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The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974)
''The Stranger Who Looks Like Me'' is a 1974 American made-for-television drama romance film directed by Larry Peerce and starring Meredith Baxter, Beau Bridges and Walter Brooke. The cast includes Whitney Blake, who was Meredith Baxter's real-life mother; Bill Vint, who starred in the drive-in classic ''Macon County Line'', as well as future ''Dallas'' star Patrick Duffy, who has a small part. The film originally premiered as the ''ABC Movie of the Week'' on March 6, 1974. Plot Joanne Denver was adopted at birth and is searching for her birth parents. She meets Chris Schroeder, who is also adopted and is searching for his birth parents. Cast * Meredith Baxter as Joanne Denver * Beau Bridges as Chris Schroeder * Walter Brooke as Mr. Denver * Neva Patterson as Mrs. Denver * Whitney Blake as Emma Verko * Woody Chambliss as Paul (as Woodrow Chambliss) * Ford Rainey as Mr. Gilbert * Maxine Stuart as Mrs. Weiner * Patricia Harty as Carol Sutton * Mary Murphy as Mrs. Quayle * Bill V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (film And Television)
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police procedural, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, Drama (film and television)#Teen drama, teen drama, and comedy drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular Setting (narrative), setting or subject matter, or they combine a drama's otherwise serious tone with elements that encourage a broader range of Mood (literature), moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of Conflict (process), conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of Film industry, cinema or television that involve Fiction, fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitney Blake
Whitney Blake (born Nancy Ann Whitney; February 20, 1926 – September 28, 2002) was an American film and television actress, director, and producer. She is known for her four seasons portraying Dorothy Baxter, the mother, on the 1960s sitcom ''Hazel'', and as co-creator and writer of the sitcom '' One Day at a Time''. With her first husband she had three children, including actress Meredith Baxter. Early life Blake was born in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles. She was the first child of Martha Mae Whitney (née Wilkerson) and Harry C. Whitney, a United States Secret Service agent who had guarded President Woodrow Wilson, his wife, and other political officials. Blake and her younger brother traveled around the country extensively, during which time she attended 16 different schools. While attending Pasadena City College, she worked in small theater groups in the Los Angeles area. In the summer, she worked at her mother's ice cream stand in McMinnville, Oregon. Acting Blake gained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biff Elliot
Biff Elliot (born Leon Shalek; July 26, 1923 – August 15, 2012) was an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as popular detective Mike Hammer (character), Mike Hammer in the 1953 version of ''I, the Jury (1953 film), I, the Jury'' and for his guest appearance as Schmitter in the ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek'' episode "The Devil in the Dark". Early life Elliot was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, the son of Susan (née Bernstein) and Israel Shalek. He was the youngest of three brothers. His ancestors were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. Career Elliot, who had acted during his college years, abandoned writing to pursue television roles. He appeared in many important dramatic shows of the time, mostly playing tough, working-class characters. When Elliot was spotted by a Hollywood attorney while performing in a television episode, the attorney recommended him to Victor Saville, the producer who was preparing the first film adaption of Mickey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Barton (actress)
Anne Barton (born Mary Ann Henderson; March 20, 1924 – November 27, 2000) was an American stage, film and television actress. She performed in the films '' Destination 60,000'' (1957), ''Pawnee'' (1957), '' The Green-Eyed Blonde'' (1957), ''The Left Handed Gun'' (1958), '' The Comancheros'' (1961), '' What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'' (1962), '' The Way West'' (1967) and '' The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid'' (1972), among others. Her television appearances include the sitcom ''Leave It to Beaver'' (playing Eddie Haskell's mother), ''The Twilight Zone'', '' Thriller'', ''Perry Mason'', ''Death Valley Days'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''Have Gun-Will Travel'', and “ Hawaii Five-0”. Barton was married to actor Dan Barton. In 2000, at age 76, she died in Los Angeles, California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Murphy (actress)
Mary Murphy (January 26, 1931 – May 4, 2011) was an American film and television actress of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. Early years Murphy was born in Washington, DC, and was the second of three children. She spent part of her early childhood in Rocky River, Ohio, a westside Cleveland suburb. Her father, James Victor Murphy, died in 1940. Shortly afterwards, her mother and she moved to Southern California. She attended University High School in West Los Angeles. While working as a package wrapper at Saks Fifth Avenue, Beverly Hills, she was signed to appear in films for Paramount Pictures in 1951. Film She first gained attention in 1953, when she played a good-hearted girl who is intrigued by Marlon Brando in ''The Wild One''. The following year, she appeared opposite Tony Curtis in ''Beachhead'', and with Dale Robertson in ''Sitting Bull'', and the year after that as Fredric March's daughter in the thriller '' The Desperate Hours'', which also starred Humphrey Bogart. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Harty (actress)
Patricia Harty (born November 5, 1941), also known professionally as Trisha Hart, is an American actress. Early years Born in Washington, D.C., Harty lived in Baltimore until age 5, when she and her family moved. She took lessons in singing and dancing while growing up in North Miami, Florida, and graduated from Miami Edison High School in 1957. She worked for a lawyer, took secretarial classes, and majored in English at Columbia University. Career Harty performed in the national company of ''I Ought to Be in Pictures''. On Broadway, Harty's credits include ''Fiorello!'' (1959) and ''Sail Away'' (1961). Harty debuted on television as a dancer on Pat Boone's ABC Chevy Show program, and Perry Como's NBC Kraft Music Hall. She was also a featured dancer on Garry Moore's CBS series, where she also performed in comedy skits with Carol Burnett. Harty is known for her starring roles in several short-lived television series, ''Occasional Wife'' (1966–67) as Greta Patterson, '' Blond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxine Stuart
Maxine Stuart (June 28, 1918 – June 6, 2013) was an American actress. Biography Stuart was born in Deal, New Jersey as Maxine Shlivek, and raised in Manhattan and Lawrence, Nassau County, New York. Stuart was a life member of The Actors Studio. Her Broadway credits include ''At War With the Army'' (1949), ''A Goose for the Gander'' (1945), ''Nine Girls'' (1943), ''Ring Two'' (1939), ''Sunup to Sundown'' (1938), and ''Western Waters'' (1937). On television, she portrayed B.J. Clawson in ''Slattery's People'', Amanda Earp in '' The Rousters'', Ruth Burton in '' Room for One More'', Steve's grandmother in '' The Pursuit of Happiness'', Maureen in '' Norby'', Mrs. Jackson in ''Margie'', and Lenore in '' Hail to the Chief''. She also appeared in numerous other television series, including: Perry Mason Season4/Episode12 "The Case of the Resolute Reformer" as Grace Witt; ''The Donna Reed Show'', '' The Asphalt Jungle'', '' Stoney Burke'', '' The Outer Limits'', ''Mr. Novak'', ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ford Rainey
Ford Rainey (August 8, 1908 – July 25, 2005) was an American film, stage, and television actor.Myrna Oliver ''Los Angeles Times'', July 26, 2005. Early life Rainey was born in Mountain Home, Idaho, the son of Vyrna (née Kinkade), a teacher, and Archie Coleman Rainey. He first acted on the stage while a student at Centralia High School, where he graduated in 1927. Rainey graduated from Centralia Junior College in Washington state and in 1933 from the Cornish School, now Cornish College of the Arts, in Seattle. He then moved to Connecticut to study acting at the Michael Chekhov Theatre Studio. Growing up in the outdoors and learning to ride horses helped him in his career as a tough-guy film presence later in life. Like many young actors, he worked odd jobs, including as a logger, fisherman, fruit picker, carpenter, and clam digger, in addition to working on an oil tanker before becoming a successful actor. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woody Chambliss
Woodrow Lewis Chambliss (October 14, 1914 – January 8, 1981) was an American character actor who appeared in both feature films and television. He is perhaps best known for his appearances as several characters in the TV hit ''Gunsmoke'', where he eventually settled into the recurring role of storekeeper Mr. Lathrop. Early life Chambliss was born on October 14, 1914, in North Texas. He was the son of Lorenzo Dow “L.D.” and Lucinda Mae (Thornton) Chambliss, who had a farm outside Brownfield, Texas. He attended public schools in Brownsville and Baylor University, where his first contact with drama occurred as a prompter with the Baylor Little Theater. Intending to be a lawyer, Chambliss attended Baylor's law school, but a dramatics teacher at the university influenced him to change his major to theater arts. Career After Chambliss left Baylor, he worked as a technician apprentice for a stock theater company in Milford Connecticut. Receiving a scholarship in the summer of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neva Patterson
Neva Louise Patterson (February 10, 1920 – December 14, 2010) was an American actress. Early years Born on a farm near Nevada, Iowa, Patterson was the daughter of mailman George Patterson and seamstress Marjorie Byers Patterson. After graduating from Nevada High School in 1937, she worked as a secretary in Des Moines before she moved to New York in 1938 and initially worked as a secretary there. Career Early in her career, Patterson acted on radio in Chicago and sang for dance bands. She made her Broadway debut in 1947's '' The Druid Circle''. Her work on Broadway also included ''Strange Bedfellows'' (1948), ''The Ivy Green'' (1949), ''I Know My Love'' (1949), ''Ring Round the Moon'' (1950), ''The Long Days'' (1951), '' Lace on Her Petticoat'' (1951), ''The Seven Year Itch'' (1952, in which she played Helen Sherman), ''Double in Hearts'' (1956), ''Speaking of Murder'' (1956), ''Make a Million'' (1958), and ''Romantic Comedy'' (1979). Her first feature movie was . Other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. The magazine also sponsors and hosts major industry events. History Foundation and early years ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Movie Of The Week
The ''ABC Movie of the Week'' is an American weekly television anthology series featuring Television film, made-for-TV movies that aired on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC network in various permutations from 1969 in television, 1969 to 1975 in television, 1975. History In the 1960s, Film studio, movie studios viewed television as a second-rate medium but also as a threat to their theatrical revenue, so they charged high fees for the privilege to broadcast their films. The networks experimented with having films made specifically for TV to lower expenses. NBC created the first weekly umbrella for such films with their ''World Premiere Movie'' in 1966, running in a two-hour time slot. Until the late 1960s, ABC ran a distant third behind rivals CBS and NBC, leading to jokes about it coming in fourth among the three networks or about its acronym meaning "Almost Broadcasting Company". Desperation and a looser corporate structure allowed ABC to consider plans that the other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
