"Nanny and the Professor Nanny and the Professor is an American sitcom created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century-Fox Television. During pre-production, the proposed title was ""Nanny Will Do"". Playing upon the popularity of ""Mary Poppins"" and other magical nannies of literature, this TV series posited another ostensibly magical British nanny taking care of a family in need of guidance. Unlike the candid ""magicality"" of its forebears, this Nanny's paranormal nature was less overt and only implied. The Nanny's young wards, as well as the audience, were left intentionally uncertain of the nature of Nanny's ""powers"","
"Academy Award for Best Actress. British film magazine ""Empire"" included Poppins (as played by Andrews) in their 2011 list of 100 greatest movie characters. A quintessential English nanny, Mary Poppins is a slightly stern but caring woman, who uses magic and self-control to take care of the Banks children. She is usually identifiable by her sensible hat and parrot umbrella which she brings with her wherever she goes on outings. She is kind towards the children, but can be firm when needed. She is ""practically perfect in every way."" In the film version, she is a young woman, with an"
"much time with their children. Instead, they hire a nanny (Julie Andrews) who takes Jane and Michael on magical adventures designed to teach them—and their parents—about the importance of family. ""Poppins"" was Disney's biggest commercial success at the time and won five Academy Awards, making its stars world-famous. Dotrice and Garber were praised for their natural screen presence; critic Bosley Crowther wrote, ""the kids ... are just as they should be,"" while author Brian Sibley said, ""these charming, delightful young people provided a wonderful centre for the film."" Dotrice and Garber paired up a third time in ""The Gnome-Mobile"" (1967)"
"Juliet Mills Juliet Maryon Mills (born 21 November 1941) is a British-American actress. She is the daughter of actor Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell and the eldest of three siblings; her younger siblings are actress Hayley Mills and director Jonathan Mills. Mills began her career as a child actress and was nominated for a Tony Award for her stage performance in ""Five Finger Exercise"" in 1960. She progressed to film work and then to television, playing the lead role on the sitcom ""Nanny and the Professor"" in the early 1970s. She received Golden Globe Award nominations for her"
"The Nanny Diaries (film) The Nanny Diaries is a 2007 American comedy-drama film, based on The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus. Written and directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, it stars Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, and Laura Linney; and was produced by Richard N. Gladstein. Twenty-one-year-old Annie Braddock (Scarlett Johansson) has just graduated from Montclair State University. She has no idea what or who she wants to be. One day, while sitting in the park, Annie sees a young boy about to be hit by a vehicle. Annie saves him and meets the boy's mother,"
"Shani Wallis Shani Wallis (born 14 April 1933) is an English-born American actress and singer of theatre, television and film, in both her native United Kingdom and in the United States. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the West End, and for the role of Nancy in the 1968 Oscar-winning film musical ""Oliver!"". Wallis was born in Tottenham, Middlesex, and made her first stage appearance at the age of four and later studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) on a scholarship and resumed her theatrical career appearing in many London and provincial productions. She"
"Julie's Greenroom Julie’s Greenroom is an American educational pre-school television series that was released on Netflix in March 17, 2017. The show stars Julie Andrews (best known as the star of ""The Sound of Music"" and ""Mary Poppins""), who is joined by her assistant Gus (Giullian Yao Gioiello) and “Greenies,” a cast of original puppets built by The Jim Henson Company. The episodes include elements of the performing arts, such as an original song. Each episode features a guest star who engages the puppets in a specific area of the performing arts. Guest stars include Alec Baldwin, Sara Bareilles, Joshua"
"of St Trinian's"" (1960), ""The Terror of the Tongs"" (1961) and ""A Matter of WHO"" (1961). She retired from acting in 1962 and married the theatrical chartered accountant Robert Breckman in 1979. Alexander was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1993 at the age of 55 and was admitted to the Meadbank Nursing Centre in Battersea in London in 1997. She died there aged 64 in January 2003. She was cremated in a non-religious ceremony at Putney Vale Cemetery. After Alexander's diagnosis the Julie and Robert Breckman Centre at the PDSA PetAid hospital in Romford was set up and funded by"
"The Nanny The Nanny is an American television sitcom which originally aired on CBS from 1993 to 1999, starring Fran Drescher as Fran Fine, a Jewish fashion queen from Flushing, New York who becomes the nanny of three children from the New York/British high society. The show was created and produced by Drescher and her husband Peter Marc Jacobson, taking much of its inspiration from Drescher's personal life growing up in Queens, involving names and characteristics based on her relatives and friends. The show earned a Rose d'Or and one Emmy Award, out of a total of twelve nominations, and"
"funeral service and interment took place at Saint Mary the Virgin's Churchyard in Thame, Oxfordshire. It was attended by family and friends, including her daughter, Sinéad Cusack, James Ellis and Lesley Sharp. Her funeral was also attended by Jeremy Irons, Robert Hardy, and Peter Vaughan, who all paid tribute to their friend and fellow actor. Elizabeth Spriggs Elizabeth Spriggs (18 September 1929 – 2 July 2008) was an English character actress. Sprigg's roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company included Nurse in ""Romeo and Juliet"", Gertrude in ""Hamlet"" and Beatrice in ""Much Ado About Nothing"". In 1978, she won the Olivier"
"in ""The Apple Cart"" (1929), and Epifania in ""The Millionairess"" (1940) and was in the British premières of two others: ""Heartbreak House"" (1921) and ""Back to Methuselah"" (1923). Evans became widely known for portraying haughty aristocratic women, as in two of her most famous roles: Lady Bracknell in ""The Importance of Being Earnest"", and Miss Western in the 1963 film of ""Tom Jones."" By contrast, she played a downtrodden maid in ""The Late Christopher Bean"" (1933), a deranged, impoverished old woman in ""The Whisperers"" (1967) and – one of her most celebrated roles – the Nurse in ""Romeo and Juliet"","
"Elizabeth Spriggs Elizabeth Spriggs (18 September 1929 – 2 July 2008) was an English character actress. Sprigg's roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company included Nurse in ""Romeo and Juliet"", Gertrude in ""Hamlet"" and Beatrice in ""Much Ado About Nothing"". In 1978, she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for Arnold Wesker's ""Love Letters on Blue Paper"". She received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the 1995 film ""Sense and Sensibility"". Her other films included ""Richard's Things"" (1980), ""Impromptu"" (1991), ""Paradise Road"" (1997) and ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"" (2001). Born in Buxton, Derbyshire in 1929,"
"Peggy Lipton Margaret Ann ""Peggy"" Lipton (born August 30, 1946) is an American actress and former model. Lipton became an overnight success through her best-known role as flower child Julie Barnes in the ABC counterculture television series ""The Mod Squad"" (1968–1973) for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 1970. Her fifty-year career in television, film, and on stage included many roles, most notably that of Norma Jennings in David Lynch's surreal ""Twin Peaks"". Lipton was married to the musician and producer Quincy Jones and is mother to their two daughters, Rashida"
"Bell, Tituss Burgess, Carol Burnett, Chris Colfer, Robert Fairchild, Josh Groban, Bill Irwin, Ellie Kemper, Idina Menzel, Tiler Peck, David Hyde Pierce, Stomp, and the Story Pirates. The thirteen 30-minute episodes premiered simultaneously on Netflix in March 17, 2017. Julie's Greenroom Julie’s Greenroom is an American educational pre-school television series that was released on Netflix in March 17, 2017. The show stars Julie Andrews (best known as the star of ""The Sound of Music"" and ""Mary Poppins""), who is joined by her assistant Gus (Giullian Yao Gioiello) and “Greenies,” a cast of original puppets built by The Jim Henson Company."
"Al Lewis won him the 1975 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and permanently secured his career resurgence. At the age of 80, Burns was the oldest Oscar winner in the history of the Academy Awards, a record that would remain until Jessica Tandy won an Oscar for ""Driving Miss Daisy"" in 1989. In 1977, Burns made another hit film, ""Oh, God!"", playing the omnipotent title role opposite singer John Denver as an earnest but befuddled supermarket manager, whom God picks at random to revive his message. The image of Burns in a sailor's cap and light springtime jacket as"
"hide the differences in height. The fabric is a black and brown crepe, with fine gold threads woven into it, that when lit appears to have an almost wet look about it. Julie Andrews and James Garner played romantic leads in two other films together, Paddy Chayevsky's ""The Americanization of Emily"" (1964) and the television film ""One Special Night"" (1999). ""Victor/Victoria"" received a 96% 'fresh' rating on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus ""Driven by a fantastic lead turn from Julie Andrews, Blake Edwards' musical gender-bender is sharp, funny and all-round entertaining."" ""Victor/Victoria"" won the Academy Award for"
"1. Kirsten Dunst – ""Melancholia"" (39)<br> 2. Yoon Jeong-hee – ""Poetry"" (25)<br> 3. Meryl Streep – ""The Iron Lady"" (20) 1. Albert Brooks – ""Drive"" (38)<br> 2. Christopher Plummer – ""Beginners"" (24)<br> 3. Patton Oswalt – ""Young Adult"" (19) 1. Jessica Chastain – ""The Help"", ""Take Shelter"", and ""The Tree of Life"" (30)<br> 2. Jeannie Berlin – ""Margaret"" (19)<br> 3. Shailene Woodley – ""The Descendants"" (17) 1. Asghar Farhadi – ""A Separation"" (39)<br> 2. Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin – ""Moneyball"" (22)<br> 3. Woody Allen – ""Midnight in Paris"" (16) 1. Emmanuel Lubezki – ""The Tree of Life"" (76)<br> 2."
"as Margot and Roddy McDowall as Inspector Hubbard. It was run from September 26, 1995, to March 10, 1996, and directed by Edward Hastings. Nancy Allen (actress) Nancy Anne Allen (born June 24, 1950) is an American actress and anti-cancer activist best known for her roles in the films ""Carrie"" (1976), ""RoboCop"" (1987), and ""Dressed to Kill"" (1980), the last of which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. Allen began an acting and modeling career as a child, and from the mid-1970s appeared in small film roles, most notably the anchor of Robert Zemeckis' ensemble comedy ""I Wanna Hold Your"
"in Liverpool. In 2015, Andrews made a surprise appearance at the Oscars, greeting Lady Gaga who paid her homage by singing a medley from ""The Sound of Music"". This became a social media sensation, trending all over the world. Lyndon Terracini announced in August 2015 that Andrews would direct ""My Fair Lady"" in 2016 for Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House. In 2016, Andrews created the preschool television series ""Julie's Greenroom"" with her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton and Judy Rothman. Andrews is joined by her assistant Gus (Giullian Yao Gioiello) and “Greenies,” a cast of original puppets built by"
"Nurse on Wheels Nurse on Wheels is a 1963 British comedy film directed by Gerald Thomas, and starring Juliet Mills, Ronald Lewis, and Joan Sims. ""Nurse on Wheels"" shares its cast and production team with the ""Carry On"" films, but the film is not an official member of the ""Carry On"" series. Joanna Jones, a nurse, passes her driving test (after over one hundred lessons) and successfully applies for a job as District Nurse. She settles into a cottage with her mother, and goes about her work with quiet confidence. But she finds that the patients are used to, and"
"The series was broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 during Christmas 1993, but has yet to be repeated either in the UK or the US. Julie (TV series) Julie is an American sitcom starring Julie Andrews which aired on ABC from May 30 to July 4, 1992. Blake Edwards, then Andrews' husband, was the director and executive producer of the series. Andrews starred as Julie Carlisle, a television personality who marries a veterinarian Sam (James Farentino). Julie, along with her new husband and stepchildren, relocates to Sioux City, Iowa. The series chronicled her new life in coping with a"
"at the top spot. Nurse Betty Nurse Betty is a 2000 American black comedy film directed by Neil LaBute and starring Renée Zellweger as a Kansas waitress who suffers a nervous breakdown after witnessing her husband's murder, and starts obsessively pursuing her favorite soap actor (Greg Kinnear), while in a fugue state. Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock play the hitmen who killed her husband and subsequently pursue her to Los Angeles. For her performance, Zellweger won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. In a small Kansas town, Betty, a diner waitress, is a"
"received the 2012 National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama. In 2015 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected her for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities, delivering a lecture entitled ""On the Road: A Search for American Character"". Anna Deavere Smith Anna Deavere Smith (born September 18, 1950) is an American actress, playwright, and professor. She is known for her roles as National Security Advisor Dr. Nancy McNally in ""The West Wing"" (2000–06), and as hospital administrator Gloria Akalitus in the Showtime series ""Nurse Jackie"" (2009–15). She currently plays the role"
"Nancy Stephens Nancy Jane Stephens (born July 2, 1949) is an American actress who has starred in many films and television shows. Stephens is perhaps best known for her role as Nurse Marion Chambers in the John Carpenter horror films ""Halloween"" (1978), ""Halloween II"" (1981), and """" (1998). A life member of The Actors Studio, Stephens starred in the soap opera ""Bright Promise"" as Jennifer Matthews from 1969–1970; her first role in a television series. She later appeared in the soap opera ""Days of Our Lives"" as Mary Anderson in 1975. Stephens made her film debut in 1978, when she"
"Nanny"". She made guest appearances on ""Just Shoot Me!"" and ""Strong Medicine"". She also played a mysterious woman in ""What I Like About You"". As Rachel Levin, Chagall appeared in """" (1987) in the title role as Gabriela Brimmer (for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama) and ""White Palace"" (1990) in the role of Rachel. She also appeared in ""The Last Supper"" (1995). On December 6, 2004, Chagall appeared at the cast reunion for ""The Nanny"", """". Rachel Chagall Rachel Chagall (born Rachel Levin; 24 November 1952) is an"
"Judyann Elder Judyann Elder (born Judith Ann Johnson; August 18, 1948) is an American actress, director, and writer. Elder is perhaps best known for her roles on television, most notably as Nadine Waters; Gina's (portrayed by Tisha Campbell) mother on the FOX sitcom ""Martin"". Elder also portrayed Harriette Winslow on ABC's ""Family Matters"" during the middle of its final season in 1997 after the departure of Jo Marie Payton. Prior to her television career, Elder is a veteran of stage and screen who has appeared in scores of theatrical productions throughout the United States and Europe. Born in Cleveland, Elder"
"(2003), ""The Squid and the Whale"" (2005), ""The Nanny Diaries"" (2007), ""Sully"" (2016), and """" (2016). Linney was born in Manhattan. Her mother Miriam Anderson ""Ann"" Perse (née Leggett) was a nurse at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and her father Romulus Zachariah Linney IV (1930–2011) was a playwright and professor. Linney's paternal great-great-grandfather was Republican U.S. Congressman Romulus Zachariah Linney. She grew up in modest circumstances, living with her mother in a small one-bedroom apartment. She has a half-sister named Susan from her father's second marriage. Linney is a 1982 graduate of Northfield Mount Hermon School, an elite"
"of Stephen King's novel, ""Misery"". However, her lead role as the psychopathic nurse Annie Wilkes was subsequently taken by Kathy Bates, who went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. Nevertheless, McGuire continued to work in films over the next few years, with appearances in a TV movie, ""Acting on Impulse"" (1993); and an uncredited cameo in John Waters' next project, ""Serial Mom"" (1994). Her unusual appearance was also put to memorable use in two off-beat television series, each featuring odd characters in quirky scenarios: the HBO series ""Dream On"" (1990) and David Lynch's short-lived"
"in the hospital drama ""Nurse"", which ran on CBS during the 1980–1981 and 1981–1982 seasons. Though the series was well received critically, it was not a ratings success and lasted only two seasons. Nevertheless, Learned was nominated for two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress and won yet another Emmy for this role in 1982. She later had starring roles in the unsuccessful 1988 drama ""Hothouse"" and 1989 sitcom ""Living Dolls"" and reprised her ""Waltons"" role for a number of television movies and reunions in the 1990s. In 2005, Learned played Judge Helen Turner on the ABC soap operas ""All"
"Patricia Neal Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal; January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. She was best known for her film roles as World War II widow Helen Benson in ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961), and the worn-out housekeeper Alma Brown in ""Hud"" (1963), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She featured as the matriarch in the television film ""The Homecoming: A Christmas Story"" (1971); her role as Olivia Walton was re-cast for the series"
"Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2000, 2011 and 2012; and for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2017. In 2012 she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress. Alexis Davis Alexis Davis is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, ""General Hospital"". Nancy Lee Grahn originated the role in September 28, 1996. She is the daughter of Mikkos Cassadine and Kristin Bergman. She is also the mother of Sam Morgan, Kristina Davis and Molly Lansing. Nancy Lee Grahn, known for her Emmy winning portrayal of Julia Wainwright on"
"Nurse Betty Nurse Betty is a 2000 American black comedy film directed by Neil LaBute and starring Renée Zellweger as a Kansas waitress who suffers a nervous breakdown after witnessing her husband's murder, and starts obsessively pursuing her favorite soap actor (Greg Kinnear), while in a fugue state. Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock play the hitmen who killed her husband and subsequently pursue her to Los Angeles. For her performance, Zellweger won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. In a small Kansas town, Betty, a diner waitress, is a fan of the soap"
"sitcom ""Mom"", opposite Anna Faris, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2014 and 2015. In 2014, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her recurring role in the period drama ""Masters of Sex"". On the Disney Channel animated show ""Phineas and Ferb"", Janney voiced Charlene. Janney has appeared in numerous films, including the 1990s films ""American Beauty"", ""The Object of My Affection"", ""Big Night"", ""The Impostors"", ""Drop Dead Gorgeous"", ""The Ice Storm"", ""Primary Colors"", ""10 Things I Hate About You"", and ""Private Parts"","