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Liz Renay is a Actor American born on 14 april 1926 at Chandler (USA)

Liz Renay

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Birth name Pearl Elizabeth Dobbins
Nationality USA
Birth 14 april 1926 at Chandler (USA)
Death 22 january 2007 (at 80 years) at Las Vegas Valley

Liz Renay, née Pearl Elizabeth Dobbins (April 14, 1926 – January 22, 2007) was an American author and actress who appeared in John Waters' film Desperate Living (1977).

Biography

Liz was married a total of seven times, being divorced five times and widowed twice. Her husbands were:


a Mr. Romano, whom she married when she was about fifteen years old. From this marriage, a daughter Brenda, an actress who went by the stage name Brenda Renay, was born.
Paul McLain, and from this marriage, one son, Johnny Allen McLain Sr. (August 22, 1945 - February 19, 2012) was born.
George L. Oleyar, whom she married on 21 September 1950, in Los Angeles County, California.
Thomas W. Freeman, whom she married on May 23, 1966.
Gerald E. Heidebrink, whom she married on November 3, 1976. The marriage ended in divorce in 1983.

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Filmography of Liz Renay (9 films)

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Actress

Desperate Living, 1h30
Directed by John Waters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about magic and magicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Mink Stole, Edith Massey, Mary Vivian Pearce, Liz Renay, Susan Lowe, Cookie Mueller
Roles Muffy St. Jacques
Rating69% 3.494113.494113.494113.494113.49411
Peggy Gravel, a neurotic, delusional, suburban housewife, and her overweight maid, Grizelda Brown, go on the lam after Grizelda smothers Peggy's husband, Bosley, to death. The two are arrested by a cross-dressing policeman who gives them an ultimatum: go to jail or be exiled to Mortville, a filthy shantytown ruled by the evil Queen Carlotta and her treasonous daughter, Princess Coo-Coo.
Peeper
Peeper (1975)
, 1h27
Directed by Peter Hyams
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller
Themes Children's films
Actors Michael Caine, Timothy Carey, Natalie Wood, Kitty Winn, Michael Constantine, Thayer David
Rating56% 2.8029652.8029652.8029652.8029652.802965
1947 à Hollywood. Lou Anglich échappe à une filature en frappant son poursuivant avec sa valise. Lorsque Leslie C. Tucker, un détective privé anglais, revient à son bureau, il trouve Anglich, qui le charge de retrouver a fille Anna, placée dans un orphelinat 29 ans auparavant. Anglich dit à Tucker qu'il a beaucoup d'argent et qu'il veut le donner à sa fille avant que ses "associés" le retrouvent et le tuent...
Blackenstein, 1h27
Directed by William A. Levey
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors John Hart, Andrea King, Liz Renay, Don Brodie
Roles Nelson's Bed-mate
Rating34% 1.7140751.7140751.7140751.7140751.714075
Big and burly African-American soldier Eddie Turner (Joe De Sue) stepped on a land mine while serving in Vietnam and lost both arms and legs. His physicist fiancee Doctor Winifred Walker (Ivory Stone) thinks she's found help for him in her white former teacher and colleague Doctor Stein (John Hart) who has recently won a Nobel Peace Prize for "solving the DNA genetic code".
Hot Rods to Hell
Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain, Mimsy Farmer, Jeffrey Byron, Charles P. Thompson, Liz Renay
Roles Hazel
Rating53% 2.6545852.6545852.6545852.6545852.654585
Traveling salesman Tom Phillips (Dana Andrews) is driving home to Boston, Massachusetts for Christmas when he encounters a drunken driver on a rain-streaked road. He cannot avoid a collision, and is hospitalized with spinal damage. Since he cannot be a traveling salesman anymore, his brother arranges for Tom to buy a remote motel in the desert town of Mayville, California. Tom is reluctant, since he has never been an innkeeper before—but in the end he decides that he must travel in order to get as far away from the site of his accident as possible, as soon as possible.
Deadwood '76, 1h37
Directed by James Landis
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Arch Hall, Jr., Arch Hall, Sr., Liz Renay, Read Morgan, John Cardos, Harvey B. Dunn
Roles Poker Kate (as Melissa Morgan)
Rating46% 2.3359852.3359852.3359852.3359852.335985
A drifter, Billy May (Arch Hall Jr.) arrives in Deadwood, South Dakota. A child misidentifies him as Billy the Kid and the town turns against him. He becomes a fugitive chased by Wild Bill Hickok. He runs into his long lost father who was a Civil War Veteran for the Confederacy. His father has made friends with a tribe of Indians and admires the leadership of the elders in the tribe. He plans on joining forces and tries to get Billy to join but Billy is not interested. He is interested in finding gold and living in peace however that is not what is in store for poor Billy.
The Nasty Rabbit, 1h30
Directed by James Landis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Arch Hall, Jr., Liz Renay, Arch Hall, Sr., Richard Kiel
Roles Cecelia Solomon
Rating27% 1.3500951.3500951.3500951.3500951.350095
A Russian submarine lands one of their agents disguised as a cowboy carrying a rabbit that is carrying a deadly virus. The Soviets plan for the rabbit to infect the United States through breeding with American rabbits with the goal of killing large numbers of Americans.
The Thrill Killers, 1h9
Directed by Ray Dennis Steckler
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Actors Ray Dennis Steckler, Liz Renay, Carolyn Brandt, Ron Haydock, Coleman Francis, Arch Hall, Sr.
Roles Liz Saxon
Rating56% 2.8044752.8044752.8044752.8044752.804475
The story takes place in 1964 in Hollywood, California. Joe Saxon (Joe Bardo) is an aspiring actor whose outlandish parties and spending worry his wife, Liz (Liz Renay). As per the narrator, he is "trapped in the world of non-reality".
The Naked and the Dead, 2h5
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson, Raymond Massey, Barbara Nichols, Richard Jaeckel, James Best
Roles B-Girl (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.1958053.1958053.1958053.1958053.195805
Filled with flashbacks, the film relates the story of Lt Hearn (Cliff Robertson) who is an aide to General Cummings (Raymond Massey), who treats Hearn as a son and a friend. The General believes that commanding officers ought to inspire fear in their subordinates, in order to enforce discipline. Hearn expresses distaste for these views, preferring instead that soldiers should have mutual respect for each other, regardless of rank. Hearn is eventually transferred to lead an intelligence and reconnaissance platoon on a dangerous reconnaissance mission.
The Sound of Fury, 1h25
Directed by Cy Endfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Actors Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Gale Storm, Richard Carlson, Lloyd Bridges, Katherine Locke
Rating71% 3.58893.58893.58893.58893.5889
Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) is a family man, living in California, who can't seem to get by financially. He meets up with a small-time, but charismatic, hood Jerry Slocum (Lloyd Bridges). Soon, Slocum convinces Tyler into participating in gas station robberies to get by. Later, they kidnap a wealthy man in hopes of getting a huge ransom. Things go wrong when the man is murdered by Slocum then thrown in a lake. Tyler reaches his limit emotionally, and he begins drinking heavily. He meets a lonely woman and confesses the crime while drunk. The woman flees and goes to the police.