Rebecca De Mornay
Also Known As: Rebecca Jane Pearch , ربکا د مورنی
Biography: Rebecca De Mornay (born August 29, 1959) is an American film and television actress. Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she played Lana in Risky Business opposite Tom Cruise. Her other notable film roles include Sara in Runaway Train in 1985, Helen McCaffrey in the thriller Backdraft in 1991 and her portrayal of the chillingly twisted nanny Peyton Flanders in the popular 1992 thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Birthday: August 29, 1959
Age: 65 years old
Gender: Female
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The Three Musketeers
Overview: D'Artagnan travels to Paris hoping to become a musketeer, one of the French king's elite bodyguards, only to discover that the corps has been disbanded by conniving Cardinal Richelieu, who secretly hopes to usurp the throne. Fortunately, Athos, Porthos and Aramis have refused to lay down their weapons and continue to protect their king. D'Artagnan joins with the rogues to expose Richelieu's plot against the crown.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-11
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Identity
Overview: Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-25
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Backdraft
Overview: Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.
Genres: Drama Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-24
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Guilty as Sin
Overview: Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-04
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By Dawn's Early Light
Overview: A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.
Genres: TV Movie Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-19
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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Overview: A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The nail-biting suspense builds quickly in this chilling psychological thriller about deception and bitter revenge.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-10
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Overview: A detective comes out of retirement to help his daughter's fiance prove that he did not commit a series of murders.
Genres: Crime Horror Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-07
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Runaway Train
Overview: A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-15
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Wedding Crashers
Overview: John and his buddy, Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: crashing weddings. Normally, they meet guests who want to toast the romantic day with a random hook-up. But when John meets Claire, he discovers what true love – and heartache – feels like.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-13
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Feds
Overview: Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. They get a hard course, in which they learn to deal with guns and to recognise crimes. They also get a physical training. It appears that Ellie is a real fighting- machine, in contrast with Janis, the great student. They have to help each other, all the way to graduation.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-28
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Lords of Dogtown
Overview: The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-03
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Risky Business
Overview: Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-08-05
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Raise Your Voice
Overview: A coming-of-age story centered around a small-town singer brokenhearted by the death of her brother in a car crash, who had secretly submitted her for a summer session at a performing arts academy in Los Angeles. In the academy, she experiences a whole new way of life in the big city, far from the small town lifestyle she's used to.
Genres: Music Drama Romance Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-10
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Music Within
Overview: After a confrontation with one of his idols dashes his dreams of studying public speaking in college, Richard Pimentel joins the Army and ships off to Vietnam. During his service, Richard loses nearly all of his hearing. Joining a new circle of friends, including a man with cerebral palsy and an alcoholic war veteran, Richard discovers his gift for motivational speaking and becomes an advocate for people with disabilities.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-05
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Blind Side
Overview: A couple visits Mexico to scout a new location for their furniture manufacturing business and hit a cop with their car on the way back stateside. Realizing that if they report it they could land in a Mexican jail (guilty until proven innocent) they clean up the car and return home. A few days later an insistent man shows up wanting a job and insinuating that he saw something in Mexico that he would not want to report, and the couple must make a decision about how far they will allow themselves to be blackmailed. Written by Ed Sutton
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-30
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And God Created Woman
Overview: In this variation on director Vadim's own, more acclaimed Et Dieu Créa La Femme (1956, the same title in French), the vamp Robin Shea marries charming carpenter Billy Moran, only to get out of prison, but soon decides to seduce James Tiernan, who runs for state governor.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-04
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Flipped
Overview: When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-06
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The Trip to Bountiful
Overview: Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish – just once before she dies – is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-20
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Thick as Thieves
Overview: Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jazz records and caring for his ailing dog, Wally. The other is a local gangster with a taste for the finer life, who decides to eliminate the competition. This ignites a war between the two men and their aides. An angry mob boss and a female police officer try to sort the mess before things get too out of hand.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-09
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Beauty and the Beast
Overview: To save her father, a girl who always puts others before herself promises to live her life in a lavish castle with a strange beast.
Genres: Family Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-01
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Never Talk to Strangers
Overview: Sarah Taylor, a police psychologist, meets a mysterious and seductive young man, Tony Ramirez, and falls in love with him. As a cause of this relationship, she changes her personality when she begins to receive anonymous telephone calls.
Genres: Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-20
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Giving Thanks
Overview: Follows two best friends working in retail who dream about living on their own while seeking fame and fortune. They come up with a plan to kidnap the pet iguana of a football star for ransom.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
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The Right Temptation
Overview: A detective falls for the man she's supposed to be investigating; dire complications follow.
Genres: Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-19
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Dealers
Overview: The London branch of Whitney Paine, a major American investment bank, is in the midst of a crisis; after the loss of $100 million, one of their leading traders, Tony Eisner commits suicide by putting a slug through his head while seated at his place in the board room. Despite the high stakes, many of the firm's staff are eager to step into Tony's now-vacated shoes and get credit for saving the company. Daniel Pascoe, the leading trader at the firm, is convinced that he's first in line for the assignment, but the firm imports a new trader from America, Anna Schuman. Daniel is enraged and makes a point of trying to dig up as much dirt on Anna as he can, but things are going to take another turn.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-03
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The Slugger's Wife
Overview: Darryl Palmer is a major league baseball player who meets and pursues an attractive singer. After some setbacks, the two are married and sent on an emotional journey that sees his career take off, while hers doesn't. She can't escape unhappiness when she gives up her dreams to support her husband. With a separation on the horizon, Darryl must choose between his big-league life and his one true love.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-29
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Mother's Day
Overview: Crazed members of a sadistic family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new owners.
Genres: Thriller Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-23
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Pecos Bill
Overview: Steve Guttenberg portrays Pecos Bill, the "King of the Cowboys," in this rootin' tootin' epic. Raised by coyotes, Bill puts the "wild" in the Wild West settlement of Petunia City. When his rowdy behavior gets him run out of town, he heads for Mexico. There, Bill lassos a cyclone to save the state of Texas from drought. His heroics become campfire legend, proving that selflessness and bravery are never forgotten.
Genres: Family Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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The Winner
Overview: A long lucky streak makes a nice guy the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend, and some guys from New Jersey.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-13
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The Con
Overview: A lonely gas station attendent in Mississippi falls in love with a con woman who wants to get her hands on an inheritance he doesn't know about.
Genres: Romance Comedy Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-04
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Range of Motion
Overview: A woman intensely believes her husband will recover from a coma during the holiday season.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-04
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A Girl Thing
Overview: A Girl Thing is a mini-series that revolves around a New York city street, a coffee house and a shrinks office. Dr. Beth Noonan is the therapist to one star per hour. Hour one deals with a woman not capable of having a relationship. Hour Two is about sisters who hate each other, trying to get along one last time. Hour Three is about adultery.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-19
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Apartment 1303 3D
Overview: A woman uncovers sinister secrets while investigating the apparent suicide of her sister.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-06
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Peter Five Eight
Overview: Sam, a seemingly poised and glamorous real estate agent in a small mountain community, is revealed to be an unhinged and troubled alcoholic with a dark secret, when a charismatic man named Peter shows up in town one day. As she tries to keep her life from unravelling, an older co-worker named Brenda is targeted by Peter for information at the behest of his powerful and shadowy boss, Mr. Lock.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-22
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Wicked Ways
Overview: A wife, her two-timing husband and a flirting neighbor are unpredictable competitors in a warped game that turns into a life-or-death affair.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-21
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American Venus
Overview: Jenna Lane is a young woman trying to escape family pressure to become an Olympic athlete and define her own individuality. Her mother is Celia, a deeply disturbed woman with addictions to emotional abuse and handguns. As she attempts to manipulate Jenna and feed her addictions, Celia grows increasingly irrational and ultimately spirals out of control.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-08
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Night Ride Home
Overview: When a devastating accident tears apart the already frayed marriage of Neal and Nora Mahler, each family member must learn that their own emotions are best dealt with by relying on each other and their bonds as a family.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-07
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Off the Record
Overview: Young singer-songwriter Astor Grey struggles to break free of a toxic relationship with a infamous bad-boy rock star who threatens to destroy her after promising her the world.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-17
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Saint Clare
Overview: To the world, sixteen-year-old Clare Bleecker appears to be a normal teenager: a Catholic school student, an animal lover and devout vegan living with her grandparents. But like the small town Pickman Flats she lives in, Clare is more than she appears to be. Underneath her reserved appearance lives a sociopath with dissociative identity disorder - a serial killer.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-07-12
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Testament
Overview: It is just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in California. As people begin coping with the devastating aftermath of the attacks — many suffer radiation poisoning — the Wetherly family tries to survive.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-04
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Salem Witch Trials
Overview: Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that forever stands as one of the darkest chapters in American history. For those accused of witchcraft by their neighbors and friends, there was little chance of clearing their names; the mass paranoia that ravaged through the community took the lives of 19 innocent men and women.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-24
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I Am Wrath
Overview: A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-14
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Getting Out
Overview: Breaking out of prison with a child in her womb and a dream of a normal existence, Arlene Holsclaw (Rebecca De Mornay) resolves to get a job and lead a good, Christian life. But the ghosts from her past -- including an ex-boyfriend (Rob Knepper) who wants to pimp her out and a sadistic mother (Ellen Burstyn) who plots to take away Arlene's baby -- have other plans. This made-for-TV drama is based on Marsha Norman's off-Broadway play.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-25
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Collar
Overview: While his life begins to crumble, TJ Williams's fast fading future is bartered for political gain by his former best friend and boss, a mayor with her eye on a Senate seat and an ambitious activist reverend.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-01
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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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She Ball
Overview: On a mission to save his Inglewood community center, Avery Watts enlists a talented basketball player, Shelby, to help him win the grand prize in a street ball tournament. Together, Avery and Shelby challenge local politicians, gangs and their own stereotypes to save their community.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-21
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The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
Overview: Set against the landscape of 80s teen culture and the dawn of yuppiedom, this documentary relishes 'Risky Business' for having the brains to break from convention, while celebrating the film's cultural impact.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-16
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Periphery
Overview: A dying woman wishes to see her family through the good times and the bad times she will miss.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-26
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Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
Overview: Andrei Konchalovsky reflects on the making of Runaway Train.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-22
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One from the Heart
Overview: The five-year romance of a window dresser and her boyfriend breaks up, as each of them finds a more interesting partner.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-17
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American Reunion
Overview: The characters we met a little more than a decade ago return to East Great Falls for their high school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t, and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-04
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The Up and Comer
Overview: Philip Randall is a brilliant attorney poised to become the youngest partner at his prestigious firm. Philip’s idyllic world begins to unravel when a former prep-school classmate threatens to reveal a devastating secret involving another woman. Suddenly caught in a high stakes game of blackmail, murder and revenge, he’s forced to risk everything, only to face the greatest danger of all — winning.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
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