Helene Winston
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Biography: Helene Winston was a Canadian actor and author. She is best known for her role as Gladys King, mother to Larry King played by the late Al Waxman on the popular TV series The King of Kensington. She began as a stage actor with Winnipeg's Theatre 77 which later became the Manitoba Theatre Centre. She retired from acting in 1993 due to ill health and devoted some of her time to writing poetry.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Birthday: September 16, 1922
Deathday: March 06, 2004
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Gender: Female
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A Boy and His Dog
Overview: Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War IV, where survivors must battle for food and shelter in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-23
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Send Me No Flowers
Overview: At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. Wanting to take care of his wife Judy, he doesn't tell her and tries to find her a new husband. When he finally does tell her, she quickly finds out he's not dying at all (while he doesn't) and she believes it's just a lame excuse to hide an affair, so she decides to leave him.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-14
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What's the Matter with Helen?
Overview: Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-30
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The Killing Kind
Overview: Young Terry Lambert returns home from serving a prison term for a gang-rape he was forced to participate in. He seeks revenge on his lawyer and the girl who framed him. But his real problem is his overbearing mother, whose boarding house he resides in. One of her boarders, Lori, becomes attracted to him. However, while he was serving his prison sentence, Terry developed an interest in rough, violent sex, and gory death. Now, one by one, some of the town's women turn up dead.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-20
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Return from Witch Mountain
Overview: Tony and Tia are other-worldly twins endowed with telekinesis. When their Uncle Bene drops them off in Los Angeles for an earthbound vacation, a display of their supernatural skill catches the eye of the nefarious Dr. Gannon and his partner in crime, Letha, who see rich possibilities in harnessing the children's gifts. They kidnap Tony, and Tia gives chase only to find Gannon is using her brother's powers against her.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-10
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The Brotherhood of Satan
Overview: A family is trapped in a desert town by a cult of senior-citizens who recruit the town's children to worship Satan.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-06
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Our Time
Overview: Drama about students at a girls' school, their boyfriends, and an unexpected pregnancy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-10
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You for Me
Overview: A good-hearted nurse gets mixed up with a millionaire who could help her hospital.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-19
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Just Between Friends
Overview: Holly and Sandy strike up an instant friendship; they don't know however that they have more in common than they'd like. When tragedy strikes, their relationship is tested.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-21
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Heavy Traffic
Overview: An "underground" cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his artwork.
Genres: Animation Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-08
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Oliver Twist
Overview: In this animated version of Charles Dickens' classic novel, we see the story of young Oliver Twist, a boy orphaned at birth and left to grow up under the cruel tutelage of Mr. Bumble, the local parish beadle.
Genres: Animation Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-07-10
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The Devil and Max Devlin
Overview: When Max dies in an accident, he goes straight to Hell. But the Devil Barney makes him an offer: if he manages to get three innocent youths to sell him their souls in the next two months, he may stay on Earth. Max accepts, and returns to Earth, equipped with special powers. However, his task is harder than expected, especially when seven year old Tobi demands that he marry his mother.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-06
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Port Sinister
Overview: A 17th-century Caribbean port rumored to have frequented by pirates rises from the ocean floor, where it came to rest after an earthquake many years before. A scientist wants to study it, some thugs want the treasure alleged to be stored there, a bunch of mutated giant crabs living there attack them all.
Genres: Adventure Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-10
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The Trouble with Girls
Overview: Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small town America.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-24
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The Witchmaker
Overview: A psychic researcher and his assistants investigate a series of murders of beautiful young women.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-01
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Killjoy
Overview: A romantic rivalry leads to an innocent woman's murder. Or is it a hoax crime, part of a cunning deception? At City General Hospital, two young doctors engage in a move-and-countermove rivalry over Laury Medford. It may be more than Laury's beauty that motivates the men. Her father is the hospital's chairman of the board. Marrying her would be an inside track to the chief of staff post. Meanwhile, a senior hospital staffer, who is the mother of one of the two doctors, plots to enhance her son's chances, a mysterious outsider who says he knew the dead woman tails the two men, and Laury may be more than she appears. Murder? Hoax? The answer isn't revealed till the final freeze-frame.
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-24
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Double Trouble
Overview: When singer Guy Lambert goes on tour in Europe, he is pursued by two beautiful women, bumbling jewel thieves, and a mysterious killer.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-04-05
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Life Stinks
Overview: A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with a homeless woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-05
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