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It Happened One Christmas
''It Happened One Christmas'' is a 1977 American made-for-television Christmas fantasy-comedy-drama film directed by Donald Wrye, starring Marlo Thomas, Wayne Rogers, Orson Welles, and Cloris Leachman. It originally premiered as ''The ABC Sunday Night Movie'' on December 11, 1977. Plot The film, a gender-reversed version of the 1946 film '' It's a Wonderful Life'', centers on Mary Bailey Hatch, a young woman who dreams of seeing the world but is forced by circumstances to remain in her small hometown as head of the family's Building & Loan business. On a Christmas Eve, in a moment of financial crisis, a severely depressed Mary contemplates suicide, but is rescued by her guardian angel, Clara Oddbody (Cloris Leachman). Clara shows Mary the positive effect that she has had on everyone she has met throughout her life. Cast Production Lionel Chetwynd's teleplay, directed by Donald Wrye, varies little from the original screenplay, even using most of the original dialogue. Thomas s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Risk factors for suicide include mental disorders, physical disorders, and substance abuse. Some suicides are impulsive acts driven by stress (such as from financial or academic difficulties), relationship problems (such as breakups or divorces), or harassment and bullying. Those who have previously attempted suicide are at a higher risk for future attempts. Effective suicide prevention efforts include limiting access to methods of suicide such as firearms, drugs, and poisons; treating mental disorders and substance abuse; careful media reporting about suicide; improving economic conditions; and dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). Although crisis hotlines, like 988 in North America and 13 11 14 in Australia, are common resources, their effectiveness has not been well studied. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for approximately 1.5% of total deaths. In a given year, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Guest
Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born 5 February 1948), known professionally as Christopher Guest, is a British-American actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. Guest has written, directed, and starred in his series of comedy films shot in mockumentary style. He co-wrote and acted in the rock satire '' This Is Spinal Tap'' (1984), and later directed a string of satirical mockumentary films such as '' Waiting for Guffman'' (1996), '' Best in Show'' (2000), '' A Mighty Wind'' (2003), '' For Your Consideration'' (2006), and '' Mascots'' (2016). His acting credits include roles in '' Death Wish'' (1974), '' Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986), '' The Princess Bride'' (1987), and '' A Few Good Men'' (1992). For one season (1984–85), he was a regular cast member on the long running NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live''. Guest holds a hereditary British peerage as the 5th Baron Haden-Guest, but has publicly expressed a desire to see the House of Lords ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie Hahn (actor)
Archie Hahn (sometimes credited as Archie Hahn III, born November 1, 1941) is an American character actor and improviser best known for his appearances on the television version of ''Whose Line is it Anyway?'' and the 1988 movie '' Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach''. He has also appeared in '' Phantom of the Paradise'' (1974), '' Pray TV'' (1980), '' This Is Spinal Tap'' (1984), ''Brewster's Millions'' (1985), '' The Brady Bunch Movie'' (1995), and a number of Joe Dante films including '' Amazon Women on the Moon'' (1987), '' Gremlins 2: The New Batch'' (1990) and '' Small Soldiers'' (1998). In two of his final appearances on ''Whose Line is it Anyway?'', Hahn unexpectedly brought props to use as he improvised, first castanets and then a pair of false teeth. Hahn was an early member of The Groundlings school and troupe of comedy acting. Filmography *'' Phantom of the Paradise'' (1974) - The Juicy Fruits / The Beach Bums / The Undeads *'' The Sunshine Boys'' (1975) - As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Norton
Clifford Charles Norton (born Clifford Charles Nathan;"United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KQ4-SYGY : 10 February 2023), Clifford Charles Nathan, . March 21, 1918 – January 25, 2003) was an American character actor and radio announcer who appeared in various movies and television series over a career spanning four decades. Early years Born and raised in Chicago, Norton was one of three children born to Benjamin W. Nathan and Sophia Sholdar. He attended Sullivan High School, and graduated in 1935. His early jobs included selling shoes and working as a floorwalker. His first broadcasting experience came as a disc jockey on Chicago's WAAF-AM. During World War II he was a bombardier in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Career On old-time radio, Norton was probably best known as the announcer for Dave Garroway's radio program; Norton was also a member of the cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Dysart
Richard Allen Dysart (March 30, 1929 – April 5, 2015) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as senior partner Leland McKenzie in the television series ''L.A. Law'' (1986–1994), for which he won a 1992 Primetime Emmy Award as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series after four consecutive nominations. In film, he held supporting roles in '' The Hospital'' (1971), '' Being There'' (1979), '' The Thing'' (1982), '' Mask'' (1985), '' Pale Rider'' (1985) and ''Wall Street'' (1987). Early life Richard Dysart was born to Alice (née Hennigar) and Douglas Dysart, a podiatrist, near Boston, Massachusetts, on March 30, 1929. Dysart was raised in Skowhegan, Maine and Augusta, Maine. He attended Gould Academy in Bethel, Maine. At the encouragement of his mother, Dysart performed in summer stock at the Lakewood Theater near Skowhegan. He also worked at a local radio station. He earned both bachelor's (1956) and master's (1981) in speech communication from Emerson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Roberts
Doris May Roberts ( Green; November 4, 1925 – April 17, 2016) was an American actress whose career spanned seven decades of television and film. She received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her acting career, which began in 1951. Roberts studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City and started in films in 1961. She had several prominent film roles, including playing opposite Shirley Stoler in '' The Honeymoon Killers'' (1970), Elliott Gould in '' Little Murders'' (1971), Steven Keats in '' Hester Street'' (1975), Billy Crystal in '' Rabbit Test'' (1978), Robert Carradine in '' Number One with a Bullet'' (1987), Cady McClain in ''Simple Justice'' (1989), among many others. She achieved continuing success in television, becoming known for her role as Mildred Krebs in NBC's '' Remington Steele'' from 1983 to 1987 and her co-starring role as Raymond Barone's mother, Marie Barone, on the CBS sitcom '' Everybod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick O'Neill
Richard Francis O'Neill (August 29, 1928 – November 17, 1998) was an American stage, film and television character actor best known for playing Irish cops, fathers, judges and army generals. He began his acting career as an original company member of Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. Biography Early life and television roles O'Neill was born in New York City on August 29, 1928, and studied at Syracuse University. He served in the Navy then returned to the theater. In the late 1950s, he began appearing on television. His television credits include ''Car 54, Where Are You?'', ''The Honeymooners'', ''Barney Miller'', '' Sanford and Son'', ''Good Times'', '' Kaz'', '' M*A*S*H'', '' The Feather and Father Gang'', '' The Facts of Life'', '' Family Matters'', '' Mad About You'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Father Dowling Mysteries'', ''Three's Company'', ''Wonder Woman'', '' One Day at a Time'', '' Magnum, P.I.'', ''A Man Called Intrepid'', ''Growing Pains'', ''Dark Justice'', ''Cheers' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Carlson
Karen Carlson (born January 15, 1945) is an American retired actress. She is also a director, producer and writer. Early life Carlson was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.W. Carlson. She was educated at C.E. Byrd High School and the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She represented the university and the state of Arkansas in the 1964 Miss America Pageant, finishing as the first runner-up to Vonda Kay Van Dyke. Career Carlson started her career in Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller variety shows, '' Laugh In'', and ''The Hollywood Palace''. She also appeared in television series and films, including '' The Candidate'' (1972) with Robert Redford and ''The Octagon'' (1980) with Chuck Norris. On television, Carlson played Nancy Scotfield in ten episodes of the soap opera ''Dallas'' (1986) and Sarah Hallisey in twelve episodes of '' In the Heat of the Night''. She was also a series regular in ''American Dream'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barney Martin
Barney Martin (March 3, 1923 – March 21, 2005) was an American actor, best known for playing Morty Seinfeld, father of Jerry, on the sitcom ''Seinfeld'' (1991–1998). He also played supporting roles in Mel Brooks's '' The Producers'' (1967), and the Dudley Moore comedy ''Arthur'' (1981). He originated the role of Amos Hart (Mr. Cellophane) in the 1976 Broadway production of ''Chicago''. Early life Barney Martin was born in New York City on March 3, 1923. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force as a navigator during the Second World War and worked as a NYPD officer for twenty years, working his way up to detective. He got his start as a comedian while still a police officer, providing deputy commissioners with humorous presentations. Martin once commented that many Jewish ''Seinfeld'' fans told him how much his character reminded them of their fathers. Martin himself was from an Irish Catholic family. Career Entering show business as a stand-in for Jackie Gleason i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarence Odbody
Clarence Odbody, also spelled Clarence Oddbody, (born May 1653, died 1745) is a guardian angel character in Frank Capra Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-American film director, producer, and screenwriter who was the creative force behind Frank Capra filmography#Films that won Academy Award ...'s 1946 film '' It's a Wonderful Life'', where he was portrayed by Henry Travers, and in the 1990 sequel, '' Clarence'', where he was played by Robert Carradine. Odbody is loosely based on "a stranger" in Philip Van Doren Stern's 1943 short story '' The Greatest Gift''. In 1977's '' It Happened One Christmas'', a remake of the 1946 film, a gender-reversed Clarence appeared as Clara Oddbody, played by Cloris Leachman. The 1986 musical '' A Wonderful Life'' features Odbody, who was played by David Hyde Pierce in its 2005 rendition. In the 1946 film Odbody is the implied subject when, in the well-known quote, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry F
Henry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Henry (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters * Henry (surname) * Henry, a stage name of François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone Arts and entertainment * ''Henry'' (2011 film), a Canadian short film * ''Henry'' (2015 film), a virtual reality film * '' Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer'', a 1986 American crime film * ''Henry'' (comics), an American comic strip created in 1932 by Carl Anderson * "Henry", a song by New Riders of the Purple Sage Places Antarctica * Henry Bay, Wilkes Land Australia * Henry River (New South Wales) * Henry River (Western Australia) Canada * Henry Lake (Vancouver Island), British Columbia * Henry Lake (Halifax County), Nova Scotia * Henry Lake (District of Chester), Nova Scotia New Zealand * Lake Henry (New Zealand) * Henry River (New Zealand) United States * Henry, Illinois * Henry, Indiana * Henry, Nebraska * Henry, South Dakota * Henry County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
