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Louise Sorel
Louise Jacqueline Sorel ( Cohen; born August 6, 1940) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Vivian Alamain in ''Days of Our Lives'' from 1992 to 2000, 2009 to 2011, 2017 to 2018, 2020, 2023 & 2025. Augusta Lockridge on '' Santa Barbara'' from 1984 to 1991, and Emily Tanner on '' Beacon Hill'' since 2014. Early life Sorel was born Louise Jacqueline Cohen in Los Angeles, California. Her parents were Albert J. Cohen, a film producer, Jeanne ( Sorel), a concert pianist. Sorel is Jewish. Sorel received theatrical training at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York. She briefly attended the Institut Français, where she studied French. She began performing on stage when she was 15 years old. Career Sorel's early career was on the stage; she spent several years on Broadway, playing roles in ''Take Her, She's Mine'' and '' Man and Boy''. She appeared in stage productions of '' The Lion in Winter'' and '' The Sign in Sidney Brustei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Rickles
Donald Jay Rickles (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was known primarily for his insult comedy. His film roles include ''Run Silent, Run Deep (film), Run Silent, Run Deep'' (1958), ''Enter Laughing (film), Enter Laughing'' (1967), ''Kelly's Heroes'' (1970), and ''Casino (1995 film), Casino'' (1995). From 1976 to 1978, Rickles had a two-season starring role in the NBC television sitcom ''C.P.O. Sharkey'', having previously starred in two eponymous half-hour programs, an American Broadcasting Company, ABC variety series titled ''The Don Rickles Show'' (1968) and a CBS sitcom identically titled ''The Don Rickles Show'' (1972). A veteran headline performer at Las Vegas hotel-casinos and peripheral member of the Rat Pack via friendship with Frank Sinatra, Rickles received widespread exposure as a frequent guest on talk and variety shows, including ''The Dean Martin Show'', ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'', and The ''Late Show w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sign In Sidney Brustein's Window
''The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window'' is the second and last staged play by playwright Lorraine Hansberry, author of ''A Raisin in the Sun''. The play focuses on events that occur after Sidney hangs a political sign urging an end to Political boss, bossism in the window of his Greenwich Village apartment. Chaos ensues in his marriage and personal relationships and raises questions about Bohemian culture, Judaism, race (human classification), race, suicide, homosexuality, political corruption, Interracial marriage, interracial love, and prostitution. The play premiered October 15, 1964 and received mixed reviews. Hansberry, who was ill at the time, died before the end of its run. The original production starred Gabriel Dell and Rita Moreno as Sidney and Iris Brustein respectively. The play was revived on Broadway in 1972 and 2023. Synopsis ''The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window'' depicts Sidney, an intellectual writer and his wife, Iris, who are in a difficult marriage. Sidn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fugitive (1963 TV Series)
''The Fugitive'' is an American crime drama television series created by Roy Huggins and produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television. It aired on ABC from September 17, 1963, to August 29, 1967. David Janssen starred as Dr. Richard Kimble, a physician who is wrongfully convicted of his wife's murder, and unjustly sentenced to death. While Dr. Kimble is en route to death row, the train derails over a track defect, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man" (played by Bill Raisch). At the same time, Richard Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard (Barry Morse). ''The Fugitive'' aired for four seasons, with 120 51-minute episodes produced. The first three seasons were filmed in black-and-white, while the fourth and final season was filmed in color. The series was nominated for five Emmy Awards and won the Emmy for Outstanding Dramatic Series in 1966. In 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Requiem For Methuselah
"Requiem for Methuselah" is the nineteenth episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek''. Written by Jerome Bixby and directed by Murray Golden, it was first broadcast on February 14, 1969. In the episode, the crew of the ''Enterprise'' encounters an immortal human. Its repeat broadcast, on September 2, 1969, was the last official telecast of the series to air on NBC. ''Star Trek'' immediately appeared in syndication on the following Monday, September 8, a full three years after its debut. Plot The crew of the Federation starship ''Enterprise'' is struck with deadly Rigellian fever, for which the only treatment is the mineral ryetalyn. Captain Kirk, first officer Spock and medical officer Dr. McCoy beam down to the planet Holberg 917-G in search of the substance and are attacked by an airborne robot, which is called off by its master, Flint. Flint demands they leave immediately, but Kirk orders the ''Enterprise'' to fire phaser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Original Series
''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew. It acquired the retronym of ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' (''TOS'' to distinguish the show within the media franchise that it began. The show is set in the Milky Way galaxy, 2266–2269. The ship and crew are led by Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), First Officer and Science Officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Chief Medical Officer Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley). Shatner's voice-over introduction during each episode's opening credits stated the starship's purpose: Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship ''Enterprise''. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. Norway Productions and Desilu Productions produced the series from September 1966 to December 1967. Paramount Television p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
