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Sweet Adeline (1926)
Character: N/A
A shy and sensitive young man is disregarded by his parents and his older brother. Bill becomes jealous and schemes to send his brother away when Ben wins the affections of pretty neighbor Adeline. Ben wins out when the trip on which Bill has sent him becomes a great success.
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Meet the Wife (1931)
Character: Alice
Gertrude Lennox, a dominating woman who controls every aspect of her household, is preparing a reception for famous novelist Philip Lord, who is to arrive shortly from England. Gertrude is also laying plans to marry Doris Bellamy, her ward and the sister of her first husband, to Victor Staunton.
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Blood and Thunder (1931)
Character: The Baby's Mother (uncredited)
Mickey overhears the gang rehearsing a play and thinks it's real.
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Dragstrip Riot (1958)
Character: Cafe Manager
An adolescent arrives in a new town where he tries to join the drag-racing crowd.
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Notorious (1946)
Character: Woman at Party (uncredited)
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.
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Three for the Show (1955)
Character: Mother (uncredited)
This musical reworking of Too Many Husbands (1940), features Grable as a top singer and dancer who's been widowed by WW II. She marries her late husband's songwriting partner, Gower Champion, but the new marriage is thrown for a loop when Lemmon, her first husband, turns up very much alive and eager to see Grable.
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The Man from Yesterday (1932)
Character: Nurse
A woman whose husband never came home from World War I finds herself in love with her doctor. She travels with him to Switzerland, and as they check into the hotel there, she is astounded to see her supposedly dead husband.
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Father of the Bride (1950)
Character: Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.
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Too Young to Marry (1931)
Character: Mabel
In this comedy drama set in a small town, a milque-toast gets a backbone and stands up to his overbearing wife. Only one of his daughters is on his side. The family is amazed and shocked by his sudden change. At first they rebel, but when he defies his wife and allows his good daughter to marry the grocery boy she loves, they finally come to respect him.
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The Stranger's Return (1933)
Character: Thelma
A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer.
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Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943)
Character: Mrs. Pettibone
Dennis mistakenly believes Carmelita is going to have a baby. Little does he know that the blessed event is her cat's new kittens.
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The Miracle Woman (1931)
Character: Violet (uncredited)
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind former aviator restore her faith and happiness?
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Ask Any Girl (1959)
Character: Mrs. Rumple (uncredited)
Meg is a young wide-eyed girl who is endures many calamities in her search for a husband in modern-day New York. After losing her suitcase at Penn Station, being kicked out by her roommate, and changing bosses because her boss made a pass at her, she finds herself looking for work at a Manhattan motivational research agency run by punctilious Miles Doughton and his playboy brother, Evan.
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The Dude Wrangler (1930)
Character: Dude Guest
In order to prove his manliness to the girl he loves, a young urban dandy takes a job at a dude ranch. Predictable misadventure ensues in this poorly-made early talkie.
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Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Character: Glee Club Member (uncredited)
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.
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The Country Doctor (1936)
Character: Mrs. Wyatt
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.
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Murder at Midnight (1931)
Character: Ella
Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun was loaded with real bullets. Luckily, criminologist Phillip Montrose is on hand to help the police. When Kennedy quickly ends up dead as well, the police think it's a tidy murder-suicide, but the family lawyer knows of a letter that voiced Kennedy's suspicions about someone who was out to get him. Soon, the cops are on the trail of a ruthless and clever killer who is one step ahead of even Montrose.
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The Women (1939)
Character: Miss Hicks (uncredited)
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
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Midnight Intruder (1938)
Character: Annie - the Maid (uncredited)
A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.
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Adventure (1945)
Character: Matron (uncredited)
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
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