Jean Byron
Also Known As: Jeane Byron
Biography: Jean Byron (born Imogene Audette Burkhart; December 10, 1925 – February 3, 2006, Height 5 feet 9 inches [1.75 meters]) was an American film, television, and stage actress. She was best known for the role of Natalie Lane, Patty Lane's mother in the sitcom The Patty Duke Show. Byron was born in Paducah, Kentucky, and raised in Louisville. She began her career as a singer on radio, and then moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. She made her film debut in 1952's Voodoo Tiger. She appeared in several other films, including The Magnetic Monster (1953), Serpent of the Nile (1953), and The Opposite Sex (1956). Byron's most famous role was as Natalie Lane on The Patty Duke Show. She appeared in all three seasons of the show, from 1963 to 1966. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1964. After The Patty Duke Show, Byron continued to work in television, appearing in shows such as The Wild Wild West, The Love Boat, and Murder, She Wrote. She also appeared in several films, including The Sting (1973) and The Muppet Movie (1979). Byron retired from acting in the early 1990s. She died in Mobile, Alabama, in 2006, at the age of 80. In addition to her acting career, Byron was also a talented singer and dancer. She was a member of the Actors Studio and the Screen Actors Guild. She was also a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Paducah, Kentucky, USA
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Birthday: December 10, 1925
Age: 99 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: February 03, 2006
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The Magnetic Monster
Overview: The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and radioactivity in Los Angeles, and discovers that a man-made isotope is consuming available energy from nearby mass every few hours, doubling its size in the process. Although microscopic, it will soon become big enough to destroy Earth; and how to stop it is yet to be determined. The film's Deltatron special effects footage is taken from the 1934 German sci-fi film GOLD.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-18
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Valet Girls
Overview: A young girl who aspires to a singing career gets herself and her best friend a job as valet parking girls at a Malibu party in order to meet people who can help them achieve their dreams.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
Overview: Dennie has returned from a year among the hippies to her superficial, image-conscious suburban family. She must face their disapproval of her actions. They refuse to even try to understand. She must also deal with an ex-lover, and a beloved young sister who is following in her footsteps, wanting the idealistic hippie life but making some rash decisions in the process.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-16
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Invisible Invaders
Overview: Aliens, contacting scientist Adam Penner, inform him that they have been on the moon for twenty thousand years, undetected due to their invisibility, and have now decided to annihilate humanity unless all the nations of earth surrender immediately. Sequestered in an impregnable laboratory trying to find the aliens' weakness, Penner, his daughter, a no-nonsense army major and a squeamish scientist are attacked from outside by the aliens, who have occupied the bodies of the recently deceased.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-15
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Flareup
Overview: A Las Vegas go-go dancer moves to Los Angeles to escape the psycho who has killed her partners.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-11-10
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Serpent of the Nile
Overview: Cleopatra toys with Mark Antony who wants to merge his Rome with her Egypt.
Genres: History Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-08
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There's Always Tomorrow
Overview: When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-08
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Voodoo Tiger
Overview: Jungle Jim helps an attractive research writer for the British museum clear up the mystery of a tiger cult in Africa while thwarting art thieves and bringing to justice a Nazi war criminal.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-15
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Jungle Moon Men
Overview: Priestess Oma is forever young in this Jungle Jim knockoff of "She" or the La of Opar stories from "Tarzan". The Jungle Jim-type character is played by Weissmuller using his own name.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-08
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The Brady Girls Get Married
Overview: Made-for-tv movie, the pilot for a "Brady Bunch" revival series, "The Brady Brides." Jan and Marcia have met the men of their dreams and decide to tie the knot. They agree to hold the weddings together in the family's back yard, but fight over whether to have a modern ceremony or a traditional one. Can the marriages be saved? All of the original cast members (except cousin Oliver) put in a return appearance.
Genres: Family Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-06
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The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights
Overview: Original castmembers from the 60's series reunite as Patty fights to stop her longtime nemesis Sue Ellen from turning Brooklyn Heights High into a shopping mall.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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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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Johnny Concho
Overview: In Johnny Concho, Frank Sinatra plays a man who goes from the town bully to town coward!
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-01
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The Perfect Match
Overview: In this romantic comedy, a lonely man meets a lonely woman after they each post ads in the lonely-hearts section of the classified ads. Unfortunately, neither one is totally honest about themselves and merry mix-ups ensue until a romance finally blossoms.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-01
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Advice to the Lovelorn
Overview: A failed pilot for a series centering on Maggie Dale, an advice columnist. This was somewhat in the tradition of shows like Fantasy Island. When she receives a letter, the writer's situation is played out for us, then she writes her advice and the writer reads her response and does his/her best to act upon it.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-30
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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Overview: In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, a chimpanzee named Caesar resurfaces after almost twenty years of hiding from the authorities, and prepares for a revolt against humanity.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-29
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The Death Squad
Overview: When petty criminals start turning up murdered, a detective discovers they are being killed by a group of his fellow officers who think the criminals were treated too leniently by the courts.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-08
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Ransom for a Dead Man
Overview: A brilliant attorney gets rid of her boring husband by faking his kidnapping and keeping the ransom. The FBI may be fooled, but not Columbo.
Genres: Drama Mystery TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-09
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Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
Overview: A socially isolated and extremely shy Los Angeles painter finds his dream girl in the form of a struggling actress and finds himself at last finding the confidence to exhibit his work in this off-beat romantic comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-29
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