"in Britain"" won the Prix Italia (an international Television award) in 1984. In 1986 he wrote the screenplay for the thriller-drama ""Mona Lisa"", featuring Bob Hoskins. This film was critically acclaimed and Leland earned nominations for the Golden Globe and the Writers Guild of America. He then wrote ""Personal Services"" in 1986. It was directed by Terry Jones and was about Cynthia Payne, a real-life British madam who ran a private brothel. Julie Walters took the leading role. While ""Personal Services"" dealt with the adult life of Cynthia Payne, Leland's next film, ""Wish You Were Here"", concerned her teenage years."
"Sandra Payne Sandra Payne (born 24 September 1944, Royston, Hertfordshire) is an English actress best known for her roles as Christine Harris in the British television series ""Triangle"" and as Marion Ballard in ""Waiting for God"". She attended Selhurst Grammar School and the Italia Conti Academy. She then acted in repertory theatre before appearing on television in the 1960s in the soap operas ""Compact"", ""The Newcomers"" and ""Z-Cars"". In 1978, she appeared as Phillipa in ""The Professionals"" episode ""Blind Run"". Payne appeared as a character called ""Penny"" in the 1979 Christmas special and final episode of ""George and Mildred"". She"
"equally short-lived syndicated soap opera ""Rituals"" as Patty DuPont, a plain-Jane (but very hard working) boarding school student who later became the personal assistant to Taylor Chapin (Jo Ann Pflug; Tina Louise) and would later marry a man named Bernhard Kraus (Cameron Smith). Between 1986 and 1989, she appeared in six episodes of ""Mr. Belvedere"" as Kevin's classmate Wendy. In 1988, she played a woman in a dating service video in ""You Can't Hurry Love"", and Stephanie, the unfortunate driving school student in """". Her other film credits include roles in ""The Last American Virgin"" (1982), ""My Man Adam"" (1985),"
"she won her third and fourth Evening Standard awards for Best actress, for ""Virginia"" in 1981 and ""The Way of the World"" in 1984. She won three more Best Actress BAFTA Awards for her roles as Joyce Chilvers in the 1984 black comedy ""A Private Function"", Charlotte Bartlett in the 1986 Merchant Ivory production of ""A Room with a View"", and the title role in the 1987 film ""The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne"". For ""A Room With a View"", she also received her fifth Academy Award nomination, and won her second Golden Globe Award. In 1987, she starred in"
"Sarah Lancashire as Joyce. A Private Function A Private Function is a 1984 British comedy film starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. The film was predominantly filmed in Ilkley, Ben Rhydding, and Barnoldswick, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. In a small Northern English town in 1947 the citizens endure continuing food rationing. Some local businessmen want to hold a party to celebrate the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip and illegally decide to raise a pig for that occasion. However, the"
"also appeared as Mrs. Quilp in ""The Old Curiosity Shop"", as Miss Taylor in ""The Wildcats of St Trinian's"" (1980), as Eryl Griffith in the 1985 TV series episode ""Miss Marple: The Moving Finger"", as Mrs Micawber in ""David Copperfield"" (1986) and as Miss Mackenzie (Council Housing Officer) in ""the Only Fools And Horses Episode, Homesick"" Sandra Payne Sandra Payne (born 24 September 1944, Royston, Hertfordshire) is an English actress best known for her roles as Christine Harris in the British television series ""Triangle"" and as Marion Ballard in ""Waiting for God"". She attended Selhurst Grammar School and the Italia"
"Piper Laurie Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs; January 22, 1932) is an American stage and screen actress known for her roles in the films ""The Hustler"" (1961), ""Carrie"" (1976), and ""Children of a Lesser God"" (1986), all of which brought her Academy Award nominations. She is also known for her performances as Kirsten Arnesen in the original TV production of ""Days of Wine and Roses"" and as Catherine Martell in the cult television series ""Twin Peaks"", for which she won a Golden Globe Award in 1991. In 2018, she appeared in the film ""White Boy Rick"". Piper Laurie was born"
"Susanna Foster Susanna Foster (born Suzanne DeLee Flanders Larson, December 6, 1924 – January 17, 2009) was an American film actress best known for her leading role as Christine in the 1943 film version of ""Phantom of the Opera"". Foster was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was taken to Hollywood at the age of twelve by MGM, who sent her to school and groomed her for an acting and singing career. Two of her classmates at this school were Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. She claimed the high point of being at MGM was meeting"
"Personal Appearance Personal Appearance (1934) is a stage comedy by the American playwright and screenwriter Lawrence Riley (1896–1974), which was a Broadway smash and the basis for the classic Mae West film ""Go West, Young Man"" (1936). ""Personal Appearance"" was produced by the legendary Brock Pemberton (founder of the Tony Awards) and staged by Antoinette Perry (in whose memory Pemberton named the Tonys). It opened in 1934 at New York's Henry Miller Theatre starring the famed stage and screen actress Gladys George (now remembered especially for her role as Miles Archer's spouse in the film ""The Maltese Falcon)."" Her comic"
"amicable; Ottavio and Plane (who by this point were a couple, and later married) were fired from the band at the behest of the management; and Wadhams' departure was the culmination of a refusal of the record label to allow him to continue to write songs for the band (on their first album he had served as principal songwriter and, along with Kirkpatrick and Smith, had performed the same role on the second), a condition which he felt uncomfortable with. Actress/dancer/singer Cynthia Rhodes, known for her performance as the character ""Penny Johnson"" in the 1987 film ""Dirty Dancing"", replaced Plane"
"Cybill Shepherd Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born February 18, 1950) is an American actress, singer and former model and fashion star. Shepherd's better-known roles include Jacy in ""The Last Picture Show"" (1971), Kelly in ""The Heartbreak Kid"" (1972), Betsy in ""Taxi Driver"" (1976), Maddie Hayes on ""Moonlighting"" (1985–1989), Cybill Sheridan on ""Cybill"" (1995–1998), Phyllis Kroll on ""The L Word"" (2007–2009), Madeleine Spencer on ""Psych"" (2008–2013), Cassie in the television film ""The Client List"" (2010), and Linette Montgomery on ""The Client List"" (2012–2013). Shepherd was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Patty (née Shobe), a homemaker, and William Jennings Shepherd, who"
"course I was envious. Who doesn't want to win an Emmy?"" Wins: Nominations: Appearances Cybill Shepherd Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born February 18, 1950) is an American actress, singer and former model and fashion star. Shepherd's better-known roles include Jacy in ""The Last Picture Show"" (1971), Kelly in ""The Heartbreak Kid"" (1972), Betsy in ""Taxi Driver"" (1976), Maddie Hayes on ""Moonlighting"" (1985–1989), Cybill Sheridan on ""Cybill"" (1995–1998), Phyllis Kroll on ""The L Word"" (2007–2009), Madeleine Spencer on ""Psych"" (2008–2013), Cassie in the television film ""The Client List"" (2010), and Linette Montgomery on ""The Client List"" (2012–2013). Shepherd was born in Memphis,"
"Jean Porter Bennie Jean Porter (December 8, 1922 – January 13, 2018) was an American film and television actress. She was notable for her roles in ""The Youngest Profession"" (1943), ""Bathing Beauty"" (1944), ""Abbott and Costello in Hollywood"" (1945), ""Till the End of Time"" (1946), ""Cry Danger"" (1951), and in ""The Left Hand of God"" (1956). Porter was notable for her marriage with Edward Dmytryk, who was one of the Hollywood Ten, the most prominent blacklisted group in the film industry during the McCarthy era. Porter was born in Cisco, Texas to a Texas and Pacific Railway worker and a"
"Personal Affairs Personal Affairs (also known as P.A's) was a 2009 British television drama-comedy series, broadcast on BBC Three. It starred Annabel Scholey, Laura Aikman, Maimie McCoy and Ruth Negga as four City of London Personal Assistants looking for their lost friend Grace Darling (Olivia Grant). The interior scenes were filmed at the BBC Scotland drama studios in Dumbarton, whilst most of the exterior scenes were filmed in London. The PAs The Bosses Recurring: Minor: The theme used during the title sequence is 21st Century Life by Sam Sparro. NB. On the DVD and outside the UK, Series One comprises"
"Shy People Shy People is a 1987 American drama about two branches of a family that reunite with tragic results, starring Barbara Hershey, Jill Clayburgh, and Martha Plimpton. It was directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, written by Konchalovsky, Marjorie David and Gerard Brach, and features music by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. Hershey won the Best Actress award at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival for her performance. It was one of the last movie roles for actor Merritt Butrick, who died from AIDS in 1989. It was filmed by the bayous of South Louisiana. The film was later released"
"Christina Pickles Christina Pickles (born February 17, 1935) is a British-American actress. She is known for her role as Nurse Helen Rosenthal in the NBC medical drama ""St. Elsewhere"" (1982–88), for which she received five nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She is also known for her recurring role as Judy Geller on the NBC sitcom ""Friends"" (1994–2003), for which she was nominated for the 1995 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Pickles appeared in Broadway plays in the 1960s and 1970s, including ""The Misanthrope"" (1968) and"
"way that makes it hard to write it off entirely."" Personal Affairs Personal Affairs (also known as P.A's) was a 2009 British television drama-comedy series, broadcast on BBC Three. It starred Annabel Scholey, Laura Aikman, Maimie McCoy and Ruth Negga as four City of London Personal Assistants looking for their lost friend Grace Darling (Olivia Grant). The interior scenes were filmed at the BBC Scotland drama studios in Dumbarton, whilst most of the exterior scenes were filmed in London. The PAs The Bosses Recurring: Minor: The theme used during the title sequence is 21st Century Life by Sam Sparro. NB."
"Some"", about jazz pianist Jess Stacy, and, with her husband, ""On Screen Acting"". Jean Porter Bennie Jean Porter (December 8, 1922 – January 13, 2018) was an American film and television actress. She was notable for her roles in ""The Youngest Profession"" (1943), ""Bathing Beauty"" (1944), ""Abbott and Costello in Hollywood"" (1945), ""Till the End of Time"" (1946), ""Cry Danger"" (1951), and in ""The Left Hand of God"" (1956). Porter was notable for her marriage with Edward Dmytryk, who was one of the Hollywood Ten, the most prominent blacklisted group in the film industry during the McCarthy era. Porter was"
"Cynthia Rhodes Cynthia Rhodes (born November 21, 1956) is a retired American actress, singer and dancer. Her film roles include Tina Tech in ""Flashdance"" (1983), Jackie in ""Staying Alive"" (1983) and Penny in ""Dirty Dancing"" (1987). Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Rhodes began her brief show business career working at Opryland USA as a singer and dancer while attending Glencliff High School during the 1970s. Raised in a Baptist family, Rhodes tried to maintain a clean-cut image in her acting roles and in the media, turning down scripts that required nudity and refusing offers to pose for pictorials in ""Playboy"" magazine."
"Alexandra Paul Alexandra Elizabeth Paul (born July 29, 1963) is an American actress, activist, health coach, and former model. Paul began her career modeling in New York before landing her first major role in John Carpenter's horror film ""Christine"" (1983). This was followed with prominent roles in ""American Flyers"" (1985), ""8 Million Ways to Die"" (1986), and ""Dragnet"" (1987). She is best known for her role as Lt. Stephanie Holden in the television series ""Baywatch"" from 1992–97. She has performed in a total of over 100 movies and television programs. Paul was born in New York City to Sarah, a"
"A Private Function A Private Function is a 1984 British comedy film starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. The film was predominantly filmed in Ilkley, Ben Rhydding, and Barnoldswick, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. In a small Northern English town in 1947 the citizens endure continuing food rationing. Some local businessmen want to hold a party to celebrate the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip and illegally decide to raise a pig for that occasion. However, the pig gets stolen by"
"Christine (1983 film) Christine is a 1983 American psychological horror film directed by John Carpenter and starring Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky and Harry Dean Stanton. The film also features supporting performances from Roberts Blossom and Kelly Preston. Written by Bill Phillips and based on Stephen King’s 1983 novel of the same name, the movie follows the changes in the lives of Arnie Cunningham, his friends, his family, and his teenage enemies after Arnie buys a vintage 1958 Plymouth Fury named Christine. Strange things happen and the viewers learn the car's secret: That it is possessed by"
"attended the High School of Performing Arts, where she trained for a dancing career, and then attended Jose Quintano's School for Young Professionals. Allen's first major film role was very small, playing Nancy, Jack Nicholson's nervous date, in ""The Last Detail"" (1973). This inspired her to move to Los Angeles to continue her acting career. She scored the role of the spoiled and popular mean girl Christine Hargensen in director Brian De Palma's horror film ""Carrie"" (1976) opposite Sissy Spacek, Amy Irving, and John Travolta, as the title character's chief nemesis. Allen next appeared in the role of Pam Mitchell"
"Demetria McKinney Demetria Dyan McKinney (born August 27, 1979) is an American actress and singer. From 2006 to 2012 she starred in the TBS sitcom ""Tyler Perry's House of Payne"". Her other series regular roles include Tv One sitcom ""The Rickey Smiley Show"", Bounce TV prime time soap opera ""Saints & Sinners"" and Syfy horror drama ""Superstition"". Her stage credits include playing Coretta Scott King in the Rhythm and Blues Opera ""I Dream"" (2010), and well as role of Deena Jones in ""Dreamgirls"" (2012). In 2017, McKinney played Whitney Houston in the TV One film ""Bobbi Kristina"". She released her"
"Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum as the Phantom and Christine. Originally, there was already a filming based on the musical in the early 1990s, with the main actors of the premiere: Michael Crawford as the phantom and Sarah Brightman as Christine. Brightman was married to Lloyd Webber at the time, but shortly before the planned pre-production the marriage was broken and the filming was canceled. Several researchers claim the character Christine Daaé was based upon the real-life Swedish-born opera star Christina Nilsson, also known as Kristina Nilsson or Christine Nilsson. This claim is unverified by any official source, but it"
"Patty Hearst (film) Patty Hearst is a 1988 American biographical film directed by Paul Schrader and stars Natasha Richardson as Hearst Corporation heiress Patricia Hearst and Ving Rhames as Symbionese Liberation Army leader Cinque. It is based on Hearst's 1982 autobiography ""Every Secret Thing"" (co-written with Alvin Moscow), which was later rereleased as ""Patty Hearst – Her Own Story"". The film depicts the kidnapping of student Patty Hearst by the Symbionese Liberation Army, her transformation into an active follower of the SLA after a long-lasting imprisonment and process of purported brainwashing, and her final arrest after a series of armed"
"later admitted that, with hindsight and the success Singleton made of her ""Blue Peter"" career, he was relieved at this decision. Sandra Michaels English actress Sandra Michaels was born in 1944. Her first television role was in March 1957, playing Phyllis in the second BBC adaptation of ""The Railway Children"". Later that year she appeared as Pamela Gwendolyn Stuart in ""The Adventures of Clint and Mac"", a British-made serial commissioned by Walt Disney Studios for The Mickey Mouse Club. Also in 1957 she played Caroline, a modern teenager who got up to mischief in the ITV sitcom ""The Thompsons"". She"
"Kate McKinnon Kathryn McKinnon Berthold (born January 6, 1984), known professionally as Kate McKinnon, is an American actress and comedian. She is widely known as a regular cast member on ""The Big Gay Sketch Show"" (2007–2010) and ""Saturday Night Live"" (2012–present). She is also known for her film roles as Dr. Jillian Holtzmann in the supernatural comedy ""Ghostbusters"" (2016), Mary Winetoss in the comedy ""Office Christmas Party"" (2016), Pippa in the comedy ""Rough Night"" (2017), and Morgan in the action comedy ""The Spy Who Dumped Me"" (2018). McKinnon is known for her character work and celebrity impressions of pop singer"
"Mary Philbin Mary Loretta Philbin (July 16, 1902 – May 7, 1993) was an American film actress of the silent film era, who is best known for playing the roles of Christine Daaé in the 1925 film ""The Phantom of the Opera "" opposite Lon Chaney, and as Dea in ""The Man Who Laughs"". Both roles cast her as the beauty in ""Beauty and the Beast""-type stories. Philbin was born on July 16, 1902 Chicago, Illinois into a middle-class Irish American family and raised Roman Catholic. Her father, John Philbin, was born in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, Ireland. Philbin began her"
"Christa Campbell Christa Campbell (born December 7, 1972) is an American actress and producer. Campbell is best known for her roles in ""2001 Maniacs"", ""Mozart and the Whale"", ""Lonely Hearts"", ""The Wicker Man"", ""Cleaner"", ""Day of the Dead"", ""Lies & Illusions"", ""The Mechanic"", ""Drive Angry"", ""Straight A's"", ""The Big Wedding"", and ""The Iceman"". In 2011 Campbell partnered up with producer Lati Grobman to form Campbell-Grobman Films, which has produced numerous films such as ""Texas Chainsaw 3D"", ""Straight A's"", and ""The Iceman"". Founded by executives Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman, Campbell-Grobman Films has produced seven films, including ""Texas Chainsaw 3D"" and"
"years of her life living at the Lillian Booth Actors Home. Susanna Foster died unexpectedly at 5:30 a.m. EST on . She had been residing at The Lillian Booth Actor's Home in Englewood, New Jersey since 2003. Susanna Foster Susanna Foster (born Suzanne DeLee Flanders Larson, December 6, 1924 – January 17, 2009) was an American film actress best known for her leading role as Christine in the 1943 film version of ""Phantom of the Opera"". Foster was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was taken to Hollywood at the age of twelve by MGM, who"
"a Texan, of English, Welsh, and French ancestry. She is married to actor Robert Pine. They are the parents of the actor Chris Pine and Katherine Pine. After retiring from acting, she and Katherine studied to become practicing psychotherapists. Gwynne Gilford Gloria Gwynne Gilford (born July 27, 1946) is a U.S. actress and psychotherapist. She appeared in several television series in the 1970s and 1980s, including ""A New Kind of Family"", ""The Young Lawyers"" and ""The Waverly Wonders"", and had roles in the films ""Beware! The Blob"" (1972), ""Satan's School for Girls"" (1973), ""Fade to Black"" (1980) and ""Masters of"
"Katherine Waterston Katherine Boyer Waterston (born March 3, 1980) is an English-American actress. She made her feature film debut in ""Michael Clayton"" (2007). She then had supporting roles in films including ""Robot & Frank,"" ""Being Flynn"" (both 2012) and ""The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her"" (2013) before her breakthrough performance as Shasta Fay Hepworth in Paul Thomas Anderson's ""Inherent Vice"" (2014). In 2015, she portrayed Chrisann Brennan in ""Steve Jobs"". She had a starring role as Tina Goldstein in the ""Harry Potter"" spin-off ""Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"" (2016), which she reprised in its . Other film roles"