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Ann Wedgeworth is a Actor American born on 21 january 1934 at Abilene (USA)
Ann Wedgeworth (born January 21, 1934) is an American character actress, known for her roles as Lana Shields in Three's Company and Merleen Elldridge in Evening Shade. Wedgeworth won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Chapter Two (1978).
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Ann Wedgeworth
Birth name Elizabeth Ann Wedgeworth
Nationality USA
Birth 21 january 1934 at Abilene (USA)
Death 16 november 2017 (at 83 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 21 january 1934 at Abilene (USA)
Death 16 november 2017 (at 83 years)
Ann Wedgeworth (born January 21, 1934) is an American character actress, known for her roles as Lana Shields in Three's Company and Merleen Elldridge in Evening Shade. Wedgeworth won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Chapter Two (1978).
Biography
Wedgeworth married Rip Torn in 1955. They have a daughter, actress Danae Torn. The couple divorced in 1961. In 1970 she married acting teacher and director Ernie Martin, and they have a daughter, actress/acting teacher/writer Dianna Martin.Usually with
Filmography of Ann Wedgeworth (26 films)
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Far North (2008)
, 1h29Directed by Asif Kapadia
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Michelle Yeoh, Michelle Krusiec, Sean Bean, Donald Moffat, Charles Durning, Patricia Arquette
Rating60%
The film opens up with a voiceover of a woman named Saiva telling the listener that a shaman said she was cursed at birth and would bring harm to anyone she cared for. While she and a young woman named Anja are camping in a subarctic region of Siberia, in desperation, she takes one of her sled dogs and slits after calming it, slits it throat, foreshadowing the shaman's prophecy about her birth. She and Anja then set out to relocate their camp. On the way, they almost get caught by Soviet/Russian soldiers. Fearing the worst, Saiva ventures out with Anja into the far north to the arctic tundra, passing abandoned telephone wire trees and to the area where she believes no one would ever find them. After a long paddle north, they pitch camp on a beach, where they set up their yurt.
The Hawk Is Dying (2007)
, 1h52Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Paul Giamatti, Michelle Williams, Michael Pitt, Robert Wisdom, Ann Wedgeworth, Marc Macaulay
Roles Ma Gattling
Rating57%
A Gainesville, Florida auto upholsterer George Gattling, played by Paul Giamatti, is a man out of place in the world and out of place in his own skin.
The Whole Wide World (1996)
, 1h51Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Vincent D'Onofrio, Renée Zellweger, Harve Presnell, Ann Wedgeworth, Libby Villari, Olivia D'Abo
Roles Mrs. Howard
Rating69%
In 1933 Texas school teacher and aspiring writer Novalyne Price is introduced by friends to pulp fiction writer Robert E. Howard. A relationship soon develops between the two but it is doomed by personality conflicts and life events, such as the terminal illness of Howard's mother.
, 1h35Directed by Larry Peerce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about writers
Actors Shannen Doherty, John Clark Gable, Dale Midkiff, Matt Mulhern, Rue McClanahan, Ann Wedgeworth
Roles Mrs. O'Flaherty
Rating67%
Margaret grows up to become a respectable lady in the South, just like her mother May Belle. She wants to become a writer, but her feminist mother insists on her becoming a female doctor. May Belle puts a lot of pressure on her daughter, forcing her to be the best in everything. This results in Margaret never being able to satisfy her mother. When she has become a young lady, all the boys want to be with her, but Margaret only has eyes for Clifford.
Love and a .45 (1994)
, 1h41Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Gil Bellows, Renée Zellweger, Rory Cochrane, Jeffrey Combs, Wiley Wiggins, Jace Alexander
Roles Thaylene Cheatham
Rating59%
A young couple in love—Watty Watts (Gil Bellows) and Starlene (Renée Zellweger)—are planning a successful convenience store robbery. The next day, they are paid a visit by two collectors for a local mobster who Watty has borrowed money from to buy an engagement ring for Starlene. They are called Creepy Cody and Dinosaur Bob, and they inform Watty that he must get the money very soon. This is followed by a visit by Watts' drug-addicted former prison buddy, Billy Mack Black (Rory Cochrane), who has a plan for a big score. Against the wishes of Starlene, Watty goes along with the plot and the robbery fails, leading to the stoned clerk being shot and killed by Billy, though they do clear the safe of the money.
Hard Promises (1992)
, 1h35Directed by Martin Davidson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Sissy Spacek, William Petersen, Brian Kerwin, Mare Winningham, Ann Wedgeworth, Jeff Perry
Roles Chris's Mom
Rating55%
A man who doesn't like stable work environments has been away for too many years when he finds out his wife has divorced him and is planning to remarry. He comes home to confront her, trying to convince her not to get married, aided by their daughter, who loves him despite his wandering ways. The couple finds out they still have feelings for each other but must decide how best to handle the contradiction of their lifestyles.
Green Card (1990)
, 1h47Directed by Peter Weir
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about immigration, Musical films
Actors Gérard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell, Bebe Neuwirth, Gregg Edelman, Robert Prosky, Ethan Philips
Roles Party Guest
Rating62%
Brontë Parrish (MacDowell), a horticulturalist and an environmentalist, enters into a sham marriage with Georges Fauré (Depardieu), an illegal alien from France, so he may obtain a green card. In turn, Brontë uses her fake marriage credentials to rent the apartment of her dreams. After moving in, to explain her spouse's absence, she tells the doorman and neighbors he is conducting musical research in Africa.
Miss Firecracker (1989)
, 1h42Directed by Thomas Schlamme
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins, Alfre Woodard, Scott Glenn, Veanne Cox
Roles Miss Blue
Rating59%
Carnelle (Holly Hunter) enters the Miss Firecracker beauty pageant which her hometown of Yazoo City, Mississippi stages every Fourth of July, hoping to emulate her cousin Elain's (Mary Steenburgen) win some years previous. Carnelle was taken in as a waif by her genteel cousins after the death of her mother and grows up promiscuous, brash, unfeminine and lacking in grace. Few expect she can win, her closest friends and relatives think she is heading for a big disappointment, but Carnelle is ever hopeful. When her other cousin, the eccentric sociopath Delmount (Tim Robbins) decides to sell the house they both live in to make money, Carnelle becomes even more determined to win, viewing it as a way to escape her small town existence. Elain returns to the town to give a speech at the pageant after a breakup with her husband. Carnelle insists Elain let her wear the red dress in which she won the contest, thinking that will guarantee her success. Elain delays giving Carnelle the dress and makes excuses as to why she cannot have it, while pretending to be supportive. Carnelle surprisingly gets on the shortlist for the pageant when one of the other contestants pulls out. Without a red dress she breaks into a locked room in the house previously occupied by a sick relative and takes an old dress to wear. She comes last at the final and is frustrated by her failure. Back at the house she discovers Elain had brought the dress with her all along and had been lying to her. She confronts Elain about this, realizing the pageant is not the most important thing after all, then leaves the house and goes to the town observatory and watches the pageant fireworks display.
Steel Magnolias (1989)
, 1h57Directed by Herbert Ross
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Buddy films
Actors Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts
Roles Aunt Fern
Rating72%
Annelle Dupuy (Daryl Hannah), a reserved and ditzy beauty school graduate, is hired by Truvy Jones (Dolly Parton) to work in her home-based beauty salon in northwestern Louisiana. At the same time in another part of the neighbourhood, M'Lynn Eatenton (Sally Field) and her daughter, Shelby (Julia Roberts), are preparing for Shelby's wedding day, which is taking place later that day. They arrive, along with Clairee Belcher (Olympia Dukakis), the cheerful widow of the late former mayor, to have their hair done. Suddenly, Shelby, who has type one diabetes, falls into a hypoglycemic state but recovers quickly with the help of her mother's persistence and quick thinking. M'Lynn explains that Shelby was recently informed by doctors that she isn't able to have children.
A Tiger's Tale (1988)
, 1h37Directed by Peter Douglas
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Ann-Margret, C. Thomas Howell, Charles Durning, Kelly Preston, Ann Wedgeworth, William Zabka
Roles Claudine
Rating53%
Bubber Drumm is a Houston high school student. Rose Butts is an alcoholic, more than twice his age, and the mother of his girlfriend, Shirley. Bubber and Rose begin an affair after Bubber fixes Shirley up with his pal, Ransom McKnight.
Far North (1988)
, 1h29Directed by Sam Shepard
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Jessica Lange, Charles Durning, Tess Harper, Donald Moffat, Ann Wedgeworth, Patricia Arquette
Roles Amy
Rating49%
Made in Heaven (1987)
, 1h42Directed by Alan Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about religion
Actors Timothy Hutton, Kelly McGillis, Maureen Stapleton, Ann Wedgeworth, Mare Winningham, Don Murray
Roles Annette Shea
Rating63%
In a small Pennsylvania town in 1957, Mike Shea (Hutton) dreams of escaping small town life and moving to California with his girlfriend Brenda Carlucci. But Brenda leaves him with his motor running and Mike takes off alone. Along the way, he rescues a woman and her children from a river but perishes himself. He finds himself in Heaven, where his Aunt Lisa greets him, and explains the rules and regulations. Once in the ethereal realm, Mike falls in love with a heavenly guide named Annie Packert (McGillis).
The Men's Club (1986)
, 1h41Directed by Peter Medak
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Roy Scheider, Harvey Keitel, Richard Jordan, Craig Wasson, Frank Langella, Treat Williams
Roles Jo
Rating47%
A band of friends go on a drunken, all-night spree, spending a night in a high-class San Francisco brothel.
My Science Project (1985)
, 1h24Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Time travel films, Comedy science fiction films
Actors John Stockwell, Danielle von Zerneck, Fisher Stevens, Raphael Sbarge, Dennis Hopper, Richard Masur
Roles Dolores
Rating59%
The movie begins in 1957 with a scene of a United States military operation to secure a crashed UFO in a hangar bay. A man, (President Dwight D. Eisenhower; played by Robert Beer), enters to see the craft and simply orders his men to "get rid of it."
Right to Kill? (1985)
, 1h40Directed by John Erman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Frederic Forrest, Jason Bateman, Christopher Collet, Justine Bateman, Ann Wedgeworth, Terry O'Quinn
Roles Eve Whitcomb
Rating69%