Maria Ricossa
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Biography: Maria Ricossa's professional life began in Chicago with The Second City. She then moved to Toronto where she joined The Stratford Festival Company. In Film & TV, Maria is known for her roles in The Inlaws, Bojangles and The Space Between and recurring roles in The Strain, Designated Survivor, Da Kink in my Hair & Missing.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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A Map of the World
Overview: School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's child, the town turns against her and Alice finds herself fighting charges of child abuse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-13
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The In-Laws
Overview: Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws are international smugglers.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-23
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The Brady Bunch in the White House
Overview: Mike Brady becomes the President of the United States and names Carol as his V.P.!
Genres: Family TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-29
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A Royal Recipe for Love
Overview: When Emma, an up-and-coming baker in New York City, is hired to bake for the King and Queen of Sanovia’s anniversary party, she is convinced a good job will lead to her landing a cookbook deal.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-30
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Cabin Connection
Overview: When lifestyle writer and committed bachelorette Hannah Monroe inherits her late-grandmother's cabin, she hires her widowed neighbour, local handyman Cole to help get it in shape to sell. But as Hannah and Cole spend time together, Hannah can't help but feel her faith in love and relationships being restored- and she questions whether or not she should sell the cabin at all.
Genres: Romance TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-01-15
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Finding John Christmas
Overview: When a photojournalist photographs a mysterious stranger performing an act of bravery, the act quickly becomes headline news and the town dubs the stranger John Christmas. After seeing the photo, Kathleen McAllister becomes convinced that the mysterious stranger is in fact her long-lost brother Hank. With the town's help, Kathleen and Noah set about to find the stranger's true identity with the help Max, a Christmas angel.
Genres: Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-30
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Bojangles
Overview: The life of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, African-American tap-dancing star of stage and screen. In 1916, Robinson was a successful vaudeville performer and considered the finest tap dancer of his generation. At the peak of his career, he was the highest paid Black entertainer, but for all the joy he gave others, his life was anything but happy, there was a great deal of tragedy in himself. He died broke and penniless.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-02-04
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Christmas Casanova
Overview: Elise is a podcaster in need of catchy Christmas content. Elise agrees to be Jake's wing woman and guide. As the two scramble to build the best Christmas ever, it becomes clear that Jake might be trying to win over the wrong woman.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-01
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Drive Time Murders
Overview: A Chicago attorney and his gossip columnist host a popular morning radio show. Their search to locate a mysterious woman leads them to the Chicago Art Museum, a network of thieves and a rich family.
Genres: Comedy Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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What If God Were the Sun?
Overview: A grieving nurse finds comfort and inspiration in her new assignment, where she meets a terminally ill woman with a quick with and strong faith.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-14
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Astronaut
Overview: A lonely widower battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-26
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Love and the Radio Star
Overview: Savannah Joy, a single parent image consultant by day and aspiring wellness influencer by night, is hired to rebrand New York’s #4 interview radio show host. But when Savannah accidently ends up on the air with the handsome smooth-talking host, she becomes part of the show’s rebranding herself and discovers if on-air differences or love will have the last word.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Romance Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-19
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Sex & the Single Mom
Overview: Jess Gradwell and her teenage daughter boast a superclose relationship. When it comes to sex, however, Mom won't stand for anything less than premarital celibacy. So she gets a pretty healthy dose of her own medicine when she winds up getting pregnant from a brief encounter with a newly single doctor! This new situation poses a major challenge to the mother-daughter dynamic. Tune in to see if Jess and her daughter can rise to the occasion.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-08
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To Love, Honor, & Betray
Overview: A young woman (Crystal Bernard) aware of her father's (James Brolin) affair with another woman becomes convinced of his guilt after her mother (Dee Wallace Stone) is found murdered in this fact-based movie.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-12
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Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2002-03-11
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Some Things That Stay
Overview: A coming-of-age story of a teenage girl from a liberal upbringing who moves to a conservative baptist community in rural 1950s America.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-05
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The Good Sister
Overview: The Good Sister follows a couple who is working to put their crumbling marriage back together, when the wife receives a letter informing her that she has a long-lost twin sister. First thinking that the new family member will bring the couple closer together, the husband then begins an affair with the sister and discovers that she is treacherous and dangerous.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-10
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Fairfield Road
Overview: Noah McManus is leaving his job with the Boston mayor's office for a dream gig in Washington, D.C. But in a single day, he finds out his new boss in Washington can no longer employ him and that his girlfriend has been cheating on him. Devastated, Noah travels to a quaint Cape Cod town and unexpectedly finds himself at home.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-20
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Luckless in Love
Overview: Winnie, a dating blogger who anonymously writes under the pen name Luckless, goes viral for a post about a disastrous date with Holden, a perpetually single sports agent who refuses to settle. When Winnie’s boss offers her very own column on the popular lifestyle site, Mush, Winnie has no choice but to keep dating Holden for content. But things get complicated when feelings develop and Winnie learns that Holden has a teenage son.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-01-25
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Class
Overview: Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the cocktail lounges of nearby Chicago, where he meets and beds the alluring Ellen, who unfortunately turns out to be Skip's mother. The division between the friends is further deepened when a cheating scandal engulfs the school.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-22
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Her Best Friend's Husband
Overview: Would you betray your best friend for your own happiness? This is the moral dilemma one woman faces after she is called upon to help save her best friend's marriage, and the unthinkable happens. She and the husband find themselves falling in love.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-10
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Last Wish
Overview: A woman with cancer seeks the assistance of her daughter in fulfilling her last wish - a wish to die with dignity.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-12
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Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
Overview: Kerry Ellison is sexually harassed at work. No matter how much she complains, the problem, Jack Gilcrest, is unstoppable. Kerry's only left option is court. Will she win?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-27
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Out of the Ashes
Overview: The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz death camp of World War II.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-13
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Harvard Man
Overview: College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" plays out against a background of love, sex, basketball, crime and experimentation. Action and philosophy in young people's quest to discover their true identity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-01
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American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
Overview: When Erik Stifler realizes that he's the only Stifler family member who might graduate high school a virgin, he decides to live up to his legacy. After some well-meaning advice from Jim's dad, Erik's ready to take his chances at the annual and infamous Naked Mile race, where his devoted friends and some uninhibited sorority girls will create the most outrageous weekend ever.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-01
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Catch a Christmas Star
Overview: Nikki Crandon is one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. Whether she's singing the National Anthem or promoting her latest album, everyone knows who she is—none more so than New Jersey high school basketball coach and widower Chris Mitchell, who was Nikki's first love in high school. When Chris' 10-year-old daughter Sophie finds out her dad still has feelings for the singer, she takes matters into her own hands. With her 8-year-old brother Jackson in tow, Sophie succeeds in reuniting the two. But when a misunderstanding and the growing glare of the public spotlight threaten Chris and Nikki's happiness, one can only wonder: will fame get in the way of a Merry Christmas?
Genres: Family Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-17
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To Catch a Killer
Overview: "To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-15
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Butterbox Babies
Overview: A couple operates a shady maternity home in 1930s/1940s Nova Scotia. Based on a true story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love
Overview: Columnist Peyton MacGruder befriends a reader who sent her a note that inspires Peyton to reconsider the choices she's made and her reluctance to accept her boyfriend's marriage proposal.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-31
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A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story
Overview: All his life, teenager Daniel Huffman and his grandma have dreamed of Daniel playing college football. After Daniel is cut from his high school team, his grandmother's encouragement and coaching get him a second chance at that dream. He works hard and becomes so good his coach believes he has a shot at making a top-ranked college team. But now Daniel faces a heart-wrenching choice that could force him to forever give up his dream.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-21
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Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Overview: When Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local lake, it brings him up against the Boston mob and into the affluent world of a bestselling writer who exploits troubled teens.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-30
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A Shoe Addict's Christmas
Overview: As Christmas approaches, a department store worker whose life lacks fulfillment meets her guardian angel, who offers her a chance to change her circumstances by magically transporting her to Christmases past whenever she tries on a new pair of shoes.
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-25
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Absolution
Overview: For 10 years, a journalist has avoided visiting her small hometown. When news spreads about a comatose man healing people from his home, she is sent to investigate.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-11
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Dead Man Out
Overview: A psychiatrist is sent to evaluate if a convicted multiple murderer who's awaiting execution on Death Row for eighth year now and whose behavior during that time got more and more erratic is still mentally fit to be executed.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-12
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Heart of the Holidays
Overview: After her life in New York unexpectedly falls apart, powerhouse stockbroker Sam Wallace returns to her small town for the holidays and reconnects with her high school sweetheart who helps reignite her humanitarian spirit just in time to help their community on Christmas.
Genres: TV Movie Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-23
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My Husband's Double Life
Overview: A woman discovers that her husband faked his death and assumed a new identity, while she struggled for 10 years as a single mother.
Genres: Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-12
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Searching for Bobby Fischer
Overview: A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-13
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Bathroom Rules
Overview: A 10-year-old, gender non-conforming student navigates his way through the school, in search of a safe washroom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-25
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The Note
Overview: Following a tragic plane crash, newspaper columnist Peyton MacGruder happens upon a hastily-written note that was from one of the passengers onboard. She makes it her mission to deliver it to its intended recipient by Christmas, bringing her readers along for the ride.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-08
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Twelfth Night
Overview: In mythical Ilyria, Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are separated after a shipwreck. Disguised as a boy, Viola enters the service of Duke Orsino who sends her off to woo the Countess Olivia on his behalf. Confusion and misguided love eventually leads to the happy reunion of the siblings.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
Overview: Things have been strange ever since the new kid moved into Fever Swamp. A kid can't change into a werewolf, or can he?
Genres: Horror Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-17
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