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Valerie Curtin is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 31 march 1945 at New York City (USA)

Valerie Curtin

Valerie Curtin
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Nationality USA
Birth 31 march 1945 (78 years) at New York City (USA)

Valerie Curtin (born March 31, 1945) is an American actress and screenwriter.

Biography

Curtin was born in New York City, the daughter of radio actor Joseph Curtin. She is a cousin of TV comedian/actress Jane Curtin (Saturday Night Live, Kate & Allie, 3rd Rock from the Sun). She was married to writer and director Barry Levinson from 1975–1982.


Career
Curtin began her writing career in the 1970s working on episodes of the popular television sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Curtin and her then-husband Barry Levinson were nominated for an Academy Award (in the category of Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) for ...And Justice for All (1979) starring Al Pacino. They also co-wrote the semi-autobiographical Best Friends (1982), which starred Burt Reynolds and Goldie Hawn.

Curtin's acting career has run concurrently with her writing career. During the 1970s, she made various guest appearances on television playing in shows such as Happy Days, Welcome Back, Kotter, Rhoda, The Rockford Files and Barney Miller. In 1976, ABC shot the pilot episode for Three's Company, in which Curtin appeared alongside John Ritter and Susanne Zenor. Curtin played a character named Jenny, who eventually became Janet Wood, played by Joyce DeWitt.

Her movie appearances include Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (her first movie appearance, 1974), All the President's Men and Silent Movie (both 1976), as well as Maxie (1985) and John Cassavetes' final film, the 1986 comedy Big Trouble, plus a small, uncredited role in Best Friends.

In 1982, Curtin was given the role of Judy Bernly in the television sitcom 9 to 5 based on the 1980 movie of the same name. Her TV role was portrayed by Jane Fonda in the film version. Curtin was dropped from the show after two seasons, when James Komack came on as the new executive producer, replacing the team led by Jane Fonda. However, Curtin would return for a syndicated version of 9 to 5 (1986–1988), reprising her earlier role; the new version was successful. In the 1980s and 1990s, her writing credits included such mainstream films as Inside Moves (1980), the 1984 remake of Unfaithfully Yours, and Toys (1992).

Curtin has continued to guest star in shows such as Frasier, Party of Five, Becker, The District, Just Shoot Me and ER.

Best films

Best Friends (1982)
(Writer)
Inside Moves (1980)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Valerie Curtin (18 films)

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Actress

Big Trouble, 1h33
Directed by John Cassavetes, Andrew Bergman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo, Charles Durning, Robert Stack, Paul Dooley
Roles Arlene Hoffman
Rating51% 2.5589152.5589152.5589152.5589152.558915
Leonard Hoffman is a Los Angeles insurance agent with a problem on his hands. He has teenage triplets who are all gifted musicians, but wife Arlene insists that the kids attend college at Yale, requiring more than $40,000 in tuition, rather than less expensive schools like nearby UCLA.
Down and Out in Beverly Hills, 1h43
Directed by Paul Mazursky
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about sexuality, La précarité, Films based on plays
Actors Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss, Elizabeth Peña, Tracy Nelson, Carlton Cuse
Roles Pearl Waxman
Rating61% 3.0981153.0981153.0981153.0981153.098115
David "Dave" Whiteman (Dreyfuss) and his wife, Barbara (Midler), are a couple whose 20-year marriage is unfulfilling. Dave is having an affair with the live-in maid (Elizabeth Peña), while Barbara tries to relieve her constant feelings of anxiety by experimenting with various New Age therapies.
Maxie
Maxie (1985)
, 1h38
Directed by Paul Aaron
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Time travel films, Ghost films
Actors Glenn Close, Mandy Patinkin, Ruth Gordon, Michael Ensign, Barnard Hughes, Valerie Curtin
Roles Miss Sheffer
Rating54% 2.7047052.7047052.7047052.7047052.704705
When husband Nick and his wife Jan, somewhat staid and socially stifled, move into an old house in San Francisco, they uncover a message under layers of wallpaper left by a previous tenant. ("Maxie Malone lived here! Read it and weep!").
Best Friends, 1h56
Directed by Norman Jewison
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Burt Reynolds, Goldie Hawn, Jessica Tandy, Barnard Hughes, Ron Silver, Audra Lindley
Roles Paula's Friend in Playpen (uncredited)
Rating54% 2.749582.749582.749582.749582.74958
Richard Babson and Paula McCullen are a couple of Hollywood screenwriters who have lived and worked together for a number of years. Richard would like to get married, but Paula does not feel the need.
Why Would I Lie?
Directed by Larry Peerce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Treat Williams, Lisa Eichhorn, Gabriel Macht, Valerie Curtin, Jocelyn Brando, Nicolas Coster
Roles Mrs. Bok
Rating59% 2.9530052.9530052.9530052.9530052.953005
Cletus, a compulsive liar, is employed as a social worker. He tries to find a home for a young boy named Jorge and, in so doing, falls in love with Jorge's social worker.
A Christmas Without Snow, 1h35
Directed by John Korty
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Christmas films, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Michael Learned, John Houseman, Ramon Bieri, James Cromwell, Valerie Curtin, Ruth Nelson
Roles Muriel
Rating57% 2.8577252.8577252.8577252.8577252.857725
A divorcee, Zoe Jensen (Michael Learned), moves to San Francisco from Omaha in an effort to rebuild her life. She has reluctantly left her young son back home with his grandmother until she is more financially secure. She joins a local church choir which has just gained a new, demanding choirmaster-- retired music conductor Ephraim Adams (John Houseman). Adams challenges the choir to dramatically improve, creating discomfort for some of the members, particularly when he sets the high goal of performing Handel's Messiah for a Christmas concert. Meanwhile, the choir overcome personal setbacks as they all deal with personal issues.
A Different Story, 1h48
Directed by Paul Aaron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Meg Foster, Perry King, Valerie Curtin, Peter Donat, Richard Bull, Burke Byrnes
Roles Phyllis
Rating55% 2.758162.758162.758162.758162.75816
Albert (Perry King) is the chauffeur and lover for a wealthy pianist, Sills (Peter Donat). When Sills finds another chauffeur/lover, Albert is forced onto the streets of Los Angeles. Stella (Meg Foster) is a real estate agent who knows Sills and Albert as repeated rental clients. She finds Albert squatting in one of her properties and she offers Albert to spend the night at her house on the couch. The next day, she goes to work, expecting Albert to move out, but instead Albert cleans her cluttered house and cooks a fantastic dinner. Without verbally acknowledging it, they agree that Albert can stay longer and perform domestic duties while Stella continues working. Albert also gets a part-time job as a valet.
Rabbit Test, 1h24
Directed by Joan Rivers
Genres Comedy
Actors Billy Crystal, Roddy McDowall, Joan Prather, Alex Rocco, Doris Roberts, Michael Keaton
Roles Pashima
Rating31% 1.587121.587121.587121.587121.58712
Lionel Carpenter is a night-school teacher who has bad luck with women. He remains a virgin until his brash cousin Danny (Alex Rocco) sets him up with a one-night stand. Soon after, Lionel starts feeling nauseated and vomits, eventually doing so onto Segoynia Savaka (Joan Prather), one of his immigrant students. This turns out to be a blessing in disguise, as it gives him an excuse to ask her out on a date, and a romance develops.
The Great Smokey Roadblock, 1h44
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Henry Fonda, Eileen Brennan, John Byner, Lyman Ward, Austin Pendleton, Dub Taylor
Roles Mary Agnes
Rating50% 2.517632.517632.517632.517632.51763
While in the hospital, 60-year-old truck driver Elegant John (Henry Fonda) gets his rig repossessed by the finance company. Deciding that it's time to make one last perfect cross-country run, he escapes from the hospital and steals back his truck. Doing a favor for an old friend, madam Penelope (Eileen Brennan), he picks up six prostitutes (Daina House, Susan Sarandon, Melanie Mayron, Leigh French, Mews Small and Valerie Curtin) to bring them across the border. He heads off into the night with the police on his tail, and becomes a folk hero.
Silent Movie, 1h26
Directed by Mel Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about films
Actors Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Bernadette Peters, Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks, Harold Gould
Roles Intensive Care Nurse
Rating66% 3.3482453.3482453.3482453.3482453.348245
The film is set in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Mel Funn (Mel Brooks), a great film director, is now recovering from a drinking problem and down on his luck. He sets out to Big Picture Studios to pitch a new script to the Chief, aided by his ever-present sidekicks Dom Bell (Dom DeLuise) and Marty Eggs (Marty Feldman). His big idea: the first silent motion picture in forty years. At first the Chief (Sid Caesar), who is in danger of losing the studio to the (literally) rabid and greedy New York conglomerate Engulf & Devour (Harold Gould and Ron Carey), rejects the idea, but Funn convinces him that if he can get Hollywood's biggest stars to be in the film, he could save the studio.
All the President's Men, 2h18
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Politique, Political films
Actors Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Jack Warden, Hal Holbrook, Jane Alexander
Roles Miss Milland
Rating78% 3.9485253.9485253.9485253.9485253.948525
In June 1972, a security guard (Frank Wills, playing himself) at the Watergate complex finds a door kept unlocked with tape. He calls the police, who find and arrest five burglars in the Democratic National Committee headquarters within the complex. The next morning, The Washington Post assigns new reporter Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) to the local courthouse to cover the story, which is thought to be of minor importance.
Mother, Jugs & Speed, 1h35
Directed by Peter Yates
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch, Harvey Keitel, Allen Garfield, L. Q. Jones, Bruce Davison
Roles Naomi Fishbine
Rating58% 2.9488652.9488652.9488652.9488652.948865
The F+B Ambulance Company is locked in an intense battle with the Unity Ambulance Company to win a city contract for providing ambulance service to a territory within Los Angeles. Their star driver is "Mother" Tucker (Bill Cosby), a talented antihero who drinks alcohol on duty, harasses nuns, and behaves brazenly towards practically everybody he meets, including his partner Leroy (Bruce Davison). Indeed, the entire company is a band of misfits, including the hypersexual John Murdoch (Larry Hagman), his partner Walker (Michael McManus), putative medical student Bliss (Allan Warnick), and brash Texan "Rodeo" Moxey (Dick Butkus). Handling calls at the switchboard is Jennifer (Raquel Welch), whom the drivers nickname "Jugs" for her ample bosom. Harry "Doughnut" Fishbine (Allen Garfield) runs the company, using occasionally underhanded means (such as kickbacks) to maintain an income stream.
Silver Streak, 1h54
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan, Richard Pryor, Ned Beatty, Richard Kiel
Roles Plain Jane
Rating68% 3.448423.448423.448423.448423.44842
Book editor George Caldwell (Wilder) travels from Los Angeles to Chicago for his sister's wedding aboard a train called the Silver Streak. On board, George meets a vitamin salesman named Bob Sweet (Beatty) and a woman named Hilly Burns (Clayburgh). Hilly works for Professor Schreiner, a well-known art historian who is on a publicity tour for his new book about Rembrandt.
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, 1h52
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Transport films, Political films, Road movies
Actors Ellen Burstyn, Alfred Lutter, Kris Kristofferson, Billy "Green" Bush, Diane Ladd, Lelia Goldoni
Roles Vera
Rating72% 3.647283.647283.647283.647283.64728
When Socorro, New Mexico, housewife Alice Hyatt's uncaring husband Donald is killed in an accident, she decides to have a garage sale, pack what's left of her meager belongings and take her precocious son Tommy to her childhood hometown of Monterey, California, where she hopes to pursue the singing career she'd abandoned when she married.

Scriptwriter

Toys
Toys (1992)
, 1h58
Directed by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Jeu, Films about toys, Children's films, Robot films
Actors Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright, LL Cool J, Donald O'Connor
Rating51% 2.5513452.5513452.5513452.5513452.551345
Kenneth Zevo (Donald O'Connor), the owner of the Zevo Toy factory in Moscow, Idaho, is dying. He tells his assistant Owen Owens (Arthur Malet) of his desire for the factory to be given to his brother, Lt. Gen. Leland Zevo (Michael Gambon) instead of his son Leslie Zevo (Robin Williams). Even Leland Zevo is unsure of this, pointing out how Leslie has been apprenticed at the toy factory most of his life. Kenneth agrees Leslie loves toys and his work, but his childlike demeanor would not help him to be a successful business leader. Kenneth had even gone to lengths to hire Gwen Tyler (Robin Wright) as a factory worker, believing Leslie would become attracted to her and she would help him to mature.