Barbara Billingsley
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barbara Billingsley (December 22, 1915 – October 16, 2010) was an American film, television, voice, and stage actress. She gained prominence in the 1950s movie The Careless Years, acting opposite Natalie Trundy, followed by her best known role, that of iconic 1950s mother figure June Cleaver on the television series Leave It to Beaver (1957 – 63) and its sequel The New Leave It to Beaver (1983 – 89).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 22, 1915
Deathday: October 16, 2010
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Airplane!
1980-07-02
Airplane!
Overview: An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-07-02
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Air Hostess
1949-08-25
Air Hostess
Overview: The Hansen School for Air Hostesses, operated by Celia Hansen, welcomes a new group of students; a librarian named Ruth Jackson; Lorraine Carter, a nurse; and Jennifer White, whose husband was an aviator killed in World War II. Ruth meets a smart-alec pilot, Dennis Hogan, but complications arise as Lorraine also has an interest in him. Jennifer meets a war-buddy of her husband, Fred MacCoy. All three women, with each other's help, makes it through to graduation day.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-25
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Shadow on the Wall
1950-05-19
Shadow on the Wall
Overview: Angered that her sister Celia has stolen her fiance, Dell Faring kills her and allows Celia's husband David, knocked out in an argument with Celia, to take the blame and end up on death row. Later Dell, finding out that David's young daughter Susan was witness to the crime and is undergoing psychiatric treatment, plans to eliminate her before her memory returns.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-19
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Caught
1949-02-17
Caught
Overview: Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is loveless. Even worse, Ohlrig seems to have manic, violent tendencies. Eventually, young Leonora escapes her unhappy life and begins working with New York City doctor Larry Quinada, who she soon falls for. Unfortunately, Ohlrig refuses to grant his wife a divorce, and things get even darker for Leonora when she realizes she's pregnant with his child.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-17
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Two Dollar Bettor
1951-09-09
Two Dollar Bettor
Overview: An honest guy gets trapped into the world of horse racing and his once prosperous life becomes a downward spiral into the underworld.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-09
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Any Number Can Play
1949-07-15
Any Number Can Play
Overview: When illegal casino owner Charley Kyng develops heart disease, he is advised by a doctor to spend more time with his family. However, he finds it difficult to keep his work separate from his life at home. His son, Paul, feels ashamed of Charley's career and gets into a fight at his prom because of it. Meanwhile, Charley's brother-in-law, Robbin, who works at the casino, begins fixing games due to his extreme gambling debts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-15
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The Saxon Charm
1948-09-28
The Saxon Charm
Overview: In order to get his way, New York producer Matt Saxon manipulates and controls everyone around him but his latest protégé, novelist Eric Busch, finally stands-up to him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-28
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Bay Coven
1987-10-25
Bay Coven
Overview: A young newlywed couple move to a remote island only to find a secret coven of witches who want them to join all the fun...or face the consequences.
Genres: Horror Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-25
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Trial Without Jury
1950-07-08
Trial Without Jury
Overview: A homicide detective suspects a playwright who bases his play on a murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-08
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Woman in the Dark
1952-11-15
Woman in the Dark
Overview: A pastry-shop girl (Penny Edwards) sees a priest's (Ross Elliott) and a lawyer's (Rick Vallin) brother take part in a jewel heist.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-15
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Three Guys Named Mike
1951-03-01
Three Guys Named Mike
Overview: A stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman...all of whom are named Mike. When the three find out about each other, she has to decide which one she loves the most.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-01
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I Cheated the Law
1949-03-04
I Cheated the Law
Overview: An attorney (Tom Conway) learns he was duped into being his gangster murder client's (Steve Brodie) alibi.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-04
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Invitation
1952-01-29
Invitation
Overview: A rich man buys a husband for his dying daughter and she finds out.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-29
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Pretty Baby
1950-09-16
Pretty Baby
Overview: A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-16
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The Careless Years
1957-09-02
The Careless Years
Overview: A high school girl from a wealthy family falls for a fellow student from a poor family. Both families disapprove, and, unable to stand the pressure, the couple quit school and flee to Mexico.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-02
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The Argyle Secrets
1948-05-07
The Argyle Secrets
Overview: A framed reporter and the crooks on his trail scramble to locate a book containing the names of American war profiteers and traitors who collaborated with the Nazis during the war.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-07
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A Kiss for Corliss
1949-11-25
A Kiss for Corliss
Overview: After a brief encounter with the romantic and thrice divorced Kenneth Marquis, Corliss Archer decides to write in her diary that they are together in order to make her boyfriend Dexter jealous. Corliss' father had also served as attorney representing Kenneth Marquis' ex-wife during his most recent divorce trial. When Corliss and Dexter don't come home one evening until five in the morning, Corliss decides to pretend to have amnesia to avoid the inevitable punishment awaiting her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-25
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Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
1987-11-25
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
Overview: Jay Leno hosts "Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour," a one hour special featuring a humorous look at the American family.
Genres: Comedy Family TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-25
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Adventure
1945-12-28
Adventure
Overview: A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
Genres: Adventure Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-28
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The Secret Heart
1946-12-25
The Secret Heart
Overview: Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process her grief through psychotherapy and revisiting their past, but only the revelation of long-buried family secrets -- including her mother's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can bring Penny out of her intense despair.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-25
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Oh! Susanna
1951-03-01
Oh! Susanna
Overview: Unable to keep peace between frontier Indians and the US Cavalry, a heroic Captain risks court-martial to prevent bloodshed.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-01
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Act of Violence
1949-01-22
Act of Violence
Overview: A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-22
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Dial 1119
1950-11-03
Dial 1119
Overview: A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution, intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, holds the patrons of a bar hostage.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-03
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The Bad and the Beautiful
1952-12-25
The Bad and the Beautiful
Overview: Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-25
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Back to the Beach
1987-08-07
Back to the Beach
Overview: Cowabunga! The surfing '60s ride into the new wave as Frankie and Annette star in this hip update of their old-time, good-time beach movies. With special appearances by Bob Denver, Tony Dow, Pee-Wee Herman, Jerry Mathers and other familiar faces. Frankie and Annette grow up and have kids in the midwest. They return to LA to visit their daughter who is shacked up with her boyfriend and tries to hide the fact. They begin to have marriage problems when Frankie runs into Connie, who has erected a shrine to him in her night club. Their punk son has joined up with the local surf toughs, and things all come to a head when the toughs challenge the good guys to a surfing duel
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-07
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Faithful in My Fashion
1946-08-21
Faithful in My Fashion
Overview: A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry. However, in the years he's been away, she's gotten a huge promotion where they used to work together - and has become engaged to another man.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-21
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Inside Straight
1951-03-01
Inside Straight
Overview: A tycoon rises to the top in 19th-century San Francisco through greed and corruption.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-01
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Going to the Chapel
1988-10-09
Going to the Chapel
Overview: As a couple (Valentine and Greene) prepare to get married all sorts of uninvited and unexpected guests arrive and secrets are revealed.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-09
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Living in a Big Way
1947-06-10
Living in a Big Way
Overview: A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her father (Charles Winninger), now wants a divorce.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-10
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Invaders from Mars
1953-04-22
Invaders from Mars
Overview: In the early hours of the night, young David Maclean sees a flying saucer land and disappear into the sand dunes just beyond his house. Slowly, all of the adults, including his once loving parents, begin to act strangely.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-22
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Still the Beaver
1983-03-19
Still the Beaver
Overview: This movie reunites most of the members of the Cleaver clan, Wally, June, and of course, the Beaver. Their father Ward has passed away. Wally's married to Mary Ellen and a successful lawyer and has everything to make his life complete except for a child. The Beaver is married but unfortunately is still the same which is why his wife threw him out. With nowhere else to go, he goes home. And he also decides that he wants to raise his children, in his hometown of Mayfield. His wife, who decides that she hasn't done anything in her life, decides to become a veterinarian, but she can only go to school out of the country, so she let's Beaver have the children. So he brings his sons there and they are not exactly impressed with Mayfield and feel that they were dumped there, and bond more with Wally than with their own father. They also have to deal with Eddie Haskell, who has gone from nasty to crooked. It's a good thing they still have their mom.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-19
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Day of Triumph
1954-12-25
Day of Triumph
Overview: A film about the last days of Jesus Christ.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-25
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The Sea of Grass
1947-04-25
The Sea of Grass
Overview: On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
Genres: Drama Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-25
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Angels in the Outfield
1951-10-19
Angels in the Outfield
Overview: The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-19
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Secret Santa
2003-12-14
Secret Santa
Overview: Newspaper reporter Rebecca Chandler, who feels she got no fair chance to prove her worth in her thee years career, looks forward to a Hawaian holiday with her fiancé Ryan, but instead of a ring he brings her- walking orders, he found better. So she accepts again to be the bachelor on duty in the Christmas season, and write the annual romantic non-news feel good-story, once more about the elusive Secret Santa in small-town Hamden, where the Christmas spirit it said to last all year. Bad luck follows her from Indianapolis: her car breaks down, she can only get lodgings in a home for the elderly without Internet, and nobody wants to help her unmask the secret Santa. Soon she guesses it must be the only rich philanthropist, but the popular Mr. John Martin Carter doesn't grant her an interview and isn't tricked either, in fact meets her at the worst repeatedly without her knowing him...
Genres: TV Movie Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-14
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So You Think You're Allergic
1945-12-01
So You Think You're Allergic
Overview: Joe McDoakes thinks he's allergic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-01
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The Valiant Hombre
1948-12-15
The Valiant Hombre
Overview: The Cisco Kid and Pancho set off to find the missing owner of a devoted little dog in this western adventure. From the vanished man's sister, the heroes learn that her brother disappeared soon after striking a major gold vein in his mine. In the end Cisco accosts the villain, saves the kidnapped miner and reunites him with his dog.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-15
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Three Wise Fools
1946-09-26
Three Wise Fools
Overview: An orphan girl melts the hearts of three crusty old men.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-09-26
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Up Goes Maisie
1946-02-01
Up Goes Maisie
Overview: A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-01
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The Lady Wants Mink
1953-03-29
The Lady Wants Mink
Overview: A woman raises mink to get the coat she's always wanted.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-29
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Undercurrent
1946-11-11
Undercurrent
Overview: After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael, his mysterious long-lost brother.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-11-11
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Souvenirs of Death
1948-06-19
Souvenirs of Death
Overview: This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of how a Mauser pistol used on the battlefield by Germans during WWII makes its way into the hands of an American gangster.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-19
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Young Man with Ideas
1952-05-02
Young Man with Ideas
Overview: A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-02
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The Tall Target
1951-08-17
The Tall Target
Overview: A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
Genres: Thriller History Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-17
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High School U.S.A.
1984-05-26
High School U.S.A.
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-26
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Two Sisters from Boston
1946-06-06
Two Sisters from Boston
Overview: Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house and is billed as High-C Susie. When her sister Martha comes for a visit, Abigail tries to hide the truth from her.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-06-06
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Prejudice
1949-10-17
Prejudice
Overview: Joe Hanson, who believes himself to be tolerant of other races and religions, gradually comes to realize that he is prejudiced against many of them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-17
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