Which actor starred with Sigorney Weaver and Melanie Griffithsin 'Working Girl'?
"Working Girl Working Girl is a 1988 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, written by Kevin Wade, and starring Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver. The film features a notable opening sequence following Manhattan-bound commuters on the Staten Island Ferry accompanied by Carly Simon's song ""Let the River Run"", for which she received the Academy Award for Best Song. The film was a box office hit, grossing a worldwide total of $103 million. Griffith was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, while both Weaver and Joan Cusack were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting"
"craftsmanship"". In her review for the ""Washington Post"", Rita Kempley described Melanie Griffith as ""luminous as Marilyn Monroe, as adorable as one of Disney's singing mice. She clearly has the stuff of a megastar, and the movie glows from her"". Janet Maslin, in her review for ""The New York Times"", wrote, ""Mike Nichols, who directed ""Working Girl"", also displays an uncharacteristically blunt touch, and in its later stages the story remains lively but seldom has the perceptiveness or acuity of Mr. Nichols's best work"". In his review for ""Time"", Richard Corliss wrote, ""Kevin Wade shows this in his smart screenplay,"
"which is full of the atmospheric pressures that allow stars to collide. Director Mike Nichols knows this in his bones. He encourages Weaver to play (brilliantly) an airy shrew. He gives Ford a boyish buoyancy and Griffith the chance to be a grownup mesmerizer"". The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: ""Working Girl"" was released on DVD in Widescreen format on April 17, 2001 by 20th Century Fox. Special features included two theatrical trailers and three TV spots. The film was released on Blu-ray Disc on January 6, 2015. The special features from the DVD release"
"Working Girl (TV series) Working Girl is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from April to July 1990. Loosely based on the 1988 film of the same name starring Melanie Griffith, the series stars Sandra Bullock as Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith's character in the film), in a role that was initially meant for Nancy McKeon. Tess McGill is a spunky, independent secretary who has suddenly become a junior executive after she charms company owner A.J. Trask. Tess' first challenge is to survive working with her antagonistic, uptight immediate boss, Mrs. Bryn Newhouse, otherwise known as the ""company witch."" Tess's"
"– ""Mississippi Burning""<br> 3. Dustin Hoffman – ""Rain Man""<br> 3. Max von Sydow – ""Pelle the Conqueror"" (""Pelle erobreren"") 1. Judy Davis – ""High Tide""<br> 2. Jodie Foster – ""The Accused""<br> 3. Carmen Maura – ""Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown"" (""Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios"")<br> 3. Melanie Griffith – ""Working Girl""<br> 3. Barbara Hershey – ""A World Apart"" 1. Dean Stockwell – ""Married to the Mob"" and """"<br> 2. Alec Guinness – ""Little Dorrit""<br> 3. Tim Robbins – ""Bull Durham"" 1. Mercedes Ruehl – ""Married to the Mob""<br> 2. Lena Olin – ""The Unbearable"
"Melanie Griffith Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American film, stage, and television actress, and film producer. She began her career in the 1970s, appearing in several independent thriller films before achieving mainstream success in the mid-1980s. Born in New York City to actress Tippi Hedren and advertising executive Peter Griffith, she was raised mainly in Los Angeles, where she graduated from the Hollywood Professional School at age sixteen. In 1975, a then seventeen-year-old Griffith appeared opposite Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's film noir ""Night Moves"". She later rose to prominence for her role portraying a pornographic"
"performance, and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. The film marked a professional shift for Griffith earning her accolades as an A-list actress, characterized in a 1989 ""Rolling Stone"" piece: ""Before ""Working Girl"", Melanie Griffith was known mostly for her beautiful body and the way that nearly half her directors suggested she expose it."" Griffith and Bauer separated prior to her appearance in ""Working Girl"". Griffith later admitted to having problems with cocaine and liquor after her split from Bauer. ""What I did was drink myself to sleep at night,"" she said. ""If"
"Jason Weaver Jason Michael Weaver (born July 18, 1979), also known by his stage name J-Weav, is an American actor and singer best known for his roles as Marcus Henderson on The WB sitcom ""Smart Guy,"" Jerome Turrell on the short-lived ABC sitcom ""Thea"" from 1993–1994, and the pre-teenaged Michael Jackson on the 1992 ABC miniseries "". Jason was also the singing voice of the young Simba in Walt Disney Feature Animation's 1994 film The Lion King.[1] One of Weaver's earliest acting roles was on Oprah Winfrey's 1990 television series ""Brewster Place"". He went on to portray a young Michael"
"2001, in Santa Fe, New Mexico from complications from emphysema. Peter Griffith Peter Atwill Griffith (October 23, 1933 – May 14, 2001) was an American advertising executive and child stage actor, appearing on Broadway a few times. His daughters Melanie Griffith and Tracy Griffith and his granddaughter Dakota Johnson became actresses. Griffith was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Hilda (née Atwill) and Ben E. Griffith. He had one sister, Sally Ann Griffith. His mother managed his stage acting career as he worked as a child actor, appearing on Broadway a few times. Griffith married five times. In 1952,"
"after four episodes owing to low ratings. In February 2011, Tierney made her debut at the Gate Theatre in the Dublin premiere of Yasmina Reza's ""God of Carnage"" (translation by Christopher Hampton) alongside Ardal O'Hanlon. Also in 2011, Tierney appeared in one episode of The Office (S8E9: Mrs. California) as Robert California's wife. In September 2012, Tierney began a recurring role on the CBS legal drama ""The Good Wife"", playing Maddie Hayward. In 2013, Tierney joined the cast of Showtime's ""The Affair"", playing Helen Solloway, for which she won the Golden Globe Award in 2016. In 2018, Tierney joined the"
"take you guys such a long time to give me this award?"""" In December 1980, Sam Levene died of a heart attack in New York City. https://www.bard.org/news/nathan-detroits-through-time Sam Levene Sam Levene (born Scholem Lewin, August 28, 1905 – December 28, 1980) was an American Broadway and film actor, who originated numerous legendary roles in 33 original Broadway productions, many considered a part of American theatrical history, including Nathan Detroit in ""Guys and Dolls"" (1950), Horace Vandergelder in ""The Matchmaker"" (1954), Sidney Black in ""Light Up the Sky"" (1948), Patsy in ""Three Men on a Horse"" (1935), Al Lewis in ""The"
"Angeles helping to lead Walk for Kids, a community 5k, to raise funds as part of the hospital's community awareness efforts in support of the opening of a new state-of-the-art pediatric inpatient facility. She also participated in the hospital's 2012 ""Noche de Niños"" gala as a presenter of a Courage to Care Award. Melanie Griffith Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American film, stage, and television actress, and film producer. She began her career in the 1970s, appearing in several independent thriller films before achieving mainstream success in the mid-1980s. Born in New York City to actress"
"Sam Levene Sam Levene (born Scholem Lewin, August 28, 1905 – December 28, 1980) was an American Broadway and film actor, who originated numerous legendary roles in 33 original Broadway productions, many considered a part of American theatrical history, including Nathan Detroit in ""Guys and Dolls"" (1950), Horace Vandergelder in ""The Matchmaker"" (1954), Sidney Black in ""Light Up the Sky"" (1948), Patsy in ""Three Men on a Horse"" (1935), Al Lewis in ""The Sunshine Boys"" (1972). Sam Levene also established himself as one of the great noir stalwarts with a long list of film noir credits, a cinematic term used"
"Peter Griffith Peter Atwill Griffith (October 23, 1933 – May 14, 2001) was an American advertising executive and child stage actor, appearing on Broadway a few times. His daughters Melanie Griffith and Tracy Griffith and his granddaughter Dakota Johnson became actresses. Griffith was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Hilda (née Atwill) and Ben E. Griffith. He had one sister, Sally Ann Griffith. His mother managed his stage acting career as he worked as a child actor, appearing on Broadway a few times. Griffith married five times. In 1952, at age 18, he married 22-year-old Tippi Hedren, who later"
"Ciarán Griffiths Ciarán Joseph Griffiths (; born 3 March 1983; Manchester, England) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Gary Best in ""The Bill"" and Micky Maguire in ""Shameless"". In 2018, he made a guest appearance in BBC soap opera EastEnders, playing the role of Milo from 1 January to 2 January. Griffiths attended St Mary's RC High School in Astley near Leigh, between 1994 and 1999; it was during this time that he starred in ""Children's Ward"" at the age of thirteen. Aside from his long-running roles in ""The Bill"" and ""Shameless"", Griffiths has made guest"
"fields of film, television, theater and music. ★ Bold indicates the winner in each category. ★ Sean Astin - ""Staying Together"" (Hemdale Film Corporation) ★ Winona Ryder - ""Great Balls of Fire!"" (Orion Pictures) ★ ""'Hugh O'Conor - ""My Left Foot"" (Miramax Films) ★ Gaby Hoffmann - ""Field of Dreams"" (Universal Studios) ★ Brian Austin Green - ""Adventures in Babysitting"" (Walt Disney Television) ★ Juliet Sorcey - """" (CBS) ★ Neil Patrick Harris - ""Doogie Howser, M.D."" (ABC) ★ Jodie Sweetin - ""Full House"" (ABC) ★ Malcolm-Jamal Warner - ""The Cosby Show"" (NBC) ★ Andrea Barber - ""Full House"" (ABC)"
"after eight of the twelve episodes produced aired. The series was created by Kimberly Hill and Tom Patchett. Kenneth Kaufman and Tom Patchett served as executive producers. ""Let the River Run"" (which was also featured in the motion picture) was the series' theme song. The series briefly reran on TV Land in the 1990s after Bullock became a major motion-picture star. Working Girl (TV series) Working Girl is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from April to July 1990. Loosely based on the 1988 film of the same name starring Melanie Griffith, the series stars Sandra Bullock as Tess"
"Five"". In 2012 Lissauer resurfaced with a new music project called Animal Cloud with Glass Plastiks drummer Keith Tenenbaum. Animal Cloud is influenced by bands such as MGMT, Empire Of The Sun, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, and M83. Trevor Lissauer Trevor Ryan Lissauer (born October 29, 1973) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his role as Miles Goodman in the sitcom ""Sabrina, the Teenage Witch"". Lissauer was born in Dallas, Texas, to a Jewish family. Lissauer began his acting career in 1992 by booking his very first audition which was for a Roger Corman film called"
"executives for the title role in the TV sitcom adaptation of the 1988 film ""Working Girl""; the role, played by Melanie Griffith in the movie, instead went to then unknown Sandra Bullock for the TV series. In 1994, both McKeon and Courteney Cox auditioned for the role of Monica Geller on ""Friends."" The role went to the latter. When asked in interviews about the auditions, McKeon said, ""I have no hard feelings. The role went to the right person. Courteney was brilliant. Now, I can't see anybody playing the role, not even myself."" In 1995, she starred in her own"
"Marilyn Monroe Christopher Plummer – ""Beginners"" as Hal Fields Carey Mulligan – ""Shame"" as Sissy Sullivan Carnage Jessica Chastain – ""The Help"", ""Take Shelter"" and ""The Tree of Life"" as Celia Foote, Samantha LaForche, and Mrs. O’Brien ""Moneyball"" – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Tabloid Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" Daniel Day-Lewis – ""Lincoln"" as Abraham Lincoln Jennifer Lawrence – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" as Tiffany Maxwell Robert De Niro – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" as Patrizio ""Pat"" Solitano, Sr. ""'Anne Hathaway – ""Les Misérables"" as Fantine Lincoln Zoe Kazan – ""Ruby Sparks"" Silver Linings Playbook"" –"
"feature, ""Weather Girl"", with an ensemble cast that boasted Tricia O'Kelley, Mark Harmon, Jon Cryer and Jane Lynch. ""Weather Girl"" enjoyed an extensive festival run followed by a ten-city theatrical and a worldwide television and DVD release. Weaver wrote, directed and stars in his next feature film ""6 Month Rule"" with a cast featuring Martin Starr, Jaime Pressly, John Michael Higgins and Dave Foley. In 2016, Weaver wrote and directed ""Cut to the Chase"", a feature film he also starred in about an ex-con that sets out in search of his kidnapped sister through the criminal underbelly of Shreveport, Louisiana."
"actress in Brian De Palma's thriller ""Body Double"" (1984), which earned her a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Griffith's subsequent performance in the comedy ""Something Wild"" (1986) garnered critical acclaim before she was cast in 1988's ""Working Girl"", which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her a Golden Globe. The 1990s saw Griffith in a series of roles which received varying critical reception: she received Golden Globe nominations for her performances in ""Buffalo Girls"" (1995), and as Marion Davies in ""RKO 281"" (1999), while also earning a Golden"
"8. ""Jeff Bridges, True Grit"" 9. ""Dominic Cooper, The Devil's Double"" 10. ""Neil Maskell, Kill List"" tied with ""Peter Mullan, Tyrannosaur"" 1. Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life 2. ""Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin"" 3. ""Natalie Portman, Black Swan"" 4. ""Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine"" 5. ""Kirsten Dunst, Melancholia"" 6. ""Emily Watson, Oranges and Sunshine"" 7. ""Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit"" 8. ""Olivia Colman, Tyrannosaur"" 9. ""Jackie Weaver, Animal Kingdom"" tie with ""Yun Jung-hee, Poetry"" 10. ""Viola Davis, The Help"" 1. Senna 2. ""Project Nim"" 3. ""Inside Job"" 4. ""Cave of Forgotten Dreams"" 5. ""Knuckle"" 6. ""Bobby Fischer Against"
"Girl (1998 film) Girl is a 1998 American drama film starring Dominique Swain, Christopher Masterson, Selma Blair, Tara Reid, Summer Phoenix, Portia de Rossi and Sean Patrick Flanery. It was based on the novel of the same name, written by Blake Nelson. It was written by Blake Nelson and David E. Tolchinsky and directed by Jonathan Kahn. Andrea Marr (Dominique Swain) is a bright, straight-A, 18-year-old high school senior living a sheltered life in rural Washington. She has 2 close friends, bookish Darcy (Selma Blair) and rebellious, aspiring rock star Cybil (Tara Reid). Andrea is insecure and confused at her"
"Campbell (4), Gracie Carvalho, Helena Christensen, Cindy Crawford, Emanuela de Paula, Waris Dirie, Yamila Díaz, Lily Donaldson, Isabeli Fontana (8), Magdalena Frackowiak, Saskia de Brauw, Sonny Freeman Drane, Gigi Hadid, Bridget Hall, Filippa Hamilton, Miranda Kerr, Karlie Kloss, Heidi Klum, Karolína Kurková (3), Noémie Lenoir, Adriana Lima (3), Daisy Lowe, Angela Lindvall, Lakshmi Menon, Kate Moss (3), Petra Nemcová, Sasha Pivovarova, Natasha Poly, Frankie Rayder, Coco Rocha, RuPaul, Anja Rubik, Joan Smalls, Lara Stone (3), Fernanda Tavares, Caroline Trentini, Christy Turlington, Guinevere Van Seenus, Edita Vilkeviciute, Natalia Vodianova (5), Alek Wek (3), Daria Werbowy and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Actresses: Patricia Arquette,"
"– ""Shattered Glass""<br> 2. Tim Robbins – ""Mystic River""<br> 3. Alec Baldwin – ""The Cooler"" 1. Patricia Clarkson – ""Pieces of April"" and ""The Station Agent""<br> 2. Maria Bello – ""The Cooler""<br> 3. Shohreh Aghdashloo – ""House of Sand and Fog"" 1. Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini – ""American Splendor""<br> 2. Brian Helgeland – ""Mystic River""<br> 3. Craig Lucas – ""The Secret Lives of Dentists"" 1. Russell Boyd – """"<br> 2. Lance Acord – ""Lost in Translation""<br> 3. Harris Savides – ""Elephant"" 1. ""The Man Without a Past"" (""Mies vailla menneisyyttä"")<br> 2. ""The Triplets of Belleville"" (""Les triplettes de"
"Josh Robert Thompson Josh Robert Thompson (born March 11, 1975) is an American voice actor, actor, comedian, and impressionist. He is best known for his work on ""The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson"", providing the voice of robot skeleton Geoff Peterson along with numerous characters and impersonations, as well as his celebrity impersonations on ""Family Guy"" and ""The Howard Stern Show"". He appeared in a lead role in the 2014 romantic comedy ""Nowhere Girl"". Thompson is known for his celebrity impressions, including Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Matthew McConaughey. Thompson grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, ""raised"
"years at the University of Tennessee where she became interested in acting and dropped out in 1987. Tracy Griffith played supporting roles in some films in which her half-sister Melanie starred, such as ""Fear City"" (1985) and ""Crazy in Alabama"" (1999). After college, Griffith worked in Hollywood and New York for the next 12 years. Her acting credits include ""The Guiding Light"", ""The Good Mother"" (1988); ""Fast Food"" (1989); ""The First Power"" (1990); ""The Finest Hour"" (1991); ""All Tied Up"" (1993); ""21 Jump Street""; Lifetime's ""Their Second Chance"", and the miniseries """". She was also a regular on the ABC"
"romance, ""The Year of Living Dangerously"" features excellent performances from Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver as a pair of journalists covering political unrest in Indonesia."" Metacritic reports a 65 out of 100 rating based on 9 critics, indicating ""generally favorable reviews"". Film critic Roger Ebert of the ""Chicago Sun-Times"" gave the film four out of four stars and praised Hunt's performance: ""Billy Kwan is played, astonishingly, by a woman—Linda Hunt, a New York stage actress who enters the role so fully that it never occurs to us that she is not a man. This is what great acting is, a"
"in London, in 2003 she made her Broadway debut in a revival of the musical ""Chicago"", receiving celebratory reviews. In the 2010s, Griffith returned to film, starring opposite former husband Antonio Banderas in the science fiction film ""Autómata"" (2014) and as an acting coach in James Franco's ""The Disaster Artist"" (2017). Melane Richards Griffith was born on August 9, 1957 in Manhattan, New York City, to actress Tippi Hedren and Peter Griffith, a former child stage actor and advertising executive. Griffith's maternal ancestry is Swedish, Norwegian, and German. Her parents separated when she was two years old, after which she"
"teaching Pilates. Melanie Walters Melanie Walters (born 1962) is a Welsh actress who has worked frequently in television. She is best known for playing Gwen West in the BBC comedy-drama ""Gavin & Stacey"". Walters was born and raised in the Mumbles, near Swansea. Her father died when she was very young, leaving her mother to raise four children under four years old. In 1973, aged 11, she took over her brother's paper round, covering Mumbles Head every day, an experience she described at length on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012. When she was 14 she qualified as a lifeguard,"
"Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kadeem Hardison, Jamie Kennedy, Heather Langenkamp, Rose McGowan, Cillian Murphy, Mitch Pileggi, Kristy Swanson and Amanda Wyss. Depp stated, ""Wes Craven was the guy who gave me my start, from my perspective, for almost no reason in particular. I read scenes with his daughter when I auditioned for the part. At the time, I was a musician. I wasn't really acting. It was not anything very near to my brain or my heart, which is pretty much how it remains to this day. But Wes Craven was brave enough to give me the gig based on his"
"in to watch her antics."" ""The Herald""'s Neil Cooper was a fan of both the actress and the character, quipping ""Cowden was the only real point to ""Neighbours"" for three years in the late eighties, the only real spark of ironic life beyond the ready-made airbrushed froth. Or rather Melanie, the character Cowden didn't so much play as wore like a Day-Glo romper suit crash coursing her way through the 'hood, was. Melanie was a hilarious cartoon creation, a ditzy, daffy, polka-dotted, colour-clashing surrealist heart-throb who occupied a planet made in her own garish image, before hitching up with boy-next-door"