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Barbara Bel Geddes (October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005) was an American actress, artist and children's author, whose career spanned six decades. She was best known for her starring role in the television drama series Dallas as matriarch Miss Ellie Ewing. Bel Geddes also starred in the original Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in the role of Maggie. Her notable films included Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) and I Remember Mama (1948). She was the recipient of several acting awards and nominations throughout her career.
Bel Geddes was born on October 31, 1922, in New York City, the daughter of Helen Belle (née Schneider) and stage and industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes. She married theatrical manager Carl Sawyer (né Schreuer) in 1944; they had one daughter, Susan. They divorced in 1951. Later that year, she married stage director Windsor Lewis with whom she had a daughter, Betsy. When Lewis became ill in 1967, Bel Geddes suspended her career to care for him until his death in 1972.
Jim Davis (born Marlin Davis, August 26, 1909 – April 26, 1981) was an American actor, best known for his role as Jock Ewing in the CBS prime-time soap opera, Dallas, a role which continued until he was too ill from a terminal illness to perform.
Born Marlin Davis in Edgerton in Platte County in northwestern Missouri, he attended Baptist-affiliated William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri.
His first major screen role was opposite Bette Davis in the 1948 melodrama Winter Meeting, a lavish failure for which he was lambasted in the press as being too inexperienced to play the part properly. His subsequent film career consisted of mostly B movies, many of them westerns, although he made an impression as a U.S. senator in the Warren Beatty conspiracy thriller The Parallax View.
In the episode "Little Washington" of the syndicated television series Death Valley Days, Davis portrayed Mark Tabor, a U.S. representative from Nevada with aspirations to become governor of the new state. Collectively, Davis appeared thirteen times on Death Valley Days. In 1965, Davis played an historical figure, the wagon master Ezra Meeker, who is abandoned by members of his wagon train who decided to stop the trip to Oregon instead to prospect for gold in the episode "Devil's Gate". In 1967, Davis was cast as the freighter Luke Campbell of Deadwood, South Dakota, in the episode "The Day They Stole the Salamander", a reference to a Salamander Safe. In 1969, Davis played Colonel William G. Butler (1831-1912), who takes revenge on the since ghost town of Helena, Texas, after its citizens refuse to disclose the killer of Butler's son, Emmett. Butler arranges for the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway to bypass Helena; instead Karnes City, south of San Antonio, became the seat of government of Karnes County.
Lesley-Anne Down (born 17 March 1954) is an English actress, former model, and singer.
She achieved fame as Georgina Worsley in the ITV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs (1973–75). She received further recognition for her performances in the films The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), A Little Night Music (1977), The First Great Train Robbery (1979), Hanover Street (1979), Sphinx (1981) and Nomads (1986). She is also known as Madeline Fabray in miniseries North and South (1985–86), for which she was nominated for Golden Globe Awards in 1986.
In 1990, Down played the role Stephanie Rogers in the CBS drama series Dallas. During 1997–99 she played Olivia Richards in the NBC series Sunset Beach. From April 2003 to February 2012, she portrayed Jackie Marone Knight in the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.
Down was born on 17 March 1954 and raised in Wandsworth, South West London, England. She began acting and modelling, and in her teenage years had won several beauty pageants. She was voted Britain's most beautiful teenager at the age of fifteen. She made her feature film debut in a supporting role of British drama The Smashing Bird I Used to Know in 1969. She later had roles in several other British films, like All the Right Noises, Assault, and Countess Dracula, and well guest starred in television series Six Dates with Barker, Out of the Unknown, and Public Eye.
Dallas is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991. The series revolves around a wealthy and feuding Texan family, the Ewings, who own the independent oil company Ewing Oil and the cattle-ranching land of Southfork. The series originally focused on the marriage of Bobby Ewing and Pamela Barnes, whose families were sworn enemies with each other. As the series progressed, oil tycoon J.R. Ewing grew to be the show's main character, whose schemes and dirty business became the show's trademark. When the show ended in May 1991, J.R. was the only character to have appeared in every episode.
The show was famous for its cliffhangers, including the Who shot J.R.? mystery. The 1980 episode Who Done It remains the second highest rated prime-time telecast ever. The show also featured a "Dream Season", in which the entirety of the ninth season was revealed to have been a dream of Pam Ewing. After 14 seasons, the series finale "Conundrum" aired in 1991.
Dallas is a long-running American prime time television soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. The show was famous for its cliffhangers, including the "Who shot J.R.?" mystery, and the "Dream Season".
The original miniseries from 1978 is now presented as "Season 1" in keeping with the initial release on DVD in 2004, although originally Season 1 officially began with episode that aired on September 23, 1978. This article has been reformatted to list episodes by the current convention rather than original designation. Over its 14 seasons, 357 episodes and 4 made-for-television movies and reunion specials aired.
Actors: Karuna Eberl (producer), Brian Klemesrud (writer), Brian Klemesrud (director), Andy Ahrens (actor), Faust Checho (actor), Faust Checho (producer),
Genres: Crime, Thriller,Actors: Jay Lance (miscellaneous crew), Daniel Knight (actor), Eric Stacey (producer), Eric Stacey (director), Eric Stacey (writer), Eric Stacey (actor), Jerry Bell Jr. (actor), David Poland (actor), Dennis Fitzpatrick (actor), David Loftus (actor), Marcella Laasch (actress), Catherine Johnson (actress), David Emerson Jackson (actor), Deone Carrie Jennings (actress), Drew Barrios (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Adrienne Bailon (actress), Eric Tomosunas (producer), Jackée Harry (actress), Kristina Perez (miscellaneous crew), Dawn Nixon (actress), Eddie Goines (actor), Lee Ann Cone (miscellaneous crew), Rich Volin (producer), Rich Volin (editor), Ingrid Clay (actress), Denyce Lawton (actress), Nadine Ellis (actress), Satu Runa (actress), Aaron Neal Trout (miscellaneous crew), Jenny Buchowicz (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Prime Alexander is a professional athlete living the life most men dream of. He has a huge guaranteed contract, beautiful women chasing him and the best friends a man could ask for. He's used to getting what he wants, when he wants it and doesn't believe in explaining himself to anyone, especially Autumn, the beautiful woman he's been dating for a little over a year. Autumn Singletary is a wealthy socialite who doesn't understand the word no. Her relationship with Prime has more to do with appearances than real feelings but that's of no consequence when Prime decides to end their relationship by publicly humiliating her in the presence of his new interest, Skylar. The bond Prime shares with his boys, Lonzo, Kalif and Dallas has been nurtured throughout the years as the main constant in their life. They are always together. They are always taking care of each other. They are a true pact and have the secrets and the code to prove it. 1080 for life. Lonzo, Prime's very best friend, is an actor on the verge of being the next big thing. He's falling in love with the beautiful Katalina, one of Autumn's best girlfriends. He believes he's at the age where he needs to think about settling down and look to his parents' marriage as inspiration. Kalif is the youngest of the crew and is seriously addicted to women, especially his fiancé, Shanita. He's a hot A&R; executive and his career allows him the flexibility to juggle multiple women. Kalif and Shanita have been together since their early teenage years and she's the love of his life. He's messed up a few times and has children by other women to prove it. He truly loves Shanita more than anything in the world and he couldn't imagine life without her so he takes all of the steps necessary to make sure she's happy and doesn't go looking for anything. Dallas is a super arrogant playboy without a care in the world who prides himself on the chase. Women are a game for him and he likes to take his time. He loves the strategic nature of the hunt and plays the game a little too well. A chance encounter gives Autumn the ammunition she needs to create an unlikely alliance by which to shut Prime down and she doesn't give a damn who gets hurt. As a woman scorned, she was out for revenge. By forming a coalition, she proved she'd show no mercy. Everyone always wants the riches and the fame professional athletes have. "The Coalition" shows us that all that glitters is certainly not ideal and forces us to question how difficult love is within the confines of the industry and all that money can buy.
Keywords: intrigue, suspenseActors: Marco Conte (actor), Claudio Marmugi (actor), Andrea Camerini (editor), Andrea Camerini (director), Andrea Camerini (writer), Massimo Antichi (actor), Massimiliano Galligani (actor), Gianluca Beretta (actor), Sylvie Lubamba (actor), Leonardo Fiaschi (actor), Emiliano Pasquinucci (composer), Valeria Barreca (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi,Actors: Greg Bronson (actor), Debbie Overbey (producer), Debbie Overbey (miscellaneous crew), Stephen Kessen (actor), Brandon Rice (miscellaneous crew), Brandon Rice (director), Brandon Rice (editor), Brandon Rice (miscellaneous crew), Brandon Rice (miscellaneous crew), Brandon Rice (producer), Brandon Rice (writer), Brandon Rice (writer), Ruben Angelo (actor), Victoria Paege (actress), Ross Fisher-Davis (actor),
Plot: After hearing about the unexpected death of an ambitious friend, two polar opposite siblings travel across the country to attend his funeral in an isolated Arizona mountain town. Along the way, their plans go awry after hooking up with a mysterious old flame. These unexpected events threaten to tear their sanity sunder. Relationships will come to a head and start anew. Nothing will be the same for them again.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Rosalyn Coleman (actress), Thomas Daniel (actor), Louis Zorich (actor), Danny Boushebel (actor), Paul Benjamin (actor), Gene Gallerano (producer), Gene Gallerano (director), Gene Gallerano (actor), Gene Gallerano (writer), Molly Maguire (costume designer), Barbara Dana (actress), Amelia Campbell (actress), Christina Bennett Lind (writer), Christina Bennett Lind (producer), Christina Bennett Lind (actress),
Plot: A young man and his unconventional mentor attempt to heal the scars of the past while barreling towards the truth of who it has turned them into. It is a story about love and the uncomfortable situations we must face to feel it.
Genres: Drama,Actors: James Cude (editor), Chil Kong (producer), Marcus Proctor (actor), J.D. Disalvatore (producer), Dennis Hensley (writer), Dennis Hensley (director), Dennis Hensley (producer), John Carrozza (producer), Marcus DeAnda (actor), Nadya Ginsburg (actress), Kirstin Eggers (actress), David A. Vazquez (miscellaneous crew), Hook (actress), Kenny Kelleher (actor), Danielle Vernengo (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Matt Craven (actor), Luca Bercovici (actor), Jessica Clothier (miscellaneous crew), Blu Mankuma (actor), Richard Morrison (miscellaneous crew), Judi Townsend (miscellaneous crew), Hans Zimmer (composer), Hiroshi Fujioka (actor), Raymond J. Barry (actor), Michael Biehn (actor), Leslie Carlson (actor), Tristan Whalley (miscellaneous crew), Sean Barton (editor), Robin Mounsey (miscellaneous crew), Robin Mounsey (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Taylor and Harold are good friends and avid climbers. While climbing one day, they meet a man who it seems might be attempting to climb K2, the world's second-highest peak. Always pushy, Taylor bugs the man for a spot on the team, claiming that he and Harold are good enough. They may be very good, but K2 is a very tough mountain.
Keywords: adrenaline, alpinist, avalanche, bare-butt, base-camp, based-on-play, bathing, broken-leg, climbing, expeditionActors: Henry Silva (actor), Raymond Chow (producer), Hal Needham (director), Andre Morgan (producer), Hal Needham (writer), Gene Starzenski (miscellaneous crew), Andre Morgan (writer), Albert S. Ruddy (producer), Albert S. Ruddy (writer), Hal Needham (actor), Barry Bostwick (actor), George Furth (actor), Jim McCarthy (miscellaneous crew), Hope Williams (miscellaneous crew), Skip Schoolnik (editor),
Plot: Ace Hunter is the leader of Megaforce, an elite group of American soldiers who travel the world to fight Evil. In this case, Evil is represented by a third rate dictator who they must blow to bits.
Keywords: airplane, airplane-accident, asian-american, battle, battlefield, card-game, cigar-smoking, cigarette-smoking, combat, commanderI lived in no holy house but the Grand Hotel
The back streets of this old town, I know so well
And I drunk of no holy wine, save muscatel
Now my friend, I've got to go, you tell everyone I know
I'm sayin' goodbye, bye, bye, Dallas, I can't stay
Should have been at the palace yesterday
Bye, bye, Dallas, got to go
And I remember when they told me so
Right now I'm wonderin' where the good times have gone
All the things I never loved when they was mine
Hot city and an empty pocket make a man think on
I've been livin' low so long, I gotta get back where I belong
I'm sayin' goodbye, bye, bye, Dallas, I can't stay
Should have been at the palace yesterday
Bye, bye, Dallas, got to go
And I remember when they told me so
I'm sayin' goodbye, bye, bye, Dallas, I can't stay
Should have been at the palace yesterday
Bye, bye, Dallas, got to go
And I remember when they told me so
Bye, bye, Dallas, I can't stay
Should have been at the palace yesterday
Bye, bye, Dallas, I can't stay
Should have been at the palace yesterday
Ain't no bother, it's understood
Livin' under cover don't do no good
Bye, bye, Dallas, I can't stay
Should have been at the palace yesterday
Ain't no bother, it's understood
Livin' under cover don't do no good