Suzanne Pleshette
Biography: Suzanne Pleshette (January 31, 1937 – January 19, 2008) was an American actress, on stage, screen and television. After beginning her career in theatre, she began appearing in films in the early 1960s, such as Rome Adventure (1962) and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963). She later appeared in various television productions, often in guest roles, and played the role of Emily Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show from 1972 until 1978, receiving Emmy Award nominations for her work. She continued acting until 2004, and died from respiratory failure as a result of lung cancer in 2008. Description above from the Wikipedia article Suzanne Pleshette, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: January 31, 1937
Deathday: January 19, 2008
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The Birds
1963-03-28
The Birds
Overview: Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-03-28
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The Ugly Dachshund
1966-02-16
The Ugly Dachshund
Overview: The Garrisons are the "proud parents" of three adorable dachshund pups - and one overgrown Great Dane named Brutus, who nevertheless thinks of himself as a dainty dachsie. His identity crisis results in an uproarious series of household crises that reduce the Garrisons' house to shambles - and viewers to howls of laughter!
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-02-16
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The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967-03-08
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
Overview: To restore his family's lost wealth, a young Boston lad stows away on a ship bound for the California Gold Rush. When their very proper butler gives chase, all roads lead to nonstop adventure, wild and woolly characters, and a lucky punch that leads to a bonanza of belly laughs!
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Family Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-08
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Nevada Smith
1966-06-10
Nevada Smith
Overview: Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. The gun merchant shows him how to shoot and to shoot on time and correct.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-10
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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969-04-24
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Overview: A group of travelers from the United States race through seven European countries in 18 days.
Genres: Romance Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-04-24
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The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998-10-24
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Overview: The circle of life continues for Simba, now fully grown and in his rightful place as the king of Pride Rock. Simba and Nala have given birth to a daughter, Kiara who's as rebellious as her father was. But Kiara drives her parents to distraction when she catches the eye of Kovu, the son of the evil lioness, Zira. Will Kovu steal Kiara's heart?
Genres: Family Adventure Animation Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-24
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Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005-06-01
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Overview: Friends, family, co-stars and admirers of actor Steve McQueen talk about his life and his movie career.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-01
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Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
1976-10-27
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
Overview: A young private detective takes on his first case, a young woman with amnesia who doesn't know why a gunman is trying to kill her but believes she might be involved in a murder.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-27
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The Geisha Boy
1958-11-02
The Geisha Boy
Overview: Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-02
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The Shaggy D.A.
1976-12-17
The Shaggy D.A.
Overview: Wilby Daniels, a successful lawyer running for District Attorney, suddenly finds himself being transformed into an English sheepdog. Somehow he has to keep his change a secret and find just what is causing it, all the while eluding the local dog catcher.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-17
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Oh, God! Book II
1980-10-03
Oh, God! Book II
Overview: God appears before 11-year-old Tracy Richards to ask for her help to spread his word and influence over the world which she suggests the slogan 'Think God.' Naturaly, Tracy's divorced parents think Tracy's crazy, and plot to halt her 'heaven-sent' mission to spread God's word.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-03
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Blackbeard's Ghost
1968-02-08
Blackbeard's Ghost
Overview: The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-08
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The Power
1968-02-21
The Power
Overview: One by one members of a special project team are being killed by telekinesis - the ability to move things with the power of the mind alone. The race is on to determine which of the remaining team members is the murderer and to stop them.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-21
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Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971-05-26
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Overview: A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-05-26
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A Distant Trumpet
1964-05-20
A Distant Trumpet
Overview: In 1883, US Cavalry lieutenant Matthew Hazard, newly graduated from West Point, is assigned to isolated Fort Delivery on the Mexican border of Arizona, where he meets commanding officer Teddy Mainwarring's wife Kitty, whom he later rescues from an Indian attack.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-05-20
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Target: Harry
1969-05-23
Target: Harry
Overview: Pilot Harry Black is hired to fly a man named Carlyle to Istanbul, where he's murdered. Now, mysterious Diane Reed and a local gangster, Rashi, are after Harry believing that he has the priceless plates Carlyle used to counterfeit money.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-23
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Rome Adventure
1962-04-21
Rome Adventure
Overview: Prudence resigns from her teaching position after being criticized for giving a student her copy of a romance novel. She sails for Italy, takes a job at a small bookstore in Rome, and meets Don, who has just broken up with his girlfriend. Prudence and Don tour Italy together, and romance naturally follows.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-04-21
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Fate Is the Hunter
1964-11-08
Fate Is the Hunter
Overview: A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for another reason. Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to unusual string of coincidences. Stewardess, who is sole survivor, joins airline executives in discovering the causes of the crash.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-08
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A Rage to Live
1965-10-20
A Rage to Live
Overview: Grace Caldwell, a young Pennsylvania newspaper heiress living with her widowed mother, has trouble restraining herself when it comes to the amorous attentions of young men. As word starts to spread about her behavior, Grace becomes a major source of heartache for her mother and a big source of concern to her brother.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-10-20
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Youngblood Hawke
1964-11-04
Youngblood Hawke
Overview: An unknown Kentucky writer comes to New York and pursues fame and women.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-04
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Hot Stuff
1979-08-10
Hot Stuff
Overview: When a police department's burglary task force is facing the possibility of being shut down because of their low conviction rate decides to try a new approach to apprehending their targets. They take over a pawn shop where thieves go to unload their merchandise. They record them as they bring stuff in and get them to tell them where they got it. Eventually they're threatened by the mob.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-10
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Battling for Baby
1992-01-12
Battling for Baby
Overview: Two childhood friends who have since become fierce rivals are forced to make nice when their children marry. But the feud reignites when a bundle of joy arrives, and the feisty grandmothers vie for baby-tending duties when the new mom goes back to work.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-12
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The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special
1991-11-23
The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special
Overview: Bob is recovering from the horrible nightmare about a crazy little town in Vermont. As that happens, he begins reminiscing of events from episodes of "The Bob Newhart Show."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-23
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Mister Buddwing
1966-07-15
Mister Buddwing
Overview: An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-07-15
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Along Came a Spider
1970-02-03
Along Came a Spider
Overview: Dr. Janet Furie comes to believe that her husband and fellow scientist were set up to die in a lab accident. She blames another scientist, not only for the murder but also for taking credit for her husband's groundbreaking work. When she can't prove her husband was murdered, she spins a web of intrigue and deceit that results in the suspected scientist being framed for another murder that never actually happened.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-03
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In Broad Daylight
1971-10-16
In Broad Daylight
Overview: A newly blind actor discovers his wife is cheating on him with his best friend and hatches a plot to murder her and frame his friend for it.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-16
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River of Gold
1971-03-09
River of Gold
Overview: A pair of beach bums wind up in Acapulco, where they get involved in a search for a beautiful woman and a sunken treasure.
Genres: Adventure Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-09
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40 Pounds of Trouble
1962-12-31
40 Pounds of Trouble
Overview: Hilarity ensues when a casino manager spends a day at Disneyland with a cute but troublesome little girl.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-12-31
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Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970-09-11
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Overview: War is brewing between the soldiers at an otherwise quiet army base and the civilians of a nearby Southern town. Brian Keith is an officer who tries to keep the peace. However, peace is hard to come by with Ernest Borgnine as a stereotypical dumb hick sheriff who's quick to call in the local militia. Tony Curtis plays a skirt-chasing sergeant who can't stay out of trouble and soon lands in jail. Brian Keith borrows a tank to release his friend from jail. Things get more chaotic after that.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-11
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Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean
1990-09-23
Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean
Overview: Spanning years of both Harry and Leona Helmsley's cutthroat control of their eponymonous empire, this made-for-TV movie chronicles both the high and low points of the couple's life together.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-23
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Alone in the Neon Jungle
1988-01-17
Alone in the Neon Jungle
Overview: A by-the-book female police officer is assigned to the most corrupt precinct in Pittsburgh and told to get it cleaned up.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-17
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Hunters Are for Killing
1970-03-12
Hunters Are for Killing
Overview: A man comes home after serving time in prison to claim his share of his deceased mother's estate. However, his adoptive father, who holds him responsible for his biological son's death, intends to fight him for everything.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-12
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For Love or Money
1984-11-20
For Love or Money
Overview: A man and a woman participate in a new game show where partners have to choose between love and money.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-20
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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990-08-27
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Overview: A leading acting teacher who trained some of the most famous performers of the stage and screen, Sanford Meisner was a founding member of the Group Theatre. The Group Theatre, a cooperative theater ensemble, became a leading force in the theater world of the 30s. Meisner performed in many of the group’s most memorable productions.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-27
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Wall of Noise
1963-09-04
Wall of Noise
Overview: The lives and loves behind the scenes at the racetrack are detailed in this thoroughbred soap opera. An ambitious young trainer, Joel Tarrant (Ty Hardin), enters into an illicit affair with the stable owner's wealthy wife, hot-to-trot Laura Rubio (Suzanne Pleshette), in the hope that someday he'll have enough dough to buy his own horses and stable.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-09-04
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The Legend of Valentino
1975-11-23
The Legend of Valentino
Overview: An embellished dramatization of the career and personal life of actor Rudolph Valentino, widely regarded as the screen's first male sex symbol.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-23
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Fantasies
1982-01-18
Fantasies
Overview: A crazed killer stalks the cast of a television soap-opera.
Genres: Horror Thriller TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-18
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Flesh & Blood
1979-10-14
Flesh & Blood
Overview: A young street-tough-turned-boxer struggles to reach the top while finding his romance with an attractive TV reporter is complicated by an incestuous relationship with his mother.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-14
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Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife
1993-02-13
Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife
Overview: Dr Sloan suspects that his flame of long ago, famous heart surgeon Dr Rachel Walters, has murdered US Senator Cabot on the occasion of a guest operation at the community hospital. After a long investigation, Sloan and fellow detectives Dr Bentley and Dr Parker discover her motive: Years ago, Cabot had caused a hit-and-run accident that put her daughter into coma. But how did Dr Walters manage to pass the deadly bacteria on to the senator in front of TV cameras?
Genres: Crime TV Movie Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-13
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Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978-05-26
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Overview: A turn-of-the-century investigator named Kate Bliss goes to the wide-open spaces of the wild west to capture a gang of outlaws led by a charming "Robin Hood of the plains," leading a band of dispossessed ranchers against a stuffy English land baron who has cheated them out of their property.
Genres: Western Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-26
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Dixie: Changing Habits
1983-02-16
Dixie: Changing Habits
Overview: Dixie is caught operating a whorehouse, and is sentenced to 90 days house arrest in a convent! Can Dixie bend to the ways of the convent nuns to avoid jail?
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-16
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A Stranger Waits
1987-03-29
A Stranger Waits
Overview: Most men consider the widow Kate Bennington to be irresistible, but when she dives into a madly passionate love affair with a mysterious younger man, one of her secret admirers sets in motion a terrifying plan to end their relationship, forever.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-29
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Paralyzed Segments: Suzanne Pleshette Tangled Up in Codes
2022-12-28
Paralyzed Segments: Suzanne Pleshette Tangled Up in Codes
Overview: A video essay about fifties and early sixties social and sexual mores, in life and in cinema, and how these "codes" (in partnership with a production Code, capital C, which was almost antediluvian in terms of sexual politics) molded and then trapped the female performers who came up in the shadow of it all. Suzanne Pleshette is a perfect case in point.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-28
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The Blob
2024-05-02
The Blob
Overview: Birds looking anxiously at a threat beyond the frame, and then the threat arrives. Mixing a found footage educational film with sci-fi and horror traditions and hand-painted manipulation of the film stock, a familiar narrative is inverted, recontextualizing the fear of others through the anthropocentric eye.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-02
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Kojak: The Belarus File
1985-02-16
Kojak: The Belarus File
Overview: Lt. Theo Kojak uncovers a Nazi conspiracy.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-16
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Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
1998-06-19
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
Overview: In 1995, Chasen's closed its doors after 60 years of serving chili to movie stars and visiting dignitaries, Presidents and the Pope. During its two final weeks, Chasen regulars (actors and producers), staff, and management sat for interviews. There's an Oscar party for 1500, footage and photos of famous diners, and time with Tommy Gallagher, the ebullient head waiter until retirement in 1994, his son Patrick, catering head Raymond Bilbool, general manager Ronnie Clint, hat check girl Val Schwab, ladies' room attendant Onetta Johnson, and foreign- born waiters, including Jaime. When he started in 1970, like other Latins, he wasn't allowed out of the kitchen. It's a family farewell.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-19
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Help Wanted: Male
1982-01-16
Help Wanted: Male
Overview: An unmarried career woman decides she wants a baby and finds a suitable partner, a sportswriter working for the magazine she publishes. After she maneuvers him into proposing marriage to her, she learns that he happens to be sterile.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-16
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The Star Maker
1981-05-11
The Star Maker
Overview: Danny Youngblood is a famed Hollywood director with a reputation for modeling sexy starlets into superstar actresses, and then turning his discoveries into his wives, one after another. However, Danny meets his match when he zeroes in on his latest starlet/conquest, Margot Murray, who decides to turn the tables on him.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-11
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One Cooks, the Other Doesn't
1983-09-27
One Cooks, the Other Doesn't
Overview: A real estate agent has a problem: his ex-wife and son are moving in with him-and his jealous bride.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-27
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If Things Were Different
1980-01-16
If Things Were Different
Overview: A woman tries to cope with her husband's emotional instability while also juggling a career as a local TV show director, her motherly duties, and an extramarital affair.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-16
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The Art of 'Spirited Away'
2003-04-15
The Art of 'Spirited Away'
Overview: The people that brought the film Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) (a.k.a. "Spirited Away") to the US explain how it was converted into English, with some minor confusion between languages, and how well it did in both Japan and America.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-15
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Law and Order
1976-05-06
Law and Order
Overview: Story follows three generations of a family in the New York City Police Department.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-06
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Wings of Fire
1967-02-14
Wings of Fire
Overview: A headstrong aviatrix enters an international air race to save her father's foundering business and to soothe the heart of an old flame who returned home with a new wife in tow.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-02-14
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Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
1974-02-04
Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
Overview: Mitzi Gaynor and guests Ted Knight (Mary Tyler Moore Show), Jerry Orbach (Chicago), Suzanne Pleshette (Bob Newhart Show) and Jane Withers in music, dance and comedy vignettes celebrating housewives. Songs include "Married," "I Can Cook, Too," and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life." The cast also attend a party performing "The Little Things We Do Together" from Stephen Sondheim's Company.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-04
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Summer of Decision
1959-11-13
Summer of Decision
Overview: A college student trying to decide on a career spends the summer before his senior year assisting social workers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-13
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