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Susan Margaret Collins (born December 7, 1952) is the junior United States Senator from Maine and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the Senate in 1996, she is the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
One of six children, Susan Collins was born in Caribou, Maine, where her family has operated a lumber business since 1844. Her parents, Patricia R. (née McGuigan) and Donald F. Collins, each served as mayor of Caribou; her father also served in both houses of the Maine Legislature. Her mother was born in Barranca-Bermeja, Colombia, to American parents. Her uncle, Samuel W. Collins, Jr., sat on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from 1988 to 1994. Collins attended Caribou High School, where she was president of the student council. During her senior year of high school in 1971, Collins was chosen to participate in the U.S. Senate Youth Program, through which she visited Washington, D.C. for the first time and engaged in a two-hour conversation with U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME). Collins is the first program delegate elected to the Senate and currently holds the seat once held by Smith.
Actors: Stefan Wodoslawsky (producer), Gary Hudson (actor), Pierre David (producer), Neil Bregman (producer), Claude Huard (actor), Stefan Wodoslawsky (miscellaneous crew), Tom Berry (producer), Larry Day (actor), Paul Finnigan (actor), E. Andrew Pecs (miscellaneous crew), Sean Tucker (actor), Shawn Roberts (actor), Peter Michael Dillon (actor), Curtis Crawford (director), Curtis Crawford (producer),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,Actors: J.C. Quinn (actor), Mercedes Ruehl (actress), Lois Smith (actress), Andre Morgan (actor), Dina Merrill (actress), Michael Bacon (composer), Lillian Benson (editor), Christian Slater (actor), John Cunningham (actor), Dan Ziskie (actor), Tandy Cronyn (actress), Anthony Herrera (actor), Noelle Parker (actress), Laurie Kennedy (actress), Bruce Graham (writer),
Plot: One evening the Collins find their maid Mrs. Murdock at the end of their steps: dead, neck broken. Obviously she had an accident. Consequently they need a new babysitter for an upcoming big party. The sensible Helen meets little Susan Collins at the discount market and likes her, so she offers to do the job. She doesn't know Susan's teenage brother Mark - technically skilled and good in school, but restive and cunning. As soon as the parents have left, he starts psychologically terrorizing Helen and his sister with electronic tricks.
Keywords: animal-trap, audio-surveillance, babysitter, babysitting, bandage, based-on-play, basement, bicycle, boy-genius, brother-sister-relationshipActors: Arnie Zipursky (editor), Bruce Glawson (director), Paul Endicott (actor), Harvey Hamburg (actor), David Douglas Kelley (actor), Michel Lozier (actor), Yves Dufour (actor), Dorothy Janes (actress), Karen Kaffko (actress), Fern Levitt (actress), Peter Schaffter (composer), Philip McLeod (actor), Terry Dunn (actor),
Plot: The film concerns Michael's decision to reveal his homosexuality to his family. It follows his preparation in coming out by his participation in a lesbian and gay male peer support group. In this session, several of the participants reveal their own actual experiences, both positive and negative, in coming out to their families. An improvised dramatization of a family counselling session with Michael and his family follows. The session is facilitated by an actual social worker, Karen Kaffko, who specializes in such counselling. Each family member is given the opportunity to explore his or her feelings about Michael being gay. The film concludes with Michael's evaluation of his decision to reveal his homosexuality to his family.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, coming-out, gay-interest, gay-son, homosexual-historyActors: Walter Pidgeon (actor), David Lowell Rich (producer), Virginia Gregg (actress), Russell Johnson (actor), David Lowell Rich (director), Pitt Herbert (actor), Don Galloway (actor), Angel Tompkins (actress), Robert Hamner (writer), Robert Hamner (writer), Robert Rothwell (actor), Asa Boyd Clark (editor), Anne Schedeen (actress), Barbara Anderson (actress), Elliot Kaplan (composer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Gerald McRaney (actor), Albert J. Salzer (producer), Joy N. Houck Jr. (writer), Joy N. Houck Jr. (director), Joy N. Houck Jr. (producer), Joy N. Houck Jr. (miscellaneous crew), Anthony Herrera (actor), Herbert Nelson (actor), Michael Anthony (actor), George Spelvin (actor), Robert A. Weaver (writer), Robert A. Weaver (editor), David Gelpi (actor), John Barber (actor), Gordon Ogden (producer),
Genres: Horror,Actors: Willy Mattes (composer), Herbert Taschner (editor), Heinz Engelmann (actor), Horst Frank (actor), Brad Harris (actor), Siu Tin Yuen (actor), Maria Perschy (actress), Pascale Roberts (actress), Wolf C. Hartwig (producer), Werner P. Zibaso (writer), Werner P. Zibaso (writer), Philippe Lemaire (actor), Dietmar Schönherr (actor), Giorgio Stegani (director), Helmut Ashley (director),
Genres: Adventure,