Lou Myers
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lou Myers (September 26, 1935 – February 19, 2013) was an American actor. He was typically typecast as a grumpy old man, but he appeared in many movies, stage plays television sitcoms, and dramas. He got his first break as an understudy in the Broadway play, The First Breeze of Summer as Reverend Mosley. He is perhaps best known as the feisty Mr. Vernon Gaines in the sitcom A Different World. Myers was also an accomplished pianist. Myers was born in Cabin Creek, West Virginia, the son of Dorothy Jeffries (née Brown). Myers died at the Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia after battling pneumonia for several months. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lou Myers (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Charleston, West Virginia
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Birthday: September 26, 1935
Age: 89 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: February 19, 2013
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The Wedding Planner
Overview: San Francisco's premiere wedding planner, Mary Fiore is rescued from an accident by the man of her dreams, pediatrician Steve Edison, only to find he is the fiancé of her latest client. As Mary continues making their wedding arrangements, she and Steve are put into a string of uncomfortable situations that force them to face their mutual attraction.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-26
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Everything's Jake
Overview: A homeless man takes a newly homeless man under his wing and teaches him how to survive on the streets.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-25
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The Passion of Darkly Noon
Overview: Desire torments a former cultist taking refuge at the home of a scantily clad woman whose husband is away.
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-02
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All About You
Overview: Two people run from the pain of their broken past. When they discover each other, they find themselves at a crossroad where the only thing that stands between them and a second chance is each other.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-04
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Overview: Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, ends as an exhilarating voyage of self discovery as Stella learns to open her heart and find love – even if it's with a man 20 years her junior.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-14
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Bulworth
Overview: A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-15
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Tin Cup
Overview: A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-16
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Lackawanna Blues
Overview: In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
Genres: Drama Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-12
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It's Kind of a Funny Story
Overview: A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-08
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Dreams
Overview: Mia dreams of singing, Quentin dreams of dancing, Paalo wants to mend the relationship with his daughter and Alonzo hopes to reconnect with his family, but the realities of abuse, failure and their broken pasts, as well as a notorious criminal, make the path to their dreams an uphill battle. Set in urban Chicago, these four stories are woven together to create an inspiring tale of the hard work it takes to achieve one's dreams.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-02-01
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A Private Affair
Overview: A woman who has confronted the sour side of success finds love and discovers herself in this made-for-TV drama. Nikka (Vanessa Bell Calloway) is a writer who enjoys unexpected success with her first novel, but her brush with fame and fortune has a serious downside when she's threatened with legal action by the Internal Revenue Service for non-payment of taxes. Turning to her family and friends for help, Nikka's new life begins to fall apart, but she begins to develop a greater sense of herself in the process, and she decides to take a trip to Africa in hopes of coming to terms with her heritage.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-26
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Cobb
Overview: Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set the record straight about 'the greatest ball-player ever,' in his words.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-02
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The Fighting Temptations
Overview: Darrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him. But before Darrin can collect the money, he must fulfill his aunt's final wish -- to create a local choir.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-19
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The Piano Lesson
Overview: 1930's Pittsburgh, a brother comes home to claim "my half of the piano", a family heirloom; but his sister is not wanting to part with it. This is a glimpse of the conditions for African-Americans as well as some of the attitudes and influences on their lives. But whether he is able to sell the piano so that he can get enough money to buy some property and "no longer have to work for someone else" involves the story (or lesson) that the piano has to show him.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-05
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Sweet Oranges
Overview: Down on their luck, buddies Jamal (William L. Johnson) and Kenny (Benjamin Stephens) decide that the only way they can pluck themselves out of poverty during the summer is to sell oranges from a local kiosk. The new venture seems to be the perfect solution to their financial woes except for one tiny problem: It's hard to keep your mind on business when you're surrounded by beautiful babes. Trey Haley directs this fresh, freewheeling comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-25
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The First Breeze of Summer
Overview: A portrait of an African American working-class family, this stage production depicts an elderly grandmother's flashbacks to the affairs she had as a young woman and a hard-working father's current conflict with his two unhappy sons.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-28
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Volcano
Overview: An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, working with a geologist, must then use every resource in the city to try and stop the volcano from consuming LA.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-25
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Nobody Knows Anything!
Overview: Sarah thinks making a movie is easy. With the guidance of her screenwriter uncle, she goes on a wild journey into the world of Hollywood where she meets crazy studio execs, insane producers and a gangster who agrees to finance her film – for a price…
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-24
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