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Selma Diamond is a Actor Canadienne born on 5 august 1920 at Quebec (Canada)
Selma Diamond (August 6, 1920 – May 13, 1985) was a Canadian-born American comedic actress and radio and television writer, and is known for her high-range, raspy voice and her portrayal of Selma Hacker on the first two seasons of the NBC television comedy series Night Court.
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Nationality Canada
Birth 5 august 1920 at Quebec (Canada)
Death 13 may 1985 (at 64 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 5 august 1920 at Quebec (Canada)
Death 13 may 1985 (at 64 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
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All of Me (1984)
, 1h33Directed by Carl Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant, Madolyn Smith, Richard Libertini, Dana Elcar
Roles Margo
Rating66%
Dissatisfied 38-year-old attorney Roger Cobb (Martin) is dating his boss' daughter and is also an aspiring jazz guitarist. A difficult, eccentric millionairess named Edwina Cutwater (Tomlin) has been bedridden since childhood. Cutwater hires Roger to make some unusual final arrangements to her will.
The Ratings Game (1984)
, 1h42Directed by Danny DeVito
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Huntz Hall, Cisse Cameron, Gerrit Graham, Kevin McCarthy
Roles Francine's Mother
Rating58%
Vic DeSalvo (Danny DeVito) and his brother Goody are successful New Jersey trucking magnates, but Vic has a desire to make it big as a Hollywood producer. He hawks his scripts and ideas from one network executive to another, but he is turned down at each attempt.
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
, 1h41Directed by Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, George Miller, John Landis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion
Actors Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Burgess Meredith, Scatman Crothers, John Larroquette, John Lithgow
Roles Mrs. Weinstein
Rating64%
Une route déserte, au beau milieu de la nuit. Dans une voiture, deux hommes jouent à se faire peur.
Lovesick (1983)
, 1h35Directed by Marshall Brickman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Dudley Moore, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Guinness, Christine Baranski, Wallace Shawn, Ron Silver
Roles Harriet Singer, M.D.
Rating52%
Psychologist Saul Benjamin takes on a patient temporarily as a favor to a colleague friend, Otto Jaffe, who is infatuated with her. After her doctor dies, Chloe Allen comes to see Dr. Benjamin and immediately he is smitten with her, too.
My Favorite Year (1982)
, 1h32Directed by Richard Benjamin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about television
Actors Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna, Bill Macy, Lainie Kazan
Roles Lil
Rating72%
Benjy Stone (Mark Linn-Baker), the narrator, tells of the summer (in his "favorite year" of 1954) he met his idol, swashbuckling actor Allan Swann (Peter O'Toole). In the early days of television, Benjy works as a junior comedy writer for a variety show starring Stan "King" Kaiser (Joseph Bologna). As a special upcoming guest, they get the still famous (though largely washed-up) Swann. However, when he shows up, they realize that he is a roaring drunk. Kaiser is ready to dump him, until Benjy intervenes and promises to keep him sober during the week leading up to the show.
The Other Woman (1982)
Directed by Melville Shavelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Hal Linden, Madolyn Smith, Anne Meara, Warren Berlinger, Joe Regalbuto, Alley Mills
Roles Aunt Jeanette
Rating64%
Bang the Drum Slowly (1978)
, 1h36Directed by John D. Hancock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia, Phil Foster, Barton Heyman, Danny Aiello
Roles Tootsie
Rating67%
Henry Wiggen is a star pitcher for the New York Mammoths, a fictitious Major League Baseball team. He is a valuable player to his manager Dutch but is in a dispute with the team's ownership, holding out for a new contract and more money. Henry also has a sideline as an insurance salesman working for the Arcturus Corporation, with ballplayers as his clients.
, 2h34Directed by Stanley Kramer, Carey Loftin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Dorothy Provine, Moe Howard
Roles Ginger Culpepper (voice)
Rating74%
"Smiler" Grogan (Jimmy Durante), wanted by police in a tuna factory robbery fifteen years ago and on the run from the police, careens his 1957 Ford Victoria off twisting, mountainous State Highway 74 near Palm Springs in Southern California and crashes. Five motorists stop to help him - Melville Crump (Sid Caesar), a dentist, Lennie Pike (Jonathan Winters), a furniture mover, Dingy Bell (Mickey Rooney) and Benjy Benjamin (Buddy Hackett), two friends on their way to Las Vegas, and J. Russell Finch (Milton Berle), who owns Pacific Edible Seaweed Company in Fresno. Just before he dies, Grogan tells the five about $350,000 buried in Santa Rosita State Park near the Mexican border under a mysterious "big W".