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Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel (born August 14, 1947), better known by the name Danielle Steel, is an American novelist, currently the best selling author alive and the fourth bestselling author of all time, with over 800 million copies sold.
Based in California for most of her career, Steel has produced several books a year, often juggling up to five projects at once. All her novels have been bestsellers, including those issued in hardback. Her formula is fairly consistent, often involving rich families facing a crisis, threatened by dark elements such as jail, fraud, blackmail and suicide. Steel has also published children's fiction and poetry, as well as raising funds for the treatment of mental disorders. Her books have been translated into 28 languages, with 22 adapted for television, including two that have received Golden Globe nominations.
Steel was born Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel in New York City, the only child of Norma da Câmara Stone dos Reis and John Schulein-Steel. Her father was a German Jewish immigrant, a descendant of owners of Löwenbräu beer. Her mother, born in Portugal, was the daughter of a diplomat. Steel was raised Catholic and had wanted to be a nun during her early years. She spent much of her childhood in France, where from an early age she was included in her parents' dinner parties, giving her an opportunity to observe the habits and lives of the wealthy and famous. Her parents divorced when she was eight, however, and she was raised primarily in New York City and Europe by her father, rarely seeing her mother.
Actors: Carl Reiner (actor), Mircea Monroe (actress), Carol A. Compton (miscellaneous crew), Jay Mohr (actor), Jaleel White (actor), Barry Katz (producer), Tom Arnold (actor), Mike Jerome Putnam (actor), Michael Bower (actor), Nancy Olson (actress), Nick Nicotera (actor), Amy Paffrath (actress), Evan Ferrante (actor), Carly Steel (actress), Fabio (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Jared Masters (actor), Jared Masters (director), Jared Masters (composer), Jared Masters (writer), Jared Masters (producer), Marshall Factora (actor), Kamuela Kim (actor), Mauricio Alexander (actor), Sarah Seeds (actress), Joe Quick (actor), Angel 11:11 (actor), Angel 11:11 (writer), Angel 11:11 (composer), Gerard Haitz (writer), Gerard Haitz (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Bill Billions (actor), Jeremy Rogers (editor), Jeremy Rogers (director), Gerardo Betancourt (composer), David Accampo (writer), David Accampo (producer), David Accampo (actor), Nikolas Ladimer (actor),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Short,Actors: David Lindabury (writer), David Lindabury (producer), David Lindabury (editor), David Lindabury (director), Seth Williams-Welch (miscellaneous crew), Jack Charlop (actor), Jack Charlop (producer), Melanie Boyd (producer), Ben Armstrong (actor), Melanie Boyd (actress), Valerie Parker (costume designer), Lance Worthington (actor), Madeleine Corrie (actress), D.J. Hofer (composer),
Plot: Daddy just wanted a beer (or twelve), some salty pork snacks, and a mouthful of his favorite chewing tobacco. But when his back-sassin' daughter Krystal accidentally brings home the Smokeless Configuration, all Hell breaks loose. There ain't nothin' like demons to change your life, and body, forever...
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Short,Actors: James Payton (actor), James Payton (miscellaneous crew), Robert Ashby (actor), Mark Aarons (editor), Paul Angunawela (director), Shelley Islam (actress), Vanessa Van-Yeboah (producer), Shehzad Chaudhary (writer), Jesse Fajemisin (actor), Daniel Fagerson (producer),
Genres: Musical, Short,Actors: Kyle Marsh (producer), Kyle Marsh (actress), Kent Kreiger (director), Lea Cappelli (actress), Kent Kreiger (editor), Tonetta McCabe (producer), Tonetta McCabe (actress), Jo Sparkes (producer), Jo Sparkes (writer), John Gibson (composer), Greg Michael Anderson (actor), Jessica Seiferth (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Anupam Shyam (actor), Sushma Seth (actress), Shriya Saran (actress), Zohra Segal (actress), Dolly Ahluwalia (actress), Vaseem Ahmed Dehlvi (producer), Vaseem Ahmed Dehlvi (director), Himani Dehlvi (actress), Paritosh Sand (actor), Manini M. Mishra (actress), Rahul Vohra (actor), Supriya Shukla (actress), Sadia Dehlvi (actress), Farhad Ahmed Dehlvi (actor), Sadia Dehlvi (writer),
Plot: If the Ahmeds have a collective motto at all, it is, 'Mind Everybody's Business'. From Amma to Abdul, everyone is forever getting involved in everyone else's problems, work, business, hassles, happiness, whatever. But they are not very good at co-ordinating their efforts. As a result, they often end up working at cross purposes. Matters are frequently complicated by a motley collection of allied characters - relatives, friends, envious neighbors, old flames, new suitors, perfect strangers, etc. - who compound the family's already dangerous propensity for disaster. As each situation develops, the collapse of the Raees Ahmed family seems imminent. Disaster is averted, but only in the nick of time and at any rate not before the members of the family have been on an emotional roller coaster ride that leaves them breathless and the television audience in splits.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Daryl Haney (writer), Daryl Haney (actor), Robert V. Barron (actor), Raymond J. Barry (actor), Roger Corman (producer), Harriet Medin (actress), Paul Linke (actor), Dan Shor (actor), Ellen Gerstein (actress), Hinton Battle (actor), Ellen Gerstein (actress), Christian Clemenson (actor), Norman Hollyn (editor), David Halver (miscellaneous crew), Linda Shayne (actress),
Plot: A dark comedy set in 1930s America. Jimmy and Christie become celebrity bank robbers whose stardom ends in a bloody shootout when Daddy's Boys catch up with them.
Keywords: bank-robbery, barstow-california, brother-brother-relationship, clan, crime-spree, crucifixion-threat, dead-mother, dead-wife, falling-in-love, family-relationshipsActors: Taija Rae (actress), Jerry Butler (actor), Jose Duval (actor), Fred J. Lincoln (actor), Henri Pachard (director), George Payne (actor), Rick Marx (writer), Joey Silvera (actor), Paul Thomas (actor), Danielle (actress), Renee Summers (actress), Bobby Astyr (actor), Honey Wilder (actress), Brooke Fields (actress), Annette Heinz (actress),
Genres: Adult, Comedy,Actors: Tony Barry (actor), Roger Ward (actor), Jason Donovan (actor), Dennis Miller (actor), Sigrid Thornton (actress), Rob Steele (actor), Peter Hosking (actor), Reg Gorman (actor), Lewis Fitz-Gerald (actor), Reg Evans (actor), Maurie Fields (actor), Sandy Gore (actress), Don Barker (actor), Terry Gill (actor), John Murphy (actor),
Plot: We follow the life of Alan Marshall who was struck down by Polio as a child and it shows how he overcame the crippling effects of the disease. It traces his life from childhood into early adulthood. Based upon his trilogy of autobiographical books "I can Jump Puddles", "This is the Grass" and "In Mine Own Heart".
Keywords: based-on-novel, period-drama, period-pieceWritten by Lili Haydn & Jeffrey Connor
Trying to save the world while your daddy is dying
with your safety net
Everything's changed, now my songs make you cry and
I feel you, Daddy I feel you, Daddy
Fed by your father, your days were your own
you're on your own now
Head in the starts, now I'm fully grown, but