Karen Obediear) (September 6, 1962 - March 21, 2009) was an American actress and former child star. Career Her first role was in an episode of ''Sierra'' in 1974. Shortly after, she appeared as Boo Wheeler in '' The Texas Wheelers'' on ABC television starting on September 13, 1974. She also appeared in '' Fawn Story,'' an episode of the ''ABC Afterschool Special'', and shows such as ''Gunsmoke'', '' Medical Center'', '' Rafferty'', and ''Hello, Larry ''Hello, Larry'' is an American sitcom television series created by Dick Bensfield and Perry Grant, starring McLean Stevenson. It aired on NBC from January 26, 1979, to April 30, 1980. Its broadcast run consisted of 38 episodes over two seasons. ...''. Her film roles were in ''Sybil'' (1976) and '' A Force of One'' (1979). Personal life Oberdiear was born September 6, 1962, grew up in the Westchester region of Los Angeles, and attended Westc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camila Ashland
Camila Ashland (March 24, 1911 – September 12, 2008) was an American actress, best known for her role in '' V'' and ''V The Final Battle''. Also as Minnie Du Val in ''Dark Shadows''. Ashland was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in ''Black Comedy/White Lies'' in 1967. Career Ashland also starred on the soap opera ''General Hospital'' as Alice Grant from 1976–77, and in the 1983 NBC miniseries '' V'' and its 1984 sequel, '' V: The Final Battle'', in which she played Ruby Engels. She made guest appearances on ''The Golden Girls'', ''Cheers'', ''St. Elsewhere'', '' Hardcastle and McCormick'', and ''Taxi A taxi, also known as a taxicab or simply a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a Driving, driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of thei ...''. Her film credits include '' Any Which Way You Can'' and '' 10''. She ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Prince (actor)
William Leroy PrinceAaker, Everett (2006). Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters : All Regular Cast Members in American Crime and Mystery Series, 1948-1959'. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 447. . (January 26, 1913 – October 8, 1996) was an American actor who appeared in numerous soap operas and made dozens of guest appearances on primetime series as well as playing villains in movies like '' The Gauntlet'', '' The Cat from Outer Space'' and ''Spontaneous Combustion''. Early life Prince was born in Nichols, New York. When Prince was a senior at Cornell University, he left to act ''in The Taming of the Shrew'' as part of a Federal Theatre tour. He gained additional experience with the Barter Theater in Abingdon, Virginia, including a trip to New York for a 1937 production. He also performed in Shakespeare's plays in a company headed by Maurice Evans. Career Early in Prince's career, he supplemented his limited income from acting in summer stock prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lane (actor, Born 1905)
Charles Lane (born Charles Gerstle Levison; January 26, 1905 – July 9, 2007) was an American character actor and centenarian whose career spanned 76 years. A prolific actor who played hundreds of roles in both film and TV, Lane often played sour, scowling and disagreeable clerks, doctors, judges, and middle-management authority figures. Recalling in 1981 his many roles, he said "They were all good parts, but they were jerks. If you have a type established, though, and you're any good, it can mean considerable work for you." ''The New York Times'' reported that Lane's persona was so familiar to the public, "that people would come up to him in the street and greet him, because they thought they knew him from their hometowns." Lane's first film role, of more than 250, was as a hotel clerk in '' Smart Money'' (1931) starring Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney. Lane appeared in many Frank Capra films, including '' Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' (1936), '' You Can't Take It with Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penelope Allen
Penelope Allen, also known as Penny Allen, (born January 29, 1941) is an American stage and film actress and acting coach. She is best known as the head bank teller being held hostage in the film ''Dog Day Afternoon ''Dog Day Afternoon'' is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand. The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick and Charles Durning. The screenplay ...''. She also played Annie, the wife of Francis Lionel "Lion" Delbuchi in the film '' Scarecrow''.Schoell, William (2016). Al Pacino: In Films and on Stage (2 ed.). Page 45, McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-47196-6 Filmography Film Television References External links * 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Living people {{US-theat-actor-stub 1941 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martine Bartlett
Martine Bartlett (April 24, 1925 – April 5, 2006) was an American actress. A life member of The Actors Studio, Bartlett is best-remembered, albeit not by name, for her chilling performance as Hattie Dorsett, the seriously disturbed, abusive mother of Sally Field's title character in '' Sybil''. Career She was active onstage with the former St. Louis Community Playhouse, Rooftop Players and the old Empress Theater. She received her master's degree at the Graduate Drama School at Yale. Her debut on Broadway was as a townsperson in '' The Devil's Disciple'' (1950). She was part of the ensemble cast in ''Saint Joan'' (1951), starring Uta Hagen. Her first television appearance was in an episode of ''Robert Montgomery Presents'' titled "The Man Who Vanished" (1956). Her other appearances include episodes on ''The Twilight Zone'', '' The Fugitive'', '' Dr. Kildare'', '' The Virginian'', ''Kojak'', ''Cannon'', '' Mission: Impossible'', and '' Quincy, M.E.'' She was nominated for an E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Davis (actor)
Robert Creel Davis (November 6, 1949 – September 8, 1991), known professionally as Brad Davis, was an American actor. For his debut film role as Billy Hayes in the 1978 film '' Midnight Express,'' he won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor and was nominated for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, along with BAFTA Award nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. Davis subsequently played the title role in the Rainer Werner Fassbinder film '' Querelle'' (1982), and appeared in such films as '' A Small Circle of Friends'' (1980), ''Chariots of Fire'' (1981), and '' Cold Steel'' (1987). He also starred in television films and miniseries. Davis, who struggled with substance abuse issues throughout his adult life, was diagnosed with HIV in 1985 and committed assisted suicide by a drug overdose due to AIDS in 1991. Biography Early life He was born in Tallahassee, Florida, to Eugene Davis, a dentist w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Sally Field & Joanne Woodward
Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. * January 27 ** The United States vetoes a United Nations resolution that calls for an independent Palestinian state. ** The First Battle of Amgala (1976), First Battle of Amgala breaks out between Morocco and Algeria in the Spanish Sahara. February * February 4 ** The 1976 Winter Olympics begin in Innsbruck, Austria. ** The 7.5 1976 Guatemala earthquake, Guatemala earthquake affects Guatemala and Honduras with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), leaving 23,000 dead and 76,000 injured. * February 9 – The Australian Defence Force is formed by unification of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pediatrician
Pediatrics (American English) also spelled paediatrics (British English), is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, pediatrics covers many of their youth until the age of 18. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends people seek pediatric care through the age of 21, but some pediatric subspecialists continue to care for adults up to 25. Worldwide age limits of pediatrics have been trending upward year after year. A medical doctor who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician, or paediatrician. The word ''pediatrics'' and its cognates mean "healer of children", derived from the two Greek words: (''pais'' "child") and (''iatros'' "doctor, healer"). Pediatricians work in clinics, research centers, universities, general hospitals and children's hospitals, including those who practice pediatric subspecialties (e.g. neonatology requires resources available in a NICU). History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paranoid Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia () is a mental disorder characterized variously by hallucinations (typically, hearing voices), delusions, disorganized thinking and behavior, and flat or inappropriate affect. Symptoms develop gradually and typically begin during young adulthood and rarely resolve. There is no objective diagnostic test; diagnosis is based on observed behavior, a psychiatric history that includes the person's reported experiences, and reports of others familiar with the person. For a diagnosis of schizophrenia, the described symptoms need to have been present for at least six months (according to the DSM-5) or one month (according to the ICD-11). Many people with schizophrenia have other mental disorders, especially mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders, as well as obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). About 0.3% to 0.7% of people are diagnosed with schizophrenia during their lifetime. In 2017, there were an estimated 1.1 million new cases and in 2022 a total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
