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The Associate (1996 Film)
''The Associate'' is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Donald Petrie and written by Nick Thiel. It stars Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Eli Wallach, Tim Daly, and Bebe Neuwirth, alongside Austin Pendleton and Lainie Kazan. Plot Investment banker Laurel Ayres is a smart and single woman trying to make it up the Wall Street corporate ladder, until one day she finds out that she is being passed over for a promotion because of her gender. Unable to face the fact that her less intelligent male protege, Frank Peterson, has now become her boss, she quits and tries to start up her own company only to find out that the male dominated world of Wall Street is not interested in taking an African American woman seriously, and thus is forced to create a fictional white man, Robert S. Cutty (inspired by a bottle of Cutty Sark) to legitimize her talents and make her professionally relevant in said world. Ayres does extensive research into the cultural and performative codes of the cu ...
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Donald Petrie
Donald Mark Petrie (born April 2, 1954) is an American film director and actor. Life and career Petrie was born in New York City, New York (state), New York, the son of Dorothea G. Petrie, Dorothea (née Grundy), a television producer, actor, and novelist, and Daniel Petrie, a director. He is the brother of writer Daniel Petrie Jr. Petrie began his entertainment career as an actor, having trained and graduated from California State Northridge as a theatre major. Petrie soon was appearing in many television episodes. In 1980, Petrie decided to shift his focus to directing when he was accepted as a Fellow at the American Film Institute. Petrie has acted and guest-starred on television programs since 1976. Filmography Film * ''Mystic Pizza'' (1988) * ''Opportunity Knocks (film), Opportunity Knocks'' (1990) * ''Grumpy Old Men (film), Grumpy Old Men'' (1993) * ''The Favor (1994 film), The Favor'' (1994) * ''Richie Rich (film), Richie Rich'' (1994) * ''The Associate (1996 film), Th ...
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Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures is an American film distributor within the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company. It handles theatrical and occasional digital distribution, marketing, and promotion for films produced and released by the Walt Disney Studios, including Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios, and Searchlight Pictures, though it operates its own autonomous theatrical distribution and marketing unit in the United States. The company was originally established by Walt Disney in 1953 as Buena Vista Film Distribution Company Inc. (later renamed Buena Vista Distribution Inc. and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Inc.). It took on its current name in late 2007. History Before in 1953, Disney's productions were previously distributed by: * M.J. Winkler Pictures (1924–1926), * Film Booking Offices of America (1926–1927), * Universal Pictures (1927–1928), * Celebrity ...
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Lawrence Gilliard Jr
Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparatory & high schools * Lawrence Academy at Groton, a preparatory school in Groton, Massachusetts, United States * Lawrence College, Ghora Gali, a high school in Pakistan * Lawrence School, Lovedale, a high school in India * The Lawrence School, Sanawar, a high school in India Research laboratories * Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States * Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States People * Lawrence (given name), including a list of people with the name * Lawrence (surname), including a list of people with the name * Lawrence (band), an American soul-pop group * Lawrence (judge royal) (died after 1180), Hungarian nobleman, Judge royal 1164–1172 * Lawrence (musician), Lawrence Hayward (born 1961), British music ...
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Allison Janney
Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) is an American actress. Known for her performances across the screen and stage, she has received List of awards and nominations received by Allison Janney, various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and seven Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for two Tony Awards. Born in Boston and raised in Dayton, Ohio, Janney received a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London following her graduation from Kenyon College. After years of minor and uncredited film and television appearances, Janney's breakthrough came with the role of C. J. Cregg in the NBC political drama series ''The West Wing'' (1999–2006), for which she received four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2014, for her guest role of Masters of Sex#Cast and characters, Margaret Scully, a sexually repressed 1950s housewife on Showtime (TV network), Showtime's period drama series ''Masters of S ...
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Jerry Hardin
Jerry Hardin (born November 20, 1929) is an American actor. Hardin has appeared in film and television roles, including the character nicknamed Deep Throat in ''The X-Files''. He has guest starred in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and '' Star Trek: Voyager''. He amassed over 100 appearances in film and television and over 75 theatrical credits. They include '' The Rockford Files'', '' Roots: The Gift'', ''The Golden Girls'', '' Sliders'', '' Cujo'' (1983), '' Big Trouble in Little China'' (1986), '' Wanted: Dead or Alive'' (1987), ''Little Nikita'' (1988), '' The Firm'' (1993). Early life and education Hardin was born in Dallas, Texas on November 20, 1929. His father was a rancher, and Jerry spent his youth actively involved with his local church and performing in school plays. He attended Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, on a scholarship before going on to study at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating with an Acting (RADA Diploma) in 1953. He spe ...
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Colleen Camp
Colleen Celeste Camp (born June 7, 1953) is an American character actress and producer. After appearing in several bit parts, she had a lead role in the comedy '' The Swinging Cheerleaders'' (1974), followed by roles in two installments of the ''Police Academy'' series. Camp had supporting roles in '' Lady of the House'' (1978), ''Apocalypse Now'' (1979), and '' The Seduction'' (1982), after which she played Julie Richman ( Deborah Foreman)’s mother Sarah in '' Valley Girl'' and Yvette the Maid in the 1985 comedy ''Clue''. Camp has continued to have minor and supporting roles in various independent and studio films, including ''Die Hard with a Vengeance'' (1995), ''Election'' (1999), '' Factory Girl'' (2006), ''Palo Alto'' (2013), ''American Hustle'' (2013), and '' The House with a Clock in Its Walls'' (2018). Early life Colleen Camp was born in San Francisco, California. She has two brothers, Don and Glen. She moved to the San Fernando Valley at a young age and attended Joh ...
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Željko Ivanek
Željko Ivanek (; ; born August 15, 1957) is a Slovenian-American actor of Croat descent. Ivanek's film credits include '' Courage Under Fire'' (1996), '' Donnie Brasco'' (1997), '' Hannibal'', '' Black Hawk Down'' (both 2001), '' Unfaithful'' (2002), '' The Manchurian Candidate'' (2004), '' Live Free or Die Hard'' (2007), '' The Bourne Legacy'', '' Argo'', '' Seven Psychopaths'' (all 2012). He has appeared in several films by Lars von Trier, including '' Dancer in the Dark'' (2000), '' Dogville'' (2003), and '' Manderlay'' (2005). In 2017, he appeared in '' Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'', receiving a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance. Ivanek portrayed Ray Fiske on the FX television series '' Damages'' (2007–2010), for which he won the 2008 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor. He also appeared as Ed Danvers on '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' (1993–1999) and Russell Jackson on the CBS drama '' Madam Secretary'' (2014–2019), and h ...
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Lee Wilkof
Lee Wilkof (born June 25, 1951) is an American character actor who has been appearing on stage, film and television for 6 decades. Early life Wilkof is from Canton, Ohio. He is the middle child of Anne Louise and Darwin Wilkof. He has two brothers, Todd and Robert. Wilkof is Jewish. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1972 and studied acting with Austin Pendleton in New York City. Career After graduating college, Wilkof co-wrote and performed in a comedy revue, ''The Present Tense'', in 1977 at the Park Royal Theatre in New York City. Shortly after its closing, Wilkof moved to Los Angeles and landed small film and television roles. His big break came in 1982 with the leading role as Seymour in the original Off-Broadway production of ''Little Shop of Horrors''. Wilkof directed the film '' No Pay, Nudity'' with a cast that stars Nathan Lane, Gabriel Byrne, and Frances Conroy. In 2023 he made his Metropolitan Opera debut in Terence Blanchard's ''Champion'', as The A ...
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George Martin (American Actor)
George N. Martin (August 15, 1929 – June 1, 2010) was an American television, stage, and movie actor who is known for his role as the hotel receptionist in '' Léon: The Professional''. A regular at Providence's Trinity Repertory Company, he was nominated for a Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ce ... in 1983 for his role in David Hare's '' Plenty''. Filmography References External links * * * 1929 births 2010 deaths American male film actors American male television actors American male stage actors Male actors from New York City {{US-screen-actor-1920s-stub ...
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Cutty Sark (whisky)
Cutty Sark is a brand of blended Scotch whisky produced by La Martiniquaise in Scotland. History The whisky was created on 23 March 1923 as a product of Berry Bros. & Rudd, with the first home of the blend considered to be at The Glenrothes distillery in the Speyside single malt, Speyside region of Scotland. Name and label The name comes from the River Clyde-built clipper ship ''Cutty Sark'', whose name came from the Scots language, Scots term "Cutty-sark (witch), cutty-sark", the short shirt [skirt] prominently mentioned in the famous poem by Robert Burns, "Tam o' Shanter (Burns poem), Tam o' Shanter". The drawing of the clipper ship ''Cutty Sark'' on the label of the whisky bottles is a work of the Swedish people, Swedish artist Carl Georg August Wallin. He was a Marine art, mariner painter, and this is probably his most famous ship painting. This drawing has been on the whisky bottles since 1955. The Tall Ships' Races for tall ship, large sailing ships were originally known ...
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African American
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black people, Black racial groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the U.S. after White Americans. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Slavery in the United States, Africans enslaved in the United States. In 2023, an estimated 48.3 million people self-identified as Black, making up 14.4% of the country’s population. This marks a 33% increase since 2000, when there were 36.2 million Black people living in the U.S. African-American history began in the 16th century, with Africans being sold to Atlantic slave trade, European slave traders and Middle Passage, transported across the Atlantic to Slavery in the colonial history of the United States, the Western He ...
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Lainie Kazan
Lainie Kazan (born Lainie Levine; May 15, 1940) is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for ''St. Elsewhere'' and the 1993 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for '' My Favorite Year''. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her role in '' My Favorite Year'' (1982). Kazan played Maria Portokalos in the ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' franchise. She also played Aunt Freida on ''The Nanny''. Early life Kazan was born Lainie Levine in Brooklyn, the daughter of Carole (''née'' Kazan) and Ben Levine. She is of Ashkenazi Jewish and Sephardic Jewish descent with Russian and Turkish roots. Some of her grandparents lived in Jerusalem before moving to Manchester, England, and settling in Brooklyn. Kazan has described her mother as "neurotic, fragile and artistic." Kazan attended Brooklyn's Erasmus Hall High School with Barbra Streisand, for whom she would later understudy. She gradu ...
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