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Maureen ( /mɔːˈriːn/) is a female given name. Anglicized form of Máirín, a pet form of Máire, which is the Irish cognate of Mary, which is in turn derived from the Hebrew Miriam. It may also be a feminine form of Maurice.
Some variant forms are: Maura, Maury, Maurene, Maurianne, Marien, Maurine, Maurisa, Maurise, Maurissa, Marissa, Maurita, Maurizia, Mavra, Moira, Mora, Moreen, Morena, Morene, Moria and Morine.
Alternately, the term Maure derives from the Phoenician term Mahurin (Westerners). From Mahurin, ancient Latin derives Mauri, meaning black African, and modern Greek derives mauro (black). From the same root is derived moor, maroon, Mohr, Moore, Morin, Morisco, Moreto, Mauretania, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maurus, Maurice/Moritz/Maurikos, Meuric/Meurig, Maureta and Maureen.
Maureen Therese McGovern (born July 27, 1949) is an American singer and Broadway actress, well known for her premier renditions of the Oscar-winning songs "The Morning After" from the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure, and "We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno in 1974.
McGovern was born in Youngstown, Ohio, the daughter of James Terrence McGovern and Mary Rita (née Welsh). She has Irish ancestry. As a child, McGovern would listen to her father's singing quartet rehearse in their home. She was told by her elders that she began singing at the age of three, and would sometimes sing herself to sleep with things she heard on the radio. She decided at age eight that she wanted to be a professional singer. Her influences include Barbra Streisand and Dionne Warwick.
After graduating from Boardman High School in 1967, she worked as a secretary and performed part-time as a singer for a local folk band called Sweet Rain. Her singing caught the attention of Russ Regan (then head of 20th Century Records) in 1972 when he heard a demonstration she had recorded. At the time, Regan was searching for a singer to record "The Morning After" (the theme from The Poseidon Adventure) for release as a record. He hired McGovern sight unseen to record the song, which resulted in her contracting with 20th Century Records. After it won an Oscar for Best Original Song, "The Morning After" scored well on the popular music charts, reaching #1 during 1973. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in August 1973. Following the success of "The Morning After," she received a Grammy Award nomination in 1974 for Best New Artist.
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947), better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor. He is noted for the Bat Out of Hell album trilogy consisting of Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose. Bat Out of Hell has sold more than 43 million copies. After more than 30 years, it still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually and stayed on the charts for over nine years, making it one of the best selling albums of all time.
Although he enjoyed success with Bat Out of Hell and Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell and earned a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo for the song "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" on the latter album, Meat Loaf experienced some initial difficulty establishing a steady career within his native US. However, he has retained iconic status and popularity in Europe, especially the UK, where he ranks 23rd for the number of weeks overall spent on the charts. He ranked 96th on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".
Actors: Maxx Maulion (actor), Elizabeth Ammann (actress), Mike Murphy (producer), Mike Murphy (actor), Mike Murphy (producer), Mike Murphy (writer), Mike Murphy (writer), Mike Murphy (director), Mike Murphy (editor), Mike Murphy (miscellaneous crew), Natasha Rose Capener (actress), Danielle Kaplowitz (actress), Jennie Taber (actress), Frank Wolff (director), Frank Wolff (writer),
Plot: The Land Pirates are small group of guys who do all their pillaging, raping, and general pirating on Land only (They hate water!). In this episode, Land Pirate Whitey Brownbeard must go through the Land Pirate ritual of 'The Drinking of the Cups' before they can okay his upcoming marriage to Maureen. Meanwhile, Maureen's friends are scheming to prevent the wedding from happening.
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Short,Actors: John Cessna (producer), John Cessna (director), John Cessna (writer), John Cessna (writer), John Cessna (editor), Ryan Pratt (miscellaneous crew), Jeff Spanke (actor), Jeff Spanke (director), Juan Alfaro (actor), Juan Alfaro (miscellaneous crew), Stephanie Mae (miscellaneous crew), Ryan Pavey (miscellaneous crew), William F. Cabral (actor), G. Bradford Oman (actor), Ryan Pavey (actor),
Genres: Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Short,Actors: David Wilkinson (producer), Robert Bevan (producer), Keith Hayley (producer), Steven Lewis Simpson (composer), Steven Lewis Simpson (writer), Steven Lewis Simpson (editor), Steven Lewis Simpson (actor), Steven Lewis Simpson (director), Steven Lewis Simpson (producer), David Paul Baker (actor), James Bryce (actor), Ian Hanmore (actor), Charlie Savill (producer), Aleksandar Mikic (actor), Sheila Donald (actress),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Antony I. Ginnane (producer), C. Thomas Howell (actor), Bruce Hopkins (actor), John Barnett (producer), Eric De Beus (editor), Tim Sanders (producer), Kevin Smith (actor), Gavin Strawhan (writer), Gavin Strawhan (producer), Dean Butler (actor), Andrew Robertt (actor), Stephen Papps (actor), Andrea Bruce (actress), Geoff Dolan (actor), Ross Duncan (actor),
Genres: Crime, Thriller,Actors: Patrick Williams (composer), Leon Russom (actor), Rutanya Alda (actress), Melissa Gilbert (actress), Ed Lauter (actor), Ronny Cox (actor), Warden Neil (costume designer), Daniel H. Blatt (producer), Keith MacKechnie (actor), Warren Munson (actor), Jim Oliver (editor), Barbara Babcock (actress), Jeanine Jackson (actress), Elizabeth S. Barton (miscellaneous crew), Elliot Friedgen (producer),
Plot: Karen and Greg were childhood sweethearts. Twelve-year-old Karen mysteriously disappears on her way to Greg's house. Seventeen years later, a woman claiming to be Karen shows up outside Greg's window. She tells Greg that she was abducted by a man who kept her prisoner for years. Greg and Karen's mother are convinced that this woman is Karen. However, Karen's father and the police detective who has been searching for Karen all these years have their doubts. A small-town sheriff contacts the police detective and says the woman claiming to be Karen may be wanted for murder.
Keywords: childhood-sweetheart, kidnapping, mistaken-identityActors: Ashlie Rhey (miscellaneous crew), Peter Spellos (actor), Fred Olen Ray (director), Chuck Cirino (composer), David Warner (actor), James Booth (actor), Fred Olen Ray (writer), Michael Nouri (actor), Joe Estevez (actor), Robert Quarry (actor), Fred Olen Ray (actor), Richard Gabai (actor), Kato Kaelin (actor), Stephen Eckelberry (editor), Sandahl Bergman (actress),
Plot: This is the story of Jennifer Reed who was forced into killing her husband in self defence. As of late, she has been plagued with nightmares of her recently deceased hubby returning from the dead to kill her. Her house is soon full of people like her husband's brother Bill and his wife Sharon who are eager to cash in on the inheritance. There is also a suspicious housekeeper and a unstable looking psychiatrist. Everyone is out for something and poor Jennifer is caught in the middle of it all and is slowly going insane.
Keywords: adultery, bare-breasts, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, blonde, brother-in-law, doctor, dream-sequence, erotica, exploitationActors: Bennett Fidlow (miscellaneous crew), William Butler (actor), Ted Newsom (actor), Jay Richardson (actor), Mark Damon (producer), Fred Olen Ray (producer), Chuck Cirino (composer), Fred Olen Ray (director), Michelle Bauer (miscellaneous crew), Bob Corff (miscellaneous crew), Steven Nielson (editor), Joseph Bottoms (actor), Tanya Roberts (actress), Brett Baxter Clark (actor), Alan Amiel (producer),
Plot: A woman attempts suicide when she suspects her husband doesn't love her and is having an affair. Now she's wheelchair-bound, and her husband, who indeed doesn't love her and is having an affair, hires a private nurse to look after his wife. The nurse begins to suspect that she was hired because of unproven allegations that she murdered someone's wife in a similar situation, that the husband wants her to murder his wife.
Keywords: adultery, betrayal, breasts, disabled, double-cross, dream-sequence, erotica, female-nudity, femme-fatale, heirActors: Sophie Aldred (actress), Jonathan Cohen (composer), Matthew Devitt (actor), Alison Stewart (producer), Sally Fraser (director),
Genres: Family, Music,Actors: Kathleen Turner (actress), Danny DeVito (director), Arnon Milchan (producer), David Newman (composer), Marianne Sägebrecht (actress), Peter Brocco (actor), G.D. Spradlin (actor), Peter Donat (actor), Michael Douglas (actor), James L. Brooks (producer), Dan Castellaneta (actor), Danny DeVito (actor), Sean Astin (actor), Leigh French (miscellaneous crew), Saul Bass (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to leave. In the middle of the fighting is D'Amato, the divorce lawyer. He gets to see how far both will go to get rid of the other, and boy do they go far..
Keywords: 1980s, acrobat, auction, based-on-novel, battle-of-the-sexes, black-comedy, bookshelf, candelabra, car-wreck, cat