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Susan Isaacs is a Actor and Scriptwriter born on 7 december 1943

Susan Isaacs

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Birth 7 december 1943 (80 years)

Susan Isaacs, née le 7 décembre 1943 dans le quartier de Brooklyn, à New York, est une romancière et scénariste américaine, spécialisée dans le roman policier.

Biography

Elle fait des études au Queens College. Elle travaille pour le magazine Seventeen où elle s'occupe du courrier du cœur sous le nom-maison de Abigail Wood puis, en devient la rédactrice en chef. En 1970, elle s'arrête de travailler et se consacre à l'écriture à partir de 1973.

En 1978, elle publie son premier roman, Positions compromettantes (Compromising Positions). Ce roman devient un best-seller, bien que considéré par Michel Lebrun comme un « piètre roman policier mais effrayant reportage sur la vie des ménagères américaines dans les lotissements nouveaux-riches ». En 1985, Susan Isaacs signe le scénario tiré de son roman pour le film éponyme réalisé par Frank Perry.

En 1987, elle fait paraître Notre espionne à Berlin (Shining Through) adapté encore une fois par elle-même pour le film Une lueur dans la nuit (Shining Through) réalisé par David Seltzer en 1992.

Après Retour de flamme (Magic Hour), paru en 1990, dont l'intrigue « ne constitue (certes) pas une grande nouveauté », elle publie, en 1993, Ce cher disparu (After All These Years) qui « est un bon suspense parsemé d'humour », selon Claude Mesplède.

Comme actrice, Susan Isaacs apparaît brièvement dans deux films : elle incarne le personnage de Trixie dans Deadly Passion, film réalisé par Larry Larson en 1987, et joue une occultiste dans La Joyeuse Revenante (Hello Again), un film réalisé par Frank Perry en 1987, sur un scénario original de Susan Isaacs.

Usually with

Frank Perry
Frank Perry
(2 films)
John Hughes
John Hughes
(1 films)
David Seltzer
David Seltzer
(1 films)
Tony Steedman
Tony Steedman
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Susan Isaacs (12 films)

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Actor

Hysterical Blindness, 1h36
Directed by Mira Nair
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Uma Thurman, Gena Rowlands, Juliette Lewis, Ben Gazzara, Justin Chambers, Susan Isaacs
Roles Theresa
Rating64% 3.24773.24773.24773.24773.2477
It's 1987 in Bayonne, New Jersey and Debby Miller has just been diagnosed with a condition called hysterical blindness in which there are moments when her sight fades in and out. The doctor tells her to try to have fun with her friends. She and her best friend Beth go to their favorite pub, Ollie's, and try to find a man and have a drink. Beth flirts with the bartender and Debby gets angry with her and decides to go outside. There she meets Rick. He wants little to do with her but she convinces him to walk her to her car. As a 'thank you' she offers to buy him a drink and tells him that she will be at the same bar again tomorrow.
Made Men
Made Men (1999)
, 1h27
Directed by Louis Morneau
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors James Belushi, Timothy Dalton, Michael Beach, Vanessa Angel, Steve Railsback, Jamie Harris
Roles Darla
Rating58% 2.949642.949642.949642.949642.94964
Bill Manucci, ex-membre de la mafia de Chicago, vit avec sa femme dans une petite ville de Caroline du Sud, où il bénéficie du programme de protection des témoins du FBI. Suspecté de s'être enfui avec un butin de 12 millions de dollars, Bill est pris en chasse par deux de ses anciens collègues, Miles et Felix, tous deux à la solde du Skipper, mystérieux chef de la mafia dont personne ne connaît le visage, et bien déterminés à rapatrier ce magot. Alors que se mêle à ce trio un shérif local bien décidé à toucher sa part de la somme, les choses pourraient bien dégénérer dans la paisible ville d'Harmony...
Delirious
Delirious (1991)
, 1h32
Directed by Tom Mankiewicz
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about television
Actors John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms, David Rasche, Raymond Burr, Dylan Walsh
Roles Marie
Rating57% 2.8991852.8991852.8991852.8991852.899185
Jack Gable (Candy) is the New York City-based lead writer and producer of the soap opera "Beyond Our Dreams". Consumed by his work, he harbors an unspoken attraction to Laura Claybourne (Samms), the selfish actress playing the lead character of Rachel Hedison.
The War of the Roses, 1h56
Directed by Danny DeVito
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Marianne Sägebrecht, Dan Castellaneta, Sean Astin
Roles Auctioneer's Assistant
Rating68% 3.4006153.4006153.4006153.4006153.400615
Lawyer Gavin D'Amato is in his office discussing a divorce case with a client. Noticing the man's determination to divorce his wife, Gavin decides to tell him the story of one of his clients, a personal friend of his.
She's Out of Control, 1h34
Directed by Stan Dragoti
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children
Actors Tony Danza, Ami Dolenz, Catherine Hicks, Wallace Shawn, Dick O'Neill, Derek McGrath
Roles Receptionist
Rating54% 2.7000452.7000452.7000452.7000452.700045
Widower Doug Simpson (Danza) is a radio producer from California who lives with his two daughters, Katie (Dolenz) and Bonnie (Laura Mooney). When his oldest daughter (Katie) turns 15, she suggests to her father that's it's time for her to start looking more grown-up. For the last 14 years, Katie had been wearing dowdy clothes, braces, and thick glasses and hanging around with Richard, her next-door neighbor and long-time boyfriend (who had won Doug's approval); but when Doug leaves on a business trip, Katie transforms herself, along with the help of Doug's fiancée Janet Pearson (Hicks), into a knockout beauty.
Scrooged
Scrooged (1988)
, 1h41
Directed by Richard Donner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films, Films about television, Time travel films, Ghost films
Actors Bill Murray, Karen Allen, Robert Mitchum, John Forsythe, John Glover, Bobcat Goldthwait
Roles Guest
Rating68% 3.449333.449333.449333.449333.44933
Frank Cross (Bill Murray) is a successful but cynical television programming executive for the IBC network headquartered in New York City. He has demanded the network put on a extravagant live production of A Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve to seize the ratings opportunity, forcing the network's staff including his direct assistant Grace Cooley (Alfre Woodard) to work on the holiday. When some of his decisions are questioned, he fires timid yes-man Eliot Loudermilk (Bobcat Goldthwait) on the spot. Frank's boss Preston Rhinelander (Robert Mitchum) takes the liberty of hiring an assistant for Frank, Brice Cummings (John Glover), who is transparently after Frank's job. Hours before the show is set to start, Frank is alone in his office when he is visited by the ghost of his mentor Lew Hayward (John Forsythe), who warns him of the errors of his ways and that three ghosts will visit him over the course of the night. Before he leaves, Lew causes Frank's phone to call Claire Phillips (Karen Allen), Frank's true love who he had foregone when he became a television executive. Claire comes to visit Frank, but finds him too busy with preparations for the show, though leaves him the address of the homeless shelter that she helps out at.
The Wrong Guys, 1h26
Directed by Danny Bilson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Louie Anderson, Richard Lewis, Richard Belzer, Tim Thomerson, Brion James, Franklyn Ajaye
Roles Dresser
Rating51% 2.55942.55942.55942.55942.5594
Thirty years ago Louie Anderson was the leader of a group of Cub Scouts, Den 7: "The Owl Patrol", consisting of himself, neurotic Richard, ladies man Belz, smooth talking Franklin and surfer dude Tim. Although an accomplished troupe, they fail in their attempt to earn the coveted "Arrow of Light" badge by camping on Mount Whitehead, getting lost and having to call their mothers for help. They also face daily harassment from Glen and Mark Grunsky, two bullies that were kicked out of the den.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles, 1h33
Directed by John Hughes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Aviation films, Rail transport films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean, Kevin Bacon, Dylan Baker
Roles Marie
Rating75% 3.7976853.7976853.7976853.7976853.797685
Neal Page is trying to return to his family for Thanksgiving in Chicago after being on a business trip in New York City, but is held up by an advertising executive who spends the entirety of the meeting looking at the three pictures to choose to launch their ad. On their way out, he tries to find a cab and successfully hails one, but is beaten to the punch by another man (Kevin Bacon in a cameo appearance). Del Griffith, a traveling salesman, interferes by leaving his trunk by the side of the road causing Neal to trip while racing a man for a cab, then inadvertently snatching the taxi ride that Neal bought from an attorney. The two meet again on the flight from JFK Airport to O'Hare; the plane is diverted to Wichita due to a blizzard in Chicago. What should have been a 1-hour and 45-minute New York-to-Chicago flight turns into a three-day ordeal, in which everything that can go wrong does.

Scriptwriter

Shining Through, 2h12
Directed by David Seltzer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Spy, Historical, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson, Joely Richardson, John Gielgud, Sheila Mathews Allen
Roles Novel
Rating64% 3.200523.200523.200523.200523.20052
In 1940, Linda Voss (Melanie Griffith), a young woman of Irish/German Jewish parentage, applies for a new job as a secretary with a New York law firm, but rejected as she didn't graduate from a prestigious women's college.
Hello Again, 1h32
Directed by Frank Perry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Shelley Long, Judith Ivey, Gabriel Byrne, Corbin Bernsen, Sela Ward, Austin Pendleton
Rating52% 2.608612.608612.608612.608612.60861
Long Island housewife Lucy Chadman in the midst of a tarot card reading by her occult sister, Zelda. Just as Zelda exclaims something is going to happen, Lucy begins to choke to death on a South Korean Chicken Ball. The film shows the difficulty of Lucy's loved ones, including Zelda, had in coping with her death. But the grief turns to excitement when Zelda receives a book of spells called The Wisdom of Catagonia. Within the book Zelda finds a spell that requires perfect astronomical timing—the moon, the earth, and the dog star must form a perfect isosceles triangle. Zelda performs the spell and Lucy appears.
Compromising Positions, 1h39
Directed by Frank Perry
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Susan Sarandon, Raúl Juliá, Edward Herrmann, Judith Ivey, Joe Mantegna, Mary Beth Hurt
Rating58% 2.949532.949532.949532.949532.94953
Judith Singer is a former Newsday reporter who misses her old life, now that her husband Bob spends most of his time at work and her time at home on Long Island has become a bore.