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Arlene Golonka is a Actor American born on 23 january 1936 at Chicago (USA)

Arlene Golonka

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Birth name Arline Golonka
Nationality USA
Birth 23 january 1936 at Chicago (USA)
Death 31 may 2021 (at 85 years)

Arlene Golonka (born January 23, 1936) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Millie Swanson on the television comedies The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D., and often portrayed bubbly, eccentric blondes in supporting character roles on stage, film, and television.

Biography

Arlene Golonka est née en 1936 à Chicago. Elle commence sa carrière à l'adolescence pour entrer au Summer stock theatre . Après ses études au Goodman Theatre elle s'installe à New York où elle perfectionne son métier avec Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner et Uta Hagen.

C'est le 17 novembre 1958 qu'elle joue son premier rôle important aux côtés de Ben Gazzara dans la pièce The Night Circus au Shubert Theater à New Haven. Le 2 décembre de la même année la pièce est transférée à Broadway pour disparaître de l'affiche après sept représentations. Malgré le manque de succès Arlene continue à jouer dans les pièces suivantes: Take Me Along avec Jackie Gleason, Walter Pidgeon et Robert Morse, Come Blow Your Horn (la première pièce de Neil Simon) et Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou avec Kirk Douglas. Dans les années 1965 - 1966 elle apparaît dans des films tournés à New-York. En 1967 elle déménage à Los Angeles pour tenter sa chance à la télévision. Elle fait des nombreuses apparitions dans les séries américaines des années 1960, 1970 et 1980. Elle joue des seconds rôles dans une trentaine des films parmi lesquels on trouve: Les Plaisirs de Pénélope, Pendez-les haut et court, Les Naufragés du 747 et beaucoup d'autres. Elle offre également sa voix
dans les dessins animés Speed Buggy, Yogi, Des Souris à la Maison-Blanche, Yogi et compagnie et Fantomatiquement vôtre, signé Scoubidou.

Arlene Golonka est membre à vie de l'association Actors Studio.

Usually with

Edith Head
Edith Head
(4 films)
Helen Lesnick
Helen Lesnick
(2 films)
Dyan Cannon
Dyan Cannon
(1 films)
Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Arlene Golonka (18 films)

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Actress

A Family Affair, 1h47
Directed by Helen Lesnick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Erica Shaffer, Helen Lesnick, Arlene Golonka, Suzanne Westenhoefer, Michele Greene, Barbara Stuart
Roles Leah Rosen
Rating51% 2.569822.569822.569822.569822.56982
Rachel Rosen (Helen Lesnick) moves back to California after breaking up with her girlfriend Reggie Abravanel (Michele Greene) who she had been with for the past 13 years. After a string of unsuccessful new relationships Rachel agrees to let her mother Leah Rosen (Arlene Golonka) set her up on a blind date with Christine Peterson (Erica Shaffer). Their relationship is a success and a year later they decide to get married. Then a few days before the wedding Reggie comes to California to find Rachel, hoping to get back together...
A Family Affair, 1h22
Directed by Helen Lesnick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Tanna Frederick, Helen Lesnick, Erica Shaffer, Arlene Golonka, Athena Demos, Michele Greene
Roles Leah Rosen
Rating41% 2.0907052.0907052.0907052.0907052.090705
Deux femmes, qui étaient en couple mais qui sont maintenant simplement amies, partent ensemble pour un séminaire.
Leather Jacket Love Story, 1h25
Directed by David DeCoteau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Nicholas Worth, Mink Stole, William Butler, Arlene Golonka
Roles Mom
Rating61% 3.0954753.0954753.0954753.0954753.095475
Kyle, étudiant de 18 ans fait la connaissance de Mike, un charpentier cuir et barbu. S'en suit une intense relation érotique. Ils découvrent bientôt qu'ils ont bien plus en commun que le sexe. Mais l'amour peut-il s'épanouir entre un viril motard et un garçon romantique au si doux regard ?
Amore!
Amore! (1993)

Genres Romance
Actors Jack Scalia, Kathy Ireland, George Hamilton, Elliott Gould, Katherine Helmond, Betsy Russell
Roles Acting Coach
Rating45% 2.2987752.2987752.2987752.2987752.298775
Saul Schwartz (played by Jack Scalia) is a bored New York businessman who decides to change his life to become a Hollywood movie star but finds it harder than he expected.
The End of Innocence, 1h42
Directed by Dyan Cannon
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Rebecca Schaeffer, John Heard, Dyan Cannon, Stephen Meadows, George Coe, George Cole
Roles Claire
Rating53% 2.666672.666672.666672.666672.66667
A young girl is spiritually torn apart by forces beyond her control. After suffering a nervous breakdown, she is placed in an asylum, where for the first time she is treated as a human being by a compassionate psychiatrist.
Dr. Alien
Dr. Alien (1989)
, 1h30
Directed by David DeCoteau
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Judy Landers, Billy Jayne, Stuart Fratkin, Robert Jayne, Troy Donahue, Arlene Golonka
Roles Mom
Rating48% 2.4099252.4099252.4099252.4099252.409925
Dr. Ackerman (Troy Donahue) is the high school biology teacher. Leaving school one night he crashes his car after encountering a UFO.
My Tutor
My Tutor (1983)
, 1h37
Directed by George Bowers
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about virginity
Actors Matt Lattanzi, Caren Kaye, Kevin McCarthy, Crispin Glover, Clark Brandon, Kitten Natividad
Roles Mrs. Chrystal
Rating52% 2.6009052.6009052.6009052.6009052.600905
The movie opens with scenes of an aerobics class juxtaposed with a classroom of students taking an examination. The movie's two protagonists are featured in these scenes, with Terry Green (Caren Kaye) participating in the aerobics and Bobby Chrystal (Matt Lattanzi) taking, not very well it turns out, his last high school final, in French.
The In-Laws, 1h39
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Monde imaginaire
Actors Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini, Ed Begley Jr., Michael Lembeck, Penny Peyser
Roles Jean Ricardo
Rating72% 3.6454053.6454053.6454053.6454053.645405
The daughter of mild-mannered Manhattan dentist Sheldon "Shelly" Kornpett and the son of businessman Vince Ricardo are engaged to be married. At an introductory dinner in which Shelly meets his new in-law Vince, he finds Vince suspicious; during the dinner, Vince tells a crazy story of a nine-month "consulting" trip to 1954 Guatemala. Vince's son and wife seem oblivious. Shelly pleads with his daughter not to marry into the Ricardo clan, since he mistrusts Vince. Shelly agrees to give Vince a chance.
Airport '77, 1h54
Directed by Jerry Jameson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Films about hijackings
Actors Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, James Stewart, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Brenda Vaccaro
Roles Mrs. Stern
Rating57% 2.8980952.8980952.8980952.8980952.898095
A privately owned luxury Boeing 747-100, Stevens' Flight 23, flies invited guests to an estate in Palm Beach, Florida, owned by wealthy philanthropist Philip Stevens, who also owns the jetliner. Valuable artwork from Stevens's private collection is also on board the jetliner, to be eventually displayed in his new museum. Such a collection motivates a group of thieves led by co-pilot Bob Chambers to hijack the aircraft.
Hang 'em High, 1h54
Directed by Ted Post
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, Charles McGraw, Ben Johnson
Roles Jennifer
Rating69% 3.4981553.4981553.4981553.4981553.498155
The story is set in Oklahoma Territory in 1889. It opens with Jed Cooper driving a small herd of cattle across a stream. When the men in a posse ( Capt. Wilson (Ed Begley), Reno (Joseph Sirola), Miller (Bruce Dern), Jenkins (Bob Steele), Matt Stone (Alan Hale, Jr.), Charlie Blackfoot (Ned Romero), Maddow (Russell Thorson), Tommy (Jonathan Lippe) and Loomis (L. Q. Jones)) surround him and accuse him of rustling the herd, he shows them a receipt for the cattle, but the man he bought them from was a rustler who killed the herd's owners. Cooper explains that he knew nothing about the murder, but only Jenkins expresses doubts about his guilt. After Reno takes Cooper's saddle and Miller takes his wallet, the men hang him from a tree and ride away, leaving him for dead.
The Busy Body, 1h41
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar, Robert Ryan, Anne Baxter, Kay Medford, Jan Murray
Roles Bobbi Brody
Rating55% 2.7663252.7663252.7663252.7663252.766325
George Norton is a low-level bumbler who works for Chicago crime boss Charley Barker. A well-dressed mama's boy, George is in good standing with Barker, even gaining a promotion, until an incident that costs the mob a million dollars.
Welcome to Hard Times, 1h43
Directed by Burt Kennedy
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Henry Fonda, Janice Rule, Keenan Wynn, Janis Paige, John Anderson, Aldo Ray
Roles Mae
Rating57% 2.8979852.8979852.8979852.8979852.897985
A vicious stranger, the "Man from Bodie" (Aldo Ray), terrorizes the small settlement of Hard Times. (In Doctorow's book, the town is in the Dakota territory. In the movie, it is assumed to be in western Nevada.) He kills the only men who stand up to him, town founder Mr. Fee (Paul Birch) and town undertaker Mr. Hanson (Elisha Cook, Jr.), as well as raping and killing Fee's girlfriend Flo (Ann McCrea). Before he leaves, he burns down the handful of buildings.
Penelope
Penelope (1966)
, 1h37
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Natalie Wood, Ian Bannen, Peter Falk, Carl Ballantine, Jerome Cowan, Jonathan Winters
Roles Honeysuckle Rose
Rating61% 3.097843.097843.097843.097843.09784
Penelope Elcott (Natalie Wood) is the wife of wealthy banker James Elcott (Ian Bannen). Penelope decides to disguise herself as an old woman and rob her husband's bank. While the police, including Lieutenant Horatio Bixbee (Peter Falk), rush to get to the bank, Penelope escapes in a red wig and yellow suit. She donates some of the stolen money to a Salvation Army worker and donates the suit to a second-hand thrift shop. Con artists Sabada (Lila Kedrova) and Ducky (Lou Jacobi) immediately recognize the suit as an original designer outfit from Paris, and purchase it for a mere $7.