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PJ Torokvei is a Actor and Scriptwriter born on 19 march 1951
PJ Torokvei (born Peter Torokvei March 19, 1951 – July 3, 2013) was a Canadian screenwriter, actor, and television producer. A trans woman, her professional credits are generally under her birth name. In 1996, she announced to friends and family her intention to transition from her sex assigned at birth and undergo sex reassignment surgery.
Torokvei was involved with both The Second City and SCTV. Her notable works in film include the screenplays for Real Genius, Armed and Dangerous, Back to School and Guarding Tess. Her most notable work for television was as a producer and head writer on WKRP in Cincinnati. She also appeared in and wrote for various television shows and films from the 1970s through the 1990s. She died at home from liver failure on July 3, 2013 at the age of 62.
(1986)
(Scriptwriter)
(1994)
(Scriptwriter)
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Birth name Peter Torokvei
Birth 19 march 1951
Death 3 july 2013 (at 62 years)
Birth 19 march 1951
Death 3 july 2013 (at 62 years)
Torokvei was involved with both The Second City and SCTV. Her notable works in film include the screenplays for Real Genius, Armed and Dangerous, Back to School and Guarding Tess. Her most notable work for television was as a producer and head writer on WKRP in Cincinnati. She also appeared in and wrote for various television shows and films from the 1970s through the 1990s. She died at home from liver failure on July 3, 2013 at the age of 62.
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(1986)(Scriptwriter)
(1994)(Scriptwriter)
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Hostage for a Day (1994)
, 1h35Directed by John Candy
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors John Candy, George Wendt, John Vernon, Robin Duke, PJ Torokvei, Don Lake
Roles Ronny
Rating44%
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Guarding Tess (1994)
, 1h36Directed by Hugh Wilson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage, Austin Pendleton, Edward Albert, James Rebhorn, Richard Griffiths
Rating61%
Doug Chesnic is a Secret Service agent who takes great pride in his job, performing his duties with the utmost professionalism. His assignment for the last three years has been a severe test of his patience. Doug is in charge of a team stationed in Ohio to protect Tess Carlisle, the widow of a former U.S. President.
Hostage for a Day (1994)
, 1h35Directed by John Candy
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors John Candy, George Wendt, John Vernon, Robin Duke, PJ Torokvei, Don Lake
Rating44%
Caddyshack II (1988)
, 1h37Directed by Allan Arkush
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Golf films
Actors Jackie Mason, Robert Stack, Randy Quaid, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Jessica Lundy
Rating38%
Kate Hartounian (Jessica Lundy) is the daughter of a wealthy and widowed real estate developer of Armenian and Jewish descent. Eager to improve her lot in life, she makes friends with Miffy Young (Chynna Phillips), a snooty WASP girl, who encourages her and her father to join their country club.
Armed and Dangerous (1986)
, 1h28Directed by Mark Lester, Mark L. Lester
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors John Candy, Eugene Levy, Robert Loggia, Kenneth McMillan, Meg Ryan, Brion James
Rating57%
Officer Frank Dooley (John Candy) of the LAPD is framed for the theft of a television set by two corrupt detectives (who Dooley had actually caught robbing an appliance store). He is dismissed from the force, but escapes criminal punishment at his day in court. The next case in the courtroom features hapless defense attorney Norman Kane (Eugene Levy) attempting to defend a Charles Manson-type white supremacist leader named Lawrence Lupik (Glenn Withrow), who threatens him with death should Kane fail to keep him out of prison. A fearful Kane reveals his ineptitude and the death threat to the judge (Stacy Keach, Sr.), who tells Kane that he will give Lupik "A sentence so long he won't even remember his own name, let alone yours" so long as Kane agrees to find another line of work with a "lot less responsibility".
Back to School (1986)
, 1h36Directed by Alan Metter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Sports films, Teen movie
Actors Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Keith Gordon, Adrienne Barbeau, Robert Downey Jr., Ned Beatty
Rating66%
Thornton Melon's is a rags-to-riches story. The son of an Italian immigrant tailor, he is shown as a boy (Jason Hervey) in his father's shop, bearing a report card with poor grades. His ambition is to go into his father's line of work, but his father reprimands Thornton for his poor schoolwork, and tells him no matter how hardworking, skilled or wealthy one may be, "if a man has got no education, he has got nothing".
Real Genius (1985)
, 1h42Directed by Martha Coolidge
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors Val Kilmer, Gabriel Jarret, Jon Gries, Michelle Meyrink, William Atherton, Ed Lauter
Roles Writer
Rating68%
A group of CIA officers watch a video presentation of a top-secret project called "Crossbow": a space shuttle mounted with a computer-guided laser weapon incinerates a man on the ground with pinpoint accuracy. Researchers on the project have yet to devise a system to generate enough power to operate it. When it becomes clear that this weapon has no wartime applications and is intended solely for illegal assassinations, one agent decries the project as immoral. He is subsequently eliminated.