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Anita Morris is a Actor American born on 14 march 1943 at Durham (USA)

Anita Morris

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Birth name Anita Rose Morris
Nationality USA
Birth 14 march 1943 at Durham (USA)
Death 2 march 1994 (at 50 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Anita Rose Morris (March 14, 1943 – March 2, 1994) was an American actress, singer and dancer.

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Ruthless People (1986)
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Filmography of Anita Morris (14 films)

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Actress

Radioland Murders, 1h52
Directed by Charles Martin Smith, Mel Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Radio, Children's films
Actors Brian Benben, Tom Hanks, Mary Stuart Masterson, Michael Lerner, Scott Michael Campbell, Ned Beatty
Roles Claudette Katzenback: Famous singer and Herman's wife. Penny catches her with Roger, presumably having sex, but this appears to have been a prank Claudette created. Roger originally believes she was responsible for killings. This was Anita Morris' final a
Rating60% 3.049443.049443.049443.049443.04944
In 1939, a new radio network based at station WBN in Chicago, Illinois begins its inaugural night. The station's owner, General Walt Whalen, depends on his employees to impress main sponsor Bernie King. This includes writer Roger Henderson, assistant director Penny Henderson (Roger's wife, seeking divorce), page boy Billy Budget, engineer Max Applewhite, conductor Rick Rochester, announcer Dexter Morris, director Walt Whalen, Jr. and stage manager Herman Katzenback. After King commissions rewrites on the radio scripts, the WBN writers get angry, adding to the fact that they have not been paid in weeks.
Little Miss Millions, 1h30
Directed by Jim Wynorski
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jennifer Love Hewitt, Howard Hesseman, Anita Morris, James Avery, Steve Landesberg, Toni Naples
Roles Sybil Lofton
Rating51% 2.5743252.5743252.5743252.5743252.574325
Heather Lofton (Jennifer Love Hewitt) is nine years old. She comes from a very rich family, but somehow she's not so lucky; in fact, her stepmother can't stand her. Heather is forced to escape away from home, searching for her real mother. The woman Heather has been put in the care of charges a private investigator in order to find her. But in the process, Heather's rotten stepmother frames him, and he becomes wanted for kidnapping her.
Me and the Kid, 1h34
Directed by Dan Curtis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Actors Danny Aiello, Joe Pantoliano, Ben Stein, Anita Morris, Demond Wilson, Cathy Moriarty
Roles Mrs. Feldman
Rating54% 2.7129952.7129952.7129952.7129952.712995
A couple of ex-cons, Harry and Roy, break into a home expecting to find $250,000 in a safe, but come away empty-handed. They do, however, take 8-year-old Gary with them, hoping that the boy's father will pay a ransom.
Martians Go Home, 1h29
Directed by David Odell
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Randy Quaid, Margaret Colin, Jeff Doucette, Anita Morris, John Philbin, John Philbin
Roles Dr. Jane Buchanan
Rating32% 1.6341.6341.6341.6341.634
Quaid plays a song writer who accidentally invites a billion Martians (all portrayed by stand-up comedians from the late eighties and early nineties) to planet Earth.
Bloodhounds of Broadway, 1h28
Directed by Howard Brookner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Matt Dillon, Jennifer Grey, Julie Hagerty, Tony Azito, Rutger Hauer, Madonna
Roles Miss Missouri Martin
Rating53% 2.656692.656692.656692.656692.65669
Broadway, New Year's Eve, 1928. A muckraking reporter, Waldo Winchester, frames four major stories during the wild New Year's Eve of 1928.
A Sinful Life, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Anita Morris, Dennis Christopher, Rick Overton, Mark Rolston, Blair Tefkin
Roles Claire Vin Blance
Rating66% 3.3169953.3169953.3169953.3169953.316995
18 Again!
18 Again! (1988)
, 1h33
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors George Burns, Charlie Schlatter, Tony Roberts, Miriam Flynn, Red Buttons, Anita Morris
Roles Madeline
Rating57% 2.8500252.8500252.8500252.8500252.850025
Jack Watson (George Burns) is a millionaire playboy and businessman who is about to turn 81 years old just as his grandson David (Charlie Schlatter) is about to turn 18, but Jack laments his old age and wishes to get back to his teens once more. When an accident switches their souls, Jack gets to live his grandson's life and all that it entails: school, sports and romance. Unfortunately, David gets the "short end of the deal," as not only is he trapped in his grandfather's 81-year-old body, but he is also in a coma. The only one who knows the truth is his longtime friend Charlie (Red Buttons), whom Jack was able to convince by recounting experiences only they knew.
Aria
Aria (1987)
, 1h30
Directed by Derek Jarman, Charles Sturridge, Robert Altman, Nicolas Roeg, Julien Temple, Jean-Luc Godard, Bruce Beresford, Franc Roddam, Ken Russell, Bill Bryden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Anthology film, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Theresa Russell, Beverly D'Angelo, Elizabeth Hurley, Buck Henry, Bridget Fonda, John Hurt
Rating57% 2.8506452.8506452.8506452.8506452.850645
De grands airs d'opéra vus par dix réalisateurs sur des musiques de Charpentier, Korngold, Leoncavallo, Lully, Puccini, Rameau, Verdi, Wagner. L'image est parfois sans rapport avec le thème de l'opéra, d'autres fois plus proche.
Absolute Beginners, 1h48
Directed by Julien Temple
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Patsy Kensit, David Bowie, James Fox, Mandy Rice-Davies, Edward Tudor-Pole, Bruce Payne
Rating56% 2.800492.800492.800492.800492.80049
The film takes place in 1958, a time in which pop culture is transforming from 1950s jazz and early rock to a new generation on the verge of the 1960s. London is post-World War II, but pre-Beatles/Stones. The storyline incorporates elements of the 1958 Notting Hill race riots.
Blue City
Blue City (1986)
, 1h23
Directed by Michelle Manning
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, David Caruso, Paul Winfield, Scott Wilson, Anita Morris
Roles Malvina Kerch-Turner
Rating44% 2.2136352.2136352.2136352.2136352.213635
Returning to the small Florida town where he grew up, Billy Turner (Judd Nelson) learns that his father has been killed. With little help from the police, Billy will take matters into his own hands and go up against a ruthless local mob in a desperate search to find the killer.
Ruthless People, 1h33
Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Bill Pullman, Anita Morris
Roles Carol Dodsworth
Rating68% 3.4479453.4479453.4479453.4479453.447945
Millionaire Sam Stone (Danny DeVito) intends to murder his hated wife Barbara (Bette Midler) to gain control of her $15 million family fortune and run off with his mistress Carol (Anita Morris). However, he is pre-empted by a phone call from an anonymous man announcing that Barbara has been kidnapped and that Sam must pay a ransom of $500,000 or she will be killed.
The Hotel New Hampshire, 1h49
Directed by Tony Richardson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films about terrorism, Rape in fiction, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Jodie Foster, Beau Bridges, Nastassja Kinski, Wilford Brimley, Paul McCrane, Wallace Shawn
Roles Ronda Ray
Rating58% 2.9486252.9486252.9486252.9486252.948625
The Hotel New Hampshire is narrated by John Berry and opens in flashback to the time when his parents met and fell in love while working summer jobs at a New England hotel around World War II. They are brought together by Freud, a European refugee who travels with a performing bear.
Maria's Lovers, 1h49
Directed by Andreï Kontchalovski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Robert Mitchum, Keith Carradine, Vincent Spano, Anita Morris
Rating64% 3.2466653.2466653.2466653.2466653.246665
In the spring of 1946, Ivan, an American soldier, returns home psychologically scarred after spending some time in a Japanese prison camp during World War II. Once back in his small Pennsylvania town, Ivan settles in, trying to put his life back together while living with his stoic peasant father.