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Secrets Of Midland Heights
''Secrets of Midland Heights'' is an American nighttime soap opera produced by Lorimar Productions after the success of ''Dallas''. It ran on CBS from December 6, 1980 to January 24, 1981 for eight episodes, with three episodes left unaired. Series overview ''Secrets of Midland Heights'' was aimed at the teen audience, and featured romantic triangles and secrets among the teens and their parents who populated a fictional midwestern college town called Midland Heights. Aired on Saturday night at 10 pm EST/9 pm Central, the series never found an audience and was canceled after eight episodes. The show resembled a dark, 1980s-style '' Peyton Place'', both dealing with hidden secrets and scandalous affairs in a small town. Lisa Rogers (Linda Hamilton) juggled relationships with both college jock Burt Carroll (Lorenzo Lamas) and fratboy Mark Hudson (Bill Thornbury, in a recurring role), good girl heiress Ann Dulles (Doran Clark) secretly dated high school dropout John Grey ( Jim Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorimar Productions
Lorimar Television, formerly Lorimar Productions, Inc. and Lorimar Distribution, was an American production company that was later a subsidiary of Warner Bros., active from 1969Lee Rich Interview: ''Archive of American Television'' Retrieved on November 24, 2010. until 1993, when it was consolidated into Warner Bros. Television (now Warner Bros. Television Studios). It was founded by Irwin Molasky, Merv Adelson, and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Christopher
Jordan Christopher (October 23, 1940 – January 21, 1996) was an American actor and singer. He was the lead singer of The Wild Ones, who recorded the original version of the rock classic " Wild Thing" after Christopher had left the band. Early life Born in Youngstown, Ohio, to Macedonian immigrants Eli and Dorothy Zankoff, he moved at an early age to Akron, where his father ran a downtown bar. Career Music Christopher became interested in singing with the rise of rock & roll, spending much of his time at the music clubs in Akron's black neighborhoods. He formed a doo-wop group called the Fascinations, who released unsuccessful singles on several small labels in the early 1960s. Christopher's break came when he joined The Wild Ones, the house band at New York's Peppermint Lounge, as singer and guitarist. After a residency at the Peppermint Lounge of eight months, The Wild Ones were hired to play at Arthur, the Manhattan discothèque operated by Sybil Williams, then recently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Television Soap Operas
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1981 American Television Series Endings
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1980 American Television Series Debuts
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai, Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249) Deaths * Li Jue, Chinese warlord and regen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal
Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal ( Achs; born March 4, 1946) is an American screenwriter and director. She is the mother of actors Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal. Early life and education Foner was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the daughter of doctors Ruth (''née'' Silbowitz; 1920–1968) and Samuel Achs (1919–2014). Her parents were both of Jewish ancestry. Her aunt was Freda (Silbowitz) Hertz (1915–2013), a lawyer. She was raised in a family of "high-achieving New York Jews." Her Ashkenazi Jewish grandparents emigrated from Eastern Europe (Russia and Poland). She attended Barnard College in New York City, graduating with a BA degree in English. She later earned an MA degree in developmental psychology from Columbia University. Career She has written the screenplays for several feature films, including '' Running on Empty'' (for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay and won a Golden Globe Award for the same category), '' Losing Isaiah'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Bleckner
Jeff Bleckner (born August 12, 1943) is an American theatre, television, and film director. Biography Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bleckner made his directorial debut off-Broadway with ''The Unseen Hand/Forensic and the Navigators'', an evening of one-act plays by Sam Shepard, in 1970. He also directed three off-Broadway productions of works by David Rabe: the first two plays in his Vietnam War trilogy, ''The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel'' and '' Sticks and Bones'' (both of which transferred to Broadway), and ''The Orphan''. Additional Broadway credits include Paul Zindel's ''The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild'' and Herb Gardner's '' The Goodbye People''. Bleckner's television directing credits include ''Welcome Back, Kotter'', '' Bret Maverick'', ''The Stockard Channing Show'', ''Knots Landing'', ''Dynasty'', '' Trapper John, M.D.'', '' Lou Grant'', ''Remington Steele'', ''Hill Street Blues'', '' Commander in Chief'', ''Medium'', '' Hawthorne'' Blackout Effect, NTSB The cra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Rosenthal
Richard L. Rosenthal Jr. (born June 15, 1949) is an American film instructor and director, known for directing '' Halloween II'', '' Bad Boys'', and '' Halloween: Resurrection''. Early life Rosenthal was born in New York City, the son of Hinda (née Gould) and entrepreneur Richard L. Rosenthal Sr. Career Rosenthal started his career by directing '' Halloween II'' and returned to the series 21 years later, helming '' Halloween: Resurrection''. In between he has directed films such as ''American Dreamer'' (1984), '' Russkies'' (1987), ''Distant Thunder'' (1988) and '' Just a Little Harmless Sex'' (1998). He also directed dozens of episodic television shows, and was co-executive producer of the landmark Warner Bros. TV series ''Life Goes On'' for ABC from 1989-1991, where he guest starred in two episodes as "Uncle Richard". Rosenthal, along with his wife Nancy Stephens, executive produced the film ''Invisible Beauty'' about model and activist Bethann Hardison, which premiere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Singer
Alexander Singer (18 April 1928 – 28 December 2020) was an American director. He began his career behind the camera in 1951 as a cinematographer on the short documentary '' Day of the Fight'', directed by his high-school friend Stanley Kubrick.Gelmis, Josep"An Interview with Stanley Kubrick (1969) excerpted from ''The Film Director as Superstar'' New York: Doubleday, 1970. Singer turned to directing a decade later with the film '' A Cold Wind in August''. Although he directed other films, such as the Lee Van Cleef Western '' Captain Apache'' (1971), and '' Glass Houses'' (1972), an adaptation of a book that his wife Judith Singer wrote, the bulk of Singer's credits are in television. The long list of series to which Singer has lent his directorial talents include '' Dr. Kildare'', '' The F.B.I.'', '' Mission: Impossible'', ''Alias Smith and Jones'', '' Nakia'', '' Police Woman'', '' Cagney & Lacey'', ''MacGyver'', '' Murder She Wrote'', six episodes of ''The Monkees'', and thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Lamas
Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos (January 9, 1915 – October 8, 1982) was an Argentine-American actor and director of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. He is the father of actor Lorenzo Lamas. Biography Argentina Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In this country, his movies included ''En el último piso'' (1942), ''Frontera Sur'' (1943), ''Villa rica del Espíritu Santo'' (1945), and ''Stella'' (1946). Lamas was also seen in ''The Poor People's Christmas'' (1947), ''The Tango Returns to Paris'' (1948), and ''The Story of a Bad Woman'' (1948). He had the lead in ''La rubia Mireya'' (1949) alongside Mecha Ortiz, and a key role in ''De padre desconocido'' (1949), ''Vidalita'' (1949) and ''The Story of the Tango'' (1950). He also appeared in ''Corrientes, calle de ensueños'' (1949), and ''La otra y yo'' (1950). He was reportedly the third biggest star in the country. His first American film was ''The Avengers (1950 film), The Avengers'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabrielle Beaumont
Gabrielle Beaumont (7 April 1942 – 8 October 2022) was a British film and television director. Her directing credits range from ''Hill Street Blues'' to '' Star Trek: The Next Generation''. She became the first woman to direct an episode of ''Star Trek'', with the episode "Booby Trap". Beaumont lobbied to have Joan Collins cast as Alexis Colby in Dynasty. Beaumont was best known for directing, writing and producing the television special '' Diana: A Tribute to the People's Princess''. She directed a film version of Bernard Taylor's '' The Godsend''.Gabrielle Beaumont Biography (1942–) Film Reference was her cousin. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Scott
Martha Ellen Scott (September 22, 1912 – May 28, 2003) was an American actress. She was featured in major films such as Cecil B. DeMille’s '' The Ten Commandments'' (1956), and William Wyler's ''Ben-Hur'' (1959). Martha played the mother of Charlton Heston's character in both films. She originated the role of Emily Webb in Thornton Wilder's ''Our Town'' on Broadway in 1938, and later recreated the role in the 1940 film version. In the 1940 version , she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Early life Scott was born in Jamesport, Missouri. She was the daughter of Letha (née McKinley) and Walter Alva Scott. Walter was an engineer and garage owner. Her mother was a second cousin of U.S. President William McKinley. The Scott family remained in Jamesport until Martha was 13 years old. At that time, they moved to Kansas City, Missouri. Eventually, they relocated in Detroit, Michigan. Scott became interested in acting while in high school. She furthered this int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
