Linda Porter
Biography: Linda Porter was an American actress perhaps best known for her role (appearing in 35 episodes) as elderly sales associate Myrtle in the NBC television sitcom series Superstore.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 31, 1933
Deathday: September 25, 2019
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Twins
1988-12-09
Twins
Overview: Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a south seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate low life and is about to be killed by loan sharks.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-09
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Uncross the Stars
2008-01-01
Uncross the Stars
Overview: The Story follows Troy, a young man whose beloved wife passes away. The movie opens at her funeral, and Troy, ill-equipped to deal with this kind of grief at this stage in his life, just shuts down. Lost for direction, he receives in the mail a letter his wife wrote him while she was sick, which asks him to build his Aunt Hilda a porch. With nowhere else to turn, Troy drives to where his aunt lives in the desert. There, he meets with his Aunt Hilda, a supporting cast of crazy fun old ladies, and Bobby, a kind of wise cowboy, all of whom make it easier for Troy to find the place within to deal with his grief and move forward, and help open Troy's eyes that his pain is not unique. In the Process, Troy also learns the Difference between "true love" and "love at first sight".
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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When Billie Beat Bobby
2001-04-16
When Billie Beat Bobby
Overview: The historic 1973 tennis match between middle-aged champion Bobby Riggs and young feminist Billie Jean King.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-16
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The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
1999-09-03
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
Overview: David Hyde Pierce, playing an alien (credited as infinity-cubed in the opening credits), narrates a courtship in a late-20th century American city as an extraterrestrial nature documentary. The relationship "footage" is played straight, while the voice-over (with its most often wildly inaccurate theories) and elaborate visual metaphors add comedy.
Genres: Comedy Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-03
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Love's Routine
2013-06-19
Love's Routine
Overview: LOVE’S ROUTINE is a dark comedy about a discordant elderly couple, who ultimately prove that love is greater than flesh and blood.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-19
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Stanley's Gig
2000-06-19
Stanley's Gig
Overview: An emotionally dysfunctional ukulele minstrel lands a gig at a nursing home where he strikes up an unlikely relationship with an ancient jazz chanteuse and awakens from a lifetime of loneliness and inconsequence.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-19
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The House
2017-06-29
The House
Overview: When Scott and Kate Johansen’s daughter gets into the college of her dreams it’s cause for celebration. That is, until Scott and Kate learn that the scholarship they were counting on didn’t come through, and they’re now on the hook for tuition they can’t begin to afford. With the help of their friend and neighbor Frank also in need of a major payday they decide to open an illegal casino in his suburban house, risking everything together on a Vegas-style bacchanal where money flows, inhibitions are checked at the door, and all bets are off.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-29
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Becoming Rebecca
1996-12-12
Becoming Rebecca
Overview: Young woman's hectic day exposed to an elderly poet, a near rape, a prophetic schizo, and retired gangsters leads to personal metamorphosis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-12
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Tumbleweeds
1999-11-24
Tumbleweeds
Overview: Whenever trouble strikes in one of her relationships, single mother Mary Jo Walker and her daughter, Ava, pack up and move to another city, a routine Ava is tiring of. This time, they are helped on their move to San Diego by trucker Jack Ranson. While Ava settles in, getting a leading part in the school play, Jack starts dating Mary Jo but soon reveals himself to be controlling and aggressive. Mary Jo prepares to flee again, angering Ava.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-24
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The Truth About Cats & Dogs
1996-04-26
The Truth About Cats & Dogs
Overview: A successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-26
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Queen of Cactus Cove
2005-12-11
Queen of Cactus Cove
Overview: Teenage chess champ Billie (Alia Shawkat) faces the prospect of defeat for the first time when she faces her best friend (Alex Frost) at the biggest chess tournament of her career.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-11
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Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016-03-15
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Overview: A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-15
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Dude, Where's My Car?
2000-12-15
Dude, Where's My Car?
Overview: Two stoners wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-15
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