Lisa Jane Persky
Also Known As: Lisa Persky
Biography: Lisa Jane Persky (born May 5, 1955) is an American actress. Persky was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Jane Holley (née Wilson) and Mort Persky. She grew up in New York's Greenwich Village and attended the High School of Art and Design. She debuted as Robert Duvall's daughter in The Great Santini and went on to act in such movies as American Pop, The Big Easy, When Harry Met Sally..., Coneheads, KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park, and Peggy Sue Got Married. She wrote for New York Rocker magazine in the 1970s and dated former Blondie bass player Gary Valentine Lachman. On January 19, 2008, she married music historian and former co-star of the Comedy Central game show Beat the Geeks Andy Zax. In 2009 and 2010, Persky began making appearances on The Best Show on WFMU radio program, as both as a regular caller and as an in-studio special guest. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lisa Jane Persky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: May 05, 1955
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Gender: Female
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The Big Easy
Overview: Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.
Genres: Drama Action Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-27
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The Great Santini
Overview: As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated marine pilot.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-26
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The Sure Thing
Overview: Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-01
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Coneheads
Overview: A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from France.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-23
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American Pop
Overview: The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.
Genres: Animation Music Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-13
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Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back
Overview: "Meat Loaf" Aday is an overgrown Texas youngster, the son of a gentle woman dying of cancer and an alcoholic, abusive father. Tormented by his father and schoolmates over his size, he strikes out on his own after his mother's death, in an impossible task to prove himself to the world and to himself. A chance audition for a musical leads him to join forces with composer Jim Steinman, and together the two make music history with the operatic rock album "Bat Out of Hell." But the demons that drive Meat Loaf aren't assuaged by success, and eventually he must come to terms with them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-05
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Dead Funny
Overview: When her practical joker boyfriend dies, a young woman recalls all the pranks he pulled as she tries to figure out who murdered him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-21
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Shattered Vows
Overview: At the age of 16 Mary becomes a nun. But she never gets used to the strict rules of her new life and when she falls in love with Father Tim, she wants to withdraw her vow.
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-28
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I Am Divine
Overview: Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine (1945-1988) was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image, gender identity, sexuality, and preconceived notions of beauty, Divine succeeded in becoming an internationally recognized icon, recording artist, and character actor of stage and screen. Glenn went from the often-mocked, schoolyard fat kid to underdog royalty, standing up for millions of gay men and women, drag queens and punk rockers, and countless other socially ostracized misfits and freaks. With a completely committed in-your-face style, he blurred the line between performer and personality, and revolutionized pop culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-09
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Perfect Assassins
Overview: When deadly terrorists strike, an FBI man, who is an expert on terrorist mentality, hunts their twisted "creator," who may be connected with a disgraced professor from his past.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-13
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Female Perversions
Overview: Eve Stephens, a beautiful and sexy high-powered attorney, is up for appointment as a judge. But below her veneer of self-confidence lies a darker side, one in which she is driven by bizarre visions and sexual fantasies. After a series of events, including rescuing her sister Madelyn after her arrest for shoplifting, being rejected by her lover John during a surprise visit, and finally, meeting with the Governor regarding her judicial appointment, Eve comes unraveled. In a stunning and climactic conclusion, Eve is forced to confront her fears and, more importantly, herself.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-25
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When Harry Met Sally...
Overview: During their travel from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally debate whether or not sex ruins a friendship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they're still no closer to finding the answer.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-21
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Pontiac Moon
Overview: An absent-minded-professor father and his son take off in an old Pontiac to bond during a symbolic road trip through the Western U.S. This while his wife tries to overcome her neuroses to save the family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-03
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Breathless
Overview: Jesse, a small-time criminal, high-tails it to Los Angeles to rendezvous with a French exchange student. Stealing a car and accidentally killing a highway patrolman, he becomes the most wanted fugitive in L.A.
Genres: Romance Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-13
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Grilled
Overview: Maurice and Dave sell high-end cuts of beef, but after hitting a patch of no sales, they're facing being fired. Maurice needs money to enroll in his final semester of acupuncture school, and the recently-separated Dave needs money for his daughter's birthday gift. Their final client card—a beautiful woman—is attracted to Maurice, but a desperate call from a suicidal friend interrupts her signing the contract. Still hoping to close the sale, they offer to drive her to the friend's house—where their troubles multiply.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-11
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Peggy Sue Got Married
Overview: Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-10
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The Cotton Club
Overview: Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-14
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Vital Signs
Overview: As they enter their third year of medical school, a group of young students must prepare to decide what they intend to specialize in. Somehow, they must impress the Chief of Surgery while learning how to survive the life-and-death area of medicine and the complexity of their everyday lives.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-13
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An American Rhapsody
Overview: A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later, the family arranges to bring the absent daughter to the United States where she has trouble adjusting. The daughter then decides to travel to Budapest to discover her identity.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-22
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Desperate Intruder
Overview: A blind woman living at a lonely beach house gives sanctuary to an escaped convict whose ruthless partner is on the way.
Genres: Thriller Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-31
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Great Balls of Fire!
Overview: The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into conflict with others in the industry, and even earned him the scorn and condemnation of the public.
Genres: Drama History Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-30
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The Last of the Finest
Overview: An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded together, four of the banned cops (which quickly becomes three when one is killed early) band together to fight the drug ring undercover. They gain capital for weapons by ripping off minor drug dealers. Then well-armed they go after the kingpin (Boyd).
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-09
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Where's Marlowe?
Overview: After making a disastrous 3-hour documentary on New York City's water supply, two young filmmakers focus on the goings-on of life in the LA offices of Boone and Murphy, private investigators. Cheating husbands and missing dogs fail to bring in the big bucks, however, and after sleeping with the wife of one of their clients, Murphy leaves. To stop Boone from having to close down the business, the filmmakers must resort to a more hands-on approach in the investigations to ensure the completion of their movie.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-01
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Destiny Turns on the Radio
Overview: Johnny Destiny burns into Las Vegas in his hot Plymouth RoadRunner, stopping only to pick up a stranger stranded in the desert. But then, things aren't always as they seem. Anything can happen in that town of many possibilities...especially since there's been some weird electrical disturbances. As the stranger, fresh out of prison, tries to put his life back together--to recover his money from an old bank heist and the girl he lost in doing the job--something keeps interfering with his plans. Is it fate...or just Destiny?
Genres: Crime Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-28
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Goosed
Overview: Sheltered rich girl Charlene has an over-protective mother who insists that her daughter should marry a rich doctor. After Charlene's psychic predicts that her future lover is named Steven, she heads to L.A. to search for him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-28
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Elaine: A Story of Lost Love
Overview: Adapted from an obscure Guy de Maupassant novella, lifted from a paperback bought by Meaney as an undergrad for 99 cents. What’s evident is Horn’s fascination for squared-off blocking and choreography, including a glimpse at a performance of Orpheus and Eurydice in minature. Star Adam Macadam brought on other members of Charles Ludlam’s Ridiculous Theater Company, many of whom would return to work on DOOMED LOVE. Featuring ancient costumes on loan from the Metropolitan Opera (repurposed from early twentieth century productions of Tosca and La Traviata), ELAINE aspires to high gothic on a shoestring budget. Horn and Meaney shot at locations including the Morris-Jumel Mansion in Washington Heights, the Frick, and the Carnegie Hall Cinema, then operated by Sid Geffen and Jackie Raynal – the programmers responsible for hosting the first-ever New York City screenings of films by Marguerite Duras, an influence on the filmmakers (alongside Daniel Schmid, Douglas Sirk and Alain Resnais.)
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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The Dogwalker
Overview: The L.A. dog walking scene provides a colorful backdrop for the story of Ellie Moore, damaged goods on the run from her latest abusive boyfriend and on the verge of transformation. She's helped along in that process by Betsy Wright, a misanthropic dog-walker in need of help with her business and struggling with her own dark past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-03
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The Choice
Overview: A young woman agonizes over whether or not to have an abortion and learns that her mother did the same 20 years prior.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-10
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My First Mister
Overview: Leelee Sobieski is brash, abrasive and vulnerable as a teenage child of divorce who hides her pain behind a mask of hard-edged gothic rebellion. Albert Brooks plays a man who is her total opposite, a precise and well-ordered menswear store owner of forty-nine who manages limited expectations and protects lonely secrets with pleasant ritual and quiet, ironic reserve. These two total opposites collide in conflict then come together in a surprising alliance, changing each other's lives forever.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-12
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Sharing Richard
Overview: Three friends decide to date the same man.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-26
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KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
Overview: The tale of rock band KISS and their efforts to thwart a diabolical plan by mad scientist Abner Devereaux. Devereaux has found a way to clone humans into robots in his laboratory at an amusement park. It just so happens that he plans to use the KISS concert as a platform to unleash his plan on the world. KISS must use their special powers to stop him.
Genres: Music Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-28
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Tumbleweeds
Overview: Whenever trouble strikes in one of her relationships, single mother Mary Jo Walker and her daughter, Ava, pack up and move to another city, a routine Ava is tiring of. This time, they are helped on their move to San Diego by trucker Jack Ranson. While Ava settles in, getting a leading part in the school play, Jack starts dating Mary Jo but soon reveals himself to be controlling and aggressive. Mary Jo prepares to flee again, angering Ava.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-24
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Crime Story: Pilot
Overview: One former cop goes against the whole Mafia. The feature-length pilot for the cult 80s show.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-18
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