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Natalia Nogulich
Natalia Nogulich is an American film and television actress and author. Nogulich was born Natalija Nogulich in Chicago, Illinois, of Serbian descent. She has been credited under both variations of her given name throughout her career. Her best-known appearances have been on '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' as Vice Admiral (later Fleet Admiral) Alynna Nechayev. She portrayed Josephine Hoffa in the film '' Hoffa'' and provided the voice for Mon Mothma for the radio adaptation of ''Return of the Jedi''. Selected filmography * 1978 '' Stony Island'' as Mr. Moss' Honey * 1980 '' Lou Grant'' (TV Series) as Pat * 1981 '' Four Friends'' as Vera * 1984 ''Vamping'' as Julie * 1986 ''Designing Women'' (TV Series) as Professor Primrose "Primmie" Horton * 1987 ''Simon & Simon'' (TV Series) as Sonia * 1987 ''Dynasty'' (TV Series) as April * 1987 '' Sister, Sister'' as Fran Steuben * 1987 '' Cagney & Lacey'' (TV Series) as Louise Poe * 1988 '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the county seat, seat of Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, the List of the most populous counties in the United States, second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a Chicago Portage, portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly in the mid-19th century. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister, Sister (1987 Film)
''Sister, Sister'' is a 1987 American Southern Gothic psychological horror film directed and co-written by Bill Condon in his directorial debut, and starring Eric Stoltz, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Judith Ivey. It follows two sisters operating an inn in the Louisiana bayou, whose dark secrets come to light after the arrival of a male guest. Plot Lucy Bonnard, a young woman with a history of mental illness, helps her older sister, Charlotte, operate the Willows, an inn at their familial plantation in the Louisiana bayou. The sexually-frustrated Lucy is unsuccessfully courted by Etienne LeViolette, her childhood friend who now works as a handyman for the sisters. Charlotte is carrying on a romance with town sheriff Cleve Bonnard, but he ends the relationship, blaming Charlotte's overbearing devotion to caring for Lucy. Late one night, Matt Rutledge, a congressional aide from Washington, D. C., arrives at the inn as a guest, and soon finds himself attracted to Lucy. Three other gues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homicide (1991 Film)
''Homicide'' is a 1991 American crime drama film written and directed by David Mamet. The film's cast includes Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, and Ving Rhames. It was entered in the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Bobby Gold is a homicide detective on the trail of Robert Randolph, a drug-dealer and cop-killer on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List. En route to nab an accomplice of Randolph, Gold and his partner Tim Sullivan happen upon a murder scene: the elderly Jewish owner of a candy store in a ghetto has been gunned down, reportedly for a fortune hidden in her basement. The deceased woman's son, a doctor, uses his clout to have Gold assigned to the case in the belief that Gold, himself Jewish, might be empathetic to his plight. Gold, however, seems to disregard his ethnicity and is irritated about being pulled off a much higher-profile case. Ultimately, though, this is offset by interactions with members of the Jewish community that play on Gold's feelings of inadequacy and inab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boys (1991 Film)
''The Boys'' (aka ''The Guys'') is a drama/black comedy television film starring James Woods and John Lithgow. It was directed by Glenn Jordan, who had previously worked with Woods on the 1986 TV movie ''Promise'' and later worked with Woods again in 1994 for the TV drama film '' Jane's House''. The film first aired on September 15, 1991 on the ABC Network. Plot Walter and Artie are almost married. They have churned out scripts for movies and TV shows for 20 years, and as writing partners, they have shared a lifetime of experience, experiences that include Artie's three packs of cigarettes a day. Despite his squeaky clean lifestyle, now Walter has lung cancer, where he is given six months to live, and his life is literally going up in Artie's smoke. As Walter fights cancer he also tries to put his affairs in order by teaching writing to prison inmates, talking to his son and ex-wife, and getting his partner to quit smoking. Cast * James Woods as Walter Farmer * John Lithgow as A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father Dowling Mysteries
''Father Dowling Mysteries'', known as ''Father Dowling Investigates'' in the United Kingdom, is an American mystery television series first aired from January 20, 1989, to May 2, 1991. The series was preceded by the 1987 television movie ''Fatal Confession''. NBC aired the first season, while ABC broadcast two additional seasons. The premise follows Catholic priest Father Dowling, who solves murders, abductions, and other mysteries in his Chicago parish, assisted by young streetwise nun Sister Stephanie, despite hindrance from the Bishop's representative Father Prestwick. History The show is based upon characters created by Ralph McInerny in a series of mystery novels, but neither the pilot TV movie nor the subsequent regular season episodes are actual adaptations of any of McInerny's stories. The show was also heavily influenced by G. K. Chesterton's '' Father Brown'' novels. The series was developed for television by Dean Hargrove and Joel Steiger, and produced by ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postcards From The Edge (film)
''Postcards from the Edge'' is a 1990 American comedy drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Carrie Fisher is based on her 1987 semi-autobiographical novel. The film stars Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, and Dennis Quaid. Plot After a drug overdose, actress Suzanne Vale is admitted to a rehab center at the behest of her mother, veteran actress Doris Mann. Suzanne must rebuild her acting career and life after overcoming a cocaine and Percodan addiction. When Suzanne is ready to return to work, her agent informs her that the studio's insurance policy will cover her only if she lives with a "responsible" individual—such as her mother Doris. However, Suzanne is hesitant to return to her manipulative, self-absorbed mother, from whom she has struggled to escape since growing up in her shadow. Producer Jack Faulkner, who drove Suzanne to the hospital during her last overdose, runs into her on set and confesses his love for her. They go on a date, but Suzanne's euphor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian (1990 Film)
''The Guardian'' is a 1990 American supernatural horror film co-written and directed by William Friedkin, and starring Jenny Seagrove as a mysterious nanny who is hired by new parents, played by Dwier Brown and Carey Lowell, to care for their infant son; the couple soon discover the nanny to be a hamadryad, whose previous clients' children went missing under her care. The film is based on the novel ''The Nanny'', by Dan Greenburg. Director Sam Raimi was originally attached to the project, before dropping out to direct '' Darkman''. Heavily marketed as director Friedkin's first foray into the horror genre since 1973's ''The Exorcist ''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay by William Peter Blatty, based on The Exorcist (novel), his 1971 novel. The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller (play ...'', the film had a troubled production, with the script undergoing changes that continued well i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales From The Crypt (TV Series)
''Tales from the Crypt'', sometimes titled ''HBO's Tales from the Crypt'', is an American horror anthology television series created by William Gaines and Steven Dodd that ran for seven seasons on the premium cable channel HBO, from June 10, 1989, to July 19, 1996, with a total of 93 episodes. The show's title is based on the 1950s EC Comics series of the same name, published by William Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein. Despite the show's title, episodes were not only adapted from stories from ''Tales from the Crypt'', but also other EC Comic series including '' The Haunt of Fear'', '' The Vault of Horror'', '' Crime SuspenStories'', '' Shock SuspenStories'', and '' Two-Fisted Tales''. The series is hosted by the Cryptkeeper, a wisecracking corpse performed by several puppeteers and voiced by John Kassir. Filmmakers Richard Donner, David Giler, Walter Hill, Joel Silver, and Robert Zemeckis formed the show's team of executive producers. Because it was aired on HBO, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
''National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation'' is a 1989 American Christmas slapstick comedy film and the third installment in ''National Lampoon'' magazine's ''Vacation'' film series. ''Christmas Vacation'' was directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik, written and co-produced by John Hughes, and starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, and Randy Quaid with supporting roles by Miriam Flynn, William Hickey, Mae Questel (in her final film role before her death in 1998), Diane Ladd, John Randolph, E.G. Marshall, Doris Roberts, Juliette Lewis, and Johnny Galecki. Based on Hughes's short story, "Christmas '59", published in ''National Lampoon'', the film tells the story of Clark Griswold's efforts to have a good old-fashioned family Christmas as they take a hilarious turn for the worse. It is the final film in the series to involve Hughes and ''National Lampoon''. Filming took place in Summit County, Colorado, Silverthorne, Breckenridge, and Frisco as well as Burbank, California between March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coach (TV Series)
''Coach'' is an American television sitcom that originally ran for nine seasons on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from February 28, 1989, to May 14, 1997, with a total of 200 half-hour episodes. The series, created by Barry Kemp (TV producer), Barry Kemp, stars Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox, head coach (sport), coach of the fictional NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, NCAA Division I-A Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles American football, football College football, team. For the last two seasons, Coach Fox and the supporting characters coached the Orlando Breakers, a fictional National Football League expansion team. The program also starred Jerry Van Dyke as Luther Van Dam and Bill Fagerbakke as Michael "Dauber" Dybinski, assistant coaches under Fox. The role of Hayden's girlfriend (and later wife) Christine Armstrong, a television news anchor, was played by Shelley Fabares. Plot In early seasons, Coach Fox continues to come to grips with the emerging womanho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirty Dancing (1988 TV Series)
''Dirty Dancing'' is an American comedy-drama television series that ran for 11 episodes on CBS from October 29, 1988, until January 14, 1989. It was based on the 1987 film of the same name, and is the second release in the titular franchise. Despite its sourced original story, none of the original cast or crew returned for the TV adaptation. The series starred Patrick Cassidy as Johnny Castle and Melora Hardin as Frances "Baby" Kellerman. Plot The television series followed the same basic premise of the film, with a few variations. The series was still set at Kellerman's during the summer of 1963, but instead of being the daughter of a resort guest, Baby became the daughter of Max Kellerman (in the film, Baby's last name was Houseman), and was put in charge of Johnny as Kellerman's talent director. Much like the movie, Baby noted that she intended to attend Mount Holyoke in the fall, so it was not clear how the series would continue once the summer ended. As was the case in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matlock (1986 TV Series)
''Matlock'' is an American Mystery fiction, mystery legal drama television series created by Dean Hargrove and starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. Debuting on March 3, 1986, the series aired on NBC until the sixth season finale on May 8, 1992; it was moved to American Broadcasting Company, ABC on November 5, 1992, continuing there for the remainder of its run until the series finale aired on May 7, 1995. The series was produced by The Fred Silverman Company (formerly Intermedia Entertainment Company until 1986) and Dean Hargrove Productions (formerly Strathmore Productions until 1988) in association with Viacom Productions. The show's format is similar to that of CBS' ''Perry Mason (1957 TV series), Perry Mason'' (both ''Matlock'' and the Perry Mason (TV film series), 1980s ''Perry Mason'' television films were created by Dean Hargrove), with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
