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The Clown and the Kid (1961)
Character: Mother Superior
The Clown and the Kid is a 1961 film. When Moko the Clown (Don Keefer) passes away, his newly orphaned son Shawn (Michael McGreevey) takes up with mysterious wanderer Peter (John Lupton), and the two strangers become close friends and partners until a closely guarded secret rips them apart.
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Rope Unleashed (2001)
Character: Self (archive footage)
A short documentary about the filming of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope'. Interviews with screenwriter Arthur Laurents delve into the troubles of secretly making a movie about gay murderers in the 1940s.
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
Character: Hannah
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however.
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The Split (1968)
Character: Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
A group of thieves attempt a daring robbery of a football stadium.
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The Strange Woman (1946)
Character: Mrs. Coggins (uncredited)
In early 19th century New England, an unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to seduce, deceive and control the men around her.
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Reunion in France (1942)
Character: Genevieve
Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.
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About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
Character: Mrs. Fine
A lonely, unhappy owner of a Beverly Hills boarding house reflects on her lonely, unhappy life and the lonely, unhappy man she once loved.
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Rope (1948)
Character: Mrs. Wilson
Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.
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Drango (1957)
Character: Mrs. Blackford
A few months after the end of the civil war, Major Drango is sent as military governor in a southern small town, whose citizens he must face the obstility.
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You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Character: Mrs. Racknell
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. She then persuades him to take her to California.
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The Young Stranger (1957)
Character: Lottie (uncredited)
The lack of communication between a wealthy film producer and his troubled teenage son after the boy is involved in an altercation at a movie theater leads to even more trouble.
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Citizen Kane (1941)
Character: Leland's Nurse (uncredited)
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
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The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
Character: Josie (uncredited)
Broadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White and the wealthy but unstable Harry Thaw. Nesbit marries Thaw, but White’s continued pursuit puts him in the path of Thaw’s volatile temper. A fictionalized account of true events that occurred at the turn of the 20th century.
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The Big Heat (1953)
Character: Selma Parker
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.
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The Jade Mask (1945)
Character: Louise Harper
The latest assignment for respected detective Charlie Chan has come directly from the government and involves the disappearance of a scientist named Harper, who was working on an extremely important serum. When the scientist is killed, Chan must sort through all very likely suspects, including the man's sister and his butler.
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The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947)
Character: Rose's Assistant
Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside.
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Penelope (1966)
Character: Newsstand Proprietor (uncredited)
When Penelope gets married to banker James Elcott, she finds him too preoccupied with work to pay much attention to her, so she robs his bank in disguise. After she confesses to her psychiatrist, Greg Mannix, he offers to return the money for her, as he is secretly in love with her. However, he abandons the money when the police approach. Penelope becomes determined to admit to the crime, but neither James nor the police believe her story.
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Forever Amber (1947)
Character: Sarah
Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavaliers ride into town, she sneaks away with them to London to achieve her dreams.
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Désirée (1954)
Character: Queen Hedwig
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne.
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Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
Character: Hilda
Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who are without parents and decides to do something about it. She opens a home for foundlings and orphans and begins to place children in good homes, despite the opposition of "conservative" citizens, who would condemn illegitimate children for being born out of wedlock. Eventually Edna leads a fight in the Texas legislature to remove the stigma of illegitimacy from birth records in that state, while continuing to be an advocate for homeless children.
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Singapore (1947)
Character: Mrs. Barnes
After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.
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Anatomy of an Accident (1961)
Character: Carrie Tibbles
A Jerry Fairbanks and Bell System production, “Anatomy of an Accident” is a 1961 driver's education film in technicolor focusing on defensive driving told through a scripted story centered around a family outing that came to a tragic end.
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Marnie (1964)
Character: Rita
Marnie is a beautiful but emotionally withdrawn thief, stealing from employers before disappearing under new identities. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, discovers her secret, his fascination turns to obsession, and he blackmails her into marriage, convinced he can cure her. But as he probes deeper into Marnie’s fractured mind, long-buried fears and compulsions begin to surface.
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Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960)
Character: Aunt Olive
Angered at stern Uncle Daniel, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, the frisky chimpanzee. However, the circus isn't all fun and games when the evil candy vendor, Harry Tupper, convinces Toby that his Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel don't love him or want him back. Toby resigns himself to circus life, but when he finally realizes that Tupper lied to him, and that his aunt and uncle truly love him, Toby happily returns home once again.
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Woman of the Year (1942)
Character: Alma
Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.
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The Silver Star (1955)
Character: Belle Dowdy
A third generation deputy sheriff doubts whether or not he has the guts for the job that killed both his father and grandfather. His doubts are re-enforced when three vicious gunmen arrive in town. From the original 35mm widescreen negative.
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Mysterious Intruder (1946)
Character: Mrs. Ward (Uncredited)
A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.
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Rawhide (1951)
Character: Mrs. Hickman (uncredited)
At a desolate relay station in the west, a stagecoach attendant and a stranded woman traveller are held captive by a band of escaped convicts.
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The Soul of a Monster (1944)
Character: Mrs. Jameson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
A man recovers on his death bed after his wife makes a mysterious pact with a strange woman. But is he really alive?
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Fun on a Weekend (1947)
Character: Mr. Cowperwaithe's Secretary (Uncredited)
Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth simply by creating an aura of success, the outgoing Nancy convinces Peter to join her in impersonating a confident and eccentric wealthy couple. The experiment works, and the couple secure a stunning wardrobe and a lavish room at a resort. Peter panics, however, when he gets a fantastic job offer.
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Shane (1953)
Character: Mrs. Shipstead
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
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The Moon Is Down (1943)
Character: Ludwig's Wife (uncredited)
The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.
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Madame Bovary (1949)
Character: Mother Superior (uncredited)
A frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction when she grows tired of her limited social status.
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The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
Character: Mrs. Castleman
Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
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Caged (1950)
Character: Miss Barker (uncredited)
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.
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Orchestra Wives (1942)
Character: Hilda
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the band's tour and learns about life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the other band wives.
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The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
Character: Mrs. Martin
Having been a spy for Quantrill's raiders during the Civil War, Jeff Travis thinking himself a wanted man, flees to Prescott Arizona where he runs into Jules Mourret who knows of his past. He takes a job on the stage line that Mourret is trying to steal gold from. When Mourret's men kill a friend of his he sets out to get Mourret and his men. When his plan to have another gang get Mourret fails, he has to go after them himself.
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Girl Trouble (1942)
Character: June's Maid
A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
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The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951)
Character: Mrs. Barrett
Gil Kyle finds himself caught up in the politics and unrest of the American Civil War and soon gets himself framed for a murder. His only alibi is Candace Bronson, who is aiding the Confederate cause and has left the territory to deliver a vital message about a Yankee gold shipment. So he sets off in pursuit, running into desperados, government agents, and guerrilla fighters, who are more interested in profit than ideals. Written by Alfred Jingle
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Perfect Strangers (1950)
Character: Mary Travers
Romance at a murder trial with a pair of sequestered jurors who are the only ones who think that the woman in the dock is innocent. Separated from their normal lives, jurors Terry Scott and David Campbell start to fall in love.
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Twice-Told Tales (1963)
Character: Lisabetta, the landlady
3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Heidegger attempts to restore the youth of three elderly friends. In "Rappaccini's Daughter", a demented father is innoculating his daughter with poison so she may never leave her garden of poisonous plants. In the final story "The House of the Seven Gables", The Pyncheon family suffers from a hundred year old curse and while in the midst of arguing over inheritance, a stranger arrives.
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Elephant Stampede (1951)
Character: Miss Banks
Bomba the jungle boy swings into action when an elephant herd is threatened by ivory hunters.
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The Leather Saint (1956)
Character: Stella
Episcopalian minister Gil Allen keeps up his college days interest in boxing by working out at a gym run by his friend, Tom Kelley but declines offers to fight in an actual staged bout, until he realizes he could use the prize money to purchase equipment for local polio victims. Keeping his real identity secret and hoping to step away after one big payday, Gil signs a contract to fight for greedy promoter Gus MacAuliffe.
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I Remember Mama (1948)
Character: Aunt Sigrid
Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the family every evening. Through financial crises, illnesses and the small triumphs of everyday life, Marta maintains her optimism and sense of humor, traits she passes on to her aspiring-author daughter, Katrin.
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Ace in the Hole (1951)
Character: Miss Deverich (uncredited)
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
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The Quiet Gun (1957)
Character: Mrs. Merrick
A mild mannered sheriff must fight both a hired gun and local anti-Indian bigotry in a small frontier town.
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Union Station (1950)
Character: Mrs. Willecombe (uncredited)
Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.
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