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Miranda Jeffries
''Chances Are'' is a 1989 American romantic comedy film directed by Emile Ardolino and starring Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan O'Neal, and Mary Stuart Masterson in Panavision. The original music score was composed by Maurice Jarre. Plot Young district attorney Louie Jeffries is hit by a car and dies in 1964, but manages to slip by the pearly gates and is reborn as Alex Finch. In 1987, twenty-three years later, his widow Corinne still misses him, ignoring the devotion of his best friend Phillip Train, who has raised Louie's only daughter Miranda as his own. Miranda, while a student at Yale University, meets Alex Finch, who works in the library but is about to graduate. After graduation, Alex heads to Washington, D.C., and reaches the offices of ''The Washington Post''. His first attempts to meet with Ben Bradlee thwarted, he schemes his way into his office by pretending to be a delivery man. Alex walks into Bradlee's office, with Phillip behind him. Confounded by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emile Ardolino
Emile Ardolino (May 9, 1943 – November 20, 1993) was an American television and film director and producer, best known for his work on the films ''Dirty Dancing'' (1987) and ''Sister Act'' (1992). He won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his film '' He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin''' (1983). Early life and career Ardolino was born in Maspeth, a neighborhood of Queens, the son of Italian immigrants Ester (nee Pesiri) and Emilio Ardolino. He began his career as an actor in Off-Broadway productions, and then moved to the production side of the business. In 1967, he founded Compton-Ardolino Films with Gardner Compton. In the 1970s and 1980s, Ardolino worked for PBS. He profiled dancers and choreographers for their '' Dance in America'' and ''Live from Lincoln Center'' series. Ardolino won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the 1983 film '' He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'''. He found commercial success with the Academy Award-winning 1987 hit ''Dirty Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher McDonald
Christopher McDonald (born February 15, 1955) is an American actor. McDonald is best known for playing the villainous professional golfer Shooter McGavin in the 1996 comedy '' Happy Gilmore'', a role he’d later reprise in 2025’s sequel '' Happy Gilmore 2''. Other notable starring roles for McDonald in film include "T-Birds" member Goose McKenzie in ''Grease 2'' (1982), Darryl Dickinson opposite his former fiancée Geena Davis in '' Thelma & Louise'' (1991), Ward Cleaver in the film adaptation , and Tappy Tibbons in '' Requiem for a Dream'' (2000). Along with numerous independent and small-budget film roles, he played supporting characters in box-office hits , , , '' The House Bunny'' (2008) and . On television, McDonald was a series regular on network TV shows '' Walter & Emily'' (1991–1992, NBC), ''Good Advice'' (1993–1994, CBS), ''Family Law'' (1999–2002, CBS), '' Cracking Up'' (2004, FOX) and '' Harry's Law'', (2011–2012, NBC). McDonald has portrayed several no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lester Lanin
Nathaniel Lester Lanin (August 26, 1907 – October 27, 2004) was an American jazz and pop music bandleader. He was famous for long, smoothly arranged medleys, at a consistent rhythm and tempo, which were designed for continuous dancing. Lanin's career began in the late 1920s and his popularity increased through the advent of the LP era. His music remained very popular among fans of the ballroom dance world. Starting with Epic Records in the middle of the 1950s, he recorded a string of albums for several labels, many of which hit the US ''Billboard'' 200. Biography Lanin's brothers, Sam and Howard, were also both bandleaders; they came from a family of ten (of which Lester was the youngest) born to a family of Russian Jewish immigrants. He originally attended South Philadelphia High School but quit at the age of 15 to play music with his brothers abandoning his plans to be an attorney. Beginning in 1927, he led ensembles that were paid to play at the houses of wealthy social ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Russo
Gianni Vito Russo (born December 12, 1943) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Carlo Rizzi in the 1972 film ''The Godfather''. Life and career Russo was born in Manhattan on December 12, 1943 and raised in Little Italy and Rosebank, Staten Island.Staten Island's Gianni Russo to pay homage to Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin at Lorenzo's Cabaret '''' (March 1, 2012) After reprising Carlo Rizzi in a brief flashback scene at the end of '' |
Martin Garner (actor)
Martin Garner (July 9, 1927 – September 28, 2001) was an American film and television actor. He was known for playing the role of Mr. Weinstein in the 1983 film ''Twilight Zone: The Movie''. Born in Brooklyn, New York. Garner appeared in television programs including ''Barney Miller'', ''Taxi (TV series), Taxi'', ''The John Larroquette Show'', ''Mr. Belvedere'', ''Cagney & Lacey'', ''St. Elsewhere'', ''Welcome Back, Kotter'', ''The A-Team'', ''The Bob Newhart Show'' and ''Kojak''. He also appeared in films such as ''My Favorite Year'', ''Airplane II: The Sequel'', ''Oh, God! You Devil'', ''The Frisco Kid'' and ''The Big Fix (1978 film), The Big Fix''. Garner died on September 28, 2001 at the Lillian Booth Actors Home, Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey. He was buried at Calverton National Cemetery in Long Island, New York. Filmography Film Television References External links * *Rotten Tomatoes profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Garner, Martin 1927 births 2001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Patrick
Dennis Patrick (born Dennis Patrick Harrison; March 14, 1918 – October 13, 2002) was an American character actor, primarily in television. Early life Patrick was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Patrick served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, making naval training films. Career Patrick is known for his work in television shows. He portrayed Patrick Chase in the syndicated drama '' Rituals'' (1984), Vaughn Leland in CBS's '' Dallas'', Jack Breen in the ABC crime drama '' Bert D'Angelo/Superstar'' (1976), and Sergeant Pat O'Dennis in the syndicated comedy ''The Cliffwood Avenue Kids'' (1977). He made four guest appearances on '' Perry Mason'', three of them as the murder victim: Martin Selkirk in the 1959 episode, "The Case of the Deadly Toy"; Martin Somers in the 1962 episode, "The Case of the Tarnished Trademark"; and golf pro Chick Farley in the 1966 episode, "The Case of the Golfer's Gambit". He also appeared as Prosecutor Darryl Teshman in the 1960 episode "Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Freeman
Kathleen Freeman (February 17, 1923August 23, 2001) was an American actress. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, she portrayed acerbic maids, secretaries, teachers, busybodies, nurses, and battle-axe neighbors and relatives, almost invariably to comic effect. In film, she is perhaps best remembered for appearing in 12 Jerry Lewis comedies in the 1950s and 1960s and ''The Blues Brothers'' (1980). Early life Freeman was born on February 17, 1923 in Chicago, to Jessica Dixon, a soprano known as "The Overseas Girl" at the end of World War I, and Frank Freeman, known as "The Minstrel Man". Dixon entertained American troops in England, France, and post-war Germany, while Freeman headed Freeman's Forty Musical Minstrels in 1918. The couple married in 1922. Freeman began her career at age 2, dancing in her parents' vaudeville act, ''Dixon and Freeman.'' She reported that eventually she "got caught" at around age 10, and then began attending school. Freeman attended the Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimi Kennedy
Mary Claire "Mimi" Kennedy (born September 25, 1948) is an American actress, author and activist. Best known for her roles in television sitcoms, Kennedy co-starred in numerous short-lived sitcoms before her role as Ruth Sloan on '' Homefront'' (1991–93). She received wider recognition with her roles in the Chuck Lorre-created sitcoms ''Dharma & Greg'' (1997–2002) and ''Mom'' (2013–2021). For her performance in the latter, Kennedy received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series. Kennedy has also appeared in various films, including '' Pump Up the Volume'' (1990), ''Erin Brockovich'' (2000), ''In the Loop'' (2009), ''Due Date'' (2010), ''Midnight in Paris'' (2011) and ''The Five-Year Engagement'' (2012). Early life Kennedy was born in Rochester, New York, the daughter of Nancy Helen (née Colgan) and Daniel Gerald Kennedy. She got her start in theater with the Rochester Community Players, appearing in Agatha Christie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Ruttan
Susan Ruttan (Born Susan Diane Dunrud; September 16, 1948) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Roxanne Melman on ''L.A. Law'' (1986–1993), for which she was nominated four times for a Primetime Emmy Award. Early years A native of Oregon City, Oregon, Ruttan is an Oregon logger's daughter, born Susan Diane Dunrud on September 16, 1948,LeBaron, Gaye (September 3, 1987)"Gaye LeBaron's Notebook: That's no victim; that's my wife" '' The Press Democrat''. p. 2. Retrieved April 22, 2025. "Susan Ruttan lived in Santa Rosa until her husband died in a motorcycle accident ..She was Susan Dunrud when she came to Santa Rosa from Oregon in the late '60s to live with her family. Her mother, Helen Manis, is a retired Memorial Hospital employee who still lives in Santa Rosa. ..Susan is the widow of Mel Ruttan Jr., the Vietnam vet son of the late Santa Rosa insurance adjuster Mel Ruttan. They were living in Novato when Mel was killed in 1970 or '71." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc McClure
Marc McClure (born March 31, 1957) is an American actor. He is known for playing Jimmy Olsen in the ''Superman'' series of films released between 1978 and 1987, and Dave McFly in the ''Back to the Future'' films. Career McClure appeared in the 1976 film '' Freaky Friday'', and later had a cameo in the 2003 remake of the film. In 1977, McClure portrayed Scott, an employee at Ripples Drive-In, in the Brigham Young University church video ''The Phone Call''. He subsequently appeared in the films ''I Wanna Hold Your Hand'' (1978) and '' Used Cars'' (1980), both written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. McClure is best known for his role as Jimmy Olsen in the 1978 film ''Superman''. He reprised the role in its sequels—''Superman II'', ''Superman III'', and '' Superman IV: The Quest for Peace''—as well as in the 1984 spinoff film ''Supergirl''. He is the only actor to appear as the same character in all four Christopher Reeve-era ''Superman'' films and in ''Supergirl''. In 1985, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Noble (actor)
James Wilkes Noble (March 5, 1922 – March 28, 2016) was an American actor, best known for his portrayal of sweet-natured, dense, naive Governor Eugene X. Gatling on ABC's 1979–1986 sitcom '' Benson''. Life and career Noble studied acting and engineering at Southern Methodist University before leaving to serve in the United States Navy during World War II. Returning from the war, Noble studied acting under Lee Strasberg and made appearances in Broadway theater. His television career started in soap operas such as '' The Brighter Day'', ''As the World Turns'', '' The Doctors'' as Dr. Bill Winters and '' A World Apart''. His big screen roles included Reverend John Witherspoon in the film version of the Broadway musical ''1776'' (1972); assorted roles as doctors in films such as '' One Summer Love'' (1976), '' 10'' (1979) and '' Promises in the Dark'' (1979); Kaufman, the president's chief of staff, in ''Being There'' (1979); Father O'Flanagan in the comedy sequel '' Airplane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fran Ryan
Frances Mary Ryan (November 29, 1916 January 15, 2000) was an American character actress featured in television and films. She was born in Los Angeles, California. Career Ryan began performing at the age of six at Oakland's Henry Duffy Theatre. She attended Stanford University for three years, and during World War II was a member of the USO entertaining troops. She performed comedy, singing and acting on stage in California and Chicago, and launched her television career two decades later. Her television debut came in episode 43 of ''Batman'', in 1966, followed by a bit part in '' Beverly Hillbillies''. She also appeared in a 1972 episode of ''Columbo'', Dagger of the Mind, as "uncredited woman at the airport." Ryan's first supporting cast television role was as Aggie Thompson in the first several episodes of ''The Doris Day Show''. The same season, she was offered the replacement role on the series '' Green Acres'' as Doris Ziffel from 1969 to 1971. Ryan replaced Barbara Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
