List of LGBT-related films of 1982
Films
Table:
Title

Director

Country

Genre

Cast

Notes

Angel
Giorgos Katakouzinos
Greece
Drama
Michalis Maniatis, Dionysis Xanthos

Another Way
Károly Makk, János Xantus
Hungary
History, drama
Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak, Ildikó Bánsági, Grażyna Szapołowska, Judit Hernádi, Jozef Kroner, Gyula Szabó and Péter Andorai
a.k.a. Egymásra nézve; co-written by Erzsébet Galgóczi, based on her semi-autobiographic novella Another Love (Törvényen belül)

Casta Diva
Eric De Kuyper
Belgium
Fantasy
Emile Poppe, Jack Post, Paul Ruven and Paul Verstraten

La colmena
Mario Camus
Spain
Drama
Victoria Abril, Francisco Algora, Rafael Alonso, Ana Belén, José Bódalo, Mary Carrillo, Camilo José Cela, Queta Claver, Luis Escobar, Fiorella Faltoyano, Agustín González, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Rafael Hernández, Charo López, José Luis López Vázquez, Antonio Mingote, Mario Pardo, Encarna Paso, María Luisa Ponte, Elvira Quintillá, Francisco Rabal, Antonio Resines, José Sazatornil, Elena María Tejeiro, Ricardo Tundidor, Concha Velasco, Manuel Zarzo, Imanol Arias, Luis Barbero, Luis Ciges, Marta Fernández Muro and Miguel Rellán
a.k.a. The Beehive or The Hive; based on the novel of the same name by Camilo José Cela

Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Robert Altman
United States
Comedy, drama
Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black, Sudie Bond, Marta Heflin, Kathy Bates, Mark Patton, Caroline Aaron, Ruth Miller, Gena Ramsel, Ann Risley and Dianne Turley Travis
Screenplay by Ed Graczyk, based on his stage play of the same name

Le crime d'amour
Guy Gilles
France
Drama
Macha Méril, Richard Berry, Jacques Penot, Manuel Gélin, Piéral, Jean-Marie Proslier, Rosette, Sonia Saviange, Jean Wiener, Isabelle Lepin, Jean Dasté, Romain Tagli, Pascal Greggory (as Pascal Gréggory), Claude Brosset and Anne Caudry

Deathtrap
Sidney Lumet
United States
Comedy, crime, mystery, thriller
Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth, Henry Jones and Joe Silver
Co-written by Ira Levin, based on his stage play of the same name

Drifting
Amos Guttman
Israel
Short, drama
Jonathan Sagall, Ami Traub, Ben Levin, Dita Arel, Boaz Torjemann and Mark Hasmann
a.k.a. Nagu'a or Afflicted; first Israeli LGBT-themed film

Forty Deuce
Paul Morrissey
United States
Drama
Orson Bean, Kevin Bacon, Mark Keyloun, Tommy Citera, Esai Morales, Harris Laskaway (credited as Harris Laskawy), John Ford Noonan (credited as John Noonan), Meade Roberts, Yukio Yamamoto, Rudy DeBellis, Steve Steinlauf and Susan Blond

Labyrinth of Passion
Pedro Almodóvar
Spain
Comedy
Cecilia Roth, Imanol Arias, Helga Liné, Marta Fernández Muro, Antonio Banderas, Fernando Vivanco, Ofelia Angélica, Luis Ciges, Angel Alcazar, Concha Grégori, Agustín Almodóvar and Cristina S. Pascual

Liquid Sky
Slava Tsukerman
United States
Comedy, sci-fi
Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Susan Doukas, Otto von Wernherr, Bob Brady, Elaine C. Grove, Stanley Knap, Jack Adalist, Lloyd Ziff, Harry Lum, Roy MacArthur, Sara Carlisle, Nina V. Kerova, Alan Preston and Christine Hatfull

Making Love
Arthur Hiller
United States
Drama
Michael Ontkean, Harry Hamlin, Kate Jackson, Wendy Hiller, Arthur Hill and Nancy Olson

Partners
James Burrows
United States
Comedy
Ryan O'Neal, John Hurt, Kenneth McMillan, Robyn Douglass, Jay Robinson, Denise Galik, Joseph R. Sicari, Michael McGuire, Rick Jason, James Remar, Jennifer Ashley, Darrell Larson, Tony March, Seamon Glass and Steven Reisch

Personal Best
Robert Towne
United States
Drama
Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly and Kenny Moore

Querelle
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
West Germany
France
Drama
Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau, Laurent Malet, Hanno Pöschl, Günther Kaufmann, Burkhard Driest, Roger Fritz, Dieter Schidor, Natja Brunckhorst, Werner Asam, Axel Bauer, Neil Bell, Robert van Ackeren, Wolf Gremm and Frank Ripploh
Based on the novel Querelle of Brest by Jean Genet

Señora de nadie
María Luisa Bemberg
Argentina
Drama
Luisina Brando, Rodolfo Ranni, Julio Chávez, Gabriela Acher, Susú Pecoraro, China Zorrilla, Berugo Carambula, Gonzalo Palmes, Damián Urquino, María Ibarreta (as Mariángeles), Guillermo Rico, Villanueva Cosse, João Ádeles, Lidia Catalano and Pino Dangelo
a.k.a. Nobody's Wife

The Trout
Joseph Losey
France
Drama
Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jeanne Moreau, Daniel Olbrychski, Jacques Spiesser, Isao Yamagata, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Roland Bertin, Lisette Malidor, Craig Stevens, Ruggero Raimondi, Alexis Smith, Lucas Belvaux, Pierre Forget, Ippo Fujikawa, Yûko Kada, Anne François, Pascal Morand and Frédérique Briel
Co-written by Roger Vailland, based on his novel

Tootsie
Sydney Pollack
United States
Comedy
Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Bill Murray, Charles Durning, Sydney Pollack, George Gaynes, Geena Davis, Doris Belack, Lynne Thigpen, Estelle Getty, Willy Switkes and Tobin Bell

Victor/Victoria
Blake Edwards
United Kingdom
United States
Romance, comedy, musical
Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras, John Rhys-Davies, Graham Stark, Peter Arne, Malcolm Jamieson, Sherloque Tanney, Ina Skriver, Michael Robbins, Maria Charles, Glen Murphy, Geoffrey Beevers, Norman Alden and Jay Benedict
Remake of the 1933 film Victor and Victoria

The World According to Garp
George Roy Hill
United States
Romance, comedy, drama
Robin Williams, James "J.B." McCall, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Swoosie Kurtz, Peter Michael Goetz, Mark Soper, Warren Berlinger, Brandon Maggart, Amanda Plummer, Jenny Wright and Brenda Currin
Based on the novel of the same name by John Irving

Based on the given table and the supplementary paragraphs listed.

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Angel ( Greek : Άγγελος , translit . Angelos ) is a 1982 Greek drama film directed by Giorgos Katakouzinos . The film was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee .
Giorgos Katakouzinos ( Greek : Γιώργος Κατακουζηνός ) was a Greek film director and screenwriter . He was born in Alexandria , Egypt on January 1 , 1943 and died in Athens on August 13 , 2013 . He is mostly known for his film Angelos , a film shot in 1982 , which dealt with the topic of homosexuality . The film was inspired by a real event that happened a few years earlier . The film is considered pretty daring for the early 1980s , because homosexuality was social stigma in conservative Greek society of those times . The film won three awards in Thessaloniki film festival among them the best film award . The second film Apousies ( Absences ) deals with a Greek bourgeois family in the early 20th century and won accolades in Valencia International Film Festival . His third film Zoe was also inspired by a real crime that had shocked Greek society in the late 1980s . He had also worked in Greek television .
Another Way ( Hungarian : Egymásra nézve ) , is a 1982 Hungarian film directed by Károly Makk about an affair between two women . It is based on a semi-autobiographical novella Another Love ( Törvényen belül ) by Erzsébet Galgóczi ( 1930-89 ) , who co-wrote the screenplay with Makk . It won the Best Actress award at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival for Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak and was nominated for the Palme d'Or . The film was a notable cult film for lesbian audiences in Cold War Hungary and Poland .
Károly Makk ( December 22 , 1925 - August 30 , 2017 ) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter . Five of his films were nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival ; however , he won lesser awards at Cannes and elsewhere . He was born in Berettyóújfalu , Hungary . In 1973 he was a member of the jury at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival . In 1980 , he was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival . His film A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda ( 2003 ) was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival . From September 27 , 2011 , he was the president of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts .
Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak ( born 15 February 1951 ) is a Polish film actress . She has appeared in 33 films since 1972 . She won the award for Best Actress at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival for her role in the film Another Way .
Ildikó Bánsági ( born 19 October 1947 ) is a Hungarian actress . She has appeared in over 80 films since 1966 . She starred in Passion , which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival .
Grażyna Szapołowska ( Polish pronunciation : [ ɡraˈʐɨna ʂapɔˈwɔfska ] ; born 19 September 1953 ) is a Polish film and theatre actress . After passing the baccalauréat she joined at Wroclaw Theatre of Pantomime . In 1977 she graduated from The Theatre Art School in Warsaw . From 1977 until 1984 she was in the theatrical company of the National Theatre , Warsaw . She is best known for starring in A Short Film About Love ( 1988 ) by Polish film director Krzysztof Kieślowski , and in its earlier and shorter form the sixth episode of Dekalog . It was she who suggested to Kieslowski the different ending of the full-length version . She had previously starred in another Kieslowski film , Bez końca . In 2008 she was one of the contestants of the Polish version of Soapstar Superstar reality singing competition .
Judit Hernádi ( born 11 April 1956 ) is a Hungarian actress .
Jozef Kroner ( 20 March 1924 in Staškov - 12 March 1998 in Bratislava ) was a Slovak actor . His brother Ľudovít Kroner , daughter Zuzana Kronerová , and wife Terézia Hurbanová-Kronerová were also actors . He starred in the Oscar-winning film The Shop on Main Street , and in more than 50 other Slovak films , as well as in several Czech , Bulgarian and Hungarian productions . He never studied acting ; his career started in amateur theater troupes . His biography Jozef Kroner 's Tracks ( Trate Jozefa Kronera ) was produced by director Fero Fenič in 1987 . Jozef Kroner is also an author of several mostly autobiographic books .
Péter Andorai ( 25 April 1948 - 1 February 2020 ) was a Hungarian actor . He appeared in over 90 films since 1975 . He starred in the 1980 film Bizalom , which was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival , where it won the Silver Bear for Best Director .
Erzsébet Galgóczi ( 27 August 1930 - 20 May 1989 ) was a Hungarian writer , playwright , and screenwriter . Her work is often described as realist fiction .
La Colmena ( tr . The Beehive or The Hive ) is a 1982 Spanish film directed by Mario Camus . Based on the novel The Hive by Camilo José Cela , it depicts the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War and its impact on several characters . Cela has a small role as Matías .
Mario Camus García ( Santander , 20 April 1935 ) is a Spanish screenwriter and film director . He won the Golden Bear at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival with La colmena . His 1987 film The House of Bernarda Alba was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival and in the main competition at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival . His 1993 film Shadows in a Conflict was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival .
Victoria Mérida Rojas ( born 4 July 1959 ) , better known as Victoria Abril , is a Spanish film actress and singer . She is possibly best known to international audiences for her performance in the movie ¡Átame ! ( Tie Me Up ! Tie Me Down ! ) by director Pedro Almodóvar .
Francisco Javier Jiménez Algora ( 7 December 1948 - 30 March 2016 ) was a Spanish actor . He has appeared in 105 films and television shows between 1972 and 2012 . He starred in the 1973 film Habla , mudita , which was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival . He died on 30 March 2016 from a lung cancer at the age of 67 .
Rafael Alonso Ochoa ( 5 July 1920 - 24 October 1998 ) was a Spanish actor . He appeared in more than 120 films and television shows between 1951 and 1998 .
María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta ( born 27 May 1951 , Madrid ) known professionally as Ana Belén is a Spanish actress and singer .
José Bódalo Zúffoli ( March 24 , 1916 - July 24 , 1985 ) was an Argentine born Spanish film actor .
María Carrillo Moreno ( 14 October 1919 - 31 July 2009 ) better known as Mary Carrillo was a Spanish actress . She appeared in more than fifty films from 1937 to 2002 .
Queta Claver ( June 24 , 1929 - May 3 , 2003 ) was a Spanish actress , singer , and dancer , known for her vedette roles in stage revues .
María Blanca Fiorella Renzi Gil ( born 19 October 1949 ) , better known as Fiorella Faltoyano , is a Spanish actress .
Agustín González Martínez ( 24 March 1930 in Linares - 16 January 2005 in Madrid ) was a Spanish actor who appeared in more than 180 films , including El nido ( 1980 ) , by Jaime de Armiñan ; Volver a empezar ( 1981 ) , by José Luis Garci ; La colmena ( 1982 ) , by Mario Camús ; Dos mejor que uno ( 1984 ) , by Ángel Llorente and Las bicicletas son para el verano ( 1984 ) , by Fernando Fernán Gómez .
Emilio Gutiérrez Caba ( born 26 September 1942 , Valladolid ) is a Spanish film and television actor .
Rafael Hernández ( 3 August 1928 - 7 November 1997 ) was a Spanish film actor . He appeared in 200 films between 1956 and 1990 . He was born and died in Madrid , Spain .
María del Rosario López Piñuelas ( 28 October 1943 ) better known as Charo López , is a Spanish actress .
José Luis López Vázquez de la Torre MML ( 11 March 1922 , in Madrid - 2 November 2009 , in Madrid ) was a Spanish actor .
María de la Encarnación Paso Ramos ( 25 March 1931 - 18 August 2019 ) , better known as Encarna Paso , was a Spanish film and television actress .
María Luisa Ponte Mancini ( 21 June 1918 - 2 May 1996 ) was a Spanish actress . She appeared in over 135 films and television shows between 1952 and 1995 . She appeared in the 1977 film Black Litter , which was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival .
Elvira Quintillá ( 19 September 1928 - 27 December 2013 ) was a Spanish actress , whose career spanned over six decades . Born in Barcelona , Catalonia , Quintillá began her acting career in 1941 , appearing on stage . She married actor José María Rodero in 1947 , and the couple remained together until Rodero 's death in May 1991 . She died on 27 December 2013 , aged 85 , in Madrid , Community of Madrid .
Francisco Rabal Valera ( 8 March 1926 - 29 August 2001 ) , better known as Paco Rabal , was a Spanish actor , director , and screenwriter born in Águilas , a town in the south-western part of the province of Murcia , Spain . Throughout his career , Rabal appeared in around 200 films working with directors including Francesc Rovira-Beleta , Luis Buñuel , José Luis Sáenz de Heredia , Carlos Saura , Pedro Almodóvar , William Friedkin , Michelangelo Antonioni , Claude Chabrol , Luchino Visconti , and Gillo Pontecorvo . Paco Rabal was recognized both in his native Spain and internationally , winning the Award for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for Los Santos Inocentes and a Goya Award for Best Actor for playing Francisco de Goya in Carlos Saura 's Goya en Burdeos . One of Spain 's most loved actors , Rabal also was known for his commitment to human rights and other social causes .
Antonio Fernández Resines ( born 7 August 1954 ) is a Spanish film and television actor . He was born on 7 August 1954 in Torrelavega , Cantabria , son of José Ramón Fernández Quevedo , lawyer , and Amalia Resines Ruiz de Rebolledo , who died on 10 July 2011 . He studied on the Marianist Colegio Santa María del Pilar . He was a usual collaborator in La Resistencia , and in September 2019 he was cast to El hormiguero .
José Sazatornil Buendía ( 13 August 1925 - 23 July 2015 ) was a Spanish actor who appeared in numerous films since making his debut in 1946 .
Elena María Tejeiro is a Spanish film and television actress .
Concepción Velasco Varona OAXS MML ( born 29 November 1939 ) , known professionally as Concha Velasco ( also Conchita Velasco ) , is a Spanish film actress , theater actress , singer , and television presenter . She was born in Valladolid and she moved to Madrid when she was 10 years old . She worked as a dancer with Manolo Caracol and with Celia Gámez . On March 14 , 2018 she announced that , after 64 years of career , the stage play El funeral will be her last .
Manuel López Zarza ( born 26 April 1932 ) better known as Manuel Zarzo is a Spanish film actor . He has appeared in more than 150 films since 1951 .
Manuel María Arias Domínguez ( born 26 April 1956 in Riaño , León , Spain ) better known as Imanol Arias , is a Spanish actor and film director .
Luis Barbero Fernández ( 8 August 1916 - 3 August 2005 ) was a Spanish actor . He appeared in more than 150 films and television shows between 1957 and 2001 . In 2000 , he was awarded with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Spanish Actors Union . He died of a heart attack in 2005 .
Luis Ciges Martínez ( 10 May 1921 - 11 December 2002 ) was a Spanish film actor . He appeared in 140 films between 1958 and 2002 . His father was Manuel Ciges .
The Hive ( Spanish : La Colmena ) ( also translated as The Beehive ) is a novel written by the Spanish author Camilo José Cela , first published in 1950 .
Camilo José Cela y Trulock , 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia ( Spanish : [ kamilo xoˈse ˈθela ] ; 11 May 1916 - 17 January 2002 ) was a Spanish novelist , poet , story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement . He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Literature for a rich and intensive prose , which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man 's vulnerability .
Come Back to the Five and Dime , Jimmy Dean , Jimmy Dean [ Note 1 ] is a 1982 comedy-drama film and an adaptation of Ed Graczyk 's 1976 play . The Broadway and screen versions were directed by Robert Altman , and starred Sandy Dennis , Cher , Mark Patton , Karen Black , Sudie Bond and Kathy Bates . As with the original play , the film takes place inside a small Woolworth 's five-and-dime store in a small Texas town , where an all-female fan club for actor James Dean reunites in 1975.:130 Through a series of flashbacks , the six members also reveal secrets dating back to 1955 . Jimmy Dean was the first of several feature adaptations of plays by Altman in the 1980s , after the director 's departure from Hollywood . It was screened at various film festivals in North America and Europe , and won the top prize at the 1982 Chicago International Film Festival . It was well received by critics , who praised Altman 's direction and the performances by the female cast . This was the first release for New York-based independent outlet Cinecom Pictures , which Altman chose over a major studio to guarantee a long play in art house venues .
Robert Bernard Altman ( /ˈɔːltmən/ ; February 20 , 1925 - November 20 , 2006 ) was an American film director , screenwriter , and producer . A five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director and an enduring figure from the New Hollywood era , Altman was considered a maverick in making films with a highly naturalistic but stylized and satirical aesthetic , unlike most Hollywood films . He is consistently ranked as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in American cinema . His style of filmmaking covered many genres , but usually with a subversive twist which typically relied on satire and humor to express his personal views . Altman developed a reputation for being anti-Hollywood and non-conformist in both his themes and directing style . However , actors especially enjoyed working under his direction because he encouraged them to improvise , thereby inspiring their own creativity . He preferred large ensemble casts for his films , and developed a multitrack recording technique which produced overlapping dialogue from multiple actors . This produced a more natural , more dynamic , and more complex experience for the viewer . He also used highly mobile camera work and zoom lenses to enhance the activity taking place on the screen . Critic Pauline Kael , writing about his directing style , said that Altman could make film fireworks out of next to nothing . In 2006 , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized Altman 's body of work with an Academy Honorary Award . He never won a competitive Oscar despite seven nominations .
Sandra Dale Dennis ( April 27 , 1937 - March 2 , 1992 ) was an American theater and film actress . At the height of her career in the 1960s she won two Tony Awards , as well as an Oscar for her performance in Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? Dennis was a well-renowned animal activist . She rescued stray cats from the bowels of Grand Central Terminal . At the time of her death in Westport , CT , she lived with more than 20 cats , who were adopted out by longtime friends to new homes .
Cher ( /ʃɛər/ ; born Cherilyn Sarkisian ; May 20 , 1946 ) is an American singer , actress and television personality . Commonly referred to by the media as the Goddess of Pop , she has been described as embodying female autonomy in a male-dominated industry . Cher is known for her distinctive contralto singing voice and for having worked in numerous areas of entertainment , as well as adopting a variety of styles and appearances during her six-decade-long career . Cher gained popularity in 1965 as one-half of the folk rock husband-wife duo Sonny & Cher after their song I Got You Babe reached number one on the American and British charts . By the end of 1967 , they had sold 40 million records worldwide and had become , according to Time magazine , rock 's it couple . She began her solo career simultaneously , releasing in 1966 her first million-seller song , Bang Bang ( My Baby Shot Me Down ) . She became a television personality in the 1970s with her shows The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour , watched by over 30 million viewers weekly during its three-year run , and Cher . She emerged as a fashion trendsetter by wearing elaborate outfits on her television shows . While working on television , Cher established herself as a solo artist with the U.S . Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping singles Gypsys , Tramps & Thieves , Half-Breed , and Dark Lady . After her divorce from Sonny Bono in 1975 , she launched a comeback in 1979 with the disco album Take Me Home and earned $ 300,000 a week for her 1980-1982 concert residency in Las Vegas . In 1982 , Cher made her Broadway debut in the play Come Back to the Five and Dime , Jimmy Dean , Jimmy Dean and starred in its film adaptation .
Karen Blanche Black ( née Ziegler ; July 1 , 1939 - August 8 , 2013 ) was an American actress , screenwriter , singer , and songwriter . She rose to prominence for her work in various independent films in the 1970s , frequently portraying eccentric and offbeat characters , and established herself as a figure of New Hollywood . Her career spanned over 50 years , and includes nearly 200 credits in both independent and mainstream films . Black received numerous accolades throughout her career , including two Golden Globe Awards , as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress . A native of suburban Chicago , Black studied theater at Northwestern University before dropping out and relocating to New York City . She performed on Broadway in 1965 before making her major film debut in Francis Ford Coppola 's You 're a Big Boy Now ( 1966 ) . Black relocated to California and was cast as an acid-tripping prostitute in Dennis Hopper 's road film Easy Rider ( 1969 ) . This led to a lead in the drama Five Easy Pieces ( 1970 ) , in which she played a hopeless waitress , for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress . Black made her first major commercial picture with the disaster film Airport 1975 ( 1974 ) , and her subsequent appearance as Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby ( 1974 ) won her a second Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress . Black starred as a glamorous country singer in Robert Altman 's ensemble musical drama Nashville ( 1975 ) , also writing and performing two songs for the soundtrack , which won a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack . Her portrayal of an aspiring actress in John Schlesinger 's morbid drama The Day of the Locust ( also 1975 ) earned her a third Golden Globe nomination , this time for Best Actress . She subsequently appeared in three roles in Dan Curtis 's anthology horror film Trilogy of Terror ( 1975 ) , followed by Curtis 's supernatural horror feature , Burnt Offerings ( 1976 ) .
Marta Heflin ( March 29 , 1945 - September 18 , 2013 ) was an American actress who appeared in several Robert Altman films , including Come Back to the Five and Dime , Jimmy Dean , Jimmy Dean and A Perfect Couple . Known for her waifish appearance , Heflin also acted in various New York stage musicals prior to her film career , such as Fiddler on the Roof , Hair , and Jesus Christ Superstar . Marta was the daughter of American theatre producer and journalist Julia Heflin and public relations executive Martin Heflin . She was the niece of Oscar-winning actor Van Heflin and actress Frances Heflin . After struggling with prolonged illness , Heflin died in Manhattan at the age of 68 . In 2014 , the Marta Heflin Foundation , a private grant-making foundation that supports the work of other charitable organizations , was set up as part of her legacy .
Kathleen Doyle Bates ( born June 28 , 1948 ) is an American actress and director . She is the recipient of numerous accolades , including one Academy Award , two Primetime Emmy Awards , and two Golden Globe Awards . Born in Memphis , Tennessee , she studied theatre at the Southern Methodist University before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career . She landed minor stage roles before being cast in her first on screen role in Taking Off ( 1971 ) . Her first Off-Broadway stage performance was in the 1976 production of Vanities . Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s , she continued to perform on screen and on stage , and garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play in 1983 for her performance in 'night , Mother , and won an Obie Award in 1988 for her performance in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune . Bates ' performance as Annie Wilkes in the horror film Misery ( 1990 ) , marked her Hollywood breakthrough , winning her the Academy Award for Best Actress . Further acclaim came for her starring role in Dolores Claiborne ( 1995 ) , The Waterboy ( 1998 ) , and supporting roles in Fried Green Tomatoes ( 1991 ) and Titanic ( 1997 ) ; the latter , in which she portrayed Molly Brown , became the highest-grossing film to that point . Bates received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Primary Colors ( 1998 ) , About Schmidt ( 2002 ) , and Richard Jewell ( 2019 ) . Bates ' television work has resulted in 14 Emmy Award nominations , including two for her leading role on the NBC series Harry 's Law ( 2011-12 ) . She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearance on the ninth season of Two and a Half Men ( 2012 ) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her portrayal of Delphine LaLaurie on the third season of American Horror Story ( 2014 ) . She also received accolades for her portrayal of Miss Hannigan in the 1999 television adaptation of Annie .
Mark Patton ( born September 22 , 1959 ) is an American interior designer and actor . Beginning his professional acting career in 1982 , Patton is perhaps best known for his feature film roles as Joe Qualley in the dramatic film Come Back to the Five and Dime , Jimmy Dean , Jimmy Dean and as Jesse Walsh in the 1985 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 : Freddy 's Revenge , a role for which he is touted as the first male scream queen in modern cinema .
Caroline Sidney Aaron ( née Abady ; born August 7 , 1952 ) is an American actress and film producer .
Ann Risley ( born September 30 , 1949 ) is an American actress and comedian . She was a cast member of the TV series Saturday Night Live for the 12 episodes of the 1980-1981 season . These 12 broadcasts were the first episodes after producer Lorne Michaels left the show . She is a member of SAG , AFTRA , Equity , and an independent actor 's equity . [ citation needed ] Born Anna Risley in Madison , Wisconsin , she was spotted by Woody Allen in a theatre production of his material and encouraged her to pursue an acting career in New York . Risley was cast in small parts in Allen 's films Annie Hall , Manhattan and Stardust Memories . Before joining the cast of Saturday Night Live , she had a cameo on the show in 1976 as a psychiatrist 's patient . She was cast for Saturday Night Live by Jean Doumanian , who had previously been the show 's guest-booker , then associate producer . After 12 episodes , Doumanian was let go and replaced by Dick Ebersol , who fired Gilbert Gottfried , Charles Rocket , and Risley from the cast before his first episode . In a 1999 article in People , Risley was quoted as saying her SNL experience was horrible . Prior to ( and after ) Saturday Night Live , Risley had roles in nine feature films , including Honky Tonk Freeway and Come Back to the Five and Dime , Jimmy Dean , Jimmy Dean . She appeared in starring roles in two television pilots ( Off Campus and Night After Night ) , was a five-week guest star on the daytime soap The Doctors , and appeared in five made-for-TV movies , including The Young Riders and Telling Secrets .
Edward Graczyk ( born 1941/1942 ) :28is a playwright originally from Ohio . He wrote several children 's plays early in his career , but became better known as the author of 1976 's Come Back to the Five and Dime , Jimmy Dean , Jimmy Dean . In 1982 , Graczyk won the Best Screenplay Award at the Belgium International Film Festival for Robert Altman 's motion picture adaptation .
Come Back to the Five and Dime , Jimmy Dean , Jimmy Dean is a 1976 play by Ed Graczyk , originally performed at the Players ' Theater in Columbus , Ohio . Despite the interpretation of the name in the title , it refers to the legendary Rebel Without a Cause , James Dean , as opposed to Jimmy Dean , the country-western singer who had a hit in 1961 with Big Bad John . The play , in fact , revolves around a James Dean fan club that reunites at a Texas five-and-dime store . In 1982 , filmmaker Robert Altman directed both a Broadway version at the Martin Beck Theater and a film adaptation of the same name . Altman 's version of the play was not well-received with critics at the time . :89
Guy Gilles born Guy Chiche ( 25 August 1938 - 3 February 1996 ) was a French film director .
Macha Méril ( born Princess Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina on 3 September 1940 ) is a French actress and writer .
Richard Berry ( born Richard Élie Benguigui , 31 July 1950 ) is a French actor , film director and screenwriter . He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1972 . He starred in The Violin Player , which was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival .
Rosette ( real name Françoise Quéré ; born 6 September 1959 ) is a French actress and producer .
Jean Wiener ( or Wiéner ) ( 19 March 1896 , 14th arrondissement of Paris - 8 June 1982 , Paris ) was a French pianist and composer .
Jean Dasté , born Jean Georges Gustave Dasté , ( 18 September 1904 in Paris , France - 15 October 1994 in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez , Loire , France ) was an actor and theatre director . Although Jean Dasté is best known for his career on stage as both an actor and director in a variety of works including those by Shakespeare and Molière , he made his first appearance on screen in a 1932 Jean Renoir film ( Boudu sauvé des eaux ) , and 57 years later appeared in his final film at the age of 85 . He played also the main character in two Jean Vigo movies , L'Atalante and Zéro de conduite . Later , he worked also with Alain Resnais and François Truffaut . He married Danish-born actress Marie-Hélène Copeau ( 1902-1994 ) , the daughter of the influential French writer , editor , and drama critic Jacques Copeau ( 1879-1949 ) and Agnès Thomsen . In 1947 , he became the founding director of the Comedie de St.-Etienne stage company in the town of Saint-Étienne in the Loire département . The success of his theater was such that there is a college and a theater in Saint-Étienne named in his honor .
Pascal Greggory ( born 8 September 1954 ) is a French actor .
Deathtrap is a 1982 American black comedy mystery film based on the 1978 play of the same name by Ira Levin . The film is directed by Sidney Lumet from a screenplay by Levin and Jay Presson Allen , and stars Michael Caine , Dyan Cannon and Christopher Reeve . Critics gave the film mostly favorable reviews , while noting its plot similarities to Caine 's 1972 film Sleuth .
Sidney Arthur Lumet ( /luːˈmɛt/ loo-MET ; June 25 , 1924 - April 9 , 2011 ) was an American director , producer , and screenwriter with over 50 films to his credit . He was nominated five times for the Academy Award : four for Best Director for 12 Angry Men ( 1957 ) , Dog Day Afternoon ( 1975 ) , Network ( 1976 ) , and The Verdict ( 1982 ) and one for Best Adapted Screenplay for Prince of the City ( 1981 ) . He did not win an individual Academy Award , but did receive an Academy Honorary Award , and 14 of his films were nominated for Oscars , including Network , which was nominated for ten and won four . According to The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Lumet was one of the most prolific filmmakers of the modern era , directing more than one movie a year on average since his directorial debut in 1957 . Turner Classic Movies notes his strong direction of actors , vigorous storytelling and the social realism in his best work . Film critic Roger Ebert described him as one of the finest craftsmen and warmest humanitarians among all film directors . Lumet was also known as an actor 's director , having worked with the best of them during his career , probably more than any other director . Sean Connery , who acted in five of his films , considered him one of his favorite directors , and one who had that vision thing . A member of the maiden cohort of New York 's Actors Studio , Lumet began his directorial career in Off-Broadway productions , then became a highly efficient TV director . His first movie , 12 Angry Men ( 1957 ) , was a courtroom drama centered on a tense jury deliberation . Lumet subsequently divided his energies among political and social drama films , as well as adaptations of literary plays and novels , big stylish stories , New York-based black comedies , and realistic crime dramas , including Serpico and Prince of the City . As a result of directing 12 Angry Men , he was also responsible for leading the first wave of directors who made a successful transition from TV to movies .
Sir Michael Caine , CBE ( /keɪn/ ; born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr. , 14 March 1933 ) is an English actor , film producer and author . He has appeared in more than 130 films in a career spanning over 60 years and is considered a British film icon . Known for his cockney accent , Caine was born in Southeast London . He made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in British films , including Zulu ( 1964 ) , The Ipcress File ( 1965 ) , Alfie ( 1966 ) , for which he was nominated for an Academy Award , The Italian Job ( 1969 ) and Battle of Britain ( 1969 ) . His roles in the 1970s included Get Carter ( 1971 ) , The Last Valley ( 1971 ) , Sleuth ( 1972 ) , for which he earned his second Academy Award nomination , The Man Who Would Be King ( 1975 ) and A Bridge Too Far ( 1977 ) . He achieved some of his greatest critical success in the 1980s , with Educating Rita ( 1983 ) , earning him the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor . In 1986 , he received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Woody Allen 's Hannah and Her Sisters . Caine played Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol ( 1992 ) . This was his first starring role in several years , which led to a career resurgence in the late 1990s , receiving his second Golden Globe Award for his performance in Little Voice in 1998 and his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Cider House Rules , the following year . Caine played Nigel Powers in the 2002 parody Austin Powers in Goldmember , and Alfred Pennyworth in Christopher Nolan 's The Dark Knight Trilogy . He appeared in several other of Nolan 's films , including The Prestige ( 2006 ) , Inception ( 2010 ) and Interstellar ( 2014 ) . He also appeared in Alfonso Cuarón 's Children of Men and Matthew Vaughn 's action comedy film Kingsman : The Secret Service .
Christopher D'Olier Reeve ( September 25 , 1952 - October 10 , 2004 ) was an American actor , writer and director . He was best known for playing DC comic book superhero Superman , beginning with the acclaimed Superman ( 1978 ) , for which he won a BAFTA Award . Reeve appeared in other critically acclaimed films such as The Bostonians ( 1984 ) , Street Smart ( 1987 ) and The Remains of the Day ( 1993 ) . He received a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance in the television remake of Rear Window ( 1998 ) . On May 27 , 1995 , Reeve was left quadriplegic after being thrown from a horse during an equestrian competition in Culpeper , Virginia . He used a wheelchair and needed a portable ventilator to breathe for the rest of his life . He lobbied on behalf of people with spinal cord injuries and for human embryonic stem cell research , founding the Christopher Reeve Foundation and co-founding the Reeve-Irvine Research Center .
Dyan Cannon ( born Samille Diane Friesen ; January 4 , 1937 ) is an American actress , director , screenwriter , producer , and editor . She has been nominated for three Academy Awards .
Irene Worth , CBE ( June 23 , 1916 - March 9 , 2002 ) was an American stage and screen actress who became one of the leading stars of the British and American theatre . She pronounced her given name with three syllables : I-REE-nee . Worth made her Broadway debut in 1943 , joined the Old Vic company in 1951 and the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1962 . She won the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress for the 1958 film Orders to Kill . Her other film appearances included Nicholas and Alexandra ( 1971 ) and Deathtrap ( 1982 ) . A three-time Tony Award winner , she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Tiny Alice in 1965 and Sweet Bird of Youth in 1976 , and won the 1991 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for Lost in Yonkers , a role she reprised in the 1993 film version . One of her later stage performances was opposite Paul Scofield in the 2001 production of I Take Your Hand in Mine at the Almeida Theatre in London .
Henry Burk Jones ( August 1 , 1912 - May 17 , 1999 ) was an American actor of stage , film and television .
Joe Silver ( September 28 , 1922 - February 27 , 1989 ) was an American stage , television , film and radio actor . His distinctive deep voice was once described as the lowest voice in show business ; so low that when he speaks , he unties your shoelaces .
Ira Marvin Levin ( August 27 , 1929 - November 12 , 2007 ) was an American novelist , playwright , and songwriter . His most noted works include the novels A Kiss Before Dying ( 1953 ) , Rosemary 's Baby ( 1967 ) , The Stepford Wives ( 1972 ) , and The Boys from Brazil ( 1976 ) , as well as the play Deathtrap ( 1978 ) . Many of his novels and plays have been adapted to film .
Deathtrap is a play written by Ira Levin in 1978 with many plot twists and which references itself as a play within a play . It is in two acts with one set and five characters . It holds the record for the longest-running comedy-thriller on Broadway , and was nominated for four Tony Awards , including Best Play . Deathtrap was well received by many and has been frequently revived . It was adapted into a film starring Christopher Reeve , Michael Caine , and Dyan Cannon in 1982 .
Drifting ( a.k.a . Nagu ' a ) is the title of an independent film directed by Amos Guttman . Filmed in 1982 , released a year later , it is the first Israeli LGBT-themed film , and follows a lonely young gay man as he attempts to find love and break into the movie business . The film is in Hebrew with English subtitles Sometimes the film 's title is translated as Afflicted .
Amos Guttman ( Hebrew : עמוס גוטמן ; May 10 , 1954 - February 16 , 1993 ) was an Israeli film director , born in Romania . He directed the first ever Israeli LGBT-themed film and most of his films were based on events that happened in his own personal life .
Jonathan Sagall ( Hebrew : יהונתן סגל ; born April 23 , 1959 ) is a Canadian-Israeli actor , film director , TV director and screenwriter .
Forty Deuce is a 1982 American drama film directed by Paul Morrissey and starring Orson Bean . It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival .
Paul Morrissey ( born February 23 , 1938 ) is an American film director , best known for his association with Andy Warhol . He was also director of the first film in which a transgender actress , Holly Woodlawn , starred as a cisgender woman and girlfriend of the main character played by Joe Dallesandro in Trash ( 1970 ) .
Orson Bean ( born Dallas Frederick Burrows ; July 22 , 1928 - February 7 , 2020 ) was a veteran American film , television , and stage actor , and a comedian , writer , and producer . He was a game show and talk show host and a mainstay of Los Angeless small theater scene . He appeared frequently on several televised game shows from the 1960s through the 1980s and was a long-time panelist on the television game show To Tell the Truth . A storyteller par excellence , he was a favorite of Johnny Carson , appearing on The Tonight Show over 200 times . Bean became one of the first neocelebrities in television - someone who was famous for being famous .
Kevin Norwood Bacon ( born July 8 , 1958 ) is an American actor and musician . His films include musical-drama film Footloose ( 1984 ) , the controversial historical conspiracy legal thriller JFK ( 1991 ) , the legal drama A Few Good Men ( 1992 ) , the historical docudrama Apollo 13 ( 1995 ) , and the mystery drama Mystic River ( 2003 ) . Bacon is also known for taking on darker roles such as that of a sadistic guard in Sleepers ( 1996 ) and troubled former child abuser in The Woodsman ( 2004 ) . He is also known for the hit comedies National Lampoon 's Animal House ( 1978 ) , Diner ( 1982 ) , Tremors ( 1990 ) and Crazy , Stupid , Love ( 2011 ) . His other well known films are Friday the 13th ( 1980 ) , Flatliners ( 1990 ) , The River Wild ( 1994 ) , Wild Things ( 1998 ) , Stir of Echoes ( 1999 ) , Hollow Man ( 2000 ) , Frost/Nixon ( 2008 ) , X-Men : First Class ( 2011 ) , Black Mass ( 2015 ) and Patriots Day ( 2016 ) . He is equally prolific on television , having starred in the Fox drama series The Following ( 2013-2015 ) . For the HBO original film Taking Chance ( 2009 ) , Bacon won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award , also receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination . More recently Bacon portrayed the title character and was the series lead of the Amazon Prime web television series I Love Dick for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award . The Guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination . In 2003 , Bacon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion pictures industry . Bacon has become associated with the concept of interconnectedness ( as in social networks ) , having been popularized by the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon . In 2007 , he created SixDegrees.org , a charitable foundation .
Esai Manuel Morales Jr. ( born October 1 , 1962 ) is an American actor . He played Bob Morales in the 1987 biopic La Bamba . He also appeared in the PBS drama American Family and in the Showtime series Resurrection Blvd . He is best known for his roles as Lt. Tony Rodriguez on NYPD Blue , Joseph Adama in the science fiction television series Caprica , and Camino del Rio in the Netflix original series Ozark .
John Ford Noonan Jr. ( October 7 , 1941 - December 16 , 2018 ) was an American playwright . He also wrote for theater , film and television , and he was an actor . His father worked as a jazz musician . He has four children . His brother , Tom Noonan , is an actor and writer . He was born in Greenwich , Connecticut .
Meade Roberts ( 13 June 1930 in New York City - 10 February 1992 in New York City ) was an American screenwriter who collaborated with Tennessee Williams with the screenplays for the films The Fugitive Kind ( 1959 ) and Summer and Smoke ( 1961 ) , both based on plays by Williams . In other work for films , Roberts wrote the screenplay for The Stripper ( 1963 ) , starring Joanne Woodward , by adapting William Inge 's play A Loss of Roses and wrote the screenplay for the movie In the Cool of the Day ( 1963 ) , starring Peter Finch and Jane Fonda , by adapting Susan Ertz 's novel of the same name . Roberts also was an actor in two John Cassavetes films , The Killing of a Chinese Bookie ( 1976 ) and Opening Night ( 1977 ) . Roberts 's play A Palm Tree in a Rose Garden ( 1957 ) had an off-Broadway run in NYC from November 26 , 1957 to January 19 , 1958 , with Barbara Baxley as Barbara Parris . In 1960 , Tomás Milián appeared at Spoleto 's Festival dei Due Mondi in Roberts 's one-act play Maidens and Mistresses at Home in the Zoo ( 1958 ) , written specifically for him . Meade Roberts wrote television scripts for such shows as CBS 's Suspense ( 1949-1955 ) , NBC 's The Kate Smith Evening Hour ( 1951-1952 ) , and CBS 's Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1951-1959 ) . He adapted Henry James 's novel The Wings of the Dove for Playhouse 90 , which aired January 8 , 1959 , season 3 , episode 14 , with Dana Wynter as Kate Croy , James Donald as Merton Densher , and Inga Swenson as Milly Theale . NTA Film Network 's Play of the Week aired a teleplay of Roberts 's play A Palm Tree in a Rose Garden on April 4 , 1960 , season 1 , episode 26 , with Glenda Farrell as Rose Frobisher , Barbara Barrie as Lila Frobisher , Robert Webber as Anton Jonas , and Barbara Baxley as Barbara Parris . He died of a heart attack in New York City on February 10 , 1992 .
Susan Blond , is a New York publicist and the owner of entertainment and lifestyle publicity agency Susan Blond , Inc . Growing up in New York City , Blond attended the High School of Music and Art ( now known as Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts ) where she studied painting . She was given a one-person show at Harvard University ( 1971 ) while she attended school in Boston . She was later chosen to participate in the Whitney Museum 's Independent Study Program in New York . Blond returned home after college and was immediately drawn into the New York art world and Andy Warhols Factory . She and Warhol developed a strong friendship , with Warhol proclaiming that he would make her a star . Blond indeed went on to star in a number of Warhol 's movies ( including an infamous scene in Andy Warhol 's Bad where she drops a baby out of a high-rise window ) as well as Madam Wangs , directed by filmmaker Paul Morrissey . Soon after Warhol launched Interview magazine , he saw that he had tapped into a growing publishing niche under the editorial direction of writer Glenn OBrien . Warhol appointed Blond to launch Interviews advertising arm . Blonds first job in PR was with United Artists , where she represented artists such Electric Light Orchestra , Tina Turner , and Shirley Bassey , soundtracks for Blaxploitation films such as Shaft , and film scores by Ennio Morricone for the spaghetti westerns directed by Sergio Leone . Soon thereafter , Blond moved on to Epic Records , which was owned by CBS at the time . Blond became the first female Vice President of Press & Public Information , and worked on the press campaigns of popular artists including first albums from Ozzy Osbourne , Culture Club , Cyndi Lauper , Sade , Meat Loaf and Boston .
Labyrinth of Passion ( Spanish : Laberinto de pasiones ) is a 1982 Spanish screwball comedy written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar , starring Cecilia Roth and Imanol Arias . Antonio Banderas has a small role marking his film debut . Labyrinth of Passion , Almodóvar 's second film , was independently produced with a shoestring budget which allowed for better production values than his previous film Pepi , Luci , Bom , and to employ a more complex narrative . The plot follows a nymphomaniac pop star who falls in love with a gay Middle Eastern prince . Their unlikely destiny is to find one another , overcome their sexual preferences and live happily ever after on a tropical island . Although badly received by Spanish film critics , Labyrinth of Passion was a modest success and it quickly reached cult film status . The film is an outrageous look at love and sex , framed in Madrid of the early 1980s , during the so-called Movida madrileña , a period of sexual adventurousness between the dissolution of Franco 's authoritarian regime and the onset of AIDS consciousness .
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero ( Spanish pronunciation : [ ˈpeðɾo almoˈðoβaɾ kaβaˈʝeɾo ] ; born 25 September 1949 ) is a Spanish filmmaker , director , screenwriter , producer , and former actor . He came to prominence as a director and screenwriter during La Movida Madrileña , a cultural renaissance that followed after the end of Francoist Spain . His first few films characterised the sense of sexual and political freedom of the period . In 1986 , he established his own film production company , El Deseo , with his younger brother Agustín Almodóvar , responsible for producing all of his films since Law of Desire ( 1987 ) . Almodóvar achieved international recognition for his black comedy-drama film Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ( 1988 ) , which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film , and went on to more success with the dark romantic comedy film Tie Me Up ! Tie Me Down ! ( 1990 ) , the melodrama High Heels ( 1991 ) and the romantic drama thriller Live Flesh ( 1997 ) . His subsequent two films won an Academy Award each : All About My Mother ( 1999 ) received the award for Best Foreign Language Film while Talk to Her ( 2002 ) earned him the award for Best Original Screenplay . Almodóvar followed this with the drama Volver ( 2006 ) , the romantic thriller Broken Embraces ( 2009 ) , the psychological thriller The Skin I Live In ( 2011 ) and the dramas Julieta ( 2016 ) and Pain and Glory ( 2019 ) , all of which were in competition for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival . His films are marked by his employment of certain actors and creative personnel , complex narratives , melodrama , pop culture , popular songs , irreverent humour , strong colours , and glossy décor . Desire , passion , family , and identity are among Almodóvar 's most prevalent themes . Acclaimed as one of the most internationally successful Spanish filmmakers , Almodóvar and his films have gained worldwide interest and developed a cult following .
Cecilia Edith Rotenberg Gutkin better known as Cecilia Roth ( Spanish pronunciation : [ seˈsilja rot ] ; born August 8 , 1956 ) is an Argentine actress . She is the winner of two Goya Awards and a European Film Award . She is known for being an Almodóvar girl and the muse of Fito Páez during the 1990s .
Helga Liné ( pronounced [ liˈne ] ; born Helga Lina Stern on 14 July 1932 ) is a German-born Portuguese-Spanish film actress and circus acrobat best known for her work in the horror genre of film . She made 132 appearances mostly in film between 1941 and 2006 , but most of her work has been in Spanish cinema .
José Antonio Domínguez Bandera [ a ] ( born 10 August 1960 ) , known professionally as Antonio Banderas , is a Spanish actor , film producer and director . He is the recipient of numerous accolades , including a Cannes Best Actor Award and nominations for a Tony Award , an Academy Award , two Primetime Emmy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards . Banderas began his acting career with a series of films by director Pedro Almodóvar in the 1980s and then appeared in several Hollywood films , such as Philadelphia ( 1993 ) , Interview with the Vampire ( 1994 ) , Desperado ( 1995 ) , Assassins ( 1995 ) , Evita ( 1996 ) , and The Mask of Zorro ( 1998 ) . He also appeared in the Spy Kids series and provided the voice of Puss in Boots in the Shrek franchise as well as its spin-off film Puss in Boots . In 2003 , Banderas made his theatre debut as Guido Contini in Nine , for which he was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Drama Desk Award . He received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles in the television film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself ( 2004 ) and the second season of Genius ( 2018 ) ; his portrayal of Pablo Picasso in the latter garnered him critical praise . For the 2019 film Pain and Glory , he earned the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor , and received nominations for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor .
Agustín Almodóvar Caballero ( born 1955 ) is a film producer and younger brother of filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar . He was born in Calzada de Calatrava and obtained a degree in chemistry from the Complutense University of Madrid . He began his career in film production as a messenger in Fernando Trueba 's film Sé infiel y no mires con quién . In 1986 , he and Pedro founded their own production company , El Deseo S.A . Through this company he has produced all of Pedro 's films since 1986 , and several French co-productions . He is a member of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain .
Liquid Sky is a 1982 American independent science fiction film directed by Slava Tsukerman and starring Anne Carlisle and Paula E. Sheppard . It debuted at the Montreal Film festival in August 1982 and was well received at several film festivals thereafter . It was produced with a budget of $ 500,000 . It became the most successful independent film of 1983 , grossing $ 1.7 million worldwide . The film is seen as heavily influencing a club scene that emerged in the early 2000s in Brooklyn , Berlin , Paris , and London called electroclash .
Vladislav Slava Tsukerman ( Russian : Сла́ва ( Владисла́в Менделе́вич ) Цукерма́н ; born March 9 , 1940 ) is a Russian film director of Jewish origin . He was born in the Soviet Union and emigrated in 1973 with his wife Nina Kerova to Israel . In 1976 he moved to New York City . He is best known for producing , directing , and writing the screenplay for the 1982 cult film Liquid Sky . He also directed the 2004 documentary Stalin 's Wife ( about Nadezhda Alliluyeva ) and the 2008 film Perestroika . In 2014 in an interview with The Awl it was confirmed by Tsukerman , a Liquid Sky sequel , Liquid Sky 2 , was in the works . Lead actress Anne Carlisle would be returning in the sequel in the role of Margaret .
Anne Carlisle ( born 1956 ) is an American actress , performance artist , acting teacher , author , and model . She is known for co-writing and playing both the lead female and male counterpart roles in the film Liquid Sky . She also played a minor role of Victoria in the 1985 Susan Seidelman film Desperately Seeking Susan , the transvestite Gwendoline in Crocodile Dundee and starred in an episode of TV series Miami Vice . Carlisle also adapted and wrote a novel version of her cult , new wave film Liquid Sky . Carlisle posed for Playboy in 1984 .
Making Love is a 1982 American drama film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Kate Jackson , Harry Hamlin and Michael Ontkean . The film tells the story of a married man coming to terms with his homosexuality and the love triangle that develops between him , his wife and another man .
Arthur Hiller , OC ( November 22 , 1923 [ a ] - August 17 , 2016 ) was a Canadian-American television and film director with over 33 films to his credit during a 50-year career . He began his career directing television in Canada and later in the U.S. By the late 1950s he began directing films , most often comedies . He also directed dramas and romantic subjects , such as Love Story ( 1970 ) , which was nominated for seven Oscars . Hiller collaborated on films with screenwriters Paddy Chayefsky and Neil Simon . Among his other films were The Americanization of Emily ( 1964 ) , Tobruk ( 1967 ) , The Hospital ( 1971 ) , The Out-of-Towners ( 1970 ) , Plaza Suite ( 1971 ) , The Man in the Glass Booth ( 1975 ) , Silver Streak ( 1976 ) , The In-Laws ( 1979 ) and Outrageous Fortune ( 1987 ) . Hiller served as president of the Directors Guild of America from 1989 to 1993 and president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1993 to 1997 . He was the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2002 . An annual film festival in Hiller 's honor was held from 2006 until 2009 at his alma mater , Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts .
Michael Leonard Ontkean ( born January 24 , 1946 ) is a retired Canadian actor . Born and raised in Vancouver , British Columbia , Ontkean relocated to the United States to attend the University of New Hampshire on a hockey scholarship before pursuing a career in acting in the early 1970s . He initially came to prominence portraying Officer Willie Gillis on the crime drama series The Rookies from 1972-74 , followed by lead roles in the hockey sports comedy film Slap Shot ( 1977 ) and the romantic comedy Willie & Phil ( 1980 ) . In 1982 , he had a starring role opposite Harry Hamlin and Kate Jackson in the drama Making Love , in which he portrayed a married man who comes to terms with his homosexuality . Ontkean continued to appear in films , such as Clara 's Heart ( 1988 ) and Postcards from the Edge ( 1990 ) before being cast as Sheriff Harry S. Truman on David Lynch 's Twin Peaks ( 1990-1991 ) , the role for which he is probably best known .
Harry Robinson Hamlin ( born October 30 , 1951 ) is an American actor , author , and entrepreneur . Hamlin is known for his roles as Perseus in the 1981 fantasy film Clash of the Titans and as Michael Kuzak in the legal drama series L.A. Law , for which he received three Golden Globe nominations . For his recurring role on the AMC drama series Mad Men , Hamlin received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series .
Lucy Kate Jackson ( born October 29 , 1948 ) is an American actress , director , and producer , known for her television roles as Sabrina Duncan in the series Charlie 's Angels ( 1976-79 ) and Amanda King in the series Scarecrow and Mrs. King ( 1983-87 ) . Her film roles include Making Love ( 1982 ) and Loverboy ( 1989 ) . She is a three-time Emmy Award nominee and four-time Golden Globe Award nominee . Jackson began her career in the late 1960s in summer stock , before landing her first major television roles in Dark Shadows ( 1970-71 ) and The Rookies ( 1972-76 ) . She also appeared in the film Night of Dark Shadows ( 1971 ) . The huge success of her role as Sabrina Duncan on Charlie 's Angels saw her appear on the front cover of Time magazine , alongside co-stars Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith , while her role as Mrs. King won her Germany 's Bravo Golden Otto Award for Best Female TV Star three times ( 1986-88 ) . She then continued to star in numerous TV movies , including Quiet Killer ( 1992 ) , Empty Cradle ( 1993 ) and Satan 's School for Girls ( 2000 ) , a remake of the 1973 TV movie of the same name in which she also starred .
Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller , DBE ( 15 August 1912 - 14 May 2003 ) was an English film and stage actress , who enjoyed a varied acting career that spanned nearly sixty years . The writer Joel Hirschorn , in his 1984 compilation Rating the Movie Stars , described her as a no-nonsense actress who literally took command of the screen whenever she appeared on film . Despite many notable film performances , she chose to remain primarily a stage actress . She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Separate Tables ( 1958 ) .
Arthur Edward Spence Hill ( August 1 , 1922 - October 22 , 2006 ) was a Canadian actor best known for appearances in British and American theatre , films , and television . He attended the University of British Columbia and continued his acting studies in Seattle , Washington .
Nancy Ann Olson ( born July 14 , 1928 ) is an American actress . She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard ( 1950 ) . She co-starred with William Holden in four films , and also later appeared in Disney 's The Absent-Minded Professor ( 1961 ) and its sequel , Son of Flubber ( 1963 ) , as well as the disaster film Airport 1975 ( 1974 ) . Olson has been virtually retired from acting since the early 1980s , although she has made a few rare returns , most recently in 2014 .
Partners is a 1982 American gay-themed buddy comedy film directed by James Burrows and starring Ryan O'Neal and John Hurt as a mismatched pair of cops .
James Edward Burrows ( born December 30 , 1940 ) , sometimes known as Jim Burrows , is an American television director who has been working in television since the 1970s . Burrows has directed over 50 television pilots and co-created the long-running television series Cheers . In 2016 , Burrows directed his 1,000th TV episode , on NBC 's Crowded .
Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal ( born April 20 , 1941 ) is an American actor and former boxer . O'Neal trained as an amateur boxer before beginning his career in acting in 1960 . In 1964 , he landed the role of Rodney Harrington on the ABC nighttime soap opera Peyton Place . The series was an instant hit and boosted O'Neal 's career . He later found success in films , most notably Love Story ( 1970 ) , for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as Best Actor , Peter Bogdanovich 's What 's Up , Doc ? ( 1972 ) and Paper Moon ( 1973 ) , Stanley Kubrick 's Barry Lyndon ( 1975 ) , Richard Attenborough 's A Bridge Too Far ( 1977 ) , and Walter Hill 's The Driver ( 1978 ) . From 2005 to 2017 , he had a recurring role in the Fox TV series Bones as Max , the father of the show 's protagonist .
Sir John Vincent Hurt CBE ( 22 January 1940 - 25 January 2017 ) was an English actor whose career spanned more than 50 years . Hurt came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the film A Man for All Seasons ( 1966 ) and gained BAFTA Award nominations for his portrayals of Timothy Evans in 10 Rillington Place ( 1971 ) and Quentin Crisp in television film The Naked Civil Servant ( 1975 ) - winning his first BAFTA for the latter . He played Caligula in the BBC TV series I , Claudius ( 1976 ) . Hurt 's performance in the prison drama Midnight Express ( 1978 ) brought him international renown and earned Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards , along with an Academy Award nomination . His BAFTA-nominated portrayal of astronaut Kane , in the science-fiction horror film Alien ( 1979 ) , yielded a scene where an alien creature burst out of his chest . It has been named by several publications as one of the most memorable moments in cinema history . Hurt earned his third competitive BAFTA , along with his second Oscar and Golden Globe nominations , as John Merrick in David Lynch 's biopic The Elephant Man ( 1980 ) . Other significant roles during the 1980s included Bob Champion in biopic Champions ( 1984 ) , Mr. Braddock in the Stephen Frears drama The Hit ( 1984 ) , Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four ( 1984 ) and Stephen Ward in the drama depicting the Profumo affair , Scandal ( 1989 ) . Hurt was again BAFTA-nominated for his work in Irish drama The Field ( 1990 ) and played the primary villain , James Graham , in the epic adventure Rob Roy ( 1995 ) . His later films include the Harry Potter film series ( 2001-11 ) , the Hellboy films ( 2004 and 2008 ) , supernatural thriller The Skeleton Key ( 2005 ) , western The Proposition ( 2005 ) , political thriller V for Vendetta ( 2005 ) , sci-fi adventure Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ( 2008 ) and the Cold War espionage film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ( 2011 ) . Hurt reprised his role as Quentin Crisp in An Englishman in New York ( 2009 ) , which brought his seventh BAFTA nomination . He portrayed the War Doctor in BBC TV series Doctor Who in 2013 .
Kenneth McMillan ( July 2 , 1932 - January 8 , 1989 ) was an American actor . McMillan was usually cast as gruff , hostile and unfriendly characters due to his rough image . However , he was sometimes cast in some lighter roles that highlighted his more benign side .
Robyn Douglass ( born June 21 , 1953 ) is a retired American actress and model .
Jay Robinson ( April 14 , 1930 - September 27 , 2013 ) was an American actor specializing in character roles . He achieved his greatest fame playing Emperor Caligula in the film The Robe ( 1953 ) and its sequel Demetrius and the Gladiators ( 1954 ) .
Denise Galik-Furey ( born December 4 , 1950 ) is an American actress who has starred on television and in film .
Rick Jason ( born Richard Jacobson ; May 21 , 1923 - October 16 , 2000 ) was an American actor , born in New York City , and most remembered for starring in the ABC television drama Combat ! ( 1962-1967 ) .
James Remar is an American actor . He has played Richard in Sex and the City ( 2002-2004 ) , Ajax in The Warriors ( 1979 ) , Albert Ganz in 48 Hrs . ( 1982 ) , Dutch Schultz in The Cotton Club ( 1984 ) , Jack Duff in Miracle on 34th Street ( 1994 ) , and Harry Morgan in Dexter ( 2006-2013 ) . Since 2009 he has done voice-over work in ads for Lexus luxury cars . Remar studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City .
Darrell Ray Larson ( born December 13 , 1950 ) is an American film and television actor who appeared in the 1990 action/comedy film Men at Work . His work included roles in such films as The Student Nurses ( 1970 ) , Kotch ( 1971 ) , The Magnificent Seven Ride ( 1972 ) , Futureworld ( 1976 ) and Partners ( 1982 ) . He had a prominent role in the 1984 film Mike 's Murder , and a small part in the 1996 film Eye for an Eye . Larson 's television guest star appearances include Matlock , Designing Women , L.A. Law , Morningstar/Eveningstar , and Diagnosis Murder . He also appeared in Law & Order : Special Victims Unit .
Seamon Glass ( September 26 , 1925 - July 12 , 2016 ) was an American actor and author . He acted in film and television from the early 1960s to the early 1990s . He appeared in the films This Is Not a Test ( 1962 ) , Deliverance ( 1972 ) , Bootleggers ( 1974 ) , and Winterhawk .
Personal Best is a 1982 American drama film written , produced , and directed by Robert Towne . The movie stars Mariel Hemingway and real-life track star Patrice Donnelly , along with Scott Glenn as the coach of the track team .
Robert Towne ( born Robert Bertram Schwartz ; November 23 , 1934 ) is an American screenwriter , producer , director and actor . He was part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking . He is best known for his Academy Award-winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski 's Chinatown ( 1974 ) , which is widely considered one of the greatest screenplays ever written . He later said it was inspired by a chapter in Carey McWilliams 's Southern California Country : An Island on the Land ( 1946 ) and a West magazine article on Raymond Chandler 's Los Angeles . Towne also wrote the sequel , The Two Jakes ( 1990 ) ; the Hal Ashby comedy-dramas The Last Detail ( 1973 ) and Shampoo ( 1975 ) ; and the first two Mission : Impossible films . Towne directed the sports dramas Personal Best ( 1982 ) and Without Limits ( 1998 ) , the crime thriller Tequila Sunrise ( 1988 ) , and the romantic crime drama Ask the Dust ( 2006 ) .
Mariel Hadley Hemingway ( born November 22 , 1961 ) is an American actress . She began acting at age 14 with a Golden Globe-nominated breakout role in Lipstick ( 1976 ) , and received Academy and BAFTA Award nominations for her performance in Woody Allen 's Manhattan ( 1979 ) . She is also known for her leading roles in Personal Best ( 1982 ) and Star 80 ( 1983 ) , as well as in the TV series Civil Wars , for which she received a Golden Globe nomination . Amid mental health struggles , Hemingway 's career dwindled in the 1990s . She has starred in and co-produced videos about yoga and holistic living . She published a yoga memoir , Finding My Balance , in 2002 , and another more general one , Out Came the Sun , in 2015 .
Theodore Scott Glenn ( born January 26 ) is an American actor . His roles have included Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy ( 1980 ) , astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff ( 1983 ) , Emmett in Silverado ( 1985 ) , Commander Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October ( 1990 ) , Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs ( 1991 ) , John Adcox in Backdraft ( 1991 ) , Montgomery Wick in Vertical Limit ( 2000 ) , Roger in Training Day ( 2001 ) , Ezra Kramer in The Bourne Ultimatum ( 2007 ) , Kevin Garvey , Sr. , in The Leftovers ( 2014-2017 ) , and as Stick in both Daredevil ( 2015-2016 ) and The Defenders ( 2017 ) .
Patrice Michelle Pat Donnelly ( born April 30 , 1950 ) is a retired American track and field athlete and actress , known primarily for hurdling .
Kenneth Clark Moore ( born December 1 , 1943 ) is an American athlete and journalist . At the University of Oregon , Moore was one of Bill Bowerman 's finest distance runners . Moore a two time Olympian ran both the 1968 Mexico City and 1972 Munich Olympic marathon , finishing fourth in 1972 . Moore won the largest footrace in the world , the San Francisco Bay to Breakers , six times in a row - the all-time leader in victories in the race . He also won the national titles in cross-country running in 1967 and in the marathon in 1971 . After his track career , Moore became a journalist and screenwriter . He had a twenty-five-year career covering athletics for Sports Illustrated . At the end of his career at Sports Illustrated , Moore took up the plight of former competitor Mamo Wolde , who was falsely imprisoned in Ethiopia . In his story , Moore championed Wolde 's release from prison , a release that came months before Wolde 's death . Moore was also one of the athletes who pushed for the Amateur Sports Act of 1978 . He also helped to write the screenplay for the 1998 biopic Without Limits , a film about former Oregon Ducks standout Steve Prefontaine . Moore also had an acting role ( as a water polo player ) in the 1982 Robert Towne film Personal Best , starring Mariel Hemingway , Scott Glenn , and Patrice Donnelly .
Querelle is a 1982 West German-French English-language drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Brad Davis , adapted from French author Jean Genet 's 1947 novel Querelle of Brest . It marked Fassbinder 's final film as a writer/director ; it was posthumously released just months after the director died of a drug overdose in June 1982 .
Rainer Werner Fassbinder ( German : [ ˈʁaɪ̯nɐ ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ ˈfasˌbɪndɐ ] ; 31 May 1945 - 10 June 1982 ) , sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder , was a West German filmmaker , actor , playwright , theatre director , composer , cinematographer , editor , and essayist . He is widely regarded as a prominent figure and catalyst of the New German Cinema movement . His first feature-length film was a gangster movie called Love Is Colder Than Death ( 1969 ) ; he scored his first domestic commercial success with The Merchant of Four Seasons ( 1972 ) and his first international success with Ali : Fear Eats the Soul ( 1974 ) , both of which are considered masterpieces by contemporary critics . Big-budget projects such as Despair ( 1978 ) , Lili Marleen and Lola ( both 1981 ) followed . His greatest success came with The Marriage of Maria Braun ( 1979 ) , chronicling the rise and fall of a German woman in the wake of World War II . Other notable films include The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant ( 1972 ) , Fox and His Friends ( 1975 ) , Satan 's Brew ( 1976 ) , and Querelle ( 1982 ) , all of which focused on gay and lesbian themes . Fassbinder died on 10 June 1982 , at the age of 37 , from a lethal cocktail of cocaine and barbiturates . Although his career lasted less than two decades , he was extremely prolific ; by the time of his death , he had completed over forty feature films , two television series , three short films , four video productions , and twenty-four plays .
Robert Creel Davis ( November 6 , 1949 - September 8 , 1991 ) , known professionally as Brad Davis , was an American actor , known for starring in the 1978 film Midnight Express , Chariots of Fire and the 1982 film Querelle .
Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero ( born 23 November 1941 ) , better known by his stage name Franco Nero , is an Italian actor . He is best known for his breakthrough role as the title character in Sergio Corbucci 's Spaghetti Western film Django ( 1966 ) , a role that he reprised in Nello Rossati 's Django Strikes Again ( 1987 ) . Since then , he has performed over 200 leading and supporting roles in a wide variety of films and television programmes in both Italy and abroad , in genres ranging from poliziotteschi , to action , to drama , to war , and musicals . These include The Bible : In the Beginning . ( 1966 ) , Camelot ( 1967 ) , The Day of the Owl ( 1968 ) , The Mercenary ( 1968 ) , Battle of Neretva ( 1969 ) , Tristana ( 1970 ) , Compañeros ( 1970 ) , Confessions of a Police Captain ( 1971 ) , Keoma ( 1976 ) , Hitch-Hike ( 1977 ) , Force 10 from Navarone ( 1978 ) , Enter the Ninja ( 1981 ) , Die Hard 2 ( 1990 ) , Letters to Juliet ( 2010 ) and John Wick : Chapter 2 ( 2017 ) . He also played the narrator in the film Rasputin ( 2010 ) , directed by Louis Nero , and voiced the character of Uncle Topolino in the animated film Cars 2 ( 2011 ) directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Brad Lewis . In 2012 , Nero made a cameo appearance in Quentin Tarantino 's Django Unchained . According to Deadline Hollywood , Nero is expected to appear in the dark comedy feature film The Immortalist in 2020 , along with Sherilyn Fenn , Paul Rodriguez , Aries Spears , and Jeff DuJardin . directed by Vlad Kozlov . Nero is known for his ties to the Redgrave family , and has had a long-standing relationship with Vanessa , which began during the filming of Camelot . They were married in 2006 .
Jeanne Moreau ( French pronunciation : ​ [ ʒan mɔʁo ] ; 23 January 1928 - 31 July 2017 ) was a French actress , singer , screenwriter and director . She won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Seven Days . Seven Nights ( 1960 ) ( which she shared with Melina Mercouri for her role in Never on Sunday ) , the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for Viva Maria ! ( 1965 ) , and the César Award for Best Actress for The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea ( 1992 ) . She was also the recipient of several lifetime awards , including a BAFTA Fellowship in 1996 , Cannes Golden Palm in 2003 and César Award in 2008 . Moreau made her theatrical debut in 1947 , and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française . She began playing small roles in films in 1949 , with impressive performances in the Fernandel vehicle Meurtres ? ( Three Sinners , 1950 ) and alongside Jean Gabin as a showgirl/gangster 's moll in the film Touchez pas au grisbi ( 1954 ) . She achieved prominence as the star of Elevator to the Gallows ( 1958 ) , directed by Louis Malle , and Jules et Jim ( 1962 ) , directed by François Truffaut . Most prolific during the 1960s , Moreau continued to appear in films into her 80s .
Laurent Marie Guespin-Malet ( born 3 September 1955 in Bayonne ) is a French actor , and the twin brother of actor Pierre Malet .
Hanno Pöschl ( born 2 July 1949 in Vienna , Austria ) is an Austrian actor . Pöschl has enjoyed a long and prolific career working with directors Maximilian Schell , Peter Patzak , Rainer Werner Fassbinder , Paulus Manker , Richard Linklater , and Götz Spielmann . He also starred in several TV-Productions , and has occasionally appeared in theatrical productions at Vienna 's Burgtheater and elsewhere . For many years Pöschl was married to American dancer and choreographer Kim Duddy . He owns a café and a restaurant in Vienna .
Günther Kaufmann ( 16 June 1947 - 10 May 2012 ) was a German film actor best known for his association with director Rainer Werner Fassbinder . Fassbinder directed Kaufmann in a total of 14 films , casting him in leading and minor roles . Kaufmann was also romantically involved with the director for a time . In 2002 , Kaufmann was accused of murder in relation to the 2001 death of Hartmut Hagen , a 60-year-old accountant whom Kaufmann 's wife had defrauded . The death was ruled accidental , though Kaufmann was sentenced to prison for lesser crimes relating to the incident . In 2005 , a new police investigation discovered that Kaufmann was innocent , and had confessed to the crimes to cover up for his late wife , who may have been the perpetrator . He was subsequently released from prison and resumed his acting career .
Burkhard Driest ( born 28 April 1939 in Stettin , Germany , now Szczecin , Poland ) is a German actor , writer and director , perhaps best known for his acting work in Sam Peckinpah 's Cross of Iron and Rainer Werner Fassbinder 's Querelle .
Roger Fritz ( born 22 September 1936 ) is a German actor , director , producer and photographer , perhaps best known for Cross of Iron , and his work with Rainer Werner Fassbinder in Querelle , Lili Marleen and Berlin Alexanderplatz . Roger Fritz was born on 22 September 1936 in Mannheim , Baden , Germany . He was married to the actress , Helga Anders ( 1948-86 ) , from 1968-74 , when they divorced . They had one child , Leslie Fritz , who is an assistant director .
Dieter Schidor ( born 6 March 1948 - 17 September 1987 ) was a German actor , perhaps best known for his work in Sam Peckinpah 's Cross of Iron , and Rainer Werner Fassbinder 's Querelle . Dieter Schidor was born on 6 March 1948 in Bienrode , today a part of Braunschweig , Germany . From 1977-86 , Schidor lived with the New Zealand actor and producer Michael McLernon , until his death from AIDS . Schidor died from AIDS on 17 September 1987 in Munich .
Natja Brunckhorst ( born 26 September 1966 ) is a German actress , screenwriter , and director . Brunckhorst was 13 years old when she was selected by director Uli Edel for the leading role as Christiane F. in the critically acclaimed 1981 dramatisation of the biographical work Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo on Christiane Vera Felscherinow written following tape recordings of teenage girl Christiane F. The film immediately acquired cult status ( which it still retains today ) and features David Bowie as both himself and the soundtrack composer , which gave the film a commercial boost . A year later Brunckhorst appeared in Rainer Werner Fassbinder 's Querelle ( 1982 ) . After the unexpected success of Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo , in order to avoid public attention she retreated from public life and went to school in England . After a short time in Paris she returned to Germany in 1987 to study at the Schauspielschule Bochum . Since then she has acted on film and television , for example in The Princess and the Warrior , as well as the German TV series Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen . Following a recovery from cancer which caused a break in her acting career , in 1998 , Brunckhorst began working as a scriptwriter , first for the television series Einsatz Hamburg Süd . Her biographical film Wie Feuer und Flamme was awarded the Lola for the best script in 2001 . In the same year her first work as a director was published , La Mer , a playful-romantic short film . In addition , she still appears in movies , such as her part in 2000 alongside Franka Potente and Benno Fürmann in the movie The Princess and the Warrior . In Totem , the only German contribution to the Venice Film Festival in 2011 , she embodied a woman in desperation for the speechlessness of her family . Brunckhorst has one daughter : Emma ( born 1991 ) , from a relationship with German actor Dominic Raacke that lasted from 1988 to 1993 .
Werner Asam ( born October 17 , 1944 , in Mallersdorf , Germany ) is a German television actor , director , and writer . He played several roles in Derrick during the 1980s and 1990s .
Axel Bauer ( born April 7 , 1961 ) is a French singer , composer , guitarist , and actor , born in Paris . A figure of the French rock scene , he was discovered in 1983 with the song Cargo . Several times awarded a gold record , he has sold three million records and performed nearly 700 concerts in France and Europe .
Robert van Ackeren is a German movie director , actor , producer , writer and cinematographer , born on 22 December 1946 , West Berlin , West Germany .
Wolf Gremm ( 26 February 1942 - 14 July 2015 ) was a German film director and screenwriter . Gremm was born in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1942 . In the 1960s , he studied German literature , psychology , sociology and theater . After graduation , he studied film direction at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin and directed his first feature film Ich dachte , ich wär tot in 1973 . During the 1970s and early 1980s , he produced several feature films . His greatest success was the 1980 film Fabian based on a novel by German author Erich Kästner . This film was chosen as West Germany 's official submission to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film , but was not nominated . He was a close friend of the German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder , who also starred in Gremm 's 1982 film Kamikaze 1989 . This film was his last feature film ; he then worked solely for television . [ citation needed ]
Frank Ripploh ( September 2 , 1949 - June 24 , 2002 ) was a German actor , film director , and author . He is best remembered for his semi-autobiographical 1980 film Taxi zum Klo . The film , produced on a shoestring budget of 100,000 DM , explored the day-to-day life of a Berlin schoolteacher who also led a very active gay sex life . Extremely explicit for its day , and for some time afterward ( to the point where the film was not passed uncut by the British Board of Film Classification until 2011 ) , Taxi zum Klo was considered groundbreaking for the subject matter it portrayed , and achieved something of a cult status among gay audiences of the time . In 1987 , Ripploh directed a sequel entitled Taxi nach Kairo , but the film was not considered as successful as its predecessor , and it was not released outside Germany . Ripploh also participated in the creation of a small number of other art house films during the 1980s , and had a role in the 1982 movie Querelle directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder . Ripploh died of cancer in 2002 .
Querelle of Brest ( French : Querelle de Brest ) is a novel by the French writer Jean Genet . It was written mostly in 1945 and first published anonymously in 1947 , limited to 460 numbered copies , with illustrations by Jean Cocteau . It is set in the midst of the port town of Brest , where sailors and the sea are associated with murder . Its protagonist , Georges Querelle , is a bisexual thief , prostitute and serial killer who manipulates and kills his lovers for thrills and profit . The novel formed the basis for Rainer Werner Fassbinder 's last film , Querelle ( 1982 ) .
Jean Genet ( French : [ ʒɑ̃ ʒənɛ ] ; ( 1910-12-19 ) 19 December 1910 - ( 1986-04-15 ) 15 April 1986 ) was a French novelist , playwright , poet , essayist , and political activist . Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal , but he later took to writing . His major works include the novels The Thief 's Journal and Our Lady of the Flowers , and the plays The Balcony , The Maids and The Screens .
María Luisa Bemberg ( April 14 , 1922 - May 7 , 1995 ) was an Argentine film writer , director and actress ; one of the first Argentine women film directors with a powerful presence in the intellectual world of Argentina of 1970-1990 . In her work , she specialized in portraying famous Argentinian women and the Argentine upper class . Bemberg also focused on feminism , with regard to the gender debate and cinematic gaze . Bemberg is arguably Argentinas foremost female director .
Luisina Brando ( born Luisa Noemí Gnazzo ; December 10 , 1945 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ) is an Argentine actress .
Rodolfo Ranni ( born 31 October 1937 in Trieste , Italy ) is an Italian Argentine film actor . He has made over 85 film and TV appearances since 1958 . More recently he has appeared in Argentine television dramas . His last job was the Argentinian soap opera Herederos de Una Venganza ( Heirs of Revenge ) .
Julio Chávez ( born July 14 , 1956 as Julio Hirsch ) is an Argentine film and television actor . He was born in Buenos Aires , and received his first film role in 1973 . Since 1976 , he has had leading roles in Argentine cinema and , more recently , in Argentine television .
Gabriela Acher ( born 5 August 1944 in Montevideo ) is a Uruguayan actress and comedian , active in Argentina .
Susana Raquel Susú Pecoraro ( born December 4 , 1952 ) is an Argentine film and television actress , one of the most popular of the country .
China Zorrilla ( Spanish : [ ˈtʃina soˈriʝa ] ; born Concepción Matilde Zorrilla de San Martín Muñoz ; 14 March 1922 - 17 September 2014 ) was an Uruguayan theater , film , and television actress , also director , producer and writer . An immensely popular star in the Rioplatense area , she is often regarded as a Grand Dame of the South American theater stage . After a long career in the Uruguayan theater , Zorrilla made over 50 appearances in Argentina 's film , theater and TV . Her distinguished career took off in Uruguay in the 1950 and 1960s , later she settled in Argentina , where she lived for over 35 years and was popular on TV , theater , and cinema . At 90 , she retired and went back to Uruguay , where she died in 2014 . In 2008 , Zorrilla was invested Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government and in 2011 , the Correo Uruguayo ( the national postal service in Uruguay ) released a print run of 500 commemorative postage stamps dedicated to her .
Heber Hugo Carámbula , ( 31 October 1945 - 14 November 2015 ) , also known under the stage name of Berugo Carámbula , was a Uruguayan actor , comedian and TV host , born in Las Piedras in 1945 .
Villanueva Félix Cosse Vega ( born 9 November 1933 ) is a Uruguayan actor , theater director , and writer who has developed a distinguished career in his country and internationally , especially in Argentina , where he has lived since 1973 .
The Trout ( French : La Truite ) is a 1982 French drama film directed by Joseph Losey based on the novel by Roger Vailland and starring Isabelle Huppert .
Joseph Walton Losey III ( /ˈloʊsi/ ; January 14 , 1909 - June 22 , 1984 ) was an American theatre and film director , producer , and screenwriter . Born in Wisconsin , he studied in Germany with Bertolt Brecht and then returned to the United States . Blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s , he moved to Europe where he made the remainder of his films , mostly in the United Kingdom . Among the most critically and commercially successful were three films with screenplays by Harold Pinter , The Servant ( 1963 ) , Accident ( 1967 ) and The Go-Between ( 1971 ) . Losey 's 1976 film Monsieur Klein won the César Awards for Best Film and Best Director , with nominations in the same categories for the 1979 opera adaptation Don Giovanni . He was a four-time nominee for both the Palme d'Or ( winning once ) and the Golden Lion , and a two-time BAFTA nominee .
Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert ( French pronunciation : ​ [ izabɛl yˈpɛʁ ] ; born 16 March 1953 ) is a French actress who has appeared in more than 120 films since her debut in 1971 . She is the most nominated actress for the César Award , with 16 nominations . She twice won the César Award for Best Actress , for La Cérémonie ( 1995 ) and Elle ( 2016 ) . Huppert was made Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite in 1994 and was promoted to Officier in 2005 . She was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1999 and was promoted to Officer in 2009 . In 2019 , she was honored with the lifetime achievement award for a foreign artist at the 50th International Film Festival of India . Huppert 's first César nomination was for the 1975 film Aloïse . In 1978 , she won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for The Lacemaker . She went on to win two Best Actress awards at the Cannes Film Festival , for Violette Nozière ( 1978 ) and The Piano Teacher ( 2001 ) , as well as two Volpi Cups for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival , for Story of Women ( 1988 ) and La Cérémonie . Her other films in France include Loulou ( 1980 ) , La Séparation ( 1994 ) , 8 Women ( 2002 ) , Gabrielle ( 2005 ) , Amour ( 2012 ) , and Things to Come ( 2016 ) . Among international film 's most prolific actresses , Huppert has worked in Italy , Russia , Central Europe , and in Asia . Her English-language films include : Heaven 's Gate ( 1980 ) , I Heart Huckabees ( 2004 ) , The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby ( 2013 ) , Louder Than Bombs ( 2015 ) , and Greta ( 2018 ) .
Jean-Pierre Cassel ( 27 October 1932 - 19 April 2007 ) was a French actor .
Daniel Marcel Olbrychski ( Polish pronunciation : [ ˈdaɲɛl ˈmart͡sɛl ɔlˈbrɨxskʲi ] ; born 27 February 1945 ) is a Polish actor best known for leading roles in several Andrzej Wajda movies and also known for playing a defector and spymaster Vassily Orlov , alongside Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie in the movie Salt .
Jacques Spiesser ( born 7 June 1947 ) is a French actor , born in Angers .
Isao Yamagata ( 山形 勲 , Yamagata Isao , 25 July 1915 - 28 June 1996 ) was a Japanese film actor . He appeared in more than 80 films between 1951 and 1984 .
Jean-Paul Roussillon ( 5 March 1931 - 31 July 2009 ) was a French actor . He appeared in 87 films and television shows between 1954 and 2008 . He starred in the film Playing 'In the Company of Men ' , which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival . He won the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in A Christmas Tale . For years Roussillon had been battling lung cancer and died on 31 July 2009 in Auxerre , France .
Roland Bertin ( born 16 November 1930 ) is a French stage and film actor . He has appeared in at least 100 films and television shows since 1970 .
Craig Stevens ( born Gail Shikles Jr. ; July 8 , 1918 - May 10 , 2000 ) was an American film and television actor , best known for his starring role on television as private detective Peter Gunn from 1958 to 1961 .
Ruggero Raimondi ( born 3 October 1941 ) is an Italian bass-baritone opera singer who has also appeared in motion pictures .
Margaret Alexis Smith ( June 8 , 1921 - June 9 , 1993 ) was a Canadian-born stage , film , and television actress and singer . She appeared in several major Hollywood films in the 1940s and had a notable career on Broadway in the 1970s , winning a Tony Award in 1972 .
Lucas Belvaux ( born 14 November 1961 ) is a Belgian actor and film director . His directing credits include the Trilogie , consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters , each of which was filmed in a different genre . The three films are Cavale , a thriller ; Un couple épatant , a comedy ; and Après la vie , a melodrama . The Trilogie received the André Cavens Award . His film La Raison du plus faible was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival . His film One Night ( 38 témoins ) was nominated for seven Magritte Awards , winning Best Screenplay . He also appeared as an actor in the film Merry Christmas ( 2005 ) . He is the brother of Rémy Belvaux and Bruno Belvaux .
Pascal Morand ( born December 20 , 1955 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ) is the Executive President of the Fédération française de la couture . He is also a professor at ESCP Europe Business School , a member of Académie des Technologies ( The National Academy of Technologies of France ) , a member of the Commission d'évaluation des formations et diplômes de gestation ( The Commission for the Evaluation of Management Training and Degrees ) and , a member of the Conseil national éducation-économie , an organization established by the French National Education Ministry to foster greater cooperation between business and higher education .
Roger Vailland ( 16 October 1907 - 12 May 1965 ) was a French novelist , essayist , and screenwriter .
Tootsie is a 1982 American comedy film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Dustin Hoffman . Its supporting cast includes Jessica Lange , Teri Garr , Dabney Coleman , Bill Murray , Charles Durning , George Gaynes , Geena Davis , Doris Belack and Pollack . The film tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to adopt a new identity as a woman in order to land a job . The film was adapted by Larry Gelbart , Barry Levinson ( uncredited ) , Elaine May ( uncredited ) and Murray Schisgal from a story by Gelbart and Don McGuire . The film was a major critical and financial success , the second most profitable film of 1982 , and was nominated for ten Academy Awards including Best Picture . Lange was the only winner , for Best Supporting Actress . In 1998 the Library of Congress deemed the film culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry . The theme song , It Might Be You , was performed by Stephen Bishop , with music by Dave Grusin and a lyric by Alan and Marilyn Bergman . It was a Top 40 hit in the United States and hit No . 1 on the adult contemporary chart .
Sydney Irwin Pollack ( July 1 , 1934 - May 26 , 2008 ) was an American film director , producer and actor . Pollack directed more than 20 films and 10 television shows , acted in over 30 movies or shows and produced over 44 films . His 1985 film Out of Africa won him Academy Awards for directing and producing . He was also nominated for Best Director Oscars for They Shoot Horses , Do n't They ? ( 1969 ) and Tootsie ( 1982 ) in which he also appeared . Some of his other best known works include Jeremiah Johnson ( 1972 ) , The Way We Were ( 1973 ) , Three Days of the Condor ( 1975 ) and Absence of Malice ( 1981 ) . His subsequent films included Havana ( 1990 ) , The Firm ( 1993 ) , The Interpreter ( 2005 ) , and he produced and acted in Michael Clayton ( 2007 ) . Pollack is probably best known to television viewers for his recurring role playing Will Truman 's father on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace ( 2000-2006 ) .
Dustin Lee Hoffman ( born August 8 , 1937 ) is an American actor and filmmaker . He is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters . He is the recipient of numerous accolades including two Academy Awards , six Golden Globe Awards ( including the Cecil B. DeMille Award ) , four BAFTAs , three Drama Desk Awards , and two Emmy Awards . Hoffman received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999 and the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 2012 . Hoffman first drew critical praise for starring in the play Eh ? , for which he won a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award . His breakthrough film role was as Benjamin Braddock in critically acclaimed and iconic The Graduate ( 1967 ) . Since that time , Hoffman 's career has largely been focused on the cinema , with sporadic returns to television and to the stage . Hoffman 's films include Midnight Cowboy , Little Big Man , Papillon , Lenny , Marathon Man , All the President 's Men , Kramer vs. Kramer , Tootsie , Rain Man , Hook , and Wag the Dog . He made his directorial debut in 2012 , with Quartet , and has done voice work for the Kung Fu Panda film series and The Tale of Despereaux .
Jessica Phyllis Lange ( /læŋ/ ; born April 20 , 1949 ) is an American actress . She is the thirteenth actress in history to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting , having won two Academy Awards , three Primetime Emmy Awards , one Tony Award , one Screen Actors Guild Award , and five Golden Globe Awards . Additionally , she is the second actress in history to win the Academy Award for Best Actress after winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress , the third actress and first performer since 1943 to receive two Oscar nominations within the same year , the fifth actress and ninth performer to win Oscars in both the lead and supporting acting categories , and is tied as the sixth most Oscar-nominated actress in history . Lange holds the record for the most Golden Globe nominations in the Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television category , and is the second actress with the most Golden Globe nominations in history . She is the only performer ever to win Primetime Emmy Awards in both the Outstanding Supporting Actress and Outstanding Lead Actress categories for the same miniseries . Lange has also garnered one Critics Choice Award and three Dorian Awards , making her the most honored actress by the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association . In 1998 , Entertainment Weekly listed Lange among the 25 Greatest Actresses of the 1990s . In 2014 , Lange was scheduled to receive a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame , though she has yet to claim it . Lange made her professional film debut in Dino De Laurentiis 's 1976 remake of the 1933 action-adventure classic King Kong , for which she also won her first Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year . In 1983 , she won her second Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a soap opera star in Tootsie ( 1982 ) and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the troubled actress Frances Farmer in Frances ( 1982 ) . Lange received three more nominations for Country ( 1984 ) , Sweet Dreams ( 1985 ) and Music Box ( 1989 ) , before winning her third Golden Globe Award , and the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as a manic depressive housewife in Blue Sky ( 1994 ) . In 2010 , she won her first Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis ' famed aunt , Big Edie , in HBO 's Grey Gardens ( 2009 ) .
Teri Ann Garr ( born December 11 , 1944 ) [ a ] is a retired American actress , singer , comedian , voice artist and dancer . She frequently appeared in comedic roles throughout her career , which spans four decades and includes over 140 credits in film and television . Her accolades include one Academy Award nomination , a BAFTA Award nomination , and one National Board of Review Award . Born in Lakewood , Ohio , Garr was raised in North Hollywood . She is third child of a comedic-actor father and a studio costumer mother . In her youth , Garr trained in ballet and other forms of dance . She began her career as a teenager with small roles in television and film in the early 1960s , including appearances as a dancer in nine Elvis Presley musicals . After spending two years attending college , Garr left Los Angeles and studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City . Her self-described big break as an actress was landing a role in the Star Trek episode Assignment : Earth , after which she said , I finally started to get real acting work . Garr had a supporting role in Francis Ford Coppola 's thriller The Conversation ( 1974 ) before having her film breakthrough as Inga in Young Frankenstein ( 1974 ) . In 1977 , she was cast in a high-profile role in Steven Spielberg 's Close Encounters of the Third Kind . Garr continued to appear in various high-profile roles throughout the 1980s , including supporting parts in the comedies Tootsie ( 1982 ) , for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role of Sandra Lester , and then appearing opposite Michael Keaton the next year in Mr .
Dabney Wharton Coleman ( born January 3 , 1932 ) is an American actor . Coleman 's best known films include The Towering Inferno ( 1974 ) , 9 to 5 ( 1980 ) , On Golden Pond ( 1981 ) , Tootsie ( 1982 ) , WarGames ( 1983 ) , Cloak & Dagger ( 1984 ) , The Beverly Hillbillies ( 1993 ) , You 've Got Mail ( 1998 ) , Recess : School 's Out ( 2001 ) , Moonlight Mile ( 2002 ) , and Rules Do n't Apply ( 2016 ) . Coleman 's earlier role , was in the second season of Barnaby Jones ; episode titled , Blind Terror ( 09/16/1973 ) . Coleman 's television roles include the title character in Buffalo Bill ( 1983-1984 ) , Burton Fallin in The Guardian ( 2001-2004 ) , the voice of Principal Peter Prickly in Recess ( 1997-2001 ) , and Louis The Commodore Kaestner in Boardwalk Empire ( 2010-2011 ) . He has won one Primetime Emmy Award from six nominations and one Golden Globe Award from three nominations .
William James Murray ( born September 21 , 1950 ) is an American actor , comedian , filmmaker , and writer . He first rose to fame on Saturday Night Live , a series of performances that earned him his first Emmy Award , and later starred in comedy films - including Meatballs ( 1979 ) , Caddyshack ( 1980 ) , Stripes ( 1981 ) , Tootsie ( 1982 ) , Ghostbusters ( 1984 ) , Scrooged ( 1988 ) , Ghostbusters II ( 1989 ) , What About Bob ? ( 1991 ) , and Groundhog Day ( 1993 ) . He also co-directed Quick Change ( 1990 ) . Murray later starred in Lost in Translation ( 2003 ) , which earned him a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor , as well as an Oscar nomination for Best Actor . He also frequently collaborated with directors Wes Anderson and Jim Jarmusch . He received Golden Globe nominations for his roles in Ghostbusters , Rushmore ( 1998 ) , Hyde Park on Hudson ( 2012 ) , St. Vincent ( 2014 ) , and the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge ( 2014 ) , for which he later won his second Primetime Emmy Award . Murray received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2016 . His comedy is known for its deadpan delivery .
Charles Edward Durning ( February 28 , 1923 - December 24 , 2012 ) was an American actor , with appearances in over 200 movies , television shows and plays . Durning 's best-known films include The Sting ( 1973 ) , Dog Day Afternoon ( 1975 ) , True Confessions ( 1981 ) , Tootsie ( 1982 ) , Dick Tracy ( 1990 ) and O Brother , Where Art Thou ? ( 2000 ) . He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for both The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ( 1982 ) and To Be or Not to Be ( 1983 ) . Prior to his acting career , Durning served in World War II and was decorated for valor in combat .
George Gaynes ( born George Jongejans ; May 3 , 1917 - February 15 , 2016 ) was an American singer , actor and voice artist . Born to Dutch and Russian parents in Russian Empire , he served in the Royal Netherlands Navy during World War II and subsequently emigrated to the United States , where he became a citizen and began his acting career on Broadway . Gaynes ' most recognized roles in cinema were that of Commandant Eric Lassard in the Police Academy series and as John Van Horn in the 1982 comedy film Tootsie . He appeared as Senator Strobe Smithers in the hit TV show Hearts Afire ; as the curmudgeonly but lovable foster parent Henry Warnimont on the NBC series Punky Brewster ; as high-powered theatrical producer Arthur Feldman on The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd , in which Gaynes ' real-life wife , Allyn Ann McLerie , co-starred as his love interest ; and as Frank Smith , the mob boss brought down by Luke Spencer ( Anthony Geary ) on the soap opera General Hospital .
Virginia Elizabeth Geena Davis ( born January 21 , 1956 ) is an American actress and activist . Davis has received numerous accolades for her acting work in both film and television , and is noted for her portrayals of strong and authentic female characters as well as her involvement in advocacy for women in the industry . Having graduated with a bachelor 's degree in drama from Boston University in 1979 , Davis signed with New York 's Zoli modeling agency and started her career as a model . She made her acting debut in the film Tootsie ( 1982 ) , in 1984 she starred in the thriller The Fly ( 1986 ) , which proved to be one of her first box office hits . While the fantasy comedy Beetlejuice ( 1988 ) brought her to international prominence , the drama The Accidental Tourist ( also 1988 ) earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . That same year , she also starred in Earth Girls are Easy , which was not a box office success . She cemented her leading actress status with her performance in the road film Thelma & Louise ( 1991 ) , receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress . Davis 's roles in the box office failures Cutthroat Island ( 1995 ) and The Long Kiss Goodnight ( 1996 ) , both directed by then-husband Renny Harlin , were followed by a lengthy break and downturn in her career . Davis starred as the adoptive mother of the titular character in the Stuart Little franchise ( 1999-2005 ) and as the first female president of the United States in the television series Commander in Chief ( 2005-2006 ) , winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama for her role in the latter . Her later films include Accidents Happen ( 2009 ) and Marjorie Prime ( 2017 ) . She has portrayed the recurring role of Dr. Nicole Herman in Grey 's Anatomy ( 2014-2015 , 2018 ) , and also starred as Regan MacNeil/Angela Rance in the first season of the horror television series The Exorcist ( 2017 ) . In 2004 , Davis launched the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media , which works collaboratively with the entertainment industry to dramatically increase the presence of female characters in media .
Doris Belack ( February 26 , 1926 - October 4 , 2011 ) was an American character actress of stage , film and television .
Cherlynne Theresa Lynne Thigpen ( December 22 , 1948 - March 12 , 2003 ) was an American actress who voiced Luna ( The Moon ) in children 's series Bear In The Big Blue House and portrayed The Chief of ACME in various Carmen Sandiego television series and computer games from 1991 to 1997 . For her varied television work , Thigpen was nominated for six Daytime Emmy Awards ; she won a Tony Award in 1997 for portraying Dr. Judith Kaufman in An American Daughter .
Estelle Gettleman ( née Scher ; July 25 , 1923 - July 22 , 2008 ) , known professionally as Estelle Getty , was an American actress and comedian . She was known for her portrayal of the sarcastic and quick-witted senior citizen Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls ( 1985 - 1992 ) , a role she reprised for appearances on Empty Nest ( 1993 - 1995 ) , The Golden Palace ( 1992 - 1993 ) , Blossom ( 1990-1995 ) , and Nurses ( 1991 - 1994 ) . Other notable films in which she appeared include Mask ( 1985 ) , a semi-biographical film in which she played the grandmother of Roy L. Dennis , and Stuart Little ( 1999 ) . She retired from acting in the early 2000s , due to issues with her health .
William B. Willy Switkes ( November 12 , 1929 - March 7 , 2013 ) was an American character actor who appeared in more than eighty films throughout his career . He appeared in a notable scene as a passenger in a taxi cab with Dustin Hoffman in the 1982 comedic film , Tootsie . In the scene , Switkes was thrown from the taxi when his character attempted to cut in front of Hoffman 's . He was born in Washington D.C. in 1929 . He moved to New York City in 1955 , where he resided for most of his life , to pursue acting . Switkes film credits also included roles in The Arrangement in 1969 , Bananas in 1971 , The French Connection in 1971 , Taxi Driver in 1976 , An Unmarried Woman in 1978 , Dressed to Kill in 1980 , Playing for Keeps in 1986 , and Ghostbusters II in 1989 . Switkes also enjoyed a long career in Broadway theatre . He was the understudy of Buster Keaton in Once Upon a Mattress in 1960 , in which he also played the Wizard in the musical comedy . he co-starred as Smee in the touring production of Peter Pan opposite Cathy Rigby , who played Peter Pan . His other Broadway productions included A Country Scandal , A Thousand Clowns , The Cherry Orchard , Saint Joan of the Stockyards , Sly Fox , and What the Butler Saw . Willy Switkes died from colon cancer at Montgomery Hospice Casey House in Rockville , Maryland , on March 7 , 2013 , at the age 83 .
Tobin Bell ( born Joseph Henry Tobin Jr. ; August 7 , 1942 ) is an American actor and singer . He is best known for his portrayal of John Kramer / Jigsaw in the eight films of the Saw franchise . After years of work doing stand-ins and background work on films , he got his first major acting job in Mississippi Burning ( 1988 ) and went on to star in made-for-television films and guest star in television shows throughout the 1990s . A life member of the Actors Studio , Bell also voice-acted his Jigsaw character in two video games based on the film series , Saw and its sequel Saw II : Flesh & Blood . Bell 's portrayal of Jigsaw has earned him five award nominations and two wins . Before his breakthrough with Saw , Bell appeared in many notable films , including The Verdict ( 1982 ) , Tootsie ( 1982 ) , Mississippi Burning ( 1988 ) , False Identity ( 1990 ) , Loose Cannons ( 1990 ) , Goodfellas ( 1990 ) , Ruby ( 1992 ) , a narration role in Boiling Point ( 1993 ) , The Firm ( 1993 ) , In the Line of Fire ( 1993 ) , Malice ( 1993 ) , The Quick and the Dead ( 1995 ) , Brown 's Requiem ( 1998 ) , and a voice role in The Road to El Dorado ( 2000 ) .
Victor/Victoria is a 1982 British-American musical comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Julie Andrews , James Garner , Robert Preston , Lesley Ann Warren , Alex Karras , and John Rhys-Davies . The film was produced by Tony Adams and scored by Henry Mancini , with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse . Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , it was adapted in 1995 as a Broadway musical . The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won the Academy Award for Best Original Score . It is a remake of the 1933 German film Viktor und Viktoria .
William Blake Crump ( July 26 , 1922 - December 15 , 2010 ) , better known by his stage name , Blake Edwards , was an American filmmaker . Edwards began his career in the 1940s as an actor , but he soon began writing screenplays and radio scripts before turning to producing and directing in television and films . His best-known films include Breakfast at Tiffany 's , Days of Wine and Roses , 10 , Victor/Victoria , and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with British actor Peter Sellers . Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies , he also directed several drama , musical , and detective films . Late in his career , he transitioned to writing , producing , and directing for theater . In 2004 , he received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his writing , directing , and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen .
Dame Julie Andrews , DBE ( born Julia Elizabeth Wells ; 1 October 1935 ) is an English actress , singer and author . Andrews , a child actress and singer , appeared in the West End in 1948 and made her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend ( 1954 ) . Billed as Britains youngest prima donna , she rose to prominence starring in Broadway musicals such as My Fair Lady ( 1956 ) playing Eliza Doolittle , and Camelot ( 1960 ) playing Queen Guinevere . In 1957 , Andrews starred in the premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein 's written-for-television musical Cinderella , a live , network broadcast seen by over 100 million viewers . Andrews made her feature film debut in Mary Poppins ( 1964 ) , and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the title role . She starred in The Sound of Music ( 1965 ) , playing Maria von Trapp , and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical . Between 1964 and 1986 , she starred in The Americanization of Emily ( 1964 ) , Hawaii ( 1966 ) , Torn Curtain ( 1966 ) , Thoroughly Modern Millie ( 1967 ) , Star ! ( 1968 ) , The Tamarind Seed ( 1974 ) , 10 ( 1979 ) , S.O.B . ( 1981 ) , Victor/Victoria ( 1982 ) , That 's Life ! ( 1986 ) and Duet for One ( 1986 ) . After 1986 , her workload decreased , appearing in two films in 1991 , and not again until 2000 . Since the turn of the new millennium , however , her career has had a revival , with central roles in the Shrek series as Queen Lillian , in The Princess Diaries and its sequel as Queen Clarisse Renaldi , and in the Despicable Me series as Gru 's mother Marlena .
James Garner ( born James Scott Bumgarner ; April 7 , 1928 - July 19 , 2014 ) was an American actor , producer , and voice artist . He starred in several television series over more than five decades , including popular roles such as Bret Maverick in the 1950s western series Maverick and as Jim Rockford in the 1970s private detective show , The Rockford Files . He played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films , including The Great Escape ( 1963 ) with Steve McQueen , Paddy Chayefsky 's The Americanization of Emily ( 1964 ) with Julie Andrews , Grand Prix ( 1966 ) , Blake Edwards 's Victor/Victoria ( 1982 ) , and Murphy 's Romance ( 1985 ) with Sally Field , for which he received an Academy Award nomination . Garner 's career and popularity continued through another decade in movies like Space Cowboys ( 2000 ) with Clint Eastwood , and The Notebook ( 2004 ) with Gena Rowlands .
Robert Preston Meservey ( June 8 , 1918 - March 21 , 1987 ) was an American stage and film actor and singer of Broadway and cinema , best known and remembered for his collaboration with composer Meredith Willson and originating the role of Professor Harold Hill in the 1957 musical The Music Man and the 1962 film adaptation ; the film earned him his first of 2 Golden Globe Award nominations . Preston collaborated twice with filmmaker Blake Edwards , first in S.O.B . ( 1981 ) and again in Victor/Victoria ( 1982 ) . For portraying Carroll Toddy Todd in the latter , he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 55th Academy Awards .
Lesley Ann Warren ( born August 16 , 1946 ) is an American actress and singer . She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1982 film Victor/Victoria . She is also an Emmy Award nominee and five-time Golden Globe Award nominee , winning the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series for the 1977 NBC miniseries Harold Robbins ' 79 Park Avenue . Warren made her Broadway debut in 1963 , and her television debut in Cinderella in 1965 . She appeared in episode 2 of The Carol Burnett Show in 1967 . Her film debut was in The Happiest Millionaire in 1967 , the last movie Walt Disney worked on before his death . Her other film appearances include Clue ( 1985 ) , Burglar ( 1987 ) , Cop ( 1988 ) , Pure Country ( 1992 ) , Color of Night ( 1994 ) , and Secretary ( 2002 ) . She has also appeared in numerous television shows , including Mission : Impossible , Desperate Housewives , Will & Grace , and In Plain Sight .
Alexander George Karras ( July 15 , 1935 - October 10 , 2012 ) was an American football player , professional wrestler , sportscaster , and actor . He was a four-time Pro Bowl player with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League ( NFL ) , where he played from 1958 to 1970 . As an actor , Karras played Mongo in the 1974 comedy film Blazing Saddles . He starred as George Papadopolis , the adoptive father of Webster Long ( Emmanuel Lewis ) , in the ABC sitcom Webster ( 1983-1989 ) alongside his wife Susan Clark . Karras also had a prominent role in Victor/Victoria , starring Julie Andrews and James Garner . He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the Centennial class .
John Rhys-Davies ( born 5 May 1944 ) is a Welsh actor , voice actor and producer , known for his portrayal of Gimli and the voice of Treebeard in the Lord of the Rings trilogy , Sallah in the Indiana Jones films and Cmdr . Hammerstock-Smythe in The Medallion . He also played Michael Malone in the 1993 remake of the 1950s television series The Untouchables , Vasco Rodrigues in the mini-series Shōgun , Professor Maximillian Arturo in Sliders , King Richard I in Robin of Sherwood , General Leonid Pushkin in the James Bond film The Living Daylights , and Macro in I , Claudius . He provided the voices of Cassim in Aladdin and the King of Thieves , Ranjan 's father in The Jungle Book 2 , Man Ray in SpongeBob SquarePants , Hades in Justice League and Tobias in the computer game Freelancer .
Graham William Stark ( 20 January 1922 - 29 October 2013 ) was an English comedian , actor , writer and director .
Peter Arne ( born Peter Randolph Michael Albrecht ; 29 September 1918 - 1 August 1983 ) was a British character actor . He made more than 50 film appearances including roles in Ice Cold in Alex , The Moonraker and Conspiracy of Hearts . He also appeared on stage and had supporting roles in the television series The Avengers , Danger Man , as well as villains in Blake Edwards ' Pink Panther series , in a career that spanned 40 years . In August 1983 , Arne was murdered . His body was found , beaten to death , inside his Knightsbridge flat .
Ina Skriver ( born 1945 ) is a Danish-born actress and model who worked mostly in British films and television . She is now retired and lives in Somerset . Born in Sorø , Denmark , the daughter of Johan Frederik Utke Meincke and Janine Teslack , her original name was Ina Merete Meincke . She has also worked as Christina World . In 1972 , Ina was working as a model through Marianne Models of Copenhagen and had already begun to use the surname of her first husband , Jørgen Skriver . In 1976 she first appeared in television drama in an episode of The Avengers , going on to appear in several films , and played the lead in The Golden Lady ( 1979 ) , working for the first time as Christina World . On 19 October 1983 she married as his second wife Thomas Ælla Godfrey Gage , a scion of the Anglo-Irish Gage family of County Kerry , gaining two step-sons and two step-daughters . They settled at Withypool , Somerset . In an unusual libel case in 1984 , Skriver sued the Daily Express for claiming that she had been to Balmoral with the Prince of Wales and Prince Andrew .
Michael Anthony Robbins ( 14 November 1930 - 11 December 1992 ) was an English actor and comedian best known for his ongoing role as Arthur Rudge in the TV sitcom and film versions of On the Buses ( 1969-72 ) .
Maria Charles ( born 22 September 1929 ) is an English film , television and stage actress , director and comedian . She is probably best known for her TV performance as the overbearing mother Bea Fisher in the ITV sitcom Agony . Charles has also appeared on the stage in original West End productions including musicals by Stephen Sondheim , Charles Strouse and Sandy Wilson .
Glen Murphy MBE ( born 6 April 1957 ) is a British actor and producer , best known as Firefighter George Green between 1988 and 2002 on the television drama London 's Burning .
Geoffrey Beevers ( born 15 January 1941 ) is a British actor who has appeared in many different stage and screen roles , notably as the third actor to play The Master in Doctor Who .
Norman Alden ( born Norman Adelberg , September 13 , 1924 - July 27 , 2012 ) was an American character actor who performed in television programs and motion pictures . He first appeared on television on The 20th Century Fox Hour in 1957 . He provided the voice of Kay in The Sword in the Stone ( 1963 ) , and had a notable role in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden . His acting career began in 1957 and lasted nearly 50 years . He retired from acting in 2006 .
Jay Benedict ( born April 11 , 1951 ) is an American actor , best known in the United Kingdom for his role as Captain/Major John Kieffer in Foyle 's War ( in the episodes Invasion and All Clear ) .
Victor and Victoria ( German : Viktor und Viktoria ) is a 1933 German musical comedy film directed by Reinhold Schünzel starring Renate Müller as a woman pretending to be a female impersonator . At the same time , Schünzel shot a French-language version of the film as George and Georgette starring Meg Lemonnier and a French cast . In 1935 , Michael Balcon produced an English version titled First a Girl directed by Victor Saville and starring Jessie Matthews and Sonnie Hale . A West German remake by Karl Anton was released in 1957 . In 1982 , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released Victor/Victoria , an English-language remake by Blake Edwards . Edwards later based a successful stage musical on the film . Both the film and the musical starred Julie Andrews .
The World According to Garp is a 1982 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by George Roy Hill and starring Robin Williams in the title role . Written by Steve Tesich , it is based on the novel The World According to Garp by John Irving . For their roles , John Lithgow and Glenn Close were respectively nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 55th Academy Awards .
George Roy Hill ( December 20 , 1921 - December 27 , 2002 ) was an American film director . He is most noted for directing such films as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( 1969 ) and The Sting ( 1973 ) , both starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford . Other Hill films include : Slaughterhouse-Five , The World According to Garp , The World of Henry Orient , Hawaii , Thoroughly Modern Millie , The Great Waldo Pepper , Slap Shot , Funny Farm , A Little Romance , and The Little Drummer Girl .
Robin McLaurin Williams ( July 21 , 1951 - August 11 , 2014 ) was an American actor and comedian . Born in Chicago , Williams began performing stand-up comedy in San Francisco and Los Angeles during the mid-1970s . After rising to fame playing the alien Mork in the sitcom Mork & Mindy , Williams established a career in both stand-up comedy and feature film acting . He was known for his improvisation skills and the wide variety of memorable character voices he created . Many critics have lauded Williams as one of the funniest comedians of all time . After his first starring film role in Popeye ( 1980 ) , Williams starred in numerous films that achieved critical and commercial success , including The World According to Garp ( 1982 ) ; Moscow on the Hudson ( 1984 ) ; Good Morning , Vietnam ( 1987 ) ; Dead Poets Society ( 1989 ) ; Awakenings ( 1990 ) ; The Fisher King ( 1991 ) ; Patch Adams ( 1998 ) ; One Hour Photo ( 2002 ) and World 's Greatest Dad ( 2009 ) ; as well as box office hits such as Hook ( 1991 ) , Aladdin ( 1992 ) , Mrs. Doubtfire ( 1993 ) , Jumanji ( 1995 ) , The Birdcage ( 1996 ) , Good Will Hunting ( 1997 ) and the Night at the Museum trilogy ( 2006-2014 ) . Williams was nominated four times for Academy Awards , winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance as psychologist Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting . He also received two Primetime Emmy Awards , six Golden Globe Awards , two Screen Actors Guild Awards , and four Grammy Awards . Williams committed suicide in 2014 at his home in Paradise Cay , California , at the age of 63 . His wife attributed his suicide to his struggle with Lewy body disease .
Mary Beth Hurt ( born September 26 , 1946 ) is an American actress of stage and screen . She is a three-time Tony Award-nominated actress . Notable films in which Hurt has appeared include Interiors ( 1978 ) , The World According to Garp ( 1982 ) , The Age of Innocence ( 1993 ) , and Six Degrees of Separation ( 1993 ) . She has also collaborated with her husband , filmmaker Paul Schrader , in such films as Light Sleeper ( 1992 ) and Affliction ( 1997 ) .
Glenn Close ( born March 19 , 1947 ) is an American actress , singer , and producer . Regarded as one of the greatest actresses of her generation , she is the recipient of numerous accolades , including three Primetime Emmy Awards , three Tony Awards , and three Golden Globe Awards . Close is a seven-time Academy Award nominee . In 2016 , Close was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame , and in 2019 , Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world . Close majored in theater and anthropology at the College of William & Mary . She began her professional career on stage in 1974 with Love for Love and was mostly a New York stage actress until the early 1980s . Her work included Broadway productions of Barnum in 1980 and The Real Thing in 1983 , for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play . Her film debut came in The World According to Garp ( 1982 ) , which was followed by supporting roles in the films The Big Chill ( 1983 ) and The Natural ( 1984 ) ; all three earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . Close went on to establish herself as a leading lady in Hollywood with roles in Fatal Attraction ( 1987 ) and Dangerous Liaisons ( 1988 ) , both of which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress . Close won two more Tony Awards for Death and the Maiden in 1992 and Sunset Boulevard in 1995 . She won her first Primetime Emmy Award for the 1995 television drama film Serving in Silence : The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story , and she continued a successful career in Hollywood with starring roles in Reversal of Fortune ( 1990 ) , 101 Dalmatians ( 1996 ) , and Air Force One ( 1997 ) , among others . Further television work came for Close in the 2000s , with her portrayal of Eleanor of Aquitaine in the 2003 television film The Lion in Winter earning her a Golden Globe Award .
John Arthur Lithgow ( /ˈlɪθɡoʊ/ LITH-goh ; born October 19 , 1945 ) is an American actor , musician , poet , author , and singer . Over the course of his career he has received numerous accolades and been nominated for two Academy Awards and four Grammy Awards . He has also been awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame . Lithgow is best known for his television roles as Dick Solomon in the comedy 3rd Rock from the Sun ( 1996-2001 ) , Arthur Mitchell in the drama Dexter ( 2009 ) , and Winston Churchill in the drama The Crown ( 2016-2019 ) , for each of which he won Primetime Emmy Awards . He is also well known for his roles in Blow Out ( 1981 ) , Footloose ( 1984 ) , Harry and the Hendersons ( 1987 ) , Rugrats in Paris : The Movie ( 2000 ) , Shrek ( 2001 ) , and Love Is Strange ( 2014 ) . His performances in The World According to Garp ( 1982 ) and Terms of Endearment ( 1983 ) earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor . He has appeared on stage in many Broadway productions , including the musical adaptations of Sweet Smell of Success and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels . In 2007 , he made his Royal Shakespeare Company debut as Malvolio in Neil Bartlett 's production of Twelfth Night . In 2019 , he starred on Broadway opposite Laurie Metcalf in Hillary and Clinton .
Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. , OC ( July 18 , 1911 - June 15 , 2003 ) was a Canadian actor of stage and screen , who enjoyed a long career , often appearing professionally alongside Jessica Tandy , his wife of over fifty years .
Jessie Alice Tandy ( 7 June 1909 - 11 September 1994 ) was an English-American actress . Tandy appeared in over 100 stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film and TV , receiving such accolades as an Academy Award , four Tony Awards , a Golden Globe Award , and a Primetime Emmy Award . Born in London , she was only 18 when she made her professional debut on the London stage in 1927 . During the 1930s , she acted in many plays in London 's West End , playing roles such as Ophelia ( opposite John Gielgud 's legendary Hamlet ) and Katherine ( opposite Laurence Olivier 's Henry V ) . During this period , she also worked in a number of British films . Following the end of her marriage to the British actor Jack Hawkins , she moved to New York City in 1940 , where she met Canadian actor Hume Cronyn . He became her second husband and frequent partner on stage and screen . She received the Tony Award for best performance by a Leading Actress in A Play for her performance as Blanche DuBois in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948 . Tandy shared the prize with Katharine Cornell ( who won for the female lead in Antony and Cleopatra ) and Judith Anderson ( for the latter 's portrayal of Medea ) in a three-way tie for the award . Over the following three decades , her career continued sporadically and included a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock 's horror film , The Birds ( 1963 ) , and a Tony Award-winning performance in The Gin Game ( 1977 , playing in the two-hander play opposite Hume Cronyn ) . Along with Cronyn , she was a member of the original acting company of the Guthrie Theater . In the mid-1980s she had a career revival .
Swoosie Kurtz ( /ˈswuːsi/ SWOO-see ; born September 6 , 1944 ) is an American actress . She is an Emmy Award winner and a two-time Tony Award winner . Kurtz made her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of Ah , Wilderness . She has received five Tony Award nominations , winning for both Fifth of July ( 1981 ) and The House of Blue Leaves ( 1986 ) ; her other nominations were for Tartuffe ( 1988 ) , Frozen ( 2004 ) , and Heartbreak House ( 2007 ) . For her television work , she has received eight Emmy Award nominations , with one win for Carol and Company in 1990 . Other television credits include the NBC drama Sisters ( 1991-1996 ) , Huff ( 2004-2006 ) , Pushing Daisies ( 2007-2009 ) , and the hit CBS sitcom Mike & Molly ( 2010-2016 ) . Her films include , Wildcats ( 1986 ) , Dangerous Liaisons ( 1988 ) , Stanley & Iris ( 1990 ) , Citizen Ruth ( 1996 ) , Liar Liar ( 1997 ) and Bubble Boy ( 2001 ) .
Peter Michael Goetz ( born December 10 , 1941 ) is an American actor .
Mark Soper ( born July 19 , 1959 ) is an American actor , best known for his role as Joseph Barringer in the television series Knots Landing and his role as Michael Milton in The World According to Garp . Soper is originally from Boyertown , Pennsylvania .
Warren Berlinger ( born August 31 , 1937 ) is an American character actor , with Broadway runs , movie and television credits , and much work in commercials .
Brandon Maggart ( born December 12 , 1933 ) is an American actor , painter and author .
Amanda Michael Plummer ( born March 23 , 1957 ) is an American actress . She is known for her work on stage and for her roles in such films as Joe Versus the Volcano ( 1990 ) , The Fisher King ( 1991 ) , Pulp Fiction ( 1994 ) , and The Hunger Games : Catching Fire ( 2013 ) . Plummer won a Tony Award in 1982 for her performance in Agnes of God .
Jennifer G. Wright ( born March 23 , 1962 ) is an American actress who made her film debut portraying the role of Cushie in the comedy-drama The World According to Garp in 1982 . That same year she made an appearance in the live-action/animated musical drama film Pink Floyd - The Wall , playing an American groupie .
The World According to Garp is John Irving 's fourth novel , about a man , born out of wedlock to a feminist leader , who grows up to be a writer . Published in 1978 , the book was a bestseller for several years . It was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction in 1979 , and its first paperback edition won the Award the following year . [ a ] A movie adaptation of the novel starring Robin Williams was released in 1982 , with a screenplay written by Steve Tesich . BBC Radio 4 's Classic Serial broadcast a three-part adaptation of the novel by Linda Marshall Griffiths in January 2014 . The production was directed by Nadia Molinari and featured Miranda Richardson as Jenny , Lee Ingleby as Garp , Jonathan Keeble as Roberta and Lyndsey Marshal as Helen . On 3 November 2015 , Irving revealed that he 'd been approached by HBO and Warner Brothers to reconstruct The World According to Garp as a miniseries . He described the project as being in the early stages . According to the byline of a self-penned , 20 February 2017 essay for The Hollywood Reporter , Irving completed his teleplay for the five-part series based on The World According to Garp .
John Winslow Irving ( born John Wallace Blunt Jr. ; March 2 , 1942 ) is a US-Canadian novelist and screenwriter . Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978 . Many of Irving 's novels , including The Cider House Rules ( 1985 ) , A Prayer for Owen Meany ( 1989 ) , and A Widow for One Year ( 1998 ) have been bestsellers . He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in the 72nd Academy Awards ( 1999 ) for his script of The Cider House Rules . Five of his novels have been adapted into films ( Garp , Hotel , Meany , Cider , Widow ) . Several of Irving 's books ( Garp , Meany , Widow ) and short stories have been set in and around Phillips Exeter Academy in the town of Exeter , New Hampshire .