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Sheree J. Wilson
Sheree J. Wilson (born December 12, 1958) is an American actress, producer, businesswoman, and model. She is best known for her roles as April Stevens Ewing on the American primetime television series ''Dallas'' (1986–1991) and as Alex Cahill-Walker on the television series ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' (1993–2001). Early life Wilson was born in Rochester, Minnesota on December 12, 1958. The daughter of two IBM executives, Wilson moved to Colorado at the age of nine and graduated from Fairview High School. In 1981, she received a degree in fashion merchandising and business from the University of Colorado Boulder. Career While working in Denver on a fashion shoot, one of the photographers mistook Wilson for a model and then introduced her to a New York modeling agent who signed her on the spot. Wilson then moved to Manhattan, and within 18 months, she had appeared in over 30 commercial campaigns for Clairol, Sea Breeze, Keri-Lotion, and Maybelline. Her print work ran in such po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochester, Minnesota
Rochester is a city in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. It is located along rolling bluffs on the Zumbro River's south fork in Southeast Minnesota. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 121,395, making it Minnesota's List of cities in Minnesota, third-most populous city. The Rochester metropolitan area, Minnesota, Rochester metropolitan area, which also includes the nearby rural agricultural areas, had a population of 226,329 in 2020. The city is the home and birthplace of Mayo Clinic. History Several indigenous peoples such as Dakota people, Dakota, Ojibway, and Ho-Chunk inhabited the Rochester area. The area developed as a stagecoach stop between Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, and Dubuque, Iowa, Dubuque, Iowa near the Zumbro River. The community was founded by George Head and his wife Henrietta who built a log cabin named Head's Tavern in 1854 and named the city after his hometown of Rochester, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimewave
''Crimewave'' is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Sam Raimi, from a screenplay he co-wrote with the Coen brothers. It stars Reed Birney, Sheree J. Wilson, Paul L. Smith, Brion James, Louise Lasser and Bruce Campbell, with the latter also serving as a co-producer. An unusual slapstick mix of film noir, black comedy, Hitchcockian suspense, and B-movie conventions, ''Crimewave'' portrays bizarre situations involving a nebbish everyman (Birney) entangled in a murderous plot while pursuing his love interest (Wilson). Following the commercial success of ''The Evil Dead'' (1981), Raimi and Campbell decided to collaborate on another project. Joel Coen of the Coen brothers served as one of the editors on ''The Evil Dead'' and worked with Raimi on the screenplay. Production was difficult for several members of the crew, and the production studio, Embassy Pictures, refused to allow Raimi to edit the film. Several arguments broke out during the shoot of the film due to continued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian-American Mafia
The American Mafia, commonly referred to in North America as the Italian-American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob, is a highly organized Italian-American criminal society and organized crime group. The terms Italian Mafia and Italian Mob apply to these US-based organizations, as well as the separate yet related Sicilian Mafia or other organized crime groups in Italy, or ethnic Italian crime groups in other countries. These organizations are often referred to by its members as Cosa Nostra (, "Our Thing" or "This Thing of Ours") and by the American government as La Cosa Nostra (LCN). The organization's name is derived from the original ''Mafia'' or ''Cosa Nostra'', the Sicilian Mafia, with "American Mafia" originally referring simply to Mafia groups from Sicily operating in the United States. The Mafia in the United States emerged in impoverished Italian immigrant neighborhoods in New York's East Harlem (or " Italian Harlem"), the Lower East Side, and Brooklyn; also emerging in o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelanda sovereign state covering five-sixths of the island) and Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdomcovering the remaining sixth). It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the List of islands of the British Isles, second-largest island of the British Isles, the List of European islands by area, third-largest in Europe, and the List of islands by area, twentieth-largest in the world. As of 2022, the Irish population analysis, population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the List of European islands by population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Family Honor
''Our Family Honor'' is an American drama television series that aired on ABC from September 17, 1985, until January 3, 1986, as part of its 1985 fall lineup. Series overview Launched as a two-hour made-for-television movie, ''Our Family Honor'' is about two New York City families who had known each other since their childhoods and who were involved in competing "family businesses". The McKay family mostly worked for the New York City Police Department, where Patrick ( Kenneth McMillan) was Commissioner, while the Danzigs were deeply involved in organized crime, with patriarch Vincent (Eli Wallach) filling the role of "godfather". Barbara Stuart played Vincent's wife, Marianne Danzig, while Michael Madsen played Vincent's cruel but inept son, Augie, who was nonetheless his heir apparent. Detective Sergeant Frank McKay ( Tom Mason) was Patrick's often hot-headed son, Liz McKay ( Daphne Ashbrook), Patrick's niece, was a newly graduated officer now partnered with Officer Ed Santi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Strauss
Peter Lawrence Strauss (born February 20, 1947) is an American television and film actor, known for his roles in several television miniseries in the 1970s and 1980s. He is an Emmy winner and five-time Golden Globe Awards nominee. Early life Strauss was born in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, the son of Warren B. Strauss, a German-born wine importer. His family is Jewish. Strauss graduated from the Hackley School in 1965 and Northwestern University in 1969. Career He won an Emmy Award for his role on the 1979 made-for-television movie '' The Jericho Mile'', and he starred in a television remake of the classic 1946 film '' Angel on My Shoulder'' in 1980. In 1985, he played Abel Roznovski in the miniseries '' Kane & Abel'' based on Jeffrey Archer's book. His other noted television miniseries credits include starring roles in '' Rich Man, Poor Man'', its sequel '' Rich Man, Poor Man Book II'', and ''Masada''. Strauss played Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. in the 1977 TV movie '' Young Joe, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraternity Vacation
''Fraternity Vacation'' is a 1985 American sex comedy teen film starring Stephen Geoffreys as a nerdy pledge to the Theta Pi Gamma fraternity at Iowa State, with Tim Robbins and Cameron Dye as Theta Pi Gamma frat boys (or, as they are known to their Iowa State frat rivals, "Theta Pigs"). On spring break in Palm Springs, California, several boys compete for the affections of a sophisticated co-ed, played by Sheree J. Wilson. Plot Despite being saddled with a nerdy pledge during a Palm Springs weekend, two frat brothers vie for a poolside blonde. Cast * Stephen Geoffreys as Wendell Tvedt * Sheree J. Wilson as Ashley Taylor * Cameron Dye as Joe Gillespie * Leigh McCloskey as Charles "Chas" Lawlor III * Tim Robbins as Larry "Mother" Tucker * Matt McCoy as J.C. Springer * Amanda Bearse as Nicole Ferret * John Vernon as Chief Ferret * Nita Talbot as Mrs. Ferret * Barbara Crampton as Chrissie * Kathleen Kinmont as Marianne * Max Wright as Millard Tvedt * Julie Payn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Robbins
Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Andy Dufresne in the film '' The Shawshank Redemption ''(1994), and Jacob Singer in '' Jacob's Ladder'' (1990), as well as winning an Academy Award and Golden Globe award for his role in '' Mystic River'' (2003) and another Golden Globe for '' The Player'' (1992). Robbins' other roles include starring as Lt. Samuel "Merlin" Wells in '' Top Gun'' (1986), Nuke LaLoosh in '' Bull Durham'' (1988), Erik in '' Erik the Viking'' (1989), Ed Walters in '' I.Q.'' (1994), Nick Beam in '' Nothing to Lose'' (1997) and Senator Robert Hammond in '' Green Lantern'' (2011). He also directed the films '' Bob Roberts'' (1992) and '' Dead Man Walking'' (1995), both of which were well received. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director for ''Dead Man Walking.'' On television, Robbins played Secretary of State Walter Larson in the HBO comedy '' The Brink'' (2015), and in '' Here a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cover Up (TV Series)
''Cover Up'' was a television series that aired for one season on CBS from September 22, 1984, to April 6, 1985. Created by Glen A. Larson, it starred Jennifer O'Neill, Jon-Erik Hexum, Antony Hamilton, and Richard Anderson. Plot Following the death of her husband, fashion photographer Dani Reynolds discovers that he was actually an undercover CIA agent. When she learns he was murdered, she recruits Mac Harper, a former Special Forces soldier, to help her find the killers. Dani accepts an offer from Henry Towler, her husband's boss, to take his place as an agent. She uses her photography work as a cover, accompanied by Mac as her model, and Henry dispatches the pair all over the world to assist American citizens in trouble or apprehend criminals. Once they reach a destination, they typically have to act on their own judgment and experience with little or no expectation of outside help. After the death of actor Jon-Erik Hexum, who played Mac, the episode "Writer's Block" in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Margaret Humes
Mary-Margaret Humes is an American actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the Miss Florida USA pageant and was third runner up in the 1975 Miss USA. Humes later began working as a television actress, appearing in a more than 50 shows, most notable playing Gail Leery, the title character's mother in the drama series ''Dawson's Creek'' from 1998 to 2003. Life and career Humes was born in Watertown, New York. She won the 1975 Miss Florida USA pageant and was third runner up in the 1975 Miss USA pageant. In 1981, Humes made her big screen debut as the Vestal Virgin Miriam in the Mel Brooks's comedy film ''History of the World, Part I''. Later Aaron Spelling cast her for the pilot for the action-adventure series ''Velvet'' alongside Leah Ayres, Shari Belafonte, and Sheree J. Wilson. During 1980s, Humes guest-starred in a number of shows, including ''The Dukes of Hazzard'', ''The Love Boat'', ''The A-Team'', ''The Fall Guy'', ''Knight Rider'', and ''T.J. Hooker''. From 1991 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shari Belafonte
Shari Lynn Belafonte (born September 22, 1954) is an American actress, model and singer. The daughter of singer and actor Harry Belafonte, she began her career as a fashion model before making her big screen debut appearing in the 1982 drama film '' If You Could See What I Hear''. She is best known for her role as Julie Gillette in the ABC drama series ''Hotel'' from 1983 to 1988. She later went to star in the Canadian science fiction series '' Beyond Reality'' (1991–1993). Belafonte also released two studio albums in the 1980s, and acted on stage in later years. Early life Shari Belafonte is the second daughter of Marguerite (née Byrd), a psychologist, and Harry Belafonte, the world-famous singer, actor, and civil rights activist. Her parents separated when her mother was pregnant with her. She attended Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C.; Windsor Mountain School in Lenox, Massachusetts; and Buxton School in Williamstown, Massachusetts; and then Hampshire College in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leah Ayres
Leah Ayres Kalish (born Leah Simpson; May 29, 1957) is an American former actress, best known for her role as Janice Kent in the martial arts sports action film ''Bloodsport'' and as Valerie Bryson on the daytime serial ''The Edge of Night''. Kalish is a master yoga teacher, Family Constellations practitioner, and coauthor of children's books. Education Kalish attended both Tufts University and New York University (NYU), earning a degree in dance from NYU. Ayres also earned an MA in human development from Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena, California in 1996. Certifications Kalish is a certified Family Constellations facilitator, embodied language processing (embodiment process) practitioner, and Yoga Alliance registered master yoga teacher. She is a proponent of socio-emotional education and teaching integrated yoga and mindfulness in schools. She and her husband Bruce Kalish are founders of a family constellations and inherited family trauma facilitation practice based in L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
