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The End of August (1981)
Character: Mrs. Merriman
In the turn of the century South, a woman feels unfulfilled by marriage and motherhood and has an affair with a younger man. Later, the woman leaves her family and tries to start a new life alone.
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Flat Feat (1948)
Character: Mary, Police Operator
Sterling, a rookie cop, finds it hard to live up to the reputation his father, who was also a police officer, has.
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The Girl on the Edge of Town (1981)
Character: Mrs. Panich
Patty Duke Astin received an Emmy nomination for her role as a mother whose teenage daughter learns she is pregnant thus bringing back memories of her own teenage years and mistakes.
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The Great Gatsby (1958)
Character: Jordan Baker
Adaptation of the 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald for "Playhouse 90." A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his wealthy neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love.
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Her Life as a Man (1984)
Character: Gloria Rogers
To land a sportswriting job on a national magazine run by a chauvinistic editor, an aspiring female reporter convincingly disguises herself as a man to get the inside story.
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Dead Men Tell No Tales (1971)
Character: Lisa Martin
A photographer is chased by professional killers who have mistaken him for the person they're really after.
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The Great American Beauty Contest (1973)
Character: Kay Earnshaw
The pursuit by America's loveliest girls for a coveted beauty crown is threatened by a scandal which implicates a judge, a former winner, and one of the five finalists.
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When a Girl's Beautiful (1947)
Character: Ellen Trennis
An advertising man has to come with "the perfect woman" for an ad campaign. He puts together a picture of a woman from a composite of several photos, to get an idea of the kind of woman he should look for. His boss sees it, thinks that it is an actual woman, and orders him to find her and use her in the campaign.
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Rose of Santa Rosa (1947)
Character: Dolores de Garfias
Angry because his father, Don Manuel Ortega, had arranged a marriage with a girl he has never met, Dolores de Garfias, Ramon Ortega, despite the threat of being disinherited, becomes an entertainer at a local night club. His father uses his influence and has the club closed. Ramon goes to Santa Rosa and helps a beautiful senorita, Rose, open her new night club and falls in love with her. When his father arrives, Ramon learns that "his" Rose is the Dolores his father wanted him to marry in the first place.
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A Cry for Love (1980)
Character: Jennifer Harris
Divorcee Susan Blakely, with no alimony and two kids to support, begins turning to amphetamines. While at her lowest ebb, she meets an alcoholic and three-time loser in marriage -- who, incredibly, turns out to be the ideal man!
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Police Headquarters (1974)
Character: Anne Chapin
A police lieutenant’s routine Sunday afternoon is interrupted by the deaths of a hoodlum and a socialite.
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Crowhaven Farm (1970)
Character: Felicia
A couple, Maggie and Ben Porter, inherit an old farmhouse and move in, hoping to reinvigorate their marriage. When they learn the home was occupied long ago by a woman who was executed for practicing witchcraft, Maggie begins to have nightmares about her.
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Singin' Spurs (1948)
Character: Joan Dennis (as Patricia White)
In order to help neighboring Indians irrigate their farms, the Hotshots plan to put on a fair for tourists. But first they need $2000 for an advertising campaign, and the only way they can get it is to borrow it from a wealthy local woman, who has made it clear that she won't give them the money until Hezzie marries her.
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Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949)
Character: Helen Carter
While trailing Forest Ranger Charles Carter, who is suspected of permitting lumber man Henry Mitchell to cut restricted timber, Gene fires at a dangerous mountain lion and apparently kills Carter. Actually, Bill Wright, Mitchell's associate, killed Carter because the ranger had discovered tussock moth infestation in the forest, and if the infestation was not reported, the trees would die and have to be cut, thereby profiting Mitchell and Wright. In order to compensate the best he can, Gene sells his sportsman's camp and gives the money to Carter's daughter Helen . En route to Texas, Gene discovers the infestation and is assigned by the Forest Department to supervise the program of spraying the area with DDT from the air. After the first day of spraying, the DDT is blamed by furious stock men for the many animals found dead of poisoning.
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Kitten with a Whip (1964)
Character: Vera
Straitlaced senatorial hopeful David Stratton has no idea what he's in for when he arrives home from a trip to find sexy teen Jody curled up asleep in his daughter's bed. Soon, delinquent Jody is holding David -- and his plush suburban home -- hostage while she hides out from the cops and throws wild parties with her beatnik pals. David, terrified of scandal, agrees to drive Jody and her friends to Mexico, a decision he regrets when the ride gets out of control.
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Variety Girl (1947)
Character: Variety Girl (uncredited)
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.
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Humoresque (1947)
Character: Fritzie - Bauer's Secretary (uncredited)
A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.
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Sammy, the Way-Out Seal (1962)
Character: Helen Loomis
Two young brothers secretly bring home a seal from their summer vacation and try to hide it from Mom and Dad. Havoc ensues as Sammy's antics disrupt the quiet town of Gatesville and its unsuspecting residents.
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For Keeps (1988)
Character: Adoption Official
Young high school couple Darcy Elliot and Stan Bobrucz are one year from graduation, with promising futures ahead of them. But their paths take a drastic turn when Darcy becomes pregnant. Unwilling to go through an abortion or an adoption — despite their parents' pleas — Darcy and Stan decide to sacrifice their college experiences and degrees in order to keep and raise the baby. After a quick marriage, the two realize it won't be as easy as they thought.
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Bogie (1980)
Character: Zelda O'Moore
The Humphrey Bogart story from the early '30s until his death, covering the period as a struggling young actor through movie stardom and his marriages to Mayo Methot and Lauren Bacall.
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Sea of Love (1989)
Character: Older Woman
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.
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Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Character: Mother
An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."
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The Man I Love (1946)
Character: Chorine (uncredited)
Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, and the neighbor's wife are involved in various ways with shady nightclub owner Nicky Toresca. Petey has what it takes to handle Nicky, but then she meets San Thomas, a formerly great jazz pianist now on the skids, and falls hard for him.
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First, You Cry (1978)
Character: Anne
The story of television news correspondent Betty Rollin and her battle with breast cancer, and how her subsequent mastectomy changed her marriage, her philosophy and her entire life.
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The Undercover Man (1949)
Character: Muriel Gordon
Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal to seek information, but is frustrated when all he finds are terrified witnesses and corrupt police officers.
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Safe at Home! (1962)
Character: Johanna Price
A young boy brags to his friends that he knows baseball Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, and must learn his lesson when he travels to the Yankees' spring training camp to prove his non-existent friendship.
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Invasion of Privacy (1992)
Character: Drama Coach
When a mentally imbalanced prisoner gets out on parole, he tracks down the journalist who interviewed him while he was behind bars and persuades her to hire him as an assistant. But when she denies his advances, he aims for her adolescent daughter. The girl thinks she can stave off his disturbing desires -- at least for a while. But her naïveté is no match for his perversity.
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Deception (1946)
Character: Music Student (uncredited)
After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.
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She Woke Up (1992)
Character: Marcie Belcamp
A socialite comes out of a coma determined to identify her assailant who may be a family member with a motive to strike again.
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Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948)
Character: Joan Howell (as Patricia White)
Blackie is the natural suspect when an expensive pearl necklace is stolen while he is supposed to be guarding it.
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The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948)
Character: Deborah Allen
The story of an ex-sea captain who uses devious means to make his salvage company a success. Based on Longfellow's famous poem.
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The Tattooed Stranger (1950)
Character: Mary Mahan
Detectives investigate the Central Park murder of a young woman with a Marine Corps tattoo.
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Slightly French (1949)
Character: Hilda (uncredited)
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery.
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Dear Heart (1965)
Character: Mitchell
A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' convention.
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Send Me No Flowers (1964)
Character: Linda Bullard
When a hypochondriac assumes that he is dying, he makes an elaborate plan to ensure his wife's happiness. However, trouble ensues when she misunderstands his intentions.
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The Beast with Five Fingers (1947)
Character: Clara the Maid
Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where murder has taken place. The alleged killer: the pianist's severed hand.
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Manhattan Angel (1949)
Character: Maggie Graham
Gloria Cole and Eddie Swenson are working to keep an old fire house, now being used as a youth center, from being razed to make room for a new skyscraper in Manhattan.
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The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971)
Character: Dr. Sadler
A stockbroker is stuck in a dreary job and a marriage that's become a dull routine. To cope with the boredom and frustration, he resorts to voyeurism and extramarital love affairs.
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Cry Wolf (1947)
Character: Angela the Maid
A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband's family.
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The Jerk, Too (1984)
Character: Mrs. Van Buren
Navin Johnson heads to Los Angeles to attend the wedding of his pen pal, Marie. On the way, he runs across a gang of hobos whose leader, Diesel, takes him to Las Vegas after learning of his skills at poker.
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