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Bette Henritze is a Actor American born on 25 may 1924
Bette Joan Henritze (born May 23, 1924) is an American actress of stage, film, and television.
She has played supporting roles in films like The World According to Garp, The Hospital, Far From Heaven, and Judy Berlin. She is most known for her work in Off-Broadway theatre. In 1967 she received the Obie Award for Best Actress for excellence in Off-Broadway work in the 1966-1967 theatre season.
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She has played supporting roles in films like The World According to Garp, The Hospital, Far From Heaven, and Judy Berlin. She is most known for her work in Off-Broadway theatre. In 1967 she received the Obie Award for Best Actress for excellence in Off-Broadway work in the 1966-1967 theatre season.
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Henritze was born in Betsy Layne, Kentucky, the daughter of Ada (née Howell; 1905-1983) a secretary, and William Price Henritze (1901-1982), an electrician. She moved to New York City to study theatre at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the HB Studio.Usually with
Filmography of Bette Henritze (11 films)
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Taking Woodstock (2009)
, 1h55Directed by Ang Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Imelda Staunton, Demetri Martin, Henry Goodman, Liev Schreiber, Edward Hibbert, Jonathan Groff
Roles Annie
Rating66%
Set in 1969, the film follows the true story of Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin), an aspiring Greenwich Village interior designer whose parents, Jake (Henry Goodman) and Sonia (Imelda Staunton), own the small dilapidated El Monaco Resort in White Lake, in the town of Bethel, New York. A hippie theater troupe, The Earthlight Players, rents the barn, but can hardly pay any rent. Due to financial trouble, the motel may have to be closed, but Elliot pleads with the local bank not to foreclose on the mortgage and Sonia delivers a tirade about her struggles as a Russian refugee. The family is given until the end of the summer to pay up.
Far from Heaven (2003)
, 1h47Directed by Todd Haynes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about racism, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson, Viola Davis, James Rebhorn
Roles Mrs. Leacock
Rating72%
In 1957 suburban Connecticut, Cathy Whitaker appears to be the perfect wife, mother, and homemaker. Cathy is married to Frank, a successful executive at Magnatech, a company selling television advertising. One evening Cathy receives a phone call from the local police who are holding her husband. He says it's all a mix up but they won't let him leave alone. Frank has in fact been exploring the underground world of gay bars in Hartford, Connecticut. One day, Cathy spies an unknown black man walking through her yard. He turns out to be Raymond Deagan, the son of Cathy's late gardener.
Judy Berlin (1999)
, 1h33Directed by Eric Mendelsohn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Barbara Barrie, Bob Dishy, Edie Falco, Carlin Glynn, Bette Henritze, Madeline Kahn
Roles Dolores Engler
Rating68%
A schoolteacher, Sue Berlin, develops a romantic attachment to the principal, Arthur Gold, who is in an unhappy marriage with his wife Alice.
The Object of My Affection (1998)
, 1h51Directed by Nicholas Hytner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Children's films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Alan Alda, Allison Janney, Timothy Daly, John Pankow
Roles Mrs. Skinner
Rating59%
Social worker Nina Borowski (Jennifer Aniston) is a bright young woman living in a cozy Brooklyn apartment. Nina attends a party given by her stepsister Constance (Allison Janney) and her husband, Sidney (Alan Alda). There Nina meets George Hanson (Paul Rudd), a young, handsome, and gay first grade teacher. Nina tells George that her stepsister is constantly trying to fix her up with somebody from higher society, completely ignoring the fact that Nina has a boyfriend, Vince (John Pankow). During the conversation, Nina offers George a room in her apartment as she has just heard from his boyfriend, Dr. Robert Joley (Tim Daly), that George is looking for somewhere to live. George, not knowing about Robert's plans, is taken aback and heartbroken, and after the party the two split up. George accepts Nina's offer and moves into her apartment.
Harvest of Fire (1996)
, 1h39Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Lolita Davidovich, J. A. Preston, Sam Trammell, Jean Louisa Kelly, Tom Aldredge, James Read
Roles Mary Lapp
Rating65%
Other People's Money (1991)
, 1h40Directed by Norman Jewison
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck, Penelope Ann Miller, Piper Laurie, Dean Jones, Tom Aldredge
Roles Emma
Rating61%
Lawrence "Larry the Liquidator" Garfield (Danny DeVito) is a successful corporate raider who has become rich buying up companies and selling off their assets. With the help of a computerized stock analyzing program, Garfield has identified New England Wire & Cable as his next target. The struggling company is run by the benevolent and folksy Andrew "Jorgy" Jorgenson (Gregory Peck) and is the primary employer in its small Rhode Island town.
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
, 1h49Directed by Gene Saks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Théâtre, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays
Actors Jonathan Silverman, Blythe Danner, Fyvush Finkel, Judith Ivey, Bob Dishy, Jason Alexander
Roles Mrs. Murphy
Rating67%
Se déroulant à Brighton Beach, quartier de Brooklyn à New York en Septembre 1937, cette comédie douce-amère suit l'entrée dans l'age adulte de Eugene Morris Jerome, un adolescent juif d'origine polonaise. Il affronte à la fois la puberté, la découverte de sexualité et l'affirmation de son identité.
The World According to Garp (1982)
, 2h16Directed by George Roy Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Mark Soper, Hume Cronyn
Roles Woman Candidate
Rating70%
T. S. Garp is the illegitimate son of a feminist mother, Jenny Fields, who wanted a child but not a husband. A nurse during World War II, she encounters a dying ball turret gunner known only as Technical sergeant Garp (that being the only sound he is capable of uttering) who was severely brain damaged in combat. Unconstrained by convention and driven by practicality and her desire for a child, Jenny is able to rape Garp due to his priapism, thus impregnating herself. She names the resultant child after Garp and raises him on her own.
Rage (1972)
, 1h40Directed by George C. Scott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors George C. Scott, Martin Sheen, Richard Basehart, Lee Remick, Barnard Hughes, Kenneth Tobey
Roles Sarah Parker
Rating63%
While on a camping trip, sheep rancher Dan Logan (Scott) and his son are inadvertently exposed to a secret Army nerve gas from a helicopter passing overhead. Both end up in a military hospital in which they are kept apart, unable to contact outsiders, and lied to about their condition by a mysterious major (Sheen), who looks at the incident as little more than an opportunity to study the effectiveness of a nerve gas on humans.
The Mind Snatchers (1972)
, 1h34Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Actors Christopher Walken, Joss Ackland, Ralph Meeker, Ronny Cox, Marco St. John, Bette Henritze
Roles Anna Kraus
Rating55%
Dr. Frederick (Joss Ackland) is trying to find a way to ease the aggressive nature of soldiers by developing a microchip to access the pleasure centers of their brains.
The Hospital (1971)
, 1h43Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Richard A. Dysart, Barnard Hughes, Stephen Elliott, Nancy Marchand
Roles Operating Room Nurse
Rating70%
At a Manhattan teaching hospital, the life of Dr. Bock (George C. Scott), the Chief of Medicine, is in disarray: his wife has left him, his children don't talk to him, and his once-beloved teaching hospital is falling apart.