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Tisha Sterling is a Actor American born on 10 december 1944 at Los Angeles (USA)

Tisha Sterling

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Birth name Patricia Ann Sterling
Nationality USA
Birth 10 december 1944 (79 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Patricia Ann "Tisha" Sterling (born December 10, 1944) is an American television and film actress. She is the daughter of actor Robert Sterling and actress and singer Ann Sothern. Her first film role was Jean, one of the ensemble cast of rebellious teens portrayed in the cult classic Village of the Giants (1965).

Biography

Fille des acteurs Robert Sterling (1917-2006) et Ann Sothern (1909-2001), Tisha Sterling contribue au cinéma à quatorze films américains, le premier étant Village of the Giants de Bert I. Gordon (1965, avec Tommy Kirk et Johnny Crawford).

Sa mère joue dans deux de ses films suivants, Crazy Mama de Jonathan Demme (1975, avec Cloris Leachman et Stuart Whitman) et Les Baleines du mois d'août de Lindsay Anderson (1987, avec Bette Davis et Lillian Gish). Citons également Un shérif à New York de Don Siegel (1968, avec Clint Eastwood et Lee J. Cobb) et Ordure de flic de Burt Kennedy (1976, avec Stacy Keach et Susan Tyrrell).

Son dernier film est Breakfast of Champions d'Alan Rudolph (1999, avec Bruce Willis et Albert Finney), après lequel elle se retire.

À la télévision, Tisha Sterling apparaît dans trente-huit séries entre 1960 et 1986, dont Batman (deux épisodes, 1966), Columbo (un épisode, 1973) et Drôles de dames (deux épisodes, 1979, 1981).

S'ajoutent huit téléfilms diffusés de 1970 à 1977, dont Betrayal de Gordon Hessler (1974, avec Amanda Blake et Dick Haymes).

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Filmography of Tisha Sterling (14 films)

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Actress

Breakfast of Champions, 1h50
Directed by Alan Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Bruce Willis, Albert Finney, Nick Nolte, Barbara Hershey, Glenne Headly, Lukas Haas
Roles Beatrice Keedsler
Rating45% 2.2553152.2553152.2553152.2553152.255315
The film is a portrait of a fictional town in the Midwest that is home to a group of idiosyncratic and slightly neurotic characters. Dwayne Hoover (Bruce Willis) is a wealthy car dealership owner who is on the brink of suicide and is losing touch with reality.
The Whales of August, 1h30
Directed by Lindsay Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern, Mary Steenburgen, Harry Carey, Jr.
Roles Young Tisha
Rating70% 3.5482053.5482053.5482053.5482053.548205
The Whales of August tells the story of two elderly widowed sisters near the end of their lives, spending a summer in a seaside house in Maine. The surroundings cause them to recall their relationship as young women, and the summers they had enjoyed there in the past. They reflect on the passage of time, and the bitterness, jealousies and misunderstandings that slowly festered over the years and kept them from establishing a true closeness in their relationship.
Burned at the Stake, 1h28
Directed by Bert I. Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about religion
Actors Susan Swift, Albert Salmi, Guy Stockwell, Tisha Sterling
Roles Karen Graham
Rating48% 2.425712.425712.425712.425712.42571
In the Salem of 1692, a group of witches are burned at the stake. Now, in the 1980s, a witch comes back from the dead, possesses one of her descendants, and goes hunting for the occupants of the town to avenge her death.
The Killer Inside Me, 1h39
Directed by Burt Kennedy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrrell, Tisha Sterling, Keenan Wynn, Charles McGraw, Don Stroud
Roles Amy Stanton
Rating58% 2.939352.939352.939352.939352.93935
Usually a law officer is a figure of trust in a small community. Unfortunately for the residents of a small Montana town, Lou Ford is an exception. Behind his easygoing, likeable shell is an intensely violent core resulting from an abusive childhood. In a diner one day Lou sees his dead father and hears voices, the first hint that he may have mental problems. When Lou gets involved with a local prostitute's blackmail schemes, the carefully crafted facade he maintains begins to unravel into a vicious killing spree that leads to a thought-provoking and disturbing conclusion.
Crazy Mama
Crazy Mama (1975)
, 1h23
Directed by Jonathan Demme
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime
Actors Cloris Leachman, Stuart Whitman, Ann Sothern, Linda Purl, Jim Backus, Don Most
Roles Sheba - 1932
Rating55% 2.755032.755032.755032.755032.75503
In 1958, a Long Beach, California beauty parlor run by Melba Stokes (Leachman), her mother Sheba (Ann Sothern) and daughter Cheryl (Linda Purl), is repossessed. They flee when landlord Mr. Albertson comes to demand the back rent.
Betrayal
Betrayal (1974)
, 1h14
Directed by Gordon Hessler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Amanda Blake, Tisha Sterling, Dick Haymes, Britt Leach, Dennis Cross, Rene Bond
Roles Gretchen Addison / Adele Murphy
Rating59% 2.9580452.9580452.9580452.9580452.958045
An elderly widow (Amanda Blake) hires a young woman (Tisha Sterling) as her companion. Little does she suspect that the woman and her boyfriend are criminals, who plan to make her their next victim, killing her and stealing her money.
Snatched
Snatched (1973)

Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Howard Duff, John Saxon, Leslie Nielsen, Sheree North, Barbara Parkins, Robert Reed
Roles Robin Wood
Rating64% 3.228113.228113.228113.228113.22811
The wives of three wealthy men are kidnapped and held for a $3 million ransom. One of the wives, a diabetic, needs medication or she will soon die. One of the husbands refuses to pay his share of the ransom. There is also an unseen mastermind behind the kidnapping.
Night Slaves
Directed by Ted Post
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors James Franciscus, Lee Grant, Andrew Prine, Leslie Nielsen, Scott Gregory Marlowe, Tisha Sterling
Roles Annie Fletcher / Naillil
Rating60% 3.0023553.0023553.0023553.0023553.002355
Clay and Marjorie, an estranged married couple, take a vacation together while Clay recuperates from a serious auto accident. They end up in a sleepy little town which seems to be normal, except at night when the townspeople (and Marjorie) turn into zombies, file into trucks and head out of town. They always return by morning, and no one has any memories of the night before. Only Clay is unaffected due to the presence of a metal plate in his head, and no one believes his story.
Norwood
Norwood (1970)
, 1h36
Directed by Jack Haley Jr.
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Road movies
Actors Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Carol Lynley, Pat Hingle, Tisha Sterling, Dom DeLuise
Roles Marie
Rating53% 2.6664552.6664552.6664552.6664552.666455
Norwood Pratt (Campbell) has just finished his enlistment in the United States Marine Corps and is on his way home from Vietnam. A musician, his one great ambition is to appear on the radio program Louisiana Hayride.
Big Daddy
Big Daddy (1969)
, 1h8
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Horror
Actors Victor Buono, Joan Blondell, Chill Wills, Tisha Sterling, William Benedict, Hank Worden
Rating58% 2.9229652.9229652.9229652.9229652.922965
A man (Reed Sherman) visiting the Florida Everglades falls for an illiterate girl, and competes with the mysterious A. Lincoln Beauregard (Victor Buono) for her affections. He also encounters vicious alligators and a voodoo witch doctor.
Coogan's Bluff, 1h33
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Motocyclette, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark, Don Stroud, Betty Field, Tom Tully
Roles Linny Raven
Rating63% 3.1990453.1990453.1990453.1990453.199045
Arizona deputy sheriff Walt Coogan is sent to New York City to extradite escaped killer James Ringerman. Detective Lieutenant McElroy informs him that Ringerman is recovering from an overdose of LSD, cannot be moved until the doctors release him, and that Coogan needs to get extradition papers from the New York State Supreme Court.
Journey to Shiloh, 1h41
Directed by William Hale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Western
Actors James Caan, Michael Sarrazin, Harrison Ford, Brenda Scott, Albert Popwell, Don Stroud
Roles Airybelle Sumner
Rating56% 2.8026452.8026452.8026452.8026452.802645
Seven young Texans in the Confederate army during the American Civil War, The Concho County Comanches, journey to Shiloh, Tennessee where a major battle is about to take place. Along the way they encounter many perilous adventures.
Village of the Giants, 1h21
Directed by Bert I. Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Films based on science fiction novels, Comedy science fiction films, Films about cats, Musical films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Tommy Kirk, Johnny Crawford, Beau Bridges, Ron Howard, Joy Harmon, Robert Random
Roles Jean
Rating37% 1.8560651.8560651.8560651.8560651.856065
Village of the Giants takes place in fictional Hainesville, California. After crashing their car into a roadblock during a rainstorm, a group of partying, big-city teenagers (Fred, Pete, Rick, Harry, and their girlfriends Merrie, Elsa, Georgette and Jean) first indulge in a vigorous, playful mud-wrestling fight, then hike their way into town. Fred remembers meeting a girl from Hainesville named Nancy, and they decide to look her up.