Zalman King
King (right) with Judy Pace and Lee J. Cobb in The Young Lawyers (1970)
Born	Zalman King Lefkowitz (1942-05-23)May 23, 1942 Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	February 3, 2012(2012-02-03) (aged 69) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, director, writer, producer

Zalman King (May 23, 1942 – February 3, 2012) was an American film director, writer, actor and producer. His films are known for incorporating sexuality, and are often categorized as erotica.

Acting[link]

In 1964, King played a gang member in "Memo from Purgatory", an episode of the television series The Alfred Hitchcock Hour written by Harlan Ellison and featuring actors James Caan and Walter Koenig. In 1967 he played the title character, the outlaw "Muley", an episode of the TV show Gunsmoke. His character shoots Marshal Matt Dillon as part of a plan to rob the Dodge City Bank, but as he and his gang are waiting for Dillon to recover (so they can try again to kill him), Muley falls in love with one of the girls at the Long Branch Saloon, which thwarts the plan.

King played "The Man" in the 3rd episode of the first season of Adam-12. His character was an apparent drug addict who kidnaps an infant at gunpoint and Officer Malloy disarms him by some reverse psychology.^[1] From September 1970 until May 1971, King played attorney Aaron Silverman on the drama The Young Lawyers, broadcast on the ABC television network. King later contributed a unique delivery to Trip with the Teacher (1975), portraying the psychopathic Al, a murderous motorbiker. He appeared in Lee Grant's directorial debut feature film Tell Me a Riddle.

Directing[link]

King directed several films, including Two Moon Junction (1988), Wild Orchid (1990), and Red Shoe Diaries (1992), which became a long-running television series for Showtime network. It spawned many sequels.^{[citation needed]}

He collaborated with director Adrian Lyne on the film 9½ Weeks which starred Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke. He produced (and usually directed) the television series and film ChromiumBlue.com and Showtime series Body Language. He also directed the 1995 film Delta of Venus based on the book by Anaïs Nin.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life[link]

King was married to writer/producer Patricia Knop, with whom he collaborated on many projects, such as writing Wild Orchid, Delta of Venus and 9½ Weeks as well as many episodes of Red Shoe Diaries; the couple had two daughters.^{[citation needed]}

Death[link]

Zalman King died on February 3, 2012, aged 69, from cancer.^[2][3]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Zalman King at the Internet Movie Database

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Nina Siemaszko (born July 14, 1970) is an American film and television actress.

Life and career[link]

Siemaszko was born Antonina Jadwiga Siemaszko in Chicago, Illinois to a Polish American father, a fighter in the Polish Underground who survived the Sachsenhausen concentration camp^[1] and an English mother. She is the sister of actor Casey Siemaszko and Corky Siemaszko, who is a reporter/writer for the New York Daily News. Siemaszko was a graduate of the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University in Chicago, which her brother Casey also attended.^[2]

Siemaszko's first feature film was in the 1986 comedy movie One More Saturday Night as Karen Lundahl. Her other well-known role in the 1980s was the 1988 comedy film License to Drive as Les' smart twin sister Natalie Anderson. Nina has starred in many TV movies, especially ten Mystery Woman TV movies, the latest of which is Mystery Woman: In the Shadows.

She appeared in the 1992 hit film Reservoir Dogs as an undercover cop. Although her scene in the film ended up on the cutting room floor, it is available in the deleted scene section on the Reservoir Dogs 10th Anniversary-Special Edition DVD. She played actress Mia Farrow in the CBS miniseries Sinatra a film about the life of singer Frank Sinatra.

In 1998, Siemaszko played Mona Ramsey in the PBS miniseries More Tales of the City, the sequel to 1994's Tales of the City (which starred Chloe Webb in the role of Mona), and had a brief role on Sports Night as the Nanny for Casey's son Charlie. She is also known for playing Ellie Bartlet on the hit TV drama The West Wing. She has made guest appearances on TV shows including Red Shoe Diaries, Judging Amy, Tales from the Crypt, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Private Practice.

Filmography[link]