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Eddra Gale is a Actor American born on 16 july 1921 at Chicago (USA)
Eddra Gale (16 July 1921, Chicago, Illinois – 13 May 2001, Deming, New Mexico) was an American actress and singer.
Originally an opera singer, she was discovered by film director Federico Fellini who spotted her in Milan and cast her for the role of Saraghina, the "devil woman" in Fellini's 8½ (1963). She also appeared in the role of Peter Sellers' wife, Anna Fassbender, in What's New Pussycat? (1965), as a guest in Hotel Paradiso (1966), and in small roles in films such as Three Bites of the Apple (1967), The Graduate (1967), A Man Called Gannon (1968), I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968), The Maltese Bippy (1969) and Alex & the Gypsy (1976). Her last film appearance was as the flamboyant French actress Genevieve in Somewhere in Time (1980).
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Eddra Gale (16 July 1921, Chicago, Illinois – 13 May 2001, Deming, New Mexico) was an American actress and singer.
Originally an opera singer, she was discovered by film director Federico Fellini who spotted her in Milan and cast her for the role of Saraghina, the "devil woman" in Fellini's 8½ (1963). She also appeared in the role of Peter Sellers' wife, Anna Fassbender, in What's New Pussycat? (1965), as a guest in Hotel Paradiso (1966), and in small roles in films such as Three Bites of the Apple (1967), The Graduate (1967), A Man Called Gannon (1968), I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968), The Maltese Bippy (1969) and Alex & the Gypsy (1976). Her last film appearance was as the flamboyant French actress Genevieve in Somewhere in Time (1980).
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Somewhere in Time (1980)
, 1h43Directed by Jeannot Szwarc
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Time travel films, Films based on science fiction novels, Temporal paradox
Actors Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright, Bill Erwin, Jiří Voskovec
Roles Genevieve
Rating72%
In May 1972, college theatre student Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve) is celebrating the debut of a play he has written. During the celebration, he is approached by an elderly woman (Susan French) who places a pocket watch in his hand and pleads, "Come back to me." Richard does not recognize the woman, who returns to her own residence and dies soon afterward.
Alex & the Gypsy (1976)
, 1h40Directed by John Korty
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Jack Lemmon, Geneviève Bujold, James Woods, Robert Emhardt, Eddra Gale, Titos Vandis
Roles Telephone Lady
Rating51%
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
, 1h35Directed by Dick Richards
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles, Anthony Zerbe, Harry Dean Stanton
Roles Singer
Rating69%
Set in Los Angeles in 1941, against a seamy backdrop of police corruption, cheap hotel rooms, illegal gambling and jewel trafficking, private detective Philip Marlowe is holed up in a hotel room and growing more weary by the hour. As he explains to his police lieutenant friend Nulty: "I've got a hat, a coat and a gun, that's it."
The Strawberry Statement (1970)
, 1h49Directed by Stuart Hagmann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Bruce Davison, Kim Darby, Bud Cort, Andrew Parks, Bob Balaban, Kristina Holland
Roles Dean's Secretary
Rating65%
Simon (Bruce Davison), a student at a fictional university in San Francisco (based on San Francisco State College) is indifferent to the student protests around him, until walking in on a naked woman (Kristina Holland) in his dormitory roommate's bed. While she quickly runs over to the toilets to dress, Simon protests to his roommate that their time should only be devoted to studying, so they can get good jobs and lots of money.
The Maltese Bippy (1969)
, 1h28Directed by Norman Panama
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Ghost films, Comedy horror films
Actors Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Carol Lynley, Pamela Rodgers, Julie Newmar, Robert Reed
Roles Helga
Rating44%
A Man Called Gannon (1968)
, 1h45Directed by James Goldstone
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Anthony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin, Susan Oliver, John Anderson, David Sheiner, James Westerfield
Roles Louisa
Rating53%
Gannon, un cow-boy ayant fait la guerre par le passé, rencontre le jeune Jess. Tous deux travaillent dans le ranch de Beth, une riche propriétaire. Mais lorsque cette dernière décide d'installer des barbelés, la tension monte entre Gannon et les fermiers voisins...
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968)
, 1h32Directed by Hy Averback
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Peter Sellers, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh Taylor-Young, Joyce Van Patten, David Arkin, Herb Edelman
Roles Love Lady
Rating61%
Attorney Harold Fine (Sellers) is having second thoughts about marrying his longtime girlfriend Joyce. He encounters his brother, a hippie living in Venice Beach. He falls for an attractive flower power hippie girl (played by Leigh Taylor-Young) who has a knack for making pot brownies. Harold runs out of his wedding to live with the hippie girl, and tries to find himself with the aid of a guru. Ultimately he finds the hippie lifestyle as unfulfilling and unsatisfying as the "straight" lifestyle and once more decides to marry Joyce. At the last minute, he again leaves her at the altar and runs out of the wedding onto a city street saying he doesn't know for sure what he is looking for but, "there's got to be something beautiful out there.
The Graduate (1967)
, 1h45Directed by Mike Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Musical films, Films about virginity
Actors Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton, Elizabeth Wilson
Roles Woman on Bus
Rating79%
Benjamin Braddock, aged twenty, has earned his bachelor's degree and has returned home to a party celebrating his graduation at his parents' house in Pasadena, California. Benjamin, visibly uncomfortable as his parents deliver accolades and neighborhood friends ask him about his future plans, evades those who try to congratulate him. Mrs. Robinson, the neglected wife of his father's law partner, insists that he drive her home. Benjamin is coerced inside to have a drink and Mrs. Robinson attempts to seduce him. She invites him up to her daughter's bedroom to see her portrait and then reenters the room naked, making it clear that she is available to him. Benjamin initially rebuffs her, but after a few days, he clumsily organizes a tryst at the Taft hotel.
Matchless (1967)
, 1h40Directed by Alberto Lattuada
Origin Italie
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Spy, Comic science fiction
Themes Spy films, Comedy science fiction films, Political films
Actors Patrick O'Neal, Donald Pleasence, Henry Silva, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Sorrell Booke, Howard St. John
Rating52%
Games (1967)
, 1h40Directed by Curtis Harrington
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors James Caan, Katharine Ross, Simone Signoret, Don Stroud, Kent Smith, Estelle Winwood
Roles Party Guest
Rating63%
Paul Montgomery (James Caan) and his wife Jennifer (Katharine Ross) are a pair of wealthy but blasé Upper East Side New York socialites with an attitude sometimes accompanying the overprivileged: a propensity to amuse themselves in a bizarre, chic, and upscale fashion, in this case playing socialite games for their peers, and occasionally revealing what appears to be a playfully sadistic streak.
Three Bites of the Apple (1967)
Directed by Alvin Ganzer
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors David McCallum, Sylva Koscina, Tammy Grimes, Harvey Korman, Aldo Fabrizi, Riccardo Garrone
Roles The Yodeler
Rating61%
Hotel Paradiso (1966)
, 1h38Directed by Peter Glenville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Alec Guinness, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, David John Battley, Anne Beach, Marie Bell
Roles Hotel Guest
Rating60%
Playwright Monsieur Feydeau is staying in the Parisian Hotel Paradiso. He needs to write a new play, but has writer's block. He takes the opportunity to observe his fellow guests: Monsieur Boniface, henpecked by his domineering wife, and Marcelle, the beautiful but neglected wife of Henri, a building inspector. Henri is sent to the hotel to investigate rumours of ghosts (which turn out to be caused by drains). However, the hotel is the trysting place of Marcelle and Boniface, who are having an affair.
What's New Pussycat? (1965)
, 1h48Directed by Clive Donner
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss, Woody Allen
Roles Anna Fassbender
Rating60%
Notorious womanizer Michael James (Peter O'Toole) wants to be faithful to his fiancée Carole Werner (Romy Schneider), but every woman he meets seems to fall in love with him, including neurotic exotic dancer Liz Bien (Paula Prentiss) and parachutist Rita (Ursula Andress) who accidentally lands in his car (1936-37 Singer 9 Le Mans). His psychoanalyst, Dr. Fritz Fassbender (Peter Sellers), cannot help, since he's stalking patient Renée Lefebvre (Capucine) who in turn longs for Michael. Carole, meanwhile, decides to make Michael jealous by flirting with his nervous wreck of a friend, Victor Shakapopulis (Woody Allen).
8½ (1963)
, 2h18Directed by Giulio Paradisi, Federico Fellini, Lina Wertmüller
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about films, Les fantasmes, Films about sexuality, Mise en scène d'un scénariste
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele
Roles La Saraghina
Rating80%
Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni), a famous Italian film director, is suffering from "director's block". Stalled on his new science fiction film that includes veiled autobiographical references, he has lost interest amid artistic and marital difficulties. As Guido struggles half-heartedly to work on the film, a series of flashbacks and dreams delve into his memories and fantasies; they are frequently interwoven with reality.
Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
, 1h44Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Sports films, Surfing films, Musical films
Actors Cindy Carol, James Darren, Don Porter, Jeff Donnell, Jessie Royce Landis, Cesare Danova
Roles Fat Party Guest (uncredited)
Rating51%
College-bound Gidget (Cindy Carol) is vacationing in Rome for the summer with faithful boyfriend Jeff, aka Moondoggie (James Darren) and their friends. Chaperoning the pair is Aunt Albertina (Jessie Royce Landis). However, Gidget's father Russell, worried about his daughter being abroad, asks an old friend of his, named Paolo Cellini, to keep an eye on Gidget to see that she stays out of trouble. Complications set in when Gidget begins to fall for the much older Paolo.