Concetta Tomei
Biography: Character actress Concetta Tomei was born on December 30, 1945, and raised in her hometown of Kenosha, Wisconsin, the only child of a policeman who was a talented artist on the sly. She came from a long line of educators and was likely drawn to that career at an influential age. She attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education. After teaching school in a Milwaukee suburb for four years, however, she abruptly quit to pursue her acting dream. She became a student of the famed Goodman School of Drama in Chicago where she received a another degree, a Bachelor of Fine Arts, in theater arts. She started her professional career on the stock and repertory stages and gathered a formidable list of early credits appearing in such plays as "A Streetcar Named Desire, "Candida," "Blithe Spirit" and "The Corn Is Green." She made her debut on Broadway replacing Carole Shelley in "The Elephant Man" playing the actress/grande dame Mrs. Kendal. She continued in her role when a subsequent tour went out starring David Bowie. Seeking on-camera experience, she moved out West in the 1980s and found plentiful work on TV with her all-controlling, severe-looking femmes, which culminated in the critically acclaimed Vietnam War drama China Beach (1988) in which she played a hard-as-nails major. She continued with a host of guest parts on "L.A. Law," "Murphy Brown," "Picket Fences" and "Wings," among many others. Not readily known for her film work, she has nevertheless offered occasional arch support (since 1991) in such pictures as Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991), Twenty Bucks (1993), Out to Sea (1997) Deep Impact (1998), The Muse (1999) and View from the Top (2003). Another regular series TV role came with Providence (1999), in which she played a chain-smoking mom.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 30, 1945
Deathday: N/A
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Amy and the Angel
1982-09-22
Amy and the Angel
Overview: Amy, a depressed seventeen year old high school girl, is visited by her guardian angel Oliver after wishing she had never been born. Oliver shows Amy how important she is to the people in her life.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-22
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Murder in Three Acts
1986-10-01
Murder in Three Acts
Overview: In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-01
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One Special Victory
1991-12-08
One Special Victory
Overview: A fact-based story, John Larroquette plays a hotshot executive that ends up in court over a certain charge. He is sentenced to community service. He is assigned to coach a basketball team of mentally handicapped citizens. At first, he is reluctant and thinks selfishly of his own needs. Later on, he finds the real meaning of life which is helping others.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-08
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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991-06-07
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Overview: Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings, Sue Ellen can party and have fun. But then the babysitter abruptly dies, leaving the Crandells short on cash. Sue Ellen finds a sweet job in fashion by lying about her age and experience on her résumé. But, while her siblings run wild, she discovers the downside of adulthood
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-07
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The List
2007-05-05
The List
Overview: Ever been dumped? In front of 20,000 people at a stadium, on live television!? LEWIS BOND, a dashing young executive, decides to get serious after this experience and creates a list (litmus test) that the right woman should match, to avoid another humiliation. However, when he thinks he has found her, she turns out to be not as perfect as he thought, leaving the risk averse Lewis to choose between what his head or heart tells him.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-05
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In Love and War
1987-03-16
In Love and War
Overview: This movie is an account of US Navy Commander James Stockdale's 8 year imprisonment in North Vietnam. During his confinement in such camps as the infamous "Hanoi Hilton", Stockdale, among other senior officers, led a resistance group against the North Vietnamese, facing torture, isolation, and starvation in attempts to break their wills. Back in the US, Stockdale's wife, Sybil, begins working with other POW wives to try to get information on their husbands and to inform the world on their treatment.
Genres: Adventure Romance Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-16
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Doubletake
1985-11-24
Doubletake
Overview: Two corpses are found in different locations with their heads severed and exchanged. Frank Janek is called on to head the team of detectives investigating. Meanwhile, Janek is trying to find out why an old friend and colleague committed suicide, which eventually leads to a romantic situation with photographer Caroline Wallace and the discovery of some major corruption among his superiors, all of which has little or nothing to do with the murder story.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-24
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The Betty Ford Story
1987-03-02
The Betty Ford Story
Overview: This biographical film was based on the book The Times of My Life written by Chris Chase and Betty Ford.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-02
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Cyrano de Bergerac
2008-12-26
Cyrano de Bergerac
Overview: The charismatic swordsman-poet helps another woo the woman he loves.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-26
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Sin and Redemption
1994-03-18
Sin and Redemption
Overview: Taking a short-cut home from work, high-schooler Billie Simms is raped. Not only does the incident cause an unwanted pregnancy that damages her college expectations, but it also outrages her smugly religious father who pressures her to give up the baby.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-18
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The Muse
1999-01-05
The Muse
Overview: With his career on the skids, a Hollywood screenwriter enlists the aid of a modern-day muse, who proves to test his patience.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-05
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View from the Top
2003-03-21
View from the Top
Overview: No one thought Donna would go very far. But when she sets her sights on becoming a first-class international flight attendant, Donna throws caution to the wind and takes off in pursuit of her dream. The ride is anything but smooth, however, and Donna's laugh-packed journey of a lifetime is rocked by more turbulence than she bargained for.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-21
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China Beach: Pilot
1988-04-26
China Beach: Pilot
Overview: The feature-length pilot for the popular tv series. In 1967, the people of the 510th Evac Hospital at China Beach Vietnam include the cool but compassionate Army nurse Colleen, the naive Red Cross newcomer Cherry, the singer Laurette and the cynical civilian worker/prostitute K.C.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-26
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Sin & Redemption
1994-03-15
Sin & Redemption
Overview: A rape victim learns the truth about her husband when their daughter has a life-threatening illness.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-15
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The Goodbye Bird
1994-04-02
The Goodbye Bird
Overview: A teenager finds himself in hot water when his school principal accuses him of stealing her prized, talking parrot. But with the help of a kindly veterinarian, he solves the case of the purloined bird and learns the value of helping those who need it most.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-02
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Reach
2018-10-19
Reach
Overview: A socially awkward band geek, Steven Turano, is planning on killing himself. However, when Clarence, the new quirky kid in school, befriends him, Steven's plans are sidetracked and he reaches beyond his comfort zone forming stronger relationships with his father, friends and teachers. The boys form an inseparable bond as Clarence finds creative ways to pull Steven out of his depression.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-19
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Gone But Not Forgotten
2005-01-01
Gone But Not Forgotten
Overview: An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has entered a web of duplicity revenge & multiple murder.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Deep Impact
1998-05-08
Deep Impact
Overview: A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
Genres: Action Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-08
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Twenty Bucks
1993-10-21
Twenty Bucks
Overview: A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-21
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For Muriel
2018-03-02
For Muriel
Overview: Elaine and Helen, two older ladies, and their younger friend Jenn plot a bank robbery. Because none of them has ever robbed a bank, they each suggest a different movie to model their robbery on.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-02
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