Anne Pitoniak
Biography: Anne Pitoniak (March 30, 1922 – April 22, 2007) was an American actress. She was nominated twice for Broadway's Tony Award: as Best Actress (Play) in 1983, for 'night, Mother, and as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) in 1994, for a revival of William Inge's Picnic. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anne Pitoniak, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 30, 1922
Deathday: April 22, 2007
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Best Seller
1987-09-25
Best Seller
Overview: Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right, they travel around the country to gather statements and evidence, while strong forces use any means they can to keep the story untold.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-25
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Bed of Roses
1996-01-26
Bed of Roses
Overview: The seeds of love are planted when Lisa, a high-powered investment banker, receives flowers from a secret admirer. But when his fairy-tale fantasies clash with her workaholic ways, they soon find out that sometimes, it's harder than it seems for love to conquer all.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-26
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Agnes of God
1985-09-13
Agnes of God
Overview: When a dead newborn is found, wrapped in bloody sheets, in the bedroom wastebasket of a young novice, psychiatrist Martha Livingston is called in to determine if the seemingly innocent novice, who knows nothing of sex or birth, is competent enough to stand trial for the murder of the baby.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-13
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Where the Money Is
2000-04-14
Where the Money Is
Overview: Henry Manning has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred to a nursing home. It's a perfect plan, except for one thing: the woman assigned to take care of him at the nursing home, Carol Ann McKay, has a plan of her own.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-14
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The Survivors
1983-06-24
The Survivors
Overview: Having both lost their jobs, two strangers become unlikely friends after a run in with a would be robber, who is actually a hitman with a grudge against the two.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-24
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Old Gringo
1989-09-13
Old Gringo
Overview: A writer forms a triangle with a schoolmarm and a Mexican general on the run.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-13
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The Christmas Tree
1996-12-22
The Christmas Tree
Overview: A story about a forming friendship between an elderly nun, Sister Anthony, and New York's Rockefeller Center's head landscape architect Richard Reilly, who wants to fell a tree she's been growing for decades and move it to New York for Christmas display.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-22
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The Opportunists
2000-05-17
The Opportunists
Overview: Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she's saved for remodeling, but Vic is reluctant to take it. When a long-lost cousin from Ireland shows up on his doorstep, the two team up for one last heist.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-17
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A Thousand Acres
1997-09-19
A Thousand Acres
Overview: The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile farm.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-19
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House of Cards
1993-06-25
House of Cards
Overview: When Ruth Matthews's husband is killed in a fall at an archaeological dig, her daughter Sally handles her father's death in a very odd manner. As Sally's condition worsens, Ruth takes her to see Jake, an expert in childhood autism. Jake attempts to bring Sally out of her mental disarray through traditional therapy methods, but Ruth takes a different route. She risks her own sanity by attempting to enter her daughter's mind and make sense of the seemingly bizarre things that Sally does, including building a wondrous house of cards
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-25
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The Mother
1994-11-19
The Mother
Overview: Paddy Chayefsky's 1954 play set in the Bronx tells the story of a recently widowed 66-year-old woman who seeks a job after 40 years of being a homemaker.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-19
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Julian Po
1997-09-05
Julian Po
Overview: Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out in frustration, that he is there to kill himself.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-05
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Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
1986-03-31
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
Overview: A kindly but firm priest mentors a troubled young boy at the famous Boys Town, a residential care community for troubled youth.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-31
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The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
1991-03-28
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Overview: A small-town eccentric opens a café in her decaying home.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-28
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Sister, Sister
1987-09-13
Sister, Sister
Overview: Sisters Charlotte and Lucy Bonnard live together in the gloomy Louisiana family mansion that they’ve turned into a boarding house. But when a mysterious young man enters their lives, the sisters are forced to confront their dark pasts.
Genres: Romance Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-13
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Housekeeping
1987-11-25
Housekeeping
Overview: In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-25
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Old Enough
1984-08-24
Old Enough
Overview: The 12 years old well-bred Lonnie meets the impudent Karen on the street. They spend some time together and Karen teaches Lonnie some of her favorite occupancies, like make-up, shoplifting, skipping school and lying to the parent about it, but confessing to the priest later. But Karen also learns some honesty from Lonnie. A film about social differences and growing up.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-24
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A Doctor's Story
1984-04-23
A Doctor's Story
Overview: A physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-23
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V.I. Warshawski
1991-07-26
V.I. Warshawski
Overview: Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective type, she makes the murder her next case. In doing so she befriends the victim's daughter, Kat, and together they set out to crack the case.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-26
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Hiding Out
1987-11-06
Hiding Out
Overview: A very successful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some inside trading. Andrew Morenski must become Max Hauser and go back to high school for protection from the mob.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Drama Family Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-06
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Grace & Glorie
1998-12-13
Grace & Glorie
Overview: When a lonely ex-New Yorker moves into the home of a rural senior to act as a hospice worker, the two initially couldn't seem to be less alike. However, as time passes, the two find much kinship including a lost child. Slowly the two build a bond and learn about life.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-13
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Unfaithful
2002-05-10
Unfaithful
Overview: Connie is a wife and mother whose 11-year marriage to Edward has lost its sexual spark. When Connie literally runs into handsome book collector Paul, he sweeps her into an all-consuming affair. But Edward soon becomes suspicious and decides to confront the other man.
Genres: Thriller Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-10
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No Place Like Home
1989-12-03
No Place Like Home
Overview: A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is suddenly destroyed by fire. Daniel and his family moves in with his brother but that doesn't last for long due to the two families not getting along with each other. The family moves from rundown hotels to homeless shelters as Daniel searches work as a electrician while his wife takes waitress jobs to try to make ends meet.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-03
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