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Rebecca Balding
Rebecca Balding (September 21, 1948 – July 18, 2022) was an American actress best known for her appearances on ''Soap'' and ''Charmed''. Life and career Balding was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. She attended the University of Kansas. She had the role of Carol David, mother of Jodie Dallas' child, on ''Soap'', appearing in 19 episodes from 1978 through 1980. Balding played Corky Crandall in 1979 in the sitcom '' Makin' It'', as well as the original female reporter Carla Mardigian during the first three episodes of the inaugural 1977 season of the drama series ''Lou Grant'', starring Ed Asner, before that character was written out for a different female reporter. That same year she again appeared with Asner, playing his daughter Julie, in the classic Christmas TV film, '' The Gathering''. Also in 1977, Balding played Amy Franklin in ''Deadly Game'', a movie that starred Andy Griffith and James Cromwell. In 1980 she starred in the pilot of the sitcom ''Mr. and Mrs. and Mr.'', th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Rock, Arkansas
( The "Little Rock") , government_type = Council-manager , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Frank Scott Jr. , leader_party = D , leader_title2 = Council , leader_name2 = Little Rock Board of Directors , unit_pref = Imperial , area_total_sq_mi = 123.00 , area_total_km2 = 318.58 , area_land_sq_mi = 120.05 , area_land_km2 = 310.92 , area_metro_sq_mi = 4090.34 , area_metro_km2 = 10593.94 , population_as_of = 2020 , population_est = , pop_est_as_of = , population_demonym = Little Rocker , population_footnotes = , population_total = 202591 , population_rank = US: 118th , population_urban = 431,388 (US: 89th) , population_metro = 748,031 (US: 81st) , timezone = CST , utc_offset = −06:00 , timezone_DST ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyssa Milano
Alyssa Jayne Milano (born December 19, 1972) is an American actress. She has played Samantha Micelli in '' Who's the Boss?'', Jennifer Mancini in '' Melrose Place'', Phoebe Halliwell in '' Charmed'', Billie Cunningham in '' My Name Is Earl'', Savannah "Savi" Davis in '' Mistresses'', Renata Murphy in '' Wet Hot American Summer: 10 Years Later'', and Coralee Armstrong in Netflix's '' Insatiable''. As an activist, Milano is known for her role in the MeToo movement in October 2017. Early life Alyssa Jayne Milano was born in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of New York City's Brooklyn borough on December 19, 1972, the daughter of fashion designer and talent manager Lin Milano and film music editor Thomas M. Milano. She is of Italian descent and has a brother named Cory, who is a decade younger. She was raised Catholic. Career 1980–1996 Milano began her career at age seven, when her babysitter, without notifying her parents, took her to an audition for the national touring com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gimme A Break!
''Gimme a Break!'' is an American television sitcom created by Mort Lachman and Sy Rosen, that aired on NBC for six seasons from October 29, 1981, to May 12, 1987. The series starred Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief ( Dolph Sweet) and his three daughters. Cast Main characters * Nell Carter as Nellie Ruth "Nell" Harper * Dolph Sweet as Carl Kanisky (seasons 1-4) *Kari Michaelsen as Kathleen "Katie" Kanisky (seasons 1-5) *Lauri Hendler as Julie Kanisky Maxwell (seasons 1-5) * Lara Jill Miller as Samantha "Sam" Kanisky (seasons 1-5, recurring season 6) * John Hoyt as Stanley Kanisky (seasons 2-6, previously recurring) *Joey Lawrence as Joey Donovan (seasons 3-6) *Howard Morton as Ralph Waldo Simpson (seasons 3-5, previously recurring) * Telma Hopkins as Dr. Adelaide "Addy" Wilson (seasons 4-6, previously recurring) * Jonathan Silverman as Jonathan Maxwell (season 5, previously recurring) *Rosetta LeNoire as Maybelle Harper (season 6, previously recurrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Houston
''Matt Houston'' was an American crime drama television series starring Lee Horsley as the title character, a wealthy oilman who decides to hold a side job as a private investigator. Created by Lawrence Gordon and produced by Aaron Spelling, it originally aired on ABC for three seasons from 1982 to 1985. Synopsis ''Matt Houston'' starred Lee Horsley as a wealthy mustachioed Texas oilman named Matlock "Matt" Houston who works as a private investigator in Los Angeles in his abundant free time. The show also starred Pamela Hensley as his lawyer sidekick, C.J., and George Wyner as his continuously frustrated business manager, Murray. During the show's third and final season (1984–85), Buddy Ebsen played Houston's uncle, Roy Houston. Most episodes typically involve one of Houston's close friends being murdered or involved in some criminal enterprise, requiring his assistance. C.J. had access to an Apple III computer named "Baby" containing a database on virtually all living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel (American TV Series)
''Hotel'' is an American primetime soap opera series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983, to May 5, 1988, in the timeslot following ''Dynasty''. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name (which had also inspired a 1967 feature film), the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco (changed from the New Orleans setting of the novel and film). Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of the Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff. The distribution rights to the series were originally owned by Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution, until 2006 when CBS Paramount Network Television bought the television libraries and properties of Spelling Entertainment Inc. from Paramount Pictures Domestic Distribution and Viacom Enterprises. Premise Rich aristocrat Victo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cagney & Lacey
''Cagney & Lacey'' is an American police procedural drama television series that aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from March 25, 1982, to May 16, 1988. The show is about two New York City police detectives who lead very different lives: Christine Cagney (Sharon Gless) is a career-minded single woman, while Mary Beth Lacey (Tyne Daly) is a married working mother. The series is set in a fictionalized version of Manhattan's 14th Precinct (known as "Midtown South"). The pilot movie had Loretta Swit in the role of Cagney, while the first six episodes had Meg Foster in the role. When the show was revived for a full-season run, Gless portrayed the role for six consecutive years. Each year during that time, one of the two lead actresses won the Emmy for Best Lead Actress in a Drama (four wins for Daly, two for Gless), a winning streak matched only once since in any major category by a show. Development Producer Barney Rosenzweig was influenced by the feminist m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm A Big Girl Now
''I'm a Big Girl Now'' is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from October 31, 1980, until May 8, 1981. The series, from ''Soap'' creator Susan Harris and producers Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas, was created and developed as a star vehicle for Diana Canova, in an attempt to capitalize on her success playing Corinne Tate Flotsky on ''Soap''. The theme song, "I'm a Big Girl Now", words by Leslie Bricusse and music by George Tipton, is sung by Canova. Synopsis Canova starred as Diana Cassidy, a young divorcee and mother who, along with her daughter Becky, moves back home with her recently single father and dentist Benjamin, played by Danny Thomas. Cast *Diana Canova as Diana Cassidy *Danny Thomas as Dr. Benjamin Douglas D.D.S. * Rori King as Becky Cassidy *Sheree North as Edie McKendrick *Martin Short as Neal Stryker * Deborah Baltzell as Karen Hawks *Michael Durrell Michael Durrell (born Sylvester Salvatore Ciraulo; October 6, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insight (American TV Series)
''Insight'' is an American religious-themed weekly anthology series that aired in syndication from October 1960 to 1983. ''Insight'' holds a unique place in the history of public service television programming. Produced by Paulist Productions in Los Angeles, it was an anthology series, using an eclectic set of storytelling forms including comedy, melodrama, and fantasy to explore moral dilemmas. The series was created by Catholic priest Ellwood E. "Bud" Kieser, the founder of Paulist Productions. A member of the Paulist Fathers, an evangelistic Catholic order of priests, he worked in the entertainment community in Hollywood as a priest-producer and occasional host, using television as a vehicle of spiritual enrichment. Many of the episodes of the series were videotaped at Television City Studios and then Metromedia Square. It was the longest-running syndicated weekly show until ''Soul Train'' took over in 1996, and ran until 2008 (only ''Entertainment Tonight'', '' Wheel Of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supertrain
''Supertrain'' is an American science fiction-adventure-drama television series that ran on NBC from February 7 to May 5, 1979. Nine episodes were made, including a two-hour pilot episode. Premise The series takes place on the ''Supertrain'', a nuclear-powered high speed train that is equipped with amenities more appropriate to a cruise ship. It has luxuries such as a swimming pool, shopping centers, a gym, library, medical center, and a discotheque. It is so big it has to run on very broad gauge track. It runs along a route between New York City and Los Angeles, with additional stops in Chicago, Denver, and a fictional town in Texas. Much like its contemporary ''The Love Boat'', the plots concerned the passengers' social lives, usually with multiple intertwining storylines. ''Supertrain'' was described in a 1979 ''Variety'' review, "It's a 'Love Boat' on wheels which has yet to get on track."Telefilm Review: Supertrain. (1979). ''Variety'', (46), p.18. Most of the cast of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnaby Jones
''Barnaby Jones'' is an American detective television series starring Buddy Ebsen as a formerly retired investigator and Lee Meriwether as his widowed daughter-in-law, who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, California. The show was originally introduced as a midseason replacement on the CBS network and ran from 1973 to 1980. Halfway through the series' run, Mark Shera was added to the cast as a much younger cousin of Ebsen's character, who eventually joined the firm. ''Barnaby Jones'' was produced by QM Productions (with Woodruff Productions in the final two seasons). It had the second-longest QM series run (seven and a half seasons), following the nine years of ''The FBI''. The series followed the characteristic Quinn Martin episode format with commercial breaks dividing each episode into four "acts," concluding with an epilogue. The opening credits were narrated by Hank Simms. The first episode of the show, "Requiem for a Son", featured a crossover with another QM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starsky & Hutch
''Starsky & Hutch'' is an American action television series, which consisted of a 72-minute pilot movie (originally aired as a '' Movie of the Week'' entry) and 92 episodes of 50 minutes each. The show was created by William Blinn (inspired by the success of the then recent movie ''Busting''), produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions, and broadcast from April 1975 (pilot movie) to August 1979 on the ABC network. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures Television in the United States and, originally, Metromedia Producers Corporation and later on 20th Television in Canada and some other parts of the world. Sony Pictures Television is now the worldwide distributor for the series. The series also inspired a theatrical film and a video game. Overview The series' protagonists were two Southern California police detectives: David Michael Starsky ( Paul Michael Glaser), the dark-haired, Brooklyn transplant and U.S. Army veteran, with a street-wise manner and intense, sometimes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silent Scream (1979 Film)
''The Silent Scream'', popularly released under the truncated title, ''Silent Scream'', is a 1979 American slasher film directed by Denny Harris, and starring Rebecca Balding, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Steele and Yvonne De Carlo. The film follows a college student who finds rooming in a hilltop boarding house where a homicidal killer is on the loose. The film was given a limited theatrical release in November 1979 through American Cinema Releasing. After it performed favorably at the box office, its release was expanded in January 1980. It went on to become one of the most financially successful independent horror films of the 1970s, grossing $7.9 million at the box office. Plot Scotty Parker, a college student in Southern California, is seeking a room for the fall semester at the last-minute. She is directed to a boarding house run by the standoffish Mrs. Engels; a Victorian mansion on a cliffside overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Mrs. Engels lives in the house along with her t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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