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Brenda Sykes is a Actor born on 25 june 1949
Brenda Sykes (born June 25, 1949) is an actress who made a number of films and appeared in television series in the 1970s. She was discovered on The Dating Game.
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Birth 25 june 1949 (75 years)
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Filmography of Brenda Sykes (10 films)
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Drum (1976)
, 1h50Directed by Burt Kennedy, Steve Carver
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Historical
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism
Actors Warren Oates, Pam Grier, Isela Vega, Yaphet Kotto, John Colicos, Fiona Lewis
Roles Calinda
Rating55%
This film picks up the story 15 years after the events of the first film. Drum (Norton) has been born to a white prostitute (Vega), who raises him with her black lesbian lover (Kelly). Drum grows up to be a fighter and is often forced to bare-knuckle-box other slaves for the entertainment of the owners, one of whom is a gay Frenchman named Bernard DeMarigny (Colicos). DeMarigny wants to sleep with Drum, but his advances are rejected by the slave and DeMarigny vows revenge against Drum. Drum and his friend Blaise (Kotto) are eventually sold to plantation owner Hammond Maxwell (Oates) and are both taken to his plantation to work. Drum's girlfriend Regine (Grier) is purchased by Maxwell as well and is taken to the plantation for his own personal desires.
Mandingo (1975)
, 2h7Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Films based on plays
Actors James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Paul Benedict, Lillian Irene Hayman, Richard Ward
Roles Ellen
Rating64%
The movie is set in the Deep South of the United States prior to the American Civil War. Falconhurst is a run-down plantation owned by widower Warren Maxwell (James Mason) and largely run by his son, Hammond (Perry King). Hammond and a friend go to a brothel where both men choose to have sex with virgin black women. Hammond chooses Ellen (Brenda Sykes). Hammond and Ellen watch as Hammond's friend abuses and rapes his choice, claiming that she likes it. Hammond asks Ellen if this is true, and she says no. Hammond then gently has sexual intercourse with Ellen.
Cleopatra Jones (1973)
, 1h26Directed by Jack Starrett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Tamara Dobson, Antonio Fargas, Bill McKinney, Shelley Winters, Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes
Roles Tiffany
Rating58%
Cleopatra "Cleo" Jones (Dobson) is an undercover special agent for the United States Government. Overseas modeling is only a cover for her real job. Cleo is a Bond-like heroine with power and influence, her silver and black `73 Corvette Stingray (equipped with automatic weapons), and her martial arts ability. While she evokes the glory of a funk goddess, she remains loyal to her drug-ravaged community and her lover, Reuben Masters (Bernie Casey), who runs B&S House (a community home for recovering drug addicts).
Black Gunn (1972)
, 1h36Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Martin Landau, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., Brenda Sykes, Timothy Brown, Luciana Paluzzi, Stephen McNally
Roles Judith
Rating58%
In Los Angeles, a nighttime robbery of an illegal mafia bookmaking operation is carried out by the militant African-American organization BAG (Black Action Group). Though successful, several of the bookmakers and one of the burglars are killed. The mastermind behind the robbery, a Vietnam veteran named Scott (Herbert Jefferson Jr.), is the brother of a prominent nightclub owner, Gunn (Jim Brown). Seeking safe haven, Scott hides out at his brother's mansion after a brief reunion.
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
, 1h31Directed by Roger Vadim
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about education, Films about sexuality, Serial killer films, Films about virginity
Actors Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, Telly Savalas, John David Carson, Roddy McDowall, Keenan Wynn
Roles Pamela Wilcox
Rating60%
Un étudiant est obsédé par le sexe. Heureusement, il rencontre beaucoup de femmes. Malheureusement, elles vont toutes mourir...
Skin Game (1971)
, 1h42Directed by Gordon Douglas, Paul Bogart
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors James Garner, Louis Gossett Jr., Susan Clark, Edward Asnere, Brenda Sykes, Andrew Duggan
Roles Naomi
Rating69%
Quincy Drew (Garner) and Jason O'Rourke (Gossett) travel from town to town in the south of the United States during the slavery era. Both men first meet when O'Rourke sells Drew a stolen horse belonging to the local Sheriff. They meet again by chance in jail after pulling various con jobs. (In comic relief they both pull out an Ace of Spades as they play cards.) They develop a con together in which Drew claims to be a down-on-his-luck slave owner who is selling O'Rourke as a slave. Drew gets the bidding rolling, sells O'Rourke, and the two later meet up to split the profit. O'Rourke was born a free man in New Jersey and is very well educated. The twist comes when O'Rourke is sold to a slave trader who is very savvy and intent on taking him down south to make a profit.
Honky (1971)
Directed by William A. Graham
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Brenda Sykes, Lincoln Kilpatrick, William Horace Marshall, Marion Ross, Glynn Turman, Matt Clark
Roles Shelia Smith
Rating50%
It depicts the love story of an interracial high school couple. The tagline for the movie was "A love story... of hate". It was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song for "Something More" by Quincy Jones and Bradford Craig.
The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
, 1h42Directed by William Wyler, Robert Swink
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Roscoe Lee Browne, Lee J. Cobb, Lee Majors, Anthony Zerbe, Lola Falana, Eve McVeagh
Roles Jelly
Rating67%
À Somerton, une petite ville du Tennessee, L.B. Jones est le directeur aisé d'une petite entreprise de pompes funèbres. Afro-américain, il demande le divorce à sa femme Emma, également noire, qui le trompe avec un policier local, Willie Joe Worth. Jones engage dès lors le meilleur avocat de la ville, Oman Hedgepath, pour le défendre face à son épouse. Dans l'attente du procès de divorce, Oman suggère au policier de faire pression sur Emma pour qu'elle renonce à se faire assister d'un avocat, ce qui aurait pour conséquence de faire citer le nom de son amant lors du procès et possiblement de briser sa carrière et sa vie de famille. Comme Emma refuse, il s'en prend à L.
The Baby Maker (1970)
, 1h49Directed by James Bridges
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Pregnancy films
Actors Barbara Hershey, Scott Glenn, Collin Wilcox, Jeannie Berlin, Helena Kallianiotes, Brenda Sykes
Roles Francis (uncredited)
Rating60%
Barbara Hershey portrays a flower child who is hired to have the baby of a middle-class couple (Collin Wilcox-Horne and Sam Groom).
Getting Straight (1970)
, 2h4Directed by Richard Rush
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Elliott Gould, Candice Bergen, Jeff Corey, Harrison Ford, Cecil Kellaway, Max Julien
Roles Luan
Rating62%
Harry Bailey, a former student activist and post-graduate, comes back to university to complete an education course to become a teacher. He tries to avoid the increasing student unrest that has surfaced, but finds this difficult as his girlfriend, Jan, is a leader in these protests.