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Cynthia Harris is a Actor American born on 9 august 1934 at New York City (USA)

Cynthia Harris

Cynthia Harris
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Nationality USA
Birth 9 august 1934 at New York City (USA)
Death 3 october 2021 (at 87 years)

Cynthia Harris (born August 9, 1934) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her role as Sylvia Buchman, Jamie Buchman's overbearing mother-in-law on Mad About You.

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Paul Mazursky
Paul Mazursky
(1 films)
Sam Robards
Sam Robards
(2 films)
Raúl Juliá
Raúl Juliá
(2 films)
David Downing
David Downing
(2 films)
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Filmography of Cynthia Harris (16 films)

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Actress

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Christine Lahti, Brian Kerwin, Bryan Brown, Abby Brammell, Caroline Aaron, Maggie Lawson
Roles Amelia
Rating60% 3.0466653.0466653.0466653.0466653.046665
Rose, a middle-aged woman who is married Nathan Lloyd loses her job and her husband to her assistant Mindy. Her life gets broken, then she runs into Australian businessman, Hal Thorne, an old love.
An American Daughter
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Christine Lahti, Tom Skerritt, Mark Feuerstein, Scott Michael Campbell, Lynne Thigpen, Cynthia Harris
Roles Charlotte 'Chubby' Hughes
Rating55% 2.7683752.7683752.7683752.7683752.768375
Dr. Lyssa Dent Hughes (Lahti) is the daughter of U.S. Senator Alan Hughes (Stanley Anderson). She appears to be headed for nomination as the U.S. Surgeon General until a background check reveals she once neglected to return a jury duty notice. Then, she makes a faux paus in comments about her homemaker mother that leaves her open to a media blitz and her certain nomination suddenly appears to be in doubt. She is supported by her best friend, Judith Kaufman (Lynne Thigpen), an "African American Jewish feminist" physician, who has her own set of troubles.
Passion's Way, 1h28
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Sela Ward, Timothy Dalton, Alicia Witt, Jamie Glover, Cynthia Harris, Leslie Caron
Roles Adelaide
Rating53% 2.6690252.6690252.6690252.6690252.669025
The film is set in early 20th century, in France. A young widow renews her love with a man until she discovers that he had a past relationship with one of her new employees, who is a nanny. This makes the two women accuse each other for particular reasons until the end of the movie.
The Secret of Anastasia
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Crime, Animation, Romance
Actors Earl Hammond, Cynthia Harris, Robert Petkoff
Roles (voice)
Rating56% 2.8288652.8288652.8288652.8288652.828865
The film opens with the secret police killing Anastasia's family before her eyes as a child. In 1916, Anastasia lived in The Imperial Castle of Moscow with her instrument friends; Tuba, Harp, Accordion, Cello (In The Sun). The secret police return to her old home, which she continued to live in secrecy, to do away with Anastasia. Anastasia and her friends escape and aboard a train. In a baggage car on the freight train, Anastasia finds the former General of the Tzar's army, Vladimir Ichonovitch, stowing away in a suitcase. He believes that Anastasia is only pretending to be the princess Anastasia, since everyone was trying to do to get the lost family riches, and plays along. Vladimir got her out of the rags she was wearing and began her training her to be the princess she was destined to be. Vladimir and Anastasia begin to fall in love with each other but ignore their true emotions (A Princess After All). Anastasia, Vladimir, and the instruments go to an event in Anastasia's honor. But alas, the hatred of a of an old family friend keeps her from proving to the attendees that she is the real princess. Yet, an old childhood memory gains the trust well deserved from everyone. Soon, a charming Prince Paul arrives at the party and sweeps Anastasia off her feet. Paul encourages Anastasia to see her old grandmother, Grandmere. During the intervention, Grandmere refuses to believe her last grandchild is alive. Anastasia storms out of the room, she reprises "In The Sun" to soothe the pain her grandmother has given her. As Paul and Grandmere listen to Anastasia sing, tears stream from Grandmere's eyes because she used to sing the same song to only her when she was little. The past is brought to focus that Anastasia and Paul were engaged at a young age. When Vladimir hear the news, he becomes hot tempered out of his love for Anastasia and leaves into the night. Outside the leader of the secret police, Checka, has Vladimir jumped by his crew. While Anastasia was at dinner with Paul, the secret police captured Anastasia and took her to an abandoned building. There Prince Paul reveals himself to be Checka (Prince Charmless). Vladimir hears that Anastasia was kidnapped, and he and the instruments go to rescue her. Checka and Vladimir fight each other head to head. In the action, both men fall down into a nearby river. In desperation, Tuba and Accordion jump into the river to rescue Vladimir. To order to give Vladimir's life back, the instruments reveal their true identities to her; her father Nicholas II of Russia the tuba, her mother Alexandra Fyodorovna the harp, her brother Alexi the accordion, and her sister Tatania the cello. Because they revealed themselves, their souls were to return to Heaven (You'll Be With Me in My Heart). Anastasia and her family part ways and Vladimir is brought back to life.
The Distinguished Gentleman, 1h52
Directed by Jonathan Lynn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Politique, L'usurpation d'identité, Political films, Escroquerie
Actors Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Joe Don Baker, James Garner, Victoria Rowell
Roles Vera Johnson
Rating59% 2.950932.950932.950932.950932.95093
A Florida con man named Thomas Jefferson Johnson uses the passing of the longtime Congressman from his district, Jeff Johnson (who died of a heart attack while having sex with his secretary), to get elected to the United States Congress as a freshman Congressman, where the money flows from lobbyists. Omitting his first name, and abbreviating his middle name, he calls himself "Jeff" Johnson. He then manages to get on the ballot by pitching a seniors organization, the Silver Foxes, to nominate him as their candidate for office.
Mannequin Two: On the Move, 1h35
Directed by Stewart Raffill
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Kristy Swanson, William Ragsdale, Meshach Taylor, Terry Kiser, Stuart Pankin, Andrew Hill Newman
Roles Mom / Queen
Rating44% 2.215142.215142.215142.215142.21514
Flamboyant window dresser Hollywood Montrose (Meshach Taylor) has now been promoted to the head of Prince & Company's visual display department. He takes on a new assistant, Jason Williamson (William Ragsdale), who in times past was Prince William, the Prince of the kingdom of Hauptmann-Koenig. One thousand years ago, he lost his beloved Jessie (Kristy Swanson) when an evil sorcerer (Terry Kiser) turned her into a wooden icon, now known as the Enchanted Peasant Girl.
Pancho Barnes, 2h30
Directed by Richard T. Heffron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure
Actors Valerie Bertinelli, Ted Wass, Sam Robards, James Stephens, Cynthia Harris, Geoffrey Lewis
Roles Mrs. Lowe
Rating68% 3.4263353.4263353.4263353.4263353.426335
Leaving an arranged marriage to Reverend Rankin Barnes (James Stephens), Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes (Bertinelli) takes an interest in flying light planes in the 1920s, and soon rivals Amelia Earhart (Nance Williams), breaking world speed records. Barnes is hired by Howard Hughes (David Kockinis) to do stunt flying for the film Hell's Angels, instigates the formation of the Associated Motion Picture Pilots, was a World War II Air Force Civilian Pilot Trainer, and establishes the Happy Bottom Riding Club as a mess hall for pilots and former servicemen.
3 Men and a Baby, 1h42
Directed by Leonard Nimoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis, Earl Hindman, Margaret Colin
Roles Mrs. Hathaway
Rating61% 3.0508153.0508153.0508153.0508153.050815
Architect Peter Mitchell (Tom Selleck), cartoonist Michael Kellam (Steve Guttenberg), and actor Jack Holden (Ted Danson) are happy living their lives as bachelors in their lofty New York City apartment where they have frequent parties and flings with different women. Their lives are disrupted when a baby named Mary arrives on their doorstep one day. A note with her, written by a lady named Sylvia, indicates that she is Jack's, the result of a tryst between the actor and actress. Mary arrives in his absence – he is in Turkey shooting a B movie, leaving Peter and Michael to fend for themselves in taking care of her. Prior to leaving, Jack had made arrangements with a director friend to have a "package" delivered to the apartment as a favor. Before Mary's arrival, he calls and leaves a message with Peter and Michael informing them of it and to keep it a secret per the director friend's wishes. When she arrives, they mistakenly believe she is "the package", even though there is a note from her mother.
Reuben, Reuben, 1h41
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about suicide, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Tom Conti, Kelly McGillis, Roberts Blossom, Joel Fabiani, Cynthia Harris, Lois Smith
Roles Bobby Springer
Rating67% 3.393923.393923.393923.393923.39392
Gowan McGland (Tom Conti) is a creatively blocked Scottish poet who ekes out a day-to-day existence by exploiting the generosity of strangers in an affluent Connecticut suburb, where he recites his verse to various arts groups and women's clubs. Gowan is something of a leech, cadging expensive dinners from well-off patrons (usually stealing the tips afterward) while seducing their bored wives and affecting a superior attitude toward the smug bourgeois types he exploits.
Tempest
Tempest (1982)
, 2h20
Directed by Paul Mazursky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Vittorio Gassman, Raúl Juliá, Molly Ringwald
Roles Cynthia
Rating63% 3.197143.197143.197143.197143.19714
The movie tells the story of Phillip Dimitrius (John Cassavetes), a middle-aged New York City architect who is going through a difficult mid-life crisis.
Up the Sandbox, 1h37
Directed by Irvin Kershner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Barbra Streisand, David Selby, Jacobo Morales, Conrad Bain, Paul Benedict, Carl Gottlieb
Roles Stella
Rating57% 2.852072.852072.852072.852072.85207
Margaret Reynolds, a young wife and mother, severely bored with her day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, slowly slips into depression, finding refuge in her outrageous fantasies: her mother breaking into her apartment, an explorer's demonstration of tribal fertility music at a party causing strange transformations, and joining terrorists to plant explosives in the Statue of Liberty.