Deborah Rush
Biography: Deborah Rush (born April 10, 1954) is an American actress. She has worked in television, film and on Broadway. In 1984, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Michael Frayn's comedy Noises Off. She also acted in Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. In 2003 she acted in the comedy film American Wedding, as Mary Flaherty, Michelle Flaherty's mom. In December 2008, she joined the cast of the Broadway revival of Blithe Spirit.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 10, 1954
Deathday: N/A
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The Good Life
2007-01-20
The Good Life
Overview: A movie about the travails of Jason (Mark Webber), a young gas station attendant and movie projectionist living in Nebraska. His encounters with various social difficulties and with Frances (Zooey Deschanel), a beautiful and enigmatic young woman leads to dramatic changes and decisions in his life.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-20
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Family Business
1989-12-06
Family Business
Overview: Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. They both have great hope for Adam, Vito's son and Jessie's grandson, who is bright, good-looking, and without a criminal past.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-06
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In & Out
1997-09-10
In & Out
Overview: A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-10
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A Night in Heaven
1983-11-18
A Night in Heaven
Overview: Faye Hanlon is a community-college professor with an emotionally depressed husband and an abundance of sexual frustration. Her sister drags her to a male strip-club for a girls-night out, where she discovers that one of the dancers is her failing student Rick Monroe, a.k.a. "Ricky the Rocket". A heated affair between teacher & student ensues, as Faye struggles to reconcile her emotions and make consequential life choices: Continue her lustful sessions with the studly-but-shallow teen stripper? Or break it off with Ricky & work to salvage her marriage to the loving-but-distant husband?
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-18
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Half Nelson
2006-08-11
Half Nelson
Overview: Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-11
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American Wedding
2003-08-01
American Wedding
Overview: With high school a distant memory, Jim and Michelle are getting married — and in a hurry, since Jim's grandmother is sick and wants to see him walk down the aisle — prompting Stifler to throw the ultimate bachelor party. And Jim's dad is reliable as ever, doling out advice no one wants to hear.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-01
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10
1979-10-05
10
Overview: A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-05
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The Good Girl
2002-01-12
The Good Girl
Overview: A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-12
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Parents
1989-01-27
Parents
Overview: Michael is a young boy living in a typical 1950s suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and horrific nightmares, and continued unease around his parents. Young Michael begins to suspect his parents are cooking more than just hamburgers on the grill outside, but has trouble explaining his fears to his new-found friend Sheila, or the school's social worker.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-27
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Strangers with Candy
2006-06-28
Strangers with Candy
Overview: A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-28
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Heat
1986-10-16
Heat
Overview: Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting with the mob, and trying to get enough money together to move to Venice, Italy.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-16
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Honky Tonk Freeway
1981-08-21
Honky Tonk Freeway
Overview: Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not to put an exit into the town. The people of Ticlaw, leaded by its Mayor, will do anything in order to convince the governor to alter the project.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-21
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Unnatural Pursuits
1992-01-01
Unnatural Pursuits
Overview: An English playwright sacrifices his health waiting for his play's make-or-break opening on Broadway.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems
The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems
Overview: Bee Mitty, a high-ranking employee at an omnipotent techfirm, must help Ian - her depressed, activist brother - move into their Auntie's house while a toxic hurricane threatens New York City.
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Original Language: en
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Rhymes with Banana
2012-10-13
Rhymes with Banana
Overview: A satire about two struggling actresses who escape into a fantasy world to cope with rejection and hone their craft. Convinced their mysterious new neighbor is a talent agent, they take him hostage and demand acting careers as ransom.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-13
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Alice at the Palace
1982-01-16
Alice at the Palace
Overview: Meryl Streep stars as Alice in this production of Elizabeth Swados' musical, which was adapted from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. Based on the acclaimed New York Shakespeare Festival production by Joseph Papp, Alice at the Palace follows Alice's surreal adventures with The Mad Hatter, The March Hare, The Queen of Hearts, and The Cheshire Cat, among many others.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-16
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Big Business
1988-06-10
Big Business
Overview: In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-10
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Earthly Possessions
1999-03-20
Earthly Possessions
Overview: A bored homemaker planning to run away from her minister husband is taken hostage in a bank robbery. However, she sees the thrill in being involved in the chase and becomes an accomplice to the young robber.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-20
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Oliver's Story
1978-12-15
Oliver's Story
Overview: Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his wife Jenny, and, while he tries to lose himself in his work as a lawyer, the long hours don't ease his pain, especially when he finds that his leftist views conflict with those of the senior partners at the firm. Eventually, Oliver's inconsolable grief begins to alienate those around him, until he finds new love with Marcie Bonwit, the wealthy and beautiful heiress to the Bonwit Teller fortune. Despite his affection for her, Oliver finds it difficult to leave the memory of Jenny behind, which causes major problems in their relationship.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-15
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The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985-03-01
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Overview: Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-01
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She-Devil
1989-12-08
She-Devil
Overview: A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-08
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Ava's Possessions
2015-03-16
Ava's Possessions
Overview: Ava is recovering from demonic possession. With no memory of the past month, she must attend a Spirit Possessions Anonymous support group to figure out what happened. Ava's life was hijacked by a demon, now it's time to get it back.
Genres: Comedy Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-16
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
1985-12-19
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Overview: Theseus has defeated Hippolyta in battle, and now claims her as his bride. But before the nuptials begin, a pair of young lovers flee into the forest to be married, pursued by a pair of not-lovers. There, in the forest, live the fairies whose lives are in turmoil, due to the heated lovers' quarrels between their rulers, Oberon and Titania. Between the fairies, an ass's head, the lovers, a troupe of unsuspecting would-be actors, and a magic flower that can make people fall in love at first sight, it's a merry night of chaos and comedy until everything is put to rights.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-19
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Passed Away
1992-04-24
Passed Away
Overview: Thrown for a loop by the unexpected news that Dad has suddenly gone to his reward, the grieving eccentric Scanian clan are drawn together in a test of familial endurance that soon has them at each other's throats.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-24
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Three to Tango
1999-10-22
Three to Tango
Overview: Oscar and Peter land a career-making opportunity when a Chicago tycoon chooses them to compete for the design of a cultural center. The tycoon mistakenly believes that Oscar is gay and has him spy on his mistress Amy. Oscar goes along with it and ends up falling in love with Amy.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-22
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Kiss Me, Petruchio
1981-01-07
Kiss Me, Petruchio
Overview: A documentary about the 1978 stage production of The Taming of the Shrew by the New York City Shakespeare company at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. Includes scenes from the production, interviews with Meryl Streep (Kate) and Raul Julia (Petruchio) as well as an introduction by producer Joseph Papp and audience commentary.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-07
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Zelig
1983-07-15
Zelig
Overview: Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-15
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The Visitor
2008-02-21
The Visitor
Overview: A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
Genres: Crime Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-21
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Advice From a Caterpillar
1999-02-15
Advice From a Caterpillar
Overview: When it comes to romance, Missy's attitude has always been whatever. After all, her artistic career is flourishing, her spacious New York City loft is fabulous and her relationship with a married man is totally uncomplicated. But then Missy meets Brat, who's sweet, genuine and shares her fondness for 70's sitcoms. Unfortunately, he's also dating her pal Spaz. When Missy and Brat unexpectedly fall for each other, will she lose her identity... and her best friend?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-15
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The Box
2009-10-29
The Box
Overview: Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-29
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You've Got Mail
1998-12-18
You've Got Mail
Overview: Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-18
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Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
1987-03-18
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Overview: Penn Jillette and Teller are called upon to display their unique brand of humor to save civilization from strange extraterrestrial beings who have invaded Earth and who, disgruntled and bored with the mundane nature of human life, threaten to blow up the planet unless someone gives them a good reason not to.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-18
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Accommodations
2018-06-08
Accommodations
Overview: Married with children and living in downtown Manhattan, a woman decides to quit accommodating everyone around her and goes on a creative journey to bring meaning to her life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-08
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Split Image
1982-10-03
Split Image
Overview: An impressionable young man finds himself literally enslaved by a modern-day religious cult. In an effort to bring him back to reality, the boy's parents hire a deprogrammer to kidnap him and return him to his family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-03
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Reckless
1995-11-17
Reckless
Overview: On Christmas Eve, a relentlessly cheerful woman escapes from the killers hired by her husband, and embarks on a series of strange encounters.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-17
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Compromising Positions
1985-08-30
Compromising Positions
Overview: An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who had been having affairs with several of her neighbors.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-30
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Women Who Kill
2016-07-27
Women Who Kill
Overview: Morgan and Jean work well together as true crime podcasters because they didn’t work well, at all, as a couple. However, when Morgan strikes up a new relationship with the mysterious Simone, their shared interest turns into suspicion, paranoia, and fear.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-27
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Julie & Julia
2009-08-06
Julie & Julia
Overview: Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-06
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My Blue Heaven
1990-08-17
My Blue Heaven
Overview: FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith certainly has his hands full keeping Antonelli away from the Mafia hitmen who want to stop him testifying, not to mention the nightclubs...
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-17
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Fling
2008-11-07
Fling
Overview: An attractive young couple's open relationship is stretched to the breaking point when each partner finds themselves falling in love with other people.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-07
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Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man
1977-04-21
Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man
Overview: A thoroughly researched biopic of Charles Ives, America's greatest and most innovative composer (and insurance executive), who combined strikingly futuristic experimentalism with gentle nostalgia. Includes narration taken directly from Ives's own writings, and reminiscence from those who knew him.
Genres: History Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-21
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Bad Company
2002-06-07
Bad Company
Overview: When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-07
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