Valerie Perrine
Also Known As: Valerie Ritchie Perrine
Biography: Valerie Ritchie Perrine (born September 3, 1943) is a American actress and model. For her role as Honey Bruce in the 1974 film Lenny, she won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her other film appearances include Superman (1978), The Electric Horseman (1979), and Superman II (1980). Description above from the Wikipedia article Valerie Perrine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Galveston, Texas, USA
Birthday: September 03, 1943
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Gender: Female
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Superman
Overview: Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush: Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-14
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Maid to Order
Overview: Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he never had her, is visited by fairy godmother Stella. In an effort to save Jessie, Stella casts a spell which causes Charles to no longer have a daughter. Jessie, now penniless and without a friend, must take a maid's job to earn a living, and hopefully to learn her lesson.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-10
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The Electric Horseman
Overview: A former champion rodeo rider is reduced to using his saddle skills to promote a breakfast cereal in a gaudy Las Vegas show. When he's asked to perform with a $12 million horse, he discovers it is being doped to remain docile. He flees into the desert astride the beast in an act of defiance. A story-hungry female reporter gives chase.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-21
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Shame, Shame, Shame
Overview: A woman, carrying out a project about the sexuality of males and females, is forced to confront a secret from her childhood.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-21
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The Border
Overview: A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-29
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Boiling Point
Overview: Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; but when Ronnie kills an undercover secret service agent, his partner Jimmy Mercer vows revenge and is given one week to catch the killers before being transferred. Written by Giancarlo Cairella
Genres: Drama Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-16
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The Last American Hero
Overview: A young hell raiser quits his moonshine business and tries to become the best NASCAR racer the south has ever seen. Loosely based on the true story of NASCAR driver Junior Johnson.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-07-27
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Superman II
Overview: Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton, who have the same powers on Earth as Superman, test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who made himself human in order to get closer to Lois, realizes he has a responsibility to save the planet.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-12
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Slaughterhouse-Five
Overview: Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-15
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Lenny
Overview: The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the establishment as too obscene for the public.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-10
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Can't Stop the Music
Overview: A loose biography of seminal disco hit-makers The Village People and their composer Jacques Morali.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-20
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Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Overview: TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything but normal. Desperate to win the part, Dickie hires a family to help him replay his childhood and assume the identity of an average, everyday kid.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-04
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Mr. Billion
Overview: An Italian mechanic finds that he has inherited a billion-dollar company from his dead uncle, but he needs to be in San Francisco in 20 days to sign over the will. In the meantime, he is chased by kidnappers and the affected corporation's president.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-03-03
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The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
Overview: Rodney Dangerfield's first ABC special, featuring stand-up and sketches.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-12
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W.C. Fields and Me
Overview: In 1920s New York City, W. C. Fields is a successful headlining entertainer, but when his girlfriend leaves him and his broker loses his money, Fields begins anew in California. Working at a wax museum, Fields eventually lands a film role that ascends him to stardom. Back in the limelight and palling around with John Barrymore and the like, Fields meets an aspiring actress Carlotta Monti at a party, with whom he forms a rocky relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-31
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Water
Overview: The British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when an American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-11
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The Californians
Overview: When real estate mogul Gavin Ransom announces his plan to cover California's northern coast with scores of mini-mansions, his environmentalist sister, Olive, launches a protest to stop him. But there's trouble ahead when Gavin begins falling for the pretty folk singer who's helping Olive's cause.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-21
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Steambath
Overview: Tandy, Merideth and assorted others unexpectedly wake up in a steambath with no easy exit. After spending some time there, it becomes clear that the steambath is a sort of Afterlife, where indifferent souls come to tell their stories to God who happens to be the attendant picking up the towels.
Genres: Drama Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-05-04
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Sweet Bird of Youth
Overview: Tennessee William’s masterful melodrama about an aging movie star who, appalled by her own image on the screen, flees from her movie premiere and goes into seclusion, becoming entangled with a much younger hotel masseur and resident gigolo.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-01
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The Cannonball Run
Overview: A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball was named for Erwin G. "Cannonball" Baker, who in the roaring 20's rode his motorcycle across the country. Many of the characters are based on ruses developed by real Cannonball racers over the several years that the event was run.
Genres: Action Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-19
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Bright Angel
Overview: In Montana, naive teenager George longs to escape from his broken home before his dysfunctional parents push him over the edge. When George meets pretty drifter Lucy, she easily convinces him and his friend Claude to join her on a road trip to Montana in hopes of breaking her brother out of jail.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-01
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Agency
Overview: A mysterious millionaire buys an ad agency and begins to replace its employees with his own people, who don't appear to be advertising types at all...
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-14
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The Break
Overview: A washed-up tennis pro begins coaching a hopeful teen, Joel Robbins, whose overbearing father wants to discourage him from playing.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-01
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Girl in the Cadillac
Overview: A runaway teenage girl and a drifter rob a bank, hit the road to elude the Texas Rangers and find love on the run.
Genres: Romance Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-24
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My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
Overview: Jake can only think of one thing after being dragged to the wedding of his girlfriend's best friend. How can he get out of it? On the advice of Wes, the out-and-proud best man, he pretends to be gay and gets caught kissing Wes. Little does Jake realize he's about to get caught up in a circle of jealousy and lies. Cliff, the groom, is getting married to help solidify his hunky, soap opera star image... and to stay closeted. Yep, he s gay. And his longtime boyfriend is none other than his best man. When Cliff and Wes get pictures taken of them in a compromising position (several, in fact) it looks as though his cover might be blown. Thrown into the mix is the bride's sex crazy mother and the nosy reporter-turned-wedding photographer with a sock puppet (pop icon Deborah Gibson). What ensues is a fun, quirky and modern comedy of errors that is sure to tickle your funny bone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-22
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Mountain of Diamonds
Overview: France, 1915. Young and radiantly beautiful Centaine de Thiry is the happiest woman in the world: in a few more hours she will be married to pilot Michael Courteney, the love of her life. But fate has it otherwise: Michael is shot down in a reconnaissance plane shortly before his wedding. Life has lost its meaning for Centaine. When the young woman realizes soon afterwards that she is expecting a baby, her zest for live is revived. She decides to give birth to the child in South Africa, the home country of her deceased fiancé.
Genres: Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1991-10-09
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The Magician of Lublin
Overview: Yasha is a Jewish stage magician who tours through eastern Europe while destroying his career through personal problems. He has one more chance at theatrical success, but he needs to do a brand new trick in a Warsaw theater.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-09
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Marian Rose White
Overview: Marian Rose White is placed in a State Home for the feeble-minded by her uncaring mother when her father dies. She is a young teenager and there is nothing wrong with her except for some clumsiness, mostly caused by poor vision. State law (in 1934) requires sterilization of all inmates. Sympathetic nurse, Bonnie McNeil, befriends Marian and protests her treatment.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-19
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Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Overview: The life and times of the flamboyant showman who built his legendary Follies around beautiful women -- as told by the women in his life.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-21
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Mask of Murder
Overview: In a Canadian village are women being killed by a psychopath. Chief Rich and Inspector McLane have no clue until McLane shoots a suspicious man. Now the killing seems to have ended, but the killer picks yet another victim...
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-15
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Silver Skies
Overview: A group of eccentric retirees' lives are turned upside down when their beloved apartment complex is suddenly sold out from under them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-22
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When Your Lover Leaves
Overview: Comedy about a woman dumped by her married boyfriend who gets involved in a short-lived relationship with a neighbor. When that also doesn't work out, she decides she must first do something to please herself.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-31
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What Women Want
Overview: Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear women's thoughts, he puts his newfound talent to work against Darcy, his new boss, who seems to be infatuated with him.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-15
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A Place Called Truth
Overview: Love, pride and jealousy are aroused when a ranch owner's daughter, called Lizzie, has an affair with a cowboy. Meanwhile a mysterious woman seduces the various lovers of Lizzie, who has fled to New Orleans to escape her arranged marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-20
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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Overview: Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film. Behind-the-scenes footage, as well as scenes from the film, reveal just how audiences were able to "believe a man can fly." This program features interviews with key cast and crew.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Malibu
Overview: A young couple from Milwaukee moves into the fabled, high-society Malibu beach community and becomes involved with the lives of the various people living in the community.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-23
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Overview: The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-01
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Overview: Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-02
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The Amateurs
Overview: Sex sells in America and these guys know it. The Amateurs follows a small town band of loveable losers who hit upon an idea that can make their dreams and fantasies come true. Thinking they've found the road to riches and fame they decide to make the world's most innocent adult film. Everyman's fantasy turns into a hilarious misadventure when they find they're in way over their heads.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-28
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The Couple Takes a Wife
Overview: Complications ensue when an overworked couple decides to hire a "wife" — someone who can run the household for them with complete autonomy — but she's a little too attractive for comfort.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-05
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Brown's Requiem
Overview: Fritz Brown is an ex-LAPD, recovering alcoholic who now splits his time repossessing cars for a used car lot and staffing his one-man private detective agency. When a filthy caddie named Freddy "Fat Dog" Baker wanders into Fritz's office one day, flashing a wad of cash, Fritz is hired to follow Fat Dog's kid sister Jane, who is holed up with a Beverly Hills sugar daddy named Sol Kupferman. Kupferman is a 70 year-old bag man for the mob, and Fat Dog claims that "Solly K" is up to something evil that may harm Jane. The trail leads Fritz to an encounter with his dark past in the person of Haywood Cathcart, current head of LAPD internal affairs and the person who kicked Fritz off the police force.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-01
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Valerie
Overview: A documentary of the incredible life of actress Valerie Perrine and her battle with Parkinson's.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-07
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The Muppets Go Hollywood
Overview: Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movie. Hosts Dick van Dyke and Rita Moreno interview the wide array of celebrities and Muppets who attend the event. Gary Owens serves as off-camera announcer, and appears on-screen to introduce Miss Piggy.
Genres: TV Movie Family Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-16
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Curtain Call
Overview: A bachelor afraid of marriage angers his long-time girlfriend by buying a splendid townhouse just for himself, only to find it haunted by the ghosts of a famous theatrical couple, who teach him about love and commitment.
Genres: Romance Science Fiction Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-05
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The Fabulous Allan Carr
Overview: Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood parties that defined the 1970s. A producer, manager, and marketing genius, Carr built his bombastic reputation amid a series of successes including the mega-hit musical film "Grease," until it all came crashing down after he produced the 1989 Academy Awards, a notorious debacle.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-19
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Reflections in a Dark Sky
Overview: In a sordid account of mutual charity, an alcoholic doctor tries to make a captive heroin addict kick her self-destructive behavior — and vice-versa.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1991-12-13
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54
Overview: Shane O'Shea, a Jersey boy with big dreams, crosses the river in hopes of finding another, more exciting life at Studio 54. When Steve Rubell, the mastermind behind the infamous disco plucks Shane from the sea of faces clamoring to get inside his club, Shane not only gets his foot in the door, but lands a coveted job behind the bar - and a front-row ticket to the most legendary party on the planet.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-28
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Re-Directing Eddie
Overview: Making an indie film is murder under the best of circumstances, but first-time director Eddie Vassick's scenario is chaotic. Halfway through filming his main investor croaks. He has to tangle with the investor's widow who not only demands a plum role in the film when she's never acted a day in her life, but sells the film's rights to none other than Eddie's domineering older brother Warren. Warren is a B-movie mogul, king of commercial flicks, who has cast a shadow over Eddie his entire life. Eddie is forced to bend to Warren's will, and Warren immediately issues an impossible ultimatum, true to form. Eddie must re-shoot the entire film in costly 35mm format in four weeks time, or control of the entire project will revert to Warren. Meanwhile, Warren, who has always been secretly jealous of his little brother's inherent talents, has gotten his hands on a copy of Eddie's script and views this project as his one shot to catapult himself from the "B" leagues into the majors.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-01
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Una casa a Roma
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1989-04-27
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