NationalityUSA Birth 25 february 1941 at Baldwin, Nassau County (USA) Death 23 april 2006 (at 65 years) at New York City (USA)
Susan Brown Browning (February 25, 1941 – April 23, 2006) was an American actress.
Browning was born in Baldwin, New York. She attended Penn State University where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. She was nominated for two Tony Awards: for Best Actress (Musical) in Company in 1971 and for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in Goodtime Charley in 1975. She was also featured on Broadway in the musicals Big River and Shelter, as well as several plays.
Browning played one of the nuns in the 1992 movie Sister Act, as well as its 1993 sequel Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit. Her television work included appearances on Law & Order, One Life to Live, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, The Monkees, The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., and The Wild Wild West.
, 1h47 Directed byBill Duke OriginUSA GenresComedy, Musical theatre, Musical ThemesFilms about education, Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films ActorsWhoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Barnard Hughes, Mary Wickes, James Coburn, Maggie Smith Roles Choir Nun Rating57% Sisters Mary Patrick, (Kathy Najimy), Mary Robert (Wendy Makkena), and Mary Lazarus (Mary Wickes) attend the final performance of Deloris van Cartier (Whoopi Goldberg) at a Las Vegas theater, depicting her escapades at the nuns' convent in the previous film. Afterwards, the Sisters ask Deloris for her assistance once again. Reuniting with Reverend Mother, (Maggie Smith) Deloris learns the nuns now work as teachers at St. Francis Academy in San Francisco, a school Deloris herself had attended, which is facing closure if the administrator Mr. Crisp (James Coburn) convinces the local diocese to agree. Deloris agrees to help teach the music class, once again taking on her persona as Sister Mary Clarence. She meets the monks who also work at the school, including principal Father Maurice (Barnard Hughes), math teacher Father Ignatius (Michael Jeter), grouchy Latin teacher Father Thomas (Brad Sullivan), and the cook Father Wolfgang (Thomas Gottschalk).
, 1h40 Directed byEmile Ardolino OriginUSA GenresComedy, Musical theatre, Musical ThemesFilms about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films ActorsWhoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Isis Carmen Jones, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes Roles Choir Nun Rating65% The film opens in 1968 at St. Anne's Academy, a California Roman Catholic school, where a young girl named Deloris Wilson is scolded by Sister Immaculata (Lois de Banzie) for wisecracking and disobedience. The setting then changes to the present day, where Deloris Van Cartier is a lounge singer in a 1960s-themed act called The Ronelles (a parody of The Ronettes), who sing at The Moonlite Lounge of the Nevada Club in Reno, Nevada, run by her boyfriend, the mobster Vince LaRocca. After Deloris walks in on Vince having his chauffeur Ernie executed for betrayal, Vince orders his two henchmen Joey and Willy to kill her as well. Deloris flees Vince's casino to the local police station where Lieutenant Eddie Souther suggests she testify against Vince if he can be arrested and tried, but for now, she should go into witness protection until the time comes.
, 1h31 Directed byRichard Benjamin OriginUSA GenresComedy, Romance ActorsTom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexandre Godounov, Maureen Stapleton, Joe Mantegna, Philip Bosco Roles Samantha Rating64% Attorney Walter Fielding (Tom Hanks) and his classical musician girlfriend, Anna Crowley (Shelley Long), learn of Walter Sr.'s wedding to a beautiful young woman named Florinda (Tetchie Agbayani) in Rio de Janeiro shortly after fleeing the country for embezzling millions of dollars from their musician clients. The next morning, they are told they need to vacate the apartment they are subletting from Anna's ex-husband, Max Beissart (Alexander Godunov), a self-absorbed conductor who has returned early from Europe.