Bea Arthur

biography:
Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel; May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress and comedian. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, Arthur began her career on stage in 1947, attracting critical acclaim before achieving worldwide recognition for her work on television beginning in the 1970s as Maude Findlay in the popular sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1972) and Maude (1972–1978) and later in the 1980s and 1990s as Dorothy Zbornak on The Golden Girls (1985–1992).

She won several accolades throughout her career, beginning with the 1966 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for playing Vera Charles in Mame. She won Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1977 for Maude and 1988 for The Golden Girls. Arthur has received the third most nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series with nine; only Julia Louis-Dreyfus (11) and Mary Tyler Moore (10) have more. She was inducted into the academy's Television Hall of Fame in 2008.

Her film appearances include Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) and the film version of Mame (1974). In 2002, she starred in the one-woman show Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends. An obituary described Arthur as "the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star."

She served in the U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve in World War II.

Ellen

overview: Ellen works in a Los Angeles bookstore called Buy the Book and hangs around with her friends discussing lovers, work and family.

character: Bea Arthur

original_name: Ellen

Futurama

overview: The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retro-futuristic 31st century.

character: Femputer (voice)

original_name: Futurama

The Golden Girls

overview: Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.

character: Dorothy Zbornak

original_name: The Golden Girls

All in the Family

overview: Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

character: Maude Findlay

original_name: All in the Family

Maude

overview: Well-educated and upper middle class, Maude Findlay is the archetypal feminist of her generation. She lives in suburban Tuckahoe, New York, with her fourth husband, Walter, their divorced daughter, Carol, and grandson Phillip.

original_name: Maude

The View

overview: ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.

character: Self

original_name: The View

Malcolm in the Middle

overview: A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.

character: Mrs. White

original_name: Malcolm in the Middle

The Terry and Gaby Show

overview:
The Terry and Gaby Show was a daytime television show broadcast on Five on weekday mornings between June 2003 and April 2004, produced by Chris Evans' company UMTV. It was hosted by Terry Wogan and Gaby Roslin.

The opening titles featured Gaby dressed up like a movie star driven to the studio in a limo and walking on red carpet to the door. Meanwhile Terry, carrying a briefcase, rode a rickety old bicycle across London and parked it outside the back door before quietly entering the building through said back door.

The show was not well known for the guests who appeared on it, but rather for its many bloopers or double entendres

original_name: The Terry and Gaby Show

Omnibus

overview: Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.

character: Ugly Witch

original_name: Omnibus

origin_country: US IT

Empty Nest

overview: Widowed pediatrician Harry Weston is a miracle worker when it comes to dealing with his young patients, but he's more challenged by the other people surrounding him: daughters Barbara and Carol; his wisecracking office assistant, nurse LaVerne Todd; and obnoxious neighborhood mooch Charley Dietz. Thank goodness he always finds a friendly shoulder (and a warm, wet tongue) in Dreyfuss, his enormous dog.

original_name: Empty Nest

The Golden Palace

overview: The Golden Palace begins where The Golden Girls had ended, in the quartet's now-sold Miami house. With Dorothy Zbornak having married and left in the previous series finale, the three remaining cast members (Dorothy's mother, Sophia Petrillo, Rose Nylund, and Blanche Devereaux) decide to invest in a Miami hotel that is up for sale. The hotel, however, is revealed to have been stripped of all of its personnel in an effort to appear more profitable, leaving only two employees: Roland Wilson, the hotel's manager, and Chuy Castillos, the hotel's chef. This requires the women to perform all the tasks of the hotel's staff.

character: Dorothy Hollingsworth

original_name: The Golden Palace

Studio One

overview: An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.

original_name: Studio One

Hallmark Hall of Fame

overview: Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.

character: Mrs. Abercrombie

original_name: Hallmark Hall of Fame

a.k.a. Pablo

overview: a.k.a. Pablo is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from March to April 1984.

original_name: a.k.a. Pablo

Amanda's

overview:
Amanda's is an American sitcom inspired by the 1970s British sitcom Fawlty Towers. Amanda's aired on ABC from 10 February 1983 to 26 May 1983 on Thursday nights at 8:30.

Bea Arthur starred as the main character, Amanda Cartwright. Amanda was the owner of a seaside hotel called "Amanda's by the Sea" whose staff included her son Marty, his spoiled wife Arlene, Earl the chef and Aldo the bellhop.

This was Bea Arthur's first return to series television since Maude ended in 1978. Other stars appearing on Amanda's included Jerry Stiller, Leonard Stone and Todd Susman. The show was filmed in front of a live studio audience at ABC Studios, 4151 Prospect Avenue in Hollywood, California.

Amanda's was cancelled in May 1983 after a four-month run of ten episodes, three more episodes remaining unaired by ABC. A&E network broadcast reruns of the show shortly thereafter.

character: Amanda Cartwright

original_name: Amanda's

Beggars and Choosers

overview: A harried executive tries to keep a fledgling TV network afloat.

original_name: Beggars and Choosers

So Graham Norton

overview: So Graham Norton was a British television programme, hosted by Irish personality Graham Norton. It ran from 3 July 1998 to 1 March 2002.

character: Self - Guest

original_name: So Graham Norton

Back to the Grind

original_name: Back to the Grind

Max Liebman Presents

overview: Max Liebman Presents, is an American television anthology series. A total of 28 episodes aired from 9/12/1954 to 6/9/1956 on the National Broadcasting Company.

original_name: Max Liebman Presents

Saturday Night Live

overview: A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

character: Self - Cameo (uncredited)

original_name: Saturday Night Live

character: Self - Host

Judge Judy

overview:
Judge Judy is an American arbitration-based reality court show presided over by retired Manhattan Family Court Judge Judith Sheindlin. The show features Sheindlin adjudicating real-life small claims disputes within a simulated courtroom set. All parties involved must sign contracts, agreeing to arbitration under Sheindlin. The series is in first-run syndication and distributed by CBS Television Distribution.

Judge Judy, which premiered on September 16, 1996, reportedly revitalized the court show genre. Only two other arbitration-based reality court shows preceded it, The People's Court and Jones and Jury. Sheindlin has been credited with introducing the "tough" adjudicating approach into the judicial genre, which has led to several imitators. The two court shows that outnumber Judge Judy's seasons, The People's Court and Divorce Court, have both lasted via multiple lives of production and shifting arbiters, making Sheindlin's span as a television arbiter the longest.

character: Self - Defendant's Witness

original_name: Judge Judy

Curb Your Enthusiasm

overview: The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.

character: Larry's Mother

original_name: Curb Your Enthusiasm

The Mike Douglas Show

overview: The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.

character: Self - Co-Host

original_name: The Mike Douglas Show

Golden Girls 3033

overview: The Golden Girls are back and they all still share a house in Miami — but it’s the year 3033, they’ve discovered the Fountain of Youth, and now Sophia walks around in the hulking body of a giant yellow robot, among other colorful changes.

character: Dorothy Zbornak (voice) (archive sound)

original_name: Golden Girls 3033

Intimate Portrait

overview:
Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject.

Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.

original_name: Intimate Portrait

Bambi

overview: The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.

original_name: Bambi

original_language: de

Comedy Central Roasts

overview: Celebrities and comedians belt out good-natured insult comedy jokes at the expense of a guest of honour. The event is hosted by a Roast Master who also takes a jab at the attendees.

original_name: Comedy Central Roasts

Dave's World

overview: Dave's World is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1993 to 1997. The series is based on the writing of Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry.

character: Mel Bloom

original_name: Dave's World

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

overview: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

original_name: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The George Gobel Show

overview: The George Gobel Show is an American television series hosted George Gobel that aired on NBC from 1954 to 1960.

original_name: The George Gobel Show

Dinah!

overview: Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured one guest and was more of a home oriented show about cooking, crafts and occasionally music. This format lasted until May of 1974. When the show came back in October of 1974 the format had changed drastically to a variety talk show which was called Dinah. and went on until 1981. This show was also known as "Dinah and Friends" during the summer of 1976.

original_name: Dinah!

Emily of New Moon

overview:
Emily of New Moon is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2000. The series originally aired in the United States on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and it is currently seen in Canada on the Viva, Bravo! and Vision TV cable channels. The series, produced by Salter Street Films, was based on the Emily of New Moon series of novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The series consisted of three seasons of thirteen episodes and one season of seven episodes, for a total of forty-six. The executive producers were Micheline Charest, Michael Donovan, and Ronald Weinberg.

The series starred Martha MacIsaac as the titular orphan Emily Starr. Susan Clark and Sheila McCarthy played Emily's aunts Elizabeth and Laura, who had taken on the responsibility of raising Emily following her father's death, and Stephen McHattie played her cousin Jimmy. Susan Clark left the series after the first season when her character, Elizabeth, was killed off.

Recurring cast included Chip Ciupka as Mr. Carpenter, Peter Donaldson as Ian Bowles, Richard Donat as Dr. Burnley, Kris Lemche as Perry Miller, John Neville as Uncle Malcolm, Jessica Pellerin as Ilse Burnley, Shawn Roberts as Teddy Kent, and Linda Thorson as Cousin Isabel.

character: The Voice

original_name: Emily of New Moon

Boulevard Bio

original_name: Boulevard Bio

People's Choice Awards

overview: An American awards show recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans.

original_name: People's Choice Awards

Tony Awards

overview: The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.

Deutsch

biography:
Beatrice Arthur (geb. Bernice Frankel; 13. Mai 1922 – 25. April 2009) war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin und Komikerin. Geboren und aufgewachsen in Brooklyn, New York City, begann Arthur ihre Karriere 1947 auf der Bühne und erntete Kritikerlob, bevor sie ab den 1970er-Jahren durch ihre Fernsehrollen als Maude Findlay in den beliebten Sitcoms „All in the Family“ (1971–1972) und „Maude“ (1972–1978) sowie später in den 1980er- und 1990er-Jahren als Dorothy Zbornak in „Golden Girls“ (1985–1992) weltweite Bekanntheit erlangte.

Sie gewann im Laufe ihrer Karriere zahlreiche Auszeichnungen, angefangen mit dem Tony Award 1966 als Beste Nebendarstellerin in einem Musical für ihre Rolle als Vera Charles in „Mame“. Sie wurde 1977 für „Maude“ und 1988 für „Golden Girls“ mit dem Emmy Award als Beste Hauptdarstellerin in einer Comedyserie ausgezeichnet. Arthur erhielt mit neun Nominierungen die drittmeisten Nominierungen für den Primetime Emmy Award als Beste Hauptdarstellerin in einer Comedyserie; nur Julia Louis-Dreyfus (11) und Mary Tyler Moore (10) wurden häufiger nominiert. 2008 wurde sie in die Television Hall of Fame der Academy aufgenommen.

Zu ihren Filmen zählen „Lovers and Other Strangers“ (1970) und die Verfilmung von „Mame“ (1974). 2002 feierte sie mit ihrem Ein-Frau-Stück „Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends“ große Erfolge. In einem Nachruf wurde Arthur als „große Schauspielerin mit tiefer Stimme“ beschrieben, deren messerscharfe Komik sie zum Fernsehstar machte.

Im Zweiten Weltkrieg diente sie in der Reserveeinheit der Frauen des US Marine Corps.

title: History of the World: Part I

overview: An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

title: Forever Golden! A Celebration of the Golden Girls

overview: For the first time on the big screen, celebrate The Golden Girls with a special screening of some of the most memorable episodes from the series.

original_title: Forever Golden! A Celebration of the Golden Girls

title: That Kind of Woman

overview: A young G.I. falls in love with a kept woman on a train to New York.

title: Broadway's Lost Treasures II

overview: The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on opening night.  This second compilation of great musical moments from the Tonys features another dazzling array of stars and performances.  Hosts Lauren Bacall, Bebe Neuwirth, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Jerry Orbach introduce these one-of-a-kind performances and share their personal Broadway and Tony memories.

title: Mame

overview: The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted when her deceased brother's 10-year-old son Patrick is entrusted to her care. Rather than bow to convention, Mame introduces the boy to her free-wheeling lifestyle, instilling in him her favorite credo, "Life is a banquet, and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death."

title: The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

overview: A look back at the people, events, music, and trends of the 1970s.

original_title: The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

title: Lovers and Other Strangers

overview: Mike Vecchio and Susan Henderson are preparing for their upcoming wedding. However, they seem to be the only two people at the wedding that are happy. Mike's brother Richie and his wife Joan are going through a divorce, which is upsetting his overly devout Catholic mother Beatrice. Also, Susan's father is carrying on an affair and her sex starved older sister Wilma is going through her troubles with her husband Johnny. All this is going on while Mike's best friend Jerry is trying to bed the maid of honor, Susan's cousin Brenda.

title: Betty White: First Lady of Television

overview: The definitive look at Betty White's life and career. As the only authorized documentary on Betty ever made, this film is packed with hilarious clips from her long career. Plus comments from friends and co-stars.

title: The Star Wars Holiday Special

overview: Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet - in time for Life Day, their most important day of the year!

title: The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller

overview: The annual roast of the Friars Club, a fraternal organization for comedians, is a big honor - and yet can be a major embarrassment.  The roastee being honored is Jerry Stiller, who played Arthur Spooner on the CBS sitcom King of Queens.  Attendees included two at one point named New York City mayors, Police Commissioner Howard Safir, The Golden Girls' Bea Arthur, Dr. Ruth, The Brady Bunch's Florence Henderson, and comedian Janeane Garofalo.

original_title: The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller

title: Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

overview: Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form.  Award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay filmed over 100 of the greatest stars ever to work on Broadway or in Hollywood.  He soon learned that great films can be restored, fine literature can be kept in print - but historic Broadway performances of the past are the most endangered.  They leave only memories that, while more vivid, are more difficult to preserve.  In their own words — and not a moment too soon — Broadway: The Golden Age tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre.  This is the largest cast of legends ever in one film.

original_title: Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

title: For Better or Worse

overview: A comic love triangle wherein a loser falls in love with his recently-married brother's wife.

title: Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

overview: Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.

original_title: Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

title: Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

overview: This timely exploration of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity examines the life of legendary actor Rock Hudson, from his public "ladies' man" persona to his private life as a gay man.

title: Enemies of Laughter

overview: Nerdy-looking Paul is a neurotic, failed sitcom writer, with a lackluster love life. But his best pal has an idea that might turn things around when he decides to film Paul's life, and turn his romantic disasters into a comedic documentary. When a beautiful young director decides to produce the real-life romantic comedy, Paul realizes that Cupid may be poised with his bow and arrow.

title: Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour

overview: Jay Leno hosts "Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour," a one hour special featuring a humorous look at the American family.

title: The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments

overview: A 90-minute special reuniting the main cast of the American sitcom, "The Golden Girls", where they share their favorite moments from the show, behind-the-scenes footage, and plenty of laughs

original_title: The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments

title: Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

overview: The life, career, and music of Irving Berlin are celebrated live on stage with musical performances.

original_title: Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

title: Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson

overview: Comedy Central's best roasters and stand up comedians take a whack at actor/model Pamela Anderson.

title: Night of 100 Stars III

overview: A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

title: Walt Disney World 15th Anniversary

overview: The Walt Disney World resort turned 15 years old in 1986.  On November 9, 1986, ABC aired Walt Disney World's 15th Birthday Celebration.  Hosted by Bea Arthur and Betty White, the special featured The Monkees, Air Supply, Emmanuel Lewis and other guests.

title: The Golden Girls: Ageless

overview: During seven years of cheesecake and massive laughs, "The Golden Girls" was TV's unlikeliest hit; pairing three seasoned TV pros and one small-screen newbie with impeccable writing resulted in a sitcom that was as progressive as it was hilarious.

title: O.J.: Made in America

overview: A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.

title: My First Love

overview: Widow Jean Miller thinks she's ready for a new romance with her high school sweetheart, Sam Morrissey, a physician of considerable means. The only thing standing in the way of rekindling this first love is the presence of his very attractive, very together 39-year-old girlfriend, Claire.

title: The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

overview: Lifetime's "Intimate Portrait" series shines a spotlight on the Golden Girls -- Bea Arthur, Betty White, Estelle Getty and Rue McClanahan -- with a collection of four programs offering an up-close look at the remarkable lives of the hit show's stars. Valerie Harper, John Ritter and Alex Trebek narrate this tribute, with guests including Angela Lansbury, Mary Tyler Moore, Edward Asner, Rosie O'Donnell and many others.

original_title: The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

title: Mickey's 60th Birthday

overview: This film combines live action/original animation and library animation. Mickey steals a magic hat from a Sorcerer and is put under a spell by the angry magi so that no one will recognize him until he finds his own magic within. While Mickey is on his quest, network news teams around the country desperately try to find the famous, beloved mouse who has mysteriously disappeared. On his quest, Mickey pays a visit to the patrons of "Cheers", meets up with the Keatons from "Family Ties", and winds up on Disneyland's Main Street the night before his Birthday celebration is to take place. It is there that he finds he has all the magic inside him that he will ever need. The spell is broken and the Birthday bash commences as the whole World celebrates the beloved Mickey Mouse.

title: The Beatrice Arthur Special

overview: The Beatrice Arthur Special was a prime time U.S. television special broadcast on CBS on January 19, 1980. The production centered around Bea Arthur, who was joined by guest stars Rock Hudson, Melba Moore and ventriloquist Wayland Flowers with his puppet Madame in a series of musical numbers and comedy sketches.

title: A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury

overview: Broadway salute to Tony Award-winning actress Angela Lansbury in a star-packed gala November 17,1996 at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. The event was to benefit the American Foundation for AIDS research (AmFAR) and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Long a supporter of AmFAR and a deeply committed friend to all people with HIV/AIDS,  Lansbury was also presented with a humanitarian award at this star-packed celebration.

original_title: A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury

title: Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl

overview: He hasn't had a new Broadway show since 1983's La Cage Aux Folles, but composer Jerry Herman has become ubiquitous on the concert, tribute and benefit scene, as evidenced by a video release of "Jerry Herman's Broadway - at the Hollywood Bowl." The star-studded event celebrating Herman's 30-plus-year career includes performances by  Carol Channing, Leslie Uggams, Lorna Luft and Lee Roy Reams all together on "Hello, Dolly!"; George Hearn singing "Movies Were Movies" (Mack And Mabel); Davis Gaines crooning "Song On The Sand" and "I Am What I Am" (La Cage Aux Folles); Rita Moreno advising "Tap Your Troubles Away" (Mack And Mabel); and Beatrice Arthur pointing out "The Man In The Moon" (also from Mame). There is also special taped greetings from Angela Lansbury and Paul & Linda McCartney.

original_title: Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl

title: The Gift of the Magi

overview: A musical version of O. Henry's famous Christmas story.

title: P.O.P.

overview: A magazine editor battles her ex-con husband when he returns to the scene after a 21-year absence.

title: Night of 100 Stars

overview: The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall.  The event, for which ticket-buyers paid up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like.  Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J.  ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.

title: The Earth Day Special

overview: The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored by Time Warner, the special featured an all-star cast addressing concerns about global warming, deforestation, and other environmental ills.

title: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

overview: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who lived through it, creating a first-hand archive of personal backstage stories and memories. The new documentary is the long-awaited sequel to late filmmaker Rick McKay’s award-winning 2003 film Broadway: The Golden Age, continuing the saga into the '60s and '70s and spotlighting beloved classic Broadway shows including Once Upon a Mattress, Bye Bye Birdie, Barefoot in the Park, Pippin, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Chicago, and 42nd Street. Featuring a galaxy of stars including Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Glenn Close, André De Shields, Jane Fonda, Robert Goulet, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, and many more, the film also includes rare archival photos and never-before-seen footage both onstage and off.

title: Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

overview: A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.

title: All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

title: The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20

overview: The special celebrates the 40th anniversary of the beloved sitcom and features interviews with the series creator Susan Harris, executive producer Tony Thomas, original writers, and superfans like Kelly Ripa, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Mario Lopez. It explores the show's enduring appeal and lasting influence on pop culture.

character: Self / Dorothy Zbornak (archive footage)

original_title: The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20

title: The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There

overview: The NBC All Star Hour (1985) was a one-hour primetime television special that brought together stars from NBC’s biggest shows of the mid-1980s, blending comedy, music, and variety performances into a network showcase.

original_title: The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There

title: Henry Fonda for President

overview: A personal essay about the United States viewed through the life and work of the late American film and stage actor Henry Fonda.

title: History of the World: Part I

title: That Kind of Woman

title: Broadway's Lost Treasures II

title: Mame

title: Lovers and Other Strangers

title: Betty White: First Lady of Television

title: The Star Wars Holiday Special

title: For Better or Worse

title: Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

title: Enemies of Laughter

title: Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour

title: Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson

title: Night of 100 Stars III

title: Walt Disney World 15th Anniversary

title: The Golden Girls: Ageless

title: O.J.: Made in America

title: My First Love

title: Mickey's 60th Birthday

title: The Beatrice Arthur Special

title: The Gift of the Magi

title: P.O.P.

title: Night of 100 Stars

title: The Earth Day Special

title: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

title: Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

title: All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

title: Henry Fonda for President


Joseph Morgan

biography: Joseph Morgan (born Joseph Martin; 16 May 1981) is a British actor and director. He is best known for his role as Niklaus "Klaus" Mikaelson on The CW's The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off The Originals, in which he is the lead.

Silent Witness

overview: A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.

original_name: Silent Witness

original_language: en

The Vampire Diaries

overview: The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.

character: Klaus Mikaelson

original_name: The Vampire Diaries

Ben Hur

overview: The struggle between the Roman Empire and its rebellious conquest Judaea, and two best friends caught in a terrible moment in history.

character: Judah Ben-Hur

original_name: Ben Hur

origin_country: CA GB

The Originals

overview: The Vampire Diaries spin-off that follows the Mikaelsons, a family of millennia-old, power-hungry vampires who want to reclaim the city they built, New Orleans, and dominate all those who have wronged them.

original_name: The Originals

The Line of Beauty

overview: Crawl deep under the skin of Thatcher's Britain, seen through the eyes and experiences of a young, gay man, from the euphoria of falling in love to the tragedy of AIDS. A story of love, class, sex and money.

character: Jasper

original_name: The Line of Beauty

Casualty

overview: Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.

character: Tony Reece

original_name: Casualty

Halo

overview: Depicting an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant, the series weaves deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure and a richly imagined vision of the future.

character: James Ackerson

original_name: Halo

Legacies

overview: In a place where young witches, vampires, and werewolves are nurtured to be their best selves in spite of their worst impulses, Klaus Mikaelson’s daughter, 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson, Alaric Saltzman’s twins, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman, among others, come of age into heroes and villains at The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted.

original_name: Legacies

Henry VIII

overview: The life of Henry VIII of England from the disintegration of his first marriage to an aging Spanish princess until his death following a stroke in 1547, by which time he had married for the sixth time.

character: Thomas Culpeper

original_name: Henry VIII

Titans

overview: A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.

character: Sebastian Sanger / Brother Blood

original_name: Titans

Brave New World

overview: In a utopia whose perfection hinges upon control of monogamy and privacy, members of the collective begin to question the rules, putting their regimented society on a collision course with forbidden love and revolution.

original_name: Brave New World

Animal Kingdom

overview: 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody and her right-hand Baz, who runs the business and calls the shots, the clan also consists of Pope, the oldest and most dangerous of the Cody boys; Craig, the tough and fearless middle son; and Deran, the troubled, suspicious "baby" of the family.

character: Young Jed

original_name: Animal Kingdom

People's Choice Awards

overview: An American awards show recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans.

character: Self - Presenter

Hex

overview: Shy college student Cassie Hughes only wants to be accepted by others, but is only truly loved by her best friend Thelma Bates. Cassie later discovers that she possesses dangerous powers, and is being drawn into a world far beyond her control. And the man that she should fear the most manages to find a way into her heart.

character: Troy

original_name: Hex

The Originals

job: Director

department: Directing

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Joseph Morgan

biography: Joseph Morgan (geboren als Joseph Martin; * 16. Mai 1981) ist ein britischer Schauspieler und Regisseur. Bekannt wurde er vor allem durch seine Rolle als Niklaus „Klaus“ Mikaelson in der CW-Serie „The Vampire Diaries“ und deren Ableger „The Originals“, in dem er die Hauptrolle spielt.

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biography: Joseph Morgan (nacido Joseph Martin; Londres, Reino Unido, 16 de mayo de 1981) es un actor británico. Es mayormente reconocido por interpretar al personaje de Niklaus «Klaus» Mikaelson en la serie de televisión The Vampire Diaries y en su serie derivada, The Originals. Además de ello, también ha aparecido en series y películas como Hex, Casualty, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) y Alejandro Magno (2004).

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约瑟夫·摩根

biography: 约瑟夫·摩根（Joseph Morgan，1981年5月16日）是英国演员和导演。他最出名的是他在 CW 的《吸血鬼日记》及其衍生剧《原创》中饰演尼克劳斯“克劳斯”米凯尔森，他在其中担任主角。

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biography: Joseph Morgan (ur. Joseph Martin; 16 maja 1981) jest brytyjskim aktorem i reżyserem. Najbardziej znany jest z roli Niklausa „Klausa” Mikaelsona w serialu The CW Pamiętniki wampirów i jego spin-offie The Originals, w którym gra główną rolę.

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喬瑟夫·摩根

biography: 喬瑟夫·摩根（Joseph Morgan，1981 年 5 月 16 日）是英國演員和導演。他最出名的是他在 CW 的《吸血鬼日記》及其衍生劇《原創》中飾演尼克勞斯“克勞斯”米凱爾森，他在其中擔任主角。

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title: Alexander

overview: Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.

overview: After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.

title: Becoming Alexander

overview: Colin Farrell and his intensive preparation to play Alexander the Great in Oliver Stone's epic movie.

title: Eroica

overview: British filmmaker Simon Cellan Jones directs the BBC drama Eroica, starring Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven. Shot on digital video, this TV film depicts the first performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony, June 9th, 1804, in Vienna, Austria. Prince Lobkowitz (Jack Davenport) has invited friends to listen to Beethoven conduct his new symphony for the first time. Among the aristocratic attendees are Count Dietrichstein (Tim Pigott-Smith), Countess Brunsvik (Claire Skinner), and composer Josef Haydn (Frank Finlay). The actual musical score is performed by the Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique, under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner.

title: Mister Lonely

overview: In Paris, a young American working as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe, who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives with Charlie Chaplin and her daughter, Shirley Temple.

title: Immortals

overview: Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.

title: Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

overview: Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life full of mental torture as he tried to overcome his homosexuality in 1950s Britain. This film follows his life and eventual death based on the many diaries he kept

title: Angels Crest

overview: The small working-class town of Angels Crest is a tight-knit community resting quietly in one of the vast and stunningly beautiful valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Ethan, one of the town's residents, is a young father but not much more than a kid himself. He has no choice but to look after his three-year-old son Nate, since mom Cindy is an alcoholic. But one snowy day, Ethan's good intentions are thwarted by a moment of thoughtlessness, resulting in tragedy. A local prosecutor haunted by his past goes after Ethan, and the ensuing confusion and casting of blame begins to tear the town apart.

title: The Grind

overview: The Grind is a modern urban drama, set in world of sex, drug dealers, dance nightclubs and loan sharks. Vince is the nightclub manager of The Grind in Hackney, East London and having fought his way to a decent living and respectable lifestyle he is determined to settle down and take life easier. Upon meeting and starting a relationship with Nancy, Vinces dream of running a casino for his Boss and getting married looks set.  Bobby, Vinces best friend from school, is released from prison and their friendship soon falls apart, Bobbys addiction to cocaine and gambling spirals out of control and he now owes a huge amount of money to Vinces boss, Dave ; owner of The Grind and an East End loan shark. Vince's life takes a dramatic turn for the worse. Loyalties are tested and friendships are pushed to their limits.

title: Open Grave

overview: A man awakes -- without memory -- in a pit full of bodies and must figure out if the people who rescued him are the killers, or if he is the murderer.

title: Warhouse

overview: Royal Marine A.J Budd awakes in a mysterious house and is forced to fight for his life everyday against grotesque inhuman opponents. Trapped alone in an unchanging prison of unbreakable routines, he must kill every day or die himself. As days stretch into years, the isolation and unceasing violence threaten his very soul.

title: Desiree

overview: An inspired experimental chemist, wakes up in a New Orleans jail, accused of arson that's linked to an illegal drug-manufacturing ring. Suffering from amnesia, he's unexpectedly released on bail, determined to find his missing girlfriend.

title: Mansfield Park

overview: Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford

title: Carousel

overview: Carousel is a story of love, loss and the hope for redemption when a criminal escapes death and gets a second chance at life in more than one way.

title: Gone Baby Gone

title: Herbert West: Reanimator

overview: The brilliant but mercurial physician West's rabid obsession and pursuit of life extension succeeds to a horrifying effect.

title: Carousel

title: Carousel

title: Carousel

title: Carousel

title: Alexander

title: Becoming Alexander

title: Eroica

title: Mister Lonely

title: Immortals

title: Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

title: Angels Crest

title: The Grind

title: Open Grave

title: Warhouse

title: Desiree

title: Mansfield Park

title: Carousel

title: Gone Baby Gone

title: Herbert West: Reanimator

title: Carousel

title: Carousel

title: Carousel

title: Carousel


Esmé Creed-Miles

biography: Esmé Creed-Miles (born 5 February 2000) is an English actress, known for starring in the Amazon Video series Hanna. Creed-Miles was born in England and attended the English boarding school Bedales. She is the daughter of actors Charlie Creed-Miles and Samantha Morton.

The Legend of Vox Machina

overview: They're rowdy, they're ragtag, they're misfits turned mercenaries for hire. Vox Machina is more interested in easy money and cheap ale than actually protecting the realm. But when the kingdom is threatened by evil, this boisterous crew realizes that they are the only ones capable of restoring justice.

character: Cassandra (voice)

original_name: The Legend of Vox Machina

Hanna

overview: Follow the journey of an extraordinary young girl as she evades the relentless pursuit of an off-book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is.

character: Hanna

original_name: Hanna

The Doll Factory

overview: Iris dreams of being an artist. Silas is a taxidermist who longs to be revered. Louis is a painter searching for his next muse. As their lives collide a love triangle appears to bloom. But this will morph into a story of dark obsession.

character: Iris Whittle

original_name: The Doll Factory

The Sandman

overview: After years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds to find what was stolen from him and restore his power.

character: Delirium

original_name: The Sandman

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title: The Thicket

overview: An innocent young man, Jack, goes on an epic quest to rescue his sister Lula after she has been kidnapped by the violent killer Cut Throat Bill and her gang. To save her, Jack enlists the help of a crafty bounty hunter named Reginald Jones, a grave-digging alcoholic son of an ex-slave, and a street-smart prostitute. The gang tracks Cut Throat Bill into the deadly no-man’s land known as The Big Thicket — a place where blood and chaos reign.

character: Lula

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title: Mister Lonely

character: Shirley Temple

original_title: Mister Lonely

title: Transamazonia

overview: Rebecca, the daughter of missionary Lawrence Byrne, was declared a “miracle” after she survived a plane crash as a child, deep in the Amazon Forest. Years later, Rebecca, who became a famous healer in the region, and her father find themselves embroiled in an escalating conflict when illegal loggers invade the land belonging to the indigenous people they are evangelizing.

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title: Silver Haze

overview: 23-year-old Franky is a nurse who lives with her large family in an East London borough. Obsessed with a thirst for revenge and a need to assign guilt for a traumatic event that happened 15 years before, she is unable to build any meaningful relationship until she falls in love with one of her patients – Florence. They escape to the coast where Florence lives with her more open-minded patchwork family. There, Franky finds the emotional shelter to deal with the grudges of the past.

character: Florence

original_title: Silver Haze

title: Dark River

overview: After her father dies, a young woman returns to her Yorkshire village for the first time in 15 years to claim the family farm she believes is hers.

character: Young Alice

original_title: Dark River

title: Pond Life

overview: A group of young friends and neighbours come together for a fishing expedition after rumours spread of a giant carp in the area. In a world of broken families, cassette tapes and rumbling political fever, these friends, each with their own struggles to bear, share a moment of harmony.

character: Pogo

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title: Sudden Light

overview: As her dad lies dying in hospital, Mia (16) takes sister Squeeze (12) to walk the dog in the fields by their home. Out there, the landscape shifts around them, they become separated and Mia comes across a strange man, lurking at the edge of a dark wood.

character: Mia

original_title: Sudden Light

title: Jamie

overview: A young girl struggling with bulimia and depression is contemplating ending her life. Preoccupied with suicidal yearnings on the train to her nan’s, her journey is interrupted by another young woman’s death.

character: Jamie

original_title: Jamie

title: Wasteland

overview: A young man, Stevie, awakes on a wasteland overlooking Bradford, still bleeding from a brutal attack that has left him with severe memory loss. Recent events are a total blank; his more distant memories are a blur. He slowly begins to piece together his identity: his name, his home, his family. At first it appears he returns to his former self but through a series of painful flashbacks and encounters, he comes to learn of the dark and disturbing events that led to his beating. Ashamed to learn of the person he has become – and the dangerous world he became mixed up in –  Stevie realises he will have to pay. But at what price?

character: Sister

original_title: Wasteland

title: Alma

overview: A family embarks on an expedition to scatter the ashes of an archaeologist. As they pitch camp at one of the archaeologist's sites, sibling rivalries and buried tensions arise.

original_title: Alma

title: Sense and Sensibility

overview: A charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood.

character: Marianne Dashwood

original_title: Sense and Sensibility

title: The Chronology of Water

overview: Plagued by an abusive childhood, a woman finds escape in competitive swimming, sexual experimentation, toxic relationships, and addiction before ultimately finding her voice through writing.

character: Claire

original_title: The Chronology of Water

title: A Head Full of Ghosts

overview: The Barretts’ suburban life is torn apart when their teenage daughter’s descent into madness becomes the subject of a reality show. Fifteen years later, her sister Merry faces her family’s haunting past with a journalist, uncovering the very nature of the evil that destroyed them.

character: Merry

original_title: A Head Full of Ghosts

title: Flesh of the Gods

overview: Married couple Raoul and Alex descend each evening from their luxury skyscraper condo to venture into the electric nighttime realm of 1980s Los Angeles. When they cross paths with a mysterious and enigmatic woman known only as Nameless, she and her hard-partying cabal initiate Raoul and Alex into a glamorous, surrealistic world of hedonism, thrills and violence.

original_title: Flesh of the Gods

job: Writer

title: Jamie

department: Writing

title: Jamie

place_of_birth: Barnet, England, UK

title: The Thicket

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title: Mister Lonely

title: Transamazonia

title: Silver Haze

title: Dark River

title: Pond Life

title: Sudden Light

title: Jamie

title: Wasteland

title: Alma

title: Sense and Sensibility

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title: A Head Full of Ghosts

title: Flesh of the Gods

title: Jamie

title: Jamie