Valerie Mahaffey
Biography: Valerie Mahaffey (born June 16, 1953) is an American actress and producer. She began her career starring in the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors (1979–81), for which she received a nomination for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. In 1992, Mahaffey won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role in the CBS drama series Northern Exposure. She later won fame through her portrayal of extroverted and friendly but ultimately insane women on the television shows Wings, Desperate Housewives, Devious Maids and Big Sky. Mahaffey also appeared in a number of movies, including Senior Trip (1995), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Jack and Jill (2011), Sully (2016), and most notably French Exit (2020), for which she received critical acclaim and an Independent Spirit Award nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article Valerie Mahaffey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: June 16, 1953
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National Lampoon's Senior Trip
1995-09-08
National Lampoon's Senior Trip
Overview: While on detention, a group of misfits and slackers have to write a letter to the President explaining what is wrong with the education system. There is only one problem, the President loves it! Hence, the group must travel to Washington to meet the Main Man.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-08
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Witch Hunt
1994-12-10
Witch Hunt
Overview: Magic and murder connect an actress, a private eye, a senator and a witch in 1950s Hollywood.
Genres: TV Movie Mystery Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-10
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Summer Eleven
2010-08-09
Summer Eleven
Overview: The poignant, coming of age story about a group of eleven year old girls in their final summer before middle school.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-09
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A Previous Engagement
2009-10-22
A Previous Engagement
Overview: When Julia Reynolds talks her husband into a family vacation in Malta she has a secret agenda: a date made twenty-five years earlier with her first love.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-22
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And On The Eighth Day
2024-10-16
And On The Eighth Day
Overview: Follows the journey of two small-time thieves who find themselves in a remote town in West Texas.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-16
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Par 6
2002-04-16
Par 6
Overview: A cynical man returns to his family's homestead in Texas and starts up a golf course with his brothers and sisters.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-16
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If I Were You
2013-03-15
If I Were You
Overview: When a woman tries to outwit her husband's sexy young mistress, the unexpected consequences include starring as King Lear in a very amateur production - with the mistress, an aspiring actress, playing The Fool.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-15
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Women of Valor
1986-11-23
Women of Valor
Overview: A group of American Army nurses are captured by the Japanese in April 1942 and spend three years in a prisoner-of-war camp in Bataan. Lt Margaret Ann Jessup, the head army nurse, survives the camp and testifies against the Japanese in front of the United States Congressional subcommittee years later as a colonel.
Genres: War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-23
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No Ordinary Baby
2001-10-08
No Ordinary Baby
Overview: A reporter gets the scoop on the first ever human cloning, but the furor surrounding the event jeopardizes the baby's birth and the career of the responsible doctor.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-08
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Dinner at Fred's
1997-10-02
Dinner at Fred's
Overview: A young businessman with a skill for magic tricks breaks down en route to his fiancee's parents' house on Christmas and ends up spending the holiday with a very different kind of family.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-02
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Jack and Jill
2011-11-11
Jack and Jill
Overview: Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-11
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They
1993-11-14
They
Overview: A father experiences strange apparitions after his daughter is killed in a car accident.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-14
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Tell Me My Name
1977-12-20
Tell Me My Name
Overview: Based on the book by Mary Carter, "Tell Me My Name" is about a girl's visit to the woman who gave her up for adoption 19 years earlier. The adoption was a secret which now threatens to destroy the entire family.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-20
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Seabiscuit
2003-07-22
Seabiscuit
Overview: True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-22
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Sully
2016-09-07
Sully
Overview: On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-07
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No Pay, Nudity
2016-11-04
No Pay, Nudity
Overview: Aging actor Lester Rosenthal (Gabriel Byrne), who has lost his way with his career, with his family, and with his friends (Nathan Lane, Frances Conroy, & Boyd Gaines) finds out that the way out is through.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-04
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Till Death Us Do Part
1992-02-18
Till Death Us Do Part
Overview: This is a true crime story based on the book of the same title by prosecuting attorney, Vincent Bugliosi. (Bugliosi is the L.A. prosecutor that put Charles Manson away.) On December 11, 1966, a murder occurs in a small neighborhood of El Sereno, CA. In the middle of the night, Henry Stockton is shot three times in the head and twice in the chest and then his house is set on fire. The murderer left no clues, baffling the police, until a year later when a young pregnant woman is found bludgeoned to death in a Jaguar. Strangely, these two murders are related. As the mystery unfolds a horrific tale of greed, lust and ambition are revealed.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-18
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Crazy Eyes
2012-07-06
Crazy Eyes
Overview: Zack is a young, divorced father who starts to develop romantic feelings towards his friend Rebecca, whom he refers to as "Crazy Eyes". He spends a lot of time at a bar run by his best friend Dan Drake and hanging out with Autumn. As he pursues a sexual relationship with Rebecca, Zack grows increasingly aware of the importance of his son's role in his life amidst the failing health of his own father.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-06
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My First Wedding
2006-08-18
My First Wedding
Overview: A young lady about to get married realizes that she has a problem: she fantasizes about every man she sees. She goes to confess at church but unknowingly confesses to a young man who is not a priest. He agrees to help her, but falls in love with her along the way. Unfortunately she still thinks he is a priest.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-18
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Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures
1986-09-11
Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures
Overview: Based on the "Saturday Night Live" shorts, Mr. Bill stars in his own show, but this time he's played by a human actor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-11
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The Witch Files
2018-09-10
The Witch Files
Overview: A coven of young women with incredible powers and difficult pasts discovers that they are able to make their every wish come true. Things, however, take a dangerous turn when they discover that their newly-found abilities come with a price and that they may not be as in control as they think.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-10
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Jungle 2 Jungle
1997-03-04
Jungle 2 Jungle
Overview: Uptight New York City executive, Michael Cromwell, pursues his soon-to-be ex-wife to South America and returns home with the son he never knew he had—a boy raised in a tribal village in Brazil. Armed with only his blowgun, the 13-year-old Mimi-Siku discovers that the world outside his jungle home is indeed a strange place.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-04
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French Exit
2021-02-12
French Exit
Overview: “My plan was to die before the money ran out,” says 60-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite Frances Price, but things didn’t go as planned. Her husband Franklin has been dead for 12 years and with his vast inheritance gone, she cashes in the last of her possessions and resolves to live out her twilight days anonymously in a borrowed apartment in Paris, accompanied by her directionless son Malcolm and a cat named Small Frank—who may or may not embody the spirit of Frances’s dead husband.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-02-12
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
1989-04-09
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Overview: A young theatre director is accused of killing a more famous Broadway director. Perry takes his case.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-09
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Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
1989-11-09
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
Overview: A hockey player of friend of Ken Malansky's is accused of murdering a team owner. Perry takes the case.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-09
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Her Secret Life
1987-04-12
Her Secret Life
Overview: Kate Capshaw plays a schoolteacher and suburban housewife who happens to be an ex-spy. Nobody knows of Capshaw's previous espionage activities, least of all her somewhat obtuse husband Cliff De Young. When Capshaw's ex-lover Jeroen Krabbe, an intimate of Castro, lands in a Cuban prison, she is swept back into the spy business, leaving her nonplussed hubby in the dust.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-12
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