Mary Jo Deschanel
Also Known As: Mary Jo Kennedy, Mary Josephine Weir
Biography: Mary Jo Deschanel (born 25 November 1945) is an American actress, known for her roles in the movies The Right Stuff and The Patriot, and for the TV series Twin Peaks. She is married to 6-time Academy Award nominated cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, and mother of actresses Emily Deschanel (Bones) and Zoey Deschanel (New Girl).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthday: November 25, 1945
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Gender: Female
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The Right Stuff
Overview: As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings forth momentous challenges.
Genres: Drama History Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-20
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Cameo by Night
Overview: Failed TV pilot about Jennifer, a police secretary who goes undercover as rock fan Cameo to search the music scene for a serial killer who preys upon teens at music venues. Her handler is police detective Bellflower.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-12
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Bark!
Overview: Peter finds himself dumbfounded when a mysterious malady afflicts his wife… she thinks she’s a dog!
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-11
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A Winner Never Quits
Overview: Raised in a poor Pennsylvania mining town by his immigrant parents, Pete Grey lost his right arm while still a young boy. But through the encouragement of his father and the constant coaching of his older brother, Pete never gives up on his dream of playing professional baseball. Driven by anger, he finally makes it to the big leagues. But it isn't until he agrees to meet a handicapped youngster who idolizes him that Pete finally becomes a genuine American hero.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-13
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Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
Overview: A select group of key creative forces involved in the making of Twin Peaks reveals their take on the fascinating creation and journey of the wildly popular show.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-30
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Breach
Overview: Eric O'Neill, a low-level surveillance expert with the FBI, believes he is accomplishing his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent, with his unexpected promotion and assignment to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a renowned senior agent with 25 years in the FBI. However, he soon learns the reason for his promotion is to gain Hanssen's trust and find proof that he is a traitor to the country. Determined to draw the suspected double-agent out of deep cover, O'Neill finds himself in a lethal game of spy vs. spy, where nothing is as it seems.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-12
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Ruby Sparks
Overview: Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-25
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2010
Overview: While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-06
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Winter Passing
Overview: Actress Reese Holden has been offered a small fortune by a book editor if she can secure for publication the love letters that her father, a reclusive novelist, wrote to her mother, who has since passed away. Returning to Michigan, Reese finds that an ex-grad student and a would-be musician have moved in with her father, who cares more about his new friends than he does about his own health and well-being.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-07
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Wendy
Overview: Black and White UCLA Student Film, preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A silent short portrait of Wendy, a bookseller, played by Mary Jo Deschanel (nee Weir). Wendy's flirtations with customers repeatedly fall flat, except for one man who takes her out on a boring date.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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My Sister's Keeper
Overview: Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The parents' desperate decision raises both ethical and moral questions and rips away at the foundation of their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family apart, while revealing surprising truths that challenge everyone's perceptions of love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-26
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Twin Peaks
Overview: An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an alternate, closed ending.)
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-03
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The Patriot
Overview: After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.
Genres: Drama History War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-28
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Anatomy of a Crime
Overview: Private detective David Ross has two apparently unconnected cases to investigate in the same day. In the first he is hired by a millionaire who paid a large ransom for his kidnapped daughter twelve years before, but she was never seen again. Now a woman has come forward who claims the young girl she raised is the millionaire's missing daughter. Later, Ross is contacted by a retired burlesque dancer who's about to publish her memoirs and possibly reveal the secrets of some important people, but someone is determined to stop her.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-13
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The Wild Racers
Overview: Promising young racing car driver Joe Joe Quillico leaves the stock car racing scene in the United States in order to pursue Grand Prix racing in Europe. After limited success he manages to win the Spanish Grand Prix. His love life however, is much less successful and his winning on the track only serves to alienate the woman he loves - with unhappy consequences.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-03-27
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Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Overview: Ninety minutes of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, assembled by David Lynch to continue the story of the final week of Laura Palmer’s life.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-07-16
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