Luana Anders
Also Known As: Luana Margo Anderson
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Luana Anders (May 12, 1938 – July 21, 1996) was an American film and television actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Luana Anders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: May 12, 1938
Age: 87 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: July 21, 1996
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The Two Jakes
Overview: Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-10
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Shampoo
Overview: A Beverly Hills hairdresser runs around town on the eve of the 1968 presidential election trying to make heads or tails of his financial and romantic entanglements. His attempts to gather the money to open his own salon are continually side-tracked by the distractions presented by his many lovers.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-11
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The Trip
Overview: After his wife leaves him, a disillusioned director dives into the drug scene, trying anything his friend suggests.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-08-23
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Dementia 13
Overview: A widow deceives her late husband's mother and brothers into thinking he's still alive when she attends the yearly memorial to his drowned sister, hoping to secure his inheritance, but her cunning is no match for the demented, axe-wielding thing roaming the grounds of the family's Irish estate.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-09-25
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The Pit and the Pendulum
Overview: In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.
Genres: Horror Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-08-23
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The Magnificent Stranger
Overview: Rowdy Yates is accused of murder, and has to alert the Army to a bandit assault.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-08-26
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The Last Detail
Overview: Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-11
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Reform School Girl
Overview: A teen girl is thrown into reform school for refusing to squeal on her delinquent boyfriend where she ends up meeting his ex-girlfriend and the jealous tempers fly.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-01
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Night Tide
Overview: A young sailor falls in love with a mysterious woman performing as a mermaid on the local pier. As they become entwined, he comes to suspect the woman might be a real mermaid who lures men to a watery death during the full moon. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2007.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Romance Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-07-01
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The Man Who Died Twice
Overview: An innocent nightclub singer becomes mixed up in illegal drug dealings shortly after witnessing her husband's death and the murder of a couple of narcotics agents.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-06
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That Cold Day in the Park
Overview: Frances Austen, a young, wealthy spinster, invites a mute teenager into her apartment after finding him freezing in the park next to where she lives. Despite her best efforts, their lack of communication only increases her sense of loneliness, as her possessiveness spirals into frightening new realms.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-08
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The Killing Kind
Overview: A twisted ex-convict moves into his mother's boardinghouse.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-20
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The Manipulator
Overview: An insane Hollywood makeup artist kidnaps a woman and keeps her prisoner in a prop-filled warehouse.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-15
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The Notorious Mr. Monks
Overview: A drunken driver, his wife and a hitchhiker equals murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-02-28
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Criminal Passion
Overview: Homicide detective Melanie Hudson begins a torrid affair with a senator's son who is a suspect in a series of grisly murders.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-21
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Irreconcilable Differences
Overview: Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-28
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The FBI Story
Overview: A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-01
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Life Begins At 17
Overview: Rich college fraternity boy tries to get small-town beauty contest winner to fall for him by making a play for her 16-year-old sister.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-01
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When the Legends Die
Overview: An elderly rodeo rider becomes mentor to a young man attempting to make his own name in the business.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-19
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Goin' South
Overview: Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him from the gallows by marrying him.
Genres: Comedy Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-06
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Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women
Overview: A couple of resourceful, free-wheeling criminal attorneys with an eye for the ladies confront a no-nonsense judge while trying to clear an heiress in the slaying of her husband, although her explanation of a mysterious intruder provides them with a rather weak case.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-19
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Cannes Man
Overview: Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival. A New York cab driver who is visiting the festival is chosen as the test subject to settle the bet and Sy uses his skills of hype and manipulation to try and turn the cab driver named Frank into the talk of the town. Many celebrities make cameos throughout the film.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-03
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The Young Racers
Overview: A former race car driver-turned-writer attempts to expose a ruthless, womanizing Grand Prix racer. A film constructed around footage shot of actual Grand Prix races in Europe.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Greaser's Palace
Overview: A parable based on the life of Christ. This ain't your father's Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican setting.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-31
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How Sweet It Is!
Overview: All-American couple who try to bridge the generation gap with their free-spirited son on a trip, frisky business and misunderstandings galore ensue, all funny, vibrant and charming.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-08-21
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Evil Roy Slade
Overview: Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for his teddy bear—and mean. As an adult, he is notorious for being the "meanest villain in the West"—so he's thrown for quite a loop when he falls for sweet schoolteacher Betsy Potter (Pamela Austin). There's also Nelson L. Stool (Mickey Rooney), a railroad tycoon, who, along with his dimwitted nephew Clifford (Henry Gibson), is trying to get revenge on Evil Roy Slade for robbing him.
Genres: TV Movie Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-02-18
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You Are What You Eat
Overview: A montage of the weird, a freak-out film that appeared when the expression was in fashion and in flower, along with the flower people. The film was one of the first exponents of the mobile camera-rock track-optical effect school of filmmaking, and it is much a document as it is a documentary. A repellent and fascinating depiction of the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, along with Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco and the East Village in New York. Tiny Tim amounts to something resembling a recurring motif and narrator.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-09-24
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Sex and the College Girl
Overview: This early 1960s film depicts the trivial pursuits and relationships of two college age girls on a weekend vacation to a luxury resort in Puerto Rico.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-03
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American Strays
Overview: Somewhere on the fringe of society, ten dangerous strangers are on a road to Red's Desert Oasis Diner. Packing more fire power than the LA police force, two hitmen, two hoods, two outlaws, and a mixed bag of other quirky characters hilariously converge for the showdown of a lifetime.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-12
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Easy Rider
Overview: Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-26
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In Sickness and in Health
Overview: A husband hires a nurse to care for his wife, who suffers from Multiple Scleroses, but a relationship soon develops between the two.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-08
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You Can't Hurry Love
Overview: Aspiring director Eddie moves from the Midwest to Los Angeles, where he rooms with his cousin and attempts to establish himself in advertising — but he doesn't have much luck. Seeking something worthwhile, Eddie decides to shift his focus to looking for love through a video dating service. He goes through one bad date after another, but the only thing he finds interesting about the service is Peggy Kellogg, one of the employees.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-20
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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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The Missouri Breaks
Overview: When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharpshooter Robert E. Lee Clayton, who begins ruthlessly taking down Logan's gang.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-19
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Limit Up
Overview: Casey is the assistant of commodity trader Peter Oak, but wants to get a license herself. When the diabolic Nike appears and promises to make her successful by use of her supernatural abilities, Casey hesitantly accepts. By correctly predicting the price of soy beans, she manages to make a career, but the price that Nike demands is high: she wants Casey's soul!
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-02
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Personal Best
Overview: Young sprinter Chris Cahill is having difficulty reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets established track star Tory Skinner. As Tory and her coach help Chris with her training, the two women form friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship. Their intimacy, however, becomes complicated when Chris' improvement causes them to be competitors for the Olympic team.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-05
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Doppelganger
Overview: After being implicated in a murder, a young woman flees New York City and moves to Los Angeles, where she rents a room from a writer. They begin an affair, but it seems she's been followed by a homicidal duplicate of herself.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-01
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Heart and Souls
Overview: A fateful night in 1959, four people die when the bus they are riding crashes. They continue as ghosts; their souls become eternally entwined to the life of a child born at the moment of their deaths as his guardians. Baby Thomas grows up to be a businessman who has memories of his playmates, but assumes they are products of his youthful imagination. When the ghosts realize they need Thomas' help to move on to the afterlife, they decide to make an appearance once more.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-13
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Switched at Birth
Overview: This is the story of the two babies who were switched at birth. A few years later when one of the girls gets sick and tests revealed that she was not the daughter of the couple who raised her. Eventually she dies. And the couple most especially the mother, search for their real daughter. Eventually they suspect that it's a widower who has their child. Now while they try to find out if she is their daughter, the widower is advised by his attorney not to be so hasty to cooperate, cause if she is their daughter, he might lose her, and she is all he has.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-28
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In My Daughter's Name
Overview: A mother takes the law into her own hands after her daughter's murderer is acquitted on a technicality.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-10
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Clones at Greaser's Palace
Overview: Luana Anders portrays multiple characters in this comic short. Made in 1980.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-13
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Movers & Shakers
Overview: Studio head Joe Mulholland promises his dying producer and mentor, Saul Gritz, to adapt a popular sex manual into a film, despite his better judgment. Unable to figure out how to turn the nonfiction book into a narrative movie, Mulholland enlists the services of Herb Dorman, a screenwriter of popular romantic films with a bad marriage, and volatile director Sid Spokane to help him create a movie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-03
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Games
Overview: A mysterious woman in black moves in with married Manhattan thrill-seekers and helps one trick the other.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-09-17
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Hitched
Overview: The adventures of a newly married teenage couple in the Old West.
Genres: Comedy Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-31
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