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Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly, December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she receives numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". She has also received a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award. Burstyn made her acting debut on Broadway in Fair Game in 1957 before winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Same Time, Next Year (1975). She earned the Academy Award for Best Actress as the widow Alice Hyatt in Martin Scorsese's romantic drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). Her other Oscar-nominated roles were in The Last Picture Show (1971), The Exorcist (1973), Same Time, Next Year (1978), Resurrection (1980), and Requiem for a Dream (2000). Her other notable films include Harry and Tonto (1974), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002), W. (2008), Interstellar (2014), The Age of Adaline (2015), and Pieces of a Woman (2020). She won Primetime Emmy Awards for her guest role in the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009) and supporting role in the USA Network political miniseries Political Animals (2013). Her other Emmy-nominated roles include Pack of Lies (1988), Mrs. Harris (2005), Big Love (2008), Draft Day, Flowers in the Attic (both 2014), and House of Cards (2016). Since 2000, she has been co-president of the Actors Studio, a drama school in New York City. In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame for her work onstage. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Burstyn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born7 December 1932 (age 93)
  • Place of BirthDetroit, Michigan, USA

Ellen Burstyn

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Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly, December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she receives numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". She has also received a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award. Burstyn made her acting debut on Broadway in Fair Game in 1957 before winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Same Time, Next Year (1975). She earned the Academy Award for Best Actress as the widow Alice Hyatt in Martin Scorsese's romantic drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). Her other Oscar-nominated roles were in The Last Picture Show (1971), The Exorcist (1973), Same Time, Next Year (1978), Resurrection (1980), and Requiem for a Dream (2000). Her other notable films include Harry and Tonto (1974), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002), W. (2008), Interstellar (2014), The Age of Adaline (2015), and Pieces of a Woman (2020). She won Primetime Emmy Awards for her guest role in the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009) and supporting role in the USA Network political miniseries Political Animals (2013). Her other Emmy-nominated roles include Pack of Lies (1988), Mrs. Harris (2005), Big Love (2008), Draft Day, Flowers in the Attic (both 2014), and House of Cards (2016). Since 2000, she has been co-president of the Actors Studio, a drama school in New York City. In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame for her work onstage. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Burstyn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born7 December 1932 (age 93)
  • Place of BirthDetroit, Michigan, USA
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Duse, the Greatest
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Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
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2024
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Mother, Couch
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2024
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E. Jean Carroll V. Donald J. Trump
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2024
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Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
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Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain
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The Exorcist: Believer
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2023
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Three Months
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2022
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Queen Bees
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2021
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Watch on the Rhine
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2021
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Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
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2021
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Pieces of a Woman
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2020
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Delphine and Carole
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2020
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The House of Tomorrow
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6.992
2019
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Lucy in the Sky
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2019
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American Woman
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5.0
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Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
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2019
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The Tale
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2018
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Nostalgia
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All I Wish
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Friedkin Uncut
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Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime
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4.0
2017
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Wiener-Dog
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5.641
2016
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Custody
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6.971
2016
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The Age of Adaline
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7.481
2015
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About Scout
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5.737
2015
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Unity
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7.5
2015
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Interstellar
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8.455
2014
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Draft Day
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6.707
2014
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Flowers in the Attic
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6.7
2014
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River of Fundament
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6.235
2014
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And the Oscar Goes To...
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6.991
2014
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The Calling
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5.844
2014
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Two Men in Town
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5.5
2014
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Petals on the Wind
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6.6
2014
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Love, Marilyn
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6.652
2013
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Wish You Well
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6.4
2013
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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
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5.6
2012
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The Mighty Macs
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5.167
2011
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Another Happy Day
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5.6
2011
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Main Street
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4.606
2010
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Reflections of a Philosopher King
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2010
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BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
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2010
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America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
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2010
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According to Greta
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6.1
2009
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The Velveteen Rabbit
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6.6
2009
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Lovely, Still
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6.564
2009
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PoliWood
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6.5
2009
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W.
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6.221
2008
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The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
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5.2
2008
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Mitch Albom's For One More Day
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3.0
2007
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The Stone Angel
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5.259
2007
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The Fountain
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6.915
2006
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The Wicker Man
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4.309
2006
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The Elephant King
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5.9
2006
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Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
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6.4
2006
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30 Days
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1.0
2006
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Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
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7.0
2006
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Mrs. Harris
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5.941
2006
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Our Fathers
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6.4
2005
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The Five People You Meet In Heaven
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6.953
2004
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The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
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4.7
2004
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances
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2004
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Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore"
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2004
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
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2003
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Brush with Fate
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5.8
2003
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A Decade Under the Influence
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8.0
2003
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
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6.121
2002
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Red Dragon
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7.029
2002
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Within These Walls
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5.2
2001
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Memories, Dreams & Addictions
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2001
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The Making of Requiem for a Dream
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4.625
2001
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Requiem for a Dream
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8.013
2000
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The Yards
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6.2
2000
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Mermaid
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6.5
2000
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Walking Across Egypt
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4.9
1999
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Night Ride Home
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5.571
1999
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The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
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7.3
1999
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Playing by Heart
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6.583
1998
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The Patron Saint of Liars
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4.7
1998
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The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
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7.313
1998
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Marilyn in Manhattan
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7.5
1998
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You Can Thank Me Later
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5.9
1998
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Deceiver
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5.951
1997
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Flash
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8.3
1997
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A Deadly Vision
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4.5
1997
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The Spitfire Grill
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6.5
1996
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Timepiece
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7.0
1996
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How to Make an American Quilt
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6.4
1995
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The Baby-Sitters Club
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5.4
1995
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My Brother's Keeper
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1.0
1995
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Roommates
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6.019
1995
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Follow The River
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7.036
1995
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When a Man Loves a Woman
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6.6
1994
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Getting Gotti
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4.6
1994
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Trick of the Eye
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6.0
1994
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Getting Out
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4.625
1994
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The Cemetery Club
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5.273
1993
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Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
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3.333
1993
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Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
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6.0
1992
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Earth and the American Dream
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6.7
1992
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When It Was a Game 2
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9.0
1992
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Dying Young
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6.685
1991
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Grand Isle
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3.7
1991
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Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
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9.0
1991
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Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
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4.5
1991
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When You Remember Me
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5.545
1990
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The Color of Evening
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2.0
1990
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
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1989
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Hello Actors Studio
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6.0
1988
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Hanna's War
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4.7
1988
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
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7.056
1987
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Pack of Lies
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6.6
1987
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Act of Vengeance
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5.618
1986
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Something in Common
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6.0
1986
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Twice in a Lifetime
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5.6
1985
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The Ambassador
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5.0
1985
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Surviving
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5.2
1985
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Night of 100 Stars II
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8.0
1985
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Into Thin Air
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7.0
1985
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I Love Liberty
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1982
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Night of 100 Stars
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6.667
1982
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People vs. Jean Harris
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1981
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Silence of the North
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4.0
1981
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Be Pretty and Shut Up!
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6.3
1981
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Resurrection
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6.5
1980
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Same Time, Next Year
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6.6
1978
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A Dream of Passion
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5.5
1978
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Providence
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6.8
1977
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Harry and Tonto
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7.091
1974
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The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
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7.7
1974
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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6.963
1974
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Thursday's Game
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5.2
1974
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The Exorcist
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7.732
1973
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The King of Marvin Gardens
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5.8
1972
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The Last Picture Show
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7.6
1971
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Alex in Wonderland
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5.8
1970
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Tropic of Cancer
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4.667
1970
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Pit Stop
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6.7
1969
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Goodbye Charlie
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5.6
1964
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For Those Who Think Young
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5.2
1964
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Ricochet
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1961
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The Christmas Tree
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1958
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Easy Out?
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1948