Jeannie Bell
Also Known As: Jeannie Bell, Jean Bell, Jeanie Bell, Jeanne Bell, Annie Lee Morgan
Biography: Born Annie Lee Morgan in St. Louis, Missouri, Jeannie is a former Playboy Playmate of the Month (October 1969) and was only the second African American woman to feature in this role. She also became the first-ever African American to actually grace the magazine's cover of their January 1970 issue. Bell later had a career as an actress in movies, most prominently in TNT Jackson (1975), in which she played the title character, and supporting roles in Mean Streets and The Klansman, as well as occasional TV appearances. She retired from show business for good after a second pictorial in Playboy in 1979 and, in 1986, married multi-millionaire businessman Gary Judis after 8 years of courtship. The two have one son.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Birthday: November 23, 1944
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Mean Streets
Overview: A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-14
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Black Gunn
Overview: A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their involvements lead to a breathless race course chase, the destruction of a dopepusher and a violent waterfront climax.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-20
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Trouble Man
Overview: It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set up the death of a collector for a rival gang lord. It looks like it's up to T to hold a gang war from breaking out, keep the police off his back, and earn his fee from Chalky and Pete.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-01
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Three the Hard Way
Overview: After his wife is kidnapped by a group of white supremacists, a record producer teams up with a PR man and a martial artist to get her back and put a stop to their plot to poison the water supply with a toxin that only kills Black people.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-26
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Disco 9000
Overview: Fass Black, an accomplished black man in Los Angeles, is bullied to play another record labels music at his disco club, but continually refuses because it ain't groovy enough.
Genres: Drama Crime Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-27
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Policewomen
Overview: A lady cop infiltrates an all-female criminal gang.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-09
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TNT Jackson
Overview: A woman encounters thugs and drug dealers after traveling to Hong Kong to search for her missing brother.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-08
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The Muthers
Overview: A band of female pirates go undercover at a prison camp on a coffee plantation to rescue their leader's sister.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-01
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The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
Overview: There are some movies that are so bad they're good. And there are some movies that are so bad- that they're just bad...
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-13
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Cleopatra Jones
Overview: After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-07-13
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The Choirboys
Overview: A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-23
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Casanova & Co.
Overview: While hiding from the royal authorities, Giacomo Casanova, the famous romancer, encounters his look-alike: Giacomino, a fugitive petty con man. Meanwhile, the Arabian Caliph and his wife are arriving in Venice for a state visit, and she insists on a night with the legendary lover. Through a series of erotic encounters and mistaken-identity comedies, Giacomo and Giacomino make their way back to Venice for their appointment with the Caliph's wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-03-01
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The Klansman
Overview: A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young white woman has been raped by a black man. When young black man Garth witnesses the Ku Klux Klan's violent retaliation against his innocent friend, Garth declares a one-man war on the Klan and hunts them down one-by-one.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-25
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Melinda
Overview: A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It turns out that she was killed by the local mob, which is trying to frame him for the crime. With the police after him, he calls on some of his old acquaintances to help clear his name and avenge the woman's death.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-08-06
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Black Is Beautiful
Overview: An affluent Mexican performer is troubled when her son announces his intentions to marry a Black American woman, and her daughter exhibits erratic behavior.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1974-10-03
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