"by his father. Craig starred as poet Ted Hughes opposite Gwyneth Paltrow as Sylvia Plath in the biographical film ""Sylvia"" (2003), which depicts the romance between the two poets. In the same year, he appeared in ""The Mother"" as a man who engages in an affair with the much older mother (played by Anne Reid) of his lover and best friend. The crime thriller ""Layer Cake"", directed by Matthew Vaughn, starred Craig as a London-based cocaine supplier known only as XXXX. ""Los Angeles Times"" writer praised Craig's ""stunningly suave performance"", while Roger Ebert thought he was ""fascinating"" in the film."
"was raised above the title. In February 1935, she received a special Academy Award for her 1934 contributions to film, particularly ""Little Miss Marker"" and ""Bright Eyes"". In 2009, the film was available on VHS and DVD in both black-and-white and colorized versions. 5 year-old Shirley Blake (Shirley Temple) and her mother, Mary (Lois Wilson), a maid, live in the home of her employers, the rich and mean-spirited Smythe family, Anita (Dorothy Christy), J. Wellington (Theodore von Eltz), and Joy (Jane Withers). Shirley's aviator father died in an airplane crash before the film opens, and she now spends most of"
"to fulfill her dream of becoming a flight attendant. Budgeted at US$30 million, the film only earned US$7 million in its opening weekend; it eventually grossed US$15.6 domestically and US$19,526,014 worldwide. She herself later disparaged the film, calling it ""terrible"". Paltrow starred as the titular role in ""Sylvia"" (2003), a British biographical drama directed by Christine Jeffs and co-starring Daniel Craig chronicling the romance between prominent poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. Distributed for a limited release in most markets, ""Sylvia"" made US$2.9 million internationally. ""The New York Times"", in its review for the film, wrote that ""her performance goes"
"rides along on her red bicycle and wearing an academic gown. She hears of a party to celebrate the publishing of a magazine called St. Botolph's, where she meets the young poet Ted Hughes. The two fall in love and marry in 1956, then go off to Massachusetts where her mother lives (Aurelia Plath, played by Paltrow's mother Blythe Danner). While they both are teaching at Smith College. Sylvia quickly learns that others are also enthralled with her husband, for a combination of his good looks, charisma, fame and success. They return to England, first to London and then to"
"Aurelia Plath Aurelia Frances Plath (née Schober; April 26, 1906 – March 11, 1994) was the wife of Otto Emil Plath, the mother of the American poet Sylvia Plath, and her brother Warren, and the grandmother of Frieda Rebecca Hughes and Nicholas Farrar Hughes. Aurelia Plath was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Franz (Frank) Schober of Bad Aussee, Styria, and his wife Aurelia Grünwald (Greenwood). Sylvia Plath made reference to her grandmother by making ""Esther Greenwood"" the name of the heroine in her semi-autobiographical novel ""The Bell Jar"". The relationship between Aurelia and her daughter was a rather"
"Wartime"", Tyler Perry’s ""Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor"", and more recently, ""The Do-Over"" and ""How To Be a Latin Lover"".” Taylor married actor Joseph Bologna on August 7, 1965, in Stamford, Connecticut. They have two children, a son, Gabriel who is an actor and a daughter, Zizi who works as a film producer. They were married until Bologna's death in August 2017. Taylor is Jewish. Renée Taylor Renée Taylor (née Renée Wexler; March 19, 1933) is an American actress and writer. She is known for playing Fran Drescher's title character's outspoken mother, Sylvia Fine, on the TV series ""The"
"states that it is fitting that a new ""freak"" would join the family. On Audrina's ninth birthday, Lucietta (by then six months pregnant) goes into early labor, but dies in childbirth; the baby is a girl and is named Sylvia. To keep Lucietta's memory alive, Audrina takes piano lessons alongside Vera at Lamar Rensdale's home. More than two years after her birth, Sylvia finally comes home from the hospital and turns out to be mentally challenged. Audrina is tasked by her father to take care of Sylvia. Audrina complains to her piano teacher Lamar about not being allowed to go"
"Sylvia uses her time to aid poor families on New York's Lower East Side, and coming home one night runs down a little girl (Giraci) with her car, who turns out to be an orphan as her father had died at the front in Europe. Sylvia takes the child to recuperate in her home, and learns the child may never walk again. Seeking out the best surgeon, Sylvia finds the only one who has not gone to fight is Dr. Meade. Edward consents and does his best for the child. Meanwhile, Richard at the front line calmly faces possible death."
"Eleanor David Maria Eleanor David (born 30 November 1955, Lincolnshire, England) is an English actress who has worked on projects in the UK, the US and New Zealand. She won positive reviews for her starring role in biopic ""Sylvia"", in which she played pioneering educationalist Sylvia Ashton-Warner. David has appeared in several films and television programmes. Her work includes BAFTA-nominated comedy ""Comfort and Joy"" directed by Bill Forsyth, mini-series ""Paradise Postponed"", Mike Leigh's ""Topsy-Turvy"" and Alan Parker's film of ""Pink Floyd The Wall"", in which she played the wife of the main character. In 1984 David travelled to New Zealand"
"roles, be they gender or political, are called into question."" An American Daughter (film) An American Daughter is a 2000 Lifetime Television film directed by Sheldon Larry. The teleplay was written by Wendy Wasserstein, based on one of her plays. Dr. Lyssa Dent Hughes (Lahti) is the daughter of U.S. Senator Alan Hughes (Stanley Anderson). She appears to be headed for nomination as the U.S. Surgeon General until a background check reveals she once neglected to return a jury duty notice. Then, she makes a faux pas in comments about her homemaker mother that leaves her open to a media"
"at last and is surprised that she is only a little girl. Sybil embraces a weeping Peggy. A voiceover from Dr. Wilbur explains that after this incident, Sybil recovered her memories and went on to live a full and happy life as an academic. Sally Field stars in the title role, with Joanne Woodward playing the part of Sybil's psychiatrist, Cornelia B. Wilbur. Woodward herself had starred in ""The Three Faces of Eve"", in which she portrayed a woman with three personalities, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for the role. Based on the book ""Sybil"" by Flora Rheta"
"to lack of evidence. Underworld, which suffered heavily because of Carla's gambling, had to be bailed out by Aidan (Shayne Ward) and Johnny Connor (Richard Hawley). Drug dealer Callum Logan (Sean Ward), the biological father of Max Turner (Harry McDermott), harasses the Platt family for custody of Max for several months. He particularly antagonises David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd), due to his remarks about Max's mother and David's wife, Kylie (Paula Lane). Callum begins a relationship with Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien), to the Platts' dismay. Callum manipulates Sarah's teenage daughter Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon) to buy drugs for him whilst"
"a mask-maker and the relationship takes on dark subtleties. The film draws from the ancient myth of the same name and stars Amy Ferguson, Morgan Spector, and Raina Von Waldenburg. The director's daughter, Sophia Oppenheim, also appears in the film in her acting debut. Indie Outlook described the film as ""an arrestingly raw howl of fury at the global stigmatization of female sexuality. Deborah Kampmeier Deborah Kampmeier is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and acting teacher best known for her films ""Split,"" (2016) ""Hounddog"" (2007) and ""Virgin"". (2003). Deborah began her career in theater as an actress after training"
"by having the adopted dog played by a sexy, adoring young woman."" ""Sylvia"" opened Off-Broadway at Stage I of the Manhattan Theatre Club on May 2, 1995, where it ran for 167 performances. Directed by John Tillinger, the cast included Sarah Jessica Parker as ""Sylvia"", Blythe Danner, and Charles Kimbrough. The production received Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Play, Outstanding Actress in a Play (Parker), and Outstanding Costume Design (Jane Greenwood). The play ran at the Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles, in February 1997, starring Stephanie Zimbalist as ""Sylvia"", Mary Beth Piel, Derek Smith and Charles Kimbrough. The play was"
"parents' money. In an effort to get their daughter to get serious about her life, they inform her that she has until Christmas to change her life style or else they will cancel her credit cards. One day Crystal discovers a letter to Santa Claus from a seven-year-old girl, Olivia (Emma Duke), asking him to send her widowed father a new wife for Christmas. Inspired by the young girl's hopeful letter, she decides to seek them out in the hopes of making herself their gift from Santa. Olivia's father, Derek Gowen (David Haydn-Jones), owns a snow plowing business and runs"
"An American Daughter (film) An American Daughter is a 2000 Lifetime Television film directed by Sheldon Larry. The teleplay was written by Wendy Wasserstein, based on one of her plays. Dr. Lyssa Dent Hughes (Lahti) is the daughter of U.S. Senator Alan Hughes (Stanley Anderson). She appears to be headed for nomination as the U.S. Surgeon General until a background check reveals she once neglected to return a jury duty notice. Then, she makes a faux pas in comments about her homemaker mother that leaves her open to a media blitz and her certain nomination suddenly appears to be in"
"Gloria Foster Gloria Foster (November 15, 1933 – September 29, 2001) was an American actress, most known for her stage performances both on and off Broadway, including her acclaimed roles in plays ""In White America"" and ""Having Our Say,"" winning three Obie Awards during her career. In films, she was perhaps best known as the Oracle in ""The Matrix"" (1999) and ""The Matrix Reloaded"" (2003), the latter film being her last. Gloria Foster also played the role of the mother of Yusef Bell in the mini series ""The Atlanta Child Murders"" which aired in 1985. Gloria Foster was born on"
"years, Sally owned and operated Spectra Fashions (later renamed Spectra Couture). For most of that time, the company was called a knock-off firm, since her designers often stole from the more established Forrester firm. At Spectra, Sally was usually helped by her daughter Macy Alexander (Bobbie Eakes), Sally's receptionist, Darla Einstein (Schae Harrison), who Sally thought of as a daughter and Saul Feinberg (Michael Fox). Also seen often was fashion designer Clarke Garrison (Daniel McVicar), who Sally at first blackmailed to design for Spectra while working for Forrester but later crossovered to Spectra completely and began to woo Sally. Despite"
"Sophie Auster Sophie Auster (born July 6, 1987) is an American singer/songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of authors Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt. Sophie Auster was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the daughter of authors Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt. At the age of eight, Auster began studying music and classical voice. A year later, at the age of nine, she was cast in Agnieszka Holland film, Washington Square starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Maggie Smith and Ben Chaplin. After her early professional experiences, Sophie began acting lessons at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute."
"Sonny's family together. Jason and Sam bond as Sam prepares to give birth and they decide to raise the child together. She decides to name her daughter Lila after Jason's grandmother, Lila Quartermaine (Anna Lee). Sonny's daughter Kristina Davis (then Kali Rodriguez) is diagnosed with a blood disease, and Sam's daughter is proven to be a donor match. Kristina's mother, Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn), begs Sam to induce labor two weeks early in order to donate her child's stem cells. Sam refuses, fearing it could hurt the baby. While arguing with Alexis, Sam collapses and Baby Girl McCall is"
"name ""Sylvia Plath."" When Hughes' mistress Assia Wevill killed herself and their four-year-old daughter Shura in 1969, this practice intensified. After each defacement, Hughes had the damaged stone removed, sometimes leaving the site unmarked during repair. Outraged mourners accused Hughes in the media of dishonoring her name by removing the stone. Wevill's death led to claims that Hughes had been abusive to both Plath and Wevill. Radical feminist poet Robin Morgan published the poem ""Arraignment"", in which she openly accused Hughes of the battery and murder of Plath. There were lawsuits, Morgan's 1972 book ""Monster"" which contained that poem was"
"Davis (Gary Cole). Together, they had a daughter named Dylan (Hailee Denham). Wayne became increasingly violent, forcing Katherine to flee with Dylan, and seek refuge with her aunt, Lillian Simms (Ellen Geer). While living on Wisteria Lane, Katherine befriends her neighbours, Mary Alice Young and Susan Mayer. One night, Katherine returned to find Wayne had visited Dylan and gave her a new doll. Katherine put the doll on top of a dresser. and got into a fight with Wayne, hitting him with a candlestick. After Wayne left, Katherine discovers Dylan had tried to retrieve her doll and died when the"
"work rather than allowing them to have a real childhood. Sofia Coppola Sofia Carmina Coppola (; born May 14, 1971) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and former actress. She is the daughter of director, producer, and screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola, and made her film debut as an infant in her father's acclaimed crime drama film, ""The Godfather"" (1972). She later appeared in a supporting role in ""Peggy Sue Got Married"" (1986) and portrayed Mary Corleone, the daughter of Michael Corleone, in """" (1990). The latter film earned her much derision and critical backlash, effectively ending her acting career. Coppola"
"lived briefly at Antibes and Cassis. The story of how Collier wound up going to Hollywood has been mistold sometimes, but Collier told Wilk that in Cassis, The film ""Sylvia Scarlett"" starred Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Brian Aherne, and Edmund Gwenn; it was the comic story of a widower, his daughter Sylvia who disguises herself as a boy, and a con man; Collier's collaborators on the script were Gladys Unger and Mortimer Offner. Wilk writes that the film was considered bizarre at the time, but decades later, it enjoys a cult following. Collier landed in Hollywood on May 16, 1935,"
"2002. She has one child, a daughter, author Sarah Blakley-Cartwright (born 1988). Her career was put on hold while she raised her daughter and also recovered from a back injury. Her most recent album of original songs, ""River Nile,"" was released in 2009, inspired by a trip she made to Egypt. In October 2010, she appeared on stage at New York's Bitter End for the first time in 20 years. In December 2012, the movie ""Of One Blood"" was released. The film, written/directed/produced by Ronee Blakley, was her first foray into films in over 20 years. Ronee's daughter, Sarah Blakley-Cartwright,"
"(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"
"the Bluth Company. Christine Taylor plays Sally Sitwell, Stan Sitwell's daughter and a consistent love interest for Michael. Justin Lee plays Annyeong, the adopted Korean son of Lucille and George Sr. Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays Maggie Lizer, an attorney and compulsive liar who has a recurring relationship with Michael. Rob Corddry plays Moses Taylor, the star of the fictional TV show ""Frank Wrench"" and a noted gun rights activist. Ben Stiller plays magician and GOB's chief rival Tony Wonder, well known for baking himself into a loaf of bread to feed the troops. Amy Poehler plays GOB's unnamed and frequently forgotten"
"a missing child. On September 9, Elizabeth Banks also signed to co-star with Lane. Banks's character, Detective Nancy Porter, finds herself emotionally involved in the case. On February 7, 2013, Dakota Fanning and Danielle Macdonald joined Lane and Banks in the cast of the film. Fanning was signed for the lead, Veronica ""Ronnie"" Fuller, 18-year-old, who is suspected in the disappearance of a missing child. Macdonald was signed to the role of 18-year-old Alice Manning, who is also suspected in the missing child's disappearance. Nate Parker also joined the cast in March 2013, in the role of a police officer"
"(Silvia), Ray C. Davis (Proteus), Jean Gilbert (Julia), Derek Griffiths (Thurio), Benny Lee (Launce), Michael Staniforth (Speed), and Samuel E. Wright (Valentine). The New Jersey Shakespeare Festival revived the piece in 1996, directed by Robert Duke and starring Philip Hernandez and Dana M. Reeve. The musical was revived by the Public Theater in their ""Shakespeare in the Park"" series for a limited run, from August 28, 2005, to September 11, 2005, at the Delacorte Theater. Kathleen Marshall directed and choreographed, and the cast featured Norm Lewis (Valentine), Oscar Isaac (Proteus), Rosario Dawson (Julia), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Silvia), Paolo Montalban (Eglamour),"
"trying to fight the adoption, Nick and Sarah were allowed to be adopted. Gail and Martin's marriage eventually broke up a decade later. Sarah befriends Candice Stowe (Nikki Sanderson). After her 13th birthday in February 2000, Sarah discovers she is five months pregnant. Her daughter Bethany Platt is born in June 2000. Bethany's father, Neil Fearns (Paul Holowaty), has no interest in Bethany but when Neil dies in a car crash in September 2003, Sarah takes Bethany to his funeral and makes friends with Neil's mother, Brenda Fearns (Julia Deakin), this nearly leads to Bethany's death, when Brenda tries to"
"on VHS on September 1, 1998, however, as of October 2014, it has not been released on DVD. Diana Sullivan is a successful Manhattan writer and photojournalist, seemingly oblivious to the serious cocaine addiction that her wild child daughter, Grace, has developed. A commission by ""Cosmopolitan"" magazine to write an article about a lost branch of Diana's family leads them deep into the bayous of Louisiana, where they encounter Diana's distant cousin, Ruth. Married at 12 to an abusive man whose current whereabouts are an increasingly troubling cipher, Ruth rules over her three adult sons, all less than perfectly cogent,"
"in directing the film. In May 2005, actors Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett entered negotiations to star in the film. In September 2006, actors Tilda Swinton, Jason Flemyng and Taraji P. Henson entered negotiations to be cast into the film. The following October, with production yet to begin, actress Julia Ormond was cast as Daisy's daughter, to whom Blanchett's character tells the story of her love for Benjamin Button. Brad Pitt had collaborated with many of his co-stars in previous films. He co-starred with Ormond in ""Legends of the Fall"", with Flemyng in ""Snatch"", with Jared Harris in ""Ocean's Twelve"","
"to star as Sylvia Ashton-Warner in the biopic ""Sylvia"". Reviewing her performance, Janet Maslin of ""The New York Times"" commented: ""Miss David bears a striking resemblance to the real woman and gives an intelligent, compassionate performance, limited only by the uncomplicated reverence with which the film makers regard their heroine."" ""Village Voice"" critic Andrew Sarris praised the four principal actors and named ""Sylvia"" one of the ten best films of 1985. Eleanor David Maria Eleanor David (born 30 November 1955, Lincolnshire, England) is an English actress who has worked on projects in the UK, the US and New Zealand. She"