Sylvia Sidney

Sylvia Sidney

Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow, August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999) was an American stage, screen and film actress whose career spanned over 70 years. She rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s. She later gained attention for her role as Juno, a case worker in the afterlife, in Tim Burton's film Beetlejuice, for which she won a Saturn Award as Best Supporting Actress. She also was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973).

  • Title: Sylvia Sidney
  • Popularity: 8.181
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1910-08-09
  • Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: Sophia Kosow, Sylvia Sydney
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Sylvia Sidney Movies

  • 1996
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    Mars Attacks!

    Mars Attacks!

    6.408 1996 HD

    A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they...

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  • 1978
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    Damien: Omen II

    Damien: Omen II

    6.446 1978 HD

    Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military...

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  • 1976
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    God Told Me To

    God Told Me To

    5.79 1976 HD

    A repressed Catholic NYPD detective uncovers a netherworld of deranged faith, alien insemination and his own unholy connection to a homicidal messiah...

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  • 1976
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    Raid on Entebbe

    Raid on Entebbe

    6 1976 HD

    Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The...

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  • 1937
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    Sabotage

    Sabotage

    6.7 1937 HD

    Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her...

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  • 1937
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    Dead End

    Dead End

    6.961 1937 HD

    Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother, who rejects him because of...

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  • 1931
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    City Streets

    City Streets

    6.2 1931 HD

    A mobster's daughter leads her boyfriend from the circus into bootlegging.

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  • 1936
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    Fury

    Fury

    7.49 1936 HD

    Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is...

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  • 1956
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    Behind the High Wall

    Behind the High Wall

    5.2 1956 HD

    A group prison breakout goes from bad to worse when the desperate warden tries to steal the gang's dough.

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  • 1938
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    You and Me

    You and Me

    6.758 1938 HD

    Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight....

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  • 1955
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    Violent Saturday

    Violent Saturday

    6.7 1955 HD

    Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.

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  • 1977
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    Snowbeast

    Snowbeast

    4.3 1977 HD

    A skier and his wife visit a friend's ski resort during a man beast's rampage, and must hide from the impending danger.

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  • 1932
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    Merrily We Go to Hell

    Merrily We Go to Hell

    6.419 1932 HD

    A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him...

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  • 1934
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    Thirty Day Princess

    Thirty Day Princess

    6.8 1934 HD

    A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly...

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  • 1932
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    Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

    5.4 1932 HD

    Pinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his Japanese home as he left it. He returns three years...

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  • 1937
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    You Only Live Once

    You Only Live Once

    7.131 1937 HD

    Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is...

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  • 1947
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    Love from a Stranger

    Love from a Stranger

    5.786 1947 HD

    Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides to travel rather than marrying her fiance Nigel...

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  • 1973
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    Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

    Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

    5.583 1973 HD

    Rita, a middle aged New York City homemaker, finds herself in an emotional crisis which forces her to re-examine her life, as well as her...

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  • 1985
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    An Early Frost

    An Early Frost

    5.969 1985 HD

    Successful lawyer Michael Pierson is gay, but he has always hidden this part of his life from his mother, Katherine, father, Nick, and grandmother...

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  • 1945
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    Blood on the Sun

    Blood on the Sun

    5.7 1945 HD

    Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset...

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  • 1936
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    The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

    The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

    6.3 1936 HD

    A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.

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  • 1941
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    The Wagons Roll at Night

    The Wagons Roll at Night

    6.3 1941 HD

    An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt Varney, a small-town man who suddenly becomes a...

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  • 1931
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    An American Tragedy

    An American Tragedy

    6.1 1931 HD

    A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.

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  • 1931
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    Street Scene

    Street Scene

    6.8 1931 HD

    The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot....

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  • 1935
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    Mary Burns, Fugitive

    Mary Burns, Fugitive

    1 1935 HD

    A young woman who owns a coffee shop falls for a handsome young customer, unaware that he is a gangster.

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  • 1931
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    Confessions of a Co-Ed

    Confessions of a Co-Ed

    5.8 1931 HD

    A young college student gets pregnant by the man she loves, but circumstances prevent their marrying, so she marries a classmate she doesn't love....

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  • 1952
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    Les Miserables

    Les Miserables

    5.4 1952 HD

    Jean Valjean, a Frenchman of good character, has nevertheless been convicted for the minor crime of stealing bread. A minor infraction leads to his...

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  • 1931
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    Ladies of the Big House

    Ladies of the Big House

    6 1931 HD

    A woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder they didn't commit.

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  • 1934
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    Behold My Wife!

    Behold My Wife!

    7 1934 HD

    After Michael Carter's fiancée commits suicide, Michael vows to seek revenge on his wealthy family, who sabotaged their marriage. He drives...

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  • 1933
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    Pick-up

    Pick-up

    4.3 1933 HD

    The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caught and imprisoned. When she gets out of prison,...

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  • 1978
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    Siege

    Siege

    5.2 1978 HD

    A drama about a community of senior citizens who are terrorized by a ruthless neighborhood gang. After learning that the police are stymied because...

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  • 1934
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    Good Dame

    Good Dame

    6 1934 HD

    A chorus girl gets stranded in a small midwestern town. Against her better judgement, she hooks up with a smooth-talking con artist who says he can...

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  • 1933
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    Jennie Gerhardt

    Jennie Gerhardt

    1 1933 HD

    This turn-of-the-century tragedy chronicles the sorrowful travails of a woman who endures a series of devastating losses.

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  • 1939
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    One Third of a Nation

    One Third of a Nation

    6.2 1939 HD

    The negligent owner of a tenement slum becomes romantically involved with one of the building's residents.

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  • 1987
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    Pals

    Pals

    3.7 1987 HD

    Two retired fishing buddies stumble on an unmarked suitcase filled with three million dollars in cash. Then the fun starts flying as fast as bullets.

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  • 1946
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    The Searching Wind

    The Searching Wind

    1 1946 HD

    With a screenplay adapted by Lillian Hellman from her own play, director William Dieterle's 1946 drama stars Robert Young as a U.S. ambassador in...

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  • 1975
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    The Secret Night Caller

    The Secret Night Caller

    6.5 1975 HD

    A man who is the pillar of his community has a secret - he has a compulsion to make obscene telephone calls.

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  • 1931
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    The House That Shadows Built

    The House That Shadows Built

    7 1931 HD

    The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pictures made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of...

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  • 1932
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    The Miracle Man

    The Miracle Man

    5.6 1932 HD

    A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leader, John Madison, encounters a faith healer and...

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  • 1930
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    Five Minutes from the Station

    Five Minutes from the Station

    6 1930 HD

    When Bert Adams brings his boss, Mr. Mason, home for dinner, he and his wife Carrie hope Mason will take the opportunity to announce that Bert will...

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  • 1983
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    The Brass Ring

    The Brass Ring

    7 1983 HD

    A mother afflicted with depression comes into conflict with own mother and children when she refuses to seek professional health care.

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  • 1988
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    Beetlejuice

    Beetlejuice

    7.385 1988 HD

    A newly dead New England couple seek help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.

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  • 1971
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    Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

    Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

    5.9 1971 HD

    Four elderly ladies with a lot of time on their hands get the idea to create a fictional "girl" for a computer dating service. However, things take a...

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  • 1946
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    Mr. Ace

    Mr. Ace

    5.6 1946 HD

    A rich society woman uses a gangster to win a congressional election.

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  • 1983
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    Copkiller

    Copkiller

    5.8 1983 HD

    A NYPD officer imprisons and tortures an admitted cop-killer, but finds the tables turned when his victim refuses to break and in fact urges more...

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  • 1975
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    Winner Take All

    Winner Take All

    7 1975 HD

    The chronicle of an average American housewife who just happens to be addicted to gambling.

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  • 1941
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    Breakdowns of 1941

    Breakdowns of 1941

    7 1941 HD

    Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941.

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  • 1992
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    Used People

    Used People

    5.288 1992 HD

    At her husband's funeral, Pearl, Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend of her husband, whose advice...

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  • 1987
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    The Witching of Ben Wagner

    The Witching of Ben Wagner

    5.6 1987 HD

    A new family moves into town and their son, Ben, meets a mysterious girl named Regina, who is rumoured to be a witch.

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  • 1982
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    Hammett

    Hammett

    6.121 1982 HD

    Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a...

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  • 1935
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    Accent on Youth

    Accent on Youth

    6 1935 HD

    A young secretary falls in love with her boss, a middle-aged playwright. Complications ensue when her boss' son falls for her.

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  • 1976
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    Death at Love House

    Death at Love House

    4.7 1976 HD

    Donna and Joel Gregory are staying at the estate of Lorna Love while researching a book about the long dead Hollywood goddess. Joel, whose father had...

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  • 1929
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    Thru Different Eyes

    Thru Different Eyes

    1 1929 HD

    Harvey Manning is placed on trial for the murder of Jack Winfield, his closest friend, whose body was found in the Manning home. During the trial,...

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  • 1980
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    The Shadow Box

    The Shadow Box

    5.2 1980 HD

    Over the course of a day in a California hospice, three terminally ill patients are observed with their families reflecting on life and death.

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  • 1927
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    Broadway Nights

    Broadway Nights

    6 1927 HD

    Fannie joins Johnny to perform a music-hall act which becomes a success, until two Broadway producers catch the act and offer Fannie a job on their...

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  • 1985
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    Finnegan Begin Again

    Finnegan Begin Again

    6.3 1985 HD

    A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.

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  • 1932
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    Make Me a Star

    Make Me a Star

    5.5 1932 HD

    A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.

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  • 1977
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    I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

    I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

    6.2 1977 HD

    A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.

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  • 1980
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    The Gossip Columnist

    The Gossip Columnist

    7.5 1980 HD

    New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt on amoral characters.

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  • 1982
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    Having It All

    Having It All

    5 1982 HD

    Thera Baylin is a fashion designer with a husband in New York and another one in California.

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  • 1982
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    Come Along with Me

    Come Along with Me

    6 1982 HD

    Newly-widowed Mabel Lederer, who has psychic and mediumistic abilities, sells her house and belongings, changes her name, and moves to a new town....

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  • 1949
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    Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner

    Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner

    1 1949 HD

    This entry of Screen Snapshots travels to Las Vegas, Nevada, and Ralph Staub visits and talks to many Hollywood notables as they arrive at the famed...

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  • 1982
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    Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

    6 1982 HD

    The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...

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  • 1981
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    A Small Killing

    A Small Killing

    8 1981 HD

    A college professor is recruited by an undercover cop to pose as a bag lady to track down a drug connection following the brutal killing of a skid...

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  • 1990
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    Andre's Mother

    Andre's Mother

    1 1990 HD

    Written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, Andre's Mother is the story of Katherine Gerard (Sada Thompson) who has lost her...

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  • 1984
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    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    10 1984 HD

    Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually...

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  • 1989
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    Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

    Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

    1 1989 HD

    A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and...

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  • 1990
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    Night of 100 Stars III

    Night of 100 Stars III

    4 1990 HD

    A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

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  • 1980
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    F.D.R.: The Last Year

    F.D.R.: The Last Year

    7.5 1980 HD

    Though visibly frail and weary, President Franklin D. Roosevelt runs for a precedent-setting fourth term. He also oversees plans for the D-Day...

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  • 1955
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    Man on the Ledge

    Man on the Ledge

    1 1955 HD

    Beat cop Bragan is about to go off duty when he discovers a man standing on the ledge of a hotel more than a dozen stories up. Bragan tries to talk...

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  • 1957
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    The Helen Morgan Story

    The Helen Morgan Story

    1 1957 HD

    Broadway legend Helen Morgan 's life as told by her mother, from her early start in second rate speakeasies to star of top rated shows and owning her...

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  • 1958
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    No Time at All

    No Time at All

    1 1958 HD

    An airliner flying nonstop at night from Miami to New York fails to check in, then disappears from radar. We see how its disappearance affects people...

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  • 1988
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    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    7 1988 HD

    A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his friends and co-workers.

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  • 1960
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    Route 66

    Route 66

    6.4 1960 HD

    Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly on Fridays...

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  • 1993
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    Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

    7.029 1993 HD

    Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

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  • 1948
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.6 1948 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    5.5 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

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  • 1954
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    Climax!

    Climax!

    2.7 1954 HD

    Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary...

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  • 1998
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    Fantasy Island

    Fantasy Island

    7.5 1998 HD

    Mr. Roarke and his three assistants run a tropical paradise where guests come in to have their wildest dreams and fantasies come true.

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  • 1980
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    Magnum, P.I.

    Magnum, P.I.

    7.293 1980 HD

    A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank...

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  • 1978
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    WKRP in Cincinnati

    WKRP in Cincinnati

    7.507 1978 HD

    When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of oddball characters is forced to switch gears...

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  • 1987
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    thirtysomething

    thirtysomething

    6.3 1987 HD

    Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and...

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  • 1960
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    My Three Sons

    My Three Sons

    6.371 1960 HD

    A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An...

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  • 1975
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    Starsky & Hutch

    Starsky & Hutch

    7.2 1975 HD

    Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the...

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  • 1958
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    Naked City

    Naked City

    5.333 1958 HD

    Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the...

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  • 1985
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    The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

    7.057 1985 HD

    Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself...

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  • 1977
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    Eight Is Enough

    Eight Is Enough

    6.1 1977 HD

    Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after...

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    5.5 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1955
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    The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

    4.2 1955 HD

    The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this...

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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    6 1951 HD

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...

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  • 1951
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    Tales of Tomorrow

    Tales of Tomorrow

    6 1951 HD

    Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered...

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  • 1959
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    The DuPont Show with June Allyson

    The DuPont Show with June Allyson

    6.3 1959 HD

    The DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from September 21, 1959 to April 3, 1961 with rebroadcasts...

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  • 1955
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    Playwrights '56

    Playwrights '56

    6 1955 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.3 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.704 1955 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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  • 1961
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    The Defenders

    The Defenders

    6.167 1961 HD

    The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized...

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    5.5 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

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  • 1954
    imgS4 E37

    Climax!

    Climax!

    2.7 1954 HD

    Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary...

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  • 1960
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    Route 66

    Route 66

    6.4 1960 HD

    Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly on Fridays...

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    4.833 1961 HD

    The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much...

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  • 1988
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    Dear John

    Dear John

    5.8 1988 HD

    Dear John starred Judd Hirsch as easygoing Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is dumped by his wife, Wendy, via a Dear John letter. Wendy...

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  • 1956
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    Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

    7.5 1956 HD

    Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from...

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