"Hairspray (1988 film) Hairspray is a 1988 American dance comedy film written and directed by John Waters, and starring Ricki Lake, Divine, Debbie Harry, Sonny Bono, Jerry Stiller, Leslie Ann Powers, Colleen Fitzpatrick, and Michael St. Gerard. ""Hairspray"" was a dramatic departure from Waters's earlier works, with a much broader intended audience. ""Hairspray""s PG is the mildest rating a Waters film has received; most of his previous films were rated X by the MPAA. Set in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, the film revolves around self-proclaimed ""pleasantly plump"" teenager Tracy Turnblad as she pursues stardom as a dancer on a local TV"
"Nikki Blonsky Nicole Margaret ""Nikki"" Blonsky (born November 9, 1988) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is best known for her role as Tracy Turnblad in the 2007 film ""Hairspray"" and as Maggie Baker in the 2008 film ""Queen Sized."" She is also known for her starring role in the ABC Family original series ""Huge."" Blonsky was born and raised in Great Neck, New York. She and her brother Joey are the children of Karen, a school aide, and Carl Blonsky, a municipal worker for the village water pollution control district. She is of Czech and Irish descent"
"both felt the number did not adequately advance the plot. As a result, ""Mama"" was reluctantly dropped from the film during pre-production, although it is used by Shaiman as an instrumental number when the ""Corny Collins"" kids dance the ""Stricken Chicken"". A special version of ""Mama"" was recorded for the film's end credits in May 2007, during the final score recording process, which featured vocals from each of the three women most famous for portraying Tracy Turnblad: Ricki Lake from the 1988 film, Marissa Jaret Winokur from the original Broadway cast, and Nikki Blonsky from the 2007 film. Harvey Fierstein,"
"Blonsky said that she yearned to play the role of Tracy Turnblad since seeing ""Hairspray"" on Broadway on her 15th birthday. She went on to audition for her dream role in 2006. Later that year, while working at Cold Stone Creamery, she found out she had been cast in Adam Shankman's 2007 film adaptation. Hairspray went on to become Nikki’s most successful film. Nikki was also honored with multiple award nominations, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Lead Actress - Comedy or Musical, SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, and was featured on"
"is the great-niece of two famous American writers: S. J. Perelman and Nathanael West. Marissa Jaret Winokur Marissa Jaret Winokur (born February 2, 1973), sometimes credited as Marissa Winokur, is an American actress known for her Tony-winning performance as Tracy Turnblad in the highly successful Broadway musical ""Hairspray,"" an adaptation of John Waters's film, as well as her work on the Pamela Anderson sitcom ""Stacked."" Some of her other TV credits include ""Curb Your Enthusiasm,"" ""Moesha,"" ""The Steve Harvey Show,"" ""Just Shoot Me!,"" ""Felicity,"" and ""Dharma & Greg."" She was a contestant on the popular reality competition series ""Dancing With"
"Marissa Jaret Winokur Marissa Jaret Winokur (born February 2, 1973), sometimes credited as Marissa Winokur, is an American actress known for her Tony-winning performance as Tracy Turnblad in the highly successful Broadway musical ""Hairspray,"" an adaptation of John Waters's film, as well as her work on the Pamela Anderson sitcom ""Stacked."" Some of her other TV credits include ""Curb Your Enthusiasm,"" ""Moesha,"" ""The Steve Harvey Show,"" ""Just Shoot Me!,"" ""Felicity,"" and ""Dharma & Greg."" She was a contestant on the popular reality competition series ""Dancing With the Stars"" and went on to host the similar ""Dance Your Ass Off."" From"
"International Airport in the Turks and Caicos. Golden, Blonsky, and Blonsky's father were all charged with assault. That December, the charges against Blonsky and Golden were dropped. In 2011, Blonsky earned a cosmetology license, and began working part-time as a hairstylist and make-up artist in her hometown of Great Neck, New York in between acting auditions. Nikki Blonsky Nicole Margaret ""Nikki"" Blonsky (born November 9, 1988) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is best known for her role as Tracy Turnblad in the 2007 film ""Hairspray"" and as Maggie Baker in the 2008 film ""Queen Sized."" She is"
"featured Corbin Bleu (Seaweed J. Stubbs), Drew Carey (Wilbur), Diana DeGarmo (Penny), Mo Gaffney (Prudy and others), Nick Jonas (Link Larkin), Darlene Love (Motormouth Maybelle), Susan Anton (Velma Von Tussle), and John Stamos (Corny Collins). The first international production opened in Toronto at the Princess of Wales Theatre in April 2004 and ran for 245 performances. Vanessa Olivarez, a former ""American Idol"" contestant, starred as Tracy, and Jay Brazeau starred as Edna. Stephanie Pitsiladis, cast as the standby for Vanessa, is the first Canadian to have portrayed the role of Tracy Turnblad. A South African production opened in Johannesburg in"
"Latifah, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, Allison Janney, and Nikki Blonsky in her feature film debut. Set in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, the film follows the ""pleasantly plump"" teenager Tracy Turnblad as she pursues stardom as a dancer on a local TV show and rallies against racial segregation. The film began development in 2004, and Dixon reworked Meehan and O'Donnell's first draft of the screenplay to tone down the musical's campiness. In 2005, Shankman agreed to direct the film. Composer/lyricist Marc Shaiman and lyricist Scott Wittman reworked their songs from the Broadway musical for the film's soundtrack, and also wrote"
"show's run by Augusta Dabney. Prince and Dabney became real-life husband and wife in 1964. The show was a sophisticated blend of hospital drama, family life and urbane humor. Tracey's father, foundry president Emory Bannister (Judson Laire), regretted his second marriage to neurotic social-climber Clare (Lesley Woods). After Emory died, Clare married a kindred spirit, slithery operator Lionel Steele (Martin Blaine), who later realized he had a conscience. Lionel's nephew Larry Renfrew (Dick Van Patten) was a small-time wheeler-dealer who married the Malones' daughter Jill (Freda Holloway, Kathleen Widdoes, Sarah Hardy) while Diana Hyland—Van Patten's future on-screen wife on ""Eight"
"call to cast unknowns in Atlanta, New York City, and Chicago. After auditioning over eleven hundred candidates, Nikki Blonsky a high school student from Great Neck, New York was chosen for the lead role of Tracy. Nikki Blonsky auditioned for the role of Tracy Turnblad in New York City in 2006 at eighteen years old. She had no previous professional experience in acting or in singing. Blonsky had auditioned for the role because it became her dream to play the role of Tracy after seeing the musical on Broadway. Blonsky, working at Cold Stone Creamery at the time, received the"
"Leanne Jones Leanne Jones (born 21 March 1985) is a British actress best known for her role as Tracy Turnblad in the West End production of the musical ""Hairspray"". In 2008, she won both the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical and the Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical and the Critics Circle Award for Best Newcomer. Jones was born in Stoke on Trent and grew up in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, where she attended St Ivo School, before studying at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in Wood Green, north London, graduating in 2006."
"99% capacity; for 2007 it averaged 86%. A film version was released in July 2007. The film was directed and choreographed by Adam Shankman and starred John Travolta as Edna Turnblad, Christopher Walken as Wilbur Turnblad, Queen Latifah as Maybelle, Michelle Pfeiffer as Velma Von Tussle, James Marsden as Corny Collins, and Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad. Hugh Jackman and Joey McIntyre were both considered to play the role of Corny Collins, but lost to Jackman's ""X-Men"" co-star Marsden. NBC's ""Hairspray Live!"", directed by Kenny Leon and Alex Rudzinski, aired in December 2016 to mostly positive reviews. Sources: PlaybillVault; Internet"
"she married Stephen Porter. Leanne Jones Leanne Jones (born 21 March 1985) is a British actress best known for her role as Tracy Turnblad in the West End production of the musical ""Hairspray"". In 2008, she won both the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical and the Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical and the Critics Circle Award for Best Newcomer. Jones was born in Stoke on Trent and grew up in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, where she attended St Ivo School, before studying at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in Wood Green, north"
"television in February 2010, but in the end it did not broadcast that month, instead the film was pushed back and premiered on USA on July 24, 2010, with sister channel Bravo also showing it multiple times, and in February 2011 aired on ABC for over-the-air broadcasts. In 1962, Tracy Turnblad is a heavyset high school student living in Baltimore. Along with her best friend Penny Pingleton, Tracy frequently watches ""The Corny Collins Show"", a local teen dance television show. The teenagers who dance on the show attend Tracy and Penny's high school, among them Amber von Tussle and her"
"Tara Reid Tara Donna Reid (born November 8, 1975) is an American actress. She is known for playing Vicky in the films ""American Pie"" (1999), ""American Pie 2"" (2001) and ""American Reunion"" (2012), and Bunny Lebowski in ""The Big Lebowski"" (1998). In 2013, she starred as April Wexler in the television film ""Sharknado"", and went on to reprise the role in five sequels (2013–2018). Reid made her film debut in ""A Return to Salem's Lot"" in 1987. Her other film appearances include ""Urban Legend"" (1998), ""Dr. T & the Women"" (2000), ""Josie and the Pussycats"" (2001), ""Van Wilder"" (2002), ""My"
"Cass Timberlane Cass Timberlane is a romantic drama film starring Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner and Zachary Scott, directed by George Sidney, and released in 1948. It was based on the 1945 novel ""Cass Timberlane: A Novel of Husbands and Wives"" by Sinclair Lewis, which was Lewis' nineteenth novel and one of his last. Former Congressman and now Judge Cass Timberlane is a middle-aged, incorruptible, highly respected man who enjoys good books and playing the flute. He falls for Ginny, a much younger girl from a lower class in his small Minnesota town. At first, the marriage is happy, but Ginny"
"production of ""Sister Act"", which opened on April 20, 2011. Marissa Perry Marissa Perry (born May 5, 1985) is an American actress and singer born in Waterbury, Connecticut. Perry most recently acted in the Broadway musical ""Hairspray"" in the leading role of Tracy Turnblad. Perry had been playing Tracy Turnblad in the Weston Playhouse production of ""Hairspray"" in Weston, Vermont when the writers of ""Hairspray"", Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, saw her performance and encouraged her to audition for the Broadway production. Shortly thereafter, she was cast as the understudy for the role and was eventually promoted to playing the"
"End cast. The first amateur MTI production was produced at the French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts in the summer of 2008. The Junior version released by MTI excludes the musical numbers ""I Can Hear the Bells"", ""(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs"", ""Velma's Revenge"", ""You're Timeless to Me"", and ""Big, Blonde, and Beautiful"". ""Hairspray"" was the next live musical to be produced by NBC, and was broadcast on December 7, 2016. Newcomer Maddie Baillio was chosen to play Tracy Turnblad. Jennifer Hudson and Harvey Fierstein starred as Motormouth Maybelle and Edna Turnblad, respectively. Martin Short portrayed Wilbur Turnblad"
"Dina Spybey Dina Spybey (born August 29, 1965) is an American actress. She has appeared in more than 20 films, including ""John Q."", ""subUrbia"" and ""The Haunted Mansion"". She is perhaps best known for her role as Tracy Montrose Blair on the first season of ""Six Feet Under"". She played ""young Elise Eliot"" in ""The First Wives Club"". She was in ""Greg the Bunny"", and ""Remember WENN"", and also played a stripper colleague of Demi Moore's in ""Striptease"". She played a supporting role in her husband Mark Waters' film ""Just Like Heaven"" (2005). She had a small role in Waters'"
"stage show but cut and only used in the film, was not added. (An instrumental version of the song is, however, heard very briefly as a bit of background music.) In addition to adapting the book, Fierstein reprised his performance of Edna Turnblad from the Broadway musical; Greenblatt felt that his performance of Edna was ""iconic"", and that his involvement with ""Hairspray Live!"" made it ""come full circle"". NBC cast the lead role of Tracy Turnblad through an open call in New York City, hoping to repeat the ""phenomenal discovery"" of Shanice Williams for ""The Wiz"". The role went to"
"auditions. They hired Winokur to work with them on the project with the understanding she might be replaced later. One year later, Winokur was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Certain she would lose the role if the creative team learned about her condition, she underwent a hysterectomy without telling anyone but her immediate family. The treatment and surgery succeeded, and Winokur returned to the project. Meanwhile, Marshall had started work on ""Chicago"", and Lion hired Jack O'Brien and Jerry Mitchell to direct and to choreograph, respectively. Winokur was one of the first to audition for the role of Tracy Turnblad and"
"Trick or Treat (1986 film) Trick or Treat (also known as Ragman and Death at 33 RPM in foreign markets) is a 1986 American supernatural horror film by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, starring Marc Price and Tony Fields, with special appearances by Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne. The film centers around a teenager who is haunted by the ghost of his rock hero. It is the directorial debut of actor Charles Martin Smith, who co-stars in the film. High school outcast Eddie Weinbauer (Marc Price) is writing a letter to his hero, heavy metal musician Sammi Curr (Tony Fields). A"
"Keith Alexander (actor) Keith Alexander (fl. 1966) is a British actor. Alexander's television credits include ""Softly, Softly"" (1966), ""The New Avengers"" (1976), ""Minder"" (1979) and ""The Day of the Triffids"" (1981). On the big screen, he has had roles in ""Submarine X-1"" (1968), ""Superman"" (1978), ""Hanover Street"" (1979) and ""All About a Prima Ballerina"" (1980). He has also featured in some of the productions of Gerry Anderson. In addition to voicing the character of John Tracy in the 1968 film ""Thunderbird 6"" (also serving as the film's narrator), Alexander voiced Sam Loover and numerous supporting characters in the television series"
"Olivia Hack Olivia Cathrine Hack (born June 16, 1983) is an American actress and voice actress, best known for providing the voice of Rhonda Wellington Lloyd in Nickelodeon's ""Hey Arnold!"", and for playing Cindy Brady in the 1990s theatrical ""Brady Bunch"" films. She has also done voice work for ""Fillmore!"", ""Bratz"" as Cloe, ""Family Guy"", ""Blood+"" and """" as Ty Lee. She appeared in ""Star Trek Generations"", ""Party of Five"" and ""Gilmore Girls"". As a child actress, Hack appeared in her first commercial spot when she was eight months old. ""Entertainment Weekly"" noted the authenticity of Hack's reprisal of Cindy"
"$47,789,074 at the box office, making it a moderate success at the box office. It was also nominated for two Razzie Awards including Worst Supporting Actor for Gilbert Gottfried and Worst Supporting Actress for Roseanne Barr. Look Who's Talking Too Look Who's Talking Too is a 1990 American romantic comedy film and a sequel to director Amy Heckerling's 1989 comedy ""Look Who's Talking"". The film stars the original cast members John Travolta and Kirstie Alley as James and Mollie Ubriacco, the parents of Mikey (voiced by Bruce Willis), a toddler coping with the newest addition to the family, baby Julie"
"with her father, a taxi driver, and her mother, a school secretary. Abby Rakic-Platt Abby Rakic-Platt (born 3 May 1993) is a British actress best known for her performances in the television series ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" on the children's channel CBBC as Jackie Hopper. She appeared in a 2010 Sainsbury's Christmas advert. She attended Highams Park School and Grey Coat Hospital secondary school, both in London, England, and has four younger siblings, Maddie, Jaime and Eloise Rakic-Platt who are also actresses. Rakic-Platt's maternal grandfather is from Yugoslavia. Rakic-Platt was trained at the Anna Scher Theatre School, attending from"
"""Unholy Alliance"" Part 1 and Part 2, returning in season 4 in the episode ""Double Jeopardy"". She also played Spencer's mom in ""Good Luck Charlie"". She appeared in a season 7 episode of ""Seinfeld"" as Holly, Elaine's cousin and Jerry's current love interest. She attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and graduated from USC with a degree in film. Her brother is actor and comedian Greg Travis. Stacey Travis Stacey Travis (born August 29, 1966) is an American actress whose films include ""Earth Girls Are Easy"" (1988), ""Hardware"" (1990), ""The Super"" (1991), ""Traffic"" (2000), and ""Ghost World"""
"Not of This Earth (1988 film) Not of This Earth is a 1988 science fiction horror comedy film, directed by Jim Wynorski and starring Traci Lords in her first mainstream role after her departure from the adult film industry. It is a remake of Roger Corman's 1957 film of the same name, written by Charles B. Griffith and Mark Hanna. ""Not of This Earth"" was made as a result of a wager where Wynorski bet he could remake the film in the same (inflation-adjusted) budget and schedule as the 1957 version by Corman. Nadine Story (Traci Lords) is a nurse"
"Raven Goodwin Raven Shamira Goodwin (born June 24, 1992) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Teddy Duncan's best friend Ivy Wentz, on the Disney Channel Original Series ""Good Luck Charlie"" and as Tangie Cunningham on the Nickelodeon original television series ""Just Jordan"", which starred Lil' JJ. Goodwin first appeared as Annie Marks in the 2001 film ""Lovely & Amazing"" and two years later, as Cleo in the 2003 film ""The Station Agent"". She also played the main role of Becca on the ABC Family original series ""Huge"" before its cancellation. She is currently playing the role"
"Evan Rachel Wood Evan Rachel Wood (born September 7, 1987) is an American actress, model, and musician. She began acting in the 1990s, appearing in several television series, including ""American Gothic"" (1995–96) and ""Once and Again"" (1999–2002). Wood made her debut as a leading film actress at the age of eleven in ""Digging to China"" (1998) and garnered acclaim for her Golden Globe-nominated role as the troubled teenager Tracy Freeland in the teen drama film ""Thirteen"" (2003). Wood continued acting mostly in independent films, including ""Pretty Persuasion"" (2005), ""Down in the Valley"" (2005), ""Running with Scissors"" (2006), and in the"
"Stacey Travis Stacey Travis (born August 29, 1966) is an American actress whose films include ""Earth Girls Are Easy"" (1988), ""Hardware"" (1990), ""The Super"" (1991), ""Traffic"" (2000), and ""Ghost World"" (2001). Travis starred on the comedy television series ""Just Say Julie"" from 1989–1992 where she played a variety of characters. She also starred on the short-lived 1998 television series """" as ""Cruise Director Suzanne Zimmerman"". Travis has made guest appearances on US TV shows, including ""Diagnosis Murder"", ""ER"", ""Desperate Housewives"", ""Picket Fences"", ""Angel"" as ""Senator Helen Brucker"" in season 5, and """" as ""Renee Delaney"" in the season 2 episodes"
"Abby Rakic-Platt Abby Rakic-Platt (born 3 May 1993) is a British actress best known for her performances in the television series ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" on the children's channel CBBC as Jackie Hopper. She appeared in a 2010 Sainsbury's Christmas advert. She attended Highams Park School and Grey Coat Hospital secondary school, both in London, England, and has four younger siblings, Maddie, Jaime and Eloise Rakic-Platt who are also actresses. Rakic-Platt's maternal grandfather is from Yugoslavia. Rakic-Platt was trained at the Anna Scher Theatre School, attending from the age of 7 or 8 to 18. Rakic-Platt lives in Walthamstow"